7000 years of Chinese jade from the collection of Sir Joseph Hotung.
From: Apollo
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Date: 11/1/2003
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Author: Michaelson, Carol; Sax, Margaret
Jade has been prized by the Chinese for over seven thousand years as the most precious of all materials, and has been believed to possess near-magical properties. Its enduring and ageless surface texture came to be associated with immortality, while its abstract qualities represented a pinnacle of simplicity and elegance of design. No other culture has valued jade or any other material for such a length of time, nor indeed accorded any material such literary and philosophical ...
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