Global Art & Artifacts

China

Bronze Foo Dogs / Lions Incense Burners, Pair from China

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Detail:  These are a stunning pair of censers or incense burners from China.  From an Asian art dealer’s far back room.  Age unknown but certainly mid-1900s.   A very nice addition to one’s desk or table.

Soft Jade Foo Dogs / Lions on Pedestals, Pair from China

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Detail:  A male and female pair of foo dogs / lions made of black jade-like (serpentine or omphacite) and white jade-like (nanyang or saussurite).  Acquired from a group of craftsman a block away from Tiananmen Square in Beijing. These are hand carved and would make stunning bookends! Very… Continue reading

Pair of Yellow Porcelain Guava Pots, China

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Details: Very rare and in exceptional condition. Notice the background pattern in the yellow portion. Gorgeous. The detail on the flowers, fruit, leaves and vines are phenomenal. For the Serious Collector. SORRY, this item has been sold.  Contact us for other similar items.

Extremely Rare. Archaic Jade and Bronze Censer. Scholar Urn. China

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A very unique composition mix yielding a stately vessel. Called a Scholar Censer (incense burner) most likely because of the scholar statue – with lute in arm – on the top of the lid. The designs are a mix of graphic elements, geckos and birds, as seen around the mid-section… Continue reading

Sanxingdui Treasured Stamps Album, Issued by Sichuan Province Philatelic Corporation.

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This album commemorates ancient gold masks from China and Egypt. On October 12, 2001, China and Egypt jointly issued a set of stamps in two pieces titled, “Ancient Gold Masks”. They featured the gold mask unearthed in Sanxingui and the Toutankhamon (Pharaoh of the ancient Egypt) gold mask. This is… Continue reading
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