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Subject:Re: C Shaped Jade Dragon
Posted By: Super Thu, Sep 24, 2015
When you said "jade is real or not", what exactly did you mean?
For the Chinese, any stone that is beautiful would be considered as jade; to go a step further, any stones that have the five virtues of a gentleman would be considered as jade. In that regard, there is only one jade material that can consist of all these five virtues - Hetian nephrite jade. So what is real jade to you?
You said your piece was made of white nephrite, may I ask how did you know? Did you test it?
If it was indeed made of nephrite, how did you explain all these white carving lines on its surface? Any time you saw white lines that would usually be a bad sign because it would usually mean its material could be scratched by metal and therefore cannot be nephrite.
You have to forgive me from saying, I cannot recall ever seeing any excavated small C-Dragons, even the large C-Dragon were not excavated pieces. The quality of the material of your piece is so inferior, that would be an immediate red flag. The material does not resemble any credible jade material used to make authentic Hongshan jade pieces. Those carving lines almost appear being added in a hurry later. Its luster and carving quality were so bad that I would not even call it Hongshan style. Sorry.
Also, please forgive me for asking:
Who the heck told you that "Old jade got pulp on the surface and when you touch it, it feels like touching a dry soap" That was the most funny thing I had ever heard especially if you indeed have a genuine piece of Hongshan piece that was made of nephrite or even any older jade pieces. Some of the genuine small Hongshan pieces, even after being buried in the ground for a long time, once they were cleaned with soft brush, soap and water, their luster would shine like a gem, almost like a pristine piece because the carver had spent probably his whole life in polishing it and playing with it. Most of the Hongshan pieces were buried in air-tight stone coffins at high ground and because of their material (high hardness) and superb polishing, they were seldom corroded by outside elements and therefore most of them would not feel like "pulp on the surface" or a dry soap when one touches it. I do advise you to spend some money in buying some jade books especially that of Hongshan jades if you are truly interested in the study of jade. No pun intended. Super.
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