A friend of a friend gave me this scarab a few years ago. She had five of them and told me they were a gift from her brother who then was working as an archeologist in Egypt. It is pierced in its lenght and has a hierogliphic cartouche on the bottom.
seven one to one and a half inch figurines, possibly ivory or bone, asian orient, with etchings and exquisite crafting for details.
there is a marking on the bottom but it almost looks to read left to right, which I thought to be weird. Then again, I am not trained in the art of reading asian-orient script either.
Not really sure what this item is but I beleive it is Chinese and appears to have a fair bit of age to it. It appears to be a seed pod of some description with floral carvings on the two outside halves and small carvings on the inside. One side features a Tiger above a pagoda with numerous figures dressed in robes. The other side has a pagoda with a dragon being ridden by a man(Buddha) above the pagoda, it also has numerous other figures(Buddhas). I am not sure if it is carved or moulded. Not even sure what it is made from. It is very detailed with the faces of all the figures all being different.
