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<p>[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 9585670, member: 76316"]A steel point doesn't scratch it. Weight, entire: 1350 grams. ~5" crown to chin, ~5 5/8" across the ears, ~4 1/2" table to forehead. Do note the dissimilar elevation of the ears!</p><p>I have no clue what this may be, an' much as I'd like it to be old, I have doubts. Plenty of detail, an' nicely finished inside & out; the curls in the hair, the spirals on the cheeks, the exaggerated eyebrows, the hair-band over & behind the ears an' beneath the chin, finished with a buckle, an' the flutes beneath that band to the table surface...</p><p><font size="4">Again, I confess gross ignorance about where this may have originated, what its material may be, an' of course how much age it may have on it. Seems to me to be too well done to be tourist fodder...but then the question becomes what was it made for, what purpose was it intended to serve?</font></p><p><font size="4">Your observations will illuminate those dark corners, I'm hoping. Thanks for lookin'!</font></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]463147[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]463148[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]463149[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]463150[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]463151[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]463152[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]463153[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]463154[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 9585670, member: 76316"]A steel point doesn't scratch it. Weight, entire: 1350 grams. ~5" crown to chin, ~5 5/8" across the ears, ~4 1/2" table to forehead. Do note the dissimilar elevation of the ears! I have no clue what this may be, an' much as I'd like it to be old, I have doubts. Plenty of detail, an' nicely finished inside & out; the curls in the hair, the spirals on the cheeks, the exaggerated eyebrows, the hair-band over & behind the ears an' beneath the chin, finished with a buckle, an' the flutes beneath that band to the table surface... [SIZE=4]Again, I confess gross ignorance about where this may have originated, what its material may be, an' of course how much age it may have on it. Seems to me to be too well done to be tourist fodder...but then the question becomes what was it made for, what purpose was it intended to serve? Your observations will illuminate those dark corners, I'm hoping. Thanks for lookin'![/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]463147[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]463148[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]463149[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]463150[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]463151[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]463152[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]463153[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]463154[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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