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Inro

Found 11 product(s) for Inro (1-11 of 11)

Wood Inro - Frogs In A row
Wood Inro - Frogs on a Barrel
Wood Inro - Octopus
Wood Inro - Rats Village
Wood Inro - Wise Monkey - Dog & a Coin
Wood Inro - Wise Monkey - Hear No Evil
Wood Inro - Ball of Frogs
Wood Inro - Buddha
Wood Inro - Japanese Geisha taking a bath
Wood Inro - Lu Star God
Wood Inro - Wandering Buddha
 
 
 

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Happy New Year - Year of the Snake 2013!

The Snake has been an important part of all myths from the Hindu mythology to the Christian. But in the Chinese Zodiac Snake holds a key position of an interesting person, a great seducer, charming and a social person. Snake is known for his charisma and strength in the Zodiac calendar. Though the Snake has loads of positive attitude, they are prone to dominate in relationships. They are mystical and remain committed to their belief systems.

With high energy and confidence, the zodiacs that best compliment the Snake are Ox, Horse, Rooster, Dog and Sheep. Other animals that can share a cordial relationship are Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon and Rat. At any cost avoid the Monkey or even another Snake. Read all article about YEAR Of The Snake

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Mammoth ivory, Elephant Ivory - real or fake?

There is always a fear that the ivory sculpture that you bought might turn out to be a fake, because as a layman you may not be able to differentiate between a clever replicas and real ivory. However, with experience in this field and handling nearly all types of ivory, it becomes easy to differentiate just by seeing it.

Even though pure ivory can be of various quality and types, the fake ivory is made from resins. The powder that is left after sawing/carving ivory or remnants from bone sculptures are not wasted but all added to resins, put into molds.

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The sculptures are then cleaned and then dipped in dark hued stains that give them the brownish tinge. There is always a difference in weight between a resin ivory and real ivory as real ivory is very heavy...Read all article about your Mammoth Ivory fake or real?

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