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Jade Jewelry is found in small numbers of pit-houses and
burials. The craft production of small comma-shaped and
tubular "jades" using materials such as jade, microcline,
jasper, etc., in southern Korea originates from the Middle
Mumun Pottery Period. Jade Rings From the Kingdom of Khotan,
on the southern leg of the Silk Road, yearly tribute
payments consisting of the most precious white jade were
made to the Chinese Imperial court and there worked into
objets d'art by skilled artisans as jade had a status-value
exceeding that of gold or silver. Jade Bangle Jade became a
favorite material for the crafting of Chinese scholars'
objects, such as rests for calligraphy brushes, as well as
the mouthpieces of some opium pipes, due to the belief that
breathing through jade would bestow longevity upon smokers
who used such a pipe.