Antique Chinese Dragon Cane with Free-Moving Ball – 19thC Carved Hardwood Walking Stick – Foo Dog Cane with Metal Tip, 92cm Shadow Box featuring flowing drips of green

featuring flowing drips of green and chestnut brown over a warm ochre-yellow ground

it makes a lovely collector’s piece or decorative storage box for jewellery

Resin figure on plastic base

Victorian wooden Vanity box mother of pearl inlay original interior and contents

Antique Chinese Calligraphy Brush made of semi precious stone sections 37cm Long

Antique Chinese Dragon Cane with Free-Moving Ball – 19thC Carved Hardwood Walking Stick – Foo Dog Cane with Metal Tip, 92cm Shadow Box featuring flowing drips of greenAn exceptional 19th century Chinese hand carved hardwood walking cane featuring a fierce Foo Dog or dragon head handle with an extraordinary detail: a free moving wooden ball carved within its open mouth. Too large to have been inserted post carving, this intricate trick ball demonstrates the immense skill and precision of traditional Chinese artisans, often associated with devils work or puzzle carvings. The full length cane measures approximately