Jade was only for an elite until the Ming Dynasty that the new customs law was issued to allow commoners to own jade. However, jade in Chinese means beautiful stone, any stone that defines beauty and true jade (nephrite) is the most valuable because of its beauty and toughness (hard to break , the toughest of all mineral on earth).

Jadeite you showed above was not made 2000 of years ago, jadeite came to China in 17th Century from Kingdom of Burma via Yunnan. And 95% jadeite in the market today is dyed, bleached, heated..etc Buying an uncut jadeite slab is the safest. Natural color last longer than the fake one.

Very breath taking stuffs you have here, love them all.

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anita
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