From China With Love

Over the weekend I happened to spot some really nice old doors which had been decorated with metal embroidery for strength and protection.

The don’t make them like this anymore.

The owner told me that he had bought them from a village in the Northern part of China about 15 years ago and they were from the Ming Dynasty.

Steel embroidery.

I was also told that it’s now illegal to important these kind of artifacts from China. But I thought they were probably safer here than where they had previously come from.

The knocker and lock below.

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