From 1761 onward, Hetian Jade was a presence at the Qing court in the form of biannual tributes in spring and autumn, and became the main type of jade used in the imperial palace, Huang explains ...

Tengchong's history and culture are closely related to jade. Hundreds of jewelry shops and stalls cluster in the city's markets. [PHOTO BY LIU XIANGRUI/CHINA DAILY] In addition to the local ...

Talk about this ring. The ring belonged to my grandmother: A lozenge-shaped imperial jade piece, flanked on each side by three small diamonds. What really gives it its Art Deco style is the silver ...

A ring from his Imperial Grace collection, for example, repurposes a fragment of jade broken from a traditional bangle as the centre stone. Couture jeweller Wendy Yue is another designer with a ...

A strand of imperial jade beads was recently sold at auction in Hong Kong for close to $13 million. To the untrained eye, that necklace looked like a total fake—too green, too glossy and perfect ...

An Imperial Jade necklace composed of 37 jadeite beads originating from the same rough sold for more ... * A ring by Graff set with a 10.45-carat oval diamond, ...

"Stilled Life," Imperial Jade cicada with its bejeweled bamboo base. (Photo by Anthony DeMarco) Cherry Rao, Chan’s editor, alerted me to this on Friday at Chan’s exhibition space during the ...

As one Manhattan designer said: “It’s the material I’m most excited about.” By Victoria Gomelsky One of the first things the jewelry designer Bliss Lau did after giving birth to her ...