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Miniature Shan Hsun ok Lacquer Offering Bowls
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Pre 1900 item# 900059 (stock# 57-53)
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Three 19th century miniature Shan offering vessels are made of wood and lacquered to mimic the large hsun-ok bowls used in Burma to carry food offerings to monasteries. Miniature hsun-ok were used primarily on home shrines, placed in front of the family’s Buddha image with offerings of flowers and other small items. Replicating the variety in design and hue of the large full size red lacquer offering vessels, these little hsun-ok are yet another look at the care lavished by Burmese artisans on l ...click for details
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Chinese Teacup Box with Dragon Handle
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Pre 1900 item# 886456 (stock# 60-27)
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This red lacquered wood teacup box from 19th century provincial China has an especially pleasing shape and patina. Happy looking dragons hold the tall handle in their mouths, and at the center are two robed figures holding streamers. The handle, carved both on front and back, folds down for compact storage. Boxes such as this, used throughout China to store small teacups, were handmade, hand carved and generally lacquered red, the Chinese color of joy. We never have seen two of these boxes exa ...click for details
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Carved Teak Sumatra Textile Hanger
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Pre 1960 item# 859642 (stock# 23-59)
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Designed to display ceremonial weavings, this teak wood hanger from Sumatra is carved into a sinuous pattern of swirling vines. A slot below the pierced carving allows thin cloth to be slipped through so that the carved vines act as a headpiece or crown for the fabric. The dark honey-toned Indonesian teak and the organic feel of the carving complement a variety of collectible textiles, providing they are not too thick to be pulled easily through the slot. The hanger is shown in photographs here ...click for details
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Carved Teak Shan Naga Protector
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Pre 1960 item# 855906 (stock# 12-08)
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The well-defined scales on this carved teak wood naga from the Shan people of northeast Burma are an example of the intricate detailing they achieve with skilled applications of “thayo,” lacquer thickened with bone ash. Each scale is made of a thin coil of thayo painstakingly applied to the teak carving. Carving on the face, tail and winged feet also is enhanced with thayo, which dries to the hardness and durability of wood and, indeed, cannot be distinguished from wood. The naga, dragon or serp ...click for details
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Mirror with 19th Century Chinese Fretwork Panel
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Pre 1900 item# 855585 (stock# 58-25)
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Finely carved and fitted fretwork in this 19th century Chinese interior window panel is emphasized by the addition of a mirror. The abstract winged shapes surround a circle that seems to float within the fretwork. Many thousands of different fretwork patterns such as this were created in China for use as architectural or decorative elements. The hand carved wood pieces on this panel and on all antique Chinese fretwork are closely fitted and held together in a puzzle-like fashion without glue or ...click for details
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Moon Cake Molds with Auspicious Symbols
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Pre 1970 item# 804404 (stock# 10-55)
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Handcarved wood molds used in making rice cakes for Chinese celebrations at New Year and the first full moon conveyed a family’s hopes for good fortune in the coming year. On this set of three, special wishes for wealth are expressed with carvings of coins, for joy with the butterfly shapes, for abundance with fish, and for protection with dragons. The rice cakes themselves, whether made with such special molds or just patted into round or oval shapes, carry a symbolic meaning of peace, harmony ...click for details
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Marble in Carved Wood Frame Late Qing
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Pre 1900 item# 799708 (stock# 58-30)
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Excellent pierced carving of leaves and scrolling surrounds a circular piece of marble in this late 19th century Chinese piece. Marble gazing was somewhat like cloud gazing in Qing Dynasty China, when pieces of "pictorial" marble were set into furniture and hung on walls as art. Patterns in the marble veins were said to resemble mountains, water scenes, or auspicious flowers and birds. This piece, with its beautifully carved hardwood frame, looks quite Victorian and is in very good con ...click for details
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