Jade is highly prized in Chinese culture and jade carvings have been made in China since ancient times, with Neolithic jades dating to about 4000-2000 BC. The jade used to make Chinese carvings is ...

Jade comes in many hues, from the shade of a kingfisher’s throat to what the Chinese describe as “moss ... dirty palms clutching dirty rocks. Every sale is a gamble. Chunks of ­jadeite ...

For more than 90 percent of them, Indigenous experts could identify the species, sex, age group, and even which leg the ...

It was made in 2011 by a Chinese artist who specialises in intricate jade carvings. Though not exactly a cultural relic, the delicate technique used in the making of the pot is a craft unique to ...

Although her real home was on the North Dakota prairie, Helen Burton found a second home in China, surviving the Japanese ...

The pet of moon goddess Chang'e in Chinese mythology, the Jade Rabbit is associated with Mid-Autumn Festival traditions ...

A Chinese reporter ... past galleries of jade and silk, the main ivory boutique sparkles like a snow-covered Tiffany’s. One of the first items I notice is a carved ivory Guanyin behind glass ...

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The Chinese paddlefish belongs to an ancient lineage of paddlefish that has been around for at least 100 million years. But in early 2020, a study concluded that the species has recently gone ...

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We get it! With a multitude of shapes, colors and sizes, choosing the ideal canvas for your carving talents can be confounding. But did you know that there's actually a science to the pumpkin ...

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