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Posted 8 years ago
chananrubin
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Guanyin carving, unsure of age or material used. If anyone has any more information about the mark at the bottom or the material used, it would be greatly appreciated.
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This is ivory and I can tell by the tell tale schreger lines present in mammoth and elephant ivory. Such a lovely piece. It is most likely the Queen from a chess set. How did you acquire it?
It was from a thrift store, the piece is connected with wooden pegs to the base. are you sure it is a chess piece?
Also it stands 6-7 inches tall, which is quite large for a chess piece.
I see; I thought the bottom was the one shown with the pegs. It looks like a chess piece but I am speculating.
It connects to the stand with those wooden pegs, which leads me to believe that it was made as such.
Is the base wooden or the same material?
The base is wood
Cool; it's a lovely piece of art.
Thank you, any guesses on the age?
It's very difficult to date ivory but I have saved the picture to show one of the doctors at the hospital where I work because he is Chinese; he might know what it says on the bottom.
I would guess early 20th late 19th century.
Wexval, any information?
Dizzydave?
What an intricate carving, I wonder if anyone deciphered the marking on the bottom.
This looks like an 19th century carving.
its is read as feng
meaning dedicated to the heavens
What about the age?
fleafinder, does the mark indicate anything other than that character?
nope it doesnt sadly
What would you estimate the date of it is?
I would guess 19th century.
That seems correct.
This is an amazing carving.