Quote Originally Posted by espranch View Post
Shane, the orchid is lovely, but tell me...are you seeing any beautiful cloisonne ( antique ) over there? I'm curious...Betty :-)
betty, if you mean the cloisonne vases and bowls, there is, but it is so hard to tell whats a real antique... when i was traveling around southern china i was taking pictures on the outskirts of a village, there i saw how amazing and talented people can be...most of the village was hard at work hand carving wood, making bowls, painting scrolls, metal work...everything...and then they would bury the stuff!!! they had various methods for aging things for quick sale in a local tourist/backpacker town... the stuff i see here is still very beautiful!!