How to identify the broken and repaired jade

“Intactness” is a very important required virtue of a valuable jade piece. If a jade piece is broken, even to a tiniest extend, the value shall drop drastically. Unfortunately, thanks to the advanced repair technique its becoming more and more difficult for a collector to identify a broken piece. The key to identify if a jade piece is broken and repaired, is the detail oriented observation. No matter how delicate the repair is, you always can find a clue. Today I will introduce you few jade repair techniques and how to sleuth. 1. If the broken part is obvious, the repairer might use other materials to replace such as gold, silver or even platinum. This technique does sound very obvious too. However if the vendor told you it’s a gold inlaid jade piece...

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