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Subject:Stone Kui with carving.
Posted By: Victor Mon, Dec 15, 2014 IP: 86.136.245.211 Dear members, |
Subject:Re: Stone Kui with carving.
Posted By: Victor Tue, Dec 16, 2014 It passes the scratch test with a metal blade and is translucent so I hope that it is in fact Nephrite. |
Subject:Re: Stone Kui with carving.
Posted By: victor Tue, Dec 16, 2014 Some additional images. |
Subject:Re: Stone Kui with carving.
Posted By: Victor Wed, Dec 17, 2014 This piece I came across in the Victoria and Albert Museum,25cm and the Constellation has been carved into the Nephrite rather than raised from abrasion of the surrounding area as in my piece. |
Subject:Re: Stone Kui with carving.
Posted By: Bill H Thu, Dec 18, 2014 FYI, Gui & kuei, respectively, are the Mainland China pinyin and Taiwan Wade-Giles Romanizations of the pronunciation in Mandarin for the same two character variants (圭 & 珪) used for such jade tablets, which served ritual purposes and as symbols of authority. Gui were conferred by the emperor on feudal princes, and one of my references indicates their shape varied according to the rank of the recipient. Another notes that this same term is applied to the Neolithic stone tools which lent their forms to the various ritual gui. |
Subject:Re: Stone Kui with carving.
Posted By: Ernest Wilhelm Wed, Dec 17, 2014 This looks really nice in picture #1, however in # 3 it shows that is has been worked with an electrical appliance.If it is the natural color is the other question. |
Subject:Re: Stone Kui with carving.
Posted By: Victor Thu, Dec 18, 2014 Dear Ernest,thank you for your reply. |
Subject:Re: Stone Kui with carving.
Posted By: victor Thu, Dec 25, 2014 Dear all, |
Subject:Re: Stone Kui with carving.
Posted By: victor Wed, Dec 31, 2014 Ming Gui details. |
Subject:Re: Stone Kui with carving.
Posted By: Vic Thu, Nov 05, 2015 The piece is Nephrite,carved in late Qing but the original Gui could be older. |
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