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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4617367, member: 2844&quot;]As the others said, they are modern items, not replicas or copies. Just a bit of fun.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not made in Tibet though. The ceramics and the symbols on the metal mounts of these ceramics are all purely Chinese.</p><p>Many sellers call Chinese silvertone metal &#039;Tibetan silver&#039;, which is how &#039;Tibetan&#039; came to be a meaningless term when referring to recently made items. A real pity, because true Tibetan art is beautiful and precious.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, there is still a mystique surrounding the name Tibet. It sells, so it is used. An important thing to remember is that the native Tibetan population of Tibet is quite small. By logic there is no way they could have made all the trinket boxes, jewellery, snuff bottles etc that are attributed to Tibetans nowadays.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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