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Intricately hand carved from a single block of richly variegated stone, this incredibly detailed and elaborate, Chinese sculpture is a true work of art. It features a dragon on a car...

Original paintings, inspired by antique Chinese export wallpapers., from our studio. An antiquing process is applied to the paintings for a distressed effect.

A group of three Chinese Yixing and marble teapots China, 20th century The group comprises from left: A globular double-walled teapot, moulded, pierced and carved with fine detail with a continuous frieze of dragon, amongst waves. Pierced lid with knob finial and flowering lotus. Impressed artists seal mark to the base. Tiny chip to the spout. Measures: 3 3/4" in.(9.5 cm.) high, 4" in.(10 cm.) diameter. A small globular red zisha clay teapot...

An oriental porcelain Celadon-Glazed painted Vase mounted as a lamp 20th century. Of meiping form painted with flowering branches of peonies and poem inscription, on turned wood stand...

an early 20th Century Chinese rug with a floral design in cream, blue, yellow and brown Measures: 8'11'' x 11'5''.

Cloisonne vases, a pair - early to mid 20th century Gorgeous motif of cherry blossoms in blue and birds agains a lovely cream background Measures: 3" diameter at the base x 6" ...

This antique Mahjong set is unsigned and documentation shows it to have originated from China and date to approximately 1900 and done in the Chines...

Antique circa 1930’s Chinese papier mache vase painted green with a kitten playing with a ball under a flowering bush. Wax customs stamp to base. ...

Beautiful Chinese fan of Canton of the 19th century in Bone, Paper and Silk. Dimensions: H: 49cm, W: 28cm, D: 2cm.  

A wonderful and heavy cast iron Pagoda censer. lovely for burning incense, a small, yet quiet statement piece - A compliment to any shelf or console a...

Lot of two Chinese inside-painted Glass snuff bottles Together with Inside painted glass vase 20 - 21st Century. From left: Glass vase on segmented facet cut foot support...

19th Century Chinese Rose Medallion porcelain garden seat, painted with panels depicting interior scenes of birds and flowers.

This is a set of 3 pcs Chinese antique open carved wooden panels which used to be the interior divider/door panels in ancient China that are put together to make into a screen. Scree...

We are delighted to this lovely circa 1900 hand carved and paint Chinese Export wall panel A very good looking and well-made piece, would suit any setting its ornately carved in s...

Early 20th century cast bronze floor lamp with neolithic Chinese motif 13" diameter at the base x 74" high The wiring needs to be updated (please see images) This is truly an exception cast bronze lamp. The Chinese motifs around the base also have a strong resemblance to Mayan motifs...

Look at this primitive Antique Chinese official wooden rice measurement bucket "Dou". It is 100 percent hand made and has about 140 years history. You...

Round plate made of bronze and cloisonné enamel designed in China in the 20th century. This plate is made of bronze and cloisonné enamel, a goldsmith technique originally applied to jewellery design. The polychrome decorations depict a white rooster...

Round plate made of bronze and cloisonné enamel designed in China in the 20th century. This plate is made of bronze and cloisonné enamel, a goldsmith technique originally applied to...

These are a personal favorite! This is a killer pair of 1970s large scale Chinese Export style foo dogs. I love the coloration with the brown and gold drip g...

A fine Chinese Peking glass vase. Crafted to imitate realgar (雄黃), a mineral widely used in Traditional Chinese Medicine. With a polished p...

This antique Mahjong set is presumed to have originated from China and date to approximately 1900 and done in the Chinese Export style. The tiles a...

This is handcrafted Tibetan container made from Tibetan copper and tin. It has hand crafted Tibetan folk art all over the container, very detailed ca...

Round plate made of bronze and cloisonné enamel designed in China in the 20th century. This plate is made of bronze and cloisonné enamel, a goldsmith technique originally applied to...

A Pair Of Blanc - De - Chine Dehua  Figures Of Guanyin Early 20th century Each figure is modelled standing in flowing robes upon a lotus leaf decorated stand, holding a fl...

Round plate made of bronze and cloisonné enamel designed in China in the 20th century. This dish is made of bronze and cloisonné enamel, a goldsmith's technique originally applied to jewellery design. The polychrome decorations depict a circular geometric pattern, with blue and white butterflies...

A mixture of finely powdered tobacco, herbs, and spices, snuff was introduced to China in the 17th century by Western diplomats. Initially reserved for ranking members of Qing-dynast...

This Gorgeous pair of Antique Tibetan Drums have many years history but it still maintained it's original condition. They are all hand made from wood and ...

This exceptional and rare antique "Honor Reward" sign board which issued by Qing Dynasty - Dao Guang government at year 1839. This Sign board has been kept in very good care and in i...

Dated to mid-19th century, this rustic, farmhouse, primitive and brutalist stool has simple splayed-leg design and well-worn finish. Crafted of northern elm wood with mortise-and-ten...

Mid 19th Century Asian Wooden decorative storage box with lid. Measures 13.5"W x 11"D x 11.5"H.

Splendid statue made of jade in the typically Chinese 19th century. The statue is very beautiful and rests on an oval base made of very fine dark wood. The lower part of the statue ...

This Gorgeous Antique Tibetan drum has many years history but it still maintained it's original condition. The stand and drum was made of Cypress Wood wit...

This hand carved marble sculpture is a "fortuitous beast" or mythical animal known as Qinlin. A marble statue of a mythical beast, Qilin. It is not signed and so appraisers say it is...

This beautiful massive antique grass chopper has lot of metal works with wood handle on it. This chopper is made at 1939 using solid elm wood with one heavy duty blade. It was used to cut the grasses to feed horses and cows...

Nicely colored jade Chinese archer ring that feel oh-so-soft, heavy and cold to the touch. Jade archer rings with very soft hand polished finish that ...

Superb large Asian lantern / chandelier / suspension. Structure in solid wood carved with dragons and openwork. Glass plates painted with subjects of women and various flowers. ...

Chinese guardian lions, or imperial guardian lions, are a traditional Chinese architectural ornament. Typically made of stone, they are also known as stone lions or shishi (石獅; shíshī). They are known in colloquial English as lion dogs or foo dogs / fu dogs. The concept, which originated and became popular in Chinese Buddhism, features a pair of highly stylized lions—often one male with a ball and one female with a cub—which were thought to protect the building from harmful spiritual influences and harmful people that might be a threat. Used in imperial Chinese palaces and tombs, the lions subsequently spread to other parts of Asia including Japan (see komainu), Korea, Philippines, Tibet, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Cambodia, Laos, and Malaysia. There has been extensive interaction between Chinese mythology and Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. Elements of pre-Han dynasty mythology such as those in Classic of Mountains and Seas were adapted into these belief systems as they developed (in the case of Taoism), or were assimilated into Chinese culture (in the case of Buddhism). Elements from the teachings and beliefs of these systems became incorporated into Chinese mythology. For example, the Taoist belief of a spiritual Paradise became incorporated into mythology as the place where immortals and deities used to dwell. Sometimes mythological and religious ideas have become widespread across China's many regions and diverse ethnic societies. In other cases, beliefs are more limited to certain social groups, for example, the veneration of white stones by the Qiang. One mythological theme that has a long history and many variations involves a shamanic world view, for example in the cases of Mongolian shamanism among the Mongols, Hmong shamanism among the Miao people, and the shamanic beliefs of the Qing dynasty from 1643 to 1912, derived from the Manchus. Politically, mythology was often used to legitimize the dynasties of China, with the founding house of a dynasty claiming a divine descent. Mythology and philosophy. Further information: Chinese philosophy True mythology is distinguished from philosophical treatises and theories. Elaborations on the Wu Xing are not really part of mythology, although belief in five elements could appear. The Hundred Schools of Thought is a phrase suggesting the diversity of philosophical thought that developed during the Warring States of China. Then, and subsequently, philosophical movements had a complicated relationship with mythology. However, as far as they influence or are influenced by mythology, divides the philosophical camps into two rough halves, a Liberal group and a Conservative group. The liberal group being associated with the idea of individuality and change, for example as seen in the mythology of divination in China, such as the mythology of the dragon horse that delivered the eight bagua diagrams to Fu Xi, and methods of individual empowerment as seen in the Yi Jing (Book of Changes). The Liberal tendency is towards individual freedom, Daoism, and Nature. The relationship of the Conservative philosophies to mythology is seen in the legendary Nine Tripod Cauldrons, mythology about the emperors and central bureaucratic governance, Confucianism, written histories, ceremonial observances, subordination of the individual to the social groups of family and state, and a fixation on stability and enduring institutions. The distinction between the Liberal and Conservative is very general, but important in Chinese thought. Contradictions can be found in the details, however these are often traditional, such as the embrace by Confucius of the philosophical aspects of the Yi Jing, and the back-and-forth about the Mandate of Heaven wherein one dynasty ends and another begins based according to accounts (some of heavily mythological) where the Way of Heaven results in change, but then a new ethical stable dynasty becomes established. Examples of this include the stories of Yi Yin, Tang of Shang and Jie of Xia or the similar fantastic stories around Duke of Zhou and King Zhou of Shang. Mythology exists in relationship with other aspects of society and culture, such as ritual. Various rituals are explained by mythology. For example, the ritual burning of mortuary banknotes (Hell Money), lighting fireworks, and so on. A good example of the relationship of Chinese mythology and ritual is the Yubu, also known as the Steps or Paces of Yu. During the course of his activities in controlling the Great Flood, Yu was supposed to have so fatigued himself that he lost all the hair from his legs and developed a serious limp. Daoist practitioners sometimes incorporate a curiously choreographed pedal locomotion into various rituals. Mythology and practice, one explains the other: in these rituals, the sacred time of Yu merges with the sacral practice of the present. Various ideas about the nature of the earth, the universe, and their relationship to each other have historically existed as either a background or a focus of mythologies. One typical view is of a square earth separated from a round sky by sky pillars (mountains, trees, or undefined). Above the sky is the realm of Heaven, often viewed of as a vast area, with many inhabitants. Often the heavenly inhabitants are thought to be of an "as above so below" nature, their lives and social arrangements being parallel to those on earth, with a hierarchical government run by a supreme emperor, many palaces and lesser dwellings, a vast bureaucracy of many functions, clerks, guards, and servants. Below was a vast under ground land, also known as Diyu, Yellow Springs, Hell, and other terms. As time progressed, the idea of an underground land in which the souls of the departed were punished for their misdeeds during life became explicit, related to developments in Daoism and Buddhism. The underground world also came to be conceived of as inhabited by a vast bureaucracy, with kings, judges, torturers, conductors of souls, minor bureaucrats, recording secretaries, similar to the structure of society in the Middle Kingdom (earthly China). Chinese temple Dogs...

Look at this magnificent antique Chinese porcelain teapot. It was hand made and hand paint with beautiful Chinese traditional design o...

A Large Chinese Famille Verte 19th century. Colorfully enameled with elegant gathering of the literati in the rock garden, The neck applied with twin gilded mythical beast ha...

The rectangular box with canted corners, opening to a lacquered interior; decorated overall with floral and foliate motifs and cartouches of floral sprays and temples; on gilt claw f...

Art Deco Oriental Carved camphor wood chest This Beautiful Carved Chest is made from Camphor Wood, for those of you who do not ...

This is handcrafted Tibetan container made from Tibetan copper and tin. It has hand crafted Tibetan folk art all over the container, very detailed ca...

Dated to mid 19th century, this rustic, farmhouse, primitive and brutalist stool has simple splayed-leg design and well-worn finish. Crafted of northern elm wood with mortise-and-ten...

This rectangular wall mirror features an antique Chinese bed panel and a contemporary gilt frame carved to resemble lengths of segmented bamboo. Like...

Nice plate of the Compagnie des Indes dating from the Qianlong period, XVIIIth century. Blue and white porcelain soup plate. On this plate are drawn in blue ink a set of plants or we...

A wonderful piece! two sided with leather hand painted snare on two sides trimmed in nail heads. The collapsable wooden stand, while making the piece complete, can be put aside and t...

Incense burner, bronze. It was made in China in the 20th century. One can notice elephants, bats and pine trees as decoration. It comes apart in three parts, and can of course be use...

A stunning 19th century Chinese Rosewood and inset Marble plant stand. Wonderful carved flower design on it's skirt, and on the outside of it's leg...

Pair of Antique Chinese wooden wedding baskets with lightly carved floral designs in horizontal bands along the exterior of three removable circular compartments, topped with a lid f...

A Chinese Famille rose 'Prunus and Magpie' bottle vase Porcelain red ginger jar and cover Blue and white porcelain seal paste box Dehua bottle vase covered with a finely woven bamboo 20th century From left: Chinese Famille rose bottle vase finely decorated with magpie amongst flowering branches of prunus blossom the reverse inscribed with a poetic calligraphy and three seals. The base has an “Zhong Guo Jingdezhen Zhi” mark circa 1970 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm.) high 3 1/2 in. (9 cm.) diameter. Chinese porcelain ruby-red ground ginger jar and cover finely enameled with alternating lotus flowers and shou character among scrolling vine all on a ground of rich ruby color between borders of multicolored lotus petal panels below and ruyi heads above. “Jiangxi Jingdezhen Min Ci” mark to the base circa 1960 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm.) high 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm.) diameter Small blue and white porcelain circular seal paste box and cover late 20th century 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm.) high 2 1/2 in. (16.3 cm.) diameter. Chinese dehua porcelain...

Look at this beautiful Chinese antique Rosewood decorated table screen. It is 100 percent hand made and hand carved with Jade carving insert at center of the screen. Very detailed fi...

This Chinese Antique Huge Country Wagon Wheel is made by solid elm wood in Shan Xi, China. Although it has over 150 years history but it still maintain it very good working condition. It was originally used as the wheel of country wagon for daily transportation in the countryside of Northern China. You can easily see from the pictures that It has 3/4 inches thick metal strip around the wheel and a lot of metal works all over the wheel. Very solid and supper heavy. You may use it decorate your home and garden. This is a truly antique and collectible...

A Rare 19th century chinese silver and jade magnifying glass. This finely worked and intricately designed hand magnifying glass dates to circa...

Immerse yourself in the enchanting beauty of the Orient with this exquisite mid-20th century Chinese cabinet, imported from France and crafted with meticulous attention to detail. Ma...

Vietnamese wood seal, made of wood, and metal. It dates from the end of the 19th century around 1880 and is in good condition.

Two fantastic and rare Chinese Kangxi Period porcelain fruit stands, Representing Buddhas Hand & Pomegranates. Each of these is beautifully hand-carved and hand-painted with the fine...

This highly collectable spectacular rare kimono has detailed hand-embroidery throughout accented . This ceremonial Japanese kimono is hand sewn and hand-quilted throughout.

Vintage Chinese table lamp made from a white porcelain urn painted with a floral red roses design around mounted on a brown wooden base and fi...