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    Posted 13 years ago

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    FedoraAnti…
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    Picked this up at a country auction yesterday. Been in the antiqus biz for over 20 years, but Oriental items are not my field at all....Anyone have any ideas on origin? age? value? I have seen these in some book, somewhere....but, where?

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    1. Phylos, 13 years ago
      It reminds me of the incense burners used by the Catholic church during religious cerimony.
    2. Fedora Antiques, 13 years ago
      Found out what it was on my own...whale oil lamp, circa 1860.

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