本套宫廷玉杯共含4枚，材质为和田青玉。在中国，青玉有着数千年的使用历史。青玉的使用历史在良渚文化中，青玉制品就已被广泛地使用。从商、周到战国，青玉是和田玉中使用数量最大的和使用频率最高的。即使在汉代，白玉开始被广泛地使用，青玉也并没有消失。

This set of 4 palace jade cups is made of Hetian green jade.In China, green jade has a history of use for thousands of years.The history of the use of green jade is in the Liangzhu culture, where green jade products were widely used.From the Shang and Zhou Dynasties to the Warring States period, green jade was the most abundant and frequently used of the Hotan jades.Even during the Han Dynasty, when white jade began to be widely used, green jade did not disappear.

在和田玉中，青玉是硬度最高的，也被称为钢玉。细腻温润的玉质，深重且纯正一致的玉色，呈现刚劲之气的整体，有着基业长青的寓意，因此历代封建王朝的传国玉玺，大多都以青玉为原材料制作。因此，和田青玉被称为“帝王之玉”。在代表清王朝最高皇权的二十五方宝玺中，不乏青玉的身影。

Among the Hetian jades, green jade is the hardest and is also known as steel jade.The delicate and warm jade quality, the deep and pure jade color, and the overall rigidity of the jade, with the symbolism of everlasting success, have led to the use of green jade as the raw material for most of the state seals of successive feudal dynasties.For this reason, Hetian green jade is known as the "Jade of the Emperors".Among the twenty-five squares of precious seals representing the highest imperial power of the Qing Dynasty, there is no lack of green jade.

玉杯造型简约，敞口，颜色均匀、为淡青色，呈现出一种温润的青色，在光线下会呈现出一种油脂般的光泽。此枚玉杯质地温润细腻，手感舒适，在敲击时会发出清脆悦耳的声音。

The jade cup has a simple shape with an open mouth and a uniform, light green color, showing a warm greenish hue that will give a greasy luster in the light.The texture of this jade cup is warm and delicate, comfortable in the hand, and when struck it will make a crisp and pleasing sound.

随着和田玉资源的枯竭与市场需求不断扩大，玉石市场价格不断疯狂上涨，和田青玉因其玉质醇厚、市场价格较低等因素，进一步被世人所看好，市场价格不断攀升，近几年青玉幅度甚至超过一般的白玉。

With the depletion of Hetian jade resources and expanding market demand, jade market prices continue to rise wildly, Hetian green jade because of its jade mellow, lower market prices and other factors, further favored by the world, the market price continues to climb, and in recent years, the green jade amplitude is even more than the general white jade.

俗话说的好，“美之石即为玉”，玉石的温婉秉性，应当以它的品质而论，只要是一块足够优秀的玉石，都应该得到重视。

As the saying goes, "A stone of beauty is jade". The gentle nature of jade should be judged by its quality, and as long as it is a good enough piece of jade, it should be valued.