To the best of my knowledge, purple is the one color tourmaline does not come in.
You've come to the right tribe (the Knicknacks). Welcome.
https://freeislamiccalligraphy.com/about-us/ They invite the public to upload other examples of Islamic calligraphy, but I couldn't spot a way to...
But doesn't it read the other way round, as Terry first showed it?
It is not inlay, so has to be some kind of adhesive attaching the incredibly slender slices of MOP & stone. My best guess is that he was given...
A little while back I said I'd never seen a cameo that looked like it was cut with the intention of turning it into a commesso. Think perhaps...
@Ghopper1924 @verybrad
The legs appear not to be as flared as in classical examples. [ATTACH]
No, I saw her, but from the single dark photo & can't see enough detail to know whether vintagerobin's description IDs her correctly or not....
Overall the body looks human to me, although I can't quite make out what's going on with the feet, so strikes me as a person in a mask, or a...
Best bit of Persian news in 2 weeks. This was already going on many years ago, even when the frame looked of minimal value. This cameo is by...
To me the signature looks like it was always written just like that, with only the first initial of the first name, first & last letters of the...
Looks like you have a quiver full. Where should the lone arrow be? Both her hands seem occupied.
Behold, I show you a mystery.. This has turned up on eBay: [ATTACH] We have seen so many of her and yet....not quite the same. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Is this in some way a different query from this one? Who dunnit
Mine is a heavy walled vase, basically oval in shape with a lip. He only had the one & I asked if it was the last. He thought it was more likely...
Suspected it would be Eickholt the moment I saw it. I have its big sister, which I bought from Robert himself.
That too.
Yes, that's what I see, & also associated with Mary, particularly with the Annunciation.
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