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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 121446, member: 111"]I am not joking, your pictures are quite clear, and in my opinion, which was asked for, the lacquer work is low quality. The mother of pearl inlays are awkwardly cut from shell with dark areas rather than all white, the engraving clumsy in execution, and the inlay set in poorly, with the metal parts of similar low quality. It is what it is, still attractive and probably has a bit of value too - but a simple internet search will show you what fine and average quality MOP inlaid lacquer work looks like...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 121446, member: 111"]I am not joking, your pictures are quite clear, and in my opinion, which was asked for, the lacquer work is low quality. The mother of pearl inlays are awkwardly cut from shell with dark areas rather than all white, the engraving clumsy in execution, and the inlay set in poorly, with the metal parts of similar low quality. It is what it is, still attractive and probably has a bit of value too - but a simple internet search will show you what fine and average quality MOP inlaid lacquer work looks like... ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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