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Pair Kesi Tapestry -Mulan Lady Warrior
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Pre 1900 item# 153679 (stock# 2Mulan)
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Sold thak you.
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A fine pair of antique Chinese kesi (kossu is Japanese term) tapestries of large size with gold and silver threads on silk. Theme is the woman warrior Mulan now made famous by Disney. It shows her receiving the sword from heaven and then fully outfitted for battle. In Chinese myths, supernatural qualities are attributed especially to the sword. War like themes are often woven into kesi tapestries, but this is the first one I've seen of Mulan. Figures in Kesi are often somewhat stiff, bu ...click for details
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Stevens Williams Art Salt SP Holder
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Pre 1920 item# 144574 (stock# SWmSalt)
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Sale pending $175 thank you.
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A fine Stevens & Williams art glass open salt with a Sheffield silver tripod holder. The salt has a ribbed body encircled by spiral threading which goes up almost to the rim edge. The ribbing extends from the bottom almost to the edge of the rim for a maximum optic effect. There is a ring of applied rigaree at the waist for seating in the holder. And the rim is ruffled and petaled. Sheffield hallmark is shown here. About 80-100 years.
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