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Opium Scales
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Pre 1910 item# 1125325 (stock# 2354)
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Abhaya Asian Antiques
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Pair of “opium scales” from Laos, these came from Luang Prabang but were used through much of Southeast Asia. Most likely these were used in everyday trading whether it was pork meat to big chunks of opium and are quite simple with lead applied to one end as a counterweight and the scale being measured in hash marks along the sides. The opposite ends have been inlaid with small rectangular pieces of a darker wood (possibly buffalo horn?), a subtle but attractive decoration. Some wear as to be ...click for details
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Ancient Chinese Bone Artifacts
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Pre AD 1000 item# 1050314 (stock# 2253)
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$400.USD
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Ensemble of very old and fine ancient carved bone ornaments and implements. I doubt if these all came from the same site but I bought them all from the same source. Obviously of interest to the specialist collector, these all date within the 1st millennium BCE or earlier, as follows….. 1# arched carved pendant depicting facing mythical beasts. Based on similarities to jade images this piece dates circa Eastern Zhou/Warring States (770 BCE-221 BCE), there are two repairs on each side, possib ...click for details
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Xinjiang textile printing blocks
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Pre 1900 item# 867560 (stock# 2009)
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Abhaya Asian Antiques
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$400.USD/$3100.HKD
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Eclectic ensemble of five poplar wood print blocks for cloth from Xinjiang Province. As the majority of people of Xinjiang are Muslim Uighur, Turkic speakers- the patterns reflect a Central Asian identity rather than Han. These would have been used by hand as evidenced by the well worn polished grips on the sides of some of the pieces. These are circa 19th century, a couple being possibly older, bordered by the Gobi Desert to the north with rest of the province encompassing the Tak ...click for details
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