Jiangmen: jade jade sought after

Recently, the first edition of the Kistler Jade Collection in Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province, was held in Changdi Square in Jiangmen City in recent days. Among the exhibits at the fair, jade and jade accounted for more than half. Chen Jing, president of the Jiangmen Kistler Association, said that jade and jade are precious treasures. In recent years, as people’s economic conditions have improved, more and more people have begun to collect jade, jade, jade, and jade. As water goes up, there is plenty of room for market appreciation.

The first edition of the Kistler Jade Collection in Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province in 2012 was held by the Jiangmen Kistler Association and will continue until April 5. Distributors from all over the country took part in the Long Beach Plaza and set up uniform booths. After visiting the Changdi Square, the reporter learned that these jades and jades mainly include Xinjiang Hetian jade and Liaoning Yuyu, as well as jade and agate. Many people came here to stop and watch or choose jade and jade.

"The reason why the first Kistler jade cultural exhibition was held in Jiangmen was mainly to promote jade culture and meet the needs of the citizens." Chen Jing, president of the Jiangmen Kistler Association, introduced that in order to facilitate the public, they also invited jade connoisseurs. Can help identify, give relevant reference opinions to prevent customers from being deceived.

Mr. Li, who is a jade watcher at the Wenbo Fair, is a famous collector of Jiangmen. Since the 1980s, Mr. Li has been doing business in the South, because of his hobbies, he has collected a lot of Hetian jade and jade. “I now have hundreds of large and small jade pieces, and the total value is estimated to have increased 30 times than in previous years. For example, an empty aromatherapy bottle that I bought for a few hundred dollars can now sell 30,000 yuan.” Mr. Li said with a smile, “Our local Taishan jade has gradually gained popularity in the country and its appreciation has also been rapid.”

Collection of jade, jade threshold is not high, small jade, jade, generally can buy hundreds of dollars, and in the identification is not as complex as porcelain, calligraphy and painting, which makes a lot of ordinary citizens also joined the collection of jade, jade ranks. Ms. Huang, a citizen, often goes to buy jade articles with her friends and places them in her home. She said: "I buy jade, I like it, and I think it's an investment."

Why are jade and jade articles so popular? Chen Jing said that in traditional Chinese culture, jade and jade are symbols of identity and have been the "darlings" of collectibles since ancient times. Jade and jade are small and exquisite, which is not only convenient for collection, but also easy to play. Moreover, jade and jade are not like ceramics, they need to take up a lot of space and are easy to break; unlike paintings and paintings, they are easy to mold or crack. What is more important is that the prices of jade and jade have been rising, and there is ample room for appreciation of the market, which will surely be favored by more people.

The expert recruits senior jade expert Wang Zhirong: "Playing jade should not be too greedy"

"Playing jade should not be too greedy." Senior jade expert Wang Zhirong said with Tibetan friends.

Wang Zhirong, 62, is a new member. In the 1950s, Wang Zhirong’s father was doing jade business in Hong Kong and Wang Zhirong was very interested in jade. He was interested in jade since childhood.

"There are various colors of jade, such as red, yellow, blue, and purple, and the changes are unpredictable and attractive." Wang Zhirong said that this is an important reason why he is fascinated with jade.

At the age of 12, Wang Zhirong worked as an apprentice at his father’s jade shop, followed the master of the shop to study jade carving and studied for three years.

“The jade is very hard. The ancients slowly rubbed it with corundum. When we first used machine and manual methods to sculpt, the machine was very simple. It was to be pulled through the footsteps until the 1960s. When it comes to electric motors, it is much more convenient," Wang Zhirong said.

Three years later, Wang Zhirong graduated and was able to complete a work independently. At the age of 18, he opened a jade processing factory in Hong Kong, and received two apprentices, becoming young professionals in the jade industry.

Wang Zhirong said: "In the beginning, the cost was not enough. I would buy a very cheap Burma jade scrap, all of which were small pieces of jade, and earn a little money. Then I gradually bought good materials and came back to sculpt and carve the jade. The price is naturally higher."

In the 1970s, Wang Zhirong also opened jade shops to Southeast Asia and was welcomed by local overseas Chinese. Now, he has made a pair of eye-catching eyes, no matter what jade, just take it in your hand and look at it, he will know its authenticity.

In the collection process, Wang Zhirong has a lot of unforgettable things. In 1978, he and two other Tibetan friends joined together to go to Thailand to buy a piece of Burmese jade, which costs 6 units. After they bought it, the other two quarreled. One said that they had to "betify the stone," one said that he would cut it open, the two sides would not argue, and he would only sell and sell the house worth about 8 units. Later, they learned that the piece of Burmese jade is a real boutique worth about 40 units, which makes them regret it.

Combined with his decades of playing jade experience, Wang Zhirong advised jade collectors: “Buy jade must be clear, don’t be sure not to buy, play jade should not be too greedy.”

"What is the goodness of a good jade?" the reporter asked.

Wang Zhirong said: "Good jade is generally very transparent and clean, giving people a beautiful enjoyment and feeling in their hands is not the same."

Experts give advice on how to identify the true and false qualities of jade. In order to further understand the quality and authenticity of jade commonly found in the market, the reporter interviewed Zhang Hening, a senior engineer of Jiangmen Vocational Institute's jewellery crafts and appraisal profession. He briefed reporters on the identification of jadeite and the difference between it and counterfeit goods. He also mentioned some knowledge about nephrite and jade.

According to reports, the quality and value of jadeite are mainly measured by its color, texture, transparency and purity. The green color is the best, and the fine texture is the top grade. Transparency refers to the degree of visible light. The transparency of jadeite is directly related to the texture. The finer and denser the texture, the higher the transparency, the better the polishing degree, and the stronger the degree of surface reflection. The degree of purity refers to how much the emerald is inside. Including micro-fissures, cracks, impurity minerals, variegated plaques and so on. The less helium content, the better. So for jadeite, the greener the color, the finer and denser the texture, the higher the transparency and the lesser the enthalpy, the higher its quality and value.

Zhang Ning told reporters that during the jadeite trade, people usually distinguish jades as A goods, B goods, and C goods.

A cargo refers to natural jade that has not undergone any artificial treatment other than cutting and polishing. This is commonly known as genuine goods. This jade jewelry does not need to be marked before the name.

B goods are those emeralds that have been soaked in certain chemical solutions to remove impurities and variegated colors to enhance the clarity, clarity, and greenness of native greens. As a result of the soaking of chemical solutions, the surface structure of the jadeite will be destroyed to varying degrees, leaving some erosion patterns resembling canal nets or spider webs. When these nettings are deep and even become microcracks, Enhancing the transparency and durability of jadeite is often filled with epoxy resin, silica gel and other substances. However, national standards require that when selling such jadeite, the merchant should indicate that the jadeite has been “bleached, waxed” or “bleached and filled”. deal with.

C goods refers to dyeing jade, that is, this kind of jade jewelry originally no color or color is very light, bright colors are colored by artificial methods, businesses in sales of this jade should be marked "dyeing" processing.

In addition to shoddy, in the trading market, some profiteers counterfeit jade with dyed quartzite jade and glass imitations. He suggested that consumers should not only be careful in identifying when buying jade jewelry, but it is better to ask the merchant for a gem identification certificate issued by an authoritative quality inspection agency in order to protect their rights and interests, because the different qualities of jadeite are very different.

According to Zhang Ning’s introduction, nephrite jade is not soft, but it is just a traditional practice. Its hardness is comparable to jade. Nephrite has a sheen luster and its colors are yellowish green, grayish green, dark green, black, white, and gray. According to the standard, white nephrite can be called white jade; dark green, gray-green nephrite can be called sapphire. The white nephrite with fine color and delicate texture is also called suet jade, which is the best in nephrite.

The standard name of Saitama is serpentine jade, which is named because of its abundance in Xiyan County, Liaoning Province, and its relative hardness is lower than jade and nephrite. The most common type of jadeite is a uniform, dense, blocky structure, with fibrous aggregates that are more commonly seen in translucency or microtransparency. The color is colorless, light yellow, yellowish green, etc. Inside, white, black inclusions and filamentous, fluffy cotton inclusions are visible. Unscrupulous distributors often use some similar colored glass products to counterfeit jade jewelry. However, counterfeit goods often contain bubbles and rhythmic structures. Consumers can only observe the authenticity by observing carefully.