#战国和汉代的青玉和白玉数量很多, why do people today prefer "mutton fat white jade"?
There are historical reasons for this. The reason why jade has been loved by people since ancient times is because of the texture and eye edge problems. Ancient celebrities paid attention to elegant things, and there were some famous sayings that used jade to refer to people. There are many kinds of jade, why do you prefer "mutton fat white jade". That's because "mutton fat white jade" is worth collecting.
Mutton fat white jade
Mr. Xia Nai, a Chinese archaeologist, once said in the article: "Han Dynasty jade materials ... Milky white mutton fat jade is greatly increased". "Mutton fat white jade" is characterized by high whiteness, brightness enough, warm and delicate, and grease. The Khotanese jade that paid tribute to the western regions of the Han Dynasty was of extremely high quality, and the "mutton fat white jade" had a phenomenon of "re-infiltration" in the soil, which could not be imitated by later generations. This kind of characteristic is even more lacking in green jade and white jade.
Hetian jade seed material
From other points of view, the hardness of green jade and white jade is not as good as the "mutton fat white jade" in the western region, and after a long time in the soil, the "mutton fat white jade" is as new in color, a bit out of the mud without staining the charm. Green jade and white jade appear dry and dull, highlighting the high quality of "mutton fat white jade".
Qing Dynasty cultural relics Qingyu
Moreover, in ancient times, green jade and white jade were mined in large quantities in the Central Plains, and could be quickly transported to the imperial palace for processing. The "mutton fat white jade" in the western region is mined in small quantities, the transportation distance is long, and the imperial palace gets relatively little, not to mention the people.
imperial palace
Since the rarity of antiquities is precious, the appearance and hardness of such obvious advantages, so that the "mutton fat white jade" that feels like a beauty has a long history of collection. Therefore, to this day, people still love "mutton fat white jade" more.
Artifacts Mutton fat white jade grip
As for whether the fine jade of the Warring States and Han Dynasties has been handed down, I think that after thousands of years of countless wars, no dynasty or family has inherited the Warring States jade and the Han Dynasty jade that can be intact. At present, the Warring States and Han Dynasty jades that can be seen are only some tomb robberies and archaeological excavations. These are all cultural relics that are common to the country and the people. No individual or organization has the right to collect cultural relics privately, and today's people can only play with the jade produced in this world. The quality of jade in this world is the "mutton fat white jade" collected by Hotan and the seed material of Hotan jade. At present, collectors are the first choice for this.
Tomb robbery artifacts destroyed in 2008
However, there are not many high-quality Hetian jade in The Hotan region of Xinjiang, the production has always been extremely low, and since the end of the Qing Dynasty, the output quality of jasper in China has also been extremely low, and the Qing court has closed the Jasper mining area of Xinjiang, and the specific pit location is not known.
Qing Dynasty jasper
After the jasper in the Hotan area has been played for a long time, the color has not changed, but the color is dark, resulting in the current insiders who play with jade have rarely collected this jasper. Or maybe no one has taken out the good quality, anyway, many connoisseurs do not collect a lot of Hetian jasper.
Qing Dynasty jasper bowl
In recent years, it has been found that the quality of jasper in Russia's No. 7 mine is worth processing, although it is dried after a long time, but the color is bright when mining and processing, and you can barely play with it for a period of time and then buy new jasper. But this is not a long-term solution, if the quality can not be maintained for a long time, the quality of ordinary Obi will eventually be eliminated.
Russian jasper
The state may have other considerations, defining many other origins of jade attribution into "Hetian jade" to increase circulation. As stated in advance, the author does not agree with the broad division of Wada Yu.
Russian jasper wool
However, the quality of the jade in those other places is extremely poor, and it is simply a bit of a feeling of indiscriminate counting, and the beauty of the "mutton fat white jade" in the heart that comes out of the mud and is not stained is destroyed.
The phenomenon of intramuscular repenetration of mutton fat white jade