Inscription on the jar turned out to be just a brand name, probably a brand of wine but not any wine we are familiar with ..could be the eqivalent...
Not sure but I think walrus tusk can be traded, at least within Canada ..not endangered species afaik .. Could be wrong but I seem to remember a...
I figured out what it is! It's a pie bird made for four-and-twenty blackbirds!:hungry:
This is a Hong Kong auction ..with all the craziness in the streets these days, there will be a high proportion of unsold lots, i.e. not meeting...
Turkey Vulture? nah, just a turkey.
Alabaster gesso? I don't think you can apply gesso that thick with any success ..at least I couldn't afford the drying time :bucktooth: It's just...
Hello, I think your vase is newer, rather than 19thc or so, mainly because of the quality of the details - the central reserves are quite well...
Do a test on a small area with some brasso on a q-tip and see if they come off. if it is surface stain you should be ok, if the material has...
It still has a delightful smell when opened ...mmmm ...sandalwood ...
Nah, I don't think so - I think that's a wine pot - he still has the glass in his other hand - it could depict the folk hero Wong Fei-hung (at...
It's Urea Formaldehyde plastic according to the website INH posted ..brasso should be fine if the stains are just on the outside:pigeon: If the...
Usually yes ..I'll see what my Chinese friend says about the inscription tomorrow ..
Yes it is, isn't it.
When you don't have a big cash reserve to draw on, you have to sell stuff off a bit cheaper than you normally would to get started. The idea is to...
I would try the brasso - put some on a q-tip and try a small area first - brasso is just tripoli buffing compound in a solution, shouldn't harm...
Another thing I bought out at my friend's place this afternoon - It's about 4" long, ivory, a humorous carving of a fellow sleeping off a few...
Picked this up today from an old dealer friend who'd asked me over for lunch ..actually, got some other things too but this was particularly nice...
here's some info on the company, they make repros afaik https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mottahedeh_%26_Company
I think this is Asian, not too old either ...
Really super piece of "Japonisme" - good score!
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