Jade : a study in Chinese archaeology and religion (1912)
Laufer, Berthold, 1874-1934 · Chicago : Field Museum of Natural History · leaf 191
ee out, thus appearing as positive and negative, or in Chinese as yang and yin (male and female). The jade of this piece, in a good state of preservation, shows only a few small spots possibly, caused by chemical action underground, and is of a uniform light-green leaf-color. This is a kind of jade… … ancient texts that this Fic. 41. information is correct ; Alleged Jade Wheel-Nave (from Ku yii t'u p‘u). but aside from this purpose, these objects served also a most important religious function in worship and symbolized the deity of Earth. A type corresponding to our specimen on Plate XV, Fig. 1,…
Jade -- China -- History
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