Featured Green Carved Stone Bear

Discussion in 'Antique Discussion' started by KSW, Jan 11, 2023.

  1. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    Failing to find any lovely vintage jewellery in the charity shops :shifty:,I ventured to the bric-a-brac shelves and found this little monstrosity.
    What am I looking at? (no insults please:angelic:)
    Old or new?
    Jade/Jadeite/Nephrite/Serpentine? It’s definitely stone, it’s cold and heavy.
    No marks anywhere I can see.
    I have no idea and I can’t find anything this bad online but maybe everyone else is just too embarrassed to show their badly carved bears!
    Thanks for looking :)
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  2. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

  3. johnnycb09

    johnnycb09 Well-Known Member

    I think hes cute ! My 1st thought was maybe Alaskan jade
     
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  4. tie.dye.cat

    tie.dye.cat Well-Known Member

    He is cute. The up close of his face makes him look mad. :)
     
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  5. kyratango

    kyratango Bug jewellery addiction!

    He is monstruously charming! :joyful:
    I think it is serpentine (try a scratch test under the base with a steel needle, nephrite is normally harder than serpentine) and the eyes may be peridots.:blackalien:;)
     
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  6. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    You are all very kind :hilarious:
    I’ll try a scratch test tomorrow.
    Could be, it does look similar.
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  7. all_fakes

    all_fakes Well-Known Member

    Or possibly BC jade; there is no guarantee that Chinese craftpersons have not been involved though.
     
  8. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    I don't think he's Chinese, but the stone... could be jade. Could be dyed whatsit made in China and out to fool me.
     
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  9. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    Would a little acetone on a cotton bud tell me?
     
  10. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    I think he's adorable, too!!!
     
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  11. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Unknown, at least to me.
     
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  12. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    I bet that's BC jade, I saw a a lot of it out there. It's mined there, then shipped over to China to be carved, because that's where the expertise is. Then it gets shipped back. The shops are very open about that. I think older.
     
  13. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    Thanks Bear!
     
  14. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    as in? 70s?
     
  15. kentworld

    kentworld Well-Known Member

    Literally tons of nephrite (BC jade) here. Some of our souvenirs are carved from BC jade, so it's used quite widely.
     
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  16. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    With the gemstone eyes and that texture, I'm wondering if he isn't pre WW2.
     
  17. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

    I think it's adorable!
     
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  18. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    So do I, it's nicely done.
     
  19. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    Feeling slightly less embarrassed about scooping it up now!
    (Unless of course you are all just being kind :hilarious:)
     
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  20. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    I can’t find anything like it online :confused:
     
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