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<p>[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 4568364, member: 55"]In spite of the appearance, I can't believe that any of these are either old, or actual carvings in either ivory or marble. This is not what a carved marble or ivory sculpture should look like; note the darker shaded areas are intended to give the appearance of age, but are too uniform; they have been applied everywhere there is a fold in the drapery, and in every groove or hollow.</p><p>Another significant fact is that in the on-line examples above, sellers are unable to agree on what the material is; some calling it ivory, some calling it marble. But for an actual carving in ivory or marble, once you have it in hand, there can be no doubt. Ivory looks like ivory, has Schreger lines; marble looks like marble, has characteristic veining. None of the examples above, including in the original post, seem to have any of these details. They are just uniform in surface texture and shading.</p><p> I think these are modern factory-made cast items, possibly slip-cast ceramic or resin; and if so, are modern decor items, not old religious carvings.</p><p>Sorry to be such a skeptic.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 4568364, member: 55"]In spite of the appearance, I can't believe that any of these are either old, or actual carvings in either ivory or marble. This is not what a carved marble or ivory sculpture should look like; note the darker shaded areas are intended to give the appearance of age, but are too uniform; they have been applied everywhere there is a fold in the drapery, and in every groove or hollow. Another significant fact is that in the on-line examples above, sellers are unable to agree on what the material is; some calling it ivory, some calling it marble. But for an actual carving in ivory or marble, once you have it in hand, there can be no doubt. Ivory looks like ivory, has Schreger lines; marble looks like marble, has characteristic veining. None of the examples above, including in the original post, seem to have any of these details. They are just uniform in surface texture and shading. I think these are modern factory-made cast items, possibly slip-cast ceramic or resin; and if so, are modern decor items, not old religious carvings. Sorry to be such a skeptic.[/QUOTE]
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