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The above benchmark amulet is for comparative study on the image organs' transformation.
The head is smaller. The lower chest begins to be fully filled. The image's upper left arm stretches longer, the space between the arm and the body is wider. The arm belt looks like a wine glass.
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Comparative Study On Transformations
The 7-tiered Somdej Keschaiyo has many spots for authentication checking, such as the head stem, head, ears, chest and arm belt etc. The arm belt is the most important spot. Arm belts of the amulets look similarly but they are really subtly different in shape. If we understand it thoroughly, we could differentiated the fakes and the real effectively. Many times that Somdej Keschaiyos have been errorneously judged in amulet competitions--the real became fake and the fakes became real--due to unqualified judges. In a recent competition, a Somdej Keschaiyo was wrongly judged--again. The real-judge-fake amulet was later bought by a highly authoritative veteran collector who are not involved in competition circle.
The arm belt is in circular shape. Please notice that a sharp-point end of the image's upper left hand is still be seen.
The head is smaller and the neck is longer. The image's right arm is a circular arc and closer to the body. The space between the image's left arm and body is wider.
More transformation developments: the chest is wider, the arm belt is more flat and looks like a symmetrical wine glass.
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