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Tag: jadeite

Travel

A Very Dangerous Relic

BY ROGER WATSON Mention the Jade Cabbage to a Taiwanese Chinese person, their eyes will be lowered in reverence and a look of awe will come over their faces. The Jade Cabbage, also known as The Green Jade Cabbage, is the finest exemplar of a jadeite cabbage and it is Taiwan’s most revered artefact. It is housed in the National Palace Museum in Taipei and … Continue reading A Very Dangerous Relic

countrysquiremagazineMay 19, 2023May 19, 2023
Jewellery, money

New Old Green Gold

BY MARCUS OBLENSKY Gold may be the most coveted of metals, and it’s even more precious these days, with concerns about the strength of the global financial system pushing the world’s de facto reserve currency up to about US$1,600 an ounce. But even at its current high value, the Chinese will never hold gold in the same esteem as they do jade and its more … Continue reading New Old Green Gold

countrysquiremagazineOctober 16, 2019March 27, 2020

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