(2) open form pine cone Parian bud vases standing 5" high and in excellent condition.3)Twin boy and girl Victorian Parian figurines with black shoes and golden hair, excellent detailing in the faces and in the texture of their garments. The girl is in mint condition and the boy has been...
The objects include many of a Scholar's Studio or literati nature — brush pots, wrist rests, small figurines and other objects for enjoyment. All illustrated in full colour, many with close- up of detail or inscriptions, and described. Near dual texts in Chinese and English. A good ...
Japan is an island country consisting of four main islands and many smaller ones located off the Pacific coast of the Asian continent. At 400,000 square kilometers, Japan is slightly smaller than California, although the terrain is more rugged. Because Japan is covered by mountains and traversed...
after the October Revolution in Russia, Chinese troops led by warlord Xu Shuzheng occupied Mongolia. Warfare erupted on the northern border. As a result of the Russian Civil War, the White Russian Lieutenant General Baron Ungern led his troops into Mongolia ...
He looked, in fact, exactly like Shouxing Lao, the old man with the bulbous forehead you see in collections of Chinese porcelain figurines, the embodiment of longevity. Though somewhat deaf, Taiye is clear-headed and reads his newspaper every day. He invited me to quiz him on current ...