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Technique: Hand-Painted
European Painted Wood Coat Of Arms
Located in Essex, MA
Featuring a pair of winged griffons flanking a coat of arms with helmet.
Category
Early 19th Century European Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Carved Wooden Figure of a Mormon
Located in London, GB
The Mormon
We are proud to offer a unique hand carved early 20th century figure of a traditional Mormon. Wonderfully carved from a single piece of hard wood, detailing an angel at t...
Category
1910s American Victorian Vintage Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Paint
Extra Large Dutch Delft Tobacco Jar with Original Lid: Hollandia, 18th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Delft
1760 – 1790
Workshop unknown
A large blue and white tobacco jar for the storage of tobacco with an original brass lid.
The jar is inscribed Hollandia in a cartouche ornated wi...
Category
1760s Dutch Rococo Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic, Delft, Faience
1830 Watercolor and Gouache Painted Vignettes of Eastern Entertainers
Located in Savannah, GA
The caption of this charming pen and ink, watercolor and gouache vignette reads
"A troupe of Eastern Entertainers taken from diary of G. Copeland 1830."
Perhaps a rememberance from...
Category
1830s English Grand Tour Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk, Glass, Paint, Paper
$440 Sale Price
42% Off
Pair of 18th Century Carved Wall Consoles
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Pair of 18th century painted carved wall consoles, Louis XIV style, French.
Category
Mid-18th Century French Louis XIV Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
$4,200 / set
Pair of Reindeer Antique Still Banks, American, circa 1910
Located in Incline Village, NV
These two authentic cast iron antique still banks depict a large reindeer and a smaller one standing nearby. Together, they make a wonderful Christ...
Category
1910s American Folk Art Vintage Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
18th C. French Carved Walnut Figure of Saint John the Baptist with Lamb
Located in Dallas, TX
This evocative sculpture, hand-carved in France circa 1780 from solid walnut, depicts Saint John the Baptist, shown in youthful form holding an open book and accompanied by a lamb—hi...
Category
Late 18th Century French Baroque Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
Mid-18th Century Set of Three Lacquered Wood Boxes with Landscape Scenes
Located in Brescia, IT
These fine wood lacquered boxes are in Baroque style. There are natural landscape and one of these has the scene of the fire in the town of Edimburg...
Category
Mid-18th Century Austrian Baroque Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
$2,083 Sale Price
20% Off
Uncle Sam Still Bank 'Composition, ' circa 1940
Located in Incline Village, NV
American manufacture; this colorful hand-painted still bank depicting Uncle Sam is all original with no repairs and no repaint. Fabulous crazing throughout indicative of original pai...
Category
1940s American Folk Art Vintage Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Composition
Mid-Century American Large Scale Wood Carved C-133A Plane
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Mid-century large-scale wood carved Folk Art Cargomaster C-133A. An actual barn find discovered in Washington State farm country. Hand-carved and painted. Two pieces: wing piece atta...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
19th Century Anatomical Model of Dissected Wax Head Mounted on Framed Board
Located in London, GB
Antique Anatomical Model, Anatomical Wax Model, Antique Wax Head, Medical Antique, Anatomical Antique, Vintage Anatomical Model, Antique Cabinet of Curi...
Category
Late 19th Century German Gothic Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Hand-Carved Wooden Relief Last Supper
Located in Antwerp, BE
Hand-Carved Wooden Relief "Last Supper" (circa 1950)
Description:
This exquisite hand-carved wooden relief depicts the Last Supper and dates back to the mid-20th century, around 195...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
French Hand Painted Porcelain Plate Ceremonial Masonic Plate from Moustiers
Located in Miami, FL
Hand painted Masonic ceremonial plate signed Moustiers.
In perfect condition, signed Meret a Moustiers.
Measurements: 10" Diameter x 1" High
Category
20th Century French Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain
Framed 17th Century Map of Cumberland, England by John Speed, 1610
By John Speed
Located in Middleburg, VA
A fascinating and richly detailed antique map of Cumberland County in northwest England, drawn and published by the celebrated English cartographer John Spe...
Category
Early 17th Century English British Colonial Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Copper, Gold Leaf
Lladró The Guest by Ricardo Cavolo Figurine. Small Model. Numbered Edition
By Lladro, Ricardo Cavolo
Located in New York City, NY
This piece is the contribution by the prestigious designer Ricardo Cavolo to The Guest, the creative project inviting cutting-edge artists from around the world to customize this fas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Giltwood and Polychrome Painted Putti / Cherub
Located in Hastings, GB
Hand carved winged Italian Baroque Putti, water gilded over applied gesso, the face and head polychrome painted. Small hanging hook to the back of the head.
Width 23 cm x Height 1...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Pair 18th Century Carved and Painted Italian Religious Cameos
Located in Dallas, TX
Showing the lovely patina of centuries, this stunning pair of 18th Century Carved and Painted Italian Religious Cameos of Jesus & Mary hand-carved from...
Category
Late 18th Century Dutch Renaissance Revival Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pine
Hand Painted Baroque Cherub or Angel Portuguese Ceramic Tile
Located in Coimbra, PT
Gorgeous blue hand painted Baroque cherub or angel 18th century style Portuguese ceramic tile/azulejo
The tile painted in cobalt blue over white in typ...
Category
Late 20th Century Portuguese Baroque Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Delft, Faience, Terracotta
Dutch Delft Tobacco Jar: Martiniek, 18th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Origin: Delft
Date: Second half of the 18th century
Workshop: De Lampetkan
A genuine blue and white tobacco jar for the storage of tobacco.
The brand name, Martiniek, is painted i...
Category
1760s Dutch Rococo Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic, Delft, Faience
Dutch Delft Tobacco Jar with Original Brass Lid: Tonka, 18th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Origin: Delft
Date: Second half of the 18th century
Workshop unknown
A genuine blue and white tobacco jar for the storage of tobacco with an original brass lid to keep the tobacco...
Category
1760s Dutch Rococo Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic, Delft, Faience
French Mahogany Barometer with Thermometer by "L'Ingenieur Chevallier"
By Jean Gabriel Augustin Chevallier
Located in Pembroke, MA
Impressive French mahogany barometer and thermometer from the Louis-Philippe period (Circa 1840), by Jean Gabriel Augustin Chevalliier. The barometer features an indicator arrow adju...
Category
19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Spelter Still Bank "Girl By A Barrel", German, circa 1908
Located in Incline Village, NV
The term "spelter" refers to a zinc/lead metal compound used to pour and make castings. Because of the thinness of the castings there is great detail to the subject matter of these banks. Spelter banks...
Category
Early 1900s German Folk Art Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Spelter
Madonna de la Media after Rafael Antique Framed Portrait on Porcelain
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This finely executed portrait is unsigned and presumed to have originated from Italy and date to approximately 1900 and done in a Renaissance style. The portrait is hand-painted on a...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Vintage Italian Collectible Ceramic Table Game by Gabbianelli, Green and White
Located in Milano, IT
This is a rare, funny and well preserved desk game set/decorative object in hand-painted ceramic, made in Italy in the Eighties by renowned manufacturer Gabbianelli - as proved by th...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
$615 Sale Price
20% Off
Handmade Rajasthani Kathputli Dancing Puppet Couple Jaipur India 1950s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Large pair of vintage 1950s string marionettes, these magnificent Rajasthani Kathputli puppets came from the vibrant state of Rajasthan in northwestern India.
Meticulously handcrafte...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Folk Art Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Textile, Silk, Wood
Mid-18th Century Set of Three Wood Lacquered Boxes with Portraits
Located in Brescia, IT
These fine wood lacquered wood boxes in Baroque style, are painted both on the sides: there's an elegant lady portrait on one side and on the other side, a natural landscape, so fine...
Category
Mid-18th Century Austrian Baroque Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
$2,083 Sale Price / set
20% Off
18th Century Italian Wood and Gesso Altar Vase with Flame and Faux Marble
Located in Hastings, GB
A stunning hand-crafted wood and applied gesso altar vase, late 18th century with faux marbling to the base and flame top.
Small areas of loss to the gesso and wear to the paint com...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Antique Early 19th Century Tailors Dummy for Young Gentleman Childrens Fashion
Located in Munich, DE
This very rare early 19th century tailor's dummy for a young boy has been handcrafted out of painted paper mache and wood.
Category
1810s English George III Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Pair of American Country Antique Cast Metal Floral Design Rectangular Coin Banks
Located in Queens, NY
"Pair of Antique American (early 20th Century) cast bronze coin banks with rectangular forms with flared tops and bottoms, featuring floral designs with pink and green painted detail...
Category
Early 20th Century American American Colonial Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Games' Industries Mid-Century English Blue Painted Wooden Ship's Hull Model
Located in Queens, NY
English Mid-Century wooden "Albatross" yacht hull model of a ship with a painted and varnished deck and light blue and silver painted exterior (plate on deck reads, "GAMES INDUSTRIES...
Category
20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Processional banner with Madonna and child
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
A processional banner from Kevelaar, a well-known pilgrimage site in Germany, near the Dutch boarder. The banner in silk and gold brocade hangs fro...
Category
Late 19th Century German Gothic Revival Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Canvas, Silk, Giltwood
19th Century French Hand Painted Red, Blue and Green Stained Glass Church Panel
Located in Hastings, GB
Antique stained glass church panel French in origin exact age unknown, mid to late 19th century.
Beautiful hand painted designs across the vib...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Baroque Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stained Glass
American Cast Iron Nautical Anchor and Dolphin Motif Umbrella Stand, Circa 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
American cast iron nautical umbrella stand with centered anchor ring attached and intertwined with rope, two smaller tridents with spears, and resting on a...
Category
1850s American American Empire Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Rendez-Vous Rocket Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture Rendez-Vous rocket Saturn V
with wooden structure in varnished finish.
Hand-painted piece. Rocket under
ultra clear plexiglass box, with fume
to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Paint
$11,365
Mid-Century Investiture Chair Designed by Lord Snowden for Prince Charles 1969
By Remploy
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This chair was designed by Lord Snowden in 1969 and produced by Remploy for the Investiture ceremony of Prince Charles, and done in the period Mid-Cetury Modern style. The chair is made of ash with a bentwood back and painted in a bright red with Prince of Wales styled feathers on the back in gilt. These chairs are known as 'investiture chairs...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wool, Bentwood
Mid-18th Century Hand Drawn English Farm Map on Vellum, circa 1740s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid-18th century hand drawn English farm map on Vellum circa 1740s
Henry Maxted & Isaac Terry, Surveyors.
A Map of a Farm in the Parish of Blean in the County of KENT: Belonging to Mrs Elizabeth Hodgson circa 1743.
A beautiful hand drawn map...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Lambskin
Antique Handmade Qajar Persian Lacquer Photo Album Silver on Leather
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Late 19th century Middle Eastern photo album book, Qajar period, hand painted lacquer enamel with silver on leather large photo album. Painted enamel central plaque depicting a Mosqu...
Category
Late 19th Century Persian Islamic Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Galos Design Porcelain of a Couple Driving a Car
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a hand painted Galos porcelain depicting a couple who are enjoying driving their sport car without hood. Black, white and silver are the predom...
Category
20th Century Spanish Modern Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain
$477 Sale Price
40% Off
1950s Original Vintage Fairground Carousel of the Mining Pig with a Children's
Located in Marbella, ES
Charming vintage children's fairground carousel decorated with a pig figure dressed as a mine worker pushing a children's double-decker car. The vehicle features two seats equipped w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Resin
Sailing Training Ship Full-Rigged Ship Elli in the Display Case 1958 Denmark
Located in Hannover, DE
This beautiful, handcrafted sailing training ship was built in the late 1950s. The work is very detailed and neatly executed. The shipbuilder has created a true work of art here. The...
Category
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Automobile Amusement Park Battery Powered Toy Car c1930's Believed one-of-a-kind
Located in Chicago, IL
Certainly, the most unusual Child’s Battery Powdered Electric Child's Car I have ever seen. As the story was told to me back in the 1970’s, it was actually produced for the owner of an amusement park...
Category
1930s American Vintage Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel, Iron, Chrome
Mid-19th Century Luneville Faience Miniature Trinket Commode
By Luneville
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A miniature Luneville faience commode with 2 over 3 drawers, mid-19th Century - for jewelry & trinkets. One drawer edge with restoration.
4 1/4"w., 3"d., 3 1/2"h.
Whitehall Antiques...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Faience
$560 Sale Price
41% Off
18th Century Pastiglia Decorated Baroque Bible Box
Located in Hastings, GB
This truly exceptional 18th century bible box, formed as a book and profusely decorated in pastiglia throughout, in silver and gold gilt, at it's c...
Category
Early 18th Century German Baroque Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gesso, Pine
Two Metal Copper Plates Souvenir of Germany
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Two metal copper plates Souvenir of Germany.
One of Cologne, Koln.
Cologne is a major cultural centre for the Rhineland; it hosts more than 30 museums and hundreds of galleries. Exhibitions range from local ancient Roman archeological sites to contemporary graphics and sculpture,
The other one of Aachen, Aachen is the westernmost city in Germany, located near the borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, 61 km (38 mi) west of Cologne[8][9] in a former coal-mining area.[9] One of Germany's leading institutes of higher education in technology,
Each one is numbered.
Handcrafted and hand painted with cast famous German monuments of each city.
Copper with blue sky and some green trees.
Dimensions:
Large oval plate: 9" W x 6.75" H x 0.50" D.
Smaller oval plate: 7.5" W x 5" H x 0.50" D.
The oval cast copper souvenir plates...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Arts and Crafts Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Copper
Portuguese Baroque Sculpture of Jesus, Religious Art, 18th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
An 18th century Portuguese Baroque sculpture portraying the Infant Jesus, hand-carved in polychrome wood. This religious piece dates between 1770 and 1790, preserves its serene blue ...
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
$5,536 Sale Price
20% Off
1856 U.S. Coast Survey Map of Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is U.S. Coast Survey nautical chart or maritime map of Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay from 1856. The map depicts the region from Susquehanna, Maryland to the northern Outer Banks in North Carolina. It also shows from Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia to the Atlantic Ocean. The map is highly detailed with many cities and towns labeled throughout. Rivers, inlets, and bays are also labeled. Various charts illustrating more specific parts of the region are marked on the map using dotted lines. The lines form boxes, and the corresponding chart number and publication date are given. Extensive triangulation surveys were conducted the length of Chesapeake Bay and are illustrated here. Hampton Roads, Virginia is labeled, along with the James, York, and Rappahannock Rivers, which were all extensively surveyed.
The chart was published under the supervision of A. D. Bache, one of the most influential and prolific figures in the early history of the U.S. Coast Survey, for the 1856 Report of the Superintendent of the U.S. Coast Survey. Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) was an American physicist, scientist, and surveyor. Bache served as the Superintendent of the U.S. Coast Survey from 1843 to 1865. Born in Philadelphia, Bache toured Europe and composed an important treatise on European Education. He also served as president of Philadelphia's Central High School and was a professor of natural history and chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania. Upon the death of Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler, Bache was appointed Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey.
The Office of the Coast Survey, founded in 1807 by President Thomas Jefferson and Secretary of Commerce Albert Gallatin...
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1850s American Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Facsimile DesBarres (1776) Chart of Nantucket Island, circa 1966
Located in Nantucket, MA
Facsimile DesBarres (1776) Chart of Nantucket Island and the Eastern Half of Martha's Vineyard, published by the Massachusetts Historical Society in association with Haley & Steele, ...
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1960s American Other Vintage Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
18th Century French Oil on Canvas Painting "Third Station of the Cross"
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a wall with this colorful religious antique painting. Created in France, circa 1780, the artwork is set in the original frame and depicts the 3th station of the cross " Jesu...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Canvas
Hungarian Yizkor and El Male Rachamim Memorial Prayer Scroll, 1903
Located in New York, NY
This finely crafted ink-on-paper manuscript from 1903 features the Yizkor and El Male Rachamim prayers, traditional Jewish memorial prayers recited for the souls of the deceased. The...
Category
Early 20th Century Hungarian Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Italian Renaissance Painted Lifesize Figure of Religious Scholar
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance painted pine life size figure of religious scholar holding book (17/18th Cent)
Replacement finger
Category
Mid-17th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pine
Unusual 20th Century Kachina "style" Doll of a Navajo Figure with Large Hands
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Painted cottonwood Kachina "style" doll depicting a Navajo, circa 1940s. It is in good condition, with bright color. Kachina dolls were usually created to teach Hopi children the var...
Category
1940s American Native American Vintage Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century, Spanish Colonial Religious Painting of San Geronimo
Located in San Francisco, CA
18th century painting of San Geronimo, oil on canvas laid on wood board. It was later placed in a restored 19th century wood and gesso frame. There is no signature.
Category
18th Century Unknown Spanish Colonial Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Canvas
Antique Hand-Carved & Painted Wooden Mounted Architectural or Nautical Fragment
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique hand-carved and polychrome painted architectural or nautical fragment shows no sign of where is may have originated from, but is quite early dating between approximately...
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Early 17th Century Unknown Baroque Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
Emile Deyrolle 19th Century Plaster, Wire and Wood Didactic Germination Models
Located in Buffalo, NY
Les Fils D'Emile Deyrolle, Paris. Extremely rare set of five 19th century French painted plaster, wire and wood Didactic models depicting progression, Anatomie Vegetalf, beautifully ...
Category
19th Century French Folk Art Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wire
Maillot signé Diego Mradona Argentine world cup 1986 Mexico
Located in Perpignan, FR
Maillot football réplique de la sélection argentine de 1986 signé main par Diego Maradona en septembre 2019 à Buenos Aires.
un certificat d’authenticité + numéro de série enregistré...
Category
1980s Vintage Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Acrylic
19th Century French Louis XVI Carved Painted and Gilt Barometer Thermometer
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate an entryway or library with this striking antique French barometer and thermometer, crafted circa 1880. Carved in wood and hand-painted in a vivid palette of faux-malachite,...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Giltwood
Goodyear Panoramic Factory Print with Gouache by Woodbury & Co, Worcester MA
Located in Milford, NH
A finely detailed panoramic ink print with gouache of the Goodyear factory in the early 20th century done by Woodbury & Co, of Worcester, Massachusetts. This company was known for th...
Category
20th Century American Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1930s Folk Art, Wood and Metal Airplane / Fan
Located in Buffalo, NY
1930s Folk Art, wood and metal airplane / fan... amazing design, working motorized fan blade, hand build and hand painted.
Category
1930s American Folk Art Vintage Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
18th Century Giltwood and Polychrome Painted Putti / Cherub
Located in Hastings, GB
Hand carved winged German Baroque Putti, water gilded over applied gesso, the face and head polychrome painted. Small hanging loop to the back of the head.
Width 26cm, Height 19cm, ...
Category
Late 18th Century German Baroque Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Giltwood
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 major entertainment performance art in Chinese traditional theatre. This traditional performance art was widely used in religious and rural events to exorcise evil spirits. Puppets are also used in festivals such as the Chinese Ghost Festival to scare away ghosts, as well as significant events including births or marriage or to entertain audiences. The puppet theatre has developed into several different genres amongst different areas in China including rod puppets, glove puppets, shadow puppets and string puppets...
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
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