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I have found a few similar, all described as Chinese necklaces - but nothing definitive....
Such "pencil reed" baskets and furnishings seem to have been popular in the 60s and 70s. Pencil reed is a form of rattan, a climbing vine native...
Your vase is Japanese, probably Meiji era. But so far I have not been able to identify the mark.
It may do all right in an auction with other ethnographic objects, but if it is a general auction I fear you may be disappointed.
I think your carving may depict a Zulu man, but the Zulu are not well known for being wood carvers themselves. It looks like the carver chose to...
It does look Hopi, but then not quite. Then I found this, described as a Mata Ortiz (Mexico) dish in Mimbres style - [ATTACH]...
Perhaps they broke the mold after the first one came out. He/she seems curiously androgenous - perhaps too confusing for the time.
More info - I think the 2 sets with the large beads are scroll weights. But the pair that are all knot work and tassels are probably Korean...
https://nomurakakejiku.com/lesson_lineup/scroll-weights
Looks like chainsaw carving - but I don't know what type of wood.
It is fitting that this discussion has come around to Notre Dame. I believe much of the modern western approach to preservation and conservation...
If you google "blown glass vegetables" you will find many examples. Just decorative items - place in a bowl on your table.
The linked article by Byung-Chul Han (above) provides a fascinating insight into this completely different view of material stuff. I encourage...
The Chinese have a different understanding of copy vs original: "The Chinese have two different concepts of a copy. Fangzhipin (仿製品) are...
XRF = X-ray fluorescence. It can identify materials based on their reaction to X-rays. The limitation of XRF is that it can only slightly...
I don't think @Antiquefab was saying your piece was Mountmellick - he was noting that while it may be white on white, the difference in subject...
It looks like it might be some creative person's assemblage- the saddle appears to be added, with no reason for it not to have been included in...
The size also corresponds to a common book format. I am wondering if it might have originally been included as a plate in a book about Durer, or...
As this image has been very popular, and reproduced in many forms since the original drawing, the type of paper yours is printed on will be an...
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