That's me, checking my bespoke winter coat, wearing bling no one believes came off eBay. (Not this latest; it's from an auction house.)
I don't see Arabic characters here, which also rules out Farsi. The handle looks inspired by bamboo, so I would look to that part of the world.
Krishna is sometimes depicted as a child. The fruiting tree she is holding on to must also have significance.
You know us New Yorkers: we're just wearing black until something darker comes along.
I'm good with black jeans & black turtleneck from L.L. Bean & great jewels. I do have some snazzy jackets & vests from crafts shows to dress up a...
I was thinking the exact same thing. :cat::cat:
I fully intend to give them an outing from time to time. Need to upgrade my life to have events to go to that really merit them.
I like your thinking. ;)
A paramecium about to undergo binary fission?
They will join a couple of their sisters. Third Hour of the Day, by Luigi Rosi: [ATTACH] And, appropriately, a watch pin with the Fourth Hour...
The devil made me do it. Or maybe it was the ghost of Raphael. Just won at auction, so won't have in hand for a bit yet. [ATTACH] Engraving...
Before it's a functional seal it's a blank, which is what these are. Looks like there were some plans for them. I have one I carefully selected...
Because you can choose the one you want from someone custom engraving your name for you.
The drunk monk certainly doesn't. The monk looks like a transfer to me. The areas around the central image may be what's hand painted.
What komo said.
Other than the answer to the question of what to look for when buying cameos that comes near the beginning, it may be less of a chore if you just...
I don't see stripes indicated on the cats, so wondering if they are lionesses, which do hunt as a team. Not sure tigers do. Although the...
The figure is raised, not just engraved in, so she's a cameo. I looked back through the file I have of wholesale catalogue pages for cameos,...
I don't know if you are going to be contacting her, but, for all of us, from the British Museum's description of an engraved gem: Inscription...
You can see the plaque really well here:...
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