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Silk Kesi

Mid 19th Century Chinese Silk Kesi Textile ( 3'3" x 7'6" - 99 x 229 )
Located in New York, NY
Mid 19th Century Chinese Silk Kesi Textile ( 3'3" x 7'6" - 99 x 229 )
Category

Antique 1850s Chinese Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Materials

Silk

Framed Tibetan Woven Silk Kesi Panel of Kirtimukha
Located in Atlanta, GA
A woven silk Kesi panel depicts Kirtimukha from Tibet circa the second half of 20th century
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20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Textiles

Materials

Silk

Early 19th Century Silk Chinese Kesi Dragon Embroidery ( 4' x 5' - 122 x 152 )
Located in New York, NY
Early 19th Century Silk Chinese Kesi Dragon Embroidery ( 4' x 5' - 122 x 152 )
Category

Antique Early 1800s Chinese Textiles

Materials

Silk

Late 19th Century Pair of Chinese Kesi Textile
Located in New York, NY
Mid 19th century pair of Chinese Kesi Textile ( 2' x 3'8" - 61 x 111 cm).
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Antique 1890s Chinese Qing Textiles

Materials

Silk

19th Century Pair of Chinese Silk Pictorial Kesi Textile ( 9" x 1' - 23 x 31 )
Located in New York, NY
19th Century Pair of Chinese Silk Pictorial Kesi Textile ( 9" x 1' - 23 x 31 )
Category

Antique 1870s Chinese Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Materials

Silk

Pair of Qing Dynasty Kesi Imperial Civil Officer Rank Badges
Located in Greenwich, CT
Pair of Qing Dynasty Kesi Imperial civil officer rank badges with pheasant alighting astop a rock
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Textiles

Materials

Silk

19th Century Set of 3 Framed Chinese Kesi Textiles ( 1' x 1'3" - 30 x 38 )
Located in New York, NY
19th Century Set of 3 Framed Chinese Kesi Textiles ( 1' x 1'3" - 30 x 38 )
Category

Antique 1880s Chinese Textiles

Materials

Silk

2 Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Silk Court Rank Military Duck Buzi Badges
Located in Dayton, OH
or slit tapestry weave (kesi) silk. Satin weave badges often have dark backgrounds with silk and/or
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Early 20th Century Qing Textiles

Materials

Silk, Faux Bamboo

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Chinese Silk Lady's Jacket, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
When the Qing-dynasty woman who wore this lovely jacket entered a room, people would instantly have recognized her status and rank based on the materials and decoration of her garmen...
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Textiles

Materials

Silk

Chinese Silk Lady's Jacket, c. 1900
Chinese Silk Lady's Jacket, c. 1900
H 41.75 in W 59.5 in D 0.25 in
Five Clawed Dragon Chinese Silk and Metallic Thread Embroidered Textile
Located in Ferrara, IT
In this amazing textile, dragons with five claws are flying among the clouds and seem to be protecting a very special diamond. In the past, the dragon was a symbol of power and luck....
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Other Textiles

Materials

Metallic Thread

Early 20th Century Large Antique Tibetan Ghau Prayer Box With Three Buddha
Located in Pomona, CA
Ghau is a prayer box worn as pendant by Buddhists as portable shrines which can be pray by prayer during their travel. This large Ghau prayer box (travel Buddha shrine) made from Tib...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver, Bronze

Tibetan Repoussé Traveling Shrine, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Tibetan traveling shrines, known as Gau, were believed to offer protective powers and were used to hold and carry sacred objects during long journeys. Crafted over a century ago, Bud...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Mounted Objects

Materials

Brass

Framed Antique Chinese Embroidery Qing Dynasty Provenance
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Chinese antique embroidery presented in a museum quality frame, originally purchased from Galerie Du Monde in Hongkong. Originally, the textile was a roundel design likely from the...
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Textiles

Materials

Linen, Silk, Wood

Exhibited Framed Fine Chinese Embroidery Silk Panel Qing Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very fine embroidered silk panel in giltwood frame originally from the Annette Martin Collection and exhibited at the Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco February 8th - Mar...
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Textiles

Materials

Silk, Giltwood

Framed Antique Tibetan Buddhist Thangka
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning antique Tibetan Thangka with an embroidered border, circa mid to late 19th Century. It depicts Yamantaka or Vajrabhairava, a wrathful manifestation of Manjusri, the bodhis...
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Antique 19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Paintings and Screens

Materials

Textile, Acrylic

Framed Chinese Ancestor Portrait Depicting a Man in Golden Robes
Located in New York, NY
Chinese ancestor portrait depicting a man in flowing golden robes decorated with medalions featuring dragons, seated above a floor featuring additional dragon designs in a heavy rect...
Category

20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

19th Century, Antique Tibetan Wooden Buddhist Mahakala Mask with Stand
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Tibetan wooden Buddhist Mahakala mask (Shaman Exorcism Mask Yama God of Death) with stand. Age: Tibet, 19th Century Size: Height 36.6 C.M. / Width 28.3 C.M. / Thickness 14.7 C.M....
Category

Antique 19th Century Tibetan Antiquities

Materials

Wood

Frame Antique Chinese Embroidered Robe Qing Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A woman's coat made of black silk with wide sleeves from Chinese late Qing Dynasty (mid to late 19th century), mounted and presented on blue linen board and framed as a stunning piec...
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Textiles

Materials

Silk, Giltwood

Japanese Ceremonial Brocade Jinbaori Vest Jacket
Located in Atlanta, GA
Made entirely from luxuriant woven brocade (kinran) for the exterior, this Japanese sleeveless jacket is called Jinbaori. Commonly worn by the Samurai warriors during 16th century wh...
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Textiles

Materials

Silk, Brocade

Framed Antique Tibetan Thangka of Yamantaka with Consort
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique Tibetan Thangka with polychrome pigments on cloth, circa mid to late 19th century. It depicts Yamantaka, also known as Vajrabhairava, who is a wrathful manifestation of Ma...
Category

Antique 19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Paintings and Screens

Materials

Textile

19th Century Chinese Silk Embroidery Panel
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Exquisite piece of antique embroidery from the 19th century with supporting documents from Hong Kong. Two sleeves of high officials combined to create an intricate panel. The art tel...
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Textiles

Materials

Silk, Plexiglass, Wood

Antique Tibetan Thangka of a Deity
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A vibrantly colored Tibetan Thangka of a multi armed Deity, Tibet Circa 1900, framed in a gold tone frame under glass, Measures: 28 inches tall, 30.75 inches wide.
Category

Antique Early 1900s Tibetan Decorative Art

Materials

Fabric

Antique Tibetan Thangka of a Deity
Antique Tibetan Thangka of a Deity
H 28 in W 20.75 in D 0.75 in
Framed Japanese Antique Embroidery Sennin Tapestry Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning Japanese embroidery tapestry circa 1880s-1900s from late Meiji period, presented with an original wood frame with inner gold trim. The tour-de-force embroidered tapestry s...
Category

Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Textiles

Materials

Giltwood, Silk

Petite Goddess Mahapratisara Charm
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite brass sculpture is of the eight-armed goddess Mahapratisara, worshipped in Tibetan Buddhism as a protecting and prosperity granting Bodhisattva. She is considered to be a...
Category

20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Brass

Petite Goddess Mahapratisara Charm
Petite Goddess Mahapratisara Charm
H 2 in W 0.5 in D 0.5 in

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19th Century Chinese Mandarin Duck Woven Silk Kesi Rank Badge
Located in Paris, FR
). The pattern made in kesi tapestry technique. The border decorated with a frieze of foliage. The rank
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Antiquities

Materials

Tapestry, Silk

Ching Dynasty Imperial Court Collar
Located in Hudson, NY
Chinese silk Kesi (kossu, slit weave tapestry) court collar, Ching Dynasty circa late 18th Century
Category

Antique Late 18th Century Chinese Textiles

Materials

Silk

Ching Dynasty Imperial Court Collar
Ching Dynasty Imperial Court Collar
H 22 in W 38 in D 0.88 in
Chinese Kesi 'Silk Tapestry Weave' Chair Cover Panel, Qing Dynasty
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese Kesi (silk tapestry weave) chair cover panel. Finely woven in bright tones of blue
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Tapestries

Materials

Metallic Thread

Outstanding Antique Chinese Silk Kesi Kossu Rank Badge Qing Period
Located in Media, PA
This is an exquisite Antique Chinese Silk Kesi Kossu Rank Badge from the Qing Period. It features
Category

Antique 1820s Chinese Qing Textiles

Materials

Silk

Chinese Kesi Tapestry Woven Silk Panel
Located in New York, NY
Chinese Kesi framed tapestry woven silk panel with hand-painted embellishment, "100 Boys" pattern
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Textiles

Materials

Silk

"Three Kesi Official's Badges, " Silk Textile, 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
as kesi, or k'o-ssu, valued for creating an overall effect of carved silk. Set against fine silk
Category

19th Century Qing Mixed Media

Materials

Silk, Thread

Early 19th Century Chinese Silk Embroidered Kesi Textile
Located in Chicago, IL
Early 19th century Chinese silk embroidered dragon kesi textile with swirling clouds, pearls, and
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Quilts and Blankets

2 Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Silk Court Rank Military Crane Buzi Badges
Located in Dayton, OH
examples exist. They are typically satin weave or slit tapestry weave (kesi) silk. Satin weave badges often
Category

Early 20th Century Qing Textiles

Materials

Silk, Faux Bamboo

Pair of Korean Silk Kesi Textiles with Metal Thread Embroidery
Located in Milan, IT
A rare pair of silk kesi textiles depicting a landscape with trees and knights. Both the border as
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Antique 1740s Korean Chinoiserie Textiles

Set of Three 19th Century Chinese Kesi Official's Badges
Located in Chicago, IL
as kesi, or k'o-ssu, valued for creating an overall effect of carved silk. Set against fine silk
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Textiles

Materials

Silk

Qing Chinese Imperial Court Kesi Dragon Robe
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
Beautifully crafted and sewn Chinese robe. Complete with dragons and other symbolism, this blue robe has been framed out in an acrylic shadow box. Purchased from a collection with ...
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Textiles

Materials

Silk

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