The colorless glass jadeite that is unaffordable today was once regarded as waste?

As the saying goes: laymen look at the color, experts look at the type. Newbies often think that jadeite with green is good, but they don’t know that as long as the quality is good, it can be valuable even without green. For example, colorless glass jade has quietly become a popular commodity in the market.

Since the 1990s, influenced by Western gem definition standards, in addition to color, jade has also been divided into glass, ice, glutinous, hibiscus, oily green and other qualities, and a more complete evaluation system has gradually been established.

Especially in recent years, the value of glass-type jadeite has skyrocketed, and it and high-ice full-green jadeite have repeatedly achieved great success in major auctions and sold at shockingly high prices, which are now affordable for ordinary people.

But, do you know? Before the 1990s, glass-type jade had no place in the market at all, especially colorless glass-type jade, which was even regarded as waste and sold by weight at the China-Myanmar border.

Qingcui ink box, height 3.4 cm, diameter 8.8 cm

Including the Qing Dynasty imperial jadeite treasured in the Forbidden City today, it is basically difficult to find glass or even ice jadeite, but most of them are full green products. Why is this?

Qingcui tobacco pot, Qing Dynasty, height 6.45 cm, width 5.3 cm

This is somewhat related to the identification standards of Hetian ancient jade. Jadeite became increasingly popular during the Qing Dynasty due to the love of Emperor Qianlong, Empress Dowager Cixi and others. At first, people didn't know much about it and could only refer to Hetian jade to estimate its approximate value.

Qing Cui Buddha hand pendant, total length 10cm, pendant length 4.5cm, pendant width 3cm

The ancient Hetian jade has a warm color, fine texture, and its texture is mostly between translucent and opaque. Therefore, jadeite with color and texture close to that of ancient Hetian jade was regarded as a treasure. That is, glutinous jadeite, glutinous ice jadeite, and bean-type jadeite were popular at the time, while glass-type jadeite was unpopular.

Unexpectedly, with the changes in the market, people now also like to buy parallel imported jade, and think that the crystal clear jade is like a living dragon, lively and interesting. Of course, color is also very important. Jade with correct color, good quality, sufficient water, excellent workmanship and perfection is the top-quality jade that people in the world love.

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