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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4472536, member: 2844&quot;]The first one is inspired by the Neolithic Hongshan culture, which was discovered in 1935. As you thought, it is not old, and it is not a real replica either. It is just &#039;in the style of&#039;.</p><p>About 20 years ago the market was flooded with &#039;Hongshan jades&#039;. </p><p>Needless to say, very few genuine Hongshan jades were ever smuggled out of China. The ones in China are nearly all in museum collections.</p><p><br /></p><p>I love that one, and thought for a minute that it could be an oldie, but the hanging hole doesn&#039;t look worn. That could have been drilled later, of course. Archaic jades have been modified to make them more &#039;attractive&#039;.</p><p>If you think it could have age and want to find out more about it, I suggest you have it analyzed. Do you see any mica inclusions, like tiny mirrors?</p><p><br /></p><p>Both the red one and the yellow one could be considered amulets or inspired by amulets. The yellow one is a bit like some Archaic Period ceremonial knives.</p><p><br /></p><p>An interesting read:</p><p><a href="https://www.asianart.com/articles/hoffman/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.asianart.com/articles/hoffman/" rel="nofollow">https://www.asianart.com/articles/hoffman/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Beautiful ancient jades:</p><p><a href="https://publications.asia.si.edu/jades/objects.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://publications.asia.si.edu/jades/objects.php" rel="nofollow">https://publications.asia.si.edu/jades/objects.php</a></p><p>Keep scrolling down, the photos load slowly.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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