White Jade Plaque with auspicious symbols

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Manchu Qing Dynasty (c. 1644 Ã,Â- 1912) - The Qing rulers came from outside the Great Wall, in Northeast Asia. The Qing Dynasty was the most successful dynasty of conquest in Chinese history, and the empire over which it ruled and laid the territorial foundations of the modern Chinese Nation-state. The singular achievement of the Qing was to incorporate Inner Asian and East Asian subjects into a stable multi-ethnic empire. The PRC Ã,Â- PeopleÃ,Â's Republic of China , established in 1949, is smaller than the Qing empire at its peak by the subtraction of the independent Republic of Mongolia. Chinese Jade - Although books of jade are recorded in China as far back as the Tang Dynasty, most extant examples were made at the command of Qing emperors, for whom the opportunity to hand down to posterity . The most prized jades, in fact came from lands to the west of China Proper, but it is notable that these areas were brought into the Qing empire following the Qianlong EmperorÃ,Â's military campaigns of the 1760s. As such, jadeite was first used in China in the 18th century when it was imported from Burma. White Jade Ã,Â- Pure white jade has always been in demand by collectors, particularly pieces finely carved during the 18th century when intricate carving was at its peak. Large stones of white jade are quite rare and values read more

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