Zentner Collection: Antique Japanese Tansu, Asian Works of Art
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Chinese Carved Agate Snuff Bottle with Seated Scholar
Chinese Carved Agate Snuff Bottle with Seated Scholar
Chinese agate snuff bottle with areas of orange, brown, and deep blackish-brown, carved with the image of seated man holding what appears to be a scroll and peering over the edge of a cliff. Very beautifully carved with intricate details. Size: 3.75" height, 2" width
item #1257968
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Chinese Carved Agate Snuff Bottle with Monkeys
Chinese Carved Agate Snuff Bottle with Monkeys
Chinese agate snuff bottle in a very light milky-white color with beige ribbons and areas of orange brown in front, carved with two happy monkeys with large eyes playing in a canyon. Size: 2.75" height, 2.25" width, 1" depth
item #1257938
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Antique Chinese Pair of Lacquered and Inlaid Display Shelves
Antique Chinese Pair of Lacquered and Inlaid Display Shelves
Antique set of two (2) Chinese wooden cabinets with a lovely black lacquer finish, beautiful inlay in a filigree style all along each cabinet's frame, multiple shelves with inlaid background of swimming koi, tree branches with blooming cherry blossoms, chrysanthemums observed by a butterfly, and two small quails huddled under a low branch. Each cabinet features a small drawer with pierced metal handle, decorated with geometric oriental designs. Provenance states pieces are of the K'ang Xi... Click for details
item #1257918
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Vintage Japanese Conch Shell Horn
Vintage Japanese Conch Shell Horn
Vintage Japanese conch shell horn, known as a horagai or a jinkai depending on its usage. The horagai has been used in Buddhist practice for over one thousand years. The jinkai was used as a battle signal by samurai trumpeters called kai yaku. The shell has a bronze mouthpiece and decorative purple tassles. Early 20th century Size: 6" height, 16.5" length,
item #1257536
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Antique Japanese Two Section Keyaki Tansu
Antique Japanese Two Section Keyaki Tansu
Japanese two-section Keyaki Nihonmatsu tansu with a black lacquered frame, a corner lockbox with iron plating and hinged door, four long drawers with iron hardware, warabite handles and iron locks at their center with a the image of a tsuru (crane) flying over a kame (turtle). The tsuru and kame are sacred creatures in Asian culture, each a symbol for longevity, and are said to live one thousand and ten thousand years respectively. The tsuru is said to turn black if it lives to two thousand... Click for details
item #1257535
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Pair of Antique Chinese Gilded Metal Court Fans
Pair of Antique Chinese Gilded Metal Court Fans
Set of two (2) gilded metal court fans with dragon head handles biting the bottom of the fan and an open-mouthed dragon head at its tops. The fans mirror each other with their elaborate pierced designs of two fenghuang (phoenix) birds flying with a sun between them and lucky bats flying above their heads. Swords, staffs, vases, lotus pods, and other objects adorn each fan's outer edges. An open scroll inscribed with the mark of the Guanxu period (1875-1908) is displayed above a fish and rolling... Click for details
item #1257528
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Antique Chinese Silk Panel with Fenghuang
Antique Chinese Silk Panel with Fenghuang
Beautiful silk panel with deep blue edging, decorated with Chinese characters in gold thread and flowers in light shades of blue, green, and pink. The center of the panel is light green silk, with two mirrored fenghuang birds with long, gold tails and pink, blue and gold thread feathers, surrounded by pink and blue silk flowers with gold accenting. Size: 26.25" height, 13.5" width
item #1257427
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Antique Tibetan Chest with Dragon
Antique Tibetan Chest with Dragon
Large antique Tibetan chest/trunk painted with a deep red background in front, with a coiled dragon within a large cloud-shaped border. Red and gold painted flowers with long, deep green stems fray out from behind the dragon and reaches inwards from the sides of the chest, with small green birds perching on either side of the dragon. The front of the chest has a black frame with red, gold, and green puffs of smoke, edged with metal hardware shaped like spears, locking in place with n iron hinge... Click for details
item #1257417
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Chinese Antique Cricket Cage with Yixing Lid
Chinese Antique Cricket Cage with Yixing Lid
Chinese antique gourd cricket cage, rim made of hardwood, wonderful lid made of Yixing ware, pierced and carved with intricate scene of a man leading a horse with weeping willows in the background, 19th century. Size: 3 1/4" high x 2 1/2" wide
item #1257401
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Antique Japanese Edo Lacquered Wicker Tansu
Antique Japanese Edo Lacquered Wicker Tansu
Very rare and unusual travel tansu with a black lacquered wooden frame and lacquered wicker front and sides, with two large hinged doors in its front. The inside is lined with paper and has four removable shelves with wooden frames. Edo period (1615-1867) circa 1850s Size: 37.5" height, 34" width, 17.5" depth
item #1257396
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