Introduction 4
Part I: Overview 7
Chapter One: Types of Jade 7
Chapter Two: Natural Occurrence of Jade 8
Chapter Three: Determining Authenticity 9
Chapter Four: Dating of Ancient and
Antique Jade 10
Part II: Chinese Jade 11
Chapter Five: Jade's Significance in China 11
Chapter Six: Neolithic Period 12
Chapter Seven: Shang Period 45
Chapter Eight: Early Zhou Period
(Western Zhou) 75
Chapter Nine: Middle Zhou Period 82
Chapter Ten: Eastern Zhou 86
Chapter Eleven: Han Period 102
Chapter Twelve: Wei Period - Six Dynasties 124
Chapter Thirteen: Tang Period (618 to 906)
Early Medieval Period 134
Chapter Fourteen: Sung Period (960 to1279)
Mid-Medieval Period 144
Chapter Fifteen: Yuan Period (1260 to 1368) 156
Chapter Sixteen: Ming Period (1368 to 1644)
Late Medieval Period 158
Chapter Seventeen: Qing Period
(1644 to 1912) 182
Chapter Eighteen: Ornamental Jade 233
Chapter Nineteen: Jade Astronomical
Instruments 265
Chapter Twenty: Jade Writing Tablets 267
Chapter Twenty-One: Jade Coinage and Seals 268
Chapter Twenty-Two: Buddhist
Jade Art Carvings 270
Chapter Twenty-Three: Jade
Musical Instruments 274
Chapter Twenty-Four: Funerary Jade 275
Chapter Twenty-Five: Contemporary Jade 280
Part III: Jade Outside China 281
Chapter Twenty-Six: Pre-Columbian Jade 282
Chapter Twenty-Seven: Maori Jade 282
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Indian Mogul Jade 283
Glossary 287
Bibliography 288
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