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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 1293296, member: 2844"]I agree, resin. I think it is pretending to be antique wood.</p><p>But it is lovely quality, and a gorgeous Chinese subject.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the tell-tale signs of resin is the unnatural staining, like you see on the inside of the box and the lid. Another is that it isn't stone cold.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The fact that it has no visible bubbles or blobs means it is well-made, so it is worth more than your run of the mill resin boxes. But not as much as hand carved boxes, of course.</p><p>The nicely detailed, raised head of the dragon is also good. It is something you rarely see in soapstone though, the stone is too brittle.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 1293296, member: 2844"]I agree, resin. I think it is pretending to be antique wood. But it is lovely quality, and a gorgeous Chinese subject. One of the tell-tale signs of resin is the unnatural staining, like you see on the inside of the box and the lid. Another is that it isn't stone cold.;) The fact that it has no visible bubbles or blobs means it is well-made, so it is worth more than your run of the mill resin boxes. But not as much as hand carved boxes, of course. The nicely detailed, raised head of the dragon is also good. It is something you rarely see in soapstone though, the stone is too brittle.[/QUOTE]
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