Jade carving was a special skill and was highly respected. Jade carver: We’re under attack! Narrator: The Shang dynasty lasted for over five centuries but came to an end when the last king ...

jade carvings, pottery and bone objects and other exquisite historical relics, which have comprehensively and systematically shown to the people throughout the world the features of the capital of the ...

The technique qiaose dates back to the Shang Dynasty (c.16th century-11th century BC) and is one of the most commonly applied methods in jade carving to reflect the artisans' ingenuity.

Because devout Muslims are proscribed from dealing in certain representational images, the Han have come to monopolize the carving ... when Shang dynasty royals took to sleeping on jade pillows ...

Artifacts recovered from the 3,000-year-old site include bronze drinking vessels, painted pottery, ornaments inlaid with turquoise, and carved jade ... rulers of the Shang Dynasty, who were ...

Why We Like It: Whether you’re an avid collector or someone new to the tradition of jade carving ... ornamental fittings and pendants from the Shang (1600–1100 BCE) and Zhou periods ...

The site is one of the largest ever discovered dating from China's early Shang Dynasty ... ornaments inlaid with turquoise and carved pieces of jade — at the vast Zhaigou archaeological site ...

Chinese seal carving originated more than 3,000 years ago during the Shang Dynasty (c ... silver, iron, jade and stone among others. After the Qin Dynasty, materials for official seals were ...

The sites belonging to the ancient Shang dynasty (1600BC-1046 BC ... copper axes, sea shells, jade and crocodile bone.