#27192 Pair of Antique Chinese Carved Window Screens with Figures

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List price: 1800.00

Price: 1250.00

Pair of Antique Chinese Carved Window Screens with Figures from the Ziang-Zhe area. The openwork on the top is elaborately carved with figures in a courtyard and inside a pavilion enclosed in an eight-sided floral form, further circled in a round geometric shape, flanked by twined vegetation with flying insects. All carved with one piece of wood inserted into the outside frame. The bottom half is created with one separate square shape of wood inserted into an open frame in the middle of the design, also carved with figures in the courtyard scene as well. Outside the squared center, the surrounding area is carved with twined floral design on four separate pieces of wood and inserted to the outer broad frame. In unfinished good condition. Estimated to be 150 years old or so. sold and priced as a pair. Dimensions for each Panel: 14 3/8" W x 37" H x 1 1/4"D

#27070 Antique Carved Horizontal Wooden Architectural Panel with Latticework

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List price: 2200.00

Price: 1350.00

Antique Carved Horizontal Wooden Architectural Panel with Latticework. This beautiful panel is hand-carved with intricate motives such as flower baskets (peace, harmony), temple vases with religious objects, jade or metal ornament with eternal knots, and four bats tied with ropes inside large medallions, all well executed in fine detail. In the middle is an empty space in an opened scroll design, together with the two large medallions, key shape latticework, and all the supporting small carvings forming the whole composition. This wooden work is in its original condition with traces of brown color pigment. Such panel with its precious intricate woodwork in a horizontal shape is rare and makes wonderful wall decoration or simply as part of a wonderful collection in Chinese woodwork. 150-250 years old. This piece is possibly part of an intricately carved architectural dwelling placed high on a wall structure. It serves both the needs for decoration and ventilation for an old residence. Dimensions: 42" L x 15 1/8" W x 1" D

#26942 Set of Four Antique Architectural Screens with Carved Characters

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Set of Four Antique Chinese Architectural Wooden Screens Carved with Characters of Four Seasons. This narrower set of tall antique architectural screen doors has beautiful well-executed carvings with traces of organic color pigments in blue, gray, and some red. The carved motives include fine and deep-relieved rocks, mountains, trees,landscapes, vegetation, as well as temple and religious objects, flowers and plants, auspicious fruits, and key designs, all very lovely carved. In the middle of the carving on each door, a character of spring, summer, fall, and winter (reading from right to left on the photo) is carved in a raised medallion circle. Imagine these screens with full colors in its elaborate carving during the time when they were made! Such screens were probably the center pieces of a greater architectural wooden walls composed of more panels. Estimated to be from 150-250 years old. Slightly refinished in clear lacquer coatings over the existing patina and the organic pigments made of precious minerals and vegetation. Dimensions for each screen: 13 1/4" W x 1 3/4" D x 90" H

#26748 Pair of Antique Chinese Posts with Carved Dragon Head with Original Colors

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List price: 4200.00

Price: 2400.00

Pair of Antique Chinese Posts with Carved Dragon Head with Original Colors. These stunning 19th century carved dragon were likely architectural posts or posts for temple objects. They still retain the beautiful and vivid old colors made from organic minerals and substances. One post has breakage at the bottom, otherwise, the carvings are in good condition. Dimensions: 27" H x 8" W x 2 1/2" D (Each)

#26527 Large Size Antique Square Lattice Window with Flower Basket Motif (SOLD)

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List price: 3400.00

Price: 1600.00

（清中到清晚雕吉祥花籃格子方窗）This larger size antique Chinese lattice window is made of a dense Chinese wood, likely a type of Chinese cedar. It has a rare and graceful lattice design of a flower basket in the middle of the window to bless a home or a building with the embedding meaning of "peace" or "harmony". The whole latticework is constructed by joining all the short thin wood rods or sticks together with Chinese traditional joinery without nails to form the desired shapes. The carved ornaments serve as supports for area latticework as well as for decorative purpose. The composed flower basket has a long arch shape handle with an up-side down auspicious bat underneath the top of the handle. Such bat motif and the placement of the bat with the object is not uncommon in Chinese art and evolves from a long river of Chinese tradition in art. Other carved auspicious symbols include Buddhist-hand fruit, peony flower, Ruyi or Ling-Zhi (the tiny cloud like carving), and others, as well as a male and a female figure. The entire latticework with its layered “steps” in design also embeds the longing within everyday life for a more prosperity future to come. This window is in excellent condition and will grace a wall of a home with its artistic and beautiful image! Estimated to be around 150 years old or so. Lightly refinished. Dimensions: 47 3/4" L x 49 1/4" H x 1 1/4" D

#26303 Pair of Antique Architectural Corbel Carvings of Deer and Ling-Zhi (SOLD)

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List price: 2400.00

Price: 1050.00

Pair of Antique Architectural Corbel Carvings of Deer and Ling-Zhi Medicinal Mushroom. With great expression and detail, the motif of a deer biting a Ling-Zhi mushroom is a traditional Chinese auspicious motif. Deer is a symbol of longevity, while Ling-Zhi is an expensive ingredient used in the traditional Chinese medicine to help to boost one's immune system and has been relished since ancient China for helping to cure the weak ones. There are some losses on the wood, otherwise, in general good condition. 150-200 years old. Dimensions for each piece: 12" L x 2 3/8" D x 20" H

#26268 Pair of Exceptional 17-18th Century Carved Chinese Screens with Bat Design

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Pair of Exceptional 17-18th Century Carved Chinese Screens with Bat Design. Theses screens are carved on both sides and finished in thick and soft lacquer. The large auspicious bat bits a knotted tassel from which a large "Qing" instrument is hung. "Qing" is an ancient instrument made of jade or stone to use in ceremony to strike for sound and has been used by both Buddhists and Daoists as well. The design is carved at the lower half of the screen usually constructed with a solid plain panel inserted in most cases. The inserted wood panels with carving appears to be made of a Chinese hardwood, probably Chinese walnut. The carving is done by relieving the outside area of the desired objects with a shallow depth to show the design itself-a technique called "Yang" style (of Ying and Yang) of carving. All the objects and lines are also carved in a bold and rounded lines and edges, also referred to as "Yuan Ke", Round style carving. Both styles also appear a lot on ancient Chinese architectural stone carving as wood and stone are two major materials used in ancient Chinese architecture. The Double-Diamonds design along the open space at the upper part of the screen symbolizes a harmonious relationship, be it a friendship, marriage, family, or among people. This symbol believes to have derived from an old hairpin from a female. We have four of these panels available, but can be purchased by pair. Dimensions for each screen: 19" L x 1 3/4" D x 89" H

#24826 Extra Large Size Carved Northern Chinese Wooden Lattice Door (SOLD)

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List price: 3000.00

Price: 1400.00

Extra Large Size Carved Northern Chinese Wooden Lattice Door with traces of original dark lacquer can be seen from the side and the back. The semi lattice pattern is carved out of one piece of wood rather than pegged. This simple looking door yet with great pattern can really show off well against a white wall with light coming through. 150 years old or older. Dimensions: 26 1/2" W x 2 1/2" D x88 3/4" H

#16767 Set of Four Tall Antique 17-18th Century Carved Lattice Doors with Rare Motives

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(明清早期雕玉壁花草吉祥圖案格子門）This is a rather interesting 17-18th century carved lattice screen door out of a set of four, all have been refinished in protective coats of clear lacquer at both the front and the back. The entire latticework is supported by small carved ornaments only, including small carved wood dowels. This type of structure, using carved ornaments as weight bearing supports, can also be seen in Chinese furniture pieces, such as the ornaments used in between a stretcher and a tabletop (See photo of table example). Such ornaments not only work to showcase the carver’s skill and to express the auspicious wishes for the users or for the home, but they also work as integral part of the structure, preventing a warp or a collapse through time. The ornaments here include Bi (path to eternity) with twisted knots, carved Shou (Longevity) character, four petals, simplified Ling-Zhi (medicinal mushroom), and various floral and vegetation designs. The actual latticework itself is composed of smaller sections of latticework with a common scrolled or key design that is carved in beaded lines with simplified dragon, created by joining small pieces of wood dowels through tongues-and-grooves without nails. In the photos one can see the small carved wooden parts all around the four sides of the scrolled or key shaped latticework that are created separately and joined to the large lattice structure. The twisted knots have a unique look to the way they are created and connected to the other wooden parts. Price shown is for the set of four. Dimensions for each screen: 24 1/5” W x 102 ¼” H x 2 ¼” D.

#25257b Small Ming Dynasty Carved Architectural Relics of A Hare (SOLD)

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List price: 565.00

Price: 345.00

This Small Ming Dynasty Carved Wood Architectural Relics of A Hare like mythical animal came from an old building. Its exotic dramatic and bold expression is typical from the period. One sees the bulging round body looks as if it's ready to take off anytime! Some small losses in wood. As is. Estimated to be from the 16-17th century. Dimensions: 7 3/4" L x 4 3/4" W x 6 1/2" H (when positioned in photo1)

#22533 Antique Architectural Carving of a Dragon Chilin with Traces of Gilt (SOLD)

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List price: 820.00

Price: 385.00

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

#13047 Pair of Antique Carved Architectural Door or Window Panels

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List price: 595.00

Price: 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: