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<p>[QUOTE="Siblye, post: 1840581, member: 14394"]Hi Everyone,</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought this guy at an auction. He's 24cm tall and weighs 4kg. He is some type of stone and is painted bronze. You can see the stone where the paint has chipped. Is this just a hobbyist piece? Has someone just bought a statue from Alibaba and painted it bronze? Why did they paint the bottom? So many questions.</p><p><br /></p><p>And....the reason I bought him was because I thought his face was really interesting, can anyone tell me what he is? Obviously Buddhist, some type of monk. I don't think he's Chinese, maybe Tibetan in style? Is that some type of cap he's wearing, is it just bad hair? Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]242291[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]242292[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]242293[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]242294[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]242295[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]242296[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]242297[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]242298[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Siblye, post: 1840581, member: 14394"]Hi Everyone, I bought this guy at an auction. He's 24cm tall and weighs 4kg. He is some type of stone and is painted bronze. You can see the stone where the paint has chipped. Is this just a hobbyist piece? Has someone just bought a statue from Alibaba and painted it bronze? Why did they paint the bottom? So many questions. And....the reason I bought him was because I thought his face was really interesting, can anyone tell me what he is? Obviously Buddhist, some type of monk. I don't think he's Chinese, maybe Tibetan in style? Is that some type of cap he's wearing, is it just bad hair? Thanks in advance for any help you can offer. [ATTACH=full]242291[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]242292[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]242293[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]242294[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]242295[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]242296[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]242297[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]242298[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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