Exquisite Spinach Jade Bowls

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A group of six spinach jade bowls from the early 1900′s. Each bowl is polished, similarly sized and has its unique colors and veins. The spinach jade color of these nephrite bowls is of a characteristic semi-transluscent, light mossy green tone with paler and darker mottling, black flecks and veiny striations. The pattern of spinach jade is also referred to as “watermelon skin.”
Size: Height: 4.5 cm Width: 10.0 cm

Jade is generally classified into soft jade (nephrite) and hard jade (jadeite). Soft jade or nephrite is formed by stralite minerals. Since China only had the soft jade until jadeite was imported from Burma Read More…