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Offline tropdevin

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Surely not Baccarat ?
« on: December 04, 2009, 04:44:51 PM »
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I think the seller of this antique flower paperweight is putting too much weight on the presence of a concave base. Most of the early Chinese weights that I have seen have a concave base.

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Re: Surely not Baccarat ?
« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2009, 04:57:00 PM »
I have a very nice Chinese weight with a slightly concave pontil , i agree Chinese . :huh:
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Re: Surely not Baccarat ?
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2009, 02:58:28 AM »
Even if was genuine it would not be worth the price they are asking!
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