Visitors view a jade dragon of the Hongshan culture at the National Museum of China in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 3, 2024. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai) HOHHOT, ...

The astonishing Chinese collections in the Palace museums ... "This stand is made of ancient jade, but the jade bowl that once went with it is long gone. As one cannot show a stand without a ...

The jade of the ancient Maya has one distinct advantage ... jade could be compared to the most exceptional emeralds. The Chinese would say it’s the other way around — that some emeralds ...

This jade bi, already over three thousand years old when the Emperor decided to study it, is a fine, plain disc with a hole in the centre, of a type often found in ancient Chinese tombs.