Wood Sculpture Sleeping Babies

Cute baby boy and girl sleeping on mangosteen. Thailand handicraft product carving on solid wood.

Old Style Furniture Lock

This lock is came with fifty years old chest cabinet that I bought last month. Unfortunately these is no key came with. I tried to looking for it, after I am visit more than ten hardware store, I found the key. The shopkeeper told me it is only the one, the last stock. I still can't found the same size lock, but I found the one smaller size at the other old hardware store. The in the bottom is an other pattern of old style lock.

Eight Immortals of Chinese Mythology statues

From right to left

LAN CaiHe
蓝采和
The strolling singer, either a woman or a young boy,
shown with a flower-basket; patron deity of florist.

ZHANG GuoLao
张果老
Said to have lived in the 7-th or early 8-th century,
shown as a rule with his mule, and carrying a bamboo tube-drum
with iron sticks; he is the emblem of old men.

HAN XiangZi
韩湘子
Said to be the nephew of the Tang Dynasty statesman and scholar Han Yu,
is often shown with a flute, and patron deity of musicians.

LU DongBin
吕洞宾
Born c. 755 AD, died 805 AD, shown with a fly-whisker,
is dressed as a scholar, and honored as such.
He also had a magic sword with which he performed freak feats,
for which reason he is also the patron deity of barbers.

Zhongli Quan
钟离权
Usually shown with a fan; he represents the military man

CAO GuoJiu
曹国舅
Said to have been connected with the Sung Imperial family,
and is generally shown with castanets or a jade tablet of admission to court;
patron deity of actors.


LI TieGuai
李铁拐
"Iron-crutch Li", who always carries a crutch and a gourd;
he is the emblem of the sick.

HE XianGu
何仙姑
A woman, said to have lived in the late 7-th century,
shown with a lotus blossom or flower basket, and occasionally
with a peach and sheng reed-organ.

Wood Horse Sculpture

Solid Wood  Sculpture with shellac Nice as decoration and also collectible Size: 9 1/2" x 9" (H) The picture shows a real item

Blue and white porcelain - Phoenix Pattern

Blue and white porcelain - Phoenix Pattern 鳳紋青花瓷
I found this porcelain in a second hand shop my first impression on it, "I like it". I have no info for it cause it was not any certify or verify as a historical item, but anyway I bought it as I like it.
If somebody know more about this item you can provide the info.

The three wise monkeys

The three wise monkeys, there are Piggybank from the Ban Hin Lee Bank (BHLB). Production of Asian Pottery Penang.

The three wise monkeys are a pictorial maxim. Together they embody the proverbial principle to "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil". The three monkeys are Mizaru, covering his eyes, who sees no evil; Kikazaru, covering his ears, who hears no evil; and Iwazaru, covering his mouth, who speaks no evil. Sometimes there is a fourth monkey depicted with the three others

In Chinese, a similar phrase exists in the Lunyu論語，Analects of Confucius: "Look not at what is contrary to propriety; listen not to what is contrary to propriety; speak not what is contrary to propriety; make no movement which is contrary to propriety" (非禮勿視， 非禮勿聽，非禮勿言， 非禮勿動). It may be that this phrase was shortened and simplified after it was brought into Japan.

The history of  BHLB:

Ban Hin Lee Bank (BHLB) established in 1935 in Penang

Ban Hin Lee Bank Berhad, founded by "Towkay" Yeap Chor Ee, was formally incorporated as a private limited company in September 17, 1935.

The Bank's original business focus was serving local businessmen in their trading and merchanting activities. In the 1960's, it also branched into real estate and house financing.

By the 1990s, the bank had become a modern and thriving financial institution, reaching throughout Malaysia and Singapore from its headquarters in Penang.

Reflecting the confidence of investors, Ban Hin Lee Bank became a public-listed company on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) on January 7, 1991.

Southern Bank acquires Ban Hin Lee Bank Berhad on 1 July 2000 along with United Merchant Finance Berhad.

As part of the government initiated banking consolidation plan, Southern Bank Berhad and Ban Hin Lee Bank Berhad merged.

March 2006, Southern Bank Berhad Board of Directors agrees to purchase by BCHB.

After months of negotiations, the acquisition of Southern Bank Berhad marked the addition of a valued niche player in commercial banking to the CIMB Group.

A force to be reckoned with, the merger combined the extensive resources and reach of BCB with the expertise and agility of SBB.