Antique Chinese Silver Opium Box

Beautiful antique sterling silver Chinese opium box. Very interesting design showing nine horses total, four on each side and one on the lid. Eight of the horses look healthy but one shows it’s ribs like it is sick or starving. Not sure if the motif is based on a Chinese tale, parable, myth etc. The box weighs right at 2 1/2 ounces. It’s height and width are just under 2 1/4″ and it is 1″ deep. This item is in the category “Antiques\Asian Antiques\China\Other Chinese Antiques”. The seller is “indigofirefly02″ and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States.

Region of Origin: China
Age: Unknown
Primary Material: Silver
Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
Color: Silver

Antique Chinese ink box (3388)

Antique Chinese ink box – (3388) Ink box marked as silver. The cover is decorated with three magpies (birds) in a blossoming plum tree. This is a popular motif in China and represents the saying’May your joy reach as high as your eyebrows (Xishang meishao)’. The magpies’xique’ are birds of joy and the plum’mei’ is a pun for’eyebrows’ while the top of the plum tree’mei shao’ is a pun for’top of one’s eyebrows’. Ink boxes gave their owner the possibility to bring his ink along when he was going out. Diameter 5.0 cm. Height 1.9 cm. The difference, if any, will be reimbursed. ALSO SEE OUR OTHER ITEMS SUCH AS CHINESE SILVER, HATS, SEWING ITEMS, MING POTTERY OBJECTS, CHINESE & AFRICAN BRONZES, COLONS. This item is in the category “Antiques\Asian Antiques\China\Other Chinese Antiques”. The seller is “lowlands-collection” and is located in this country: NL. This item can be shipped worldwide.

Region of Origin: China
Age: 1900-1940
Primary Material: Silver
Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
Color: Silver

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Chinese Silver Box

Day: May 22, 2022

Antique Chinese Silver Opium Box

Antique Chinese ink box (3388)