Jade's Story
... Jade Winter ! ' Mrs Gamgee ended triumphantly . Slowly , Jade looked up , her face a deep crimson suffused with a mixture of embarrassment and pride . Her eyes slid to where Mr Cooper was sitting . He stopped clapping long enough to ...
Early Chinese Jades
... jade cylinders , ix Badges of rank , jade , 31 , 61 , 62 Bells , 75 , 87 , 89 Belurtag mountains , 5 Birds , 112-114 Bird - shaped cup , 113 Black jade , 51 , 57 Black jade , mare in , 38 , 107 , 109 Blind , Hall of the , 74 Blind ...
Catalogue of the Objects of Indian Art Exhibited in the South Kensington Museum
... jade . Indian . Lent by William Tayler , Esq . Curious pieces of jade carving , the shape of the leaves which are long , in- dicate that they were probably intended to serve as applied ornament . 17 . ORNAMENTS , two , white jade ...
Chambers's Encyclopa︠e︡dia
... jade are really of serpentine . A variety of jade found in New Caledonia and the Marquesas is known as ' Oceanic jade , ' differing from the oriental variety in the proportions of lime and magnesia . The New Zealand jade also differs ...
Annual Report of the President, Act of Incorporation, Constitution, By-laws and List of Members for the Year
... jade tablets ( 1851-1861 ) . Two of a set of inscribed tablets . Jade ( nephrite ) plate , 91⁄2 inches in diameter . Series of 10 jade axes and celts from Swiss Lakes . Ancient jade tube ( image of earth ) . String of 23 jade beads ...
Illustrated Catalogue of an Extraordinary Collection of Imperial Jades and Other Beautiful Objects ...
... jade , derived originally from the Spanish piedra de yjada , was rendered into French as pierre de l'ejade , which became le jade by a printer's error , when the word was quite unfamiliar ... jade is ver nephrite - jades are Blue jade.
Topics
... Jade Jade , the stone , and jade , the color , seem to enjoy unceasing popularity . But how many know of the long and interesting history of the stone ? For centuries it has been the favorite " charm " of the East , especially of the ...
The Archaeological Journal
... jade - bearing rocks will be brought to notice than are yet known of ; our adopted beliefs about jade will be modified and inferences corrected . The question to be solved affects the finding of shaped implements belonging to a ...
Auction Catalogs, Dated, Not Numbered
... jade . Bird and floral designs carved in openwork . 683 - TWO SMALL PANELS White jade . Dragon and fabulous animal carved in openwork . 684 - THREE SMALL OBJECTS ( a ) Yellow jade girdle ornament . ( b ) Gray and green jade ring . ( c ) ...
The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Ita to Lor
... jade locality probably in the East , or were obtained by barter , thus suggesting a very early trade - route to the Orient . Exceptional interest , therefore , attached to the discovery of jade in Europe , nephrite having been found in ...
Encyclopedia Britannica
... jade locality probably in the East , or were obtained by barter , thus suggesting a very early trade - route to the Orient . Exceptional interest , therefore , attached to the discovery of jade in Europe , nephrite having been found in ...
The Mentor
... jade working is at Peking . a jade for the tomb of Czar Alexander III . Tamerlane , the great Tatar ruler , lies in the shadow magnificent of a jade monolith at Samarkand . The Chinese have worked this rare mineral more ex- tensively ...
The Encyclopaedia Britannica
... jade locality probably in the East , or were obtained by barter , thus suggesting a very early trade - route to the Orient . Exceptional interest , therefore , attached to the discovery of jade in Europe , nephrite having been found in ...
The Encyclopædia Britannica
... jade spread from one centre . In other words , if we accept his teaching , the use of jade in Europe during the early Bronze Age was inspired by events in the Shensi province of China ! What historical evidence is there , first , for ...
Ures̓ Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: J
... Jade is largely used in China as an ornamental stone under the name of yu . Mr. Pumpelly has shown that the jade of the province of Yunnan , known as fetsui , is really jadeite . The Chinese appear to have formerly obtained considerable ...
Chambers's Journal
... jade . These will include such toilet imple - side of the bowl are in the form of dragons ' heads , and through each passes a loose ring of. general of an army when about to take up his command . Upon his return from the ' front ' he ...
A Dictionary of the Economic Products of India
... jade which comes down the Irrawaddy to Rangoon , allude to jade as one of the standard arti- cles of export trade from that province . It is shown , for example , that of the total trade in 1881-82 , rice represented 82-08 per cent ...
The International Studio
... jade , or amber with jade and aqua- marine , resulting in handsome combinations of color . Beads of carved teak were also used . It is impossible to mention Chinese jewelry of any sort without finally coming to consideration of jade ...
Chinese Economic Journal and Bulletin
... jade manufacturing center as well as jade exporting center in China . Roughly speak- ing , the total amount of jade rock imported into Shanghai is about $ 500,000 a year . As the market value of jade depends largely upon color , a ...
Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution
... jade has been fashioned into an open chalice , surmounted by a squatting Buddhist figure , or Hindoo . The cup is supported by three eagles with extended wings , each one holding in its beak the figure of a lamb cut out of the same mass ...