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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 367700, member: 2844&quot;]When you have experience handling vintage and antique objects, as you do, initial impressions are often good.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chinese have these waves of mass-producing similar items which they dump on the international market. These shrines were one of the waves, I saw them by the hundreds on ebay a couple of years ago. If they are not resin, they are bound to be laser carved and antiqued. They will no doubt fool some &#039;experts&#039;, and end up in Christie auctions in 20 years time.</p><p>Another time it will be &quot;genuine Qing dynasty bronze censers&quot; or brocade thangkas with gold weave. Then all of a sudden you see hundreds of &quot;Roman&quot; glass vases etc, all sold by Chinese sellers, and even &quot;Phoenician&quot; glass.</p><p>That is why I didn&#039;t react with great enthusiasm to this shrine. Not that it isn&#039;t nice, it is, all those items are nice. But that is all they are. They just remind me once again how many Chinese are adulterating their own culture, and other people&#039;s cultures as well. No scruples, and no love for genuine soul and beauty.</p><p><br /></p><p>I check ebay every half year or so to see what the latest &quot;antiques&quot; fashion from China is. I recommend everyone who thinks they might buy Chinese antiques to do the same. Ideally you should do it more often, but only if you can stomach it. It is saddening.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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