I composed and made this carnelian and rock crystal necklace using button knots. Making this necklace, provided dual benefits, as I could...

" Rather a fragment of jade than a complete tile of clay...... " was said by the fool or hero, depends on how you look at...

The birds in the tree These miniature jade birds perching on the golden tree, were previously either haipin or button adornments for up...

Turtles have such long lives. They reputedly live up to 200years. But still I daresay none can be as old as this turquoise turtle of mine...

Here is another Hongshan style pendant which was purchased together with the one in previous post. I am not normally a collector of ...

Xuang lian bi is literally translated as Double Connection Bi. It is a shape orginating from the Hongshan Culture about BC.4000–3000 ...

This Slit-tube artefact measuring 2cm long is also a Jue. According to a Chinese source (Chinese jadeware: picture reference dic...

He is made of yellow jade showing signs of red suffusion, patinisation and cleaving veins. He has large upslanting pop-out eyes, flat n...

Here are 2 white rectangular pieces I got from my friend, the connoisseur collector. She didnt want them because she thought that they we...

This face bead/pendant was first posted on July 20th 2008.  https://baiyu-quietmuse.blogspot.com/2008/07/face-bead-3.html I have only ...

The Chinese made jadeworks not only for decorative or ornamental purposes. They also made utilitarian objects with jade such as the two b...

These beautiful jade hands are sometimes known as Fut Sow (Buddha Hands). I got them at a closing down sale. They are kind of newish (...

I call this composition 2 under the Crystal Tree. These two sweet old beadheads are chit chatting under a crystal tree. One said ...

My talented friend Maddy designed this lovely necklace featuring a crystal zhulong as a centrepiece. She allowed me to take this pi...

My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shal...

This flat white jade square with 4 holes was purchased on one of my China trips. This piece may have formed part of a jade belt or it co...

I purchased these 3 long cylindrical crystal beads from China. The seller had said Spring and Autumn period (771-476 BC) which makes them...

O that the year of the Ox will usher in a mad Bull run ! It seems appropriate for me to post here my bull seals. Lest I be accused of bein...