Wow, thank you very much for this reply, incredibly useful info! Now that you've told me I can see that it says "Gerona", I would never have got...
This is in a small lot of modern European items which I will be bidding on at auction. I would like guidance on whether it has any value, so I...
My vote is for I or A Seemann; the first letter has been partially lost to the frame. It is odd that the tag says "A Cornish Cottage, Plymouth,...
The idea that he is carrying a nut like the one he is carved from is a wonderful thing to meditate on, I really like it! But unfortunately I...
A very strange collection of oddments in that bag! Shame the item has lost its provenance. If it is as old as it looks, possibly ancient, then a...
Just from a personal point of view, you might find it interesting, and not too expensive, to look at some books published in England to see...
I agree he isn't exactly like Shouxing, but there are many similarities. The object he is holding is not a peach but I think it is a gourd...
Many thanks for this, I had been trying to identify him without success, and a god of longevity seems to make perfect sense! (I'm getting to the...
The texture and shine of these carvings do look a lot like mine, and I would really like the one of the rhino myself! Are the nuts exported over...
There are several small cracks which run down into the rock, as well as some carved shaping. I think you may well be right. If his bottom comes...
As in my reply to Aquitaine, the holes are very shallow and just part of the design. I am no expert in this, but it does feel to me like stone...
Sorry that the photos aren't clearer, the first one shows them best. The little holes do not go very far in, and seem to be a kind of decoration...
I have recently acquired this little figurine, which I am already rather fond of. I would really like to know if he represents a particular...
There were eggcups made for quail eggs, I've got one somewhere, will look for it to measure it. But somehow the aristocratic treat of a quail egg...
Good idea, I'll look out for small, undemanding cacti!
Thank you all for your insights! Japanese wasn't something I was thinking of, nor was jardiniere. I have seen small glass vases shaped like this...
This is one of a pair of little green vases, diameter at the rim about 2.5 inches. There are no marks underneath, and I can't figure out who made...
Sorry for delay! No mark anywhere, I'm afraid.
Sorry, I misunderstood! It didn't occur to me that it might be Chinese export. That might account for the difficulty in finding anything like...
I wrote a long reply to this and it seems to have disappeared, so apologies if it appears twice! I know the modern Chinese blue-tinged...
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