You are too quick for me AJ.:banghead:
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Never seen one before. Might be a candle holder. Personally I would polish the high relief and leave the low relief black just for fun.:bag:
Wonder if the hessian is wallpaper. Might have a pattern on it. Maybe steam it off and see.:bag:
I'm wondering if it is "Patriotic" in some way with the star and unusual colours not that I would know about powdering my face.:bag:
GJ :bag:
Bone does not have Schreger lines. They are some form of ivory. Most likely elephant not mammoth. Doesn't look like enough patina on them to be to...
Bit late to the game here but as a hobby opal cutter I'm going to go out on a limb and say they are not modern cracks. The whiteness of the...
I got my first one. Bert and Ernie sit on top. [ATTACH]
I bid $1,315,661.35AU :bag:
Look like the inner from a "Brides Bowl". Popular gift early last century. Could be wrong.:bag:
I seem to recall Napoleon Bonaparte in Egypt complained about those "bloody Egyptian" fakes also. The Romans complained about the fake Greek...
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Aha!! The heads look like they are carved the same way and mine may have had coconut hair at some stage. Still can't figure out why they hollowed...
Hello everyone. Reached the "old geezer has retired" stage so buy/flog on eBay has come to a halt and money has to be watched so less impulse...
You are probably both right. These rings around the rim were what confused me. They are probably crude lathe lines filled with lacquer. [ATTACH]
The top is turned wood on a crude lathe but I still think the jar is a gourd of some type.
Got this cute little lidded jar that is a gourd of some kind but can’t work out which. Also there is a floral garland with three lower flowers on...
Just checked the squiggle of the second one VS the catawiki page "Ahmed El Houar" and it is a match. Suspect the other one is the same. [ATTACH]
Thanks Fid. I suspected they weren't silver but they looked interesting.
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