Hi all, Can someone please me ID what appears to be a Roman(?) bronze roundel and the date/denomination of these silver Spanish coins? The...
Too tiny for a wall hanger and that hook verso is actually called a lug. If you Google ancient Roman applique mask, you'll see many of them have...
And lastly, a piece I posted here for ID with 0 replies :( is, TBD. It's bronze, appears ancient and is some form of applique (similar to those...
Thank you all and @masterswimmer, I can post new acquisitions for days, as I am always buying (even if I have no idea on what the items are). Not...
This will most likely be my last post here within this thread, don't want to bore you all or take away from its purpose. I just wanted to share...
@masterswimmer The Bi is a type of circular Chinese jade artifact which originated in the Neolithic period (3400-2250 BC). Most are undecorated...
And for those of you who care to watch, below is a short video link of a similar type older (18th C.) antique Chinese jade is affixed to an...
@masterswimmer Thank you and the link blow should help answer your question? Link: https://www.invaluable.com/blog/chinese-bi-disc/
LOL! @-jeffB Well, the lil' buddy wasn't a total loss, but its tiny tail and left foot were damaged during extraction... [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
After a bit of doctoring, I was successful in extracting the 17th/18th C. diamond in the rough. A lite bath and brush, she's now ready to showoff...
As you can see from most of my post here, the Asian Arts is my main collection strongpoint...............and the hits keep coming this year. 2021...
Mine can't even compare to your latest post. Just stunning!
@PassthePuck Now that's absolutely stunning! Best photo I ever took was early-morning at a flea market some years back... [ATTACH]
I'm on a roll this year! My most recent acquisition is yet another, misidentified and/or unresearched piece by its former owner. Again, obtain for...
LOL! What's great is that I found a near perfect fit piece of bamboo to fit right where it needed to be just as it is in the second link I posted...
Ill entertain you all with one more recently acquired piece..............also obtained for a song and misidentified/unresearched by the former...
A couple recent acquisitions... 16th/17th Ming Dynasty figure, and a late-Ming/early-Qing Dynasty (17th/18th C.) tiny (3 x 2-1/2 in. weighs: 1+...
I'm almost positive this 1776 coin is a repro, but I don't want to just toss it to the side just yet. I stopped in a local Coin Shop to see if...
I'll eat my 1697 coin if the Continental Dollar is real. :happy:
Wow! Thanks! I doubt if I'm that lucky, but I'll still have it evaluated by an expert, not going to just toss it aside just yet. The 1697...
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