Saturday, February 6, 2016

Monkey arrives riding a horse.....

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....or Ma Shang Feng Hou, is an auspicious phrase to usher in Lunar New Year of the Monkey 2016. The symbolic meaning of this greeting i...
Sunday, January 10, 2016

A Handful of Jade Rosettes

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These  whimsical little jade rosettes also called yu-hua or jade flowers, date  from  late Qing (19th to about early 20th century)  ...
Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Enigmatic Bead from my Peregrinations

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  Here is an intriguing bead I bought  on one of my peregrinations (thanks K for the exotic word, so appropriate for this rare bead.) ...
Sunday, December 6, 2015

Amazing and Collectible.....

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.... small is beautiful...or the wonder of tiny jade carvings Tiny  Mini  jade carvings are not always easy to decipher or c...
Saturday, November 21, 2015

Er Dang or Ear Ornaments from the Han Dynasty

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This 2 pairs of dog bone shaped beads came from a Shenzhen dealer. Dog bone shaped beads They are likely to be ear ornaments from t...
Sunday, September 13, 2015

My 3 Birds

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These 3 slim birds came from Myanmar. Two of the birds are of greenstone and one of light blue glass. All three are perforated from the top...
Monday, August 24, 2015

Trapezoidal Jade Bead with Phoenix Pattern

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Here is a very special bead that I purchased recently.   Trapezoid Jade Bead with incised phoenix  This trapezoidal bead, measu...
Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Fifty Shades of Purple

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Purple   is my favourite color, but fifty shades ?  I don't think so. I have actually only a few shades, and mostly amethyst. Some sh...