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quality home furnishings, antiques and custom furniture. we build to suit. Photos : Jan Lee

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  Newly installed desk I made while in Honolulu Hawaii for the Fishcake Showroom at Kaka’ako [email protected]   Available for imediate sale, or custom order inquire With Naomi Taga of Fishcake    307c kamani street honolulu hawaii 96813 usa t 808.593.1231 f 808.593.1232 [email protected]

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Born 1951, Guangdong province. Lives and works in Hong Kong

Fung Ming Chip always loved calligraphy, but after much practice he decided that in an age of ballpoint pens and keyboards, it was impossible to match the brush skills of the old masters. His response was not to abandon his chosen art but to reinvent it.  

Fung Ming Chip - Artist talk at Sinotique Showroom , 70 John street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 - 212 587-2393, [email protected] for more info.

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“Calligraphy is not primarily about line; it is about time and space.” - Fung Ming Chip

Fung Ming Chip at Sinotique Showroom at 70 John street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 [phone], [email protected] for more info. 

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The Sinotique Group is very pleased to welcome world renown artist Fung Ming Chip to our showroom at 70John May 21-  24, 2015.  His works will be shown with selected furniture creations by Jan Lee for Sinotique. Fung Ming Chip will be giving an artist talk on May 23rd at the showroom.

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The Sinotique Group at 70John gallery and showroom is proud to announce an event with world renown artist FUNG MING CHIP in late May 2015. Stay tuned for details.

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'Tis the season for hot tea, coffee, hot cocoa or mulled wine.  Cozy-up with a set of old stock never used, Japanese mugs. These vintage, mid-century mugs have a beautiful patchwork of Japanese textile motifs created with a resist technique and hand-glazing.  $48 for the set of 6 on the Sinotique Etsy page: www.etsy.com/shop/SinotiqueNYC

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Making prints from 100 year old Chinese woodblocks at #sinotique in #brooklyn #newYork

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Making prints from 100 year old Chinese woodblocks at #sinotique in #brooklyn #newYork

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Antique Chinese, turn of the century perfume locket. Carnelian bead topped with enameled silver at the bottom  This piece was intended to be worn on the belt, a cotton ball soaked in perfume was placed inside, perfuming the wearer. 7" long.

Available for sale at Sinotique.

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This necklace incorporates design motifs including bats, good luck coins, and mythical animals creating a visual language for the wearer.  Antique ethnic silver jewelry available at Sinotique.

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A signed antique bamboo birdcage made in Southern China. Superb craftsmanship. Available at Sinotique

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Cantonese style antique bamboo birdcage that expands in height.  This is a superb example of the craft with carvings in the feet and hook supports. It's topped by a beautifully made bronze phoenix as a hook. available at Sinotique

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I was very impressed by this book, glad to have gotten a copy.

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Sinotique.  A breastplate from Papua New Guinea, made of ox bone and rope. 

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Sinotique collection of antique Chinese folk ceramics. Earthenware celadon glazed kitchenware. casseroles, to cooking pots and Ming dynasty plates.

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From the Sinotique collection, super 'badass" Taoist Gods carved in very smooth even grained wood. Superb features and details. 

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Sinotique collection, a very cool steam bent bamboo pillow / headrest from the 1900's. All fitted joints held together by tension, no nails, no glue, no screws, all ingenuity and skill.