@skyshark - you have not answered the question of where these things are coming from. Knowing where an object was found is very helpful in a...
Be patient. It sometimes takes a couple of days for the right people to check in. They will want to know where you got them, and what you know or...
Possibly. As you say, hard to tell from the angle we have. But the leaf looks more arrowhead shaped to me, rather than a lotus leaf: [IMG] At any...
Thank you, Aquitaine. Now that I can see it better, I am not even sure if it is intended to be a female or male figure. It appears to be a plant...
Welcome @anteks, A few more photos may be helpful in identification. May we please see her face, the back, and a closeup of her left hand so we...
Sounds like the best approach would be to send it all to Leslie...........;)
Could you extend the black fabric for a few inches below the lace, to act as a "dust ruffle" - perhaps a separate piece that could be removed and...
Kashmir.
Welcome to this forum, @Teddy. Items such as this basketry cap left their original owners in a variety of ways - some ways more unfortunate than...
I have been trying to identify your "fertility" figure, looking at features of the carving other than the obvious. A combination of things is...
I am afraid that some of the problems I am seeing may have been caused by your initial washing and drying procedure. I think lace needs to be...
Both are quite interesting. Can you please provide a bit more information? Are these things that you own, or are thinking about purchasing? What...
According to wictionary - https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%A6%8F - the text is a form of the Chinese character "Fu", meaning good luck/prosperity.
There seems to be quite a lot of information about Mai Thu (Mai Trung Thu) on the internet. He produced paintings on silk fabric, using ink,...
From the side view, it looks like the soles are an added layer of a different material, and I don't see any stitches. Perhaps a glued on repair?...
I grew up in Seattle (many years ago) and was always fascinated when we drove past the Bethlehem Steel plant - the giant glow and sparks visible...
It is a nice piece. It is not impossible that a fine craftsperson created it all by hand (on a wheel), and carved the recesses. It seems that...
I would guess that the base was made with a process called "jiggering", and the top half formed in a mold - the two halves then joined with a seam...
I should make a correction - he might be a lower fired stoneware rather than porcelain. Some of the Asian experts might be able to say more, or...
Your figurine is Chinese, probably porcelain, and would have been made using a molding process - clay pressed into piece molds and then assembled....
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