Interesting implement

ariel · 25th February 2017, 04:56 PM

For that, the inner edges of the forked blade should have been razor-sharp. On the object they look dull and horribly uneven.
And didn't Iranian carpet makers have just scissors?

I am glad that Jum agrees with me about its age.

We all have "walls of shame" in our collections. Why would Met be an exception?

Iranian carpet traders can spin provenance stories more fabulous than Chinese E-Bayers:-)

My hypothesis is more pedestrian, but the Occam Razor still cuts quite well.

25th February 2017, 04:56 PM	#12
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	For that, the inner edges of the forked blade should have been razor-sharp. On the object they look dull and horribly uneven. And didn't Iranian carpet makers have just scissors? I am glad that Jum agrees with me about its age. We all have "walls of shame" in our collections. Why would Met be an exception? Iranian carpet traders can spin provenance stories more fabulous than Chinese E-Bayers:-) My hypothesis is more pedestrian, but the Occam Razor still cuts quite well.