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Subject:authentic chinese little bull elephant sculpture
Posted By: Paul grace Thu, May 07, 2015 IP: 125.239.216.233

Namaste.
I would appreciate hearing from those scholars who's expertise lies in the field of ancient Chinese porcelain and who are able to grasp and appreciate the points that I am raising with respects to my sculpture.

The act of writing was to our ancient ancestors considered to be magic in and of itself. And with that theme in mind, the ancients in there ultimate wisdom went to extroadinary lengths to make it abundantly clear across all time....

Calligraphy. Wu–Yingchu, the outer segment-border of the impressed mark the character Wei. a square-rectangle, an enclosure boundary containing land, men and soldiers within its confines, i.e A City

Bull Elephant Symbolism, Sovereign Power, I.e King,

1mm gap in the top right hand corner of the impressed mark.
1 inch rectangle, precisely1mm longer
Weight of sculpture 3.5kilo's Height approx 19 inches
The slight overhang of the elephants left front foot pad
The stripped stones painted on the plinth, the outer wall
The lumps between the elephant’s pads and plinth (front only)







Subject:Re: authentic chinese little bull elephant sculpture
Posted By: j lewis Fri, May 08, 2015

I'm not sure that I am "able to grasp and appreciate the points that I (You) am raising with respects to my sculpture" but to me, at least, it doesn't appear to be particularly old -- though it is quite elegant.


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