Gem Lore

Yuan Dynasty Gemstones: Mongol Empire Luxury

Yuan Dynasty Gemstones: Mongol Empire Luxury

Explore Yuan dynasty gem culture — Mongol Empire gem-set gold jewelry, the Pax Mongolica's expansion of Silk Road gem trade, Kublai Khan's massive jade wine jar, Persian and Islamic gem...

Yuan Dynasty Gemstones: Mongol Empire Luxury

Explore Yuan dynasty gem culture — Mongol Empire gem-set gold jewelry, the Pax Mongolica's expansion of Silk Road gem trade, Kublai Khan's massive jade wine jar, Persian and Islamic gem...

Song Dynasty Jade: Connoisseurship & Aesthetics

Song Dynasty Jade: Connoisseurship & Aesthetics

Explore Song dynasty jade culture — the emergence of jade connoisseurship among scholar-officials, the passion for ancient archaistic jade, Song aesthetic values of subtlety and restraint, scholar's studio jade objects,...

Song Dynasty Jade: Connoisseurship & Aesthetics

Explore Song dynasty jade culture — the emergence of jade connoisseurship among scholar-officials, the passion for ancient archaistic jade, Song aesthetic values of subtlety and restraint, scholar's studio jade objects,...

Tang Dynasty Gemstones: Silk Road Luxury Trade

Tang Dynasty Gemstones: Silk Road Luxury Trade

Explore Tang dynasty gem culture — the Silk Road luxury gem trade bringing rubies sapphires and pearls, new gold gem-set jewelry aesthetics, Buddhist seven treasures in Tang art, foreign gem...

Tang Dynasty Gemstones: Silk Road Luxury Trade

Explore Tang dynasty gem culture — the Silk Road luxury gem trade bringing rubies sapphires and pearls, new gold gem-set jewelry aesthetics, Buddhist seven treasures in Tang art, foreign gem...

Han Dynasty Jade: Burial Suits & Imperial Use

Han Dynasty Jade: Burial Suits & Imperial Use

Explore Han dynasty jade culture — the jade burial suit tradition with gold silver and bronze wire grades, the Mancheng archaeological discovery, Han jade vessels and ritual objects, the grain...

Han Dynasty Jade: Burial Suits & Imperial Use

Explore Han dynasty jade culture — the jade burial suit tradition with gold silver and bronze wire grades, the Mancheng archaeological discovery, Han jade vessels and ritual objects, the grain...

Zhou Dynasty Jade: Confucian Values & Ritual

Zhou Dynasty Jade: Confucian Values & Ritual

Explore Zhou dynasty jade culture — Confucius's eleven moral virtues of jade, the elaborate jade pendant set tradition, the Zhouli ritual jade system, openwork and relief carving innovations, Daoist jade...

Zhou Dynasty Jade: Confucian Values & Ritual

Explore Zhou dynasty jade culture — Confucius's eleven moral virtues of jade, the elaborate jade pendant set tradition, the Zhouli ritual jade system, openwork and relief carving innovations, Daoist jade...

Crown Chakra Crystals for Spiritual Awakening and Enlightenment

Crown Chakra Crystals for Spiritual Awakening a...

Spiritual awakening and enlightenment are the highest expressions of crown chakra development, representing the genuine opening of individual consciousness to its true nature as an expression of universal divine awareness....

Crown Chakra Crystals for Spiritual Awakening a...

Spiritual awakening and enlightenment are the highest expressions of crown chakra development, representing the genuine opening of individual consciousness to its true nature as an expression of universal divine awareness....