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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1930 item #1481122 (stock #7296)
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$80.00
Deep brushwasher basin with two children on either side. Excellent condition, with light blue glaze and a porcelain body. The bodies of the figures are hand sculpted rather than molded, circa late Republic to early 60s. W: 17cm/6.8in and H:14.8cm/6.2in
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Stoneware : Pre 1930 item #1497145 (stock #7368)
Abhaya Asian Antiques
$180.00
Delightful Qing Dynasty café au lait glazed water dropper in the shape of a fish in a basket, it is quite heavy for its size and the brown glaze has a strong metallic patina possibly emulating bronze. Most likely from a Southern Kiln, in perfect condtion! D: 5.7cm/2.2in and H: 7.2cm/2.8in.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Scholar Art : Pre 1920 item #1453411 (stock #7170)
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$150.00
Ensemble of three vintage carved horn seals in Kaishu script. The larger ones are made from buffalo horn while the smaller one is made from antelope horn and quite rare. See enlargements for scale. Free shipping.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Scholar Art : Pre 1920 item #1465661 (stock #7155)
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$80.00
Old hand carved wooden ink pad box circa first half 20th century. I think this is probably a Yao item, but as I purchased it in a Bai ethnic minority market in Yunnan, over 20 years ago, we’ll assume it is Bai. This has a floral pattern carved on the lid. The ink has long ago dried up. Nice natural patina. L: 7.2cm/2.9in x W: 5.8cm/2.3in x H: 3.2cm/1.3in.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Scholar Art : Pre AD 1000 item #1497700 (stock #7381)
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$350.00
Rare early “si zhi” (four straight lines) style inkstone carved from an old fired brick. The characters on the brick are in an archaic style, no longer in use today. The square shaped flat bottomed inkstone with sloping grinding surface did not become popular until the Song Dynasty, so it is possible this was made into a inkstone long after it was a brick. Chinese are very fond of creating ink stones out of “found objects” such as roof tiles etc. Please examine enlargement for ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1500449 (stock #7420)
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$150.00
Han dynasty brick with impressed coin and “mythical” beast, repurposed into a functioning ink stone. The aesthetic is in the Song “shizi” style. Scale is noted in enlargements.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Stoneware : Pre AD 1000 item #1500451 (stock #7421)
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$170.00
Han dynasty brick with impressed classic Han dragon, repurposed into a functioning ink stone. The aesthetic of the inkstone is in the Song “shizi” style. Scale is noted in enlargements.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Stoneware : Pre AD 1000 item #1500452 (stock #7422)
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Tang dynasty brick impressed lotus, repurposed into a functioning ink stone. Although the lotus is represented in Han Dynasty secular art, this style of lotus is always associated with Buddhism, which would be more in common during the Tang. The ink grinding surface is a little rough but to me gives it a a naturalistic charm, like a lake in the mountains. The scale is enlargements.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Architectural Elements : Pre AD 1000 item #1500500 (stock #7423)
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$170.00
Han dynasty brick with impressed Chinese character repurposed into a functioning ink stone. Scale is noted in enlargements, unusual shape possibly a corner stone that has been cut and rounded in the back. There is also a small “well” in the front corner.