Shanghai Jade Artifacts

Last updated 2026-10-23 — Shanghai jade artifacts have a history of over 100 years, primarily featuring imitations of ancient bronze ware. Their style is classic and elegant, with dignified shapes. For example, the “Inkstone Jade Palette Imitating Bronze Ware,” created in 1980, won a silver cup award at the National Arts and Crafts Hundred Flowers Awards. The piece emulates the form of bronze ware—sturdy and generous in design—with highly decorative patterns that closely resemble bronze. The inkstone jade is crystal-clear and radiates a beautiful luster, striking a unique charm between resemblance and abstraction. The “Jadeite Hundred Buddha Bowl,” crafted in 1979 and still preserved in the Yokohama City Hall in Japan, is adorned on the surface of a lotus-shaped bowl just five inches in diameter with nearly a hundred lotus leaves, each bearing a small arhat, all uniquely expressive down to the finest details. Additionally, the “Sapphire Rhino Vessel” and “Sapphire Beast-Masked Pot,” both made in 1982, are also outstanding representative works. Whether depicting figures or animals, they are vividly lifelike, graceful and free-spirited, rich in rhythm, and exquisitely crafted with fine detail.