Sorry Karttikeya, its not that easy. There's no magic formula that you can apply to a piece and then be able say real or fake. Doesn't work that way. I can't tell much at all from even the very best photos in this sort of case. I'd need the piece with me a week or so, I'd look at it stripped of hilt, I'd look at it in sunshine, shadow, play with when I was watching TV. Totally familiarise myself with it. Handle it a lot. Use a loupe.Maybe after a time doing this my experience would kick in and I'd notice something, or feel something, maybe not. One thing is certain:- the very best gaurantee of anything doubtful is its provenance. If you know for sure it was dug up by a farmer in a rice field, odds are its probably genuine, no matter what it looks like. If you have any reason at all to doubt the seller, its probably not the real thing.
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