I think I may understand where some of our crossed wires are happening. Are you under the impression that I that I think my mask is traditionally...
I don't understand what you mean by issues, I just don’t think the Yamaguchi has eye holes. I suppose we could write and ask him if we really need...
It seems it was originally an English Woolstaplers Mark (1559-1564)...
Love the lid!
[ATTACH] I didn’t mean to imply that you couldn’t place eye holes in the pupils of a mask but the picture you reference from the met shows...
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I don’t know Jivvy, I suppose it’s possible, but if those are eye holes, they would have to be a custom job to fit a particular set of eyes (the...
I’ll do that when I get home.
I better understand that comment now, for some reason I tied that in w/ the lacquering (though in retrospect that makes no sense : )
They may usually be there, but not in this case: [ATTACH]
Thank you!
Cool, thanks for the info!
That’s what I get for skimming :hilarious:
Fun piece! Looks like the maker took separate strips of glass (24 if I counted correctly) fused them into a vase shape and then re-fired the whole...
How do you do that?
The first letter reads as an N to me not V
Could you help me out w/ what faux antique finish means?
I've got no problem with that being the end conclusion. But my question is still the same....what is it a copy of? Even it's a Pan-Asiatic...
It's odd just how many masks have those same characteristics. In fact if you look above at the examples that 2Many posted both the Japanese and...
First of all please let me apologize if I have somehow offended you I'm not sure how that has happened. Now I hope you will forgive me as I am...
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