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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4336748, member: 2844&quot;]I&#039;m sorry to have to say this, but that is an &#039;antiqued&#039; souvenir. There are many like yours in home decor shops here.</p><p>Sure, the colours are also traditional, but that doesn&#039;t make your carving of a similar age as other traditionally coloured carvings.</p><p><br /></p><p>A carving like Mat&#039;s is much more difficult to find, and the difference in quality and value between the two is considerable. The paints used are also different, Mat&#039;s being thicker, and again, of better quality and with good base coats.</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree 100%.</p><p>I still think mid-century. That was the period when interest in the old style polychrome statues was revived, without them being made for a Western taste for the &#039;exotic&#039;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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