Appraisal: White Jade Pendant & Serpentine Frame
Clip: Season 28 Episode 21 | 2m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
Appraisal: White Jade Pendant & Serpentine Frame
Watch Robert Waterhouse appraise a white jade pendant & serpentine frame in Vintage Madison 2024, Hour 2.
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Appraisal: White Jade Pendant & Serpentine Frame
Clip: Season 28 Episode 21 | 2m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
Watch Robert Waterhouse appraise a white jade pendant & serpentine frame in Vintage Madison 2024, Hour 2.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipGUEST: These pieces were brought by my grandmother from China in the late 1940s when she went to Germany and then, subsequently, to the United States.
That's a picture of my mother and father on their wedding day.
That was taken in 1944.
APPRAISER: When appraising Asian art, we look at three things: firstly, quality; secondly, the material that the item's composed of or carved from; and thirdly, the age.
So let's start with the picture frame.
This is paneled serpentine carved with quite crude foliate and animal images.
If we have a look at these almost comical faces...
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: ...it's a fair carving.
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: Serpentine is a soft stone; it's porous and shows many inclusions.
It doesn't have the purity of a jade.
The hardwood is a stained hardwood.
The frame probably dates from the end of the 19th century into the early 20th century.
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: But then we move on to the jade pendant.
This is a white jade pendant dating from the 18th century.
Its hue or tone is of near pure white.
GUEST: Mmm.
APPRAISER: It's a harder stone, fewer inclusions, if any inclusions at all.
There's no big brown or white spurs through the jade.
These qilin, or mythical beasts, are carved in a archaic scroll.
The archaic scroll frames a immortal figure with script to the reverse.
The carving on the pendant is good, not great.
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: This was worn as a pendant, originally, in the 18th century.
And then probably during the late 19th, early 20th century, it was mounted onto a hongmu, or hardwood stand.
Which one do you think's worth more money?
GUEST: Well, I assumed, size-wise, the picture frame would be worth much more.
APPRAISER: The serpentine picture frame-- its auction estimate would be between $800 and $1,200.
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: The white jade 18th century pendant, at auction would have a pre-sale estimate of $3,000 to $5,000.
GUEST: Oh, wow.
I never would have expected that.
That's wonderful.
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