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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 571012, member: 2844"]Quite a collection, Scott, but don't get your hopes up.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sadly it is not. Genuine archaic jades are rare, but thousands of copies have been made, and from what I can see on these photos these are all either copies or made in the style of.</p><p>There is such a huge demand for these 'archaic' jades. And when there is a demand, the Chinese will supply. You will also find that some of these jades are not jade at all, and some have been dyed to look old. Archaic jades are never dyed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just one example, of the famous Hongshan culture C-dragon only one intact example was found (you have two <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />), which is why it has the honourable title "The First Dragon of China".</p><p>It is in the National Museum of China, this is it:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://en.chnmuseum.cn/Portals/AntiqueImages/t3_201201191122236183.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="http://en.chnmuseum.cn/Default.aspx?TabId=549&AntiqueLanguageID=2326&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.chnmuseum.cn/Default.aspx?TabId=549&AntiqueLanguageID=2326&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1" rel="nofollow">http://en.chnmuseum.cn/Default.aspx?TabId=549&AntiqueLanguageID=2326&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1</a></p><p><br /></p><p>All I can say is, enjoy them, they give an insight into some unique cultures.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 571012, member: 2844"]Quite a collection, Scott, but don't get your hopes up. Sadly it is not. Genuine archaic jades are rare, but thousands of copies have been made, and from what I can see on these photos these are all either copies or made in the style of. There is such a huge demand for these 'archaic' jades. And when there is a demand, the Chinese will supply. You will also find that some of these jades are not jade at all, and some have been dyed to look old. Archaic jades are never dyed. Just one example, of the famous Hongshan culture C-dragon only one intact example was found (you have two ;)), which is why it has the honourable title "The First Dragon of China". It is in the National Museum of China, this is it: [IMG]http://en.chnmuseum.cn/Portals/AntiqueImages/t3_201201191122236183.jpg[/IMG] [URL]http://en.chnmuseum.cn/Default.aspx?TabId=549&AntiqueLanguageID=2326&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1[/URL] All I can say is, enjoy them, they give an insight into some unique cultures.[/QUOTE]
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