No, although I do that too. I’ll look for any auction house that has a history of listing whatever it is I’m looking for information on and send...
I wish I could tell you, all I can do is give you some help for you to decide where to go with it, auction estimates are where I often go after...
Similar but different,...
You know, I took another look and reread the post, I was confused in the pictures the small one looks large and the larger one looks small, there...
Angela, (my wife) says the larger is a storage container for the snuff and the smaller container for using the snuff.
I showed you picture to my wife and she said it is a snuff bottle.
Loquat color and radish pattern/texture. The radish texture is a main visual characteristic identifying genuine Tianhuang [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
There are I few things that make it hard to tell, the white color is very even through and throughout the surface is not areas although you’d...
I did a little search for jade Zhang shapes by period, the first one has some in the taper of the blade and a slight tilt in the tang. Maybe you...
It could be most any white stone it is very hard to tell from the pictures. Some areas look like marble other spots have the hard polished surface...
This online book has some good information and nice clear close up pictures of texture details that could be helpful. Section 1.2 shows signs to...
Here are some examples of ancient green Jade from a couple of my books.[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This looks like it could be old jade, the knife shape in Chinese culture is to “ward off evil spirits” according to my wife.
What do you think, Russian jade the russet color look a little bit unnatural like its treated in that it’s mostly in the low spots
You did I have read a couple at least, I’ll say again you know your stuff no question about that for sure.
Thank you, but credit has to go to Any Jewelry I saw after posting she beat me to it by by a long shot.
No, the beads are old amber, my wife made the necklace. The beads came from the same dealer 20 years ago as the prehistoric Baltic insect Amber...
I see we quoted the same article, the example you linked to is beautiful this piece better quality I think.
You are absolutely correct Shoushan Stone but the important distinction is Tienhaugh Shoushan Stone vs the all imposters.
Here is a piece of stone called the king of stones in China much more valuable than Hetian jade because it is much more rare. It can be confusing...
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