I'd say cherry blossoms and bamboo. Sometimes in descriptions people don't like to be too specific about what kind of blossoms as there are...
Not 18th C after all. 3rd quarter 19th C. Frequently called "La Source" (or some variation on that), by Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse...
I agree that it's a boy and girl. The girl seems to have her hand in the mouth of the jug, trying to stem the flow. If that's true, there's...
I can't quite tell what they're doing. Dumping a container of water? Doesn't look like they're holding a jug. Imagery like that is associated...
There are reports of the Chinese producing fake silver items in the 18th C. The material they used was platinum, which at the time was considered...
I got these things together, and it was the scale of that thing that made me think walrus, but I think you're right, and it's simply coincidental...
This walrus/sea lion (?) carving is 5 ¼” long, about 1 ½” across and 2” tall. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] No signature, no date. Thrift store purchases. Hunter seated in a kayak, a seal lying atop, the hunter’s harpoon strapped secure....
Actually, I just made all that up.
There is a cuneiform tablet, found in the temple ruins at Py-balam in Sumer, and dating to the 3rd millenium BC, that lists criminals, their...
Haruyo Morita "Twelve Layer Kimono" for the first, and possibly for the others. Junihitoe / Twelve Layer Kimono: same difference.
That's a nice glaze.
Yes, held on with screws. [ATTACH] But there was one set on eBay (apparently this is Set #100), may still be current, but ending today, where...
Possible, but I think the wooden bits would snap off with very little effort.
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