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The jade kingdom [Libro electrónico] / Paul E. Desautels

Por: Desautels, Paul E [autor/a].
Tipo de material: Libro en línea Libro en línea Editor: New York, New York, United States: Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1986Descripción: viii, 118 páginas : ilustraciones ; 29 centímetros.ISBN: 0442217978; 9781468465747 (Print); 9781468465723 (Online).Tema(s): Jade | Jade art objectsNota de acceso: Disponible para usuarios de ECOSUR con su clave de acceso Nota de bibliografía: Incluye bibliografía e índice: páginas 110-114 Número de sistema: 55507Contenidos:Mostrar Resumen:
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Jade towers above all other hardstone carving ma- century or two) diamond cutting tools were intro- terials-rose quartz, aventurine, agate, rock crystal, duced into China, or where the high-quality jade bloodstone, lapis lazuli, turquoise, and the rest-in found in ancient pre-Columbian sites was mined- both long-term popularity and sustained value. In may never be answered. An increasing effort has spite of its intensive exploitation under widely been made, however, to pull together evidence from diverse cultures, however, little authoritative work various branches of science and bring it to bear on on the subject exists in the English language. When the more important questions. At least such erro- texts on jade do appear, they are usually little more neous inferences as the possibility of early com- than quick surveys of some of the more exotic carv- merce between China and Middle America have now ings that have flowed, generation after generation, been laid to rest. Speculation as to the Asiatic origin from the lapidary shops of China. . of European jade artifacts has died with the discov- Of course, the history, lore, mineralogy, gemol- ery of jade deposits in Europe itself.

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1. True jade.. 2. False jade.. 3. Jade testing.. 4. Sources of jade.. 5. China's prized stone.. 6. Chinese symbolism.. 7. Jade in the new world.. 8. New Zealand jade.. 9. South-central Asia, India, Russia, and Japan.. 10. Jade in Europe.. 11. Cutting and carving jade.. Index

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Jade towers above all other hardstone carving ma- century or two) diamond cutting tools were intro- terials-rose quartz, aventurine, agate, rock crystal, duced into China, or where the high-quality jade bloodstone, lapis lazuli, turquoise, and the rest-in found in ancient pre-Columbian sites was mined- both long-term popularity and sustained value. In may never be answered. An increasing effort has spite of its intensive exploitation under widely been made, however, to pull together evidence from diverse cultures, however, little authoritative work various branches of science and bring it to bear on on the subject exists in the English language. When the more important questions. At least such erro- texts on jade do appear, they are usually little more neous inferences as the possibility of early com- than quick surveys of some of the more exotic carv- merce between China and Middle America have now ings that have flowed, generation after generation, been laid to rest. Speculation as to the Asiatic origin from the lapidary shops of China. . of European jade artifacts has died with the discov- Of course, the history, lore, mineralogy, gemol- ery of jade deposits in Europe itself. eng

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