From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Die Harzreise ("The Harz Journey") is a travel report by German poet and author Heinrich Heine on a journey...
Very loosely. They have the round heads, but don't have budgie beaks.
Please post a closeup view, in focus, of the title page and the publisher's information at the foot of the page. Is there any information printed...
Your box is most probably Chinese, and not particularly old. Chinese artisans are very skilled at making items that look old, as they are more...
This one is very similar to yours, and is marked "GREECE" on the bottom -...
They may just be decorative generic birds - at least the coloration appears unnatural, with the transposition of the colors. Here are what appear...
My partner who has experience making woodblock prints says it is a decorative technique made by rocking-walking a flat chisel. The style of the...
https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/GODEYS-LADYS-BOOK-1883-BIJOU-EDITION/6726343685/bd
Information on totai shippo - https://gotheborg.com/marks/totaishippo.shtml
Cloisonne has been done on a porcelain substrate, although I cannot tell if that is what is going on in this case.
Netsuke were carved in a variety of forms and subject matters, not primarily erotica/fertility/shunga. As @moreotherstuff indicated, they...
Does the top end have a plumbing washer of some sort? It may be a valve for an exterior water source, set deep enough not to freeze. The square...
It looks like a drive shaft for something. How big is it? Is it iron (test with a magnet) or bronze?
There is a tradition in China and Japan of using natural wood forms, such as burls, as decorative objects for contemplation as well as...
They look like they might be bone. This ebay seller has a whole collection of them on offer, saying they are mid century and at least one stamped...
Is there actually a hollow tube from one end to the other?
I imagine there would be studios in Hong Kong as well.
This discussion has been continued in a new thread started by journey today -...
I was wondering if there were photographers making ambrotypes in China, and it seems there were. Orrin Erastus Freeman established a studio in...
Sojourner Truth in polka dot dress, 1863 - [ATTACH]...
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