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#KNI-01 Rare Antique Set of Six Kesi Style Silk Woven Bamboo Screens
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This set of six antique bamboo screens were stitched with silk threads that are thinner than human hair in the woven Kesi textile style over the finely split bamboo sticks that are made of special type of bamboo called “Xiang-Fe-Zhu ” with beautiful varying natural dark spots like tears on the bamboo itself (which gives its bamboo name). Although Chinese have long been using bamboo to carved or to write words as a way to record events, such screens are rarely seen with the beautiful natural old patina from the aged bamboo surface as the back drop showing the beautiful colors used on the stitched or wrapped silk threads dyed with natural organic color pigments made from ground minerals and vegetation. Gold foils were applied to some areas. Four of the stitched (woven) pictures or images on the screens depict different historical events or stories. Two of the screens were stitched with calligraphy names only and one of them also has a stitched seal showing the reign mark of the Qiang-Long. This incredibly rare and fine art work should be preserved and restored. Shown in photos are two screens out of a set of six.
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#KNI-02 Pair of Massive Size Exceptionally Woven Bamboo Baskets
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Pair of massive size old Chinese bamboo baskets intricately woven and painted in gilt. Such baskets were probably used as a dowry for the bride.
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#KNI-09 A Small Antique Bamboo Woven Basket with Lacquer Decoration and Inlay
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This small antique Chinese bamboo woven basket that has been lacquered inside as well as decorated with lacquer on the lid is a fine example of old Chinese bamboo woven ware with a root that goes a long way back to the traditional culture. This bamboo basket is part of Shen's Special Collection in Knitted Bamboo Ware. Chinese started to use woven bamboo wares, along with woven wares made of tree branches or special grass, since 7000 years ago out of the necessity to store additional food hunted, clothing, and personal properties. Then, it was discovered that a woven basket could hold the water or wet food by smearing some dirt or clay onto it. Eventually, with the more modernization and industrialization, fired pottery without bamboo or wooden frame became widely popular for the sake of convenience. Hence, the production of bamboo and other woven wares declined. However, in some areas in China, this tradition of using woven bamboo and clay to make container or basket is still being practiced, except that the clay had been substituted with thick lacquer material instead. Sometimes other material and technique such as paper mache was also used with lacquer for these containers or baskets. In some other area in China, especially south of Yangtze river, lacquer was more used to strengthen the durability of the bamboo basket and to enhance the look. However, this basket is from the south.
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