The top ten jade collection in the Forbidden City

There are few origins of jade, only the United States, Japan, Russia, Myanmar and other countries, and Myanmar is the country with the highest yield and quality, so jade is also known as "Burma jade." After the Qing Dynasty, a large number of Burmese jade from Myanmar tribute began to be popular in the palace. Most of the daily necessities such as tableware, pots, and boxes used by the emperors, empresses, and harems are jade products, and the most famous person who loves jade is the Empress Dowager Cixi. It is almost crazy about the obsession of jade. Now, there are many jade collections in the Forbidden City, the most famous of which are the following ten kinds of jade crafts.

The "Emperor's Year" of the Emerald Dragon Cup: This type of tow cup is very popular in the dynasty before the Qing Dynasty, but the finishing level of the finished product is the best in the Qing Dynasty. The height of this dragon cup is 5cm, caliber 7cm, disk diameter 18.5cm. The jade is green and green, with dark green silk and dark red clumps.

Cui Xiao: The green body is green and green, and the sound is deep and pleasant. It is carved into bamboo shape with a total length of 54cm and a caliber of 2.8cm.

Cuiyu-style box: It is a box with a fish-shaped appearance. So it is called a squid-shaped box. It is blue-green. It is set with gems on the eyes, scorpion and fishtail. The scales are carefully carved and the overall image is vivid. Good-looking, the body is 27.8cm long and 7.2cm wide.

Cui printing color box: the box is round green, the box and the cover match each other, can be buckled, the bottom of the box is very shallow, the height is only 3.4cm, and the caliber is 8.8cm. There is a prominent "shou" on the lid, which is a tile-like convex line with a high level of craftsmanship. It has made greater progress for the Yuan and Ming Dynasties. Regardless of the fineness of raw materials or post-processing, this Cui Yin color box is a superior product.

Cuiyan pot: the color is blue-green, the partial green color is deeper, the height of the green body is 6.45cm, the width is 5.3cm, and the pattern shape is relatively simple.

Jade Peach Wash: It is used for washing pens in ancient study rooms. The peach blossoms and peach branches on the edge of the green body are very delicate, the overall light green, the local color is relatively deep, the caliber is 24.8cm, relatively shallow, only 3.8cm the height of.

Cui Taiji pattern platter: The middle part of the shallow plate is engraved with the pattern of Tai Chi. The color is bright green, the color is deep green, the transparency is good, the texture is superior, the height is 3.5cm, and the caliber is larger, it is 17.5cm.

Cui Yulong antique enamel: the color is green with green, the color is yellow, the color transition is natural and fresh, with a height of 19.7cm.

The green lotus-shaped cover bowl: the whole is light green, the deep green color is like cloud smoke, and the green stalks carved on the green body reflect each other. The height of the bowl is 8.3cm and the diameter is 12.4cm.

Cui Bowl: The green bowl is greenish green, the color of the green body is unevenly distributed, and some are deeper and shallower. The height of the bowl is 7.3cm and the diameter is 17.3cm.