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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;808 raver, post: 253387, member: 4654&quot;][ATTACH=full]78292[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]78293[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]78294[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]78295[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]78297[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]78298[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]78299[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]78300[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]78301[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]78302[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]78292[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]78293[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]78294[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]78295[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]78297[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]78298[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]78299[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]78300[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]78301[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]78302[/ATTACH] I have collected antique Asian pieces for a while now and marvel at the skill, patience, fastidiousness that it took to make them.</p><p>After the 1857 uprising against the British the manufacture of arms was prohibited in India, the craftsmen of Nagina turned their fantastic skill from metal carving on guns to wood carving. Ebony was the wood of choice as it was local to Nagina being sourced in the Shivalik range.</p><p>Although Ebony is hard to carve and splits easily the craftsmen of Nagina excelled in producing carving that confounded contemporary critics back in Europe, especially given that these items were being made on the street with very little in the way of equipment, it was clearly superior to what Europeans could produce.</p><p>I look at the items that I have managed to acquire with a real joy, unfortunately the art was lost around 1900&#039;s, some carving still takes place there now but the quality is nowhere near what it was back in the 1860&#039;s-1890&#039;s</p><p>Anyway I have taken some photos of the items I have just to show 1/2 mm detail that cover each piece.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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