Jade Art.
Art Creations Made from Jade Stone.
Jade art objects are highly sought after as collectibles and jewelry some with an ancient background are often seen at auctions in Hong Kong and Geneva promising mythical parameters and high 6 & 7 digits prices are paid for the beautiful jade art. One of the oldest traditions of jade art carvings.
Jade Art
Actually its rather Jadeite which is used for jewelry and high nd items such as Buddha statues or often mythical white jade figures of Chinese and Indian Gods.
Jade Art made from real artists.
The pictures show a typical jade art creation made out from a multicolored piece of jadeite and crafted / carved. It needs some knowledge to bring this into a beautiful composition including to work out the jade colors.
Jade Hybrid wall art.
What are the basics of jade art?
Naturally the beauty of the raw stone and the texture color and cleanliness of the piece. Additional factors are hardness and of course the workmanship such as who is the creative artist created it and the quality of the jade carving. Further has it some historical significance and maybe who is the artist who breathed life into the stone interpreting it into? Has it any significance in historical terms and what could make the object unique? Just watch this Jade Buddha piece of art to the left isn't it beautiful jade art?
Jade is always associated with China as the "Stone of Heaven" where it has been known for over 6000 years. The ancient Chinese called it yu as a "living stone" and for a long time it was used as an art object for decoration big and small. Around the beginning of 20 the century big jade art objects joined decorative jewelry and the focus shifted from Nephrite which is the original Chinese stone to Jadeite a higher-quality mineral stone that if found in Myanmar also known by the name "Burmese Jade" . The most valuable version is imperial green jade and the more transparent and shiny the stone is the higher is the price of Jad Art.
Today most high-end jade is jadeite the former know as Chinese Jade is nephrite.
Nephrite is a bit less hard and also known as celadon jade today most come from BC Canada, jadeite mainly comes from Myanmar former Burma also known as Burmese Jade.