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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 756324, member: 55&quot;]I&#039;ll offer a skeptical viewpoint: I think it is just a rock.</p><p>The carved Chinese items linked above look like carvings; this does not, and does not show any evidence of any area having ever been carved.</p><p>Natural processes frequently do produce symmetrical items, and it is not uncommon to find rocks that look like something.&nbsp;&nbsp; If this was a carving, I&#039;d have some major questions:&nbsp; was it carved intentionally to just be a blob? Why?&nbsp; If it was carved to actually look like an owl, how has it gotten worn to the point that it now looks like it does?</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Do we know any cultures of the past that carved stone owls?&nbsp; If so, are the surviving examples just blobs, or do they look like owls?&nbsp; Either way, there are issues.&nbsp;&nbsp; I can&#039;t imagine an entire culture producing carvings only to use them all to the point that their features are worn away; on the other hand, I can&#039;t imagine that there would be only one worn example found, with all others being undamaged.&nbsp; The Chinese cicadas are a good example; those Chinese carvings do look carved; there are many examples, and they are consistent in appearance; they aren&#039;t just blobs; we know the culture that made them.</p><p>But I&#039;m not actually aware of any tradition of owl-carving anywhere.&nbsp; Maybe others are....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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