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<p>[QUOTE="KikoBlueEyes, post: 446491, member: 8363"]Thank you for your thoughtful response. You're right, there are no scuffs that you get with use. There are uneven and crude edges and tiny gouges but I don't know if this is because it was carved by hand or machine. As I said the closest I ever gotten to an actual antique Jade craving was through a museum window or on a free standing mounting that you were not allowed to get too close to. I am perfectly happy with it being 20th century, as none of my dozen of so paperweights are antique. (When I worked, I used them to decorate my desk.)The original paper tag said Antique Chinese Jade Paperweight $645, but I didn't buy it because it was an antique but because I like Jade and the design had a juxtaposition of fluidity and solidity that appealed to me. I only spent $60.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KikoBlueEyes, post: 446491, member: 8363"]Thank you for your thoughtful response. You're right, there are no scuffs that you get with use. There are uneven and crude edges and tiny gouges but I don't know if this is because it was carved by hand or machine. As I said the closest I ever gotten to an actual antique Jade craving was through a museum window or on a free standing mounting that you were not allowed to get too close to. I am perfectly happy with it being 20th century, as none of my dozen of so paperweights are antique. (When I worked, I used them to decorate my desk.)The original paper tag said Antique Chinese Jade Paperweight $645, but I didn't buy it because it was an antique but because I like Jade and the design had a juxtaposition of fluidity and solidity that appealed to me. I only spent $60.[/QUOTE]
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