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<p>[QUOTE="khl889, post: 240705, member: 104"]On the one hand, yours has nicer stone than the OP's, with some color, a pattern, and a bit of translucency.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, it doesn't seem all that well made; even the lid doesn't match. Looks a bit mass-produced.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's hard to be too certain, but my impression is yours dates somewhat later than the OP's, and could even date to around the 1980s. That greenish stone in the rear section was very common then.</p><p><br /></p><p>(I'll add that if you search for "Qingtian carving" on Google Images you can compare the results with these two examples; Qingtian stone has become scarcer in recent years, and most modern carvings are fairly elaborate and fairly expensive.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="khl889, post: 240705, member: 104"]On the one hand, yours has nicer stone than the OP's, with some color, a pattern, and a bit of translucency. On the other hand, it doesn't seem all that well made; even the lid doesn't match. Looks a bit mass-produced. It's hard to be too certain, but my impression is yours dates somewhat later than the OP's, and could even date to around the 1980s. That greenish stone in the rear section was very common then. (I'll add that if you search for "Qingtian carving" on Google Images you can compare the results with these two examples; Qingtian stone has become scarcer in recent years, and most modern carvings are fairly elaborate and fairly expensive.)[/QUOTE]
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