WHAT IS IT & IS IT REAL? BONE? RESIN? CARVED CHINESE 3 LEGGED POT

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  1. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

    I found this a while ago & just came across it again. I want it to be a Chinese antique carved bone (it has some grain that is straight lines like bone should have) pot/vase/incense holder, but the pessimist side says it's a resin copy.
    One interesting thing - I heated a small metal pair of tweezers till it was hot to hold & then pressed it into one of the feet.
    Nothing happened! It didn't melt at all & it didn't smell like burnt plastic.
    Can someone tell me what I have & anything else I can do to see if it is bone?

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  2. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Resin, from a mold. Bubbles, blobs, seams are tell-tale signs.
     
  3. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    I have a very similar one, except lidded, handled & different mark on the bottom. Definitely molded resin, as AJ said. Just noticed that there is a mark on the underside of the lid, different from the one on the main body, no doubt for added authenticity. It's impressive in its own way, as a fake.
     
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  4. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

    sigh...ah well; back to the hunt!
     
  5. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Isn't that really the fun? Although I enjoy it a whole lot more when I do score a 'find'. :happy:
     
  6. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    BTW, just as a general note, I'm not sure anything living in our time has bones large & dense enough to make something like this.
     
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  7. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    Other than "carved Chinese pot", did we ever get a size of it?????
     
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  8. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Not yet. Because they are so alike, I'm assuming close in size to one I have, which is 5 or 6 inches tall from bottom of feet to top of rim on the bottom part. Mine has a lid with a foo dog on top, so whole thing stands fairly tall. About 4 inches edge to edge across the mouth. It is also pretty heavy. Intention more likely to be imitating ivory than bone. Mine does not show anything resembling grain.
     
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  9. Asian Fever

    Asian Fever Well-Known Member

    It's actually an incense burner, which normally metal.
     
  10. kristiaan

    kristiaan Well-Known Member

    I would also vote for resin, by the looks of it.
     
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