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In Chinese culture, jade were traditionally treasured for their hardness, texture, translucency, and color, and in the hierarchy of valuable materials, this remarkable substance has traditionally ranked above gold and silver. Historically, objects made of jade also served as emblems of both temporal and heavenly powers, and of wealth. And it has been intimately linked to the beginnings of Chinese ritual and civilization.
Over the more than six thousand years of its use, a rich variety of functions and symbolic values were ascribed to jade. Chinese have interpreted Jade as symbols of immortality, protection, and virtuous behavior as the inherent qualities of the stone itself captured the Chinese' imagination.
Phoenix is traditionally considered as an animal with blessing, and mystical power. The design of two phoenixes in the form of carvedjade is reproduced here in resin, protect beneath glass, and set into a 12 x 12 inch frame.
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