Help identifying

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  1. michael1871

    michael1871 Member

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  2. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    Welcome!
    Very nice! Hang in there for others to come along with help for you.
     
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  3. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    Nice, and nice job with your pictures!!!!!
     
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  4. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    I concur! :)
     
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  5. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    A little help with size and some description.
    If the body is hollow, then I think the head may have been the handle.
    Knife or letter opener?
    And where is the seal? on the bottom? or the head? If the head, then maybe not an opener/knife.
     
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  6. dgbjwc

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    Agree with cluttered. I also would like to see a shot of the whole bottom. This could be resin, bone, or ivory. Would need to see a photo of the grain to make even a guess.
    Don
     
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  7. clutteredcloset49

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    Does this little knobby thing come off too? Don't force it.

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  8. michael1871

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  9. michael1871

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    No it doesn't

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  10. michael1871

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    It about a foot and a half tall. The picture of the letters is on the base of the head. The piece is solid.

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    The seal is on the bottom of the head. It is solid. It about a foot and a half tall.

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    It doesn't come off.

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  15. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    Only a guess. Appears to be bone.
    Interesting that it only holds the seal. Wonder what the seal reads.
    What could you ink it with that wouldn't stain the piece.

    She probably represents one of the goddesses - not sure it is Quan Yin. She's usually with a lotus flower, not a peacock.
     
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  16. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    looks like a late 1800's ivory carving....
    with a swivel head....
     
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  17. michael1871

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    This is the seal that's located on the body

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  18. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    If I were guessing, I'd say ivory head on a bone body. No clue on the age.
     
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  19. michael1871

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    Thanks for all the info so far. I would really like to know what the seal says..

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  20. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    887 will be along to tell you.....sometime.
     
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