Good jade is expensive even if it is not cut. Have you ever come across such a good jade?

Time flies. The jade culture that has been accumulated over thousands of years has traveled through time and space and is closely intertwined with the lives of modern people! Jadeite, as an important element of Chinese traditional culture, has always influenced and nourished the collection and investment value of jade among Chinese people. It is often said that "jade cannot be made into a useful object without being carved", but the jade industry also emphasizes that "the great jade is not carved to show its beauty" and "good jade is valuable even if it is not carved".

- Why is the price of uncut jade still high? -

We seem to be able to discover some clues from Li Bai's famous line "The lotus emerges from clear water, without any natural decoration" which has been passed down through the ages. In fact, Chinese people really like the natural, pure and simple essential beauty. A person who is pure, simple and not pretentious will be called beautiful; an article will be praised if it does not have complicated, exaggerated embellishments or excessive moaning; and a piece of jade, when the water quality is exquisite and the gloss, brightness, transparency and purity are all at the top level, its beauty can be truly displayed without being "carved".

The processing of jade jewelry is divided into two categories: "plain work" and "flowered work": "plain" jade cannot be carved with patterns or decorations. Therefore, plain jade jewelry often pays attention to symmetry, has high requirements on materials, and has a smooth surface. Apart from fixed carved lines, there will be no extra carvings.

Only jade without flaws and cracks can be made into "plain" jewelry, so "plain" jade has very high requirements on the "type", "water" and "color" of the material.

There is a saying in the jade industry: "No cracks, no flowers." Cracks refer to small cracks on jade, which means that only jade with flaws or cracks can be used to make carvings.

Jade carvers use their superb skills and the combined effects of light reflection and refraction to highlight the three-dimensional sense of jade and create the exquisite beauty of the "carved" jade that people love. In fact, there will be certain impurities and other defects in the thinned areas.

Through comprehensive analysis and comparison of factors such as texture, color, transparency, and market, it was found that "plain" jade has greater appreciation potential than "carved" jade.

At famous auction houses such as Christie's, the high-quality jadeite that can be sold at high prices are almost without exception concentrated on plain accessories such as necklaces, bracelets, ring faces, and jade buckles. This shows the preciousness and market potential of "plain" jadeite, which is an excellent choice for jadeite collection.

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