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Golden Triangle, Hmong Hill people. Silver button, 3 1:4 inches wide

Posted by Tesori Orientali on October 17, 2015 at 4:13am
Love the simplicity of this button….the very fine etched lines with a burin….feels like you want to make a print out of it ….
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  • Mustafa J. Salem October 17, 2015 at 6:45am

    Simple but quite precise in the way it has been engraved. It shows that the artisan who had made it  had an artistic imagination... Very good piece

  • Thelma October 20, 2015 at 5:15pm

    Angelo, this is so delicately done... I've just learned that a burin is a very fine and sharp engraving tool ... indicating that this would have been engraved by hand ... so accurately. What skill.

  • Tesori Orientali October 20, 2015 at 5:24pm

    Hey Thelma …thanx ….look at Albrecht Durer prints …you will have an idea how this instrument has been elaborately used in printmaking !!

    Kisses

    Angelo

  • Betty October 23, 2015 at 11:05am

    A great piece, Angelo. Simple and yet very sophisticated. May I ask how large it is?

  • Tesori Orientali October 23, 2015 at 2:23pm

    hey Betty….3 1/4 inches diameter ...

    Kisses….Angelo

  • Betty October 23, 2015 at 5:38pm

    Thank you Angelo - quite a button! I really love it.

    I just bought a Russian/Caucasian niello button, but its very small by comparison, only 1 1/3" :))

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