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Subject:Re: Hongshan jade ?
Posted By: Super Mon, Jan 18, 2016
Hi, pipane:
Thank you for sharing that with us. It is quite possible that the cicada piece you posted could indeed be an authentic piece and it is also true like you said not all authentic HS pieces were made of real jade (i.e. nephrite)and some of them could indeed be made of xi yu (or xi yang jade or so called bowenite). The frustrating part is on many Hongshan reference books especially those that documented excavated pieces never disclosed what type of material the pieces were made of, only called them yellow jade or celadon jade, etc. The problem is some time with some of these so called authentic Hongshan pieces, on some of these reference books, even on those published by some of the Chinese museums, can only be taken with a grain of salt because the documentation of many "authentic" pieces were some time not as good as they should be. As a matter of fact, according to my memory, none of the authentic large C dragons were documented as being excavated. It is for that reason, it would be extremely risky and almost impossible to accurately attribute any authentic HS pieces, even by HS experts. As a matter of fact, even the National Palace Museum in Taiwan, a while ago, had not only acquired but display some "fake" Hongshan pieces because they believed they were authentic. It appears to me their experts would know a lot more about HS pieces than most of us. It is for that reason, I do not have any confidence in risking my money in buying any "authentic" HS pieces especially those that were made of lesser material. Super
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