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Shadow Box with Two Liquor Vessels
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$120.00 Reg.
$54.00 SALE
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The carved vessel is individually framed versus each other inside the shadowbox wall decor. The two small frames are surrounded by the silk mat. The silk is embroidered with golden thread. The Chinese characters with the golden thread are cited from an old poem that tells how someone is missing his homeland. Engraved Wood framed case.
Liquor plays an important part in Chinese lives and has a long history. Just like such daily necessities as rice, salt and oil, liquor also has a close relationship with Chinese people’s lives. According to some scholars, China is one of the countries with the longest history of making liquor. They believe that the history of making wine can be traced back to the period of Shennong reign more than 7,000 years ago. As part of the long history of Chinese alcoholic culture, drinking vessel sets witnessed formation and development of it. According to history record and archeological discovery, there were dozens kind of vessels except cups we use today. During the Shang dynasty and Zhou dynasty (1122 BC – 256 BC), bronze vessels were popular in the north while porcelain vessels with figures carved debuted in the south China. Vessels further developed between the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, from pottery to porcelain with thin coat of enamel. Later in Qin and Han, glass vessel and whelk vessel appeared, and gold and silver cups decorated banquets of the despots. Till the Northern and Southern dynasties, drinking vessels became more delicate and tasteful since intellectuals liked drinking that time. During the Sui dynasty and the Tang dynasty, porcelain pots and cups were common. Then after the Song dynasty, drinking vessels had a big family, consisting of porcelain vessel, bronze vessel, tin vessel, gold vessel, silver vessel, cloisonné vessel and rhinoceros horn vessel.
Chinese drinking vessel won a lot of appraisals by poets and heroes in their poems to appreciate liquor of taste and vessel of finesse.
Art shadow box wall decor – fine frame art wall decoration with featured antique treasure reproduction.
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Item Number
103-304
Price
$120.00 Reg.
$54.00 SALE
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Specifications
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Length |
16 in |
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Width |
12 in |
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Depth |
3 in |
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