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Golden Wood Carving – Chi Wen
W350xd150xH200mm, China Chi Wen, the second son of the dragon, like the Tao Tie and the Suan Ni. The Chi Wen loves enjoying the vista and fire eating, because of this it is often found on the ridges...
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Opium Scale
L200xW90xD250mm, Thailand The container is beautifully painted lacquer. Inside is a scale for measuring opium, with the weights on one side and the opium on the other.
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Golden Wood Carving – Fu Lu Shou + Ma Gu
L230xD30xH90mm, China This golden wood carving makes a perfect birthday present. The four figurines are full of blessing, Fu Lu Shou and Ma Gu. They are all Taoist saints, representing blessings and...
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Golden Wood Carving – Bird in Plum Blossom
L300xD45xH65mm, China The composition of plum blossom and bird is a popular theme for Chinese crafts. Not only it this a yearly event when the birds come to party and feast when the plum blossom, it...
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Golden Wood Carving – Fan Li Hua
W150xD40xH180mm, China The two character on this wood block carving is Fan Li Hua and Xue Ding Shan. The story of the two are in opera, movies and on telly with Fan Li Hua being the famous female...
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Golden Wood Carving – Double Dragon and Pearl
L350xD25xH130, China This golden wood carving used to be center pediment of an ornamental object, perhaps on small shrine in a temple. On the carving, there are 2 dragons chasing after a pearl....
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Lacquer Tray – Yang Warriors
DIA330xH80mm, China A lacquer tray decorated with picture of a scene from the Beijing opera “Tai Jun Ci Cao”. The story is about the famous Yang family of warriors. First some background to the story;...
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Golden Wood Carving – Hermit’s Life
L210xD35xH100mm, China The character in this golden wood carving is known as Lin Bu, a poet in the North Sung dynasty, he is surrounded by plum blossoms and there is a crane by his side. Lin led a...
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Lacquer Tray
DIA330xH70mm, China A lacquer tray of a lion playing with a xiu qiu (a fabric ball), a symbol of blessing from this mythical powerful creature. The tray is constructed by 8 sections and a flat...
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Golden Wood Carving – Child from the Saints
W170xD60xH130mm, China “Child from the Saints” is a popular blessing subject in the Ming and Qing period, symbolizing blessing and fertility. The legend dated back to the late Han dynasty, when the...
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Golden Wood Carving – Pheonix Towards the Sun
L430xD60xH110mm, China This wood carving would have been the center piece of a furniture. A pair of phoenix amidst an intricate carving of clouds are flying towards the raising sun. The phoenix is a...
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Peony Lacquer Dish
DIA330xH90mm, China A beautiful lacquer serving dish which I found the colour to be warm and x’mas like, the same feeling as scent of the tangerine peels, the taste of cinnamon, the sound of church...
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Golden Wood Carving – Story of the Western Wing
W140xD30xH270mm, China This is a wood carving based on a scene from the romantic comedy “The Story of the Western Wing”. It has nothing to do with the White House but a play set in the Tang dynasty...
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Golden Wood Carving
L250xH130xD60mm, China A golden lacquered wood carving of the blessed symbols. Flower – Wealth Pomegranate (right) – Fertility Books (behind flower) – Intellect Painting (behind books) – Scholarly Gu...
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Golden Wood Carving – Mu Gui Ying
L400xD60xH170mm, China This is a scene from the opera “Mu Gui Ying Takes Command”. The story was set in North Sung dynasty, the Yang were a family mighty warriors, up to the grand mother to the young...
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