At a Glance
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jade: Media
gemstone
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Uncut (left) and cut jadeite.
Runk/Schoenberger—Grant Heilman
Chinese jade blade, Late Neolithic period to early Shang period, c. 2000–1000...
The Art Institute of Chicago, Edward and Louise B. Sonnenschein Collection, reference no. 1950.319 (CC0)
Mandarin duck with scrolls, Chinese abraded jade sculpture from the Yuan or early...
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Manheim (M.67.72.12), www.lacma.org
Mayan ear disks, jadeite, from Guatemala, 550–850 ce.
Photograph by Beesnest McClain. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Phil Berg Collection, M.71.73.325 and M.71.73.326
Hei-tiki of nephrite, from New Zealand; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art,...
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Heber R. Bishop, 1902 (02.18.315), www.metmuseum.org
Jade horse head, Chinese, Han dynasty (206 bce–220...
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop, Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College (1943.50.638)
Dragon among clouds, carved jade medallion or button, Qing dynasty, probably late...
Courtesy of the board of trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Wells Legacy
Dagger with a horse-head handle, steel, jade, gold, rubies, diamond, and emerald,...
Photograph by L. Mandle. Honolulu Academy of Arts, gift of Drs. Edmund J. and Julie Lewis, 2002 (11851.1)
Dragon among clouds, carved jade medallion or button, Ch'ing dynasty, probably late...
Courtesy of the board of trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Wells Legacy