Books about Jade & Precious Stones

In the history of the art of the Chinese empire, jade has had a special significance, comparable with that of gold and diamonds in the West. Jade was used for the finest objects and cult figures, and for grave furnishings for high-ranking members of the imperial family

Archaic Chinese Jades Collected in China By A. W. Bahr: Now in Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago

Chinese ivory sculpture

Chinese Jade Carving

Chinese Art, The Minor Arts - Gold, Silver, Bronze, Cloisonne, Cantonese Enamel, Lacquer, Furniture, Wood

Dated Chinese Antiquities: 600 To 1650

Arts from the Scholar's Studio. Catalogue of an Exhibition Presented by The Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong and the Fung Ping Shan Museum

Chinese sculpture, bronzes, and jades in Japanese collections

Power and Virtue: The Horses in Chinese Art

Secret world of the Forbidden City: Splendors from China's Imperial Palace

Imperial China : The Art of the Horse in Chinese History

Ancient Sichuan: Treasures from a Lost Civilization

Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing

The Formation of Chinese Civilization: An Archaeological Perspective

Jade: 5000 B.C. to 1912 A.D.: A Guide for Collectors (Schiffer Book for Collectors)

Radiant Stones: Archaic Chinese Jades

Chinese Jade: Selected Articles from Orientations

A Passion for Asia: The Rockefeller Legacy

Modern Chinese Scholars' Rocks: A Guide for Collectors

Chinese Jades from Neolithic to Qing: The Youngman Collection

The Immortal Stone Chinese Jades from the Neolithic Period to the Twentieth Century /anglais

Art of the Yellow Springs Hardcover – January 15, 2010

5,000 Years of Chinese Jade: Featuring Selections from the National Museum of History, Taiwan, and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

The Archaeology of China: From The Late Paleolithic To The Early Bronze Age (Cambridge World Archaeology)

The Search for Immortality: Tomb Treasures of Han China

Forbidden City: Imperial Treasures from the Palace Museum, Beijing

Excavating the Afterlife: The Archaeology of Early Chinese Religion (Art History Publication Initiative Books)

Tomb Treasures: New Discoveries from China's Han Dynasty

The Arts of China, Sixth Edition, Revised and Expanded

Early Chinese Jades in the Harvard Art Museums

Liangzhu Culture: Society, Belief, and Art in Neolithic China

Kingly Splendor: Court Art and Materiality in Han China (Tang Center Series in Early China)

Celestial Beings and Bird-Men: Human Flight in Chinese Jade

Hongshan Jade: The oldest, most imaginative jades full of mysterious beauty (Neolithic Jade)

Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages: a Review of Its Characteristics, Decoration, Folklore, and Symbolism

Chinese pottery burial objects of the Sui and Tang dynasties. An exhibition with special reference to the scientific testing of pottery wares, and the works of the forger