Hi, gouldcx. While you still have time (there's a limit), it would be helpful if you went back to your post, selected 'edit', then 'more options' & ticked off the box to show all photos full size. Thumbnails make viewing difficult for some members. Your piece does have some resemblance to items shown here: https://www.comuseum.com/carving/rhino-horn-carving/ Looks like it takes more to ID horn than appearance to unaided eye.
I read that pouring boiling water over them may work as it releases keratin and smells haha. Thanks for the advise, hopefully it is updated now. Still learning.
The Rhino horn cups that was valued on the antiques roadshow I think there was 5 of them and was valued at 1.5 million dollars …crazy… maybe google that episode and maybe you can get some References from there..
That carving just isnt very fine to my eye. I think it might be horn,but not rhino. You dont give a size,but it might be a brush pot.
With the "rings" on the bottom it looks more like some type of wood. Photo of rhino horn... https://www.earthtouchnews.com/envi...king-figures-of-the-illegal-rhino-horn-trade/
That was going to be my next point, i think the lines in my other thread seem more like rhino horn..... https://www.antiquers.com/threads/help-identifying.72082/#post-4504990
Yes, the fibrous look, and the colour, which is more in the cream-yellow-tan-greenish spectrum, are indicative of rhino. Buffalo horn is either dark brown - near black, or blonde. The dark colours can have lighter streaks or fissures.
Please see my comments in @gouldcx's other post, which for some reason is in Pottery, Glass and Porcelain: https://www.antiquers.com/threads/help-identifying.72082/#post-4505460
Very interesting, thank you for pointing out yet another type of fake. I had no idea. This one is in Tribal Art, which it isn't either.
Sorry about the wrong placements, I will take note for the future. Excellent info provided and very interesting read. I would suspect the are fakes also but still good learning.
