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The Bishop Collection : investigations and studies in jade, volume 1

Volume 1 of 2. Volume 2: https://archive.org/details/BishopCollectionVol2 "Yü-shou" and "Illustrations of the modern manufacture of jade" have separate t.p's.; "Yü-shou" also has separate bibliography. Includes bibliographical references (v. 1) and index (v. 2). Contents: V. 1. Preface -- Pt. 1. General introduction -- Pt. 2. Jade in China -- Pt. 3. Jade as a mineral -- Pt. 4. Methods of working jade -- Pt. 5. Worked jade -- Bibliography -- Index. Contents: V. 1, pt. 2. Jade in China. A discourse on jade / Yu Shuo (translati​on by Dr. Stephen W. Bushell). I. Sources of jade -- II. Crude jade -- III. Value of jade -- IV. Objects made of jade -- V. Jade used by the Son of Heaven -- VI. Jade used by the State -- VII. The colors of jade -- VIII. Ancient jade -- IX. Fei-ts'ui -- Appendix -- A discourse on jade / Yu Shuo (Chinese text) -- Illustrations of the modern manufacture of jade / Yu Tso Tou. Contents: V. 1, pt. 3. Jade as a mineral / George Frederick Kunz, ed. by Dr. Robert Lilley. General definition -- Color -- Notes on the color of jade -- Diaphaneity -- Lustre -- Opalescence -- Sheen -- Crystalline system and optical properties: jadeite & nephrite; structure -- Microscopical p

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