Featured Green Marble Figurine

Hello. A sculpture that was brought in recently and I am not sure if it's material or ID. I deduce it to be green marble after some minor research.

Material: Green Marble (the prominent green patches with a mattified shine to it)
Weight: 3kg
Height: 24 cm
Breadth: 14cm
Width: 8 cm

Would appreciate if anyone can share any info on this. Thank you!

 

Not looking like marble... which coutry are you in (or where was it bought)?
Looking like serpentine to me.
For the figure identification help, calling @komokwa and @Any Jewelry

 

@kyratango Thanks for your reply! That's interesting.. I am from Singapore and my dad got it from around here.

Pretty heavy!

 

Welcome back, Yashini, how have you been? How is your art?

The figurine is Chinese, acid-treated jade, made in the Neolithic Hongshan style.
If you google Hongshan style jade you will find similar ones. They often have those 'alien' eyes.

In recent years there has been increased interest in the Hongshan culture, and the Chinese are eager to oblige the demand for the style. Hongshan style jades are often sold as authentic, but the authentic ones are extremely rare, and most are in museums. For most of us there are the replicas, and the jades inspired by the Hongshan style, like yours.
Some are acid-treated to create the impression of a genuine archaeological find. However, real Hongshan jades don't look like that. They are very smooth through wear.
The style is very attractive, I think. I have several replicas.

 

@Any Jewelry soo good to hear from you and glad you remembered!! I'm doing great and I just graduated with a Bachelors in Fine Arts last week. My art practice is great and am looking to practice it full time. How have you been?

Thank you for all the information, its been of great help! Speaking of Jade, I have been quite attracted to jade these days and I go crazy with anything Jade. Managed to collect a few Jade pieces of jewelry too. (god knows if they're authentic)

Its was really nice hearing from you!!

 

Wonderful, Yashini. Such good news that you can be a full-time artist soon. It is a good sign, because not many can. But you are very talented, and make original, elegant art.

Ah, another jade lover! Join the club, there are several of us on the forum. And as you see, jade comes in many guises.

We would love to see them, and can usually help with information.

 

@Any Jewelry Thank you, really nice of you. Hopefully, I'll pull through in the revolutionary era of art making.

Great to know fellow jade lovers here and pretty sure some of those. Sure will do soon after I have gathered them! Thank you and looking forward

 

Jade lover here. We've never met, but I hope to hear a lot from you.

 

Spots that look like this appear to have a coating flaking off, or is it just that the acid treatment weakens the surface?

 

It does, and it flakes.

 

I'm about as far as you can get from a jade expert, but I like it too. And serpentine, and random dyed rock. and...you get the idea.

 

Nice to meet you @KikoBlueEyes. Sure and would like to learn more about this!

 

Nice to meet you @evelyb30. Excited to learn more about it!