Looks Iranian to me https://persianhandicrafts.com/wall-painting-khatam-miniature-hm6101
Globally and in all antiques? That's not my experience, I have found many items I own to have risen substantially since 2016. The only antiques I...
Found another, this time with a price https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/44397267_a-fine-ivory-inlaid-ebony-savonarola-chair-italian A fine...
No hate at all, you bought in a international auction, kudos to you for knowing what it was (I wouldn't have given it a second glance) I think the...
All of those figures were just an example but if they were real taking 20k instead of 200k would be too painful, I don't mind a dealer making...
15" x 19" or 38 x 49cm, a bit hard to put on a necklace lol
I totally agree, I never take a 1st Dibs price as what it's worth. Normally I take the lowest price I can find on the net, like for like, adjust...
Yeah, I wasn't going to post again about the plaque but I didn't have another example of Italian carving and it did take such a long time to pin...
I'm sorry lol Now I get why you called me copycat, I hadn't seen your post. I think Italian, 1830-1890 but could be earlier it's almost impossible...
Thank you, I've had the chair for a few weeks and never thought to see if he was someone.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_Girolamo_Savonarola
Portrait of Girolamo Savonarola, Italian monk and reformer in the old book From the World History, by M.N. Petrov, 1896, St
No way lol It is someone...
I'm happy to be corrected as I just thought it was a monk of some kind but if it is someone I'd love to know.
Not close but Bang On
I think it's a monk?[ATTACH]
It's a Milanese walnut Savonarola chair, 1870-1880 I paid £*** on ebay I do have some other Milanese boxes of earlier date but couldn't resist...
Any guesses then?
I bought this the other day, it wasn't listed as it should have been. (Maybe a good quiz for people to guess what they think it should be listed...
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