A colleague has identified the Greek god Hermes on the carvings on the front of the right door, picture 2 in the large center panel.
We thought maybe wine, but those shelves are designed to pull out. With the detail work on the inside of the doors, we thought maybe they would be...
We were guessing something like 10 to 20K when new. It was given to our customer, and unfortunately the provenance is broken at that point -- we...
Thanks! Picture #5, after the one showing the interior shelves, shows the inside of one of the doors. Unusual to see so much detail on an inside...
This piece just came in and we are trying to get some information about it. Extensive carved details with some applied pieces as well. Carved...
Here's the earlier work with close up of signature: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
One more question - can anyone tell me what is written AFTER the date? I've found an earlier example of Kuang Xu's art with matching sig, but the...
Thank you for the link, I had actually forgotten about the eBay board query. When I tried to track the artist down previously, I had run into a...
I posted this some time ago (probably on the eBay discussion board), but didn't have any success -- I'm trying to identify the artist on this...
Nice piece, great pictures!
Yes. I just took a second look with a magnifying glass to be sure, and there is an incised/impressed curvy line that descends from her hand. It is...
I see a cat and a toy butterfly
Here's the whole sequence in 3 pics: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Does anyone know what the object below the women is? It looks like a boat to me, but oddly stylized.
Thanks for the quick response. Do you think the damage negates any value, or is it unusual enough that someone would still want it?
I'm trying to find out if this vase is anything special. A colleague wondered if it was an old Wedgwood piece, although I haven't been able to...
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I shot another picture of the pit along the crack, this time with flash & as close as I could focus: [ATTACH]
Here's another curiosity - there is a magnetic anomaly on one of the figurines. Nothing is magnetic except a small area around the belly on the...
Welcome to the board Stiz! That eBay listing should give you all the background to your interesting find. ... Dave
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