Bonsai Suiseki-Natural Xiuyan Jade

Origination: China
Approximate: Height - 14" - Width - 16" - Depth - 3"

Bonsai Suiseki-Natural Xiuyan Jade: $2600.00 U.S.D.
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Chinese Picture Jasper Liuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang A. R., China

Liuzhou is located on the banks of the winding Liu River Liuzhou has a history of more than 2,100 years. The city was founded in 111 B.C. when it was known as Tanzhong. Historically, Jasper is traceable to all ancient peoples and civilizations. Worn by shamans, priests and kings, it was considered sacred and a powerful protection stone, for both the physical world and in the spiritual realm. Amulets of Jasper were carved by the Egyptians with symbols and inscriptions from the Book of the Dead and buried with mummified remains for safe passage in the afterlife. It was highly utilized in many cultures for engraving cylinder seals, signet rings, and special talismans depicting astrological and religious images. It was the twelfth stone in the Breastplate of the Jewish High Priest, and the apostle Peter is supposed to have derived his name from Jasper, the rock upon which Christ would build his church.

To the medieval world and the Native Americans, Jasper was "the rain bringer" and highly regarded as a stone for dowsing. [Mella, 87-88][Melody, 344-345][Kunz, 90, 122, 226-229, 276][Fernie, 199]
Picture Jasper, a remarkable form of Brown Jasper, is characterized by masterful “scenes” and landscape patterns formed by Nature, and is believed to contain hidden messages from the past. It was revered in many cultures of the world for its deep connection to the Earth, its protection during shamanic journeying, and its ability to divine the land and the future. It is perhaps more closely connected to the planet than any other Jasper and is known today as the Stone of Global Awareness.

Picture Jasper is an opaque, microcrystalline variety of Quartz with extraordinary color banding, veining and depositional flow patterns created by petrified or silicate mud and sometimes dendritic inclusions. On cut or polished stones, these variations appear as detailed images or "scenes".  Because of its unique landscape patterns and wide range of colors, Picture Jasper is one of the most sought after and famous varieties. It occurs in nodules or as fillings in fissures and may be found the world over, usually named for the specific localities where it is mined. Picture Jasper's earthy colors are due to high iron content and other minerals or impurities that create its artistry. It forms most often in shades and combinations of brown, gold-to-reddish-brown, black, blue, tan or ivory, though other colors may be present.

The colors and patterns are completely natural. They have NOT been painted or etched. We do NOT embellish them with false impressions. Some have been sliced; all have been shaped and polished to produce a high finish quality display setting. These stones have been called Shinseki Guohua Stone, Dendritic Siltstone, Chinese Painting Stone, and Chinese Picture Jasper and in Guangxi Province of China they are also called CaoHua Shi (Grass and Flower Stone). The patterns and colors in these stones are naturally embedded in the rock during their formation thousands or millions of years ago. To learn more about these stones and get some information about their geological formation.

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