Radiant Stones: Archaic Chinese Jades

by Filippo Salviati

Inextricably linked with Chinese civilization, jade played an essential, constituent role as a founding element in Chinese culture. Techniques of carving, the functions of the objects, and even the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9627956236
• ISBN13: 9789627956235
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Myrna Myers
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Chinese jades

This good quality picture catalog of ancient jades from the collection of Myrna and Samuel Myers, includes full-page color plates of all the jades. It is in bilingual English and French, from the ancient to Han Dynasty in the culture development and changes. It is a good guide to enjoy and appreciate the wisdom of Chinese craftsmen in their technique in the creation of this rock art. China with an unbroken culture and history of thousands of years, to learn and understand is the beginning of wisdom and civilization!