Check out the most expensive jadeite in the world, the most expensive piece is estimated to be worth more than 1 billion

Jade is one of the five major gemstones in the world and is known as the "king of jade". It has always been very valuable. Both investors and antique lovers love jade. Jade is usually emerald green or purple in color, and its color is crystal clear, bright and pleasing to the eye. But the jadeite we come into contact with in our daily lives is only worth between a thousand and ten thousand yuan. In recent years, due to over-exploitation of resources, jadeite has become increasingly scarce, and its value has been rising higher and higher. A piece of natural jadeite is worth hundreds of millions. Let’s take a look at the most expensive jadeite in the world!

The most expensive jade in the world

1. Master Li Zhenqing's masterpiece "Emerald Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival"

Li Zhenqing, a famous contemporary carving master and young Chinese jade carving artist, took four years to complete the jadeite "Along the River During the Qingming Festival". The work is nearly 10 meters long and weighs 2.2 tons of material. It won the special gold medal of the Chinese Jade "Hundred Flowers Award". The delicate carving of the details and the vivid expression of the spirit of the work fully demonstrate the charm of Chinese freehand brushwork and create an imaginative space where the real and the unreal coexist, making people feel as if they are in a fairyland. It is breathtaking and a rare treasure handed down from generation to generation. Some people estimate its value to be more than 1 billion.

2. Zhaoyi Star (600 million)

Glass type! 8.5 kg of raw stone! Top violet! When talking about jadeite, we have to mention this "giant" peony - the Zhaoyi Star. The designer of this exquisite violet is Ms. Grace Lee, who is well-known in the industry. Speaking of Grace, she is simply a model of a quality life. She has worked as a host, a beauty pageant image manager, a gemologist at the Gemological Institute of America, and a famous jewelry designer. The glass-type violet jadeite weighing 9,499 carats is surrounded by many colorful gems and looks like a gorgeous peony. It is called a national treasure and its raw material is preliminarily estimated at 600 million yuan.

3. The jadeite imperial beads given by Empress Dowager Cixi to Emperor Guangxu (600 million)

It is well known that Cixi was a major jewelry collector in Chinese history. She was extremely extravagant and collected a large number of jadeite, and each piece was priceless. Her collection of jadeite imperial beads consists of 108 pieces, weighing 342.3 grams. They are round in shape, with an imperial green halo, and are almost uniform in size. They have obvious characteristics of high ice glass type, and the auction house estimates their value at 600 million yuan. This string of court beads was the favorite of Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Dynasty. She later gave it to Emperor Guangxu, who gave it to his favorite concubine. Finally, it flowed into the hands of the people due to disaster.

4. The Great Wall of China (437 million)

Hong Kong jewelry designer Chan Shiying took the Great Wall as inspiration and used top-grade imperial jadeite as the main stone (37.45*30.43 mm) to create this "Great Wall" necklace, which is worth 437 million RMB and has very Chinese characteristics. It is the most expensive jewelry at the 26th exhibition. Its color is a very pure and rich green jadeite, which is the best and most valuable green among jadeites, giving people a solemn and noble beauty.

5. Peerless Beauty (300 million)

The "Peerless Beauty" necklace, made of nine top-grade jadeite and 204 diamonds, is worth 300 million RMB. All of the 9 jade egg-shaped surfaces are excellent quality old pit glass-type jade, with delicate and lustrous texture, bright and gorgeous colors, rich and uniform emerald green, round and full, without a trace of impurities. When light penetrates through the bottom of the stone, the light is bright and crystal clear, making it a rare treasure among jades that is rarely seen in a century. The 204 diamonds complement each other, making the peerless jade even more radiant. The 10 gorgeous and dazzling plum blossoms made up of 60 diamonds symbolize "magnificence" and "perfection".

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