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#21697 Good Framed Antique Embroidery Fragment with Auspicious Carp
Decorative and Collectible Decorative & Collectibles ...
520.00
365.00
This beautiful Framed Antique silk Embroidery Fragment is stitched with many auspicious motives including carp, pomegranate, peach, and others. Carp is a symbol of "plentiful", as well as a career wish for a young man to advance in court. This embroidery work might have been a cut-off from a large robe. It is in excellent condition though looks faded that might have been due to its age. 19th century or earlier. Dimensions: 26 1/8" H x 11 1/8" W x 7/8" D
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#23764 Beautiful Signed Antique Silk Embroidery of Pink Peony and Red Berries
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900.00
675.00
Beautiful Signed Antique Silk Embroidery of Pink Peony and Red Berries in excellent condition. New frame. Signed with Wang-Mu-Lan stitches. Possibly from early 20th century. It is rare to find an old embroidery work with signature which would totally justified for the exquisite though simple presentation of this work. Dimensions: 17 1/2" x 13 1/2" x 1 1/2"(w frame)
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#23665 Antique Bamboo Woven Red Lacquer Wedding Basket with Lid and Handle
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800.00
650.00
Larger Size Antique Bamboo Woven Red Lacquer round Wedding Basket with Lid and Handle with woven "Double-Happiness" character on the lid. With original organic red color pigment made from precious mineral compound. In excellent original condition without additional finish. Late 19t-early 20th century. This is a really beautiful good antique basket that is well worth to add to your fine collection! Dimensions: 14 1/4" Diameter x 11 1/4" H
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#9894 Framed Antique Silk Embroidered Ornament with Stuffed Cotton
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1300.00
820.00
Framed Antique Silk Embroidered Ornament with Cut-Out Designs of butterfly, bird, and blossoms and branches with stuffed Cotton inside to give it a sculptural quality . This beautiful ornament is dyed and painted in beautiful organic pastel colors and is in excellent condition! The matting is slightly stained. New frame. Late 19-early 20th century. Dimensions: 33 1/2" L x 12" W (with frame)
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#23059 Antique Scholar's Stationery Box Made of Exotic Chinese Hardwood
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585.00
420.00
Antique Scholar's Stationery Box Made of Exotic Chinese Mahogany grade of Hardwood with an elegant begonia shaped old brass plates. This quality box is constructed with all rounded corners and edges with the bottom also made of the same hardwood. Such box was used for a sholar's desktop to hold stationery or personal items. It is also often used to keep important paper work like invitations. Late 19th to early 20th century. In good condition. Dimensions: 12" L x 6 3/8" W x 2 3/8" H
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#14009 Antique Small Architectural Carved Panel of A Female Immprtal and Auspicious Carp
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320.00
110.00
Antique Small Architectural Carved Panel of A Female Immortal with Auspicious Carp and various temple objects. It is made of a dense hardwood that might be camphor. It has been refinished in a thick clear lacquer finish. Over 100 years old. Dimensions: 20 1/2" L x 7" W
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#23108 Vintage Lamp Made with Antique Chinese Blue-and-White Porcelain Vase
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320.00
245.00
Vintage Lamp Made with Antique Chinese Blue-and-White Porcelain Vase. The export style vase is painted with plum blossom branches and fitted with a carved wooden base. Although this type of vase might be still being produced, this vase is likely from the late 19-early 20th century. Dimensions: base of the vase is 6 1/2" in diameter, the height of the vase is 11" (without base) and 24" high with the shade.
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#22779 Vintage Fujian Style Lacquered Bamboo Woven Basket with Gilt Painting
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250.00
115.00
Vintage Fujian Style Lacquered Bamboo Woven Basket with Lid and Gilt Painting. This striking black-and-red painted basket was used for a festive occasion and is in excellent condition with all the thick lacquer application and woven bamboo mesh. The lid is painted with a repeated and combined Ru-Yi (to-your-wish) and pomegranate (fertility; prosperity) design with auspicious bird, bamboo, and vegetation painted in gilt. 20th century. Dimensions: 12 1/8" L x 11 1/4" W x 11 3/4" H
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#23107 Rare Antique Square Black Lacquer Wood Box with Fine Woven Bamboo Mesh
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2200.00
1250.00
Rare Antique Square Black Lacquer Wood Box with Fine Woven Bamboo Mesh and a cut-out auspicious coin design inside. This beautiful box with its thick lacquer and fine weave has a thicker wood frame and an elegant double-ribbed style corner on the four sides and on both the lid and the bottom container with four elevated feet. The design of the box keeps the inside object away from the ground level or from touching a table top and provides a ventilation with its cut-out coin design inside. The original use of the box is unknown, but the bottom part of the container is constructed with a shallower rim which might have suggested that the box was used to contain objects that can be easily viewed, along with its laboring creation of the work, thus, a presentation box or a ceremonial box for special occasion could make sense. Possibly from the 18-19th century. Dimensions: 10" x 10" x 4" H
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#12974 Old Chinese Papaer Mache Lacquered Tea Storage Jar with Lid
Decorative and Collectible Decorative & Collectibles ...
585.00
365.00
This old Chinese paper mache lacquered jar was created by molding together layers of manuscript paper as the frame and applied with black lacquer over the frame before painting a design on the finished surface. So, the jar is very light in weight. The use of the lacquer sealed the jar and prevented the air from entering. Thus, made it ideal to store object in an air tight space to preserve the kept object for a longer lasting period. Such use of lacquer has a very long history in Chinese art, dating back to six or seven thousand years ago when lacquer was applied to food or drink ware to prevent the liquid from leaking. The technique is still being used in China today in its varying ways with different materails and for different types of objects. The lacquer used for these wares, 漆，(pronounced Qi, like the universal energy Qi, but with a different character) came from the sap, the juice, of the Qi tree (漆樹）that is native to China and Southeast Asia. This storage jar is boldly painted with bright colors, including red, yellow, and green, showing the charming and more carefree character often found on folk art objects. This jar is likely from the early 20th century and from the Shanxi area in northern China. Dimensions: 9” Diameter (the widest part) x 9 3/4” H
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#22867 Antique Footed narcissus Bowl in Rare Begonia Flower Shape with Rare Painted Motives
Decorative and Collectible Decorative & Collectibles ...
1300.00
820.00
Antique Footed Narcissus Bowl in Rare Begonia Flower Shape with Rare Painted Motives. This beautiful mid 19th century Blue-and-White bowl was used to plant and hold the narcissus flower by burying the bulbs with the rocks and sand and watering until they blossomed. The delicately painted patterns on the bowl is quite interesting and beautiful with rare motives such as leaves look like from the lily plants and some fully blossomed five-petal flowers with extended spikes and swirls at the edge of the flowers, among the more common "twined" flower design. The wax seal at the bottom of the planter/ bowl is the antique seal proof provided by the Chinese government's Relics department. A footed vessel is often considered a more elegant design in Chinese porcelain ware. Some very minor losses on the glaze and the rim of the bowl as well as old scratches inside the bowl, otherwise in excellent condition. Dimensions: 7 3/8" x 5 1/2" x 1 1/2" H
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#22862 Very Rare Small Antique Red Lacquer Oval Tea Carrying Cask
Decorative and Collectible Decorative & Collectibles ...
850.00
585.00
（清代全木雕小紅漆素面嫁妝手提圓茶桶）Very Rare Small Antique Red Lacquer Oval Tea Carrying Cask. Unlike most other different styles of tea cask which are often made of sections of wood and pegged together with wood pegs and wrapped with metal bands outside to further secure the wood strips from falling apart after years of use and at different climates sometimes, this little gem is hand-carved out of one piece of wood with a thick body frame, perfectly shaped, to ensure its lasting use with the thoughtful and generous expense from a bride's family as part of the bride's dowry set. This smaller than usual tea cask was created for a bride in the Ningbo/ Zhiang-Zhe area, south of Yangtze river, where traditionally the best woodworkers gathered and worked to show off their best craftsmanship and fine materials used. This tea cask has been well treasured with its vibrant red pigment made of precious organic mineral still vivid and intact after many years. There are a couple small cracks on the body of the bucket that had developed through time, but they are not too noticeable. The handle is also missing a wooden locking bar on the left side that secure the handle to the bucket. The inside of the cask had been repainted in a darker finish, so it is hard to see what kind of wood it might be made of. The wood looks like it could be a Huali or a special Chinese cedar type of dense wood with large fine grain with its weight. This is a late 19 to early 20th century piece. Dimensions: 8 1/2" x 7" x 10 1/2" H
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