How to choose and maintain jade ornaments?

We know that ornaments, as the name suggests, are things that are placed in public areas, tables, cabinets or cupboards for people to appreciate. The range of ornaments is very wide and the shapes are also many, including bottles, stoves, pots, ruyi, vases, flowers, figures, auspicious beasts, landscapes, jade boxes, tripods, pen holders, tea sets, Buddha statues, etc. Today I will take you to learn some relevant knowledge about jade ornaments.

1. Classification of Jade Ornaments

The main types of jadeite ornaments include: jade mountains, jade screens, jade figure ornaments, jade animal ornaments and jade flower and bird ornaments.

1. Jadeite Jade Mountain

Jade mountain is a kind of sculpture that maintains the original shape of the jade material, and follows the composition rule of "a mountain of 1 meter, a tree of 1 foot, a horse of 5 meter, and a person of 5 meter" to express natural landscapes, cultural landscapes or historical scenes. It can be either relief or deep carved, so that mountains, trees, pavilions, birds, people, etc. constitute alternating changes of distant, middle and near scenes, so as to achieve the unity of jade material, subject matter and craftsmanship.

2. Jadeite Screen

The Jade Screen is made of thin slices of large pieces of jade as the screen core, on which landscapes and figures are expressed using relief techniques, and then paired with a hardwood screen base.

3. Jade figure ornaments

The so-called jade figure ornaments are some human figures. Character modeling requires attention to the figure, the depiction of the character's face, the character's expression and the plot content. The main form of expression is round sculpture.

4. Jade animal ornaments

Jade animal ornaments are of course based on auspicious animals, such as dragons, phoenixes, unicorns, vermilion birds, evil spirits, etc., and of course there are some other animals. The materials used for these ornaments are quite diverse, especially those with various colors.

5. Jade flower and bird ornaments

The last type is jade carvings of flowers and birds. From its meaning, we know that it is based on flowers and birds as the theme, and often uses a combination of flowers that are popular among the people and symbolize auspiciousness. However, in order to enhance the lifelike interest of the works, birds, insects and herbs are often placed between the flowers. Taking various birds in nature as the subject matter, realistic techniques are used to shape and apply the art, creating a natural, vivid and fresh style for jade birds.

Jade ornaments have generally appeared since the Song Dynasty and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. This is mainly due to the source of jade ore and the development of handicraft processing technology, which enables people to process hard jade ore more finely and quickly. The jade ornaments of the Ming Dynasty were relatively small and were mostly playthings for literati, such as autumn mountain paintings, jade mountains, human statues, small animals, etc.

2. Purchase of Jadeite Ornaments

The following aspects can be considered when choosing ornaments:

1. Choose ornaments of different themes according to the location of the display.

2. Choose ornaments of different shapes and colors according to the style of the environment.

3. Choose ornaments of appropriate size according to the overall matching.

Jade ornaments usually adopt the "color matching" technique, which is to use two or more different colors on a piece of raw material to carve different shapes. The use of color matching must be very clever, and with skilled craftsmanship, the work will have both form and spirit. Such jade ornaments are not only for viewing, but also have extremely high appreciation value.

When purchasing jade ornaments, you should also pay attention to:

1. The material of jade ornaments should be “good”.

2. The carving of jade ornaments should be "skillful".

3. The design of jade ornaments should be “novel”.

3. Maintenance of Jadeite Ornaments

When maintaining jade ornaments, you should:

1. Do not allow jade ornaments to collide with hard objects.

2. Avoid exposing jade ornaments to direct sunlight.

3. Jade ornaments should not come into contact with chemicals.

4. Try to avoid dust and oil.

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