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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 544502, member: 5833&quot;]Jade occurs in all sorts of colors, but the light avocado color of this piece was the first thing that made me feel it required careful &amp; suspicious inspection.&nbsp; The color in the new photos is even less like most jade one sees.</p><p><br /></p><p>INH has circled the little pits that are probably the most conclusive evidence that the lady started life as a liquid.&nbsp; Some other telltale signs of modern Chinese resin reproduction work are the way that area in the top circle looks craggy in outline, but smooth on the surface, &amp; those parallel scratches on the bottoms of the feet, meant to make you think some actual carving was involved.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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