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CHINESE IMPERIAL EXHAMINATION “CHEAT’S HANDKERCHIEF” Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Scholar Art: Pre 1837 VR item# 1073752
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A very fine double sided ink on silk calligraphy. A rectangular piece of cream silk which has been covered front and back with minute Chinese characters that have been written with brush and ink. Characters are written in vertical paragraphs and vertical columns and arranged in four registers. There is a narrow border of unadorned silk on all four sides. In excess of 15,000 characters total. Framed at front and verso in acrylic. Matting of raw indigo silk at the front andraw beige silk at th ...click for details

A Burmese Buddhist Temple Ceiling Panel Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Wood: Pre 1900 item# 1066115 (stock# VH912)
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These are hung from the Temple Ceiling. Salvaged from Buddhist temple in Mandalay. Circa 1850 Red and yellow/orpiment lacquer over teak. They are beautifully finished in verso/both sides.See Enlargement 2 for reverse side photo. These are hung from the temple ceiling. The red side is displayed on festive occasions and Buddhist holidays. The green and yellow side for normal Buddhist ceremonies. The metal rings used for hanging these are intact. I purchased a number of these and we have fi ...click for details

A Set of 6 Beautifully Carved Elmwood Screens Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Architectural Elements: Pre 1900 item# 1066113
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Each screen is carved at the center panel with a scene from Chinese mythology. We have these translated and documented. The set can easily be hinged and used as a room divider or background for bed or desk. Northern Chinese Elmwood. Excellent condition. Qing Dynasty circa 1850 or earlier Dimensions: 109 1/2 X 19 (each screen) Qing Dynasty circa 1850 or earlier

A Set of Six Beautifully Grained Chinese Screens Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Architectural Elements: Pre 1837 VR item# 1066110 (stock# VH910)
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A Set of 6 Chinese Screens of Chinese Pine. Beautiful natural grain and patina. Typically used as room dividers. Can be hinged and used to partition a room or as a background for bed or desk. Excellent condition. Qing Dynasty Circa 1850 Dimensions: 109 ½ X 19 (each screen)

A Monumental Mansion Door from Rajasthan, India Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Indian Subcontinent: India: Pre 1800 item# 1066108 (stock# VH905)
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An outstanding entrance door from Rajasthan, North West India Excellent condition. Original carvings and hardware. The infrastructure at back and sides to facilitate mounting into frame or build into a brick structure. Dimensions: Outside Dimensions: 102 ½ high and 53 ½ wide Inside Dimensions (door opening) 77 ½ high and 37 ¼wide

Cambodian Ox Cart Identification Carving Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Folk Art: Pre 1910 item# 1065537 (stock# VH902)
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This unique object is used to identify the owners of an ox cart. Complete With Custom Stand as Photographed. The stand is not permanently attached so the item is easily removeable. Beautiful Patina. It is lashed to the tongue of an ox cart (see photo of rope wear) to which the oxen are harnessed. It extends our beyond and above the oxen. Each one is unique and typically represents something unique related to the family and/or individual owner of the oxcen or cart ie astrological signs, prope ...click for details

Mask of the Chinese God Kaishan of the Nou Theater Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Folk Art: Pre 1910 item# 1065533 (stock# VH901)
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The Nou God Kaishan belongs to one of the most ancient Chinese mythologies. He was revered as a protector against evil. This image would have been hung at the entrance of a dwelling to provide protection. Carved from a single piece of hardwood with 6 inch thickness. Excellent condition with heavy remnant pigments. Carved from a single piece of hardwood with 6 inch thickness. Excellent condition with heavy remnant pigments. Dimensions: 18.5 high X 16 wide ...click for details

Loimi Akha Minority Headdress,Shan State, Burma Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Pre 1900 item# 1065408 (stock# VH901)
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An Authentic Loimi Akah Ancestral Headdress--Shan State, Burma These are typically ancestral and handed down through generations.This example is in excellent condition and shows great wear of use. It is of mixed materials including: Silver(over 4 pounds of silver),Edwardian Silver Coins, French Trade Silver Coins, Indigo Hand Spun Cotton, Wood, Glass Trade Beads, Dyed Chechen Down, Dyed Goats Hair Dates of Edwardian Silver Coins 1872-1914 Dates of French Silver Coins 1896 - ...click for details

A Pair of Edo Period Japanese Candle Stands Shoku-dai Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Metalwork: Pre 1900 item# 1065407 (stock# VH900)
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A pair of early Edo Period Japanese Silvered Copper Pricket Candle Sticks. The overall design is of chrysanthemums “kiku” against a beaded ground. The tall upright, tapered columns rest on and rise from wide spread high domed eighteen-petal chrysanthemum bases. They culminate in a chrysanthemum-shaped candle dishes with an upright prickets on which to position the candle within a circular support. (see photo included). Both the bases and holder dishes are shaped like “kiku” (chrysanthemu ...click for details

A Grand Temple Door from Goa Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Indian Subcontinent: Pre 1837 VR item# 1065402 (stock# VH89)
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A Wonderful Temple Door from Goa, South India. Beautifully carved depicting scenes from The Mughal Era. Showing remnants of Red Pigments. Has infrastructure to facilitate easily incorporating into a wood framed, brick or stone structure. Excellent condition and fully functional. Dimensions: 90 “ high X 49” wide X 12 ¾ “ deep

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