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Old 27th February 2011, 10:11 PM   #1
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Default Ivory and Silver Junggayan Barong Restoration

Greetings Folks!

Here is a restoration I did for someone recently. The piece is a junggayan ivory and silver barong with a Chinese smith's mark. It had a plain brass band in place of an okir/okil chased silver band.

I replaced it with a silver okir/okil silver band. Here are some before pictures.
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Old 27th February 2011, 10:13 PM   #2
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Here are the after pictures.

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Old 27th February 2011, 10:50 PM   #3
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Oh man, what a difference one band makes! Very nice work. It follows the original design very nicely. Good work!

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Old 27th February 2011, 10:54 PM   #4
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What can I say but more beautiful work by the master.

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Old 27th February 2011, 11:13 PM   #5
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Nice job !

I would patinate the silver wire a little as now it looks a little bit to overcleaned for my taste.
But the chase or repouse work on the band looks great.
How many hours did such a job take ?

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Old 27th February 2011, 11:56 PM   #6
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Your work is beautiful Jose, but frankly from my own aesthetic i prefer the way it looks in the original photo with plain brass band breaking up all that silver.
You did a great job matching the repousse work though.
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