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Jade gatherers along the riverbed of Yurungkash (White Jade River) in modern Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region

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Description: Jade gatherers along the riverbed of Yurungkash (White Jade River) in modern...

TitleJade gatherers along the riverbed of Yurungkash (White Jade River) in modern Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region

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Creator nationality/cultureChinese

Creator rolePhotographer

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Object typePhotograph

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SubjectsJade art objects--China--HistoryJadeJade carving

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1. Jade in Nature

Description: Early Chinese Jades in the Harvard Art Museums

Early Chinese Jades in the Harvard Art Museums

Jade production began in China over seven millennia ago (C. 5000 BCE), yielding by far the largest body of intricately crafted jade artifacts created by any single civilization. While other jade-working cultures in India, New Zealand, and Central and North America have come and gone, China’s jade-working industry continues even today; few artistic traditions can...

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PublisherHarvard Art Museums

Copyright© 2019 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Related print edition pages: pp.17-25

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00041.005

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Chapter subject tags:Jade art objects--China--HistorySculpture, prehistoricJade--ChinaPrehistoric peoples--China

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