Asianart.com | Associations | Articles | Exhibitions | Galleries |
Visitors' Forum |
Message Listing by Date: |
|
Message Index |
Back |
Post a New Message
| Search | Private Mail
| FAQ
|
Subject:Soft metal dish has me baffled
Posted By: Kevin Sherlock Thu, Jul 24, 2014 IP: 65.207.30.3 This dish is about 4"x3" and would easily pass for a soap dish. It is made of a very soft metal you can easily bend with your hand. It is great work but I would like any info to make me like even more. |
Subject:Re: Soft metal dish has me baffled
Posted By: Bill H Fri, Jul 25, 2014 The three-clawed dragon is stylistically Japanese. As to other aspects, I'll yield to those more familiar with Japanese iconography, except to say that if the rays aren't emitting from a flaming "pearl of wisdom", they are also similar to those associated with the rising sun as seen on flags and other emblems of the country |
Subject:Re: Soft metal dish has me baffled
Posted By: Kevin Sherlock Fri, Jul 25, 2014 Thank you Bill. |
Subject:Re: Soft metal dish has me baffled
Posted By: adam Fri, Jul 25, 2014 Probably paktong an alloy of silver and other metals, its softness makes it suitable for this sort of work |
Subject:Re: Soft metal dish has me baffled
Posted By: Anthony J Allen Sun, Jul 27, 2014 Hi Kevin, |
Asianart.com | Associations | Articles | Exhibitions | Galleries | |