This is a finely carved pale white Mystical Beast also called BiXie or Ruishou. The color of the stone has a grayish and yellowish hue. It is tested nephrite, not soap stone. It has signs of corrosion. It is possible that this old jade carving is from the Six Dynasty, from 3th AC to 6th AC. The Bixie was well carved with protruding eyes, ruyi-shaped nose, a pair of wings, and single-horned head. It also has powerful legs and tails. It is a wonderful example of an early jade. Height: 4.8 cm (1.89... Click for details
This is an old Jade hair crosspiece or hairpin made of celadon jade from the 18/19th Century. This piece is finely made with clean and crisp shape, elegant curves and lines; Shows the original quality of the jade. It was used by wealthy Manchu lady with scholarly taste who appreciated simplicity in life. This kind of jade piece is hard to make in 19th century. It was very easy to break because it is so thin.
Perforated nephrite disc circa 2000BCE or earlier some wear near the calcified areas but otherwise good condition with no cracks or chips (please note enlargements). All the colors are original i.e. no artificial staining-if worn against the skin would polish quite up nicely. D: 8cm/3.1in and 6mm at its thickest point.
A beautifully proportioned Han Dynasty (206 B.C. – A.D. 220) jade of soft translucent yellow color. Pierced at its center, this perfectly circular and dome-shaped jade was completely hand-shaped. Magnification reveals its rather thick and rounded lip is slightly irregular and the surrounding hollowed out underside was worked by scraping and abrasion rather than one a wheel or lathe of the sort that would have been available from the Song Dynasty and later periods. Jade was probably not mined... Click for details
THIS ITEM HAS BEEN SOLD. THANK YOU. A white jade late Ching Dynasty (19th Century) toggle of naturalistic design, depicting three symbols of longevity. On one side are tiny lingzhi and a bat and a large peach amidst openwork foliage while the opposite side depicts a large lingzhi fungus: all symbols of longevity. Measuring 4.7cm (1-7/8”) long.
A large, two-sided, jade spirit lock pendant from the Ching Dynasty of mottled, opaque white color with grey-greenish tones, having opposed dragon heads at top and a pierced, openwork design framing a rectangular plaque at center which depicts, on one side, four auspicious characters, and on the reverse, a small landscape with mountains and a hut in the background and a pine tree and lingzhi fungus as symbols of longevity in the foreground. Such symbolic spirit locks were often worn by children... Click for details
JADE PLAQUE, 17th/18th CENTURY, POSSIBLY EARLIER. A thick jade plaque in the form of a pierced “bi” disc with relief decoration of tao-tae mask at top and bottom, the disc flanked by confronted dragons, the stone of pale to greyish white color with slight surface pitting and dark-brown to yellow-brown surface or skin inclusions. While the stylized grooved bodies of the dragons are familiar from at least as early as the Song Dynasty, the combination of tao-tae masks on a BI disk is more typic... Click for details
Exceptionally rare jade ornament in the shape of a bear from the non Han, Liao Dynasty, 907 CE – 1125 CE. The Liao were pastoralists who lived in the far northeast of what is now China. Like the Manchus they spoke a Tungusic language and had strong cross cultural ties to the Han. Of the various cultures and civilizations that lived on the periphery of the Chinese heartland, their art and artifacts seem to be the most unique and distinctive. Although Buddhism was practiced amongst the royal ... Click for details
