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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 417345, member: 2844&quot;]It is beautiful Kevin. I agree, for $10 you had to bring it home.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>But why Chinese or Japanese? Gilding on a red ground are generally East Asian, it is not definitive for Chinese, and certainly not Japanese.</p><p><br /></p><p>It looks Indonesian to me. Scrolling and cross-hatching (top centre decoration) are very Indonesian.</p><p>Java and Madura are the likely suspects imo, but I wouldn&#039;t rule out other islands with Majapahit influenced (courtly) regions. Majapahit was a medieval East Javanese kingdom which ruled a great part of SE Asia for a while. It is called a &#039;thalassocracy&#039;, which I will add as wotd.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Woodcarving on &#039;gender&#039; from Javanese gamelan orchestras:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Fd33hx0a45ryfj1.cloudfront.net%2Fadditional%2FDynamic%2Fmedia%2F003583a11bf5cff7%3Fw%3D1220%26amp%3Bh%3D628%26amp%3Bcrop%3D1&amp;sp=a11a544663b6da5982575b1cc1fc1ebd" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://collections.nmmusd.org/Gamelan/9859/9859Genderbarungportrait.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It could have been over a door or gate, or any other architectural carving, or even part of a state/wedding bed.</p><p>Please, please, please don&#039;t touch the paint. If you don&#039;t know what to do with it, send it to me.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The wood could be teak.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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