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Message:: [QUOTE="scoutshouse, post: 1060562, member: 267"]Hi raver! The Journal responded, but just to refer me to the author of that article, Alan Chong, now Director of the Currier Museum in Manchester NH. He didnt respond... Other resources I'm looking at are authors of books and articles on Sri Lankan ivory caskets: "Luxury Goods from India: The Art of the Indian Cabinet-maker" Armin Jaffer, formerly V&A Museum, Christie's "Arts of India, 1550-1900" John Guy, Rosemary Crill, Deborah Swallow, Victoria and Albert Museum "The local and the global: the multiple visual worlds of ivory carvers in early modern Sri Lanka" Sujatha Arundathi Meegama, mentions Jaffer's research Thank you for asking! I just started looking around again and had left tabs open, so it was a good reminder to organize what I had found <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> The other examples we looked at earlier definitely look older, I think because the entire outside surfaces are pretty thin veneers - only the top is veneer on mine. That's the biggest difference I see, otherwise the carving and motifs appear (to me) to be of that period. I wonder why they used veneer when ivory was precious, but not so scarce? Veneer is normally used to conserve or stretch out materials in short supply. The actual cleaning and "regluing" is on hold for the moment, but looking forward to finishing. Thanks again for asking and all your help! I'm kind of on it![/QUOTE]

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