It is said that Chinese like jadeite, not only because it is called "the king of jade", which is an extremely rare jade, but more because it is transparent, warm and introverted, which is deeply in line with the essence of traditional Chinese culture, is a soft breath from the depths of culture, is a kind of historical precipitation, and has a unique charm.
In recent years, the beauty of jadeite has gradually been accepted by foreigners, and jadeite can be seen at any time on eBay, the largest shopping website in the United States. However, the quality and price of these jadeite jewelry are really pitted to the bottom line, in one sentence: good-looking too fake, ugly too expensive!
First take a look at the "good-looking too fake" series, the fluttering bracelet in the picture above, indicating 100% natural Chinese A goods jadeite, as long as 17.09 US dollars, equivalent to 113.27 yuan, but also free shipping!
This full green bracelet, the price is the same as the one above, as long as 113.27 yuan, fake to no. If it is A goods, put at least tens of millions of yuan in China to start.
Look at the fake, and then look at the ugly, such as this violet bracelet, pure natural A goods, priced at 1098 US dollars, but also 30 US dollars freight, there is a GIA authoritative certification certificate, equivalent to almost 7500 yuan. Consultant Zhou helped identify the following: waxy seeds, coarse seeds, woolly, stoney is very heavy, only some purple can hold the scene, up to 3000 in China!
This bracelet is the most powerful, the bottom is very dirty, there are black spots and a lot of white cotton, ugly enough to dare not compliment, but the selling price is 17500 US dollars, RMB over six!
The most bizarre thing is this bracelet, expensive and fake, and the owner also marked it as Chinese natural jadeite. The bracelet as a whole is brown, and the selling price is as high as 1450 US dollars, which is basically given away in China and no one wants it.
From the shopping website to see that foreign jadeite is not comprehensive, and then look at some foreign first-line big-name female stars wearing jadeite appearance style. Careful jade friends should be able to find that the quality of the jadeite worn by these foreign stars is not very good!
Nicole Kidman wears jade earrings for a jade carving with a strong Chinese twist.
Jennifer Lawrence of The Hunger Games wears emerald earrings for her short hair, and her apple-green emerald earrings are a perfect match with fair skin.
Jessica Chastain's facial features are very classical, and the jade earrings selected and the round symmetrical design are also very Classical Chinese. However, these earrings seem to be dry green or iron dragon raw, and they are not valuable.
Supermodel Karlie Kloss wears emerald earrings, a naturally conformal design that looks quite harmonious.
Victoria's Secret angel model Lily Aldridge wears emerald earrings with beautiful diamond-shaped designs, but the appearance of jadeite alone is very average.
British supermodel Cara Delevingne wears a jadeite pendant, waxy, large, pale green, and hollow carving, such a brand is not of high grade, and Chinese actresses will not wear it this way.
Jessica Lowndes, a famous Canadian actress and singer, wears emerald earrings that are planted green but unfortunately have black spots.
American actress and model Shantel Van Santen wears emerald earrings. The smile is beautiful, but the emerald is very general.
In fact, the United States is also the source of jadeite, but because the rough texture is relatively dry, and the structure is coarse, so most of them can only be used to make carving materials, such as glass species, high ice species of this level of jadeite, the United States is not, generally only imported from Myanmar.
In foreign countries, the two women who know best about jadeite are French designer Sophie Marceau and The American rich woman Barbara Hutton.
This Barbara Hutton's old jadeite necklace, which features 27 jadeite necklaces rumored to have come from the court at the end of the Qing Dynasty, started at HK$88 million at Sotheby's 2014 "Magnificent Jewelry and Jadeite Jewellery" auction, dropped the hammer for HK$190 million, and sold for HK$214 million with commissions, setting a new world record for jadeite auctions at the time.
Sophie Marceau is the most jadeite-loving foreign actor, and in 2016, she wore a haute couture jade necklace "Magnolia Blossom" to the opening ceremony of the 40th Hong Kong International Film Festival, and showed off her own series of jadeite works, each of which is exquisite and quite stunning.
"Magnolia Blossom"
"A Branch of Spring"
"Greetings to the Eight Directions"
"Fluke Wei Yang"
"Alpine Flowing Water"
《The Lady》
《Qinzhu》
Consultant Zhou feels that jadeite is gradually emerging in the global jewelry industry and is no longer the private collection of Chinese. More and more foreigners are beginning to like jadeite, but this aesthetic still has to be aligned with Sophie Marceau and Barbara Hutton.