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Re: Are these items "modern" jade carving?

Posted By: Bill
Posted Date: May 08, 2008 (08:09 PM)

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I am sorry I did not see these pieces until now. I actually like the first piece - a lohan (?) hold a jar of wine with a wine cup, with the Chinese character "wine" carved on the jar and a small kid holding a "yuan Bao" (money)in his two hands. Does that mean he rather enjoys the wine than taking the money? It is a high possibility that it was made of serpentine but there is a slight chance of it being made of nephrite. A scratch test can confirm it is not nephrite (if it can be scratched). The white patina was possibly created with acid like Ernest said. The piece did look modern but I believe it was not made recently. This piece is quite big (how much does it weigh) and if it cannot be scratched, it is old material even if it is serpentine and such large rock is not easy to locate.

The second rooster is either made of some translucent serpentine or quartz, probably serpentine. Its carving is bad.

The third piece does look like made of jadeite, cannot tell how good the quality of the jadeite is because of the light reflection. It appears to be quite big and if it was made of decent jadeite with no cracks, then this piece may be the most valuable piece just by material alone. Such a large piece of genuine jadeite material is not cheap in today's market.

Thanks for sharing.

Bill

P.S. On the three jade carvings I posted, the top and the bottom one are both archaic. The middle one is freshly out of the factory. Surprisingly no member would even try to render their opinions.

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