Hello everyone! I am a Burmese Chinese Daisen. In April 2014, a 27-piece 2 jade necklace from the late Qing court was sold for HK$210 million. In the same year, the jade beads given to Guangxu by Cixi started at HK$223 million, and experts estimated that the transaction price could be HK$800 million. Why are jadeite bead chains so expensive? Let's take a look at what makes it special today!
Jadeite bead chains with good species, water and color can be regarded as rare treasures, and resources are very scarce in today's market, and they can only be seen at auctions. There are many styles of jadeite bead chains, some are the whole jadeite bead chain, its jade bead particle size is the same, and some are jadeite bead chain particle sizes, some from small to large, such a bead chain we call the pagoda bead chain.
The number of jadeite bead chains is also exquisite, generally there are 14, 21, 27, 36, 42, 54, different numbers also represent different meanings, the most common is 108, 108 jadeite beads represent 12 months, 24 solar terms, 72 waits. That is to say, the 108 beads imply that the four seasons of the year, the cycle repeats, the avenue is natural, and it conforms to reincarnation.
The production process of jadeite bead chains is not the most difficult compared to other carvings, but it is also extremely technical. After selecting the material, the jadeite block is first cut into long thin columns, then cut into small cubes, and finally grinds out the beads, and then punches the holes, in this process, any step that goes wrong will make the beads invalid. Although the process of making jadeite beads is not the most difficult, its loss rate is extremely high. The final production rate is often less than 20%, and its loss rate can be imagined.
It is said that the jadeite bead chain is the most able to reflect the wearer's noble jadeite jewelry, and the jade bead chain also has a big advantage is that it is not divided into men and women, many jadeite jewelry is generally, usually whether it is for men or women are quite friendly, in the process of wearing the need to distinguish gender, which is very different from other jewelry. On TV, we can see that many celebrities like to wear jade bead chains to participate in some large-scale activities, Fan Bingbing, Zhao Yazhi, Huang Shengyi, etc. are all loyal fans of jade bead chains.
The price of jadeite bead chain is different, the span is also very large, the best water color is millions of yuan, and the slightly worse is generally between tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands. For today's market, jadeite beads, which may be priced at about tens of thousands of yuan, are more popular in the market. If you've been to Wash City, Myanmar, where you can buy a lot of cheap bead chains, some of which are dozens to hundreds of pieces, but the cheap jadeite bead chains are generally scraps from jadeite.
When choosing a jadeite bead chain, you must choose a completely uncracked, uniform color material, the seed should be old, the head of the water is good enough, there can be no black spots, the beads must be round, and the hole should be straight. If it is the jadeite bead chain worn by men in the choice, it is best to choose a larger jadeite bead, which can invisibly increase the man's nobility and domineering, and the color is more inclined to the dark color of the beads, such as black or dark green, which can make men look more connotative.
For women, it is necessary to choose according to the shape of the face and clothes, women with melon face do not wear "V" shaped jade bead chains; women with round faces choose to wear a longer, medium-sized jade bead chain. Goose egg face shape is more versatile; square face can choose "V" shape bead chain and so on.
As far as clothing is concerned, wearing high-necked slim clothes can wear long bead chains, the color is best the opposite of the color of the bead chain; wearing light-colored clothes is to wear a dark green emerald necklace; slanted shoulders or suspender style clothing is suitable for wearing bead chains with pendant decoration. For bandeau dresses, you can choose a delicate jadeite necklace, and the square-collared clothes choose a shorter jadeite bead chain, do not wear a bead chain beyond the neckline.
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