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 Vintage 8" Carved Ivory Chinese Woman, figure, old. Nice cond, old ivory  US $175.00
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 VINTAGE ANTIQUE HAND MADE ASIAN ORIENTAL CHINESE 4.5" WOOD WOODEN MAN FIGURINE US $1.50
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Many happy scooter owners have succeeded at buying a cheap Chinese scooter while many others have failed. The differences between success and failure is often in how you approach the challenge. Listed here are 3 ideas to help you be among the list of winners. Follow these tips and you can be sure that you will get good results when buying your own cheap scooter!
1. First, you must research the Chinese scooter dealer you plan to buy from extensively.
Look on the Web for reviews about the company, if you buy online, or about the brand and model you are thinking about buying. It's most essential that you find out if workmanship quality of the cheap Chinese scooter or the customer service of the company you want to buy from is likely to be an issue. Some cheap scooter manufacturers just use inexpensive parts, while others deliberately try to rip you off.
So, take the time to do your due diligence and accomplish this correctly. If you undertake it like this, and gather all the facts before forking over your hard-earned dollars, you'll be in good shape. In the event you neglect it or forget to pay attention to the details, you could be facing big disappointments down the road. If you let your heart overrule your head and just choose a scooter that looks "cool" or that is an attractive color, then it's likely you'll have an issue with the cheap Chinese scooter running correctly or for very long. When you fall in love with how a scooter looks, it's easy to forget that how it runs is what's most important in the long run. So find that balance!
2. Second, you will need to get your cheap Chinese scooter a thorough inspection after you buy it.
If you have the knowledge and skill to do it yourself, great, but if not, find a scooter mechanic you trust who will check your hoses, fluids, wiring, etc. This is critical and will be crucial in determining whether you succeed or fail. It is important for these reasons: Hoses are often hooked up wrong, fluids may not be what they appear to be, wiring can be loose. In addition, the parts are often of very low quality. Failing to accomplish this will almost certainly mean the scooter won't keep running for very long after you get it home. In fact, it may not ever start in the first place. And you'll be left thinking you just threw away several hundred dollars on a piece of junk.
3. Third, you must remember to provide regular maintenance to your cheap Chinese scoot.
They need to be babied more than a Vespa or Honda scooter. Belts may need to be replaced more often and so forth. All scooters need regular maintenance and TLC, but this is especially true of the cheaper varieties. In the event you neglect this or get it wrong, you should only expect to have continual problems and not be able to depend on your scooter when you want to.
Follow these 3 techniques for buying a cheap Chinese scooter and you'll more than likely succeed and enjoy all the rewards and benefits that owning a cheap Chinese scooter should bring you. Ignore them and the forecast just isn't good. It's up to you... follow them and be a winner; ignore them and face months of frustration and regret.
Find out how you can be a happy and successful cheap Chinese scooter owner by visiting our cheap Chinese scooters section of our website at Motor-Scooters-Guide.com.
Antique Lamps - A 20th century Chinese Imari Lamp
When speaking of oriental porcelain we normally associate the name "Imari" with Japan, but there is also a Chinese Imari. Production of Japanese style decoration began at Jingdezhen in the early 18th century. Jingdezhen, historically, being the great centre of Chinese porcelain production.
For over 2,000 years, Jingdezhen has been known as the Porcelain Capital of the world. Originally known as Xinpin, its name was changed when the Jingde Emperor (1004-1007) of the Southern Song dynasty, decreed all the pieces made for the Imperial court were to be marked 'made in the Jingde period’.
During the long Ming and Qing dynasties, porcelain production reached new levels of refinement and kilns were set up to cater exclusively to the need of the imperial house. The imperial porcelain was so exquisite that it was described as being "as white as jade, as bright as a mirror, as thin as paper, with a sound as clear as a bell". Today, Jingdezhen remains the national Chinese center for porcelain production.
The Japanese, circa 1700, were the first to produce the combination of enamel colours which typify the Imari pallet, underglaze blue, red and gilt, and occasionally green enamels.
Dutch traders now had a monopoly on the insatiable European demand for porcelain. The first large orders placed with the Japanese kilns at Arita by the Dutch East India Company in 1656. With trade peaking in the late 17th century It soon came to the attention of the vast Chinese Imperial kilns at Jingdezhen, that Japanese Imari porcelain was in high demand in Europe and promptly began to produce Imari wares in competition with the Japanese.
The first Chinese Imari pieces were produced during the latter half of Kangxi Emperors reign (1662-1722).with the kilns soon producing a Chinese version of the Japanese Imari style. With the establishment of large European orders, Chinese kilns slowly replaced the Japanese production in the early 18th century, particularly as social conditions in China settled down, the production of export porcelain having almost stopped with the turmoil at the end of the Ming dynasty. Now, with the full establishment of the Qing dynasty, the factories reopened around 1700 with the Jingdezhen kilns finally eclipsing the original Japanese exports.
The decoration of Chinese Imari can also include painting in the Famille Verte enamels with some of the earliest armorial services produced for the English market decorated in this manner. This first period of Chinese porcelain in Japanese Imari style is generally considered to have been produced from circa1700 – circa 1760.
The Chinese attitude to their vast legacy of art and design differs markedly from Western thinking, which tends to classify art into different historic periods, associating styles, framed in time.
The Chinese, on the other hand, tend to overlap distinctive artistic styles with no real concept of when a style began, or, if it had reached a finish date! And Chinese Imari certainly fits this concept. Chinese Imari is still produced at Jingdezhen today and examples are still decorated with devices and symbols, so ancient that few have the understanding to interpret their meaning.
The lamp illustrated is an example of this; the decoration includes the ancient “Eight Trigrams” dating to 2852 - 2737 BCE
The eight trigrams are groups of lines arranged in ranks; they form the bases of the Bagua, which is an ancient Chinese system of philosophy and divination. The symbols were and, are used as a decorative motif on many Chinese items.
A large and impressive, vintage, Chinese Imari, porcelain table lamp. The lamp of baluster shape with a domed cover. The lamp decorated in the traditional Imari palette of a rich cobalt blue and dark iron red, the palette with touches of pale salmon enamel. The overall decoration, finely gilded. The domed cover, shoulder and base of the lamp decorated in an alternating Ju’i lappet border, the central decorative subject, a rectangular, bonsai planter. The lamp mounted on a gold plated, Chinese, bronze, quatrefoil base.
Overall height (including shade) 25"/ 64 cm circa 1950 – 20th century
The Antique & Vintage Table Lamp Co specialise in antique lamp lighting with an on-line range of over 100 unique, antique lamps. Lamps are shipped ready wired for the US the UK and Australia.
For more information you are invited to visit their web site at:-
© The Antique & Vintage Table Lamp Co 2009
About the Author
Maurice Robertson, principal of The Antique and Vintage Table Lamp Co , has had a lifetime’s association with antique porcelain and pottery,with his commercial experience spaning a period of 40 years,including as a valuer to the Australian Government’s Incentive to the Arts Scheme. His long experience with antique ceramics and glass also includes dealing with leading museums and numerous international private collections. He has extended his ceramics expertise into the quality table lamps seen on the company’s site, he is well known to local and international interior designers who have included many of his table lamps in their projects and has also supplied items of national interest to the official Sydney residence of the Australian Prime Minister.
eclectic playroom in need of help?
Ok, so I have a large playroom that leads into a sophisticated media room and I need to organize my collectibles (globes, old chinese checker boards, vintage lunch boxes & antique toys), my kids stuff (books, board games & kids dvds) and my husbands additions (sports memorabilia, concert posters & music dvds).
I am dieing to paint & the ceiling has some cool angles to it so I could also paint it a different color to accent the ceiling......
Basically, I need some ideas for showcasing our "stuff". Some color ideas for the walls & ceiling.. and anything else ya want to tell me! 
The furniture is cream leather & the tv is on a red locker locker thing we got at Ikea and then the shelving I do have is espresso finished wood.
Tell me what ya got people! I need ideas to bring this room together!
I personally would do a cream, or tan in the back of the shelving unit. If you need more shelving get a built in or have two the same you have, put on the two ends of the wall with tv in middle. If you have espresso, tans, put a soft red on the ceiling, or a wash of a red so not so bold. I believe this will be classy enough to go with adjoining room, but can still add lots of other colors for accents-pillows etc. Have fun!
Azian migration: Pham to leave Eat Street for Downtown by the end of July
During a tour of his new Downtown restaurant space, Thom Pham announced this afternoon that he will be closing Azia, his popular Eat Street restaurant, at the end of July. A25, the next-door anemonie sushi and saki bar, will also shutter.
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