I fully agree with you nechesh... we depend on you BluErf and are indebt to your insight!!!
To adopt a family (me that is)... a silly way of me saying that I would love to have those awesome pieces!!!

Great collection! Keep them close to you.
A major screamer to me (in my lack of understanding), it that the base on mine is a sphere or ball, the Cotengs are really hemi-sphere on top of their base and conical as the base or bottom goes down. To me, that is a major difference. See below.
This one is mine..
Note: the rings at
the bottom are
the Mendak........................A Coteng