Cute little guy. Wonder if the mark on the bottom is incomplete & was meant to be JAPAN.
Great to have you aboard. We could really use an antiquities guru. AJ was so quick, she saw my original post even though I edited it within...
My original assumption was that there is only the one stone, & may turn out to be the case. Like you, really curious about what will be revealed...
I do have a fairly large display cabinet crammed with all kind of things. It was mostly seashells & Zuni carvings, with a minority population of...
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DELETED. Lack of sleep, didn't see this was not from OP. How are you certain?
Just in case folks don't want to search, the relevant bit: The third and fourth slips show one particular use of the long-nosed tengu mask. Here...
Is it really inlay? Looks more like trompe l'oeil painting to me.
Arrows, the fletched end.
Welcome, Bookworm. Please always choose full size when posting pictures. When did the excavation occur? Did you see the ewer being taken out of...
There's a lot of verdigris on the bottom. Worth looking closely to see if it is hiding a mark: [ATTACH]
The cameo, as evelyb30 has said, is a much reproduced design & does date back at least to the 70s, if not a bit earlier. (The hairstyle rule: a...
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Just don't hem & haw, maw.
When I went to their showroom to see these engraved gems in person...
Welcome, PSofOS. We get lots of painting questions, so hope we'll be hearing more from you now & then. :)
Terrible photos, discouraging price, amazing use of simple helmet shell:...
You didn't say Mother, MAY I.
I remembered it immediately & was glad the work was already done so I could just send you back to it. :)
Michael77's good point about tripod being suited to someone working in the prone position does lend support to a military use.
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