Not all small masks are decorative and for the tourist market. Small masks are also called passport masks and have a special use. Might want to do...
NICE!!! Care to share where you found this? Beautiful piece!
Those dragons have only four claws, unless my eyesight is getting far worse than I thought. Also, dragons with five claws were reserved for pieces...
Bad painting. Wouldn't want it if gifted.
Characters state "Made in the Year of Qian Long." Might be a modern copy IMHO, made to look old, but I might be wrong. Sorry, but can't read the...
Aka, ex-líbris.
I'd be willing to give it a new home too
A good luck gift, "100 children" or "may you be fruitful and have lots of kids so your family line will never die." These good luck/long life...
If smaller I'd say chopstick holders, but at 5" for sure brush holders/rest, and in keeping with scholars' table objects.
Interesting, and helps put things in perspective. Auctioneers charge between 18% and 32% on hammer price which is quite a bit. That's what buyer...
Correct, it's a water dropper.
mdlock, Not sure what you mean by "all I can say about that comment is Picasso." If you are referring to Picasso being "messy" (dully quoted &...
The painting is titled 荷塘清趣 with can roughly be translated as Lotus Pond Scene, a common title for chinese traditional painting with this motif...
Reprints are not the same as the original editions. Your 1924 copy does not lose value because there are reprints, vintage or recent. In some...
Bad painting at all levels.
Thought this might be of help as reference. Silver experts will confirm... Or not....
Chinese. The pic with the characters is upside down. The two characters are 其昌, and stand together as a saying (chengyu) "五世其昌" (wǔ shì qí chāng)...
The 4 big characters mean Merry Christmas.
"Piggy-drum" bank. These are common in Macao and Hong Kong. I used to have some. Just loved the shape and they come in a variety of sizes and glazes.
Chinese, yes. Print, not original painting, thus the serial number.
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