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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 5374902, member: 2844"]Chinoiserie is European, or other Western, made in the Chinese style.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> This is proper Chinese.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your photos are great, but it is impossible to say. Could you post a photo of a detail, for instance a face?</p><p>The makers went for an ivory look, so not stone. I have seen many of the period that have celluloid figures.</p><p><br /></p><p>Majestic was a well known furniture company in Kowloon. The owners were from Shanghai, like many Hongkong furniture manufacturers.</p><p>Here is some background info on the Shanghai furniture makers that moved to Hongkong:</p><p><a href="https://industrialhistoryhk.org/shanghainese-wood-carvers-and-the-development-of-the-wooden-furniture-industry-in-hong-kong/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://industrialhistoryhk.org/shanghainese-wood-carvers-and-the-development-of-the-wooden-furniture-industry-in-hong-kong/" rel="nofollow">https://industrialhistoryhk.org/shanghainese-wood-carvers-and-the-development-of-the-wooden-furniture-industry-in-hong-kong/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It is impossible to get a good look at the materials of the figures on the cabinet bar on 1st dibs, but they are multi-coloured and there is mention of stone, suggesting serpentine parts. Your figures are one monochrome material, with a little colour in folds and crevices.</p><p>"And precious materials" is often a euphemism for ivory, which can't be sold legally in most parts of the world.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> Not sure if there is any ivory on that drinks cabinet though.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 5374902, member: 2844"]Chinoiserie is European, or other Western, made in the Chinese style.:) This is proper Chinese. Your photos are great, but it is impossible to say. Could you post a photo of a detail, for instance a face? The makers went for an ivory look, so not stone. I have seen many of the period that have celluloid figures. Majestic was a well known furniture company in Kowloon. The owners were from Shanghai, like many Hongkong furniture manufacturers. Here is some background info on the Shanghai furniture makers that moved to Hongkong: [URL]https://industrialhistoryhk.org/shanghainese-wood-carvers-and-the-development-of-the-wooden-furniture-industry-in-hong-kong/[/URL] It is impossible to get a good look at the materials of the figures on the cabinet bar on 1st dibs, but they are multi-coloured and there is mention of stone, suggesting serpentine parts. Your figures are one monochrome material, with a little colour in folds and crevices. "And precious materials" is often a euphemism for ivory, which can't be sold legally in most parts of the world.;) Not sure if there is any ivory on that drinks cabinet though.[/QUOTE]
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