Multicolor Jade Polished - Height: 19.5 cm - Width: 14.5 cm- 1550 g - (1)

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Meteorite, a polished multicolor jade sculpture from China, weighing 1,550 g and measuring 19.5 cm high by 14.5 cm wide by 5.5 cm deep.

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On the eastern coast of Taiwan, the Central Mountain Range meets the Pacific in cliffs of coloured stone. In Hualien, the marble heart of the island, miners have long brought up a stone unlike any other: banded in red, pink, gold, green and blue in a single slab, its colours born from the oxides of iron, chromium and manganese that seeped into the rock over millions of years. They call it *Tsai Se Yu* — the Rainbow Jade. Treated and dyed.

This carving is a mountain in miniature, cut from that stone.

Five colours flow across its surface as naturally as clouds across a peak: crimson and rose at the base, gold where the light strikes, green and blue threading upward to the summit. The form is a classic scholar's mountain — a tall central peak flanked by lower ridges, echoing the landscapes painted on Chinese scrolls for a thousand years.

It stands 19.5 cm tall on a dark, hand-carved wooden base, weighing 1.55 kg — substantial enough to anchor a desk or shelf, small enough to sit beside a stack of books.

In Chinese tradition, a stone mountain on the desk is a symbol of stability, longevity and good fortune — the owner's own small universe, a landscape you can hold.

>
> *"Some landscapes hang on walls. This one sits on your desk, made of a whole mountain's colours."*

A vivid piece of Taiwanese geology and craftsmanship — for collectors of Asian decorative stone, lovers of scholar's objects, or anyone who wants a mountain of their own.

On the eastern coast of Taiwan, the Central Mountain Range meets the Pacific in cliffs of coloured stone. In Hualien, the marble heart of the island, miners have long brought up a stone unlike any other: banded in red, pink, gold, green and blue in a single slab, its colours born from the oxides of iron, chromium and manganese that seeped into the rock over millions of years. They call it *Tsai Se Yu* — the Rainbow Jade. Treated and dyed.

This carving is a mountain in miniature, cut from that stone.

Five colours flow across its surface as naturally as clouds across a peak: crimson and rose at the base, gold where the light strikes, green and blue threading upward to the summit. The form is a classic scholar's mountain — a tall central peak flanked by lower ridges, echoing the landscapes painted on Chinese scrolls for a thousand years.

It stands 19.5 cm tall on a dark, hand-carved wooden base, weighing 1.55 kg — substantial enough to anchor a desk or shelf, small enough to sit beside a stack of books.

In Chinese tradition, a stone mountain on the desk is a symbol of stability, longevity and good fortune — the owner's own small universe, a landscape you can hold.

>
> *"Some landscapes hang on walls. This one sits on your desk, made of a whole mountain's colours."*

A vivid piece of Taiwanese geology and craftsmanship — for collectors of Asian decorative stone, lovers of scholar's objects, or anyone who wants a mountain of their own.

Details

Number of objects
1
Main mineral
Multicolor Jade
Mineral form
Polished
Weight
1550 g
Origin (region/city)
china
Country of origin
China
Height
19.5 cm
Width
14.5 cm
Depth
5.5 cm
Ships from USVerified
17
Objects sold
Private

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