Of all jade jewellery, the pendant is the most personal. It hangs at the chest, usually out of sight, worn for the wearer and not the room. Which is exactly why the choice matters: a pendant is a wish you…

A jade carving is never only decoration. For centuries, every motif has carried a wish — carved into the stone so the wearer carries it too. Knowing the language helps you choose a piece that says what you mean. The…

Not all jade is worn. Some of the finest stones are too large, too dramatic, or too complete in themselves for jewellery — and these become sculpture: dragons rising over carved pools, mountain scenes, flowers opening out of the rough…

The most common mistake people make with jade is saving it. Kept for special occasions, a fine piece spends its life in a drawer. But jade is one of the few precious things that is genuinely improved by wearing —…

The word jade covers two different stones: jadeite and nephrite. Both have been treasured in Chinese culture for thousands of years, but jadeite — rarer, harder, capable of finer colour — is the stone this house is built on. Colour…