Any Jewelry, Thank you. The relationship between the arches was just a thought after seeing hamam bowls with motifs that seem inspired by...
Think that I finally have a good description for this. Near Eastern, Safavid/Ottoman Empire, Persian/Turkish Copper Bowl, dated 17th to 19th...
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Hi Antidiem.. I don't know that we can put the test aside. It is the only science information that I have so far. I can't ignore the results. So...
Any Jewelry, Thank you very much for a lengthy and educational post. I know crap about bronze, let alone Near Eastern Art. One of my...
I think you passed over or ignored most of what I have written in my posts Any Jewelry. I will start again.. I do not know for sure yet if this...
Sorry guys if my listing it rubbed you the wrong way.. Since the test today, I edited the listing to copper instead of bronze. I am not sure it...
I want to add a couple more pics.. Because it is strange.. This first pic is at a bit of a distance of the bottom. The second is closer and if I...
Hello Bronwen .. Thank you for the welcome ! I found this on eBay.. The way I hunt for antiques is by checking various brand new buy it now...
I believe this possibly a copper libation bowl / dish, Achaemenid Persian Empire, ca. 500 to 330 BCE. Heavily oxidized and measures 6" x 1" with...
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I forgot all about this post ! The end result was that it is a fake Vietnamese piece..
Just want to say hello .. Stumbled onto this forum because of a snuff bottle post.. I have some good experience with them, but have recently...
Any... , The provenance for Hugh's bottle does not give the same provenance to yours.. Actually, they are two completely different styles of jade...
Stumbled onto this forum and your topic here.. Just wanted to add that the one white and brown stone bottle appears to be a very nice russet jade...
I originally thought it possible Chinese.. Maybe Han or Tang sancai.. But apparently it is not.. The interior runs up and down with half of it...
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