Featured Finds Thread

No markings on this ceiling light cover (shade? globe?). 15.5" diameter. Surely not antique but maybe 60s-70s vintage....Anyone care to guess its age?

 

Very cute,Id guess more 1980s?

 

I paid $16 for all at goodwill. I kind am digging brass now

 

Yesterday's goodies. Souvenir of Hawaii bracelet, in sterling, Egyptian scarab pin with Egyptian silver mark, and some no-account 10k stud earrings with blue ?stones? that may be blue topaz. The pin has been around a while.

 

Just found this "indo chinese bone antique sculpture" as the seller said...
Thanks to @Any Jewelry for sharing some of her collection and knowledge here!
That allowed me to recognize a keris hilt
12cm high, 3cm diameter.
I'll update with my bottom and back pics upon arrival

Is it an antique Lombok representation of Ranga?

 

Nice find!

 

Thanks aaroncab I hope it is an old one, anyway I love his don't mess with me attitude

 

I wouldn't come near him!

In this thread:

https://www.antiquers.com/threads/sculpture-identification.25913/#post-347538

AJ id'd a similar carving as ... "The depiction is of Hindu monkey god Hanuman being attacked by Naga, the dragon/snake, to test him. It is a scene from the Hindu epic Ramayana."

It looks pretty close to yours I think - except yours looks to have some age on it.

 

oohh, that's the thread I was looking for! THANK YOUUU!

 

cool find kyratango!

 

AJ sees that, & she'll go bonkers.....
I'll expect a 4 paragraph dissertation.....
& a suggestion that she relieve you of it !!!

Nice find Kyra !!!!

 

Thank you Komo!
I'd be very happy if AJ had even 4 pages to say about it
And if she need it... We'll trade

 

Will be interested to see the bottom; it has features that look like some kind of antler to me. Great piece!

 

Went to an estate sale this morning and spent $50. They claimed to have vintage costume jewelry and did have some, but nothing fantastic. One piece got away on me - a Victorian Revival pendant. I thought it was in my small box, but it escaped somehow and someone else got it. OTOH, I opened a small student's drafting kit, Victorian brass, and this popped out.... It's definitely old enough to be real, but there was a ton of Confederate funny money.

 

Added a McCoy Pottery vase to the hoard! Have a matching green vase that I purchased when I started collecting art pottery as a teen about 15 years ago.

 

It is gorgeous, kyra. It is Balinese.
There is a tiny chance it is Lombok Balinese, Lombok was once a Balinese colony and still has a Balinese minority. But Bali Balinese is much more likely.

@aaroncab was observant as always. It depicts a scene from the Hindu epic Ramayana, where Monkey God Hanuman fights off the divine snake Naga, who is testing if he is strong enough to fulfill his task of rescuing the lovely Sita from the clutches of demon king Ravanna.
It looks like deer antler, as Bronwen said, stained, my guess is mid 20th century, possibly a little later.
Are you sure it is a keris hilt? The base isn't rounded. Does it have a hole in the bottom big enough to put a knitting needle 7cm or more inside?
Either way, I'll send you a message. (drum roll)

This is a Rangda hilt (she is also in the other thread), Lombok Balinese. Her face is covered by her hair. She is carved from coffee wood by the so-called 'Master Carver of Lombok', and has an attached silver hilt cup:

 

First, thank you so much AJ for all your informations and for finding it gorgeous
I bought it from Ebay France yesterday and have not it in hand for the moment...
I'll be able to answer your questions next week, and add photos of the base and back
I suspect too it is carved from an antler, will see in flesh

 

I could help...for sampling

 

Plantation is well known...& 5 year is middle of the road for their stock....but not to be sniffed at.
If yer not a rum guy......try it in cranberry juice.....or other fruit juices......it's a great mixer....