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<p>[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 366677, member: 55"]Others may weigh in with other opinions; but it is not necessarily old. If for example it had been placed outdoors, a new carving might well show this amount of weathering in only a year or two; on the other hand, if kept indoors, it might take 100 years to look like this.</p><p>A photo of the underside of the base might help determine the type of wood, and would shed some light on the age and likely origin.</p><p>I'd guess Europe for origin, but I could be wrong.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 366677, member: 55"]Others may weigh in with other opinions; but it is not necessarily old. If for example it had been placed outdoors, a new carving might well show this amount of weathering in only a year or two; on the other hand, if kept indoors, it might take 100 years to look like this. A photo of the underside of the base might help determine the type of wood, and would shed some light on the age and likely origin. I'd guess Europe for origin, but I could be wrong.[/QUOTE]
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