gems, gold, jade, jadeite, fei cui, nephrite, China, Taiwan, jade carving, Wu Ching, Huang Fu Shou

Exhibit catalog of an exhibition of gold (Wu Ching) and jade (Huang Fu Shou) art at the Bowers Museum and Houston Museum of Natural Science in 2020–2021. Treasures in Gold & Jade: Masterworks from Taiwan features works of incredible beauty and complexity by two of Taiwan’s premier living artists. Twenty-seven carvings by Huang Fu Shou show a surprising range of jade's colors: from emerald green to an almost pearlescent white. Fish springing from water, insects weightlessly clinging to blades of grass, and stone bending with litheness of fabric each push the boundaries of what is possible with the rigid medium.