MIAO TORQUE

because of the similarities with chinese minorities torques I think it could be usefull to show the Jos Daalder comments about this one and That I share :"

Hi Michel, - I remember seeing it before, of course, and now that you ask: yes, I think t is Miao, not Gujarat. It has a different strucure, which is less "voluptous", more 'thin" and "austere". The silver is also different (the Indian one being superior). I feel about 90% sure about this. I think the price is defensible in either case - possibly too cheap if it were Indian! - but personally I would advertise it as Miao. We've got both examples that I posted, and you can also compare the Miao type (of which we have two) in Truus's book, p. 244. Best wishes! Joost

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Marianne December 14, 2012 at 2:42pm

Miao??? it is not a Rabari Kutch torque ???? from India/Pakistan frontier ?
HALTER December 14, 2012 at 2:51pm

because of the similarities with chinese minorities torques I think it could be usefull to show the Jos Daalder comments about this one and That I share :"

Hi Michel, - I remember seeing it before, of course, and now that you ask: yes, I think t is Miao, not Gujarat. It has a different strucure, which is less "voluptous", more 'thin" and "austere". The silver is also different (the Indian one being superior). I feel about 90% sure about this. I think the price is defensible in either case - possibly too cheap if it were Indian! - but personally I would advertise it as Miao. We've got both examples that I posted, and you can also compare the Miao type (of which we have two) in Truus's book, p. 244. Best wishes! Joost
Patricia Deany December 14, 2012 at 3:32pm

Here is Joost's pic
Marianne December 16, 2012 at 1:40pm

.... I am not convinced ....... :-(

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