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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 4505492, member: 55&quot;]#3 is good also, and I&#039;d also go with K&#039;San.&nbsp; It has a very &quot;squared-off&quot; style, and a number of the students and teachers there were experimenting with a style which gave a more square interpretation to the traditional forms.</p><p>The carving on that is done very correctly, using what are called &quot;stop-cuts.&quot; An area which will eventually be given a shallow sloping profile is first surrounded by a deep V-groove; then the shallow slope is cut in.&nbsp; This gives a clean appearance to the carving, and also prevents an accidental over-run which would split the surrounding wood and ruin the piece.</p><p>(This is a good stylistic detail to learn to recognize, as most fakers and non-native carvers are not familiar with this aspect, so when it is present, there is a great likelihood that the item is genuine and native-made.)</p><p>It is not quite so obvious on #1, but is present there also.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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