BidAmount Forum - Recent Posts https://bidamount.com/the-bidamount-asian-art-forum/ BidAmount Discussion Board en-US Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:56:15 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: Is This A Japanese Silver Shaker? https://bidamount.com/the-bidamount-asian-art-forum/help-identify-this/is-this-a-japanese-silver-shaker/#post-98919 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 12:21:16 +0000 Thanks for the help guys!!! I was only guessing Meiji because I read somewhere that they moved away from using 'Jun Gin' marks after the Meiji so it's useful to know it's likely 1920s!

]]> Kier Swaffield https://bidamount.com/the-bidamount-asian-art-forum/help-identify-this/is-this-a-japanese-silver-shaker/#post-98919 RE: Tibetan masks https://bidamount.com/the-bidamount-asian-art-forum/share-your-favorite-things/tibetan-masks/#post-98918 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 10:15:26 +0000 Hi Cynthia,

As Sharon says, pics please 😄.

I still have the mask, can compare. I haven't verified the origin. 

Todd

]]> Watership https://bidamount.com/the-bidamount-asian-art-forum/share-your-favorite-things/tibetan-masks/#post-98918 RE: Is This A Japanese Silver Shaker? https://bidamount.com/the-bidamount-asian-art-forum/help-identify-this/is-this-a-japanese-silver-shaker/#post-98917 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 06:39:33 +0000 Not sure about Meiji, but it is Japanese.  It appears to be silver.  The jungin and sterling mark would be a mystery.  Sterling is 925.  Jungen is 999.  I would guess it is actually 999, but they wanted Western buyers who weren't used to fine.

Acid tests are cheaper than buying an xrf gun if you want to know.

Also, the oxidation suggests silver if it matters.

]]> RAHawk https://bidamount.com/the-bidamount-asian-art-forum/help-identify-this/is-this-a-japanese-silver-shaker/#post-98917 RE: Any guesses on age? https://bidamount.com/the-bidamount-asian-art-forum/help-identify-this/any-guesses-on-age/#post-98916 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 19:51:30 +0000 @ming1449 

Many thanks for your reply and all of this great information! I appreciate your (and everyone’s) responses.  I found this in a small junk store in Salisbury, UK and am delighted to learn that it is likely Ming era. It will remain in my small collection - I'm just so happy to confirm its apparent age. Thank you again to all - your replies and kindness are most appreciated!

Christa

]]> Christa Adams https://bidamount.com/the-bidamount-asian-art-forum/help-identify-this/any-guesses-on-age/#post-98916 RE: A few items. https://bidamount.com/the-bidamount-asian-art-forum/main-forum/a-few-items/#post-98915 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:13:29 +0000 Dear Mark,

Yes, I think that's right, not eighteenth century. Late Qing, I would have thought. The catalogue said eighteenth century. So much for that!

Alan

]]> Alan Fletcher https://bidamount.com/the-bidamount-asian-art-forum/main-forum/a-few-items/#post-98915 help to identify these root wood sculptures https://bidamount.com/the-bidamount-asian-art-forum/help-identify-this/help-to-identify-these-root-wood-sculptures/#post-98914 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:14:44 +0000 Hello everyone,

I am hoping somebody may recognise or have encountered similar sculptures.

I recently acquired a collection of 14 large natural wood sculptures believed to originate from Indonesia. The sculptures were part of a long-held private UK collection (over 25 years) and are understood to have previously been exhibited together, although no documentation has survived.

Several characteristics make the collection unusual:

• Consistent steel display mounts throughout
• Handwritten reference numbers on the bases
• Recorded weights written on several pieces
• Similar presentation style across the collection
• No maker's marks, signatures or labels

I have contacted museum curators, Asian art specialists, horticultural archives and auction houses, but so far nobody has been able to identify comparable examples or provide further provenance.

I have also carried out extensive reverse image searches without finding anything remotely similar.

I would be very grateful for any thoughts regarding:

• Possible origin or collecting category
• Timber species
• Similar collections, exhibitions or dealers
• Whether these resemble any recognised form of Asian rootwood or natural sculpture

I have attached several photographs of the collection.

Many thanks for any help or suggestions.

Westley
United Kingdom

96995 96996 96997 96998 96999

 

]]> Westley O'Bryan https://bidamount.com/the-bidamount-asian-art-forum/help-identify-this/help-to-identify-these-root-wood-sculptures/#post-98914 RE: A few items. https://bidamount.com/the-bidamount-asian-art-forum/main-forum/a-few-items/#post-98913 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 13:32:31 +0000 Hi Alan,

I dont think its 18th C.

Looks late Qing or early Republic.

Mark

]]> Adams Asian Art https://bidamount.com/the-bidamount-asian-art-forum/main-forum/a-few-items/#post-98913 RE: Is This A Japanese Silver Shaker? https://bidamount.com/the-bidamount-asian-art-forum/help-identify-this/is-this-a-japanese-silver-shaker/#post-98912 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 13:06:25 +0000 @dwtk90

Welcome to the forum Kier. The hammered silver was a copied Japanesque Arts & Crafts/Aesthetics movement finish popular with silversmiths worldwide. It is fine to have a Japanese example. Plus, at this stage of my life, I have a real appreciation for smalls, always enough room in a cabinet for one. Sharon

]]> Sharon P https://bidamount.com/the-bidamount-asian-art-forum/help-identify-this/is-this-a-japanese-silver-shaker/#post-98912 RE: A few items. https://bidamount.com/the-bidamount-asian-art-forum/main-forum/a-few-items/#post-98911 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:29:45 +0000 Dear Mark,

As requested, here is the one I bought. I half regret the purchase now because I find him to be a bit cadaverous! There is nothing inscribed on the base, so I haven't included a picture of it.

Best wishes,

Alan

96993 96994]]> Alan Fletcher https://bidamount.com/the-bidamount-asian-art-forum/main-forum/a-few-items/#post-98911 RE: Any guesses on age? https://bidamount.com/the-bidamount-asian-art-forum/help-identify-this/any-guesses-on-age/#post-98910 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 11:51:28 +0000 @catlady78 

Hi Christa, and as with others welcome to this wonderful forum …

From the images, your bowl looks to be a Ming example and, possibly, dates to the early/mid 16th century … 

Such pieces, decorated with a single central floral spray, undecorated well and detached exterior floral sprays, on this example a lingzhi motif, were very popular combinations used by the minyao or private kilns …

Such pieces were produced in large numbers, mainly for export to the Philippines, Indonesia, South East Asia and the Near/Middle East …

Stuart  

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