Jade has a wide range of colors, each with a different value ... The most expensive hues are Imperial Greens, Purples, and ...

Jadeite is more valuable, especially the rare and lustrous Imperial jade of deep emerald green ... a still lovely stone but without the range of color and luminosity typical of jadeite.

“The versatility and colors and fact that it has this almost ... including the prized variety known as “imperial jade” because, in China, only the emperor could own that specific shade ...

File photo of the imperial jade seal, inscribed "Tai Shang Huang Di" or "Supreme Majesty", referring to its user, the late Qianlong emperor. [ifeng.com] An imperial white jade seal fetched HK$95 ...

The imperial jade seal from Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty was sold for 21 million euros ($22 million). [Photo/drouot.com] An imperial jade seal from Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty ...