During a brief gap from the 7^th to 10^th century however jade trinkets were meagerly produced and the art of jade carving suffered a temporarily setback. Instead due to the spread of Buddhism in china sculpture in the main monumental Buddhist images carved in Frito and caverns. 

But what did survive of the art of jade sculpture bore strong resemblances to Han jade carvings. In terms of both the style and type of ornaments 

The song dynasty, which spanned the 10th and 12th century, marks a turning point in the history of jade carving. Song jades pieces were either imitations of ancient bronze utensils or replica of early jade master works. Another method unique to Song jade sculpture was to totally re-carved and retouches ancient jade artifacts. 

Driven by a quest to restore a pristine Chinese culture Song jade mostly imitated works from the late Chow and early Han dynasty a period, which epitomize the height of Chinese culture. A mist this nostalgic drive to revive an ancient culture there were sprits of new development that left their mark on the art of jade carving. One was the making of jade bowls in the shapes of fruits or flower petals also promenade was the depicting of scenery in deep relief. 

Another new development was in the art of imitation to pattern jade utensil in the shape of ancient ceramics and especially to capture there graceful curves.