They misread the name as it is written in cursive on the photo. The underlining led them to see the S as an L. Shows they had no other source of...
I have heard tales at jewellery shows of people being hit with some serious fines. Not sure they accept ignorance as an excuse. Also not sure...
A pomegranate.
They are all dressed alike, except the standing figure's robe has ornamental edging missing on the others. She is also wearing a laurel wreath....
Or have their own homes filled with more stuff than they know what to do with.
Which seem to be copying one from another. Maybe this guy was dismissed in his day as just not serious enough for anyone to make a record of him.
Stick in your thumb & pull out a plum?
Define 'relatively new'. Great photos, BTW. If the 4th one is showing the inside of the bottom part, my first reaction was that it was meant to...
Elephants carved in ivory, especially these parades of them were everywhere it seems, when I was a kid. I was fascinated by a little jewellery...
Wonder what the missing piece looked like. If everyone with a Sarchi to sell is to be believed, they were all made in 1920. I'm not sure anyone...
He dropped it when he was taking it off on his way to his girlfriend's. The last initial M is the only thing that immediately suggests the ring...
How so? Mammoth tusks continue to be found & slip into trade. See this thread:...
The combination of reclining/recumbant and roaring is unusual. Unless he's yawning.
Paperweight size?
It is ivory. It is, because the written documentation standard is one most people can't meet.
Size, please.
Yeah, just more evidence for resin, probably made in China. They're brilliant at it. Let's see the other one when you're ready.
Maybe Oiwa? [IMG] http://mentalfloss.com/article/59737/10-horrifying-demons-and-spirits-japanese-folklore
Still looks like resin.
We have limited views of this one. Since the several we've found are each different from one another, maybe there were changes in how they were...
Separate names with a comma.
