The Pasadena antique store F. Suie One is pivotal to 'On Gold Mountain,' an opera based on Lisa See's bestselling book now playing at the Huntington Library's Chinese Garden.
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Joe Schulman and Leslee Leong are owners of F. Suie One Co., founded in 1888 by Leslee s grandfather. Their s is one of the oldest Asian antiques stores in the United States. It is among the small businesses hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Photographed at F. Suie One Co. on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020 in Pasadena, CA. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
Founded in 1888, this Asian antiques shop hopes to put 2020 in the past
LOS ANGELES Time feels abstract at F. Suie One Co., one of the oldest Asian antique stores in the United States.
A Cambodian 15th century wooden Buddha stands near kitschy 1960s Chinese alarm clocks with the face of Mao Zedong. A carved stone Rakshasa head from 9th century Indonesia stares into a room where a Chinese ceramic horseman from around 200 B.C. is on display. A 1930s rickshaw is parked near the front door on Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena.
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