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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Asian carved wooden screen and table

« on: May 19, 2009, 10:46:31 am »

KC: Many thanks to you and your friend.  You have given me a lot of information to help focus my research.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Asian carved wooden screen and table

« on: May 17, 2009, 05:46:43 pm »

Thank you so much for passing the information on to other sources.  As I stated before, the history of these items have been hotly debated for some time, so it would be great, even to be able to rule out an area or country.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Asian carved wooden screen and table

« on: May 16, 2009, 02:39:23 pm »

Thank you for taking the time to share your information.

It is of great debate about it's origin amongst our family.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: New to the Board

« on: May 16, 2009, 11:31:23 am »

Thanks to all for the information. I really had no idea where to start, so you have been very helpful.

I am not sure why the pictures posted sideways; they display upright on my end, so I was not sure how to fix that issue. 

I will examine the marks and post anything helpful.

**EDIT** I have found the crowned N marks on both pieces (so probably not authentic) and both are signed by the same artist.  I attempted to post pictures, but keep getting a message saying the upload folder is full...

Thank you again.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: New to the Board

« on: May 15, 2009, 05:31:09 pm »

Thank you!  I will take more pictures and see if anything looks familiar to anyone.

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Antique Questions Forum / Asian carved wooden screen and table

« on: May 15, 2009, 05:27:36 pm »

I have been trying to find something about these two pieces for a while.  They were left to me by a relative that traveled extensively.  I cannot find any marks or any other identifying features.  I do not know what kind of wood it is made of, but I suspect mahogany (it is very heavy.)

Has anyone seen anything like this before?  The screen is about 7 feet tall, 8 feet wide, and about 6 inches deep.  The table is about 5 feet long and 3 feet wide.  It also has 6 matching carved ottomans that fit under the table.

Any information or research suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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Antique Questions Forum / New to the Board

« on: May 15, 2009, 04:57:13 pm »

Hello all!

I am new to the board and new to the world of antiques.  I have recently inherited an entire house full of my grandmothers stuff and am trying to place a value on a lot of the items.  I have a lot of porcelain figures I am researching and was hoping someone may have a good place to begin my research.  Most is by Boehm, but some is Capodimonte and various other makers.  The two below are both Capodimonte pieces and about 20"

Any suggestions of where to start?

Thanks in advance.