• #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

  • #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

  • #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

  • #22533 Antique Architectural Carving of a Dragon Chilin with Traces of Gilt

    Corbel Carving & Other Decorative & Collectibles ...

    820.00

    420.00

    Antique Architectural Carving of a Dragon Chilin with Traces of Gilt. This wonderful creature with a sculptural quality has great expression. Its carving is executed in good detail with a bold manner. The back of the carving has a Chinese government's antique wax seal. Minor losses. 150-250 years old. As is. Dimensions: 14" L x 7" H x 4 1/2" D

  • #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

  • #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

  • #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”

  • #13047 Pair of Antique Carved Architectural Door or Window Panels

    Small Architectural Carving Decorative & Collectibles ...

    595.00

    435.00

    (一對清中早期建築門窗木雕片)This pair of antique carved panels are part of a much larger set of old Chinese architectural doors or windows. The small rectangular wooden panels are carved with a variety of vessels in different shapes, including various vases holding different flowers and vegetation, as well as other auspicious objects such as Ruyi (如意), Ling-Zhi branch (靈芝) , Buddhist's hand fruits (佛手瓜) , and an unique drinking vessel with handle in the shape of a pomegranate fruit (石榴) with seeds exposed. The carvings are created in a deep-relieved (陽刻) style, Yang style. The abundant vessels are arranged in a “full” composition with the emphasized shapes of the vessels that stand out to impress the viewers. Such creation is often intended to show off the character of the building and the social status of a prosperous family living in the building who possessed plenty of wealth and power. This type of design in woodworking was quite popular during the early Qing and throughout most of the Qing period. Carvings on old Chinese architectural woodwork best describe the development of Chinese social changes and cultural favorites through different dynasties and periods as they reflect trends and philosophy rendered by both ordinary people and the wealthy class. The outer new frames were created to match the carvings for displaying. In Chinese culture, vase in general symbolizes “peace” or “harmony” while pomegranate represents “fertility”, “generations to come”. Dimensions for each panel: 6 7/8" W x 16 ½" L. Dimensions:

  • #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"

  • #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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