Commemorative Chinese Ink Cakes for Scholar’s Desk

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Scholar Art Pre 1980: item #661968
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Two large hui mo ink cakes made from pines that grow on Huangshan Mountain in Anhui Province. The factory has over 7,800 antique mold plates, which are considered a national treasure, for making ink sticks and ink cakes. Made from one of these molds, we don’t know the exact age of our ink cakes, except that they are seasoned (18 years) and I have had them for several years, therefore we are pricing them as 1980 pieces. Often large elaborate ink cakes like these were given as commemorative gift... Click for details

Large Auhui Commemorative Ink Cake Woman with Flag

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Scholar Art Pre 1980: item #661927
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Two beautiful hui mo ink cakes made from pines that grow on Huangshan Mountain in Anhui Province. The factory has over 7,800 antique mold plates, which are considered a national treasure, for making ink sticks and ink cakes. Made from one of these molds, we don’t know the exact age of our ink cakes, except that they are seasoned (18 years) and I have had them for several years, therefore we are pricing them as 1980 pieces. Often large elaborate ink cakes like these were given as a commemorativ... Click for details

Bamboo, Ivory, and Tortoise Shell Cricket Cage

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Scholar Art Pre 1950: item #659726
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A beautiful little bamboo cricket container. The depicting a delicately carved scene of a bird diving into a bed of lotus. Perhaps our cricket is resting safely under the protective leaves. The base and rim are ivory. The tortoise shell cap is finely carved in coin pattern. The lid screws on to the container. In excellent condition we date this to the first half of the 20th C.
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CHINESE HARDWOOD (EBONY) BRUSH HOLDER

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Scholar Art Pre 1960: item #644907
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This inlayed Chinese ebony brush holder is 7” high and 6 ½” in diameter. It depicts a Shou Lao (god of longevity) holding a cane; a young boy carrying a flower basket stands behind him. Another young boy wearing a red robe is leading a deer cart filled with flowers and plants and walks in front of Shou Lao and his companion. The inlayed materials are dyed coral, mother of pearl, lacquer and hard stone. It is a 1950’s product. Aside from small age cracks, it is in great condition.

A Chinese Marble Brush Holder, Mid Century

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Scholar Art Pre 1950: item #644819
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The unusual marble made brush holder has cut in the cylindrical form with various colour veins. The material of this brush holder is rare seem.

It is excellent condition except couple very minor chip around the bottom and one on the mouth rim. The piece originally found it in Shanxi Province, Northern China.

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Chinese Fan painting - Flower

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Scholar Art Pre 1930: item #642497
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One vintage Chinese fan painting. Flower design. Mounted on paper. 9"x9.25". Good condition. Fox on mounting paper. Circa early 20th C.

DALI MARBLE DREAMSTONE PANELS, SET OF 4

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Scholar Art Pre 1930: item #626346
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A GOOD SET OF FOUR CHINESE DREAMSTONE PANELS, a total of 16 framed landscape scenes in Dali marble (limestone) resembling scholary Chinese brush paintings in black ink with very subtle variations in brown, dark green, grey and occasional suffusions of yellow-orange and red. The relationship of dreamstone panels to the connoiseurship of Chinese scholar’s rocks (gongshi) and other nature-derived Chinese literati art forms should be immediately apparent. There are four scenes per frame whic... Click for details

MINIATURE SCHOLAR ROCK ON CLASSIC JIANGNAN HONGMU STAND

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Scholar Art Pre 1950: item #607163
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A MINIATURE SCHOLAR’S ROCK or gongshi. A wonderful and naturally formed scholar’s rock with a variegated but overall waxy white color. This is a superior miniature with all the desirable traits of larger scholar’s rocks, elegant and bordering between the abstract and the figural. The tiny “spirit stone” has been fitted to a small and finely carved formal stand with four tiny raised feet and fashioned from one piece of dense Asian hardwood of a light variety of Asian hardwood known as hongmu. ... Click for details

Small Oval Chinese Brass Ink Stone Box

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Scholar Art Pre 1930: item #598374
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DESCRIPTION: A small scholar’s calligraphy box of solid brass that includes an ink stone within the inner lid. The top of the outer lid is stamped with an engraving of Chinese characters. Inside this lid is a thin, oval ink stone surface held in place by an inner rim. A nice portable way to carry necessary writing accoutrements, the lower portion of the box was used to hold ink cakes and is lined with copper. This box has a nice hefty weight to it for its size, and has obviously been used f... Click for details

Fine&Rare Lozenge Shaped Famille Rose Vase,Republic Pd

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Scholar Art Pre 1940: item #597282

Showing four panels very finely painted in a full color palette depicting a continuous riverscape scene of a small Chinese village sheltered among the trees&mountains along the river.The diamond shaped neck and base are skillfully painted to resemble the grain of bamboo. Circa:20thC,Republic Period. Condition: Perfect Size:4 1/4"high x 3 1/4"dia. This small delicate vase is a perfect example of the fine porcelain work that was produced during the Republic Period and will be a prized possessi... Click for details