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Message:: [QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 271928, member: 2844"]Just a little show and tell from my Balinese Art Deco collection.Balinese Art Deco came about through the influence of the many western artists who lived on Bali at the time. It lasted longer than elsewhere, until ca. 1970. This is an ashtray in the shape of a lion fish. A Balinese take on a lion fish, that is. When I got it, it was stained and grey from water exposure. It must have been sitting on a patio table for years. A bit of tlc revived it. There are some hairline cracks, but that is not unusual for old Balinese carvings.It is signed by Ida Bagus Raka (also spelled Rakah), who was a member of Pita Maha, an important art organisation in the 1930s. Pita Maha wanted to raise the quality of Balinese art, and accepted only the best artists as members.When I see some of the junk that came out of Bali since then, I wish Pita Maha would be revived.Anyway, here is my crazy ashtray: [ATTACH=full]86080[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]86081[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]86082[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]86083[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]86084[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]86085[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]