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Chinese Peking Opera Theatre Puppet Marionette Doll, Early 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
hairdo, and an original textile garment. From a group of 7 Chinese opera puppets, we acquired from a
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Textile, Wood, Paint

Chinese Peking Opera Theatre Puppet Marionette Doll, Early 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
garment. From a group of 7 Chinese opera puppets, we acquired from a collector. Each puppet shows
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Textile, Wood, Paint

Chinese Peking Opera Theatre Puppet Marionette Doll, Early 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
garment. From a group of 7 Chinese opera puppets, we acquired from a collector. Each puppet shows
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Textile, Wood, Paint

Chinese Peking Opera Theatre Puppet Marionette Doll, Early, 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
garment. From a group of 7 Chinese opera puppets, we acquired from a collector. Each puppet shows
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Textile, Wood, Paint

Chinese Peking Opera Theatre Puppet Marionette Doll, Early 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
original textile garment. From a group of 7 Chinese opera puppets, we acquired from a collector. Each
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Textile, Wood, Paint

Chinese Peking Opera Theatre Puppet Marionette Doll, Early 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
garment. From a group of 7 Chinese opera puppets, we acquired from a collector. Each puppet shows
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Textile, Wood, Paint

Chinese Peking Opera Theatre Puppet Marionette Doll with Dragon Robe Early 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
garment/ robe with a dragon symbol. From a group of 7 Chinese opera puppets, we acquired from a
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Textile, Wood, Paint

Chinese Opera Drum Barrel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This squat, melon-like barrel is actually a turn of the century Peking opera drum, originally used
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Iron

Antique Chinese Red and Black Lacquer Wedding Basket With Gold Leaf
Located in Sheridan, CO
Peking opera basket. Top in gold leaf design depicts a Chinese sage on horseback with attendants. Pair of
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Lacquer

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Gold Leaf

18K Gold and Black White Enamel Theatre Mask Chinese Ring
Located in Firenze, IT
performers in the renowned Peking opera are mainly made-up, and hardly wear masks. This is completely
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20th Century Italian Retro Fashion Rings

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18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel

Flute by Varvara Shavrova Abstract Russian Expressionist Serigraph Painting
Located in Dayton, OH
the gender fluidity in traditional Peking opera. It received international acclaim and included
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1990s Expressionist Prints

Materials

Paint, Paper

California Stormy Sky
By Theodore Lukits
Located in Pasadena, CA
costume portrait Peking Opera. Lukits infused his philosophical beliefs into a rigorous course of
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1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Pastel

View of the Hongs, Canton
By 19th Century Chinese school
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
accompanied by a singer, likely serenading guests with popular selections from Peking-style operas. An
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1850s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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Collection of 3 Italian 19th Century Marionettes
Located in London, GB
Collection of 3 Italian 19th century Marionettes A fantastic set of 3 19th century hand crafted marionette puppets. All with original cotton, silk and valour clothing intact, han...
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Antique 19th Century Italian Early Victorian Toys and Dolls

Materials

Pine

19th Century Chinese Chippendale Pagoda Cabinet
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Houston, TX
A stunning and rare 19th Century English Chinese Chippendale pagoda cabinets. This highly stylized hand carved mahogany cabinets features, glass shelving, pagoda gabled roofs, classi...
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Antique 19th Century English Chinese Chippendale Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Mahogany

Vintage Chinese Theatre Opera Headdress, Silver/Turquoise, Rubine Red Pom-Poms
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Chinese opera theatre headdress in turquoise, silver, and gold colors with faux white pearls and rubine red and multi-color pom-poms, early 20th century, mounted on a custom,...
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Vintage 1920s Chinese Qing Mounted Objects

Materials

Metal

Group of Vintage Chinese Puppets
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An interesting collection of five (5) unused, vintage Chinese puppets.
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Vintage 1960s Chinese Chinoiserie Toys and Dolls

Materials

Linen

Group of Vintage Chinese Puppets
Group of Vintage Chinese Puppets
H 8 in W 5 in D 0.02 in
Japanese Bunraku Ningyo Joruri Meiji Edo Puppet Head in Display Case
Located in Studio City, CA
This is a spectacular piece. Mesmerizing. Bunraku, also commonly known as Ningyo Joruri, is a form of traditional Japanese puppet theatre, founded in Osaka at the beginning of the...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century Chinese Opera Hand Puppet
Located in Atlanta, GA
This Chinese opera hand puppet is dress in an elegant, embroidered silk dragon robe. The puppet head is of painted wood. The white face usually represents a villain. Puppetry is a ma...
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Early 20th Century Asian Toys and Dolls

Materials

Wood

Chinese Opera Theatre Marionette, Green Silk Robe, Pink Pom Poms
Located in New York, NY
Chinese opera marionette male doll, circa 1920s. The head of this puppet is carved in a soft wood; the feet and hands are also made of wood. The hands can form a closed fist or an op...
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20th Century Chinese Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Silk

Chinese Robed Puppet, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Hand puppets, like this one from China’s Zhejiang region, have been a popular form of entertainment for centuries. In the late 19th early-20th century this tiny robed gentleman proba...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Toys and Dolls

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Silk, Wood

Chinese Robed Puppet, c. 1900
Chinese Robed Puppet, c. 1900
H 23 in W 8 in D 3.25 in
Yugiri - Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada - 1850s
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in Roma, IT
Yugiri is an original artwork realized in the 1850s by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865). Chapter 39 of the story Genji Monogatari. Color woodcut around 1851. Signed: Ichiyossai Toyokun...
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1850s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Bijinga - Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada - 1844
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in Roma, IT
Bijinga is an original artwork realized in the half of the 19th Century by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865). From the series "SHyakunin isshu esho" (Girl's pictures and 100 poets' card...
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1840s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Kabukie - Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada - 1840
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in Roma, IT
Kabukie is an original artwork realized in 1840 by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865). From the series "Mitate Yakusha gojusan tsui no uchi" (juxtaposition of actors and the 53 Tokaido s...
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1840s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Recent Sales

19th Century Chinese Peking Opera Table
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a very rare good quality Chinese Peking opera table. The top of the table is profusely
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Dining Room Tables

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Rosewood

19th Century Chinese Peking Opera Table
19th Century Chinese Peking Opera Table
H 30.75 in W 50 in D 50 in
Pair of Chinese Peking Opera Martial Arts Props, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
by a Peking opera troupe in traditional "martial plays" known as wuxi. Based on historical legends
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Walnut

A Pair Of Red Lacquer Trunks
Located in Greenwich, CT
painted peking opera theatrical scenes on the front side. Sell as a pair or single, $2800 each. View our
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Tables

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Gold

A Pair Of Red Lacquer Trunks
A Pair Of Red Lacquer Trunks
H 24 in W 27 in D 17.5 in
Pair of Chinese Stone Attendant Charms
Located in Chicago, IL
, the drums may have at one time been painted red referencing entertainment offered by the famous Peking
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

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Limestone

Marcellooo - Original Silkscreen by Ugo Nespolo - 2000s
Located in Roma, IT
dell'Opera. He also had an exhibition of ceramics, his new interest, at the International Biennial of
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Early 2000s Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Screen

Frankly Scarlet - Original Silkscreen by Ugo Nespolo - 2000s
Located in Roma, IT
advertising campaign, the sets and costumes for Paisiello's Don Chisciotte at Rome's Teatro dell'Opera. He
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Early 2000s Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Screen

Up Side Down - Original Silkscreen by Ugo Nespolo - 2000s
Located in Roma, IT
dell'Opera. He also had an exhibition of ceramics, his new interest, at the International Biennial of
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Early 2000s Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Screen

Cyclists - Original Silkscreen by Ugo Nespolo - 2008
Located in Roma, IT
Paisiello's Don Chisciotte at Rome's Teatro dell'Opera. He also had an exhibition of ceramics, his new
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Early 2000s Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Screen

Deep Sea - Original Silkscreen by Ugo Nespolo - 2000s
Located in Roma, IT
Paisiello's Don Chisciotte at Rome's Teatro dell'Opera. He also had an exhibition of ceramics, his new
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Early 2000s Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Screen

Set of Three Chinese Peking Opera Martial Arts Props, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
by a Peking opera troupe in traditional "martial plays" known as wuxi. Based on historical legends
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Elm

Chinese Peking Opera Theatre Puppet, Chaozhou Doll, Qing Dynasty
Located in Hamburg, DE
China were visited to perform traditional opera for these people. (like a Punch and Judy show.) With
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Toys and Dolls

Materials

Brass

Chinese Peking Opera Theatre Puppet, Chaozhou Doll, Qing Dynasty
Chinese Peking Opera Theatre Puppet, Chaozhou Doll, Qing Dynasty
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H 10.63 in W 10.63 in D 1.19 in
Chinese Peking Drum Table
Located in Chicago, IL
procession or possibly as part of a Peking opera performance. The custom crafted steel legs reimagine the
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Early 20th Century Furniture

Materials

Steel

Chinese Peking Drum Table
Chinese Peking Drum Table
H 17.5 in Dm 14.5 in
Early 20th Century Chinese Opera Drum
Located in Chicago, IL
which represents strength in Chinese culture. Traditionally used by a Peking opera troupe to accompany
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture

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Brass

Early 20th Century Opera Handcuffs, China
Located in Point Richmond, CA
a softer and nicer (I think) version of Peking Operas. Such operas flourished in the last century
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood, Giltwood, Lacquer

Cyclists - Original Silkscreenn by Ugo Nespolo - 2008
Located in Roma, IT
Paisiello's Don Chisciotte at Rome's Teatro dell'Opera. He also had an exhibition of ceramics, his new
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Early 2000s Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Screen

Tan Shi Sou, White Snake Temple Raised Line Woodcut Hand Painted 1924 Bertha Lum
By Bertha Boynton Lum
Located in Soquel, CA
operas, films and television series. This is one of the temples in Peking that is associated with the
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1920s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Rice Paper

Peking Opera Trunk
Located in East Hampton, NY
Late 19thC. Q'ing Dynasty Golden Painted Opera Trunk on Stand
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Antique 19th Century Trunks and Luggage

Materials

Brass

Peking Opera Trunk
Peking Opera Trunk
H 34 in W 46 in D 23 in
Trunk
Located in East Hampton, NY
Late 19thC. Q'ing Dynasty Peking Opera Costume Storage Trunk
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Trunks and Luggage

Materials

Brass

Trunk
Trunk
H 24.5 in W 35 in D 22 in
Chinese Opera
By Henry Soulen
Located in Minneapolis, MN
technique. The scene features a moment from Peking opera, filled with the pomp and ceremony associated with
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1920s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

19th Century Chinese Red Lacquered Fruit Bowl
Located in SOMIS, CA
and gold. A famous scene from the Chinese Peking Opera about the historic Three Kingdom Era, such an
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Antiquities

Materials

Brass

Tom Ford for YSL Rive Gauche Chinese Motif Woven Black & Pink Brocade Skirt
By Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in San Francisco, CA
history, taking inspiration from Peking Opera, the martial regalia of the Manchu, the uniforms of Chairman
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Skirts

Liu ZHENG Photograph
By Liu Zheng
Located in Summerland, CA
Contemporary Master LIU ZHENG "Peking Opera, Muke Village", 1998
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20th Century Chinese Photography

Liu ZHENG Photograph
H 13 in W 13 in
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Peking Opera For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the peking opera you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each peking opera for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, fabric and paint. Your living room may not be complete without a peking opera — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right peking opera, those designed in styles are of considerable interest.

How Much is a Peking Opera?

The average selling price for a peking opera at 1stDibs is $495, while they’re typically $495 on the low end and $10,335 for the highest priced.