CBWC:  Carvings, sculptures and Statues, home court advantage in black & white

I have always looked for this kind of thing outside the house until it occurred to me, as I gazed at our mantelpiece, that I have a great deal of these items right here at home.

I have a lot of these kinds of art here. Some are ancient, many others are quite old, and some are relatively recent. Most of my stuff does not have official papers marking its provenance. Mind you it tests out as old, but I can’t prove how it was obtained.

Provenance is a huge issue in the antique business and especially for Chinese antiques. The majority of them were smuggled out of China by refugees or worse, were looted from Tibetan temples. I don’t have any temple-quality material, but I have pots and small bronze Buddhas and a stone lion that is probably very old, but it’s hard to test stone for age.

If anyone collects this material or is a potter and would like to have some of this very early pottery, I’m not looking for money. I am just hoping to find someone willing to take these pieces in and protect them. I’ll even split the shipping costs with you!

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