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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: icedgold10 on September 02, 2017, 01:02:00 PM
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Need some help with this Buddha I just got at a yard sale. It's some kind of bone around 12" tall and signed. I'll put the pics in 2 post because of file size. Trying to figure out origin, bone type and signature. Age and value? Any info would be helpful. A couple of pieces need to be glued back on but all pieces are present. Thank you!
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more pics
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I wonder if that isn't actually a Budai figure?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budai (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budai)
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search "netsuke carrying jute bag" and look at images.
Plus...did you do the needle test? Here's some tips:
http://www.ebay.com/gds/How-to-Tell-if-IVORY-is-Genuine-or-Not-Includes-Pics-/10000000010311348/g.html (http://www.ebay.com/gds/How-to-Tell-if-IVORY-is-Genuine-or-Not-Includes-Pics-/10000000010311348/g.html)
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Usually the main body is ground bone mixed with a resin !! The other smaller pieces are likely Ox bone put together to give it age !! No bone is solid so that is the only way to get a block large enough to carve into figures !!
Do the needle test on the figure somewhere it will not show !!
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I will try the needle test. The main body seems to be wood clad in the bone.
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Well, took a hot needle to it and it left no marks and no scent.
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You checked the figure itself ?? Not the bottom ??
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I didn't try it on the bottom. I tried o. 2 places on the figure. I think most likely it is cattle bone.
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Ox bone !! Your pics are too small to enlarge enough to see any grain it may have !! Bone has a straight grain !! If there is no grain visible on the main body then it is either ground bone mixed with something or a different material !!