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Sapphire kneeling person-shaped pei-pendant Shang Dynasty (16th century-11st century B.C.) Unearthed at Anyang, Henan Height: 5.6cm Width: 2.8cm The jade was unearthed at the Fuhao tomb of the Yin ruins. Fuhao was the wife of King Wuding of the Shang Dynasty. A hole was drilled under the neck of the jade person, through which a cord can be threaded for wearing.

Sapphire bird-shaped pei-pendant Shang Dynasty (16th century-11st century B.C.) Unearthed at Anyang, Henan Length: 10cm Width: 2.5cm The exquisite designs are carved by applying double lines in relief. This is a typical artistic style of the Shang Dynasty

Sapphire tiger-shaped pei-pendant Spring and Autumn Period（770-476B.C.） Unearthed at Xichuan, Henan Length: 14.6cm Width: 4.4cm

Jade pei-pendant is a kind of ornamental jade articles. The Chinese often associate the special qualities of jade with man's virtues. Wearing ornamental jade articles symbolizes one's purity, lofty morality and virtues. Just as the saying put it, “A gentleman would never take the jade ornament off his body without due reason.” The tiger-shaped jade has the exquisite designs. The designs are carved by applying lines in intaglio

Sapphire ornament in the shape of human head and snake body Spring and Autumn Period （770-476B.C.） Unearthed at Guangshan, Henan Diameter: 3.8cm

The pair of jades were made the shape of human head and snake body. They are thought as the images of Fuxi and Nuwa. Fuxi and Nuwa are the ancestors of human beings in Chinese myths, and they are usually depicted as the figures of human head and snake body. It is said that Fuxi taught people how to fish and hunt and created the Eight Diagrams; and Nuwa smelt stones to mend the sky and made human beings with clay.

	White jade dancer-shaped pei-pendant Western Han Dynasty (206B.C.-25A.D.) Unearthed at Yongcheng, Henan Length: 4.6cm Width: 2.5cm
The pair of pei-pendant are carved in openwork, occasionally also used the lines in intaglio. The figures, carved with superb craftsmanship, look gracefully charming. They are the typical jade articles of the Han Dynasty.

Jade clothes sewn with gold wire Western Han Dynasty (206B.C.-25A.D.) Unearthed at Yongcheng, Henan Length: 180cm Width: 125cm

Jade suit was the burial clothes of emperors and high-ranking nobles of the Han Dynasty. During the Han Dynasty burial clothes were made by tying jade pieces together with gold wire or silver wire or copper wire etc., according to the nobility rank of the dead. This jade suit was unearthed at a Han Dynasty tomb at Xishan, Mangshanzhen, Yongcheng County. It was the burial suit of King Liang of the royal family of the Western Han Dynasty. The suit is made up of 2008 pieces of jade sewn together with gold wire. It is composed of the head cover, face cover, upper garment, sleeves, gloves, trousers and foot covers etc., which were made in accordance with the various parts of the human body.