What are the requirements for jade carving? How should I choose when buying?

When buying a good jade, one should not only consider factors such as its color, water content and texture, but also the carving is very important. Jade carving is all about auspicious meanings. Jade carving masters use their exquisite skills and clever ideas to give jade cultural and artistic connotations, which is the essence of seven thousand years of jade culture. So how do you choose the quality of the carving?

A piece of jade with good carving can achieve the state of turning decay into magic. It can not only make up for the inherent deficiencies of jade, but also turn a piece of jade of average quality into a fine work of art. However, a piece of jade with poor carving, no matter how good the type, water content and color of the jade are, will not make it more beautiful, but will bury its original beauty!

The jade carvings we usually see on the market range from a few hundred yuan to tens of thousands of yuan. What is the difference in their workmanship? In fact, it has a lot to do with the time and effort spent by the sculptor. Jadeite that costs a few hundred yuan is usually only made into simple shapes, which requires the sculptor to spend less time and is easy to make. However, jadeite that costs tens of thousands of yuan will take the sculptor a lot of time and energy. They have to polish all the details to be exquisite, with smooth lines and a very glossy finish, which is very difficult to do. In addition, jade carving also pays great attention to artistry, which generally depends on the level and attainments of the jade carving master. Sometimes a flash of inspiration and a finishing touch can greatly enhance the value of the jade carving.

Therefore, when we buy jade, we should not only look at its basic quality, but also its carving. When we look at carving, we can start from two aspects: one is the labor cost, which is the time spent by the sculptor; the other is the technical cost, which is the artistic cost.

Let’s talk about labor costs first. Jade is a type of hard jade and takes a long time to carve. Carving can be coarse or fine. It takes two hours to make a rough draft, and it may take a day to make it fine. If every detail is handled very meticulously, it will take several days or even weeks. When the carving craftsmanship reaches a certain level of refinement, every extra point of refinement requires ten more points of labor time. Therefore, the same jade carving master can do hundreds or thousands of pieces of work, and there is a difference in the actual working time.

Let’s talk about technical costs, which are also artistic costs. Simply put, if Xu Beihong and an ordinary art teacher both spend one hour painting, then Xu Beihong's skills and artistry must be much higher, so his paintings are more valuable. So for the same piece of jade carving, the one carved by a master with high artistic attainments will definitely have more harmonious proportions, smoother lines, a more artistic feel as a whole, and will be relatively more valuable.

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