I know the set will draw admiring comments when you step out in it. And keep on looking; you just never know what will come along. :)
Are the stones greener than they are showing in the photo? Not seeing malachite there. Because it came up in another recent thread, I'm going to...
May not be an exact match, but you can certainly say it coordinates with the earrings. :)
AJ is just greased lightning today. The 2 handled one could definitely be a contemporary of OP's. It looks like others I saw in casual search in...
I'll answer to Brownen, Bornwen... any time you call. :)
Yep, absolutely screams Italy. They seem very fond of this tricolor gold look. Milor is a big maker. By machine.
My two bits: lab grown rubies & partridge. Try UV light on stones.
Hope some others will weigh in, because not my area of expertise. Anyway, I would start by simply giving it a good long soak in water with a...
It does not look at all like the Daunian/Apulian jugs/pitchers/ewers I'm finding, not in shape nor in decoration. Age may be in the same time...
Don't have anything coming my way at present so will be fun to have the anticipation over this one. :)
Cute little guy. Wonder if the mark on the bottom is incomplete & was meant to be JAPAN.
Great to have you aboard. We could really use an antiquities guru. AJ was so quick, she saw my original post even though I edited it within...
My original assumption was that there is only the one stone, & may turn out to be the case. Like you, really curious about what will be revealed...
I do have a fairly large display cabinet crammed with all kind of things. It was mostly seashells & Zuni carvings, with a minority population of...
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DELETED. Lack of sleep, didn't see this was not from OP. How are you certain?
Just in case folks don't want to search, the relevant bit: The third and fourth slips show one particular use of the long-nosed tengu mask. Here...
Is it really inlay? Looks more like trompe l'oeil painting to me.
Arrows, the fletched end.
Welcome, Bookworm. Please always choose full size when posting pictures. When did the excavation occur? Did you see the ewer being taken out of...
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