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Burmese Colonial Period Bronze Gong Stand
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Pre 1920 item# 760204 (stock#11-24)
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Two native bearers hold aloft a bronze gong creating a tableau that was likely made for a colonial official during Burma's long colonial period (1885-1941). This is a large piece--the figures nearly two feet tall, weighing 22 pounds each--suited for use in a large dining room or entry hall. According to accounts in "Victoria and Albert Museum" by John Lowry, and "Burmese Crafts Past and Present" by Sylvia Fraser-Lu, large, ornamental gong stands were among objects sought ...click for details
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Qing Blue and White Decorative Teapot
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Pre 1900 item# 753625 (stock#26-12)
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A Chinese Qing Dynasty blue and white porcelain teapot has a donut-shaped body and double ring handle to give it an unusual and compelling profile. Also unusual is a small dent pressed into the top circle of the handle to provide a comfortable thumb rest when pouring tea. This late 19th century piece has no chips; the porcelain is discolored along the top front. Dimensions: height 6" (15 cm), width 7" (18 cm), depth 1-1/2" (4 cm).
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Carved Panel With Chinese Longevity Symbols
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Pre 1910 item# 703045 (stock#54-68)
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A wood panel carved in relief conveys wishes for a long and joyous life with five familiar Chinese symbols for longevity. The late 19th/early 20th century panel once was part of a decorative screen or perhaps a large piece of furniture. Framed, the carving becomes an unusual and handsome representation of wishes for good fortune. The symbols are carved within a cartouche and have the supernatural quality of Chinese folklore. A fox in a pine tree takes on a half-human form, relating to Chinese fo ...click for details
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Chinese Carved Battle Scene Panel
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Pre 1910 item# 699512 (stock#02-27)
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A battle scene with three bearded warriors on horseback brandishing three different types of long swords is carved in deep relief on this Qing Dynasty wood panel. The riders are choreographed in an exaggerated action dance, with arms flung wide holding their weapons over their heads. A theatrical touch can also be seen in the horses, which have realistically carved heads and bodies but oddly stylized front legs. Considered together, the riders' stances and their horses legs give this panel m ...click for details
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Korean Mae-byong Celadon Vase Four Seasons Design
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Pre 2000 item# 695552 (stock#53-07)
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A celadon vase signed by Ko Chung, one of Korea's master potters, is inlaid with designs of plants representing the four seasons and four virtues. Spring is conveyed with a branch of plum blossoms, which also symbolize courage; summer is the orchid, emblem of refinement; fall is the chrysanthemum, which stands for productivity, and winter is bamboo, symbolizing integrity. The flower and leaf designs are inlaid, or cut into, the body of the vase in the manner celadon has been made for centuri ...click for details
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Lacquer Rattan Pattern Burmese Bowl
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Pre 1920 item# 685967 (stock#63-19)
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Beautiful basketry is strengthened and preserved under many applications of cinnabar and black lacquer on this low handwoven rattan bowl. The bold and unusual pattern of the rattan weaving is retained as the design element of the piece. Rather than completely covering the basketry texture of the entire surface, as was generally done when woven bamboo was used as a base for lacquer, the artisan in this case covered and smoothed only the interior surface of the bowl, leaving the black lacquered te ...click for details
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Japanese Print, Heroic Figures Series
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Pre 1940 item# 681535 (stock#44-08)
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This lithograph depicts a Japanese warrior saving his master, Tokugawa, during a battle in 1653, early in the Tokugawa shogunate. It is from "Heroes of Japan," an illustrated series printed in 1935. The scene shows the heroic figure, Goto Matagaemon, on the right , in the skirmish during which he killed 17 rebels who were in pursuit of the Tokugawa leader of Japan. The lithograph is in perfect condition and is double-matted with a black silk outer mat and a gold inner mat. An account o ...click for details
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Six-Piece Lacquer Offering Bowl From Burma
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Pre 1920 item# 679925 (stock#57-48)
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Made of gleaming black lacquer, this Burmese ok-kwet, which means "wide bowl," is one of the designs within a classification of vessels called "hsun-ok" used to carry offerings of food to Buddhist monasteries. The six-piece container--a large bowl topped with a series of trays and smaller bowls--hides more elegance inside with its rich cinnabar-colored interiors and rims. Pieces fit together in stepped fashion, ending in an inverted cup that sits atop the stack. When taken to ...click for details
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Burmese Carved Teak Mythical Animal Medicine Box
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Pre 1950 item# 677350 (stock#63-66)
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An artisan in Burma carved and lacquered this whimsical teakwood medicine box with great imagination and care. Crouching, with teeth bared, the mythical creature has a dragon-like back that slides open to reveal a "secret" storage area. The heavy wood carving, covered with red over black lacquer, held herbal remedies. We have seen other old Burmese medicine boxes made in strange animal shapes, perhaps with the intent of scaring off ill omens. This one appears to be part dragon, part ti ...click for details
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Chinese Ancestor Portrait Hanging Scroll
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Pre 1920 item# 676216 (stock#60-51)
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The bold colors and handsome couple on this ancestor portrait from China make it an especially decorative piece of art. Although not as old as ancestor paintings we have sold for several decades, it follows classic ancestor portrait style, with each person facing directly forward, unsmiling, the man's hands and shoes showing, the woman's hands and shoes covered. The ancestor painting formula for serious faces sometimes resulted in stern, sour or vacant expressions but in this case both h ...click for details
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