For those who like Oriental stuff

[fernando]

Originally Posted by spiral

I dont know Fernando , I know zilch of Chinese weapons but i would guess they were made specialy for General Antonio Joaquim Garcias collection? {with or withou his knowledge...}

They exhibit a hodge potch of parts welded together I think?

A Tibetan style Dorje & spear?

& the worst examples welding I have ever seen on any weapon bar none.



I am sure the curaters are noticing such things also.....

Spiral

It doesn't take a curator to produce such kind of considerations, as hardly that is the issue here. I am looking for some positive coments, more within the ethnographic side, to put it that way. Not properly the accuracy of the components alignment as a primary topic, but the allegory of the figures involved, whether naive or not, their historical meaning, if there is one, as well as other details one can learn with, from knowledge people. This General has lived in the XIX century, so these pieces were not made the other day, whatever they represent.
However thank you for your coments, which i am sure were well intentioned
All the best
Fernando