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<p>[QUOTE="Jet, post: 1657368, member: 13952"]Not sure if I'm posting to the correct board, but thought I'd try here...So here's my first "what is it". I picked this up in a local thrift store about 7 years ago. I'm thinking it has some age, possibly Burmese, but could be Pier One Imports here in the States for all I know. Carved wood, not extremely heavy, but not light either. I know how to clean it, but have chosen not to as the paint is fragile on the piece. Assuming it was meant to be a white elephant, and the color has changed to tan with age, but don't know. Appears to be a light layer of a type of plaster applied before painting it. It measures approx 13 1/2" tall, 12" from front to back, and the base is 5 1/2 inches wide. Looks like possibly a stand of some type, though the top is narrow for a plant. Don't know if describing it as polychrome would be accurate, as it does have a mettalic pigment on it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jet, post: 1657368, member: 13952"]Not sure if I'm posting to the correct board, but thought I'd try here...So here's my first "what is it". I picked this up in a local thrift store about 7 years ago. I'm thinking it has some age, possibly Burmese, but could be Pier One Imports here in the States for all I know. Carved wood, not extremely heavy, but not light either. I know how to clean it, but have chosen not to as the paint is fragile on the piece. Assuming it was meant to be a white elephant, and the color has changed to tan with age, but don't know. Appears to be a light layer of a type of plaster applied before painting it. It measures approx 13 1/2" tall, 12" from front to back, and the base is 5 1/2 inches wide. Looks like possibly a stand of some type, though the top is narrow for a plant. Don't know if describing it as polychrome would be accurate, as it does have a mettalic pigment on it.[/QUOTE]
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