I was referring to what she is holding in her left hand - the bottle-like object. Perhaps they are both members of the harem. [ATTACH]...
Very nice! It looks like a page from an illuminated Mughal (India) manuscript. The servant on the right is holding a rose water sprinkler -...
Graphis published a variety of Annuals on design, advertising, and photography, which makes it difficult to find comparatives based on the...
Same here.
Thank you for explaining, @Sergsievil. Destruction of sites is such a widespread problem these days that I tend to be very suspicious when...
The chemical composition of horn is the same, whatever bovine it came from. Color can be variable in a single horn and it can also be bleached or...
I do not know the full nature of your activities - but I want to emphasize that removing artifacts from sites without proper archeological...
Was this object removed from the ground (dug up)? If so, the best answers to your questions would have been provided by the archeological context...
These last photos make him look more like horn. I suppose if he is small enough, and the break aligned with one of the layers of growth, it could...
My guess would be fairly modern, handmade in India.
The crazing on his left sleeve in the first photo had me agreeing with horn, but I also find that break on his foot troubling. I would not expect...
I would suggest you follow up on @Any Jewelry's idea of finding a museum specialist in Asian art to take a look at it before you do anything to...
It might have been much more significant if you knew exactly where it came from. As it is, it is a badly corroded figure with no provenance.
Rediscovered just in time, too. Perhaps some psychic connection to Eddie Van Halen.
The posture looks like a Chinese representation of a Lokapala / Guardian figure. [IMG] https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/3429...
Perhaps a humidor for cigars? Is the bottom of the large vessel flat or recessed? Is there a way to access the space beneath the perforated plate...
Do you remember if the seller said where it was found?
It is from Iran/Persia. Google "Persian copper plate" and you will see many examples.
You could try a search for "Parke-Bernet Galleries catalog", but you would have to wade through however many turn up, looking for ones that...
They remind me of ancestor figures, similar to these from the Indonesian Island of Nias: [IMG]...
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