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Jade

Jade is any of several varieties of fine-grained rock composed of jadeite, nephrite, serpentine, or other mineralogically related materials.

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Basics to get you started

Chinese jade: an introduction

Working jade

Olmec Jade

Olmec masks and masquerade, an introduction

Works of Art

Dangling pendants for gold crowns

late 4th–early 6th century C.E.

Gold necklace from Noseo-ri 215 Beonji Tomb, Gyeongju

c. 4th–6th century

Gold crown and gold belt from the north mound of Hwangnamdaechong Tomb

c. 450–500 C.E.

War and Sacrifice: The Tomb of Fu Hao

c. 1200 B.C.E.

Li (tripod)-shaped cloisonné incense burner

15th or early 16th century

Disk (bi) with knobs, feline, and dragon

100–220 C.E.

Jade Cong

c. 2500 B.C.E.

Kunz Axe (Olmec)

c. 1200–500 B.C.E.

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