The Significance of Jade
Author: Kate Hunt (ed.)
Publisher: The Woolf Charitable Trust
USD $165.00
A collection of essays by six leading international experts and academics on Chinese art and cultural history examining the seminal role played by jade – its manufacture, symbolism, social and political value, spiritual resonance and artistic appreciation – in 17th and 18th century China, as illustrated by works form the Woolf Collection of Chinese Jades.
The authors are as follows: Rosemary Scott, Dr James C.S. Lin, Ming Wilson, Rose Kerr, Dr Malcom McNeill and Carol Michaelson, edited by Kate Hunt and with foreword by Jonathan Woolf.
182 pages, colour, English, 30.4 x 23.8 x 2 cm. Hardcover with 3D inset plaques and cardboard sleeve
Published in 2025
ISBN: 978-1-0369-3342-5