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A Chinese medical doll, also known as a diagnostic doll or "Doctor's lady", is a type of small sculpture of a female figure, historically used in China and parts of Asia as a diagnostic tool. History [ edit ]
A puzzle ball on display at the Overseas Museum, Bremen. A Chinese puzzle ball, sometimes known as a devil's work ball (Chinese: 鬼工球; pinyin: guǐ gōng qiú) or the Concentric Ball (Chinese: 同心球; pinyin: tóng xīn qiú), is a Chinese-made artifact that consists of a number of intricately carved concentric hollow spheres carved from a single solid block that fit within one another ...
Zhang Qian (−114 BCE) too, the famous traveler to the western regions, had rudimentary stone statues of lions placed at his mausoleum. [11] [12] These precursors of Chinese monumental stone sculpture were probably influenced by their forays deep into Central Asia, where they probably encountered cultures using stone statues. [11]
Both ivory and bone were carved in relief panels, often with two or three strips forming a single inlay. Only ivory was used for openwork. [7] After carving the surfaces were smoothed and lightly polished. Traces of colour survive, showing the use of alternating red and blue pigments, and the highlighting of plain backgrounds with red or black.
Highest listing price on eBay: $750 Released as part of Swarovski’s limited-edition collection in 1985, the Gold Bumble Bee in Flight, Lotus Flower figurine by Swarovski is a delicate and ...
For all these reasons, the figures have not shared in the huge increase in Chinese art prices since the 1990s, which has been driven by Chinese collectors. The record price for a horse remains £3,740,000, [77] from a sale by the British Rail Pension Fund at Sotheby's in 1989. In 2002 the dealer who had sold this piece to the pension fund in ...
Ivory was not a prestigious material in the rather strict hierarchy of Chinese art, where jade had always been far more highly regarded, and rhinoceros horn (which was not ivory) had a special auspicious meaning. [5] But ivory, as well as bone, had been used for various items since early times when China still had its own species of elephant.
"Today, we're going to give it an insurance valuation of $150,000 to $200,000," said appraiser Allan Katz on "Antiques Roadshow." "That's extraordinary," said the tooth's owner. Ain't that the tooth!