This is a bright green transparent jadeite necklace.
It's perfect for wearing to special events.
The cabochons display very rare transparency and color.
All of them are from the same rough.
The necklace goes well with evening dresses.
The clasp's design is very creative,
and you can open it here.
After you open the clasp, you'll see that it is also a brooch.
You can wear the pieces together or separately.
Jadeite jewelry pieces like this one are collectors' favorites.
This is a traditional jadeite bangle.
Its green color is very saturated,
a color that is preferred by the older generation.
It gives the wearer a very serene look.
Chinese tradition considers this type of green color
to be the best.
The bangle also has extremely fine texture.
This bangle would be considered a family treasure
to be passed from generation to generation.
The material Zhaoyi uses to make bangles
must always be of good quality and large size.
You can see that this bangle is very thick, which
means the rough must have been large enough
to allow a huge amount of material
to be removed from the center.
Jadeite jewelry manufacturers always
consider the possibility of making bangles
when they begin planning on a piece of rough.
This piece's texture and transparency
are supremely rare.
This pendant has a bamboo theme.
Bamboo symbolizes growth in Chinese tradition.
Carvers made shallow engravings into the rough material
to form the bamboo profile and leaves.
The starting material was large, with extremely fine texture.
Pieces like this are collectors' favorites.
The bright green colors are preferred by younger people.
Both men and women love the theme of this pendant,
and it complements the complexion very well.
Since bamboo has positive meanings,
this pendant is an ideal gift for aspiring people.
The texture is extremely fine, and it
allows light to pass through easily.
This pendant was made of top quality imperial jadeite
with supremely fine texture.
The pendant's shape is the traditional Chinese figure
ruyi, meaning satisfaction or fulfillment of one's wishes.
This was a common theme in Chinese culture.
The color and texture are both top grade.
The jadeite is mounted in precious metal
with a very nice design on the back.
The whole piece was elegantly conceived.
It is a perfect combination of Chinese tradition
and Westernized design.
This is a large piece of top quality imperial jadeite.
Carvers did not do much other than flatten
the rough and engrave some shallow Chinese characters
on the back.
This simple design symbolizes a peaceful state
in Chinese tradition.
Pink sapphires and diamonds were used as accent stones.
Imperial jadeite jewelry pieces like this
tend to be preferred by people over 30 years of age.
This jadeite pendant has a traditional shape
called Cuiwu Bi.
"Bi" refers to any round jade piece
with or without a hole at the center.
Cuiwu refers to the protruding part at the top.
The front is decorated with clouds and ruyi,
the back of bats.
Ruyi in Chinese means satisfying one's wishes,
and bats symbolize good luck in Chinese culture.
This piece is transparent with floating bright green colors.
Carvers usually use the material being
removed from the center of a bangle
to make this type of pendant.
The accent bead is of top quality as well.
Lavender jadeite of this color and texture is very rare.
This lavender jadeite bangle has very fine texture
and even color distribution.
This color is also called eggplant purple in Chinese.
The two sides were decorated with butterflies,
a design inspired by the famous Chinese fairytale,
"The Butterfly Lovers."
If you look carefully, you'll see that the two butterflies
also help to cover the slightly brownish area on this bangle.
Lavender color is of great value, second to green.
Lavender jadeite is even rarer than green jadeite.
Chinese women love the lavender color.
This necklace is composed of a piece of colorless jadeite
and a piece of green jadeite.
The dramatic contrast gives this jewelry piece a special look.
The joint is rigid, while the two pendants can dangle freely.
The simple prong setting gives the drop shaped jadeite pieces
best exposure and reveals more transparency.
When you open the back, you can see
the bottom of the green jadeite.
On the other hand, there's no cover
on the back of the colorless cabochon,
allowing the light to go through more easily.
This piece can be worn for special occasions
such as banquets and is a good match with an evening dress.
This is a traditional transparent jadeite lucky bean
pendant.
The lucky bean indicates that good luck is on the way.
This pendant is three dimensional.
This is a masterpiece of colorless, transparent jadeite.
The clarity is supreme as well.
This bracelet's design displays a good combination
of dark and colorless jadeite.
The bracelet can be easily stretched
so it fits the curve of a wrist very well.
It gives the wearer the feeling of silk.
Dark jadeite can be very transparent.
Shining a flashlight through it shows
that the real body color is dark green.
The color appears black only because the body color
is so deep.
Top quality dark jadeite must be transparent
under a strong light source and have green body color.
All these cabochons are of top quality.
The diamond mounted precious metal beads
complement the jadeite well.
The combination and contrasts are impressive.
This is a perfect piece of jewelry for special occasions,
with outstanding craftsmanship.
Designers incorporated Chinese traditions
into this necklace, which features
many little gourds dangling on a vine.
The vine's curvature is very smooth.
Gourds symbolize good luck and longevity in Chinese culture.
It is highly rare to find this many matching pieces
with similar color, texture, and transparency.
Even though they're from the same rough,
it's quite common to find variations
in different areas of the rough.
All the gourds have extremely fine texture
and bright green color.
You can open the necklace like this.
Others won't be able to tell where the clasp is.
All the accent stones are diamonds.
This is a pendant made of top quality,
colorless, transparent jadeite.
You can see the jadeite's high transparency along
with some whitish dots.
These kinds of inclusions are usually
related to high transparency.
As a rule, carvers won't do very complex work
on top quality jadeite rough.
The simple patterns carved on this piece
include a pine tree, bamboo, and wintersweet flowers.
All three together are called "the three friends in winter,"
since they all survive cold winters.
This combination symbolizes life and prosperity
in Chinese culture, as well as the noble personalities
of Chinese scholars.
Some people also use the combination
to symbolize the timelessness of genuine friendship.
This is a leaf shaped green jadeite pendant.
In Chinese tradition, the leaf represents everlasting family
business.
Both the texture and the color are of top quality.
According to jadeite professionals,
extremely fine texture sometimes means reduced color saturation,
so a combination of top quality texture and perfect color
is extremely rare.
This is a strand of jadeite beads.
It's very common for different locations
on a single piece of jadeite rough to be
of different qualities.
The beads in this strand all show
almost the same transparency, color, and texture.
This is very rare.
That is why high quality jadeite bead strands demand high prices
on the market.
Manufacturing a piece of jadeite into a sphere
usually reduces the material's brightness.
Therefore, rough must be of extremely good quality
to result in finished beads that are very bright.
As we discussed before, high quality jadeite bead strands
are very rare and expensive.
This strand is composed of top quality green jadeite beads.
The color is highly saturated, and all the beads
are the same color.
Again, the brightness of these finished jadeite beads
tells us that the rough was of top quality.
It's pretty hard to find a strand like this on the market
today.