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#25138 Pair of Antique Black Lacquer Wooden Couplet Panels with Gilt Calligraphy Poem
Decorative and Collectible Specialty Item Decorative & Collectibles ...
2500.00
1400.00
Pair of Antique Black Lacquer Wooden Couplet Panels with Gilt Calligraphy Poem. Comes with old metal hangers. The long plaques are shaped slightly rounded as supposedly flat but they hang just fine. The signed calligraphy poem depicts a life philosophy, possibly from an owner of a studio or a large hall room, in that the calligrapher expresses an attitude of enjoying good scenery and good life while being creative in writing and reading to know the life's past and present. These plaques were refinished in clear lacquer over its old black lacquer and gilt writing. Chinese couplet writing is a special genre of its own art and is significant for both Chinese literati and Chinese culture when it comes to home and architecture when auspicious meaning or life philosophy were expressed through seen writing in the most prominent way in daily life. The couplet are hung on the two sides of doors or separately and oppositely to each other in a larger room like a formal gathering hall or living room. The characters often correspond to each other in word-by-word or phrase-by-phrase manner and are important to form the whole meaning of the poem together. They are also often written rhythmically when read. One finds the life philosophy of the owner or the scholar, or the element of prosperity of the people who resided in the building. Dimensions for each: 72" L x 12 1/4" W
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#24843 Rare Antique Hand-Painted and Signed Blue-and-White Porcelain Pillow Square
Decorative and Collectible Decorative & Collectibles ...
1300.00
850.00
A Very Rare Antique Hand-Painted and Signed Blue-and-White Porcelain Pillow Square. This one has very unusual painted motives of a wonderful buffalo on one side, while the other side is painted with several rabbits or hares. Other painted motives include scrolls, leaf, and and vegetation. It has the cutout design of an auspicious double-coin design on one side, with the opposite side bearing two rows of signature, each composed of two characters. Comes with Chinese government's antique waxed seal. 19th century. This is truly an unusual and beautiful one! Dimensions: 5 5/8" L x 2 5/8" W x 4 1/2" H
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#24713 Set of Six Finely Painted Satsuma Cups and Saucers with Floral Vegetation
Decorative and Collectible Decorative & Collectibles ...
420.00
320.00
Set of Six Finely Painted Satsuma Cups and Saucers with Floral Vegetation. Signed at the bottom. Early 20th century. Minor Stains on some, otherwise good condition. These delicately painted tea wares are perfect for the spring! Dimensions:
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#24824 Beautiful Old Willow Woven Grain Basket with Old Yellow Lacquer and Calligraphy
Decorative and Collectible Decorative & Collectibles ...
685.00
465.00
This Beautiful Old Willow Woven Grain Basket with Old Yellow Lacquer and Calligraphy has a lot of character. It still retains the original cloth rim as well as an old Chinese coin on the handles. This one has beautiful worn patina on everything and the calligraphy is old rather than newly written. the beautiful old yellow color pigment is also original rather than repainted. This is the best example of the style of willow basket. It sure will grace your home and add that artistic touch to your home! Earlier 20h century. Dimensions: 16 1/4" x 14 3/4" x 22" H
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#24909 Small Antique Yu Wood Pillow Bench
Bench and Stool Decorative and Collectible Decorative & Collectibles ...
240.00
165.00
This is a real sweet small bench style pillow rest made of northern Chinese elm (Yu wood) with excellent patina and refinished with real tree lacquer over the existing aged finish. Late 19-early 20th century. Makes a wonderful decorative or collectible piece! Dimensions: 11 3/4" x 4 3/4" x 6 3/4" H
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#24822 Old Oval Shape Tea Ware Storage Box Repainted in Yellow Lacquer
Decorative and Collectible Decorative & Collectibles ...
240.00
220.00
This Old Oval Shape Tea Ware Storage Box Repainted in Yellow Lacquer came from the Ningbo area. The local people used it for storing tea wares or other personal items. Its two side handles and light weight wood make it easy to carry around. this box is made of sectional wood planks cut from wood trunk and joined together with wood pegs, then, wrapped with several twisted bamboo bands. The old metal latch is still intact. This box opens from the top with a half-shaped lifting style door. Its bright yellow color sure to brighten a winter day! In good condition. Dimensions: 15 3/4" x 11 1/2"x 10" H
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#24513 Antique Ming Style Hardwood Low Display Stand with Curved Scroll Feet
Decorative and Collectible Decorative & Collectibles ...
1150.00
465.00
Antique Ming Style Hardwood Low Display Stand with Curved Scroll Feet. Repaired. A hardwood stand like this was used to display scholar's tabletop objects, such as calligraphy writing objects and was created with a lower height for the purpose. It can also be used as a base stand for other larger art object. Dimensions: 11" x 8" x 2 1/4" H
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#24551 Medium-Large Size Shard Box w Antique Porcelain Shard, Polychrome
Decorative and Collectible Tea Room and Gift Decorative & Collectibles ...
130.00
78.00
Medium-Large Size Shard Box w Antique Porcelain Shard, Polychrome, rare and beautiful hand-painted motif with a Shou-Lao (Longevity God), longevity deer, and a female immortal holding flowers, all in beautiful colors and details. These silver-plated copper boxes were made in the 80's and 90's, but the inlaid porcelain shards are all over 100 years old from the broken antique Chinese vases and jars. No tow are exactly the same.They are fun to collect and make beautiful gifts! Dimensions: 7" x 4 7/8" x 2 1/4" H
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#24499 Pair of Early Chinese Silver or Geese Ornaments
Decorative and Collectible Decorative & Collectibles ...
585.00
365.00
(清代純銀手工鳥形墜飾一對) A pair of very unusual hand-made antique Chinese silver ornaments of ducks or geese. 19th century or older. (The background is an antique “Na Sha” style embroidered court badge with a wild goose, 4th ranking.) Dimensions for each ornament (without the chain) : 1 5/8” x 1 1/4” x 1/4”
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#24432 Antique Silk Embroidery Square, Dragon Fish
Decorative and Collectible Decorative & Collectibles ...
165.00
120.00
Antique Silk Embroidery Square, Dragon Fish. Dimensions: 13 1/4" x 10 3/4"
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#23918 Set of Four Antique Painted Tall Cabinet Door Panels
Decorative and Collectible Decorative & Collectibles ...
850.00
450.00
These four door panels came from a four-door wide cabinet from the late 19-early 20th century period from the Jiang-Zhe/ Ningbo area. They are all original paintings painted with organic color pigments made from minerals and vegetation. These paintings with lovely colors depict operatic scenes of stories with figures at the top; the bottoms are painted with two Fu-lions in the middle and two auspicious vases with flowers (peace and harmony) on the outer panels. The fitting are the original old brass fitting with lotus pod motif. These panels can make an impressive wall hanging or cover to warm up the whole room! As is. Price is for the set. Dimensions for each panel: 10 1/2" W x 42 1/2" L
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#24438 Old Chinese Accountant's Calligraphy Book-Keeping Manuscript
Decorative and Collectible Decorative & Collectibles ...
150.00
95.00
Old Chinese Accountant's Calligraphy Book-Keeping Manuscript from 1932. The upper left calligraphy reads "The Boston Manufactory". The middle vertical line reads "HR department or Wage department (1st character "tea", second character "fair, money, or cost"). The right vertical lines reads "Republic 20th year, last month of the year, etc." Dimensions: 12 3/4" L x 5 3/4" W x 1/2" D
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