What should I do after buying dry green jadeite? A senior jade carver tells his own story: Who says rotten wood cannot be carved?

When it comes to jade, the quality and the price depend mainly on two aspects. One is the species, the other is water, both are indispensable. Even the richness of the color is not that important compared to these two. One thing that must be mentioned is the dry green variety of jade. Although the green color is strong, the water content is too poor, which directly reduces the price of the jade greatly and becomes a mid-to-low-end jade.

As a result, many businesses have turned their attention to this. Many unscrupulous vendors use dry green jade as high-end jade to deceive newcomers to jade. Due to lack of experience and the misunderstanding that green is the most important color in jade, many novices pay for it without knowing it.

However, buyers who have purchased the dry green variety don’t need to worry, as a jade carving master named Zou Wantong has decided to share his experience. Who says rotten wood can’t be carved? As long as the carving is good, Ganqing can become a work of art! The quality of the raw stone in his hand was extremely poor. Not only was there no moisture, but the shape was also weird.

And who is Zou Wantong? From the winning bidder to a jadeite with many defects, it can be said that there is nothing he cannot carve. After careful observation, he made an extremely bold design. Others’ carvings are mostly flowers, plants, or auspicious clouds that symbolize good luck. Zou Wantong did not follow the beaten path and was very bold in his choice of subject matter. He decided to carve a large crab with its claws.

In fact, animal organs are quite difficult to carve, because they are compared with real objects, and the requirements for precision are also high. When Zou Wantong drew the sketch, many people were still skeptical. How similar could it be? But the final product surprised the onlookers, and they all lamented their own lack of vision. When the jade crab claws and real crab claws are placed together, there is no difference at first glance!