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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 10341856, member: 5833&quot;]It really could be that old.&nbsp; Lots were made; they have always been valued; they are durable.&nbsp; So they survive down the centuries.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As to age, even museums get fooled into thinking - in large part by wishful thinking - that modern (Renaissance &amp; later) copies are genuinely antique.&nbsp; However, the crudeness of yours is actually encouraging for its authenticity.&nbsp; Forgers prefer to make pieces that can be mistaken for some long hidden masterpiece.&nbsp; Better still, one with a signature.&nbsp; These frauds get revealed if microscopic examination shows the work was done using tools/techniques not available at the time of the alleged making, or if the provenance can be traced back to the true source.&nbsp; Modern or antique, the stones used are equally old, so no help there.</p><p><br /></p><p>You may have to sign up for academia.edu in order to see this, although not at the premium level, so for free:&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.academia.edu/79487180/The_Getty_Gnaios?email_work_card=view-paper" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/79487180/The_Getty_Gnaios?email_work_card=view-paper" rel="nofollow">https://www.academia.edu/79487180/The_Getty_Gnaios?email_work_card=view-paper</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It is an account of how the Getty came to recognize one such fraud in their own collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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