Featuring an idealized mountain with a landscape scene, this carved stone or shanzi in Chinese is fashioned from a single piece of lapis lazuli, one o...

Snuff bottles are containers for snuff, a type of powdered tobacco mixed with aromatic herbs. Snuff was initially stored in small boxes in Europe. Snu...

One of the primary characteristics of Chinese jade carvings is that the decorative motifs are meant to convey good omens or wishes. Sometimes, the wis...

The Altar of the Green Jade Pagoda has attracted and awed many visitors since the Museum re-opened last November. The largest jade carving outside Chi...

The Ivory Carving of Mulan How many of you had planned to watch the newly released Disney movie Mulan but had to cancel it at the last minute? Do you...