Chinese Repoussé Silver Grooming Set

This curious Chinese jewelry chain dates to the early 20th century and is strung with an array of petite bells, charms and amulets. Worked of gilded silver alloy, the repoussé charms are laden with blessings and symbolism, including fruits for abundance, bats for happiness, and a lotus for perfection. The chain is strung with three larger charms of a horse, a donkey and a three-legged toad, the mythical creature known as the Jin Chan, or Money Toad...

This unusual piece of silver hardware is wonderfully patterned with intricate Tibetan repoussé decoration. Comprised of two thin silver plates linked ...

A Qing dynasty official proclaimed his rank through badges and accessories including his hat. This ingenious folding white brass hat stand, covered in intricately etched scrollwork, ...

This elegant set of eating utensils dates to the mid-19th century and would have accompanied the well-to-do traveler on a long, cross-country journey. The set originally included a p...

China fine pair (2) of handcrafted gilt silver fragrance incense holders Flowers and fragrances were important to Chinese nobility. These handsomely crafted, highly detailed vessels perfect to hold and touch, would have undoubtedly carried flowers or other aromatic substances to create a welcoming ambiance intended for the afterlife. Fine condition with remnant gold gilt over silver and traces of green Verdigris. Note the imperial bird of paradise motif on handle and at base of bulbs. Dimensions: Each 14 inches long and 5 inches high Provenance: old Hong Kong...

A pair of Chinese Mongolian style solid silver roosters engraved and inlaid with mother of pearl and turquoise. China, circa 1850.

This finely crafted piece was made high in the mountains of southeast China, Laos, Thailand and Burma (modern day Myanmar) by an indigenous hill tribe. The Hmong people are know for ...

Important and rare silver figures of eight immortals Yangqinghe Jiuji marks, Late Qing dynasty. Each hollow figure portraying one of the immortals in an animated pose, with highly detailed facial features, four pierced with apertures for the insertion of facial hair, clad in finely chased robes, all but two with their characteristic attributes, their bases bearing either two seal marks reading Yangqinghe Jiuji gongyibu and Zhe'ning Hu Qiusheng zao, or three marks in regular script reading Yangqinghe Jiuji gongyibu, Shang and Sheng zuo, original hand-carved wood stands. Measures: 11 1/4in (28.5cm) high (tallest one). The earliest records of the silver atelier known as Yangqinghe date to 1775 in Shanghai...