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Large Octagonal Qing Wedding Basket
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Pre 1910 item# 1119963 (stock# 10.86)
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$385
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This traditional Chinese wedding basket, made of light-weight wood, has 25 different black and gold vignettes of Qing Dynasty life painted on its octagonal trays and lid. The tall black bent willow handle is wrapped in bamboo strips woven into a black-accented pattern. The base of the basket and the scene on the lid are framed with key patterns, another element typical of the profuse symbolic adornment often found on late Qing items, especially those associated with marriage. Two of the three tr ...click for details
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Late Qing Lidded Bamboo Basket
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Pre 1910 item# 1111838 (stock# 12-72)
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$130
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This handsome bamboo basket from early 20th century China is a fine example of the care that was lavished on the creation of everyday utilitarian items by Chinese artisans. Delightful woven designs on the handle, knob and basket edges are emphasized in red, and a pattern of painted black designs encircles the lid. The bottom of the basket is recessed and rests atop a red and black bamboo base. The basket is strong, light, comfortable to carry and attractive. It is in excellent condition. Dime ...click for details
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Mid Qing Handpainted Shaanxi Cabinet
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Pre 1837 VR item# 1103362 (stock# 60-49)
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$1400
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A small red Chinese cabinet from late 18th/early 19th century has delicate roundel paintings of flowers randomly spaced with floating sketches of foliage on its two front doors. Rendered in fine black lines, the paintings have faded and mellowed, retaining only sparse touches of their original gold highlights. A round brass backplate echoes the roundels. Doors swing open on wooden pegs, eliminating the need for hinges, and are secured with a brass rod that slips through fastenings on the bac ...click for details
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Chinese Pancake Server
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Pre 1910 item# 1089599 (stock# 11-21)
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A Qing Dynasty lidded wooden box designed to serve pancakes combines handsome form with evidence of long use to evoke hundreds of banquets in late 18th/early 19th century China. The top of the notched lid is centered with a green and gold painting of chrysanthemums, symbol of conviviality. Faded calligraphy can still be seen on the underside of the lid. The bottom surface of the container also has very faint remains of calligraphy. Two deeply worn areas along the top surface of the tall hand-h ...click for details
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Lidded Elmwood Qing Food Box
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Pre 1900 item# 1065987 (stock# 62-56)
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$295
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Rich auburn elmwood with a satin smooth surface makes this late 19th century hand-hewn Chinese food box an especially attractive shelf or table accent piece. It is constructed of shaped staves fitted tightly together and held with flat brass bands around the foot and the widest part of the vessel. Carvings on the side handles of lotus buds on long stems, both Taoist and Buddhist emblems of perfection, are appropriate for a food box because every part of the lotus plant is deemed edible by the C ...click for details
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Chinese Qing Dynasty Pendulum Clock
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Pre 1920 item# 995663 (stock# 42-40)
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$580
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This late Qing Dynasty pendulum clock in a carved wood case has a glass front hand painted with a double happiness symbol encircled by flowers. The brass pendulum swings behind the happiness symbol and the hour is announced with a pleasant chime tone produced by a small mallet striking a metal shell. The springs for the timing mechanism and chime are wound separately with a key (which is included) inserted into the clock face. The carving and shape of the wood case suggest Victorian design infl ...click for details
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Yixing Teapot With Pewter Spout
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Pre 1700 item# 976088 (stock# 38-83)
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$475
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This early Qing Yixing teapot bears several seals on the lid and bottom surface indicating its origin in the small town of Dingshan, in Yixing County, southern Jiangsu Province, China. The pewter spout is fashioned into the head of an elephant with trunk raised. Chinese regard for the elephant as a symbol of wisdom and strength evolved from Buddhist iconography, where it represents strength of mind toward practice of the Buddhist way of life. Pewter also forms the double handles attached with ri ...click for details
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Korean Zelkova Rice Measure
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Pre 1920 item# 949627 (stock# 04-23)
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$325
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A large wood rice measure from early 20th century Korea, made in a uniquely Korean shape, adapts nicely to a second life as a plant holder. We have also seen these sturdy containers turned over and used as a stool or small table. Originally used to measure rice, it is made of thick planks of zelkova (keyaki) wood fitted together and held in place with black metal bands. The ear-like handles and heavy bottom obviously are hand-hewn. Hangul characters carved into the side indicate the measurement ...click for details
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Japanese Jardiniere Size Ceramic Hibachi
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Pre 1910 item# 946568 (stock# 04-01)
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This Japanese ceramic hibachi from the late Meiji Period (1868-1912) has a country scene—a rustic dwelling snuggled amid old trees, hills and distant mountains. Ceramic hibachi were introduced in Meiji times as portable alternatives to the larger copper-lined wood hibachi and the heavier bronze receptacles. Whether ceramic or metal, hibachi held glowing charcoal embers used as a source of heat during cold Japanese winters. The ceramic ones generally were placed under low tables (kotatsu) that h ...click for details
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