I like it, tho' it's grotesque...an' seems un-Japanese. Pronounced wide-nose, long ear-lobes...SE Asia?
Paste? An' seed-pearls with hair? Were they man & wife, or 2 children ~11 years apart? My, oh my...things were so very different then. That's...
Yep...you can say that again, Bosko!
Welcome, Joan! I'm no help, but I like it!
Well done, all of you!
Agreed...keep it simple.
Welcome! Nice project...carry ON!
Not necessarily, but possibly...I'd have to see it to even guess about that.
Bosko, can you say whether that splat is plywood or not? An' the central carving...is it applied to the splat, or carved from it? Can you show a...
GO fer it, Dude!
I'd give $80 for it, an' promptly. Then get it home, pull the 'splat' out of it an' burn the rest of it for heat on a winters day! I'm aware of...
Here's the story, for whatever it may be worth: I was in my early 20's. The father of a high school classmate had recently retired as a Captain in...
Y'know, some of us are fortunate enough to have long memories, an' we're comforted by such recalled pulchritudinous beauty from our well-spent...
Lovely, a really sweet replacement!
I thought pewter immediately, as well...
Welcome, Suzy...you'll find interest an' good answers here!
That thing is enormous! Gotta hold a quart an' a half, easy. Could it be anything other than a drinking vessel? Hard to imagine what else, but...
Middle Eastern? Persia, perhaps?
The work on the face looks like it may be repousse, an' if so it could be on thin stock soldered to a thicker alloy that would support the temper...
Welcome, Vikki...You're in good company here!
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