Jade Bird

What do you think of the tool marks, hand or machine ones?

 

Hi,
Looks more Indian than Chinese. The stone does not look like jade in these photos.
greg

 

Looks like Asian but don’t know if Chinese or other. I don’t see why not being jade ( nephrite I think), looks right to me.

 

What size is it? Very poor carving and finishing,rough core drilled holes.

 

Aboue 5”. Agree, not the best polishing. I’m just trying to figure out if it’s hand carved ot not.

 

It looks hand carved to me but with a small Dremel type of tool or something.

 

It doesn't appear to be "CNC" machine formed,held by had and cut using grinding/slitting wheels and disc.

 

Thanks for the opinions. Maybe I wasn’t quite clear. By hand carved I meant no power tools involved?

 

No one carves jade without power tools.

 

How was jade carved before those tools were introduced?

 

There have been hand,foot,water powered tools for hundreds of years.

 

Canadian First Nations people would cut slabs from a chunk of BC jade by rubbing it with an appropriately-shaped piece of wood, using sand as an abrasive. First creating a slot, then deepening it until the slab could be broken off.
Did it take a long time? Yes, but not quite as long as you might imagine. Though the fact that one sometimes finds pieces where the maker has abandoned the work halfway through is probably a hint as to how difficult the process was.