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Rose Wood Arm Chair

An Antique Rose Wood Chair with Arms, Carved flower panel and a small piece of marbel as chair back

Ming Underglazed Red Pear Vase

Antique Jewelry Old Silver Pillow Adornment

This couple of pieces of silver pillow case adornment nice crafted with daisy edge designed and circled with rows of flora. If you look closely there  are couples of tiny holes where one can put a sewing needle through to hold these sliver art pieces with threads. This pieces are usually used by the wealthy [...]

Antique Jewelry Old Silver Beaded Necklace

A fine Peranakan (Straits Chinese) string of golden plated silver beaded chain.  These was commonly worn by the Nyonya Baba Ladies of the Peranakan.

A Malay belt buckle (pinding) made from silver with a repousse design., 1900

Statement of significance
Silver-smithing in Malaysia began many centuries after the use of gold, as silver is not indigenous there, although it is mined in Burma, Laos and Thailand, and had to be imported by foreign traders. The silver industry in Malaysia declined in the 1930s when there was a shortage of silver and cheap commercial [...]

Antique Jewelry Old Silver Belt Buckle

A piece of old silver belt buckle worn by the rich Malay. I have done some research .. read the next post

Sotheby’s, Taking One for All Auctioneers