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Originally Posted by Silver John
I had my brother in New Zealand up at 2:30 in the morning bidding for me!  . |
You dirty Cheat! {Go to top of the class!}
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Originally Posted by Silver John
Oh well wasn't meant to be, and the winning bidder must really have wanted it at that price! Beautiful piece.
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Yes and the second highest bidder did as well!
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Originally Posted by russel
The rough finishing makes me doubt the idea of it being set with rubies. It is difficult to photograph, but there does seem to be a reddish residue in the base of some of the carving, perhaps a red resin?
Attached is an image of the butt as requested.
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Could be Russel, But I did wonder if some of the roughness is later work with file or grinder, particularly around the butt, perhaps to remove or smooth out chips?
Thanks, for extra picture, I wanted to see what cut from the tusk they had used.
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Originally Posted by CharlesS
WoW...an even better example of the fullering, better than the first one in terms of quality of craftsmanship. Very impressive and certainly does remind one of Persian and Indian work.
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Thank you Charles, I think it is almost certainly Indian in construction.
Heres another one.....Both of these have 14 to 15 inch blades.
spiral
