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Re: Re: Jade cong - Age? Quality?

Posted By: Super
Posted Date: Nov 24, 2015 (11:50 PM)

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The carving quality and material of this cong piece are a bit disconcerting to me.

Firstly, the material itself does not appear to be nephrite jade or quality local jade such as Dushan jade which cannot be scratched. It looks like some softer stones, probably serpentine to me. If any artisans would spend so much time, using hand tools to "carve" such a large piece of cong at ancient time, IMHO, they would pick better material;

Secondly, the workmanship exhibited on this cong, again IMHO, is simply inferior. Very often, jade collectors believe archaic pieces (made with manual tools) would be inferior in workmanship than modern pieces that were made with high-speed tools. That is simply not true.

Thirdly, the luster displayed on this cong is simply lacking to the point that it almost appears the whole purpose of this piece is to make it appear "old".

Therefore, judging by the quality of its carving and material, I doubt very much this cong can be ancient or archaic. Now once again, since I am no jade expert and this cong can indeed be some archaic pieces and if that is the case I would like to apologize in advance. I would be very interested to hear from you the opinions of the museum (I hope they would render one but they may not).

Cheer.


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