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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
"Cauliflower" Fossil Agate Coral with Baroque Pearls and Shells
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
"Cauliflower" fossil agate coral adorned with natural-forming baroque pearls and shells.
Fossil agate coral is Florida's state stone and is known for its unique formation that can take place over 20 million years. It's a natural gemstone that is created when prehistoric coral is gradually replaced with agate. This is a complete piece of fossil coral head...
Category
American Organic Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Agate, Coral
Large Fantastic Wood
Scholars Rock
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A large fantastic wood 'scholar's rock'
The formation of natural knots, gnarled and twisted projections
Of the variety greyish brown-toned wood, imitating a vertical scholar’s rock.
Much appreciated by Chinese scholars for contemplation, artistic and poetic inspiration.
Also in the west these fantastic wood formations resembling organic microcosm habitat
Never stopped to inspire some surrealist artists like Max Ernst or Frantisek Muzika.
Measures: 27¾" in. (70.5cm.) high.
Approx. 10" in. (25.5 cm.) wide, 7" in. (17.5 cm.) deep.
On soft wood stand.
For comparison see Christie’s sale NY, 19 Sep 2002, lot 104
“Fine Chinese Archaic bronzes...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Other
18th Century Italian Fragment Base with Agatized Coral on an Agate Slice
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian fragment base mounted with agatized coral on a polished agate base.
The 18th century hand-carved fragment base is originally from Tuscany. The polish...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Agate, Coral
18th Century Pale Green Bowl From Ship Wreck On Metal Stand, China
Located in New York, NY
18th century Chinese bowl remains from a ship wreck.
Metal stand measures 4 x 3.
Category
Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 17th Century Italian
Florence Fragments
with Citron and Ammonite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Pair of 17th century Italian 'Florence Fragment' bases from Tuscany topped with polished ammonites and adorned with citron crystal quartz points. These fragments are from a church in...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal
Huge Prehistoric Fossilised Whale Bone
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Standing at over 120cm (47 inches) tall, this rare prehistoric fossilised whale bone is a fascinating sculptural artefact for an interior or live-in museum....
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Metal
Ethnic Carved Wood Paddle on Stand, Natural Patina, Borneo, 18th–19th c.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This authentic carved wood paddle from Borneo, dating from the 18th–19th century, was once used by fishermen as an offering to the sea to ensure bountiful waters. Standing 140 cm tal...
Category
Malaysian Tribal Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Wood
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Fragment Mounted on Phantom Optical Calcite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian fragment with gold mica and baroque pearls on a phantom optical calcite base.
The fragment originally came from a historical church in Italy. It is adorned with...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
$937 Sale Price
25% Off
18th century round stone ornament
Located in Vosselaar, BE
Interesting round stone object. Most likely a element of a stone wine- or cheese press. On its own it has the feeling of a intriguing ancient disc with the weathered surface almost l...
Category
Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Stone
Pair of 18th Century Italian Gold Leaf Candlesticks with Fossil Agate Coral
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Pair of 18th century Italian gold candlesticks with agate coral and baroque pearls.
The altar sticks originally came from a church in Tusc...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Agate, Coral, Gold Leaf
Pair of Coade Stone Relief Panels
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Pair of Coade stone Relief panels. These panels are elements of a ‘Garden Seat’ illustrated in Coade’s etchings. This corresponds to the 1784 publication ...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Coade Stone
Mounted Object of Fossilized Wood, Scandinavia
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Interesting object. A piece of fossilized wood. It has been polished and finished to all sides and edges. It has an almost bone-like grain structure. T...
Category
Scandinavian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Stone
$319 Sale Price
20% Off
Sandstone Head of a Lohan
Located in Kastrup, DK
16-17th century hand-carved sandstone head of a Lohan.
Skillful execution, highlighting the face with vigorous modeling and harmoniously expression.
In original and untouched condition. Mounted on later granite plinth...
Category
Chinese Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Granite, Sandstone
Dark Grey Thin Slice Agate Sculpture, Brazil, Prehistoric
Located in New York, NY
Brazilian thin slice of dark grey agate mounted on a wood stand.
Agate is a banded form of finely-grained, microcrystalline Quartz.
The lovely color patterns and banding make this...
Category
Brazilian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Agate
6.5 Inch Ammonite Fossil Cut Polished and Mounted Mineral Specimen
Located in Point Richmond, CA
6.5 Inch Ammonite Fossil Cut Polished and Mounted Mineral Specimen Jurassic - Cretaceous Period, 200 - 145 million years old
Cutting and polishing this ammonite has revealed an inte...
Category
Malagasy Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Stone
17th Century
Florence Fragment
Vase with Agate Coral
a Double Crystal Point
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century Italian church vase with fossilized coral, a double crystal point on an agate base.
This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the historic...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Agate, Coral, Rock Crystal
Antique Carved Limestone Keystone of a Queen
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique carved limestone keystones of a Queen, salvaged from a period building in East Anglia.
Displayed on a modern steel stand in a sleek black finish, this keystone is an impr...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Stone, Limestone, Steel
Naturally Formed Mineral, Clear Apophyllite Sculpture
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Naturally formed mineral, clear apophyllite sculpture
India
Measures: 11 x 8 x 4 in. / 28 x 20 x 10 cm
Height on custom display stand: 14 in. / 36 cm
Custom mounted on a ...
Category
Indian Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Steel
18th Century Italian Rococo Gold Leaf Hand-Carved Sculptural Ornament
Set of 5
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian hand-carved gold leaf tassel ornaments.
The tassels originally came from an Italian church in Tuscany and were used du...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
18th Century Italian Fragment with Chalcopyrite and Calcite Crystals in Matrix
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian candlestick mounted with chalcopyrite and calcite crystals in matrix.
The gilded fragment was originally part of a candlestick in a historical Italia...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Rock Crystal, Pyrite
18th Century Italian Gold Candlesticks with a Wallpaper Base and Polished Jasper
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold leaf wood candlestick with a coordinating antique wallpaper base decorated with polished jasper stones. The gold leaf cand...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Multi-gemstone
Pair of 18th Century Italian Scroll Candlesticks with Copper and Baroque Pearls
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Pair of 18th century Italian scroll candlesticks adorned with natural forming copper and natural forming baroque pearls mounted on copper in matrix.
These candlesticks were once us...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Metal, Copper
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Gilded Candlestick Top with Fossil Agate Coral
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian gilded candlestick top with fossil agate coral.
The fragment was originally part of an 18th century Italian candlestick from a historic church. It ha...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Agate, Coral, Gold Leaf
$371 Sale Price
25% Off
Large 8 Inch Ammonite Specimen Cut Polished and Mounted Fossil
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large 8 Inch Ammonite Specimen Cut Polished and Mounted Fossil - Jurassic - Cretaceous Period, 200 - 145 million years old
An excellent quality split ammonite fossil. We hand pick...
Category
Malagasy Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Stone
Bronze Cherub and Vulture Fountain Head Sculpture, 18th Century
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very rare antique bronze fountain fitting mounted on a later purpose made wooden base with a detachable winged cherub seated on the back of a...
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Bronze
1750 Venezia Italy Yellow Lacquered Carved Wooden Fireplace Bellows with Flowers
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a rare fireplace bellows in carved and lacquered wood with polychrome decorations of flowers on a yellow background. It has original leather details and the bronze spout. Th...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Bronze
Early 19 th Century Ceramic Italian Baroque Wall Console from Venice Villa
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Majestic ceramic Italian Baroque wall console , hand decorated polychrome and gold leaf. Production of Este's Ceramics.
Suitable for every room in the house: entrance console or nig...
Category
Italian Baroque Revival Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Italian
Florence Fragment
Candlestick with Fishtail Selenite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian "Florence Fragment" candlestick base mounted with a fishtail selenite and decorated with chalcedony rosettes and ecphora shells.
This fragment is from a church ...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Rock Crystal, Crystal, Gold Leaf
18th Century
Florence Fragment
Base with Fossil Shells in Matrix
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian 'Florence Fragment' base topped with a variety of fossil shells in matrix and mounted on a rock coral base.
This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was f...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Coral
17th Century Hand-Painted Italian Candlestick with Aquamarine
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century Italian candlestick with aquamarine. The candlestick is from originally from a church in Florence. It hand-carved and hand-painted with hints of pale greenish-hues showi...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Crystal, Quartz, Rock Crystal
18th Century Italian Candlestick with Amber and Aquamarine on Aquamarine Base
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian candlestick with amber and aquamarine points on an aquamarine base. The candlestick artifact is originally from a church in Tuscany. It is hand-carved and hand-p...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Crystal, Quartz, Rock Crystal
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Gilded Angel and Sunrays on Selenite Crystal
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian gilded corona, sunrays, figure of Christ, and angel adorned with baroque pearls mounted on selenite crystal.
This piece is based on Revelation 22:1 w...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Gold
17th Century
Florence Fragment
with Wulfenite on a Fishtail Selenite Base
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century Italian fragment with wulfenite on a fishtail selenite base
This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from t...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Rock Crystal
18th Century Italian
Florence Fragment
with Smokey Crystal Quartz and Ammonite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century candlestick base from Tuscany mounted with a coordinating ammonite and dark, smoky quartz crystal point. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and sav...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Rock Crystal, Quartz
18th Century Italian Large Gold Leaf Rococo Tassel Ornaments
Group of 5
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian large gold leaf tassel ornaments.
These were once used to decorate historic Italian churches for feast days like Ch...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
18th Century
Florence Fragment
with Elestial Quartz and Ecphora Shells
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian "Florence fragment" vase with an elestial quartz point, chalcedony rosettes, and ecphora shells on a petrified wood base. The elestial quartz has an additional c...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal
18th Century Italian Candlestick with Herkimer Diamond on Mica
Calcite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian silver candlestick decorated with a Herkimer diamond with a mica foliage ruffle on a mica in calcite base with crystals.
The 18th century Italian silver candles...
Category
Italian Adam Style Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Crystal, Quartz, Rock Crystal
17th Century Gold Leaf Fragment with Pyrophyllite and Baroque Pearls
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century Italian gold leaf fragment with pyrophyllite in matrix and decorated with baroque pearls.
This fragment was originally a candlestick from a church in Italy. The pyrophy...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Rock Crystal
$1,087 Sale Price
25% Off
18th Century Italian Gilt Bouquet on Hematoid Quartz with Baroque Pearls
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gilded bouquet fragment mounted on a golden, polished hematoid slab and adorned with baroque pearls.
The piece is put together by Jean O'Reilly Barlow, the art...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Baby Jesus Sculpture
Located in Porto, PT
This evocative sculpture of the Baby Jesus, crafted in 18th-century Portugal, reflects the devotional artistry and religious sensibility of the period. Modeled in polychrome plaster,...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$750 Sale Price
50% Off
18th Century
Florence Fragment
with Fossil Agate Coral and Herkimer Diamonds
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian fragment with fossil agate coral and Herkimer diamonds on a lucite base.
Fossil agate coral is mounted on top of the artifact. Fossil agate coral is Florida's s...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Agate, Coral, Rock Crystal
$937 Sale Price
25% Off
17th Century
Florence Fragment
Base with Natural Coral Head
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century Italian 'Florence Fragment' base from Tuscany topped with a naturally formed coral head.
This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the Fl...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Coral, Gold Leaf
$2,625 Sale Price
25% Off
Sculptural 18th Century Rococo Italian
Florence Fragment
with Rare Stalagmite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian "Florence Fragment" vase with a rare application of coordinating stalagmite on a polished petrified wood base. It originally was found a saved from the Florence ...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Rock Crystal
$1,462 Sale Price
25% Off
17th Century Italian Gilt Candlestick with Chalcopyrite and Gold-Plated Quartz
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 17th century Italian gilt candlestick mounted on chalcopyrite and adorned with gold-plated kyanite.
This fragment was originally part of a candlestick from a church in It...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Rock Crystal, Quartz, Gold Plate, Gold Leaf, Metal
15th Century Italian Renaissance Giltwood Carving
Located in Houston, TX
15th Century Italian Renaissance Giltwood Carving .
This magnificent 15th century Italian Renaissance gilt wood carving with a serpent is displayed ...
Category
Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Iron
17th Century Italian Gold Leaf Fragment with Calcite Crystals in Matrix
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century Italian gold leaf fragment with calcite crystals in a rock matrix with gold leaf crystal quartz and mounted on a rock coral base.
This fragment was originally part of a...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Rock Crystal, Quartz, Gold Leaf
18th Century Italian Fragment Arm of Christ with Aquamarine and Red Crystal
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
A sculptural work created from an 18th century Italian hand-carved arm of Christ, 18th century foot, crystal nail, aquamarine, and a red crystal cluster. The arm and foot were origin...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Rock Crystal
17th Century Italian
Florence Fragment
Church Vase with Free-Formed Copper
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century Italian 'Florence Fragment' church vase topped with preserved, naturally free-forming copper.
This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from th...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Copper
$937 Sale Price
25% Off
18th Century Italian
Florence Fragment
with Calcite Crystals and Sphalerite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian "Florence Fragment" mounted with calcite crystals in a matrix of sphalerite.
The calcite crystal cluster with sphalerite is from Elmwood Mine in Tennessee. It i...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Sculptural 18th Century
Florence Fragment
with a Fossil Shell and Crystal Base
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th Century Italian candlestick fragment with unpolished crystals and rare marine fossil (Siliquaria Cumingii) collected from the coast of Minabe from the Honshu island in Japan. Th...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Rock Crystal
18th Century Italian Gilded Fragments with Quartz Crystals and Baroque Pearls
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
A pair of 18th century gilded Italian fragments adorned with golden quartz crystals and baroque pearls. The pair are free-standing or can be modified to be hung on a wall upon reques...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
18th Century French Millinery Head on Stand
Located in High Point, NC
18th century hand-carved walnut milliners head from France. The features are finely carved in a folk art style, and the piece is supported on a vintage base made from oak. The base...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Oak, Walnut
18th Century Italian Candlestick with Freeform Glass
Baroque Pearls on Bobeche
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian candlestick decorated with free-forming glass and baroque pearls on an Italian glass bobeche base.
The 18th century candlestick is from Tuscany. It is hand carved and hand painted with brownish-red metallic paint. It is placed on an Italian bobeche base. Hand-molded freeform glass...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Art Glass, Glass, Wood
18th Century Italian Angel Wing with Gold Kyanite on an Aragonite Crystal Base
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold leaf angel wing with gold-plated kyanite on natural-forming aragonite.
The angel wing originally came from a church in Liguria. It was once used as part of a decorative motif in angelic depictions in a historic Italian church. The gold-plated kyanite perfectly coordinates with the gold leaf of the artifact and looks as though it grew from the feather-like carvings of the wing. It is mounted onto the white aragonite...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
$937 Sale Price
25% Off
18th Century Italian
Florence Fragment
Candlestick Base with Fossil Coral
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian "Florence Fragment" candlestick base with fossil coral and coordinating shells on a rock coral base.
This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found an...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Coral, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
$1,087 Sale Price
25% Off
African Bura Stone Funerary Marker
Located in Chicago, IL
This abstract stone sculpture is a funerary marker of the Bura people of the Niger/Mali region. Little is known about the Bura civilization (c. 200 to 1000 AD), but it shares many of...
Category
Nigerien Primitive Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Stone
Mounted Specimen: Apophyllite, Stilbite, Chalcedony
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mounted Specimen: Apophyllite, Stilbite, Chalcedony #L9W
Dimensions: 6 x 8.5 x 2.5 in. / 15 x 22 x 6 cm
Height on custom display stand: 9 in. / 23 c...
Category
Indian Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Steel
Han Dynasty, Laying Doe Wood Sculpture, China 100AD
Located in PARIS, FR
Superb sculpture of a laying doe from the Chinese Han Dynasty (206BC-220AD). Remainders of polychromic paint, namely red, symbol of good fortune and joy as well as the season of summer, and green, symbol of vigor and vitality and the season of spring. Mounted on base.
A similar sculpture in bronze is kept at the Met Museum with the following description " A low bed, small table, and screen were often the only furnishings in a Han-dynasty room. The floors were generally covered with mats kept in place with weights in the shape of single animals, fighting beasts, or entertainers."
Condition seen in pictures.
Dimensions in cm ( H x L x l ) :
- Sculpture : 35 x 40 x 10
- With base : 45.5 x 44 x 15
The Han Dynasty ruled China from 206 B.C. to 220 A.D. and was the second imperial dynasty of China. It is known for its promotion of Confucianism as the state religion and opening the Silk Road trade route to Europe, permanently altering the course of Chinese history. Han Dynasty art and inventions like paper still influence the world today.
From the Han Dynasty to the present, deer can be found in many materials and media—rock crystal, nephrite, ink on paper, porcelain, cloisonné enamel, jade, bamboo root, textile, bronze, etc.—alone or in groups, among trees and rocks and in various positions. They appear on everyday objects, from boxes to incense burners, incense holders, lamps, mirror holders and the droppers scholars used when they wrote. A symbol of longevity and grace in Chinese mythology, the word deer is pronounced lu, a homonym for emoluments—favors granted to officials. They therefore represent wealth, nobility and success in imperial examinations (civil service exams for selecting candidates for the state bureaucracy in Imperial China).
Deer were the faithful companions of Shu Lao, the god of longevity, and the goddess Magu. They were reputed to live long and to be the only creature able to find the mushroom of immortality, linghzhi. Although its spots are different, deer are sometimes confused or associated with stags, a Manchu hunting trophy whose antlers served to make prestigious furniture. (La Gazette Drouot, Claire Papon)
For the colours found on this piece, in Chinese culture, red symbolizes good fortune and joy. Green, symbolizes the spring when everything is brimming over with vigor and vitality.
The Han Dynasty (206 B.C. to 220 A.D.) continued the Qin Dynasty’s use of dark colours, but incorporated red. During the earlier years, or Western Han Dynasty, ordinary people wore red while court dress was black. Shoes were red in color. The clothing worn for sacrificial rites was black edged with red. In the later Eastern Han Dynasty, red symbolized the dynasty’s “fire Virtue” and became predominant. Court dress was red. Sacrificial rites called for a red-edged white layer under robes with red socks...
Category
Chinese Han Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Wood
French Late 16th Century Grand Scale Trunk Facade
Located in Round Top, TX
A stunning, early 17th century trunk facade of grand scale. Dated 1621. Soundly constructed from richly stained oak with beautiful carvings of grapes on t...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Oak
A Pair of 18th Century Giltwood Fragments Mounted With Shells And Coral
Located in Bradenton, FL
A Pair of 18th Century Giltwood Fragments With Red Coral and Shells mounted on urn fragment base. These fragments were first made during the Rococo or neoclassical periods, known for...
Category
Organic Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Coral
