teenage girl 5th form fantasy school IMO
pretty likely, don'tcha think?
Shozo Saito here too, Rangoon
goofy pot! no idea
leda and the swan
Alfredo Barbini - you have the best one you could have.
I think vase rather than hat stand (no vents) but with late pieces who knows. Faces do not look republic period to me so I think PRC is more likely.
ok, @Rob Churchill what say you about this vase of mine Rob? it's a Pansy pattern pottery vase, 12", signed in green, ‘William Moorcroft 1912’....
there is no such thing as low karat leaf - leaf is 22k or above. Even as recently as in the 1980's the cost of a book of leaf was minimal, about...
The red layer is known as Red Bole and is the common clay/glue layer foundation for gilding. Bole can be ochre (yellow bole) or even black in...
Well it probably was spun tube, look up metal spinning.
Is this the whole painting or a detail?
Skeptical of age on this, looks like it could be made to look old - that degree of rustiness combined with "dirty" but well preserved painted wood...
weird form to the neck
looks like the remains of a made in China sticker
doesn't look old to me but I could be wrong
heh:bag:
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These are believed to be from the Belgian Congo, Leopoldville, now known as Kinshasa google images "kinshasa school gouache dancers" to delve deeper.
The wood looks like ebony and I'm guessing the slot is just there to hold a missing decorative piece, so this is basically the stand or bottom bit...
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