Pair Kesi Tapestry -Mulan Lady Warrior
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Pre 1900 item# 153679 (stock# 2Mulan)
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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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Chinese Huanghuali Scholar Artist Ji Table
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Pre 1837 VR item# 152860 (stock# hualijix)
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The ji is a long table without upturned ends (such as the more common altar table). Ji's are normally found as small and low tables. The tall ones such as this one are rarer. This one is even more unusual due to the use of solid huanghuali wood (belonging to the family of rosewood), which was very expensive even in the 17-18th centuries, late Ming to early Ch'ing (Qing Ji's were normally made with other woods, such as ironwood). This one dates from mid-Ch'ing (Qing), about ...click for details
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