Appreciation of Celebrity Jade Collection (Part 1)

Appreciation of Celebrity Jade Collection (Part 1)

Let's enjoy it together.

Jade collections of famous people from ancient and modern times .

Empress Dowager Cixi】

The largest jade collector in history is none other than Empress Dowager Cixi.

Empress Dowager Cixi collected countless jadeite throughout her life.

Her love for jade is well known to everyone.

Various types of jade can be seen everywhere in her life.

The top collections include the following:

The emerald watermelon was the favorite collection of Empress Dowager Cixi , and she once had a pair of them.

The rind of the emerald watermelon is emerald green.

It also has dark green stripes, just like a real watermelon.

After Empress Dowager Cixi died, the pair of jade watermelons became her burial objects.

Later, Sun Dianying's tomb robbery incident occurred .

One of the watermelons disappeared without a trace.

The other one is now in a museum in the United States.

The market valuation is approximately 600 million.

The second treasure that Empress Dowager Cixi loved was a jade dragon hairpin .

Empress Dowager Cixi would wear it and play with it almost every day.

This jade hairpin has clear and transparent color, and vivid color, it is truly a top-quality piece.

In October 2008 , it was sold for 8 million Hong Kong dollars.

The third treasure that Empress Dowager Cixi liked,

It is a jade cabbage ornament.

This ornament is named after the Chinese character for "baicai", which sounds like "baicai" in Chinese, implying the wish to bring in wealth and fortune .

The green leaves and white stems are lifelike with clever carving .

It is now collected in the National Palace Museum in Taipei.

These are the ornaments collected by Empress Dowager Cixi.

In that era, it can be said that it was a masterpiece of genius and ingenuity.

Many jade carving masters only carve one piece like this in their lifetime.

The Last Empress Wanrong

The jadeite set of the last empress Wanrong (Puyi's wife ) ,

It also enjoys a high reputation in the history of jade.

This Jade Set includes:

A full green bracelet, a top-quality saddle ring and a string of top-quality jadeite beads.

These three sets are full of color, bright and evenly distributed.

It is extremely rare to put together a set.

It was sold for HK$6.64 million at the Sotheby's auction in 2014.

The two celebrities I introduce today are:

They are two of the most representative women in modern China.

Next time we will continue to show you,

Famous collections of contemporary jade collectors ,

Please look forward to it~~


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