I am not surprised by the prices, particularly if the labels included some attribution to a particular collector or museum. If a dealer bought...
Here is a relevant discussion on a Civil War collector's site - https://civilwartalk.com/threads/11-star-cs-confederate-belt-buckle.151636/ It...
Agree, Hupa or Karok.
Your pitcher may have been inspired by Imari-style wares, but it is not Japanese Imari. The color of the clay body, as exposed in the chip on the...
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Komokwa provided a good discussion here -
Love the bunny.
Try looking at Spanish colonial "Santos" for comparisons.
Larger than most I have seen, but the technique and materials look right for Makah/Nootka. We (@komokwa) might be able to say more with a view of...
Welcome, D. Risk. The maker's mark appears to be engraved in cyrillic (Russian) on the bottom of the glass. Much of it is obscured by the leaf...
When I was in graduate school in Canada, a fellow student used to practice her bagpipes late at night in the building. I was often there studying...
The wooden one does look like a type of "chanter", perhaps a practice one, used to learn without the bag and drones. I was once in Fort William,...
Do you have this latest print in hand, or are you working from the seller's photos? This is an example of an original Rembrandt print sold by...
I have been pondering this one. The type of beads and the cowries say Africa. But the carving is very crude, and the distinctive, flattened shape...
It might be part of a Burmese "kalaga". https://www.siamtraders.com/html/burma/kalaga.html https://ecraftimports.com/kalagashistory.html
This website presents some dated examples of modern (20th century) Arches watermarks - https://www.mchampetier.com/sitephp/phpeng/papiers.php...
Bone, I think. I saw similar pieces being made in a small workshop in Ireland about 10 years back. The design may have originally been Maori, but...
Arches is a well known maker of fine artists' papers, including modern versions of laid paper. On their website, Arches presents a chronology...
I wouldn't be surprised if he signed with something other than his name, knowing that the GIs would not be able to read it.
This is google's translation - [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Fan Zeng is a contemporary Chinese artist (born 1938).
Separate names with a comma.