19th Century Jade Carving of Two Children

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19th Century Jade Carving of Two Children:
$285.00

These two children have been playing all day, and finally are happily falling asleep. The carving is nicely done with both faces uplifted with smiles. Robes are gathered. The jade is a grey green color, and this carving measures 1 1/2 inches high. It is 19th century.

A few words about Jade colorings:

Antique Coloring (dying) and Waxing of Jade Jade (Nephrite) is an easy mineral to contaminate, in the way that the surface and color strongly can be changed depending of surrounding Environmental influences. Since many jade objects were deposited for ritual purposes in graves and grave plants, so they had to be treated correspondingly to conserve the jade surface over a longer time period more beautifully and more permanently against contamination and colour changes. Contamination factors included: Natural soil chemicals which were activated by the ground water, corrosion products of iron- and bronze objects added to the burials, rotting products of the organic burial additions and the body of the deceased, chemicals like red chalk, a reddish ferrous oxide compound, which were often used in large quantities around the tomb (red chalk is an reddish iron oxide mineral won from Hämatit (Fe2O3), further on the chemical influence of mercury additions which colored the jade deep brown till black, and finally also high temperatures from fire burials. All these circumstances were also known to ancient Chinese and because of this, they took corresponding measures; the jade surface was conserved with hot wax and/or in boiling grease/wax. These wax and layers of fat have themselves, depending on storage of the artifacts, sometimes lasted for centuries in form of strong encrustations on the artifact surface. Therefore many jade artifacts have a greasy, sometimes mixed with grease and sand smeared surface, which will appear after cleaning the artifact. Engravings, cracks and deepening which were closed by the wax, sometimes look as new. Therefore it is always important to judge the complete surface about the genuineness of an ancient jade object, which could be very variously aged depending to the earlier preservation measures. After statement of Chinese experts, found Jade artifacts will be cleaned and then conserved with wax until present times, to reach again the natural color of the stone as far as possible. Now some words for coloring (dying) of jade artifacts. On reason of the above-mentioned contamination properties of jade objects, the jade was already colored artificially for millenniums. Why was Jade artificially colored (dyed)? Since jade was very preciously and rarely available with the desired colors, the way with more moderate costs was taken- the jade was colored artificially. For example as early as the Han Dynasty and in the Middle Ages, reddish to reddish brown colors were wanted. The coloring was carried out in boiling lies and greases with corresponding ingredients such as iron compounds, which caused a beautiful brown, to reddish brown color of the jade. It is for these reasons that Hammers Golden Peacock Antiques can never totally guarantee that the color in a piece of jade is original, or without any dye compound. Although we never knowingly purchase dyed pieces for resale, since coloring has been done by the Chinese for over 2000 years, it is impossible to tell without ruining the surface IF an item has been colored artificially, or WHEN the artificial color was applied.

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