Gorgeous detailed large nephrite jade sculpture of fish and lotus. Please excuse the blue tac I’ve been an obsessed collector of art and particularly Antique Asian Art for about the last 20 years. I have posted a few sample shots of some of my collection and have posed listed items with an everyday object to show size. I have given my opinion on the listed piece, but do bear in mind that Art is not an exact science. The Chinese, in particular, have always venerated the ancient and for millennia have made faithful copies of older pieces- with jade, for example, the stone is millions of years old but the cutting methods only changed in the late nineteenth century, therefore even top “experts” can only make an educated guess as to the age… That’s why provenance from an old collection is their only certainty… And that rarely proves more than 100 years, usually much less…. I have for years researced important museum collections and I believe I have some ancient pieces and many very old items in my collection…. But again that’s only opinion… I don’t sell very often as I Iove my treasure (I’m like a gloating dragon) and I get so much pleasure from it I struggle to part with it… I live in an old cottage which is very small however… And as I spend a lot of my time trawling Antique shops, fairs, Car Boot sales, French Brocante and Vide Greniers for treasure, I’m forced to occasionally part with some… People sometimes ask why I don’t become a professional dealer. I’ve plenty time to indulge my passion and like I said I hate parting with my treasure…. Over the coming weeks I will be listing a selection of my treasures- if you share my passion I suggest you might like to check out my other items… The item “Chinese Qing Carved White with Brown Skin Nephrite Jade Fish Lotus Sculpture” is in sale since Saturday, March 9, 2019. This item is in the category “Antiques\Asian/Oriental Antiques\Chinese\Jade/Hardstone”. The seller is “middleearthtreasures” and is located in Bishop Auckland. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Chinese Dynasty: Qing (1644-1911)
- Primary Material: Jade/ Hardstone
- Age: 1850-1899
- Product: Carving
- Original/Repro: Antique Original
- Region of Origin: Chinese
- Features: Handcarved
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December 19, 2018
Gorgeous detailed large nephrite jade sculpture of fish and lotus. Please excuse the blue tac I’ve been an obsessed collector of art and particularly Antique Asian Art for about the last 20 years. I have posted a few sample shots of some of my collection and have posed listed items with an everyday object to show size. I have given my opinion on the listed piece, but do bear in mind that Art is not an exact science. The Chinese, in particular, have always venerated the ancient and for millennia have made faithful copies of older pieces- with jade, for example, the stone is millions of years old but the cutting methods only changed in the late nineteenth century, therefore even top “experts” can only make an educated guess as to the age… That’s why provenance from an old collection is their only certainty… And that rarely proves more than 100 years, usually much less…. I have for years researced important museum collections and I believe I have some ancient pieces and many very old items in my collection…. But again that’s only opinion… I don’t sell very often as I Iove my treasure (I’m like a gloating dragon) and I get so much pleasure from it I struggle to part with it… I live in an old cottage which is very small however… And as I spend a lot of my time trawling Antique shops, fairs, Car Boot sales, French Brocante and Vide Greniers for treasure, I’m forced to occasionally part with some… People sometimes ask why I don’t become a professional dealer. I’ve plenty time to indulge my passion and like I said I hate parting with my treasure…. Over the coming weeks I will be listing a selection of my treasures- if you share my passion I suggest you might like to check out my other items… The item “Chinese Qing Carved White with Brown Skin Nephrite Jade Fish Lotus Sculpture” is in sale since Sunday, December 2, 2018. This item is in the category “Antiques\Asian/Oriental Antiques\Chinese\Jade/Hardstone”. The seller is “middleearthtreasures” and is located in Bishop Auckland. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Chinese Dynasty: Qing (1644-1911)
- Primary Material: Jade/ Hardstone
- Age: 1850-1899
- Product: Carving
- Original/Repro: Antique Original
- Region of Origin: Chinese
- Features: Handcarved
