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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;blooey, post: 3407640, member: 12007&quot;]See all the squares making up the gold background?</p><p>Gold doesn&#039;t really oxidize like that so IMO it would have been treated and possibly it&#039;s not gold at all but some other kind of metal leaf. </p><p>This is just my opinion of course and looking at the piece in the flesh might be quite a different kettle of fish - nothing can be &quot;certain&quot; just by looking at a photo. The iconography looks Buddhist in style and could be copied and based on a very old type of painting. </p><p>The frame &quot;overlaying&quot; the panel, although nicely done, also seems a bit OTT and a bit uncharacteristic for an old thing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Attractive and quality piece though, I wouldn&#039;t discount it just because it isn&#039;t (or is thought not to be by me) ancient. It&#039;s a nice thing and well worth keeping - it would have been a relatively expensive object when purchased, no doubt.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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