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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;LauraGarnet02, post: 4450878, member: 20118&quot;]Thank you [USER=81]@Kronos[/USER] <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Boardies,</p><p>I&#039;m trying to help an acquaintance ID this lantern. These are the best pics I have.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think it&#039;s Hindu or Buddhist themed, not Middle Eastern/Islamic.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would appreciate help analyzing the art style and all of these chimeric gods / deities.</p><p><br /></p><p>And I wonder whether the metal is brass or bronze? Cast metal or hand worked? </p><p><br /></p><p>Actually Victorian era or mid-century modern fantasy item?</p><p><br /></p><p>The slab thing on the bottom of the lantern is something he used to replace the base which is missing. He burned candles inside of it. So ignore that, LOL.</p><p>EDIT: the jewels are faceted glass.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]383034[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]383035[/ATTACH]</p><p>Chimera deity man&#039;s body with an elephant&#039;s head.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]383036[/ATTACH]</p><p>A man with wings and a dog or jackal&#039;s head on a human body. Some kind of a goat like creature at the far right.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]383037[/ATTACH]</p><p>Lower left: Human figure wearing a turban and robes with an animal head near the knee. Top and center: Robed human figure wearing a turban holding something in hand. Lower right: serpent or dragon.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]383038[/ATTACH]</p><p>Lower left: bird with long beak. Center: robed man with Fez type hat. Lower right: bust of robed man also Fez type hat.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]383039[/ATTACH]</p><p>This is a repeat of the elephant man picture at a slightly different angle.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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