All beautiful items especially number 1. When you mentioned a chick pulling a cart I thought you meant an attractive young woman. Sorry must be...
So rice paper and pith paper are synonyms but its just not made out of rice?
One i saw was 'Removal of flesh, piece by piece'. It would be interesting to know what punishments befitted each crime.
They do have nice detail and shading..
He had two others in the same style as the first image. I went back to buy them but then realised they had the splits in them so ai dodged them. I...
I think that's what they are. I've never seen this type of costume before but that's the general consensus of google results. I'm not sure if...
There is some damage yes. They look as fragile as anything I have ever seen. He had several others but the damage was quite severe. Some spilt...
Interesting read thank you. I now know what pith is. I just assumed that they were antique when I bought them. Is there possibility that they...
Okay thank you. I stand corrected. I thought rice paper and pith were one and the same but I guess not now.
I visited Nantwich this morning. I stuck a needle in a map and googled it. It looked like a bonny place so off I went. There was an antiques...
It reminded me of chinese pottery at first with the banana leaves. Looking at search results for the mark, its very mmodern. I think you can still...
I just couldnt see it. Im actually struggling to find examples even now I know what it is. :O
Thanks for info. Ive had virtually no exposure to vietnamese ceramics. As you can tell :)
Wonderful. Thank you.
I picked this up a couple of months ago and have been unable to decipher the mark on the base. Last word looks like vietnam and the second line...
Yes it looks like the same shape thanks.
Georg Jensen? :D
I forgot all about the magnet test. I actually have one so i will try that thanks. I thought they worked because silver is so electrically...
Thanks. I'm starting to think its not silver and likely plate. I did a couple of tests this morning and getting a mix of muddy browns, blues and...
It looks like half of it is missing. Possibly one or two letters in a cursive style font maybe?
Separate names with a comma.