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.