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Clay Toy – the 59th Warrior
W50xD20xH80mm, China Clay toys, like Disney toy, often take the form of a famous character, be it from a movie or an opera. This figurine is Hu San Niang, one of the three female warriors on Mount...
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Fish Sculpture
W15xD24xH42mm, Hong Kong A paper sculpture of a three dimension impression of a fish swimming downward.
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Doll
W130xH220mm, China A gentle fabric doll dressed in indigo dye costume. Here is the local designer Furze‘s abstract version.
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Golden Wood Carving – Hermit’s Life
L210xD35xH100mm, China The character in this golden wood carving is known as Lin Bu, a poet in the North Sung dynasty, he is surrounded by plum blossoms and there is a crane by his side. Lin led a...
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Junk Boat God – Crane Riding Saint
W50xD40xH140mm, Hong Kong This figurine belonged to the Tanka tribe, a group who lived on junks by the bay and fish for a living. In the Guangdong area, it said that their junks used to be tied...
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Puppet Head – Deng Ai
W45xH90mm, China This puppet head is the General Deng Ai of the 3 Kingdom period (197-264 AD). The story “Tan Shan Gu” has been made into opera and puppet theater. At the time, China was divided...
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Shadow Puppet – Scholar
W100xH320mm, China Before the arrival of the internet, tv, moving pictures, the shadow puppets are the closest to an animated reality. It has been said that concept of shadow puppet came some 2000...
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Clay Rooster
W50xL140xH100mm, China An old clay toy, of a cute rooster. Dont belittle the rooster, it was the earliest form of time keeping, announcing to the world the start of a new day. With its ability to...
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Golden Wood Carving – Child from the Saints
W170xD60xH130mm, China “Child from the Saints” is a popular blessing subject in the Ming and Qing period, symbolizing blessing and fertility. The legend dated back to the late Han dynasty, when the...
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Halloween – Master 8
W120xD120xH300mm, China Master 7 and Master 8 comes in a pair, 7 tall and white, 8 shorta and black . Master 7&8 (aka the Black and white Supernaturals) are probably the most horrifying members...
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Puppet Head – Guan Yu
W45xH90mm, China This is a glove puppet head for the character Guan Yu. One of the heros in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu was the loyal general of the warlord Lui Bei. With the help of...
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Golden Wood Carving – Wei Chi Gong
W40xL80xH110mm, China This lion riding figue is Wei Chi Gong, a general of the Tang dynasty. Stories of his loyalty and bravery made it to the hearts of the people that he became a protector for the...
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Ceramic Pillow
W160xL380xH250mm, China Ceramic pillows have long been used by the Chinese, offering the pleasure of a coolness in those hot summer nights. They became most popular in the Tang dynasty when the...
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Golden Wood Carving – Story of the Western Wing
W140xD30xH270mm, China This is a wood carving based on a scene from the romantic comedy “The Story of the Western Wing”. It has nothing to do with the White House but a play set in the Tang dynasty...
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Happy Birthday Spikey!
W200xD330xH260mm, Hong Kong (NOT FOR SALE) For Spikey‘s birthday, we have a paper mache Spike! You can see more of spike in his own blog http://spiketang.wordpress.com/
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Happy New Year! – Daruma Otoshi
DIA50xH180mm, Japan Happy 2015! Apart from being the first day of 2015, today is also the Japanese New Year! Since the Meiji period Japanese new year has changed from the lunar calendar to the Georgian...
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Guri Guri Magic Potion
DIA100xH300mm, Hong Kong + Sumatra, Indonesia Remember the guri guri potion stopper? It has now completed with a jar! The jar has been custom made for the stopper. The figurine belonged to the datu...
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Shadow Puppet
W120xH410mm, China At the hands of the master puppeteer, under the light a piece of leather would come to life so vividly that somethings even actor and actress can’t fill their place. This shadow...
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Clay Toy
W60xD40xH90mm, China A little clay figurine dressed in red and holding a fish. This toy embedded many of the wishes that the parents would want for their child. On his vest is the word “shou” 壽 –...
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Golden Wood Carving – Mu Gui Ying
L400xD60xH170mm, China This is a scene from the opera “Mu Gui Ying Takes Command”. The story was set in North Sung dynasty, the Yang were a family mighty warriors, up to the grand mother to the young...
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