You could balance a bowl on top of each of them, Jivvy ... :) What a clever and quirky collection.
I'm with Greg: Fill up a bowl when you need some quick colour.
The old lady could do with a lick of paint from some demented Italian parishioner and was bought at a struggling Sydney auction house more than 20...
I like the monkey carving behind it.
I have similar, and in Australia china isn't doing well. This brown vintage is particularly out of favour -- too old to use and not pretty enough...
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I've had this little man for maybe 30 years but know nothing about him -- not even what he's made of (bone? horn?) or what his age might be. He is...
Apparently the two for sale in Sydney were used as lamp bases, and I'd guess they'd be around 1910. Also, there are such similarities with these...
But they are pretty small compared with these guys, also damaged. They sold for £2,500 + VAT and are 107 cm. Seller reckoned around 1910. [ATTACH]
Thanks, they are pretty huge too ... allegedly bought in Melbourne in the 60s by the wealthy step-grandfather. I was going off them and reckon...
I'm kind of tempted by these, which are apparently 50cm tall. There's quite a bit of damage -- that rim chip and the rings the people are holding....
I love staple repairs and I'd reckon Japanese, too, and I'd have bought it so fast ... :-)
Hi, it might also help if you let people know how you'd acquired it -- whether it's been in the family, from auction, whatever. Furniture people...
Wish I'd beaten you to those. Lovely.
So my pal in the UK asking 1000 pounds is a bit off the mark ... damn! I'll show the reverse later -- running late as usual. Thanks everyone.
[ATTACH] We have this card -- unused, 1960s-70s, Manhattan Post Card Publishing Co, World Trade Center. It's been living in the phone book for...
Score!!! Money well spent :)
Wow, it is huge ... that's quite something
Indeed, VeryBrad. I was surprised to see buyers' premiums at an auction house in Sydney are now 25%. It's a long time since we've been to the...
at last I contribute to the learning curve! Rapacious -- a good word. Curious that it's eluded you. Whatever, it's now yours to enjoy.
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