There are a lot of similar tiles being sold on Japanese yahoo, which might help with pricing. Chrome offered to translate the text from Japanese...
You have to take all features into consideration, rather than relying on a single characteristic.
Buying "precolumbian" objects is almost always problematic. Without accurate provenance/provenience (where it was found), it is usually not...
Please post a straight on view of the face.
LAPP appears to have occasionally made things other than insulators - https://www.collectinginsulators.com/Ashtrays/Ashtray-Lapp.html [ATTACH]...
@Bronwen - what do you think about the material? Might it be shell?
The material may be shell rather than antler. Antler generally does not take that high a polish. Can you find any areas that look porous/spongy?
It might have been helpful if you had explained all of this in your initial post, so that we could have responded more effectively. So, you bought...
Hmm. The previous seller provided an estimated date of 1980-1990, and an origin in Spain. Why do you not believe him?
Bronze can look a lot like brass if not patinated, so it may not be possible to determine the exact alloy from a photo. The feet of the bulls may...
It is a lovely little Japanese vase, probably late 19th century/Meiji era. The sparkle effect is called goldstone (kinseki/chakin-seki). Nice find!
Thanks, KSW - In my searches I found many similar carvings described as "in the style of Hagenauer", so I am assuming the one I have is not one of...
While I would like this to be a genuine Hagenauer, the markings on the bottom don't seem to be right. Can anyone help identify the company/artist?...
Genuine Japanese paper ("washi") is not stiff, and does not become brittle with age. This is an indication that your print was some type of...
Welcome, @Mike Mac Dnald. Your image looks like a rubbing of a carving of Guanyin, a "bodhisattva" in the Buddhist tradition. The original...
Welcome, @nutellakinesis. Your stick could very well be African, but there is not much to go on in the way of design elements. The beads (glass...
Just for background - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naga_people You might be able to fund a lot of lunches.:)...
Japanese woodblock prints have been reproduced in many editions, using both original Japanese techniques and modern printing methods. Determining...
I didn't expect a knife fight when I got up this morning. I will go get my gun.......
It is actually rather interesting. It looks like it is made (mostly?) of rattan, but I am not sure about the two sections that look like split...
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