Losing its gleam | Borneo Bulletin Online

TAIPEI (AFP) – Tracing a palm-sized jade animal resting on its haunches, an antique trader in Taiwan said the ears on the nearly 400-year-old piece are a marker of its authenticity. “The folds in the animal’s ears show the handiwork, the ancient handicraft” of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), said the 60-year-old trader, who would only […]

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