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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: switzersweet on January 09, 2011, 04:22:46 PM
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looking for help in idenifying this piece,maker? no marks, ethnic background? what cost should be? value? It seems to be made of plastic,with leather backing.thanks all
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more pictures
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The detail looks pretty nice but unfortunately the pics do not enlarge much. It is hard to tell what it actually is. Is it a chair or a picture?
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It is mounted on leather in a picture frame...I had to resize these smaller,if you can tell me how to post bigger pics I sure will
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Switzersweet, you can post an attachment of 2000 KB with 4 per post. Your pics are around 40 KB. Plenty of room there for larger pics. Railman posted a 'sticky' at the top of the Antique Questions Forum page on posting pics that may be of some help also.
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um I have done all I can figure out. I used photobucket,and it stills says to large.and on the photo there is says only 44 kb?
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It may be an ancestor portrait, used for worship of ancestors after their death. But I have only seen painted ones, never one made from other materials. Here is an example of a Chinese ancestor portrait:
(http://www.asia2africa.com/products/accessories/CHAP001-3.jpg)
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maybe this?
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Well at least knowing it is Chinese is a start.. just wondering how to price it on Ebay, I can't seem to find anything like it either
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I believe the symbol on his robe is the Chinese symbol for longevity.
(http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/73896/73896,1202428721,1/stock-photo-chinese-symbol-of-longevity-9247975.jpg)
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Oh wow.thank you Tales ! at least I have a starting point, did you happen to know that or find that?
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I did some research on my Chinese wedding bed so that I would be able to appreciate the symbolism of the carvings. There are lots of Web pages with Chinese symbols, so it was pretty easy to find.