Category
China
Medium
Glazed ceramic
Size and dimensions of this item
48"
Weight
120lbs
Long Description
Antique Chinese green glazed ceramic bricks with some attachment missing. What attachment or ornament is missing? Â Yes, I ask, "what is missing here other than some expert knowlage and a productive comment?" I ask legitimate question though a site well, I will learn something eitherway.
For Sale?
No
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Do people view these items? Or view while keeping silent, so is non-sharing the reason for this site? Or is this object uninspiring? If so, writel me.
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http://movementfromwithin.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image190.jpg
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This link shows a black and white image of a similar style wall. It appears there are three raised ornaments mounted of the same material as the support part of the wall.
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Experts on Chinese ceramic tile are going to be a bit rare anywhere, my best bet would be some sort of bronze mount.
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Thank you, either Christie's did not suggest, nor I had consider that the object I seek might be made of any material other than ceramic. I'll begin searching bronze, metal, wood or silk Lacquered flowers with odd mounts which might fit my wall, thank you again. Windon
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You are very welcome, sometimes one has to think outside the box :)
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maybe you could post a picture showing the whole object. From what I can see, the obvious thing to place here would be a flower head. The dovetail shape of the ceramic would locate the object in position. Is this an external feature? This will help with determining the material, i.e. wood is not a particularly good material for outside use.
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 You cannot vote here0  You cannot vote here0Submitted by WIndon
May the Gods and US Senitors bless you for pointing to these and this misconception. The conception here... I am as Mrs. Hillary Clinton exposed. I admit to showing several different groups of antique Chinese tiles. All have missing elements for which I have an interest in sharing and studying with the public. Have I exposed something which should have remained classified?
Consider: these tiles, repuditly, are the remanence of the past Imperial Chinese Summer Palace looted by the British and Chinese Eunuch's decades ago. And most likely used as ship ballast to be discarded and left along our San Francisco bay and so now here in the United States. Yes, large Imperial Chinese Ming Dynasty ceramics. (Also, just check out the stuff burped out from the Themes water in London.)
Of coarse, I only repeat here written discourse I have absorbed over my decades of self-education for what value this is worth sharing here, I wonder. I suppose I receive a thrill adding my spin to the plethora of mis-information.
Tony, now I get to watch, follow and witness what you offer and share during these moments of exesentence and Life, thank you.
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I have scoured Chinese resorces, photo essays and antique drawing documents in attempt to clearify what the missing object is called and what a replacement might look like.
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I am now confused by your new picture. The close up/detail pictures you first posted clearly show tiles or faced bricks (it is not possible for me to tell which) whereas the picture showing the entire object shows four parts with each being entire (i.e. not made from smaller tiles).
Having said that, the four pieces each differ from each other. That is to say that all three (the fourth being broken it is not possible to tell) are different and, depending on how they are arranged, may indicate how they could be employed to support additional pieces or one additional piece. You should study the (supports?) cubed terminals on each piece. Bronze or Brass will leave a stain over time. Particularly if the object was an external feature (you didn't say where it was from).
Also, it seems to me that the central piece would locate on to the ceramic cube but could slide under the other leaf shapes which would stop it from falling forward. Perhaps it held a lamp or a candle?
Re: What is Missing here?
May the Gods and US Senitors bless you for pointing to these and this misconception. The conception here... I am as Mrs. Hillary Clinton exposed. I admit to showing several different groups of antique Chinese tiles. All have missing elements for which I have an interest in sharing and studying with the public. Have I exposed something which should have remained classified?
Consider: these tiles, repuditly, are the remanence of the past: Imperial Chinese Summer Palace objects looted by the British and Chinese Eunuch's decades ago. And most likely used as ship ballast to be discarded and left along our San Francisco bay and so now here in the United  States. Yes large Imperial Chinese Ming Dynasty ceramics. (Also, just check out the stuff burped out from the Themes water in London.)
Of coarse, I only repeat here written discourse I have absorbed over my decades of self-education for what value this is worth sharing here. I suppose I get a thrill adding my spin to the plethora of mis-information.
Tony, now I get to watch, follow and witness what you offer and share during these moments of exesentence and Life, thank you.
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You forget to mention the French who reputedly started the looting at the palace (yes, soon joined by my forefathers). The later destruction (yes, by the British) was, I understand, in response to the torture and murder of the negotiation party sent to discuss terms. The western world was hooked on opiates, nicotine and alcohol and we just didn't understand the clean living attitude of the Chinese. In some strange way we could be thankful for the looting, given that the red guard destroyed all that was left in pursuit of a new dawn!
I was wondering how you came to the conclusion that your items came from the summer palace. Are there more secretes that you have yet to reveal? It is just that it seems an awfully long way to haul rubble for ships ballast when rocks would do. I understood that porcelain was used as a good ballast and had the benefit of a high resale value.
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