If I made the right guesses about the letters, IM Translator tells me it says Randy. It's a big IF, the translator is eager to please & does some...
Cinnabar the toxic mineral is used to color the red lacquer that is what we usually mean by the word. This explains about real & fake & what to...
I don't read Hebrew, but this article says they often have a person's name.
Maybe it was made using the reconstituted meerschaum all_fakes describes, except molded into a figure instead of into a block?
Well, this was surprising surmising. Now, where's that dang emoji for 'blushing'? Thank you so much Hunting. :happy:
I'm actually rather stunned that my surmise was correct. With all the possible scenes to paint... He may have chosen it in part because it is...
Good show for someone loaded up with lidocaine!
Suspect some descendant who inherited it labeled it. Artist would have put specific year.
You use a netsuke at the top of the cord to keep it from sliding out of your sash.
Must mean something that they are at center & right, not both centered, like pedals in a car.
A bit technical, but much good info for those of us who need to know these things. :writer::turtle::happy:
I've never had a 'haul', in the sense of more than 1 item at a time, but certainly my share of unrecognized treasures at prices below their true...
Containers for small parts, removable so you didn't have to crawl under to refill, just to take out the cup & return it?
It was more of a (humorous) rhetorical question. :happy:
Thanks Greg, that was indeed my intention.
No, mother of pearl, but not from abalone.
Don't think I saw this at the time, but want to share this pdf on coral & coral colors with you.
Thank you very much. All such knowledge becomes useful for me, sooner or later. Something similar is done now with the 'lava' (solidified...
Ebay. :happy: Will probably show you others, less expensive, at the bottom of the page. See item # 112861778586 for what may be the lowest...
What does it weigh filled?!
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