Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 571919, member: 2844&quot;]Some warning signs of fakes. These are ones from my own fakes collection, pretty pieces, all hand made, very cheap and all tested positive for jade.</p><p><br /></p><p>Scratch lines on the inside of the curve. The design scratch lines are light and powdery looking.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]173295[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A Hongshan repro pig-dragon. You have a few in your collection. Hongshan pig-dragons are never decorated.</p><p>This one is not symmetrical, which is good and it is perfectly charming, but....</p><p>[ATTACH=full]173296[/ATTACH]</p><p>Although the tapering shape and irregularity of the drill holes is right, the lines on the inside are a warning sign</p><p>[ATTACH=full]173297[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Lines around the eyes, we all get them, but Hongshan pig-dragon don&#039;t. They are nice and smooth on every part of the surface. These are scratch lines.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]173298[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>One of your pig-dragons, nicely decorated along the curve of its body, which it shouldn&#039;t be. So, sorry, not real, in spite of the funnel-shaped drill hole.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]173299[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Back to my fakes.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /> Artificial acid pitting to suggest age erosion on Hongshan style bird. Hongshan jades are smooth as a baby&#039;s bottom, they don&#039;t have pitting</p><p>[ATTACH=full]173300[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in