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Charming gift shop on the corner of Doyers and Pell Streets.
A hidden paradise for Chinese country style earthenware and handicraft. Look for the store's specialty, Yixing [YEE-shing] pottery, commonly called purple or red clay, one of the major historical pottery styles in China, and known as the best tea brewing vessel in the world.
Jade Garden was founded in 1988 by Mr. Xiao Jia Wang, a seasoned direct importer of products from China. Over the years, it has become a favored destination for connoisseurs of Yixing and other traditional Chinese handicraft. Jade Garden's customers come from all over the world to collect these "treasures".
Jade Garden's major products include: flower pots, vases, tea pots, home decoration items such as tri-color Tang pottery, Chinese paintings & calligraphy and Chinese chops. Most of Jade Garden's goods are not only beautiful and decorative, but also functional. From the utilitarian flower pots and incense burners, to the highly artistic teapots, brush rests, ink stones, and other literati trappings for scholars, these items serve as everyday wares for the home as well as unique Asian home ornaments.
For distinctive and tasteful gift items, representing Chinese tradition and history, join the people in the know and rush to Jade Garden.
November 1997 Figaro Japan, and "The New York Book of Tea", a book on where to buy tea & tea ware,1995 City & Company; ranked by New York Magazine as one of 1600 best stores in NYC and featured in Crain's New York Business Magazine (04/11/04).
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