Shanghai Jade Carving

Shanghai jade carvings are mainly pendants and hand playing pieces. It is characterized with exquisite and fine craftsmanship. The style of Shanghai jade carving can be described as both traditional and creative, with exquisite workmanship. Appearance of Jade carvings is usually with novelty appearance, and they are often made in different sizes. The small ones can be small enough to be portable, while the large ones can be put at home for appreciating as furnishings. Shanghai jade carvings can a good choice for you to buy as a souvenir.

In fact, jade carving is divided into many kinds, such as basso-relievo, round-sculpture, penetrated-sculpture etc., Shanghai jade carving is not only the production of small pieces of jade ornaments and the pieces for display, but also produce a few large pieces of the world's rare jade carvings. Jade carving not only reflects the superb craftsmanship of the people who do jade carving job, but also shows splendid culture of more than five thousand years of China.

Shanghai Jade Carving

The varieties of Shanghai jade carving are famous for four main categories: Furnace bottles, figures, birds and animals. Among them, the most famous one is stove bottle carving. It is usually modeled with prudent and elegant shape and beautifully simple ornamentation.

About Chinese Jade

Chinese jade refers to the jade mined or carved in China from the Neolithic onward. It is the primary hard stone of Chinese sculpture. Although deep and bright green jadeite is better known in Europe, for most of China's history, jade has come in a variety of colors and white “mutton-fat” nephrite was the most highly praised and prized. Most Chinese jade today is extracted from the northwestern province of Xinjiang.

Shanghai Jade Carving