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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Chinese Agate? Teapot

« on: July 17, 2015, 02:36:44 pm »

In an inconspicuous place see if you can make a small scratch on it.  Is it easy to scratch or hard? 

Trying to figure out if it is soapstone or marble from the pic is hard because the feel, weight, coolness, etc helps in determining.  It isn't Jadeite (real or what is passed off as Jadeite.)

I never heard mention of items like this being made of marble, at least back in the day, though they are commonly made from agate and the closest I have found so far which is very similar is this Botswanan agate here http://www.sailorenergy.net/Minerals/MLAgates/AgateBotswanaAfrica13lg.jpg
I was hoping someone might have seen a similar agate used in chinese export ware as I haven't come across any so far.

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Antique Questions Forum / Chinese Agate? Teapot

« on: July 17, 2015, 07:42:37 am »

This teapot was bought in Hong Kong in the 1950's and I was told it was some kind of jade though I haven't been able to find any jade that looks like it and think it is probably agate or something like that.
I would be very happy if someone could tell me more about it like what it is made of and what it might be worth 

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Antique Questions Forum / Chinese Pot

« on: July 17, 2015, 06:04:24 am »

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