Good morning and thank you all for your comments! I do not know where to begin, but first, I agree that it is a generic scene, not a scenery...
I bought this miniature painting (the painting itself is only 7.8 x 4,6 cm) and first thought It was one of the usual pieces from around 1900, but...
Ok, then please can you tell me what it is?
This is some souvenir from Egypt, imitating the bust of Nefertiti, the Queen of Egypt. The famous original is in Berlin.
The architecture looks Chinese...
Also I would expect an original to be hollow, not solid...
Or let's say I assume it is a copy, I only looked at the photo on my mobile phone. But it is very unlikely that this is an original...
This is a copy of an applique originally attached to a Greek bronze cauldron of the 7th century BC. It is meant to be a griffin. Mat
Great info, thank you! Mat
It shows the Nike of Paionios in Olympia. Look here to compare: http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Arts/NikePaionios.htm Mat
Right, it looks like the ones I found online now... Thank you again!
Thank you for the information, afantiques! Mat
Hi, I have found this little seal stamp at a flea market and would like to know more about it, as this is not my area of knowledge... Do you think...
Hi, it it is Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912) Satsuma ware of good standard quality. These were, despite the name, produced also in Awata near...
Maybe I have in fact another small glass (9.5 cm) from that factory, it has exactly the same decoration as another piece in the same museum:...
Very interesting! With that great information I could find another glass by the same maker, slightly different, but clearly related, online:...
That really looks like a perfect match! You said the description names also the place in Serbia where it was made? Could you tell me which place...
Yes, I would also like to see it, of course...
For mine I would go up to 13.3 cm, so it is pretty close. I was a bit in a hurry measuring it. May I ask what it is that you found?
Here the dimensions: height 13 cm, diameter ca. 8.8 cm . Ist it what you expected? Mat
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