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Subject:Jade Carving- what is it?
Posted By: Maxxxxy Mon, Oct 30, 2017 IP: 2601:381:4202:8007:a

Can anyone identify the item shown? Japanese or Chinese? Or...? Thanks in advance for your help.







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Subject:Re: Jade Carving- what is it?
Posted By: Ernest Wilhelm Tue, Oct 31, 2017

unassuming that you have made a scratch test, this could well be a jade belt pendant
Ernest

Subject:Re: Jade Carving- what is it?
Posted By: Maxxxxy Wed, Nov 01, 2017

Thanks for the info. yes, this appears to be a nice piece of nephrite jade. I've tried to find similar items with no luck. The closest I could find is archaic Hongshan carvings (which this is clearly not) that are said to represent a cicada larva. Would this be Chinese, or Japanese, any idea of the era that these were commonly used? Or is it modern? Thanks in advance.

Subject:Re: Jade Carving- what is it?
Posted By: Ernest Wilhelm Thu, Nov 02, 2017

Most likely Chinese. It could be last Century, it does not look old.
Ernest

Subject:Re: Jade Carving- what is it?
Posted By: maxxxxy Fri, Nov 03, 2017

Thanks much for your time and opinion! I really appreciate the help, plus reading through the past forum discussions has been a great resource for me.


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