After his mother left, Jiao-liang walked out the back door to his customized Thunder Mountain Keystone Chopper. It had taken him over a year to choose it at the Harley Davidson dealership in Taipa. He picked a grey one, which he called the Storm Bike
Read more…Jiao-liang was effusive at having secured a temple member without having to offer them drugs. He could tell his mother of his success, and perhaps she would think well of him. It rarely ever happened, for as she got older she became infinitely harder
Read more…Chapter 3
Sir Robert Ho Tung was the grand old man of Hong Kong. Macau’s most important library was named after him. The Sir Robert Ho Tung Library at 3 Largo de Santo Agostinho might be a good place for Pedro to begin his research. Pedro loved the
Someone who could have been an ancient idol suddenly appeared. He wore a half smile. “Trash accumulates. Get rid of the trash... Actually, I don’t remember, but I liked seeing them beg. The greatest artists rot and die in obscurity, and it is my role
Read more…Hi, As a new member of the forum I just wanted to share from my collection one of my favourite, a Berber necklace of the Draa Valley: amber (central amber 64 x 35 mm), coral, coins, amazonite , concha schell disks, shell hair beads corner less coni
Read more…He needed anonymity, and the only place he could find it was Macau. He loved wandering the narrow of streets, cramped with tintins, conflicting aromas of Chinese street food, and chatter.
Above these hole-in-the-wall shops were pastel-colored apartme
Read more…Dear friends,
Let me show you this new find at a flea market in Berlin.
It's two pendants. In my opinion, they are made of components: wood, ivory and silver. I would be very grateful, if you could tell something about their origin and
Read more…I spend a lot of time travelling for jewels
I'm missing the interactions this brings
what are you missing?
Read more…Why fight for liberty, if it only creates shallow creatures who’ve never known the lack of it? If hardship disappears, life would be as light as a down feather plucked by a bird who will never remember it once kept him warm. Perhaps if Portugal had
Read more…Introduction:
Recently, from an innocent conversation with a friend on Facebook, I ended up writing a book about China.
Two of the people I had met on this journey graciously allowed me to make them into the main characters. However, everyone I ever
Read more…I would really like some information on this "Head Bead". I have owned it for about 20 years, believe I had more at some point. Was given to me by a friend. I have not been able to find anything like it on internet.
The material feels like clay or
Read more…Hello; I have recently bought this ring in a auction room.
I have tried to find any information about this kind of ring in in the book "world of ring" ... but I did found any information ... Does any one have any idea ?
Thank you very much.
Hi
I'm looking for a pendant like the above or similar. I had one like that before and lost it in India. I will appreciate any help.
Read more…Eighty-four Mediterranean coral beads, 5 – 19 mm, deep reddish-dark orange colour, silky glowing patina, black pocket-marks.
Twelve amazonite beads, 10-14 mm.
Mustard-yellow and green enamelled Hirz silver amulet box, H 45 x L 54 x D 6 mm.
Two smal
I just bought this necklace from a woman on a classifed ads, but she did't knew very much about it. She said it was berber, and that she had it from a jeweller in Spain. I made some research and found that it is probably from Yemen. I tried to search
Read more…I am looking for information about these beads which I acquired in the Tibetan community of Dharamsala, India in 1973. They were said to be Tibetan red amber, and had been used for a Tibetan mala (rosary). There are 105 beads, almost 1/2 inch wide, a
Read more…I have an old "double fish tail" Naga pendant necklace. I have owned it for about 20 years.
The "double tail" is very unusual. The necklace is restrung but probably like the original. The eye beads are important for authenticity.
The beads are glass,
Read more…I have just found an interesting article written in 2011 -
"Beauty and belief: the endangered tradition of Omani silver jewellery" by Aude Mongiatti, Fahmida Suleman and Nigel Meeks, and I thought I'd mention it. My apologies if it has been highlight
