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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 2616520, member: 2844&quot;]It is a type of serpentine, Chinese. The carving is extremely basic. Jade carvings are of a much better quality, because it is a more expensive stone.</p><p>Jade isn&#039;t typical of most Asian jewellery though. Only of some.</p><p><br /></p><p>The carving represents the dragon and the phoenix, symbols for the emperor and empress, masculine and feminine, yang and yin, and any other dualist principle you can think of.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The person who put the metal wire on the carving had no idea what it represents.</p><p><br /></p><p>Phoenix on the left, dragon on the right, pearl of wisdom in the middle between their heads:</p><p><img src="https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/20200821_195054-jpg.271597/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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