He is holding a brush in his right hand and a bushel in his left hand, standing on a carp which is leaping out of the water, whilst its head is transforming into a dragon's head, all set in a rocky landscape.
China, Qing Dynasty, 19th. century.
Height: 19,5 cm.
Length: 29 cm.
Modelled in walking posture, this small horse has a saddle and saddle-cloth on his back, over which hangs a strap with stirrups, a tassel hanging from a rein around his neck. This horse is probably made as a zodiac sign.
China, 18th. century.
Height: 13,6 cm.
Lenght: 18,5 cm.
The squat rounded bodies on splayed feet with long necks and garlic shaped mouths with short rims and chilongs coiling around the necks, the bases with a lozenge pattern.
China, Qing period, 18th century.
Height: 17,2 cm.
The sides with eight open worked roundels and decorated in underglaze-blue, gold and polychrome enamels with a lion between flowers. the backside with eight sketchily painted flowers and leaves.
Japan, Edo period (1603-1868), second half 18th. century.
Diameter: 31 cm.
The inside decorated in underglaze-blue, gold and polychrome enamels with two heart-shaped roundels filled with flowers and lions against a geometric background, the backside with three melon-shaped fruits, leaves and tendrils.
Japan, Edo period (1603-1868), circa 1860.
Diameter: 45 cm.
Decorated on the inside in underglaze-blue, red, gold and green with a geisha and her servant holding a flower car at a robe, behind two screens, of which on the larger one is depicted a servant under a tree, the base with a six-character Jiajing mark in underglaze-blue surrounded by three sprays of different flowers.
Japan, Edo period (1603-1868), circa 1850.
Diameter: 56 cm
Bronze Crane standing on a Turtle.
Charming bronze group of a crane standing on a turtle and holding a lingzhi in its beak.
China, late Ming period, 17th century.
Height: 27,3 cm.
Bronze pear-shape vase with a single band around the neck
Covered with a red-brown patina.
Japan, Edo period, 18th century.
Signed with two character seal script: Sadatada.
Height: 18.6 cm.
Brass lidded censer on stand, the body with two fishes, a crab, a turtle and two crayfishes against an engraved background of water and lotus leafs, the handles in the shape of prunus twigs ending in dragon heads, the openwork lid with a large moon toad, the stand with a shou character in the center and similarly decorated.
China, 19th century.
Height: 30 cm.
His characteristic large bald head leaning to the left against a gnarled staff which he holds in his left hand, his smiling face with heavy eyebrows and beard is looking down at a peach which he holds in his right hand before his chest, his loose robe tied with a broad sash hanging down and carved with a shou character.
China, 18th.-19th. century.
Height: 22,5 cm.
