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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4259123, member: 2844&quot;]100% Chinese Export jadeite jade in silver brooch. Period guesstimate 1930s. The coin symbols emphasize the auspicious nature of the jade. Mind you, most Chinese jewellery has an auspicious meaning.</p><p><br /></p><p>Agree.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>China has been importing huge amounts of Burmese jadeite jade for centuries.</p><p>With its more pronounced and often bright colours it was the jade of choice for the &#039;nouveau&#039; crowd when China&#039;s merchant class blossomed in the 18th and 19th centuries. They wanted to flaunt their riches, wear colourful clothing, and the less showy native nephrite jade just didn&#039;t do the job for them.</p><p><br /></p><p>In Chinese culture the beautiful soft sheen and feel of nephrite still makes it the collector&#039;s and scholar&#039;s jade, whereas jadeite jade is for &#039;bling&#039;, and even considered gaudy by some.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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