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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 4441280, member: 8267&quot;]As [USER=30]@antidiem[/USER] has noted, the patina on your carving looks suspicious. When gilding a wooden carving, the surface is first prepared with a fine, smooth coating that is receptive to the gilding. In Asian objects, this layer is typically black or red in color. If the gilding is worn away over time, this colored layer will be exposed underneath the remaining gilding. On your piece, the patina seems to be manipulated in such a way that the dark areas look curdled on top of the surface. The surface &quot;wear&quot; is also rather consistent over the whole figure, which is not a natural way for age to occur. Compare yours with another example, which has a more natural appearance of age.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]381393[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]381394[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/building-garden/statues/standing-buddha-from-ceylon/id-f_294951/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/building-garden/statues/standing-buddha-from-ceylon/id-f_294951/" rel="nofollow">https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/building-garden/statues/standing-buddha-from-ceylon/id-f_294951/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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