According to Eric Hoffman: "When considering an allegedly old jade, the first step is to stand back and consider how it looks. Each period of Chinese jade carving embodied a “signature look” for that era. These have been well documented in numerous jade books and museum collections. The collector should be alert for anachronisms, ambiguities, distortions, and other anomalous features that might suggest a fake. Incongruous or never-before-seen motifs, unusual iconography, and unlikely or incorrectly written dates or inscriptions are grounds for suspicion."
He also claimed that : "The collector can “train the eye” by studying museum collections—preferably making the acquaintance of the curator—and by building a solid reference library. But those same excellent, well-illustrated publications that are so useful to the collector have also become “pattern books” for the fake-makers (who sometimes make hilarious mistakes, because they can't see the back of the piece)."
"The Complete Book of Unearthed Jades In China" is an excellent source to study the characteristics of genuine jades artifacts.
The following are examples for you to study:
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