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An old Chinese Jade Bangle Bracelet
Posted By: May
Posted Date: Jul 15, 2009 (05:52 PM)
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I bought this old jade bangle at antique show last weekend. It looks like an old jade with blood color on half of the bangle. I wonder if it is from an ancient tomb. The jade bangle looks slim with high relief of some unknown square character symbols in two opposite sections, but in another two opposite sections, I can only recognize two little dragons, but one head looks like a fish with one eye, the other one has a head with two eyes which look like the little dragon on the dragon dagger as shown the other day. This bangle looks like a girl's bangle as the high relief is so delicate. The bangle doesn't look transparent, but I can see one tiny dark dot in the jade. The color looks like cooked potato color, but after taking pix in the light, they all look transparent and oily. Today I took some pix in the natural light outside, they don't show much transparent, but show superb carving skill of high relief. I will post pix from time to time as it is limited to post three pix each time.
Bangle size:
Inner Diameter: 55mm or 2 3/8"
Outer diameter: 80mm or 3 1/8"
round thickness is about 10mm or about 3/8"

Your opinions of the age and culture on this jade bangle is highly appreciated.
By the way, I also bought a jade hairpin handle from the same dealer. He has two or three pieces of ancient jade objects, one kitten looks like Hongshan jade, I didn't buy as the carving is not clear. He told me the jade pieces came from a curator of a museum. After death, his Chinese collection was auctioned, they turned to be scholarship. This is what I heard from him.

Best regards,
May











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