I so truly do !! :woot::woot::woot:
@ Komokwa @@MKLH .... my thoughts at first too......but notice how your pics all show a lever pushing down.....as where this puppy looks to pull...
Yeah I'm with komokwa, from this angle it looks like a homemade (one off) mounted guillotine / cutter, or press.. [IMG][IMG][IMG][IMG]
"Wunh-wunh" :(
Vintage Rolleiflex in good working condition can be worth up to several k ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolleiflex...
As jhern - my first thought was incense burner, with the decorative lid missing (resin based incense granules, which require charcoal tablets ) -...
A Match: However the details are limited on the link 'https://www.flickr.com/photos/gabigreve2000/641856484/in/photostream/' with just the one...
A brief history ; In the late Edo period...
That is a clam / oyster opener - shucker... in fair condition, and although as you say not an antique, it may be rare....
Correct :) It is generally agreed among Chinese Buddhists and scholars of Buddhist studies that the Chinese figure Guanyin is the same as the...
With the hammer and anvil below - it could be a loose reference to Thor...
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Actually both are right - this deity can be either gender- Originally depicted as a male or gender-neutral entity able to take on thirty-three...
In Mandarin this translates as ;Travel Jiangxi Youlong Shengjing Town - indicating it is sold to tourists travelling through the Jiangxi province.
I love the bizarre title of the book - 'THE KALAHARI TYPING SCHOOL FOR MEN' and how it's written in higher case. And is that a stuffed bear claw...
This 'appears' Chinese , there are four words or characters, 2 in in each stamp , read from top to bottom, in this photo the stamps are upside...
Yes, I withdraw, with bowed head, while hearing komokwa snickering in the background like Mutley from wacky races ... Kinpo kiln -...
Hi John, this is Chinese - I don't recognise the artist, it may be a commercial / tourist product- the writing is Mandarin, from what can be read...
Hey there Komokwa :joyful:- Sake is more Japanese spirit vs Chinese rice wine, as in whisky versus wine/cider/beer different, different distilling...
Be the change...
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