Catalog: Vintage Arts (62)

boe kCraft wrote the last frame thanks bob

This is a root carving shaped to resemble a qilin, which is a Chinese mythological creature.

Two lotus pods 莲蓬 with moving seeds莲子活动 and a frog on top.

china old root stool xx

Large lotus leaf 莲蓬 with moving seeds莲子活动 and two moving insects虫子

Large lotus leaf 莲蓬 toggle with moving seeds莲子活动 and fish on top.

China old horn standing man xx

China old carpet blue

This dark brown jar is very old and in great condition. It was produced in the Liao dynasty (907–1125).

China old Jumping frog toggle xx

China old cane xx

The tiny frog has black eyes and is made of bamboo.

Maki Emanation-73 xx

Nearly a century old, this Noritake dessert set contains plates, cups and saucers, coffee pot, creamer, and sugar bowl (no cover). This set was purchased in the US between 1935 and 1937.

This is a marvelous old root carving that Dan Tretiak called Early bird gets the worm.

Zitan plaque from the Republican xx

dragon headed rarely seen cane

figure Figure 1 is a dark and brooding big red just received so dark even out of frame and matte maki s first big red appeared in 1963 this is an abstract rendering of the kanji for woman she seems to be standing there swaying ever so slowly this print has a good green blue sun at the upper left Here no splashes yet to add color figure 3 figure 3 here figure 4 alsom here