Gotta be sure, y'know!! :o
QIN Dynasty? Or QING Dynasty? There's a GIGANTIC difference between the two. The QIN Dynasty was the FIRST solid Chinese dynasty. It's the QIN...
Here's a photo of it in sunlight: [ATTACH]
I know. I know!! Shut up!! I KNOW!!! :'( ...but it was cuuuuuute... :( [ATTACH] It's the little one on the far right. Supposedly Georgian...
Oh these are WAAAAAAAAAAY prior to 1947. I dare anyone to prove otherwise! :P
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] All ivory. Victorian era. I added a fourth (the one with tortoise-shell) just this week.
OK I give up. I have to ask. Why the hell are coffee pots tall and narrow, and teapots are short and fat? What's the reasoning behind this thing?
If I put two of these things in a box, and leave them alone for a month, do I get twelve more?
On my mother's side, it's pure Chinese-Chinese. On my dad's side, it's half-Chinese, Half-Peranakan.
Sadly that is the legacy of the Peranakan. Most people have never heard of them. You hear of things like the Roma, or gypsies. Or Jewish culture...
Hah! What a guess...
To me at least, they look somewhat middle-eastern. Perhaps sorta like Indian-influenced? I dunno. They're certainly not European, that much I do...
Antique apothecary jars. Most people are familiar with the glass ones, which are mostly from the Victorian/late-Georgian era. I THINK these,...
Well my grandmother and her family were full-blooded Peranakan coming out the wazoo, so that means I'm Peranakan too :P BOO YAHZ!! *fist-bump*
Princeton University? Just an idea...
Here's a good example of what I mean. Look at the tray at the top of this posting. Then look at this: [IMG] This is TYPICAL Peranakanware....
The tray is extremely interesting, but for my money, I wouldn't call it Peranakan. Peranakan metalware has a very distinct look to it. It will...
Asian antiques of any variety are easy to get burned on. Approach them with GREAT caution. Unless you absolutely know EVERYTHING about a subject -...
You wish! I'm not that bloody flexible! :D
It's a footed mortar and pestle, of a kind typically associated with the Mediterranean. I'm thinking countries like Greece, Turkey, Egypt, etc....
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