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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 4467049, member: 56&quot;]I doubt that it&#039;s a recent reproduction, but if made before WWII, it could easily have been made from an old mold using 19th C production techniques.&nbsp; I wouldn&#039;t be able to tell the difference.&nbsp; I like it.&nbsp; I think the fur and the chain are rendered in a way that you wont find on newer pieces.&nbsp; The hand packed appearance of the body and details like traces of gold paint on the chain are, to my mind, consistent with age.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like the chain, which seems to be a bit atypical.&nbsp; These figurines were meant to be seen from one side.&nbsp; On most these, the chain makes at least a pretense of looping around to the back where it disappears.&nbsp; On this, it follows the curve of the body downwards.&nbsp; Is that a good thing, or bad?</p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t know about the hole.&nbsp; Vent holes are meant to reduce internal pressure that builds in the kiln where the outside of the piece bakes first trapping moisture on the inside.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know that the placement of the hole on this is particularly efficacious for that intent, but then I don&#039;t know how deep the hole would have to go to be effective.&nbsp; If the clay was hand packed, they risked firing cracks without it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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