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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 805855, member: 8267"]Yes, that would make it easier.</p><p><br /></p><p>Resin of that size can be quite heavy. And it is difficult to distinguish stone, from glass, from resin without actually seeing and handling it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I keep going back to the structure of it. A piece of jade that size, or even high quality Chinese glass, would usually command a custom made wooden stand. It would have a recess, often closely following the shape of the individual item, carved in the top to keep the piece from sliding off. The base for the op's Hotei does not look custom made, (nor is it typical to glue a signifcant piece to a base), and I am not convinced it is wood.</p><p><br /></p><p>For comparison, this is a Hotei from my collection. He is of wood, but the stand illustrates some of the features that lead me to suspect the stand of the op's Hotei may be resin (as well as the Hotei). The wooden base is made to fit this figure, with pegs to align him and hold him in place. The underside shows a variety of cut angles, and saw marks coming from different directions. The base of the op's Hotei is suspiciously smooth, with that odd dimple in the center, and it looks like the saw marks across the feet are in alignment, as if the whole thing was run through a bandsaw.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]191910[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]191911[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]191912[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 805855, member: 8267"]Yes, that would make it easier. Resin of that size can be quite heavy. And it is difficult to distinguish stone, from glass, from resin without actually seeing and handling it. I keep going back to the structure of it. A piece of jade that size, or even high quality Chinese glass, would usually command a custom made wooden stand. It would have a recess, often closely following the shape of the individual item, carved in the top to keep the piece from sliding off. The base for the op's Hotei does not look custom made, (nor is it typical to glue a signifcant piece to a base), and I am not convinced it is wood. For comparison, this is a Hotei from my collection. He is of wood, but the stand illustrates some of the features that lead me to suspect the stand of the op's Hotei may be resin (as well as the Hotei). The wooden base is made to fit this figure, with pegs to align him and hold him in place. The underside shows a variety of cut angles, and saw marks coming from different directions. The base of the op's Hotei is suspiciously smooth, with that odd dimple in the center, and it looks like the saw marks across the feet are in alignment, as if the whole thing was run through a bandsaw. [ATTACH=full]191910[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]191911[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]191912[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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