JADE: A STONE OF ANCIENT EMPIRES, A RESPLENDENT ART DECO JEWEL

Mysterious and translucent, rare and beautiful, jade – more formally known as nephrite - is a precious stone honoured across different world cultures and through time. Jade has a central place in China’s ancient civilisation, regarded as the immortal stone of Heaven. As the Chinese Empire declined and fell, the allure of Chinese jade attracted the attention of discerning Western collectors. During the golden age of Art Deco, fine works of art in jade and jadeite, sourced from international dealers were reinterpreted by the most prestigious jewellers of Paris and New York. The study day will look mainly at jade from the empires of China, Mughal India and Tsarist Russia whilst touching on the Holy Roman Empire and Louis XIV of France before moving on to jewellery brands such as Cartier and Tiffany which incorporated jade and jadeite into their early 20th Century jewels, vanity cases and chinoiserie clocks.

How to book this event:

Time: 10.30 for 10.45am – 3.30 pm

Cost: £38

Contact by email: shahida0450@yahoo.com

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THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER

Ms Anne Haworth

Anne is a lecturer at the Victoria and Albert Museum, the British Museum and the Queen’s Gallery. She is a visiting lecturer for Regent's University, Sotheby's Institute and SOAS. Since 2008, she has been a member of the London faculty of Eckerd College, Florida, teaching Art History and is also an accredited Arts Society lecturer. For ten years she guided private evening tours of the State Rooms at Buckingham Palace. She lectures extensively for private groups, guides museum tours in London and has lectured on William Morris for the British Council and British Higher School of Art and Design in Moscow.

After studying Modern History at Durham University, she trained and became a senior specialist in ceramics at the head offices in London of Bonhams (1981-1986) and Christie's (1987-1995). From 1995 to 2002, she was resident in Shanghai, China and gave lectures on the history of the China trade and European Chinoiserie to the international community of diplomats and expatriates in Shanghai and Beijing. On returning to London in 2002, she worked on a short project cataloguing Chinese ceramics at Kensington Palace and became Hon Membership Secretary and Treasurer of the French Porcelain Society.