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Art Deco Japanese Fukuro Obi
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Pre 1920 item# 540197 (stock# 18-28)
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A curving pumpkin-colored line sweeps down the 13-foot length of this early 20th century silk brocade Japanese obi. Triangular areas filled with brocaded curved shapes in metallic gold, blue, green and gray point in from the sides defining the path of the pumpkin-colored line. This most unusual and striking obi is constructed in the fukuro style, with the pattern covering sixty percent of the front side and the back fully covered in unpatterned pumpkin silk. Obi, the wide belt worn with traditio ...click for details
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Tibetan Painted Cabinet
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Pre 1900 item# 538845 (stock# 41-48)
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This early 19th century Tibetan cabinet is painted with flowers and foliage that revealed original deep colors as we painstakingly removed layers of soot from the surface. A combination of the high Himalayan climate and soot from yak butter lamps has the fortunate result of protecting colors on painted Tibetan furniture. The inside of this piece still retains the wonderful exotic odor of burning lamps. Each of the four doors is centered with a cartouche of red and purplish flowers nestled among ...click for details
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Korean Folk Painting, Framed
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Pre 1900 item# 532539 (stock# 53-47)
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A high ranking official rides a mythical chilin rendered as a wonderfully lumpy animal in this mid 19th century Chosen (Yi) Dynasty painting. The official carries incense and is followed by a servant carrying a staff. They travel on a cloud and have clouds in front of them. The work is unsigned, characteristic of Korean folk art, which was commissioned to represent a family's specific hopes for the future. The chilin was a badge of high rank as was the style of black hat worn by the official ...click for details
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Blue Glazed Pottery Jiangsu Jar
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Pre 1900 item# 515566 (stock# 60-36)
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A lovely speckled glaze of blue, violet and rich brown covers this 19th century utility jar from China's Jiangsu Province. Unlike much of the utility pottery from that time which was glazed in hurried, casual fashion allowing the glaze to run down in uneven drops toward the foot of the vessel, this piece was attended more carefully by the potter who ended the glaze in a precise line a few inches short of the foot. Glazed on the inside in a dull brown, the jar most likely was used for storing ...click for details
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Embroidered Silk Chinese Collar, Framed
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Pre 1900 item# 511168 (stock# 52-23)
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This large, striking 19th century Chinese embroidered silk collar from Shaanxi Province was made to be worn over a silk robe on festive occasions. The collar was created from 40 separate petal-shaped pieces of black silk fanned around a lined neck band. Outer petals are embroidered with 20 different colorful butterflies; inner petals have 20 different vases holding a variety of flowers. Backed with white silk and set within a traditional Asian frame, this costume piece from China's provincia ...click for details
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Rajput Silver Peacock Comb
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Pre 1920 item# 416134 (stock# 61-27)
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Two peacocks perch smartly atop this early 20th century silver comb from the state of Rajasthan in North India. The handle is a reservoir for scented oil dispensed in small amounts as the comb is drawn through the hair. A cap between the peacocks screws out to allow the handle cavity to be filled. Etchings, each centered with a different flower and surrounded by foliage, cover both sides of the handle. The peacocks, Hindu symbol of immortality, give this unusual piece the regal Rajasthani look. ...click for details
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Large, Sculptural Thai Naga
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Pre 1837 VR item# 396830 (stock# 39-38)
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Shimmering gold and blue tiles represent scales on this 200-year-old naga (sea dragon) from Thailand. Used as temple roof finials or in pairs at entrances to guard against evil spirits and natural disasters, the powerful, mystical naga are among the most revered Buddhist symbols in Thailand. With its soaring, curving form, this particular naga is especially sculptural. It shows the emerging outline of the sinuous Thai cho-fa, a simplified, streamlined shape that evolved from the naga. To make th ...click for details
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Chinese Trunk Painted with Opera Scenes
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Pre 1900 item# 395925 (stock# 60-66)
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Chinese opera scenes are painted on the sides and lid of this late 19th century Chinese trunk. The octagon shape of the container, traditional for Chinese shoe trunks, is echoed in the octagon-shaped borders on the paintings. Such trunks quite often had a background color of turquoise, the hue on this one, or of very dark green, although we have seen them in black and bright blue as well. The size of the trunk makes it suitable for use as an accent table. There is wear on the painted surface app ...click for details
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