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daxu

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Chinese mother of perl carving?
« on: November 24, 2013, 11:29:16 am »
The seller said it was bought from 1950s. So the item has to be before that (Of course if what she said was true).

There is a small crack and was glued back by the look of it.

I checked ebay and some auction sites, seems those Chinese mother of perl carving are quite similar to mine(But I believe every expensive thing is same as mine anyway)

Any idea about age?
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Re: Chinese mother of perl carving?
« Reply #1 on: November 24, 2013, 11:33:52 am »
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Re: Chinese mother of perl carving?
« Reply #2 on: November 24, 2013, 12:31:55 pm »
All of the pics,, like the pics of the plate earlier,,have a blue cast on my monitor !!  From what I can tell it does have the iridescence of MOP !!  Hard to tell much else !!
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Re: Chinese mother of perl carving?
« Reply #3 on: November 24, 2013, 01:13:41 pm »
I really should upgrade my mobile now. It is really not so good with camera.
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Re: Chinese mother of perl carving?
« Reply #4 on: November 24, 2013, 02:33:24 pm »
Look carefully with a loop and see if there are irregularities in the carving.  If so, it is hand carved.  They make carved MOP items these days with laser...so the etching/cuts are precise and even.

Hard to date this.  They have been popular for hundreds of years.  One of those that needs a "hands on" inspection from someone who knows about the item.

Nice piece!
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Re: Chinese mother of perl carving?
« Reply #5 on: November 24, 2013, 02:51:42 pm »
Quote from: daxu on November 24, 2013, 01:13:41 pm
I really should upgrade my mobile now. It is really not so good with camera.
cheapskate...do us all a favour...and buy a camera...16mp....fo r a measly 10 spot on ebay....
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Re: Chinese mother of perl carving?
« Reply #6 on: November 24, 2013, 03:03:44 pm »
Indeed.

We have cameras but somehow they always go out of battery when I want to use them :D

From the carving, all I can see is that there are eight famous Chinese Immortals (on the top), who are fighting the sea creatures (the guy on a giant shrimp, the guy on a giant fish and guy riding the dragon)

Yesterday I watched a program which showed a mother of pearl carving with the same eight immortals but doing some different things. Apparently the one in the program was made before 1900.

Really hope I could be that lucky.
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Re: Chinese mother of perl carving?
« Reply #7 on: November 24, 2013, 03:10:09 pm »
i can take over 500 pics on one charge....with my camera...
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Re: Chinese mother of perl carving?
« Reply #8 on: November 24, 2013, 07:53:49 pm »
Taking the batteries out of the camera between uses will save your battery life !! Mine will only last a few times with regular batteries,, alkaline batteries will last for months !!
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