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23rd January 2011, 09:00 PM
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23rd January 2011, 09:11 PM
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Barry, My feeling is that most of these ivory handle carving are Burmese
Here is an interesting article I found online about Ivory carving in Myanmar http://www.asianart.com/articles/ivory/index.html |
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23rd January 2011, 09:33 PM
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Monograph on Ivory Carving in Burma (1901) by Henry Sheldon Pratt
http://ia700306.us.archive.org/25/it...00pratrich.pdf |
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24th January 2011, 12:21 AM
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Thanks Nathaniel, very helpful.
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26th March 2011, 05:23 AM
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Another question: doe it matter if the hilt is made of ivory or bone?
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26th March 2011, 05:26 AM
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Hmmm...I don't know...I would imagine of Ivory is more prestigious. I'm sure though too there might be fakes made of bone or simulated material.
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28th March 2011, 07:27 PM
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Great thread, beautiful examples.
Sorry about the poor pictures. I have this one on its way to me soon, length is 9cm. Any thoughts?  
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