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Qing Antique Chinese carved shoe horn
Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Horn Pre 1900: item #752067
TC207
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Asian Ethnic Artifacts
404-377-7210
$175
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Made from ox horn, and shaped into a perfectly balanced shoehorn, this antique Chinese folk art artifact serves in both form and function. There is a delicately carved design on the back. The handle part of the horn has eyes carved so that the piece takes the shape of an animal and there is a hole carved so that the shoehorn can be hung from a cord. I vaguely remember hearing that the Chinese inventing the shoehorn, but have not been able to verify this as historic fact.
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18-19th cent. buffalo horn image of GUANYIN
Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Horn Pre 1837 VR: item #745060
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Dragon’s Pearl
004532549073
$ 2.250
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Finely carved image of Guanyin as a young woman with a flower basket accompanied by a mythological lion. Made of honey-coloured horn of water buffalo. Seal in bottom reads: “Da Ming Wanli.” However, images of this type were chiefly made in South China during the 18-19th centuries. Qing, 19th cent. Sealed w. original, carved stand of rosewood. H 41,5 cm (without base). Very fine condition.
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Rare Chinese Carved Horn Wax Seal 18th-19th Century
Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Horn Pre 1837 VR: item #706083
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The Incurable Collector
585-734-4494
Price on request.
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A very rare Chinese carved Wax seal with sage holding a fly wisk with one hand and stroking his beard with the other. The seal stamp is so intricately carved, it is just amazing. I have been told that it is the stamp of a business in China, so it is an authentic, very old, used piece made for Chinese use, not for export. Measures 1 1/2" long and 1 3/4" high. Excellent condition with no missing pieces, damages, or breaks. Dates 19th-19th century. Return privilege providing item returned in sent c... Click for details
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Rare Antique Chinese lidded container horn
Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Horn Pre 1900: item #657520
TC173
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Asian Ethnic Artifacts
404-377-7210
$325
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This antique Chinese circular lidded container was made from a single valuable horn. It is a tribute to both the horn and the skill of the craftsman. Horn can be cut, and carved, but it is not a flexible material.
According to my Chinese friends, the thinner and more translucent the horn, the more it is valued. The cross-section of an ox (buffalo)horn is oval, but a Yak horn is circular. This is a prized horn. Approx 4" high and 2.5" diameter.
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Antique Mongolian Horn scoop carved horse and dragon
Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Horn Pre 1910: item #647564
T111
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Asian Ethnic Artifacts
404-377-7210
$225
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This horn was sold to me as being used for giving animals medicine but I suspect from the carved shape of the open end that it was used for a scoop, possibly for tea or other herbs. The carving is of the front of a horse with his feet on top of a dragons head. The horn has a translucent quality which makes it more valuable in Chinese Ethnic Minority societies. The closed carved end is darkened from years of being handled. Being 6.5" long and in excellant condition, it is a fine ethnographic... Click for details
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