Looks like your ends have already (made like a banana &) split. :joyful:
That's one reason I thought it might not be good for this application. But I could see making some bore holes away from the sides & not deep...
Malacca, maybe?
Vinegar dissolves plaster, but probably not suitable for this project. Drill holes like perforations around the edges & try to chip out from...
Or for making Marcel waves? Marcel had quite a career.
First letters of Spanish numbers? Dos (Quatro?) nueve dos [2492]? Since I have no idea what the original might have weighed, no idea whether...
Googling 'french ormolu porcelain mantel clock' pulls up others of this type. This one, identified as incorporating Sevres porcelain, has a dial...
I was going to mention that my favorite netsuke/ojime have that touch of humor. Money toads make me laugh too.
Welcome JWD. Party is over now, but, besides agreeing with everyone else, wanted to add that the first thing I went Googling for was any...
Wonderful color on this one too, although 'statement' is a good word for the other. Is Pixiu a bit of a trickster?
Is the foot/pedestal also distinctive, along with the stopper? Have never seen one quite like it.
AJ - So glad you started this thread. It really is a treat seeing all these treasures. Think my favorite of the more recently posted ones is the...
Both are what I think of as good costume, judging by photos. Going by pieces I have seen & one I own, I have the impression that some makers of...
More likely to be 'home decor'. He's a very popular guy.
Ganesha/Ganesh.
Think most of the regulars look at new posts no matter how they are categorized & will happily coach you on technical stuff if needed.
Welcome, Latica. Nothing we like better than a new source of stuff to look at & enthusiastic amateurs willing to show it. :happy:
I've never seen a Jewish goblet with what appears to be a representation of the Last Supper on it. Israeli, yes; Jewish, no. Someone's souvenir...
And this is the stylized convention for representing the thunderbolts of Zeus, in engraved gems often seen as the device on the shield of...
Just in case not clear all round, AJ confirmed your surmise: widely chanted for prayer/meditation.
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