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A Very Fine Kangxi Dish (1662-1722) with Chenghua Mark Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Porcelain: Pre 1800 item# 968775
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From our Chinese Blue and White Collection, a very fine and well-painted Kangxi Period (1662-1722) porcelain dish with apocryphal Chenghua Period mark, depicting two elegant ladies looking out over a terrace with banana leaf plants and trees. Cross-hatched motifs decorate the border along with four vignettes of peaches signifying longevity. The reverse is decorated with stylized mountains on the outer rim, and a six character apocryphal Chengua Period mark is contained within double circles in ...click for details

A Masterpiece Annamese Mother of Pearl Tray, 19th Cent Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Inlay Work: Pre 1900 item# 968773
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From our Southeast Asia Collection, a large and absolutely stunning masterpiece of Annamese mother of pearl inlay work, 19th Century, Nguyen Dynasty Vietnam, depicting exquisitely rendered butterflies, flowers, crustaceans, scrolls, and geometric designs in superb quality mother of pearl inlaid against a dark brown rosewood base. This fantastic tray truly represents the pinnacle of this art form. We have been fortu ...click for details

An Exceptional Lacquered Kashmiri Kashkul, 19th Century Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Indian Subcontinent: Kashmir: Pre 1900 item# 967079
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From our Indian Subcontinent Collection, an exceptional Kashmiri kashkul or beggar's bowl, 19th century, modeled after the boat-shaped beggar's bowls used by Persian Sufi mystics. This fantastic vessel is composed of a metallic body, most likely copper alloy, that has been lacquered and then exquisitely painted with floral motifs in rich but subtle shades of blue, red, yellow, taupe, black, and with gilt highlights. It sits upon a slightly splayed foot and terminates in two dragon-head ...click for details

A Very Rare Peranakan Chai Hup, 19th Century Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Lacquer: Pre 1900 item# 965394
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From our Chinese Polychrome Collection, a very rare and seldom seen Peranakan Chai Hup or ceremonial vegetable box, 19th century, used for food offerings to Tiangong, the God of Heaven, during traditional Baba Weddings. The terms "Peranakan" or "Baba Nyonya" or "Straits Chinese" are often used interchangeably to describe the descendants of Ming Dynasty Chinese immigrants who settled al ...click for details

A Large Carved Ivory Elephant Bridge, 19th Century Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Ivory: Pre 1900 item# 965391
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From our Chinese Monochrome Collection, a large carved ivory elephant bridge, late 19th century, depicting a procession of eight individual elephants of graduating size, nicely carved from a single tusk. The elephants are well-rendered and the ivory has a good buttery patina somewhat better than the photos reflect. Interestingly, the artist's decision to carve eight elephants here is no accident: Those familiar ...click for details

A Very Fine Kangxi Period (1662-1722) Phoenix Bowl Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Porcelain: Pre 1700 item# 964066
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From our Chinese Blue and White Collection, a very fine and elegant Kangxi Period (1662-1722) phoenix bowl, early Kangxi Period circa 1675-1690, decorated with two well-painted phoenixes and a treed outcropping, all well-executed in a strong blue against a delicately potted pure white body with everted rim. The interior features a single flower encircled within a medallion of double lines. The base is plain. The footrim is especially finely cut and very neatly glazed exposing just a narrow swath ...click for details

A Good Ca Mau Shipwreck Dish Ex-Sotheby's, Circa 1725 Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Porcelain: Pre 1800 item# 964064
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From our Shipwreck Porcelain Collection, a fine and large blue and white Ca Mau Shipwreck dish ex-Sotheby's, Yongzheng Period 1723-1735, datable more specifically to circa 1725. The scene depicts Europeans (most likely Dutch traders) on what was once mistakenly thought to be Deshima Island in Nagasaki Harbor Japan, but which recent scholarship now concludes is either a scene of Holland in the Netherlands, or Gothenborg in Sweden. We personally agree with the academic viewpoint that the scene ...click for details

A Fine Thai Rattanakosin Bronze Buddha, 19th Century Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Sculpture: Pre 1900 item# 962834
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From our Southeast Asia Collection, a very fine 19th century Thai Rattanakosin bronze Buddha exhibiting the rarely seen Pang Ham Phra Kaen Chan mudra, also known as the "Stopping the Sandalwood Image" mudra. This Buddha is especially well-cast with sharp details. It has just the right balance of wear commensurate with age combined with a good amount of retained original gilding, ultimately giving the piece its undeniable air of age and authenticity. ...click for details

A Superb Kinkozan Satsuma Vase, Meiji Period 1868-1912 Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Earthenware: Pre 1900 item# 962710
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From our Japanese Collection, a superb Kinkozan satsuma vase of tapered ovoid form, Meiji Period 1868-1912, most likely 1880-1890, depicting a finely painted bijin on one panel along with finely painted roosters and flying birds in a garden setting on the other panel. Both main panels are separated by reserves of elaborate gilt work set against a rich cobalt blue ground. Kinkozan signature and impressed mark on the bottom. As with all of our satsuma offerings, this piece is of the highest qual ...click for details

A Fine Burmese Hsun-ok, Late 19th-Early 20th Cent Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Lacquer: Pre 1920 item# 959584
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From our Southeast Asia Collection, a very fine gilded Burmese hsun-ok or offering vessel, late 19th to early 20th century. Gilded offering vessels such as this present example would have been owned by wealthy Burmese families, and used exclusively for bringing food gifts to the monastery. They are constructed of bamboo and turned wood bodies, and decorated with scrolling floral designs called "chupan." Crafting the chupan design is actually a deceptively meticulous and laborious proc ...click for details

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