The desired effect was that of genuine jade, with glass used to make ornaments such as shell-patterned white bi discs, brown cicada stones, and jade-green decorative swords. Such items often used to be mistaken for real jade.
不論是帶著穀紋的白色玻璃璧，褐色的玻璃含蟬，或青玉色的玻璃劍飾，都幾可亂真，過去也經常被誤認為是玉器。