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<p>[QUOTE="Chineseantiquespecialist, post: 9473459, member: 81776"]This is antique. Probably made of camphor wood or nanmu (cedar). Typical Anhui school of wood carving. I will show you some examples of what this style looks like in restored/unrestored form: <b><font size="4"><a href="https://www.antique-chinese-furniture.com/blog/research/a-to-z-restoring-chinese-wood-carvings-wooden-screens-and-carved-architectural-elements/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antique-chinese-furniture.com/blog/research/a-to-z-restoring-chinese-wood-carvings-wooden-screens-and-carved-architectural-elements/" rel="nofollow">A TO Z: RESTORING CHINESE WOOD CARVINGS, WOODEN SCREENS AND CARVED ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS.</a></font></b></p><p><br /></p><p>These are used in many different places from canopy beds to doors to window screens, so its difficult to pinpoint which of these this particular one was used for. They usually depict opera scenes or old stories. Its not uncommon for them to be repaired as well as figural scenes were often damaged during China's cultural revolution. You may wish to read up on this here: <b><font size="4"><a href="https://www.antique-chinese-furniture.com/blog/2013/02/10/burn-loot-and-pillage-destruction-of-antiques-during-chinas-cultural-revolution/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antique-chinese-furniture.com/blog/2013/02/10/burn-loot-and-pillage-destruction-of-antiques-during-chinas-cultural-revolution/" rel="nofollow">BURN, LOOT AND PILLAGE! DESTRUCTION OF ANTIQUES DURING CHINA’S CULTURAL REVOLUTION.</a> </font></b><font size="4">Yours however look like the figures are undamaged. </font></p><p><br /></p><p>As for the red, that's common. They are often stripped by the sellers on the China side, the residual red is what's left from the washing away the color.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Chineseantiquespecialist, post: 9473459, member: 81776"]This is antique. Probably made of camphor wood or nanmu (cedar). Typical Anhui school of wood carving. I will show you some examples of what this style looks like in restored/unrestored form: [B][SIZE=4][URL='https://www.antique-chinese-furniture.com/blog/research/a-to-z-restoring-chinese-wood-carvings-wooden-screens-and-carved-architectural-elements/']A TO Z: RESTORING CHINESE WOOD CARVINGS, WOODEN SCREENS AND CARVED ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS.[/URL][/SIZE][/B] These are used in many different places from canopy beds to doors to window screens, so its difficult to pinpoint which of these this particular one was used for. They usually depict opera scenes or old stories. Its not uncommon for them to be repaired as well as figural scenes were often damaged during China's cultural revolution. You may wish to read up on this here: [B][SIZE=4][URL='https://www.antique-chinese-furniture.com/blog/2013/02/10/burn-loot-and-pillage-destruction-of-antiques-during-chinas-cultural-revolution/']BURN, LOOT AND PILLAGE! DESTRUCTION OF ANTIQUES DURING CHINA’S CULTURAL REVOLUTION.[/URL] [/SIZE][/B][SIZE=4]Yours however look like the figures are undamaged. [/SIZE] As for the red, that's common. They are often stripped by the sellers on the China side, the residual red is what's left from the washing away the color.[/QUOTE]
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