Antique Acupuncturist's Case for Needles and Medicine
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Pre 1900 item# 1000928 (stock# 0510)
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A Beautifully and Artfully Rendered Korean Acupuncture Case for Needles and Medicine, with gorgeous and individually hand-engraved panels of fine detail with dragons, rabbits, and birds surrounded by writhing trees and flora, symbols of love, health, longevity, and good fortune, topped by a plum blossom on the lid, symbolizing courage. It opens up to reveal a bottom section for acupuncture needles and a top section for medicinal herbs, as seen in the second photo here. The chain is built into the piece. 4.75 inches, 12 cm; including chain: 6.75 inches, 17 cm.
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Hexagonal Silver Inlaid Iron Brazier
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Pre 1900 item# 995508 (stock# 0471)
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Very Fine and Rare Silver Inlaid Iron Brazier (a source of heating and light), the finest example, truly museum quality, hexagonal shape, likely the finest and most well-preserved example, beautifully rendered and in pristine condition. Each protuberant side is decorated with a keyfret-bordered roundel enclosing six different works of art: a crane and sea turtle in beautifully stylized clouds and waves beneath a silvery moon (symbols of longevity); one of the Eight Buddhist Emblems of an oversized conch shell; a leafy floral design symbolizing abundance; a leafy branch of pomegranates whose many seeds symbolize fertility; another leafy floral branch; and a deer couple at rest beneath a wonderfully curving pine tree that encircles and protects this gorgeous, idyllic scene blessed with symbolism of a long, healthy, happy and peaceful life filled with love. Each roundel is surrounded by a cell diaper pattern with a keyfret border on each side of the brazier. The decorated waisted neck supports a flat everted hexagonal rim decorated with a floral vignette on a cell diaper ground and a keyfret border, all resting on a keyfret-bordered base with six bracket feet decorated with lotus flowers and scrolls. The lotus is a Buddhist symbol of purity, because it rises above the muck to the surface of the pond to show its face to the sun, symbolizing hope and redemption. Height: 6.5 inches, 16.5 cm; Width: 8 inches, 20 cm.
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One-Of-A-Kind Chilseong Changpogeom 18th Century Sword
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Pre 1800 item# 1062903 (stock# 0707)
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One-Of-A-Kind 18th Century Korean Staff Sword, Changpogeom, a style of sword unique to Korea, with seven gold inlay dots on each side representing the Seven Star Spirit (Chilseong), an ancient Daoist deity that controls fortune. Antique Changpogeom are rare. It's a staff with a fighting blade inside. And a Chilseong Changpogeom (Seven Star Staff Sword) is so rare that this may be the only surviving example. It is a large weapon, 43 inches (110cm) with a a 32 inch (81cm) blade, and the blade is a very high quality fighting blade. This is truly a museum quality sword.
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