A Rare Chinese Brass Flail, Kau Sin Ke sub-Antiques giving it an aged look

giving it an aged look

Having a formalized elephants foot design to the center and flanked by the tarantula pattern

it is a piece of antique costume of the highest order

or perhaps a younger male

and by a daughter from his first marriage

A Rare Chinese Brass Flail, Kau Sin Ke sub-Antiques giving it an aged lookOrigin: Chinese Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1895 1900 Full Length: 57 inches Handle Length: 7 inches The cloth bound handle with double loop ends, one suspending a chain terminating with punch struck hexagonal weight. Nine section chains were the standard for flails and this example is no different, the whole in very sound condition, whilst the cloth handle is a particularly nice feature as it has remained in tact. Kau