It is far too heavily compressed to see anything without myriad artifacts. The plate is 19th c Chinese, I could be more specific if you can manage...
Take another photo of the front - the back picture is good and now I can see it is older than I first thought - very difficult to see the front...
I can't believe it not butter - no not butter, IRON. Sure looks like it ...what kind of magnet did you use? I think a strong one would stick to...
It is a nice quality piece, but it doesn't have very much age in my opinion. That shouldn't really matter as it is only the ancient ones that have...
I wore 40's and 50's vintage rayon shirts back in the 80's when I was gadding about all over the world selling antiques and needed to be hip...
From the photo, (which is a bit fuzzy of course so I might be off) I would say your plate is not Japanese but Chinese and a modern copy of a Rose...
Your Blanchard is not by the Antoine Blanchard - who also painted under another name BTW Your still-life is cool tho
Err ....what was that you said? Eh? No not too cold, I've got the heater on.
All sales pitches komo
Yes common sales pitch, "there's opium in this hash" highly unlikely although commonly bandied about. If you want to try a mild version, grow...
back of a VW bus somewhere west of Woodstock
Even though there's money in this, I think I'll stick to restoring artwork rather than laundering someone else's old socks.
Of course this is BS, first of all, anyone smoking opiates isn't going to be sitting upright in a chair! Also, it can't be smoked without an...
No wonder Chelsea is expensive - Just beautiful!
You do indeed! Thanks I could "see" his face but couldn't remember his name ...Bob Monkhouse! Of course PRIZE your has to be virtual ..how about...
The text is Islamic but lots of stuff in China has (had) decoration made for the Persian market and bore non-Chinese characters. This stuff looks...
This might be from that part of Israel called China. [ATTACH]
For any *old* Brits reading this - anyone remember the game show that had the phrase "Bernie...the bolt!"?
I didn't know mermaids laid eggs!
Pretty new, but for a couple of bucks so what - they too will be antiques one day, right?
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