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Jade and its voyage from Asia to the world
The article traces jade from its traditional Chinese reverence and imperial carving to its wider distribution across Asia Europe and America. It notes eastern Turkestan as a primary source with famed quarries near the Kuenlun mountains and vast water jade from Karakuash rivers. It describes methods of extraction carving and polishing and highlights the Tamerlane monolith tombstone and jade’s varied uses in ritual art and adornment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Society
Washington
D. C
Asian
Asia
Europe
America
China
Heaven
Confucius
Turkestan
Eastern
Kuenlun Mountains
Karakush
Wichoten
Riedia
Yarkand
Khotan
Cayley
Peking
Kash
Toorkee
Kuenlhin
Raskemdaria
Pamir
Kutcha
Tamerlane
Samarkand
Kienlung
India
Taj Mahal