#31339 Rare Antique Ming Style Bench Style Wooden Pillow Rest

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List price: 465.00

Price: 365.00

Rare Antique Ming Style Bench Style Wooden Pillow Rest. This wonderful older pillow bench is beautifully constructed with an early style joinery and design, with a curved stretcher parallel to its curved single-board top and the spandrels joining the top and the long stretcher below. Traces of the old black lacquer can still be seen on the wood surface. Made of northern Elm, Yu wood. Over 100 year sold and older. Dimensions: 11 1/2" L x 5 3/4" W x 5 1/4" H

#31338 Antique Lacquered Open Style Willow Woven Basket

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List price: 585.00

Price: 435.00

Antique Lacquered Open Style Willow Woven Basket. this early 20th century willow woven basket still retains such excellent color and lacquer finish! its thick lacquer is composed of many layers of wet-sanding hand-sanded lacquer finish to eventually build up a lasting thick layer for the durability of the basket for a lifetime use. The bright red color came from organic mineral compound. Such basket likely was sued for personal daily convenient use, such as storing the working embroidered tools or personal makeup tools, etc. Dimensions: 13 1/2" x 13 1/2" x 3 3/4" H

#31336 Antique Larger Size Lacquered Paper Mache Wine Jar with Double Spouts

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List price: 650.00

Price: 465.00

Antique Larger Size Lacquered Paper Mache Wine Jar with Double Spouts. Lids are remade. Applying lacquer to the surface of woodwork or art objects has a long history in Chinese art. It supposedly goes back to as long as almost seven thousand years ago when unearthed ware was found in China to have bore lacquer color! This ancient technique of using lacquer to hold food or liquid is still being produced today in China in many types of objects for various purposes, such as preventing water from damaging the objects, prolonging the durability of objects produced (such as on woodwork), and also to enhance the artistic appearance of the objects. This lacquered wine jar with many layers of paper mache work which formed its body as a vessel has an unique appeal for its texture and aged surface. One can use it as a flower vase with a small glass tube insert, or simply appreciate its artistic sculptural quality as an art object. Early 20th century. Dimensions: 12" L x 4" W x 7 1/4" H

# 31334 Antique Red Lacquered Dressing table with Drawres and Lift Style Top

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List price: 950.00

Price: 650.00

Antique Red Lacquered Dressing table with Drawers and a Lift Style Top. Underneath the top is a shallow storage space like a tray. This lovely dressing table/chest is missing a mirror where the top wooden panel unfolds. It has beautiful old red lacquer remaining on various spots on the box. This box looks like was made of nice Chinese walnut hardwood. The two sides of the box are fitted with original thick old brass handles, making it easy to carry it around. This box makes a wonderful jewelry storage box. Some replacements of hardware and wood in the drawers. Late 19-early 20th century. Dimensions: 8 1/2" x 12 1/4" (base) x 7 1/2" H

#31332 Miniature Antique Bamboo Woven Basket with Lid and Hand-Forged Old Brass

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List price: 365.00

Price: 275.00

Beautiful Rare Miniature Size Intricately Woven Bamboo Basket with Lid and Fabulous Hand-Forged Old Brass Fitting. In excellent condition. Late 19-early 20th century. Dimensions: 5 3/4" Diameter x 6" H

#31379 Old Chinese Peking Glass Snuff Bottle with Raised Carp Design and Carved Calligrpahy

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List price: 3000.00

Price: 2200.00

Very unusual old snuff bottle made of Peking glass in dark yellow color with raised carving of four carps swimming among lotus plants on one side. The other side is carved into the bottle with two carps and two catfish on the top with two poetic calligraphy phrases depicting the festive image in a Daoist theme. No lid. Possibly Early 20th century. "Peking glass" was a popular material used a lot for snuff bottle. It is actually composed of minerals from the mine that was said to have long been shut down by the Chinese government years ago. This unusual dark yellow color might have suggested that the artisan was trying to imitate the precious yellow Shou-Shan stone Tian-Huang （田黃). Such use of this material to imitate a more precious stone or simply another material was a common trend for the artisans then to compete in their skill and showed off the finished product as an art object. Dimensions: 2" L x 1 1/8" W x 2 3/8" H

#31212 Children's Size Antique Chinese Silver Locket with Carved Calligraphy and Floral Design

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List price: 110.00

Price: 89.00

Children's Size Antique Chinese Silver Locket with Carved Calligraphy and Floral Design. Price shown is for one. Dimensions: 1 5/8" x 5/8" x 7/8" H (lighter one) and 1 1/4" x 1/2" x 3/4" H (darker one)

#31049 Antique Chinese Silver Enameled Nail Cover

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List price: 150.00

Price: 115.00

Antique Chinese Silver Enameled Nail Cover, possibly from the late Qing Dynasty. One side is made with a frog and cascading auspicious motives. The other side has intricate openwork with blossoms on a long wavy branch. A nail cover was used to cover a long nail from breaking easily and was a symbol of status way back then. Dimensions: 3/4" x 5/8" x 3 3/4" L

#29405 Medium-Large Shard Box with Antique Blue-and-white Porcelain Shard

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List price: 58.00

Price: 46.00

Medium-Large Shard Box with Antique Blue-and-white Porcelain Shard, Peony over Large Rock Table. Dimensions:

#31046 Pair of Small Antique Hand-Painted Imari Teacups with Gilt Design

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List price: 130.00

Price: 95.00

This pair of Slightly larger Antique Imari Teacups with a Gilt Design is hand-painted with an intense blue with some orange red and gilt colors. These lovely cups with scalloped edges are painted with a large crane hovering over waves and pine tree inside an open-window. One cup has a chip at the bottom rim of the cup. Otherwise in good condition. Late 19-early 20th century. Price shown is for the pair. Dimensions for each cup: