@Any Jewelry, I wanted to ask your opinion on this fellow that I picked up recently. He looks Batak to me. The last owner's used the cup on his...
Maybe the appropriate torture is posting an object we can't identify, and then leaving us to our own devices. :(
Well, if it is using the letter thorn it must be Old English, and much older than we thought. :):rolleyes: Hwaet!
I do appreciate the opportunity to learn from you, @Taupou.
Yes, they can be a real problem with ceramics coming from desert environments in particular (or objects recovered from sea water). The only way to...
It looks like an old Hopi (Southwest Pueblo) bowl, late 19th - early 20th century. That kind of damage is usually caused by salts in the clay...
The imagery seems to be based on Moche (Peruvian) ceramics, but I agree it looks like a recent tourist piece. Moche: [IMG]
A page splitter would be used cut open the folded edges of the pages of a book and would be more like a letter opener, with perhaps a pointed tip...
Judging from the way the canvas is attached to the stretcher, my vote is for strictly amateur - but the colors sure pop!
Yes, a copy of one of the Minoan frescoes at Knossos, Crete: [IMG]
Herend's current version is referred to as a bud vase, although one seller calls the shape a toothpick holder. Your pattern is a variant of the...
Not to beat a dead pharaoh, but I think the cross thing that makes the crook look like an ankh is meant to be a ribbon from his/her headdress,...
I believe your Egyptian is holding a crook (shepherd's hook) and flail, which are insignia of a pharaoh.
If it is a "one off", how can there be another copy in Trinity College? Without knowing more about the book, we cannot provide opinions as to how...
Another approach might be to positively identify the stone. The damaged area should allow a careful examination of the crystal structure. Do you...
I have not been able to find anything exactly like it. But I have found several Yoruba objects in wood and terracotta that resemble the basic...
"that's not an A ....it's a V surrounded by 2 L's...... LOUIS V. LARSON................get it !" You are right. All caps and exclamation points...
I believe it is Chinese, made of brocade fabric. Could be a complex hand loom (drawloom) or jacquard loom. [IMG]...
I can understand how you may have misunderstood my initial post. Given the general discussion of reproduction NW Coast bentwood boxes, I wanted to...
Thanks for correcting my misinterpretation, @komokwa. But you don't need to be such a dick about it. We all make mistakes here.
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