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Gold and Silver-Plating Boshan Censer

Gold and Silver-Plating Boshan Censer
Boshan Censer is a bronze censer in the Han Dynasty in China. The external shape of the censer is...

Appreciation of Tang Bronze Mirrors I

Appreciation of Tang Bronze Mirrors    I

Diameter: 222mm

Weight: 1960g

Dou with Inlaid Hunting Scene

Dou with Inlaid Hunting Scene
It is an exquisite food container. Its bulging cover has a disc-shaped handle. It also has a deep...
The cowrie container is a unique type of bronze of the Dian Culture. It is designed for keeping cowries, so it is perhaps a symbol of wealth and social status. Usually it is shaped in a tube with a lid or is transformed from a drum. For both types, the waist and the lid are all decorated with lively designs of human activities and animal figures.
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    An Incised Bronze Snuff Bottle
    An Incised Bronze...
    Of flattened form with flat lip and flat foot, incised on both main sides with sinuous, coiled...
    Gold earrings with a bat of gold filigree inlaid with pearls and jadeite (a pair)
    Gold earrings...
    The semicircular jadeite piece is decorated with a gold filigree bat and connected with the gold...
    Xuande Burners
    Xuande Burners
    Burners made during the Xuande period (1426-1435), are a great achievement in the Ming Dynasty.
    Jadeite ring
    Jadeite ring
    The hoof-shaped ring is unadorned, made of translucent jadeite of a nice color.
    A Flambe Glazed Zun Vase
    A Flambe Glazed...
    A plump, rich form on an entirely unglazed base surrounded by a short splayed ring foot, supports...

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