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Jade Mountain Carving

Posted By: George Vietze
Posted Date: Aug 24, 2012 (01:42 PM)

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I have owned this mountain carving since the 1990's and believed it was Jadeite because of the transparency and glossy-like finish. It is green-white, very even, and translucent, nicely carved in low-relief and research leads me to the material being Qinghai Jade from the Kunlun Mountains. Qinghai Jade sources were discovered in the Kunlun mountains in the 1900 and in 2008 the Chinese Olympics used medals comprising of
Qinghai Jade. The challenge is that most collectors have not seen much of this material
which comes from the mountainous part of the Kunlun mountains and is mined unlike the river jade from the Kunlun mountains which produces Hetian Jade. Is anyone familiar with the value
of these type carvings, the size of the jade, not counting the stand, is 7" wide and 8" tall at the highest point.



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