[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Ceramic with various paint jobs.
Thank goodness no one except the auctioneer was fooled by this & the lot was passed:...
Tourmaline certainly comes in this color. However, think it is more likely the stones are corundum, somewhere on the spectrum between pink...
Agree with AJ: could well be Iran; definitely not Egypt.
I covet her jewellery. That chain around her neck is lovely.
Thanks for this little intro to Guay & the world he moved in. His pieces come up at auction from time to time & do very well The Walter's has...
Trying to judge from photos, I have the impression I am seeing pictures of brush strokes, not actual texture, but it's hard to tell from a pic on...
Flipflopperite. :playful:
This is necessary when using French wire to finish off the ends. The bead cord has to loop back through several beads, with knots between to keep...
I had that thought too, but couldn't see how the 8 could be so totally obliterated/absent when the zeroes have great definition. Also unusual to...
I have not previously seen a cameo constructed in quite this way. It looks like what I would have to call foiled mother of pearl, the MOP now...
There's so much work in the vase, I can't see how it would be profitable to forge such a thing. What makes you question its authenticity?
Wonder if it wasn't originally the head of a walking stick, now salvaged as art.
The central medallion on the plate follows a design seen on engraved gems known as Tre Genii or, alternatively, La Gloria. My reference book says...
Looks like it gives substance to the expression "fly off the handle."
It's a loose distinction, but think this would be considered jasper rather than agate.
https://www.wayfair.com/Buyenlarge--Japanese-Domestic-Scene-by-Kitigawa-Utamaro-Painting-Print-0587046015-L1318-K~FAV54155.html?refid=GX62518694950...
The art puts me in mind of Utamaro.
Boys' night out in Tokyo?
In form they look like lingerie pins. But without knowing the size, can't rule this in or out.
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