Real old Kihara-Karatsu Chawan from the well known Kiwara kiln in Sasebo. This type of tea bowl is called hanjiki, a transitional folk half porcelain bowl between Karatsu and Shoki-Imari ware.

Very nice cobalt decoration with mysterious charakters, crackle glaze and an antique gold restoration called kintsugi (gintsugi).

The Kihara-Karatsu Chawan comes with a high quality shifuku.

Size: 2,9'' height, 4,6'' width.

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A rare late Ming Wucai under glaze blue and over glaze enamel large bowl with fish motif, good condition with two hairline at the rim please see picture for detail, size: 15 cm diameter.

A rare Ming dynasty 17th century Dehua Blanc de Chine figure of Guanyin, Long nu and Shan cai, covered with good milky white glaze, good condition with one of the ornament on the back has been missing, figure in good condition please see picture for detail, size: 25 cm height.

Ming 15th~16th century blue and white bowl decorated with lotus scrolls flower. 14,5cm diameter. good conditions ( crackled glaze )

Ming blue and white Dish decorated with single Phoenix motive at the center.15th-16th century.Dish has tho hairlines crack on restoration (please check at picture H & I you can see the the different color but little bit difficult to recognize, that because they do great job to restorations).No chipped.26,2cm diameter.4,4cm high.

Absolutely rare flower shaped (Rinka-type) Ko-Karatsu tea bowl. It originates from the famous Yamase kiln in Kishitake, dating back to the Momoyama Period, late 16th century

It has a precious high-end Najishi Gold dust restoration with fragments from the same kiln like the missing pieces. The bowl is unglazed. A real stunning item in museum quality.

A good Japanese wood box and a shifuku are part of my offer.

Size: 6 cm height x 12,8 cm in diameter...

Gilded Bronze Quan Yin, 16th Century

The quan yin is 14 inches (36 cm) tall, and 8 inches (20 cm) wide.

She is in good condition with no repairs, chips, or cracks.

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A Chinese Blue and White Bowl from Ming Dynasty. Decorated with 8 Mandarin Ducks, Flowers, Pagoda, Ships, etc. 8 mandarin ducks and flowers decoration on the outside. Boats, seas, and pagodas decoration on the inside. In good condition. The rim is not evenly round around the edges. On mark on the outer base of the bowl from the production process. Unnoticeable chip on the rim as seen on the enlargement no. 5. Approximate diameter is 20.5 cm on one side and 22 cm on the other side...

This is a very nice and very old Buddha statue from Lopburi depicted with royal attire such as crown, ear rings, belt , necklace and more. The Buddha is sitting in a position of calling the earth to witness.

This statue was originally found in a property of Lopburi civilian which was buried under earth about 24 inches deep. The overall condition of the statue is very good, just only a few spots of oxidation reaction. No repairs...

The decoration of flowers on this khendi has been reduced to the absolute minimum possibly denoting its destination as South East Asia where early exports from Arita were made.

Approximately 20cm high. Weight: 1.30 kg...

A Ming dynasty 16 - 17th century blue ground large ewer with cover, good condition size: 22 cm height.

This is an absolutely rare black Seto chawan ( setoguro chawan ) from the late Momoyama Period, which means the late 16th century or the changeover from Azuchi Momoyama to early Edo.

Blackish-brown glaze amalgamates with a wild and roughly thrown body. It is very heavy for a tea bowl, almost 500g. Please note that there is also an interesting kiln mark ( watch image number 3 )

Setoguro yaki is high-fired ware that originated in the late 16th century...

Attractive pair of Arita Polychrome Vases decorated with yellow, green, maroon, black, iron red and gilt enamels. With two scenes of bijin, each on a terrace in a garden setting. Below an underglaze blue chrysanthemum scroll with moulded flowerheads. Japanese L17thC. Height 15.0cm. Condition: perfect, no cracks, chips or restoration, some wear to gilding on the border of one vase. Flaw to body from potting (image 8).

Made of pottery, glazed in green and ochre, cold painted with red and black pigments. H. 19 cm. Condition: expected age wear, no repairs. Excavated in the southeast of the Shanxi Province. Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)

A Very Rare/Fine Iron Black Painted Punchong Wine Bottle-16th C.: Korea, Joseon period, 15th -16th century. Of evenly proportioned ovoid form with short tapered neck ending in an everted and rolled lip, white slip brushed limited to two bands lower on the body and the white slip stoping unevenly, painted in underglaze iron with two scrolling leaf sprays (ginseng leaves) within carved concentric lines on each side...

Ming blue and white large dish decorated with fine under glaze blue of scenery river boat mountains pagoda and house motif at the center, inner rim with nine white stork at the pond, outer wall with three squirrels in the three branches of fruit trees. 34,5cm diameter. Dish has fourhairlines at the rim and fritting glaze at the rim. Free from restorations.

A yobitsugi Jar made up of various excavated kiln shards of central Japan dating from the Heian period (794–1185). It is roughly 32 cm diameter, the same height. Looking at the volume of debris and encrustations, it is likely that the upper most part of this tsubo, which is one piece, was buried in a kiln collapse, earth and stone fusing to the molten ash. During the Heian period, hole kilns were dug into hillsides, with a chimney bored down into the back...

This lovely Hagi chawan rests firmly on a wari kodai or “split foot” that shows the iron-rich clay this antique piece is fashioned from. The milky glaze varies in consistency across the curves and contours of the bowl with areas tending towards pale ash, ivory, and faint lavender...