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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 10455882, member: 2844&quot;]OMG I have never seen so many red flags.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":arghh:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie19" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, one of the more recent wave of &quot;antiquities&quot; by Chinese fakers.</p><p>The use of amethyst Peking glass is a novel idea, and it should serve as a warning. Apparently someone in China read that antique glass can turn purple if it contains manganese. In the 19th century manganese was sometimes added to glass that contained iron to make it clear. Obviously Bronze Age ritual items were not made of Peking glass, and there were no manganese mines at the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Applied patination and ditto encrustation are the usual thing, usually glued to the item. This has been mentioned in several threads on Antiquers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chinese paper is usually added to fake antiques, not to fake archaeological finds, for obvious reasons. But I guess they produce so many fakes for eager Westerners, even the fakers get confused.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie96" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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