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Thanks for this post -- I had incorrectly spelled Mottahedeh. Like everything else there is a variety of quality in reproduction. Mottahedeh...
With that colouring, I was thinking art deco period, but I love that birdie!
The thick enameling is known as moriage -- a Japanese technique.
Huh. United Wilson got its bad rep from seemingly making items meant to deceive, but that may have been unjustified. However, many sellers have...
Oh, I wasn't comparing the Persian boxes to the Russian lacquer ones; just commenting that I don't see a lot of Persian art around my locale but...
I love the one with the band, but the execution one is bizarre!
10,000 pounds? Wowser. Don't see much of the Iranian/Persian stuff here, but lots of Russian lacquered boxes.
When you're on a streak, you're on a streak! Cool find!
"It's a huge jungle in the beginning." For me, it's always a huge jungle. LOL. I haven't bought or sold for a number of years, so I don't have a...
But quality is pretty good.
I agree with 20th c somewhere; earlier 20th c I think, but I stand to be corrected. That's a big 'un so worth something just in decorative value,...
Considering that some of the decoration looks like a transfer or stamp (some of the black lines) I would think latter half of the 20th c. Most...
At first I thought a modern version on Kwan Yin, but then saw the hands in prayer, so I think you're right. Has a mixture of styles, but interesting.
Love the feet!
We do get some people from Texas (I look at licence plates during the tourist season), many all year round from Washington, lots from Oregon and...
Yes, I thought H W was as likely as M H. They critters are super cute!
I think the ebay price is higher because it's ebay and not etsy, and more importantly it's a bank rather than a pitcher. I'm thinking more early...
Umm, maybe, but not necessarily. I, for one, have seen just about all the PNW seascape and orca art I want to. ;)
Love those Border Security shows. But it's the food that Asians try to bring into North America. Like, you may not be able to find your hometown...
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