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a good background knowledge regarding to Chinese antique copper incense burner in chinese   

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china online museum

Because eye catching some of  Chinese painting, I decide to make a research online,  and it is very informative website china online museum
my interest is china culture leads me into collect Chinese things and to antique business. when  my husband and I had the store, I worked  for the U at same time and help out in the weekends,  I did not have time to do much research information regarding the field . Now I works in the weekend  and during the week I'm taking care of   my granddaughter and do some of eBay stuff. it leads me to have time to do studier regarding things I'm interested and I'm more happy.

亚堂精玩”款 incenser burner

Chinese bronze censer,Qing dynasty,marked "Yu Tang Jing Wan" to the bottom.Of roundel body,both sides have two dragons handles.Heavy body and thick wall,very good condition

Size: heigth:4 1/8";up diameter:6 1/8";bottom diameter:5 1/4";net weight:3.06 kg.

创作年代清, 备注：“亚堂精玩”款

  

Bronze Incense Burner 澤煒珍玩

base on info source in Chinese it's from  early Quing dynasty  
Bronze Incense Burner 澤煒珍玩
底部「泽炜珍玩」四字二行铸刻楷书款清早期所铸


chinese bronze censer,Qing dynasty,of roundel body with two top handles,the exterior decorated with flowers,bottom has three loop feet and center marked "Ze Wei Zhen Huan".

Size: heigth:4 1/2"; up diameter:4 5/8"; bottom diameter:3 7/8";net weight:1.805 kg..

Ruyi (如意,) as desired

(如意, lit. "as desired; as [you] wish) Created in the Six Period (220-589), the Ruyi was a symbolic object made of bamboo, wood, bone, horn, jade, stone, bronze, iron or coral. The head came to be made in form of a cloud or glossy ganoderma. It is very auspicious meaning 'everything goes well' in Chinese. 
info source: Ruyi_histories and more
info source in chinese Ruyi in chinese wikipedia,  Forbidden City Treasures: The Magic of Ruyi(wishful) in chinese

Boxwood (Huangyang) 黄杨木

Boxwood (Buxus L.) is a kind of precious wood in China. It grows very slowly. The dia of the tree is only 15cm over 40~50 years. Thus there's a saying going "Thousands of years are hard for boxwood to grow". mostly Boxwood is used to art objects carving and it is one of the 3 carving in Zhejiang(浙江), China. 

resource info: chinese wood furniture, boxwood

Japanese wedding ceremony and Tea

resource info regarding wedding tradition in japan
japan tea customs and wedding traditions

my listing # 121387969264
Japanese Kutani  Meoto Chawan (Married Couple Tea Cups) in Gild Colors and Nobility Figural Motif w Calligraphy inside

 a Gorgeous pair of Japanese porcelain married couple tea cups with lid. Exquisite decorated in gild colors ground with multi color nobility figures and Japanese poems calligraphy inside of cups.It's Husband (large) & wife (small) tea cups. excellent condition with no chips or cracks. Super cups for the most discerning collector.

Both marked: Kutani Matsu Tsuru(九谷松鶴).

Per Japanese tradition these luxuriously cups are used  as gift for wedding , father and mother's day, gold wedding anniversary celebration, Resign, promotion, housewarming party, grand opening  and many other special event celebration.

This rare pair of cups measure approximately, Height

 

Small (wife's) cup: 3.75" ( including lid ), 3.25" ( w/o lid ).   

Large (husband's) cup: 4.25" ( including lid ), 3.5" ( w/o lid )

Rim diameter: Wife's cup: 2.5" Husband's cup:2.75"