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Interesting Collection of 9 Chinese Wood Carvings Showing the Daily Life in China.
Koos Limburg Jnr. Scotland
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Interesting Collection of 9 Chinese Wood Carvings Showing the Daily Life in China.

1900 - 1920
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Interesting Collection of 9 Chinese Wood Carvings Showing The Daily Life In China.

Including fishermen, street seller, human torture and balance acts.

These type of wood carvings where made by children in the Tushanwan Orphanage which where run by Chinese Catholic’s.

The children left the Orphanage at an age of 10 years old.

In very good original good used condition.

Chinese, Circa 1900-20

Maximum 8.5 till 17.5cm high, 4 till 20cm wide, 3 till 8cm deep

Price: £375,—

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Koos Limburg Jnr. Scotland has dated these Chinese Carved Wood Miniatures to the 1920s.

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Description
Interesting Collection of 9 Chinese Wood Carvings Showing The Daily Life In China.

Including fishermen, street seller, human torture and balance acts.

“
These type of wood carvings where made by children in the Tushanwan Orphanage which where run by Chinese Catholic’s.
Koos Limburg Jnr. Scotland

The children left the Orphanage at an age of 10 years old.

In very good original good used condition.

Chinese, Circa 1900-20

Maximum 8.5 till 17.5cm high, 4 till 20cm wide, 3 till 8cm deep

Price: £375,—

Date of Manufacture

Koos Limburg Jnr. Scotland has dated these Chinese Carved Wood Miniatures to the 1920s.

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Koos Limburg Jnr. Scotland
Koos Limburg Jnr. Scotland
Sellingantiques verified Since Apr 2019

For the new collector and the museum director.

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Koos Limburg Jnr. Scotland is a registered member of LAPADA  CINOA

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Koos Limburg Jnr. Scotland

Koos Limburg Jnr. Scotland
Telephone 01575 540 207
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Cairngorms National Park
Angus
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Koos Limburg Jnr. Scotland
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Chinese genre wood carvings represent scenes of daily life, traditional trades, and modes of transport in historical China. They were created both as local folk art and as intricate decorative items for domestic display and export.

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Authentic pieces feature visible tool marks, hand-fitted joinery, and distinct variations in expression and texture. Unlike modern cast reproductions, natural wood grain patterns and subtle age-related colour variation remain evident.

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