Appears to be brass/copper plated but not sure of the base metal. Never seen the subject before. I am surprised there is no "China" mark. Late...
Two Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BCE) bowls, possibly spun on lathe. [IMG] [IMG]...
It is quite possible that what I have is recently made in India piece. But what's with words like "trash" and "junk"? Mine bowl attracts slightly...
Have only earth magnet on hand. Sticks strong.
Can we see the trunk itself. The stamp looks like having ancient Chinese script. The pair of characters look to me like being the same but drawn...
Ok, if not stamped nor cast, what it is? The sheet was cut and hammered by hand?
How did they figure this Tang bronze bowl was spun but not cast? http://www.trocadero.com/stores/brianpage/items/1304434/item1304434.html
I should have educated myself first. I just read that indeed metal spinning goes waay back.
I guess the hole can be called conical. Turned on lathe at some point? Like at what point? I guess shortly after it was cast? Hope I am not wrong...
By the way, while on metal topics what is your opinion on the production process of this https://www.antiquers.com/threads/brass-bowl.7090/
Thanks for the lecture. So, I guess it has to be a commercial product? Otherwise, it won't worth the effort to make a die just for one example. I...
At first I thought it was made in a mold but now not that sure. The curved beak and feathers seems like been worked with tools. So, I don't know....
In my opinion, the eagle has nothing to do with Phila Eagles logo. The metal is indeed thin but can't tell for sure if cast iron or stamped sheet....
About 13 1/2" long. Chinese you say. Don't they usually have "Taiwan" marks on the back or some came with paper labels? 21th century because ....?
Maybe I should not have ruled it out that fast. I have never heard of or seen Blarney pieces but after Johnny suggestion, I google it and found...
Any thoughts? Thanks [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
I feel like this is not the original look and it was refinished at some point. If it was not the mark I'd think that it a hobbyist piece.
Thanks for the replies. No luck so far with the pentagon mark. To me it does not look like cemetery style vase, but who knows.
How about country of origin? Italian, Scandinavian, Czech? [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
Took few better pics. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
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