Huanglong Jade Cube - Height: 9 cm - Width: 8.2 cm- 1500 g - (1)

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A 1.5 kg Huanglong jade cube from Yunnan, China, measuring 9 × 8.2 × 7.3 cm.

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A good paperweight is not just weight. It is the most touched object on a desk — picked up, turned over, set down again, a hundred times a day.
This is a square block of warm honey-toned jade, cut clean and true, sized and weighted for the hand: heavy enough to hold a stack of papers in place, pleasant enough to be picked up and turned while you think. In the old Chinese desk tradition, such a stone was kept beside ink and brush — not to stamp anything, but simply to be handled, admired, and relied upon.
Look at it:
A perfect square form — 9 × 8.2 × 7.3 cm, with the satisfying weight of 1.5 kg in the palm.
Warm honey-amber colour — the golden-orange tone the trade calls Tianhuang-style, even and gentle across all six faces, with the soft, waxy lustre of a well-handled stone.
Clean, smooth faces — cool to the touch, comfortable to hold, beautiful exactly as it is.
A dual purpose — an elegant paperweight by day, a quiet hand piece whenever your hands need something calm to hold.
It belongs in a study: on a desk where papers gather, on a carved display shelf among tea things, or beside a keyboard where deadlines live.
Honest note: this stone is sold under the commercial name "Tianhuang-style jade" — a natural, ornamental stone of the type commonly used for desk pieces; it is not certified as true Tianhuang stone from Shoushan. The exact piece shown is the one you receive.
It is the perfect piece for a collector of desk stones, a lover of Chinese scholar culture, or anyone who believes a desk should have something good to hold.
Specifications:
Type: Jade paperweight / hand piece - dyed
Reference: 118
Size: 9 × 8.2 × 7.3 cm
Weight: 1.5 kg
Color: Warm honey-amber (Tianhuang-style tone)
Material: Natural ornamental stone
Condition: Natural, smooth faces, as shown in photos
Origin: Natural stone
It is a stone made to be held, standing on your desk. You get to display it.

A good paperweight is not just weight. It is the most touched object on a desk — picked up, turned over, set down again, a hundred times a day.
This is a square block of warm honey-toned jade, cut clean and true, sized and weighted for the hand: heavy enough to hold a stack of papers in place, pleasant enough to be picked up and turned while you think. In the old Chinese desk tradition, such a stone was kept beside ink and brush — not to stamp anything, but simply to be handled, admired, and relied upon.
Look at it:
A perfect square form — 9 × 8.2 × 7.3 cm, with the satisfying weight of 1.5 kg in the palm.
Warm honey-amber colour — the golden-orange tone the trade calls Tianhuang-style, even and gentle across all six faces, with the soft, waxy lustre of a well-handled stone.
Clean, smooth faces — cool to the touch, comfortable to hold, beautiful exactly as it is.
A dual purpose — an elegant paperweight by day, a quiet hand piece whenever your hands need something calm to hold.
It belongs in a study: on a desk where papers gather, on a carved display shelf among tea things, or beside a keyboard where deadlines live.
Honest note: this stone is sold under the commercial name "Tianhuang-style jade" — a natural, ornamental stone of the type commonly used for desk pieces; it is not certified as true Tianhuang stone from Shoushan. The exact piece shown is the one you receive.
It is the perfect piece for a collector of desk stones, a lover of Chinese scholar culture, or anyone who believes a desk should have something good to hold.
Specifications:
Type: Jade paperweight / hand piece - dyed
Reference: 118
Size: 9 × 8.2 × 7.3 cm
Weight: 1.5 kg
Color: Warm honey-amber (Tianhuang-style tone)
Material: Natural ornamental stone
Condition: Natural, smooth faces, as shown in photos
Origin: Natural stone
It is a stone made to be held, standing on your desk. You get to display it.

Details

Number of objects
1
Main mineral
Huanglong Jade
Mineral form
Cube
Weight
1500 g
Origin (region/city)
yunnan
Country of origin
China
Height
9 cm
Width
8.2 cm
Depth
7.3 cm
Hong KongVerified
25
Objects sold
Private

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