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Subject:antique jade pig dragon
Posted By: LIN LI Mon, Oct 27, 2014 IP: 135.0.231.124
Is this pig dragon genuine or a replica?
Thanks.







Subject:Re: antique jade pig dragon
Posted By: Super Tue, Oct 28, 2014
Not antique, since it was definitely less than 100 year old. Not sure if it was made of jade, possible made of serpentine which can be confirmed with a scratch test (will see a white line). Even if it can pass the scratch test, it could still not be made of nephrite, but bowenite which could not be scratched. Possibly dyed.

Subject:Re: antique jade pig dragon
Posted By: LIN LI Thu, Oct 30, 2014
Thank you very much.

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