I believe the form is called a "fang lei" (or "fanglei"), similar to this: [ATTACH] https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/35391/ To determine...
It is interesting how this thread has highlighted the current extremes in American society. @antidiem, by "government agendas to create civil...
The DB II example has a much more realistic/sympathetic paint job than the DB IV version, which makes me wonder if DB IV has been repainted. If...
Does a magnet stick? In which case it is iron (which is what it looks like to me). Or it may be bronze/copper, it which case it would not be magnetic.
@antidiem - As these figures seem to be a "thing", can you say how they would have been used? Are they decorative attendants who would sit on your...
It looks like a metal replica, rather than jade. But photos can be deceiving.
There seems to be a family of similar "Minstrel Boys" - This one looks legitimately 19th century, marked D.B., LBC and DA, "possibly by Pierre...
A single rod coiled basket, with spaced interlocked stitching from Botswana: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Well, that is a relief.
Welcome, @meoww666 - My comments are based on the assumption that your first and last photos are of the chalice after cleaning, and the second...
They look like straw art. https://www.arabnews.pk/node/1878136/pakistan
No, I meant to make a distinction between the mounts designed by professional mount makers and used in museum exhibitions, and other types that...
That is unfortunate. One of the basic rules of museum mounts is that the artifact cannot be altered in any way - one of the reasons that mounts...
https://www.conservation-wiki.com/wiki/Category:Mounts_%26_Mountmaking#International_Mountmakers_Forum_YouTube_Channel...
When you spoke with Gaylord did you speak with a customer representative, or someone with technical expertise? You will be asking them questions...
Polypropylene itself is considered safe. However, products are not made from the specific resin alone. "Additives are absolutely essential in the...
[ATTACH] Anatomical structures on the head and throat of a domestic turkey. 1. Caruncles, 2. Snood, 3. Wattle (dewlap), 4. Major caruncle, 5....
Guess you should have asked them in the first place.....;) Now, call Sterilite.
More likely fantail pigeons, which may help with searches. [IMG]
I think the circular characters on the piece are the symbol for Fu - prosperity. https://symbolikon.com/downloads/fu-prosperity-chinese-symbol/...
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