Jadeite Cabbage, National Palace Museum, Taipei

Jadeite Cabbage, National Palace Museum, Taipei.

“The Jadeite Cabbage, or Jadeite Cabbage with Insects, is a piece of jadeite carved into the shape of a Chinese cabbage head, and with a locust and katydid camouflaged in the leaves. The Jadeite Cabbage is a relatively small sculpture. Measuring only 18.7 by 9.1 centimetres (7.4 by 3.6 in) and is 5.07 centimetres (2.00 in) thick.”

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