I think most thought it was a blow up doll :oops: ...where it really came into it's own was in the commuter lanes on the freeway:D
I once drove from Vancouver to an auction in California with a life-size Carrara marble statue of a lady in the passenger seat. Long story, but...
Had the box for ages, then an old shop in Chinatown closed down and my friend bought all their (old) wrapping paper for her store and I asked her...
Now if I were you I'd attribute yours to Spumoni and Bruschetta and stick it on eBay with a scary big BIN ..and see what happens when you shake...
Nice Job!! The last one of these I did I was lucky to find some old Chinese tissue paper of pretty much the same pinkish red tone as the original...
Flower pot bit that's eroded in the river. On the coast you find lots of stuff like that on the beach.
yesterday
very new
As I mentioned earlier, I retract by "damaged" assessment and place this vase somewhere between 1890 and 1910. Hope you end up getting it!
Nice @Any Jewelry, but the OP's lamp is more my thing, I think it's just great.
Maybe not cut down or reduced after all ....so in my opinion, a spectacular buy at the asking price, go ahead @J Dagger - here's a mate to it...
Ah yes, Kinkozan (who probably produced this vase) has always been synonymous with ugly and cheap productions.
I believe this is hand decorated, very fine work and not a decal. If you look at the overall shape of the vase, imagine the missing section of...
I disagree, I think it WAS a very fine early 20thc Kyoto earthenware vase that suffered some damage, i.e. neck was broken and therefore reduced...
:hilarious::hilarious:
I may be wrong but that type of leg design ...was it done in the 18thc? More like a late 19th showoff device IMO...also, other than the legs not...
Early kit for embroiderer, late 19thc would be my guess, sort of an old version of paint by numbers ..outlines are drawn on the canvas and...
Someone stole her baby too ...awwwww!
I'm convinced - even if it is a bit "white", that this piece IS a miniature Meiji period ivory carving.
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