A good quality cloisonne and champleve enamel miniature vase decorated with scrolling lotus and enhanced with gilt lion-mask handles on the neck and a band of lotus form lappets around the shoulder.There is a small chip to the enamel on the underside of the foot. Kienlong 18th century. Height 10 cm.
The coffee coloured glaze is unevenly applied overall and falls short of the unglazed base. There is very slight degradation to the glaze as is typical of pieces of this period. There are small frits to the roughly finished foot rim. Koryo/Chosen Dynasty.
Height 23.5 cm (9.25 ins).
A crisply cast figure of buddha entwined with the snake,the mandala formed of the multiple heads.The figure has sustained some damage at the top of the mandala probably through burial or as a result of casting flaws.T figure has substantial degredation with extensive azurite encrustation and cuprite deposits on the surface.12th/13th.c.Height 16.8 cm.Width at base 7cm.
A southern Song dynasty four handled qingbai jar of well potted rounded form with a cut translucent body and applied with an even glaze which shows minimal degradation. Perfect apart from a few minor frits around the edge of the foot.Height 12.5 cm.Width 13 cm.12th.c.
A good Easter Island figure of an emmaciated male of typical crouched form ,later mounted on a cylindrical base. The figure made of tolomiro wood.The eyes are inlaid with bone. The figure is in perfect condition apart from one chip on the right foot.Height of figure(without stand)38 cm(15 ins.)Height of figure (with stand)58 cm.(22.8ins.)Probably mid to late 19th.c.
A fine pair of gilt bronze appliques,possibly belt or harness fittings with well-cast figurative decoration of animals and dignatories. These pieces are in fine condition with very little wear to the mercury gilding. Width 4.8 cm.x 4.4cm. Height 1.2 cm.
