Exotic Jades

According to Dr. Daphne Lange Rosenzweig, the value of jade antiques may be appraised through the following factors:

1.Physical properties:
    a. identification and quality of the material
    b. size of condition of the carving
2. Aesthetic properties:
    a. quality of the workmanship
    b. school, style and period characteristics
    c. consideration of shape, subject, color, proportion and size
3. Extraneous properties
    a. provenance
    b. market volatility and local taste

Dr. Rosenzweig stresses the necessary discipline of judging jade on its own merits and not by its pedigree or the important name of its former owner. Generally speaking, the jade antique to be collected must be those valuable items which are genuine with fine workmanship.

Source: Roger Keveerne( Consultant Editor):Jade, Lorenz Books, 1995, pp.196-207