Cast bronze "soliflore"vase.The neck is engraved in the archaic Chinese style of stylized cicadas and Greeks, it ends by flaring and closing to create a bulb in the shape of a head of garlic, hence the English term "Garlic" to name this style, the body is modeled in a slice of melon.Small vase, simple but very elegant.. Chinese work early Qing Dynasty.The beautiful old patina of this bronze confirms it as being centuries old.18th century or earlier. H:17cm.
A Chinese Qingbai Glazed Water-Dropper...
A Chinese Qingbai Glazed Box and Cover. Circa, 13th-14th Century, Yuan Dynasty.
Found in the Philippines.
Featuring a small rounded body supported by a short foot, tapering to its shoulders to a short neck and is topped with a circular cover. Its body is decorated with carved floral scrolls and vertical lines encircling its shoulders...
A Chinese Blue and White Miniature Guan Jar. Circa, 1368-1644, Ming Dynasty.
Found in the Philippines.
Its tapering body is horizontally joined in two sections with a bordering underglaze decoration of acanthus leaves running along its shoulders and panels above its foot. Its base is fully unglazed...
Buddha in bronze cast with lost wax and gilded with mercury. The walls are very thick, the statuette is heavy. The gilding is original, certainly baked several times to obtain a nice thickness. The reverse of the dress is chiseled with stylized flowers. The base is closed by an incised copper plate of Vajra. The base does not appear to have been opened. The two arm bracelets were originally to have stone beads, today replaced by a colored coating...
A small Cizhou jar was applied on the surface with black glaze.
In fine shape, the jar was adapted with a newly made lacquer cap.
Date: Yuan periods, 13th Century.
Height: 6.1cm.(without cap), 7.1cm (with cap)
Lovely spherical Ge type crackleware glazed Qing jar with very light celadon tone. There are some chips and cracks so please view enlargements. Authentic antique Ge wares have become very rare in the past 20 years, I was lucky to find this one. H: 7.5cm/2.9in and D: 9cm/3.5in.
Width: 37 cm (14.7 in)
Height: 7.5 cm (3 in)
Large Chinese famille jaune medallion bowl; shows three polychromed medallions of auspicious objects surrounded by lotus scrolls with a Shou character and Greek border; the reverse depicts three scrolled vignettes; Guangxu marks; good condition
This piece was made at the kiln in Henan pottery area. It is very popular to be called as "Henan tenmoku" which has black glaze with patterns of rusty glaze. The pattern tends to peel off because of overglaze, however this piece has patten clearly remained.
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Certification: written by Noriki Shimazu the famous researcher with Asian antiques in Japan.
Size: 18.0cm(D) 8.3cm(H)
Very rare pottery bowl and eclectic with Taoist imagery. This is made from a high fired light gray pottery, with traces of a white slip and depictions of musicians, dancers and “demon” masks. This is a funerary piece; the symbology suggests the transition from this world to the afterlife. D: 14cm/5.5in and H: 5.2cm/2in. No cracks original pigments with some kiln warpage
Good Qing Dynasty, Chinese nephrite jade carving of a lotus seed pod. In Chinese culture this symbolizes fertility and a desire to have many children on another level the lotus reflects purity, strength and rebirth- as it rises from the mud and blooms into something beautiful. H: 3.5cm/1.4in and W: 4.2cm/1.6in x 3.1cm/1.3in. Good condition- no chips or cracks. 61grams.
This is a excavated piece with very good condition, it has clear coloring of brown glaze.
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Size: 12.2cm(width of body) 11.6cm(length) 21.6cm (height)
Certification: written by Noriki Shimazu the famous researcher with Asian antiques in Japan.
Large Chinese Song / Yuan Dynasty Glazed Buddhist Jar with Sanskrit Inscription
This large and impressive pottery jar was made around the 13th / 14th century, during the Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279) or the Yuan Dynasty (AD 1279 - 1368). Until recent years, this type of jar was almost unknown in the west with some people initially attributing them to the Liao Dynasty (same general period but in the north of China)...
A Chinese export porcelain plate, Circa 1750.
Excellent condition except for minor paint loss.
Acquired at Christie’s Auction.
Pair of Qianlong porcelain plates. Vivid colors.
A little paint loss, otherwise very good condition.
Acquired at Sotheby’s Auction.
Chinese Ming dynasty Wanli period guan form jar with wide shoulders tapering to an unglazed foot and glazed, slightly recessed base decorated in underglaze blue with lotus flowers and scrolling foliage on a white ground. Short cylindrical neck and fully glazed interior. Measures 6 7/8” high. 16th century. No chips, cracks, or repairs. Minor scratches to the glaze are visible under magnification...
Height approximately 24 cm. In good condition.
Height approximately 32 cm (included the wooden lid). There are a few chips on the rim where the wooden lid supports and a few chips on the base. No hairlines, no cracks, no repairs. In good condition.
Condition: Very good condition. No repair and restoration.
This plate was acquired at Sotheby’s in 2007.
Condition: perfect condition. No repair and restoration.
Provenance:
Ancienne étiquette à la base marquée “Emery&Cie”
(Old label at the base marked “Emery&Cie”)
This vase was acquired at San Francisco Bonhams in 2011.
Condition: perfect condition. No repair and restoration.
Size: 11.5cm high.
Round box in hard Chinese porcelain. Decor of a dragon painted in iron red enamel pursuing the sacred pearl, surrounded by flames and clouds. Details in black, green enamels and gilding. Chinese work from the second part of the 19th century. The design is of good quality for porcelain from this period. Good firing, careful work...
Chinese Qing dynasty baluster vase with long neck and wide dish-form mouth decorated on the front in underglaze blue and white with two birds perched on a tree branch among flowers and rockery all set against a golden-tan colored geyao style crackle glaze background that extends into the interior mouth. Brown dressed rim. The foot rim and base are unglazed. 9 3/4” high. 19th century. Very good overall condition with one small fine hairline at the edge of the mouth (see close-up image)...
Beautifully carved Qing Dynasty softwood stand. Although it must have been the seat for a Fangding censor, the scroll work carving dominate its decoration such that It could be used to display a variety objects aesthetically. Dimensions 12 cm long, 9 cm wide and 4.5 cm high.
Yuan Dynasty carved jade rabbit. Hard jade, traces of raw materials, vivid performance of the rabbit to one side. Using the black texture of the jade itself, it skillfully shows the different hair colors of the rabbit.
Dimensions: 7 cm long, 2 cm wide and 3.5 cm high.
A rare pair of Chinese cloisonne enamel 'holy water' bottles, Qianlong/Jiaqing, c. 1800. Height 23 cms.
Iron-red decorated porcelain bottles of this shape were made in the Qianlong reign as gifts to Tibetan monks. In cloisonne, however, they are much rarer.
The only pair to have come on the market in recent times were sold at Christie's New York, 18.9.2014, for USD 23,750.
A single example was sold in Christie's Paris, 8.6.2010, lot 242.
Chinese Jade Carved Cup with 'CHILONG' Handles, 18th Century
It is 1.26 inches (3.2 cm) tall by 3.78 inches (9.6 cm) wide. It is 104.7 gram.
It has inclusions, surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).
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Chinese porcelain tea service. Decorated in “Famille Rose” enamels. Gilded details. In the cartouches are represented, in alternation, palace scenes, flowers, butterflies and birds, representative of the so-called "Canton" style. This style appeared in China around the middle of the 19th century and is still produced today, however production has continued to deteriorate over the decades. The quality of execution, the beautiful enamels and the careful designs of our tea service indicate prod...
A Chinese archaic pale green jade sword chape carved on one side with four linear designs, the reverse with a coiled dragon, 5cms wide, Western Han dynasty (202BC - 9AD).
A similar chape was sold at Bonhams London, 18/5/23, lot 28, Keverne collection.
Another sold at Christie's New York, 17/3/16, lot 920.
Stunning antique abstract carving of a lotus circa late Qing/Republic era, this would have been a temple eaves adornment. W: 48cm/18.8in and H: 23cm/9in. Small damage, painted over in noted in 5# enlargement.
Antique Chinese pottery figure of a frog. Glazed a rich green color with nice drips and crackle. Sitting on a rectangular slab with face turned upward. Frogs have long been symbols of good fortune and prosperity.
Age: Republic Period (1912-1949)
Dimensions: 4 1/2" high x 4 1/2" long x 3" wide
The set of cup and saucer show a floral theme.
Excellent condition.
This set of cup and saucer show a theme of a lady and a boy.
Very good condition, except for some paint loss.
This set includes two Imari dishes, two gold and iron red glaze dishes, and a famille rose dish.
Very good condition.
Chinese Jin to Yuan dynasty Cizhou oval form stoneware wine bottle with four lug handles below the short, everted rim. The upper body is covered in a creamy white crackled slip and is separated from the lower iron-brown section by a narrow horizontal band. The unglazed base is covered in grit from the kiln. 11 3/4” high. Circa 12th to 13th century. Very good overall condition with typical wear and production flaws. There is a small glaze loss to one lug handle and burst bubble on the mou...
1900's Chinese Solid Silver Opium Lamp with Dragon
It is 4.5 inches (11.5 cm) tall by 3.7 inches (9.5 cm) wide. It is 169.2 gram.
It is tarnished and has oxidation silver, bent at the skirt, chips, gaps, and cracks at the skirt, and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).
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