Sapphire also has many legendary praise legends. It is said that it can protect kings and monarchs from harm and jealousy. In ancient legends of China, sapphire was regarded as a guiding stone, which could protect the wearer from getting lost and bring good luck, even after the gem was sold.
Sapphire and ruby are called "sister gems", and their colors are extremely rich. Because other colors of gems can be collectively called sapphires, sapphires include orange, green, pink, yellow, purple, brown and even colorless corundum, but pure blue is the highest.
Sapphire is also called the gem of human soul. Its color is very pure and beautiful, giving people a noble and elegant feeling. It is the king of blue gems.
Sapphire has always been known for its profundity and nobility. As early as 1000 BC, people thought that sapphire symbolized honesty, purity and morality, and the sapphire with the best color was called "cornflower blue".
Sapphire is a metaphor for affectionate lovers, which is related to the ancient myth of love. When one of the two parties changes heart in love, the luster of sapphire will disappear, and its luster will not appear until the next affectionate couple appears. So sapphire is also a symbol of sincere love.
Sapphire gives people a feeling of lightness, showing considerate and calm beauty. Wearing it as a ring can restrain the trauma of the soul during the recovery period and stabilize the impetuous mentality.
Therefore, it is widely circulated among the people, and sapphire has become one of the favorite gems of human beings because of its endless temptation. Sapphire jewelry is also the most extensive jewelry of human beings, and it is loved by human beings both in the East and the West.
Among sapphires, starlight sapphire is the most famous. Starlight sapphire is named because it contains a large number of tiny filamentous inclusions rutile, and the reflection of light from the inclusions leads to six stars on the top of the polished arc sapphire.
Starlight sapphire is usually translucent to transparent, because there are inclusions in it that produce starlight, but it also reduces the transparency of the gem. The six star lines of high-quality starlight sapphire are complete and transparent, and their intersection point is in the center of the gem, which moves with the rotation of light.
Sapphire was not widely used until the Qing Dynasty.
For example, in the Qing Palace, there are gold wires inlaid with precious stones and eight treasures, carved red sandalwood and begonia-style seats, and gold tires and sea patterns on the seat surface. A pillar rises from the seat, with two rubies, two sapphires or two opals embedded in the front and turquoise leaves embedded on both sides.
The column body is supported by an oval girdle and covered with lotus flowers, and the lotus petals are inlaid with red coral, lapis lazuli flying bats and turquoise longevity patterns; Ruby, sapphire, opal, tourmaline, etc. Embedded in the waist of the lotus.
There is a square column in the center of the lotus, and a treasure is placed on each column, and the whole body is inlaid with gems. The top of Babel is inlaid with precious stones and turquoise flames.
Baby play picture is a painting depicting children's play, also known as "baby play picture", which is a kind of figure painting in China. Because children are the main painting objects and the expression of innocence is the main purpose, the pictures are rich and interesting.
The children's lively posture, focused and happy expression and childish and lovely appearance not only make people feel pity, but also make people feel the carefree world with childlike innocence.
For example, the aquamarine baby snuff bottle in the Qing Dynasty, even the tourmaline cover is 7 cm high.
The children in the baby play have various postures and exaggerated movements, and most of the pictures are lively and happy.
Sapphire clasp in Qing Dynasty is 4.7 cm long, 2.25 cm wide and 0. 15 cm thick. The buckles are mostly made of copper, and the advanced ones are made of gold, silver or jade. Sapphire is extremely precious, and it is extremely rare to use it to make belt buckles.
The sapphire bracelet with silver plating and gold inlay in Qing Dynasty is 18cm long and weighs 40.6g The egg-shaped ring surface of Qing Dynasty sapphire is1.5cm long,1.2cm wide, 0.6cm thick and weighs about 2.6g.. This product is well preserved and egg-shaped. Hairpin, a traditional ornament, has the classical charm of the East. In summer, there is a kind of cool and swaying amorous feelings for women holding chai, which reminds people of the poem "Clear water gives hibiscus, natural carving" in Li Bai's "After parting from the chaos". In addition, there are also lotus picking girls in the south of the Yangtze River described in the Yuefu folk song "Xizhou Qu" in the Southern Dynasties. "Lotus is picked in autumn in Nantang, lotus is over the head, and lotus seeds are as clear as water!" Hairpins are essential jewelry for oriental women to comb all kinds of hairstyles. Usually, women like to decorate their hair with precious materials such as gold, silver, pearl jade, agate and coral, such as big earplugs, small earplugs, pearl flowers, sideburns, crown hair and tap hair. Although there are many kinds of hair clips, the choice should be based on everyone's conditions and identity.
For example, Fujin of Nurhachi in Qing Dynasty and Fujin and Gege of Baylor used Dongzhu as the best material for making hair accessories. After 200 years, it was gradually replaced by Hepu Pearl Nanzhu.
Compared with pearls, gold and jade are superior materials, such as gold-plated, silver-plated or copper, as well as precious stones, jadeite and coral ivory. They are made into various hairpin ornaments and decorated on the bun, which is much simpler than after entering the customs.
For example, the sapphire pendant hair clasp in Qing Dynasty has a height of 14cm and a bead diameter of1.2cm.. The left side of the deformed bead was decorated with a sapphire carved vase, and several thin red coral branches were inserted in the bottle mouth, which set off an "Ann", which was extremely rare when sapphire was scarce at that time.
Since the Qing Dynasty, Manchu women, especially court women, have paid more attention to hairpin ornaments because of the influence of headdresses of Han women.
For example, 175 1, when Emperor Qianlong gave his mother her 60th birthday, only the names of all kinds of hair clips were jaw-dropping, such as All goes well, Mei Ying wins hairpin, Jingfu sleeps hairpin, Riyongqin calligraphy hairpin and so on.
These hair clips are undoubtedly the top grade of materials and production.
Empresses' heads are full of jewels, but their hairpins are the best. Therefore, in the Qing Dynasty, empresses and concubines were all made of jade jewelry, and their production techniques were also very particular. Hairpins made of whole jade, coral, crystal or ivory are usually the most precious.
There is also a kind of head hairpin inlaid with various pearls and gems on a gold base, which is mostly composed of a head and a pin, but it still has a sense of wealth and luxury.
Cixi is also a person who loves beauty. She likes gorgeous clothes all her life, especially the peony hairpin and butterfly hairpin of ruby, red coral and jade. She also ordered the manufacturing department to make a batch of silver-gray jade, Daphne and other headdresses.
There are 3,790 pieces of red sapphire jewelry and small carvings of various shapes in the sacrificial offerings of Empress Dowager Cixi, including 18 68-carat large-grained sapphire and 17-carat sapphire.