Onyx thing?

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  1. Chinoiserie

    Chinoiserie Well-Known Member

    I've been. Sitting on this for a while. I never quite figured out what it is or what it's made from. Onyx maybe?

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  2. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    A Chinese mythical beast, looks like serpentine.
     
    Any Jewelry, Jul 11, 2025
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  3. Chinoiserie

    Chinoiserie Well-Known Member

    Thank you
     
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  4. Marote

    Marote Well-Known Member

    Looks painful to me with that horn :D

    A Pixiu? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixiu
     
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  5. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

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    Marote Well-Known Member

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  7. bosko69

    bosko69 Well-Known Member

    With that very light caramel color I would never have guessed serpentine. Impressions get stuck in your head,I think serpentine-green automatically pops up !
     
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  8. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

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  9. 2manybooks

    2manybooks Well-Known Member

    There are a lot of similar small stone carvings coming out of China, often described as coming from neolithic Hongshan sites. Many are very nice, but the vast majority are, I believe, modern creations.
     
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  10. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    True. The last 20 years or so they have been churning out serpentine and even nephrite jade carvings. Some are replicas, but many are new shapes, supposedly based on Hongshan etc jades.
     
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  11. Chinoiserie

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