I collect Indian antiques, the quality doesn't matter, Ivory dots such as these were very cheap as the smallest off cuts were used, the expensive...
coin :)
Sorry to bring bad news, these dots are definitely ivory, this wear was made in Ceylon 1880-1900. There's no doubt this was made before the CITES...
I had one of these :)
I wouldn't have it any other way :)
I wondered how long it would be before the wall was mentioned lol
Take some pictures, I might start collecting them, Nagina has become very expensive :(
I would like to see them if they are anyway like the above. What date are your Japara boxes?
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IMHO Japanese, hand carved 1970's?
Yup it's Khatam but quite late 60's 70's or even 80's ....well spotted :)
Superb.....I am very jellos.... $500 seems a real bargain..
What you need to do is keep it for 150 years, then people will pay a fortune :)
As a collector of Indian antiques, I wouldn't say these are very old or valuable going by the poor carving and fake tarnish on the metal...
Thank you all very much, I have decided not to go for it, I did think it may have been solid but I wasn't totally sure so that's why I asked. I...
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Sorry not the best photos of the COD, it's my antique storage room, dusty and the flash didn't help lol
I think you could be right, even if veneered it's still a well made bureau, it must have been hard to make all of those shaped curves
It's one of those gut feelings I get when looking at a antique, sometimes I'm wrong but on the whole, 95% of the time I manage to pick the well...
50's furniture isn't made very well in the UK, if it's from the 50's I'll pass but I think it's earlier than that, I needed to be sure as these...
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