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Subject:VERY OLD JADE? ELEPHANT WITH SMALL FIGURE ON TOP - AGE?
Posted By: James Nicholas Wed, Mar 14, 2018 IP: 184.98.151.158

This a very heavy, possibly jade carved figure of elephant with small figure, maybe a boy. There is no stamp on bottom, but it has much wear on bottom. To me, it seems to have great age.
It is 9" tall, 3 3/4" wide, and 2 1/4" deep.
Please help.
Thank you for your input.
Sincerely,
Jimmy N







Subject:Re: VERY OLD JADE? ELEPHANT WITH SMALL FIGURE ON TOP - AGE?
Posted By: Ernest Wilhelm Thu, Mar 15, 2018

the second photo needs a lot more light. How can we judge if you put photos of such low caliber in the forum. a sharp close-up of the small figure would help as well. You have to do the scratch test,.
Ernest

Subject:Re: VERY OLD JADE? ELEPHANT WITH SMALL FIGURE ON TOP - AGE?
Posted By: Ernest Wilhelm Thu, Mar 15, 2018

Something tells me that this is a softer stone than Jade. Did you do a hardness test?
Ernest

Subject:Re: VERY OLD JADE? ELEPHANT WITH SMALL FIGURE ON TOP - AGE?
Posted By: James Nicholas Sat, Mar 17, 2018

Here are three more photos. A higher quality photo will not download onto the forum.
I tried the scratch test, and it doesn't leave an indentation.
Thank you, Ernest,
Regards,
Jimmy N

Subject:Re: VERY OLD JADE? ELEPHANT WITH SMALL FIGURE ON TOP - AGE?
Posted By: James Nicholas Sat, Mar 24, 2018

This is an addition of photos of the small figure on top of the elephant.
Thanks, again,
Jimmy N








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