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<p>[QUOTE="Jivvy, post: 395873, member: 8184"][USER=4256]@Brubaker50[/USER] I feel your pain! In this modern world where credible research can happen in seconds, it will always seem strange not to be able to pin down every detail. Strange and painful.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although, damn, [USER=1476]@Debora[/USER] nicely done with that Etsy listing.</p><p><br /></p><p>When you have any subject that has been mass produced, pinning down the details of an individual piece can get dicey. Yes, a figurine may carry all of the details of a very specific myth out of Lower Slobbovia -- but it may have been made in a factory where the chief design principal was "these lady statues sell better with fat babies on the base."</p><p><br /></p><p>The trick in any field that is not your own is to find people you trust -- before I posted my bronze girlfriend (<a href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/indian-bronze-statue.29350/#post-388182" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/indian-bronze-statue.29350/#post-388182">https://www.antiquers.com/threads/indian-bronze-statue.29350/#post-388182</a>), I lurked on this forum to see if there was anyone's answers I would trust. When I discovered there was, I posted her.</p><p><br /></p><p>edit: I deleted a bit that may not be true and sounded snarky when that was not my intention.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie17" alt=":bag:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jivvy, post: 395873, member: 8184"][USER=4256]@Brubaker50[/USER] I feel your pain! In this modern world where credible research can happen in seconds, it will always seem strange not to be able to pin down every detail. Strange and painful. Although, damn, [USER=1476]@Debora[/USER] nicely done with that Etsy listing. When you have any subject that has been mass produced, pinning down the details of an individual piece can get dicey. Yes, a figurine may carry all of the details of a very specific myth out of Lower Slobbovia -- but it may have been made in a factory where the chief design principal was "these lady statues sell better with fat babies on the base." The trick in any field that is not your own is to find people you trust -- before I posted my bronze girlfriend ([URL]https://www.antiquers.com/threads/indian-bronze-statue.29350/#post-388182[/URL]), I lurked on this forum to see if there was anyone's answers I would trust. When I discovered there was, I posted her. edit: I deleted a bit that may not be true and sounded snarky when that was not my intention.:bag:[/QUOTE]
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