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Basketry sold in the Panjiayuan Antiques Market in Beijing, China, which is the largest antiques market of its kind both in China and Asia. The market deals mainly in antiques and arts and crafts. It also has the reputation of being the most inexpensive antiques market in Beijing, attracting foreign and domestic tourists. Whether you want to sightsee, window-shop or buy collectors items, there really is something for everyone. Although there are genuine articles to be found here, it is hard to tell the real deal from the fake, particularly if you arent an expert. Secondhand goods, arts and crafts and antiquities are the main transactions in the market. Also on offer are antique furniture imitations, old books and paintings, agate, jadeite, ceramics, ancient Chinese and foreign coins, bamboo and animal bone sculptures, leather puppets for shadow play and a wide range of Chinese opera masks. Buddhist relics, costumes of ethnic minorities, apparels, and daily necessities can also be found here.