Vintage Asian Furniture
June 12th, 2010
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Vintage Chinese Wooden Bead Arithmetic Abacus W. Instruction $28.99 The abacus was a calculator invented sometime between 1000 BC and 500 BC in China, often constructed as a wooden frame with beads sliding on wires. It was in use centuries before the adoption of the written Hindu-Arabic numeral system and is still widely used by merchants and clerks in China, Japan, Africa and elsewhere.This vintage style abacus comes with a beautiful leather surface wooden case i… |
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Vintage Chinese Wooden Bead Arithmetic Abacus W. Storage Compartments $29.99 The abacus was a calculator invented sometime between 1000 BC and 500 BC in China, often constructed as a wooden frame with beads sliding on wires. It was in use centuries before the adoption of the written Hindu-Arabic numeral system and is still widely used by merchants and clerks in China, Japan, Africa and elsewhere.This vintage style abacus is built on top of a beautiful wooden case in ancien… |
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Vintage Feng Shui Luo Pan (Chinese Compass) W. Case $18.49 Feng Shui Luo Pan–Ancient Chinese Compass Used By Geomancers In ancient China, geomancers investigated earth formations and watercourses while astronomers charted the skies. Those who understood the power of the information they possessed recorded their knowledge on an instrument called a luo pan, or compass. The luo pan illustrates nor only direction, but also investigates the energy of each dir… |