It's Friday night. You get ready, gather up all your friends and the do the same, old, tired thing you did last weekend...and the weekend before that. Doesn't that same hangout spot get boring after a while?...
The patterns of China's jade ware have rich connotations showing strong auspicious colors. Bats and gourds were often used as a basis for more than 100 patterns because the Chinese words (bat and gird) sound...
Jade carving appeared first in the Shang and Zhou dynasties about 3,000 years ago when it had become a separate profession and excavations have shown the fine workmanship of that time. The materials used...