One minute to teach you to understand the workmanship of jade

In addition to the type, water content, and color of jadeite mentioned earlier, the value assessment also includes the workmanship that we will talk about today. A piece of material of the same quality will have a large difference in price after being carved by jade craftsmen of different levels.

Exquisite jade processing technology can often greatly enhance the comprehensive value of jade, so that the crystal clear and emerald green beauty of jade can be fully displayed.

Jade processing methods

A piece of jade has to go through dozens of processing steps from rough material to finished product, but the main carving techniques used are not much different from other art categories, such as wood carving, root carving, ivory carving, etc., which can be expressed in professional terms: round carving, relief carving and openwork carving.

Round Sculpture

Round carving is also called three-dimensional carving. When a jade piece is carved using this carving technique, the viewer can appreciate all sides of the jade piece from different angles. The one below is a typical round carving.

Relief

Relief is a technique that uses the ups and downs of convex and concave surfaces on a flat jade surface to express the three-dimensionality and sense of space of the pattern. It is roughly divided into shallow relief, medium relief and high relief. The difference between these three types is easy to understand. It depends on the size of the undulations on the pattern's concave and convex surface. If the undulations are small, it becomes shallow relief, and the other two types are similar.

Openwork

Openwork carving is also called hollowing out. According to the design of the pattern, the parts that do not express the objects are hollowed out, leaving the parts that can express the objects. If the openwork part is wrong, it cannot be repaired, so everything from stone selection, work layout, tool equipment to carving procedures must be paid attention to to prevent breakage during the carving process.

Evaluation of jadeite craftsmanship standards

Generally speaking, good materials must be well-made. When evaluating jadeite, the type, water content, color and quality of jadeite must be combined with the craftsmanship of jadeite. Similarly, the shape and size of jadeite products are often closely related to the craftsmanship.

The jade craftsmanship has been carefully designed and crafted, so that the jade products have full and round shapes, simple and regular craftsmanship, and are very artistic. However, those jades of slightly lower quality often have defects such as impurities, cracks, and variegated colors, and therefore need to be improved in terms of craftsmanship.

The level of jade craftsmanship is evaluated based on creativity: that is, meaning, ingenuity, cuteness, refinement and novelty.

meaning

Meaning refers to the implication. As the saying goes, "Jade must have meaning, and the meaning must be auspicious." Thousands of years of cultural accumulation and screening have refined numerous beautiful legends and allusions, which have become the intuitive material expression of people's spiritual sustenance.

Jade string beans represent peace and prosperity in all seasons

Jade leaves represent a successful career and a happy life.

Jade cabbage symbolizes gathering wealth, attracting fortune and making a fortune

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