Nine Art Liberty Jade

I sure hope these characters have significant meaning to the owner and he did not pick them randomly.

At first I had trouble to realize it was 自由 due to the poor quality of 由. I thought it was "自生" which means "growing wild/native" in Japanese.

Adam has commented that it is not 九 but a poorly miswritten simplify version of 龍, which is 龙.

九 = nine

艺 (traditional version: 藝) = art; talent, ability; craft
术 (traditional version: 術) = skill, art; method; trick, device

艺术 (traditional version: 藝術) = art

自 = self, private, personal; from
由 = cause, reason; from

自由 = freedom; free; liberty

玉 = jade, precious stone, gem