Is the beak a separate piece?
Thylacine? [IMG] My guess is that it was part of a joke pair.
If that thing is wired on there the way I think it is, your idea seems like the only explanation.
What does the bottom look like? I'm wondering if it could be walrus tooth.
Except look at those short legs. I've never known a camel to slink!
What kind of camels? This looks like a cross between a dromedary & a Bactrian. [IMG] [IMG] I have a Japanese ivory netsuke of a camel; it's...
In this context 'after' means 'in the style of'. You know it's patinated, that's why the dress is a different color than the flesh. Question is...
Links remind me of Van Cleef & Arpels' Alhambra necklace.
Yes. If the knots are uniform & tight, someone doing it at the crafts show level or a good home crafter. Looks well done from the snippets we...
The ends have been finished off with 'French wire', very fine coiled wire that slips on over the end of the bead cord & makes that little loop...
RL message says painting has just been removed.
There is a choice: [ATTACH] This is chalcedonyx: [ATTACH]
The left hand of each looks like there was something inserted there that the guy was holding. Seems like the wrong hand for a sword. The heads...
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These are modern German productions, the antiques of the future.
You anticipated my note. There will be interest in what is printed above Nippon.
Welcome, Beata. Good job getting a photo uploaded. Now could you go back & choose Edit, then Other Options, & select full size for your pic so...
Maybe the mark doesn't go that way up. Could be M over I or H|3 or E|H. What looks like an incomplete cartouche could be a large C.
Steven Tvorik.
Totally agree with Holly. When used for cameos this stone is considered chalcedonyx, instead of sardonyx.
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