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Olympic jade seals to hit stores
www.chinanews.cn 2005-12-08 11:16:02
(Source: Xinhua)
A sample of the replicas of the jade seal of the Beijing 2008 emblem is
shown at a press conference in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing
Wednesday, December 7, 2005. (Photo: Xinhua)
Dec.8 - Beijing Olympic organizers will make costly replicas of the jade
seal of the Beijing 2008 emblem available to the public, targeting a
potentially huge market of the Olympic collections merchandise.
A total of 2,008 pieces will be for sale from next Tuesday, with a price
tag of 56,000 yuan (about 7,000 US dollars) each, the Beijing Organizing
Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games (BOCOG) announced on Wednesday.
The replicas are made, like the original one, of the same white jade from
Hetian of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, but they are half the size of
the original.
A brocade box, rosewood box inlaid with silver threads, DVD collection,
book and brochure will also be sold along with the jade seal as a set
dubbed 'Treasures of the Beijing Olympic Emblem -- Classic Edition".
The replicas are among the most expensive licensed products of the
Beijing 2008 Games so far since the 2008 licensing program was officially
launched last month after running on a trial basis since August 2004.
The seal of the Beijing Olympic emblem takes the shape of the imperial
seal signifying the highest authority in Chinese history during the
reigns of Kangxi and Qianlong Emperors of the Qing Dynasty (1662-1795),
one of the flourishing periods in history.
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