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Check ebay item 355859868284 (links to ebay no longer work), another "wedding vase" by a Bigmeat potter....
The brass parts were also probably protected with a lacquer coating originally, which would be typical for early scientific instruments. It would...
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I noticed that, as well as no one seeming to know where they really came from. This often means a generic "tribal" theme, with no serious roots in...
It looks like there might have been a band of some sort glued over the junction between the two pieces, leaving a faint line in the horn/wood, and...
I do not recognize this type of artifact. I agree that it is not Inuit. The style of carving does look like it might be African, but I cannot find...
It's me, Whit. I haven't made any in awhile, but I believe I still have others. I will dig around tomorrow and send you another photo to select...
Your photograph might be of interest to the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library in Lexington, MA -...
Your basket is Zulu, a form called an "iquthu". Among South African basket makers this specific type of twined basket is only made by the Zulu....
Looking at the corners of the painting, it looks like the original image is oval in shape. The upper left corner seems to show a wood panel behind...
Best not to censor any evidence because you think we can't handle it. It might be just the clues we need.
Some varnishes will fluoresce that color.
Why would you not post this photo in your original question?
May we see the bottom of the piece, where the unglazed clay body may be visible? Original Han Dynasty mingqi figures were made of low fired...
Perhaps pyrite, "fool's gold". https://nontlecreations.com/?product=pyrite-stone-aka-fools-gold https://www.ebay.com/itm/195348598761
Coal gas was the more common "town gas" (manufactured gas distributed from a central plant) at this period.
Based on this example of a wall sconce (found through pinterest, with no viable link or additional information), it may have just been open flames...
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