The characteristics of jade in the Ming Dynasty

The cultural characteristics of jade articles are characterized by the times. Today, the author is here to talk about the characteristics of jade articles in the Ming and Qing Dynasties based on online materials, so that everyone has a general understanding of the development history of jade articles. Introduced today is the development of jade in the Ming Dynasty.

In the early Ming Dynasty: the jade in the early Ming Dynasty had an obvious Yuan Dynasty style, and the style inherited the tradition of the Yuan Dynasty. The jade used in this type of jade has a strong luster, the miller is strong, the miller is fine, and the details are not heavy. Therefore, in the early Ming Dynasty, jade articles did not have their own style, but they should be attributed to the jade articles of the Yuan Dynasty.

Mid-Ming Dynasty: At this time, the jade culture began to have its own style, and its style tends to be simple and literary. The social characteristics of the jade in the Ming Dynasty began to show up slowly, and the production and processing can also represent the social characteristics of the Ming Dynasty.

In the late Ming Dynasty: social stability, urban prosperity, rich people's lives, and jade production began to increase. In this period, in order to obtain huge profits, merchants began to use a low-priced jade material to start a large number of frauds. The art became rough and there were few fine works, so the jade craft began to appear commercialized. In the late Ming Dynasty society, the pattern of jade articles was in line with the social atmosphere of the period, and the auspicious homophonic theme of Furui was popular.