a Chinese state-controlled news outlet, reported. But one item stood out: a large jade dragon. The 5,000-year-old carving was the “largest jade dragon ever discovered from the Hongshan culture ...

Jade, which in Chinese culture represents ritual and dignity ... would write a hymn and have it carved into the item. The present-day Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, particularly around the ...

The lion's head on the handle is made from mother-of-pearl, while on top sits a Chinese jade carving of two horses and a monkey. The lid of the decanter has a silver arch with a bell that jingled ...

It is a solid multi-eared structure with no doors or windows. On all eight sides of the body there are carved statues of Buddha, religious stories of Buddhism and various ornamental carvings.