In the pics it looks pretty good, I think.

But in hand all sorts of doubts surfaced.

- the circular mark is worn in a weird way.
- several small surfaces are flat which should be rounded.
-the lines on the base look careless.
-the patina is weird.
-there is a white patch of something under the bird on one side where one would expect dust or dirt had it been cleaned.

Am I paranoid? Did somebody clean it too zealously?

This fake H1B was posted by Siam Rare Books on his fb page.
Interesting to compare with the circulat mark on the H1A.

Hi Michael,

Thanks for the reply and good illustrative pics.
I forget the exact weight. It was 5 tical and the number of grams raised no questions. It was fine.

I'm always bothered by these pieces, actually. But your's are very nice especially the nostrils one.

Do you ever consider H1B's preceded H1A's?

For the record I know nothing about art history or placing items on continuums according to their design elements.

Here's a recently acquired 10 tical piece which I bought instead of the H1A which started this thread. Better circular stamp and I like the underside of the tail being enclosed!

Once again apologies for late reply.
Cheers
Philip

In honour of the recent site upgrade, here are some more H1B pics which is one of my favourite forms. I hope other members will post pics of their H1B pieces too.
Bases of 20,10,5.

20

10 tical tail

20 tical tail

Here's the 5 shown with a 20 tical beast. Look how the colour of the lacquers exactly matches despite their being separated by how many 100 yrs!

Here's a prospect not yet purchased but I think it's quite a good one despite the wear and tear.
703 gms and I think it's slightly later than the previous H1B's posted basis the later style underside of the tail and more pronounced kink in the line of the tail.