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Mongolian Feng Li Scholar Stone
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Pre 1960 item# 816112 (stock# 60-01)
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Silk Road Gallery
(203) 208-0771
$500
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This feng li (wind cut) viewing stone with its wonderful other-worldly surface is from Alashan Zuo Qi on the western end of China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. There in the Gobi Desert, the dry winds and blowing sand shape stones with molten, craggy surfaces unlike those of scholar stones collected anywhere else in China. This one, called "The Old Man" by its previous owner, can indeed reveal with a little imagination a bent figure with a large and drooping head, his chin res ...click for details
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Carved Wood Rice Cake Molds
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Pre 1940 item# 788174 (stock# 10-57)
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Silk Road Gallery
(203) 208-0771
$150
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Handcarved wooden 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 four, special wishes for abundance are expressed with carvings of fish, symbolizing plenty, regeneration and harmony. 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 and the family circle. Also called moon ...click for details
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Chinese Filial Honor Folk Woodcut
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Pre 1980 item# 786953 (stock# 01-25)
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Silk Road Gallery
(203) 208-0771
$350
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Filial respect, a cornerstone of Chinese culture, is portrayed in this woodblock print from the Huxian painting community in Shaanxi Province. Although sometimes attributed solely to Confucian thought, filial piety has been of paramount importance within all belief systems in China and throughout most other Asian countries as well. There is charm and nostalgia in this glimpse back into China's not very distant past. The woodcut was produced in a rural painting cooperative that was one of abo ...click for details
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Chinese Eight Fish Snuff Bottle
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Pre 1970 item# 710691 (stock# 54-35)
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Silk Road Gallery
(203) 208-0771
$130
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An amber-colored snuff bottle has carvings of eight fish, auspicious Chinese symbols of wealth, abundance, freedom and harmony. Four fish swim on one side below calligraphy incised on a shoulder of the bottle; four fish on the other side swim among lotus plants, emblems of fruitfulness. For good measure, a ninth fish is incised between the two carved areas. Dating from mid to late 20th century, this piece is a relative newcomer in the venerable snuff bottle field. It is in excellent condition ex ...click for details
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