Pair of Palatial Cloisonne Chinese Earthquake Detectors

Chinese seismograph was invented by Zhang Heng in about Eastern Han Dynasty. According to the history, The seismograph has eight directions, which are east, south, west, north, southeast, southwest, northeast and northwest. There is a dragon containing a dragon ball in each direction, and there is a toad under each dragon head corresponding to it. If an earthquake occurs in any direction, the dragon ball contained in the dragon's mouth in that direction will fall into the toad's mouth, and the direction of the earthquake can be determined from this. This seismograph was made from Faux Ivory with hand carved and hand painted eight dragons and eight toads and decorated with floral and flamings. also, there is hand carved Tao statue sitting on the top reading the Tao Te Ching...

Stunning in presentation, these cloisonne figures depict finely robed men bearing bowl-like vessels overhead. Beautifully enameled in white, black, blue, red,...

Pair of late 19th century Chinese bronze cloisonné urns with lids

A pair of 19th century Chinese hand-carved temple corbels featuring stylized characters. Each corbel showcases a great wood openwork carving featuring a...

A pair of Chinese 18th century hand-carved wooden temple corbels. Each corbel features detailed animals, shells, and other adornments among openwork fol...

A stunning pair of late 20th century life-size Chinese cloisonné tigers from the Baron Estate. In Chinese symbolism, these tigers represents the ma...

Chinese Cloisonne Enamel Box Together with Two Chinese Cloisonne Fabric Rings. (3 pieces) Diameter of box 2.25 in. Condition Report Good condition.

Chinese cloisonne garniture set with a most unusual black enamel ground; consisting of a pair of covered ginger jars, Height 8 in. (20.32 cm.) and a central vase with fine enamel di...

A small Chinese cloisonne vase Qing Dynasty, 19th century ????? ?????????? enamelled to the body with flowers interspersed with smaller flowe...

Collection of 6 Chinese cloisonne teapots in varying shapes and designs of flora and fauna. The highest one is 5.5'' H x 2 W x 2.5'' D. the sm...