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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 10014421, member: 2844"]Yes, Tibetan imo. It is a beauty, very nice find.</p><p>I still would like to see the entire blade, but the style of the silver repoussé and the encrusted jewels with teardrop shaped turquoises are very Tibetan/Himalayan. The floral carved stones look like carnelian, rather than the usual coral. It is the same principle, in Himalayan culture it is the colour that counts.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, Japan doesn't use a Himalayan script.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 10014421, member: 2844"]Yes, Tibetan imo. It is a beauty, very nice find. I still would like to see the entire blade, but the style of the silver repoussé and the encrusted jewels with teardrop shaped turquoises are very Tibetan/Himalayan. The floral carved stones look like carnelian, rather than the usual coral. It is the same principle, in Himalayan culture it is the colour that counts. Also, Japan doesn't use a Himalayan script.;)[/QUOTE]
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