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Long knife with scabbard. Scabbard is smooth silver with two bands of leaf shapes extending from centre ring; single band at opening of scabbard. Loop on one side surrounded with embossed foliate design. Flat tape braided of red-purple silk? with double braid on one side inserted through slit in the other. Handle with concave sides is wrapped with twisted silver wire. Top of handle has overall design of hexagons, each with a Y design inside, and recesses filled with a dark substance. Copper band around top of wire-wrapped area.
Prayer wheel of copper with brass bands, set with red and turquoise stones. Brass finial, brass ends on wooden handle, copper weight. Top (b) is removable, revealing yellow cloth over roll of paper.
Copper figure of standing lion or chilin on a rectangular base. Dark copper colour with some brass colour on base. There is a vertical hole through body of the animal and one on each side of the base.
Flat, scalloped copper object with floral designs on the front--two pinholes on the ends.
Copper figure of standing lion or chilin on a rectangular base. Dark copper colour with some brass colour on base. There is a vertical hole through body of the animal and one on each side of the base.
Large spouted jug (part a) with lid (part b), made of beaten copper with brass trim, handle and high raised foot. Irregular circle of brass at mid-point of body. Some small areas of solder(?) including repair to spout. Triple swirl in raised area on top of lid, with brass loop at centre. Lacquered surface.
Trumpet made of hollow bone wrapped with a cord and covered with a wax-like substance. The bell is of hammered copper with a brass trim. Bands of brass 2/3 in length above bell and at mouthpiece. Small turquoise stone on band. The bell of the horn is loose.
Round teapot (a) made of dark red-brown wood enclosed in frame made of brass and copper. High lid (b) made in the same way with onion-shaped copper knob on top.
Cantonese opera prop. Part a is the sword and part b is the sheath or sword covering. There is a scalloped wooden piece attached to the side of the sheath that has two holes in it near each end. A large wooden bead is attached to a beige coloured fibre cord. The cord is strung through the two holes near one end and is secured with knots. The sheath and sword handle are red and are decorated with gold coloured scrolled and dotted designs.
The bowl (part a) has a concavely curved stem upon which the bulging bowl rests. The lid (part b) has a seven-petaled knob in the centre. The design consists of horizontal bands of diamond-shaped patterns, compact cordate patterns, and floral patterns. Bands of script (possibly Farsi ?) around the bowl and lid.