Ancient Artifacts Antiquities Repair & Restoration
The statues arrived in chunks, pieces and little fragments. Careful piecing, gluing and retouching was needed for a successful repair.
This antique Chinese statue of a horse was badly damaged in shipping – the back legs and the rider broke off. I glued and repaired the broken legs and body, then filled, smoothed, and touched up the repairs.
Ancient Han Dynasty 206 bce – 220ce Chinese tomb pottery. This tablet was badly damaged and shattered, careful repairs were needed to achieve the fully restored result. The tablet arrived in a blanket, in pieces.
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Clay Chinese Horse – Missing Foot Made & Restored To Original Shape & Color
Chinese Clay Horse Restored
Clay Chinese Horse – Missing Foot Made & Restored To Original Shape & Color
A full restoration: repaired from worm and beetle damage, and restored finish.
This mirror arrived from Maison Felice, a client in Palm Desert, in boxes of broken pieces to be repaired and reassembled.
Here is the letter they wrote me, and there is a scan of it in the picture gallery below.
Completely restored mirror, installed in Maison Felice, Palm Desert CA
A Rancho Mirage antique restoration client wanted me to repair a medieval mirror. The mirror frame was gilded and in the 14th-Century gothic style. The frame was broken into pieces and had to be fixed and reassembled.
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Gothic Mirror – Mirror securely attached in frame.
