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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 319643, member: 2844"]One of my favourites, because it is so endearing.</p><p>I got it in a cheap lot and thought it was transfer printed. It turned out to be handpainted porcelain, and a real malachite stopper with a tiny red Peking glass bead on top. just over 6 cm/2.36" high:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]106320[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It is a scene from "The Dream of the Red Chamber", a famous 18th century Chinese novel. The girl is secretly mending a magic peacock feather cloak during the night, by the light of an oil lamp.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 319643, member: 2844"]One of my favourites, because it is so endearing. I got it in a cheap lot and thought it was transfer printed. It turned out to be handpainted porcelain, and a real malachite stopper with a tiny red Peking glass bead on top. just over 6 cm/2.36" high: [ATTACH=full]106320[/ATTACH] It is a scene from "The Dream of the Red Chamber", a famous 18th century Chinese novel. The girl is secretly mending a magic peacock feather cloak during the night, by the light of an oil lamp.[/QUOTE]
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