Beautiful Chinese small silk purse, salmon colored silk sewn into intricate raised pattern with metallic thread, silk lining on inside, sewn onto each side is a beautiful carved white jade butterfly 2 3/4" wide. The purse cord is braided metallic thread with three carved linked white jade rings on end. Republic Period (although jade is probably older).
Purse is 5 1/2" wide.
Rare antique Japanese Biraki Choba (merchant chest with hinged doors). The doors open to reveal 9 drawers of various sizes over a single large exterior drawer. Heavy iron hardware includes extensive cross bracing, large hinges, warabite drawer-pulls, a large round lock plate, a lock and 3 keys.
The lock plate has a large Minamoto Clan family crest-likely that of the Seiwa Genji clan...
Very old wood statue of Buddhist goddess Sho Kannon Bosatsu (one of the many forms of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara), wearing formal robes, and a diadem with bronze decorations on the two sides, standing on a lotus, her left hand holding a vase, her right hand in abhaya mudra. The goddess face reflects a profound meditation. Remnants of the original gilding. Fine age patina. Japan, early Edo period. Height: 25.2 cm. Good condition.
Yuan dynasty longquan celadon jarlet. good conditions. 5cm high.6,5cm body diameter.
Chinese Ming Dynasty Glazed & Painted Pottery Wash Stand & Basin (16th Century)
A pottery model of a wash stand and basin made during the 16th century (c.1550 - 1600). The stand is made from a hard creamy-white pottery and coated in green and golden-yellow glazes that have, in places, acquired a silvery iridescence, a result of very long exposure to moisture. The four finials of the stand have been painted in red pigment...
Antique Japanese root wood basket. Made of a single piece of carved burl. Beautiful grain.
Age: Taisho Period
Dimensions: 5 1/4" high x 12" long x 7 3/4" wide
Description: A rare tripod steatite censer was made in Tang dynasty. With dark gray tone,
this censer was excavated with light gray incursions. A globular body was held by three foot in beautiful proportions.
An earlier collection was published in " Early Chinese Miniature" by China Institute in America.
Date: Tang Dynasty (AD618-906)
Material: Steatite.
Body Width: 6.5cm Height: 4.7cm
Condition: Good, except one small scratch.
Japanese Genroku era Imari bowl with blue underglaze and red and gold overglaze enamel decoration. The octagonal form with alternating panels on both interior and exterior of flowers and of boat in garden landscape. The cavetto with vase and flowers decoration. Flowers and vine decoration around the foot. Flower head decoration in red enamel inside blue ring within ring foot. The white glaze around the buff colored foot rim burned to a thin dark iron colored ring before the unglazed rim...
Small Song Dynasty white ware powder box with emboss design on lid. High-resolution images on request.
Antique Chinese blue and white porcelain vase. With images of peony flowers and double blue band below the lip and above the foot. The tall cylindrical neck flutes to a rounded body with slightly tapered foot.
19th Century
Dimensions: 5" x 9 1/2" H
A large and rare Angkor Wat bronze pot from Cambodia. Beautiful patina with natural green incrustation. Size. H. 13.8cm W. 21.3cm.
Condition: No repairs
Width: 4 cm (2.6 in)
Height: 1.9 cm (0.6 in)
Japanese wooden manju netsuke of a phoenix, the backside carved into a woven chained effect; good condition
We have a total of 9 individual Genuine Antique Qing Dynasty Green Leopard Guru Beads for collectors. Excellent condition, size: 12-13 mm. in diameter. Will sell individual beads or the lot. Color; dark clear green on a light green uniform background. Approximately 200 years old. Very rare!
Beautifully hand-carved Japanese Bugaku theatre mask, meant to be worn whilst performing the solo, rejoiceful Genjoraku dance. This dance references the practice of snake-eating for medicinal purposes in central Asia and would often be performed as celebration of the return of an emperor to the palace. The mask has movable eyes, jaw, and eyebrows, stringy hair, bulging veins on its forehead, and an upturned nose of a tengu demon...
Ryoshibako document box in black and gold lacquer decorated in takamaki-e and hiramaki-e. In the center of the panel stands an imposing castle, immersed in a natural landscape dominated by Matsu pines.
Nashiji lacquer forms a cloud-like texture adding a touch of depth...
Polychrome bronze statuette of a group of mice around a pumpkin and a pomegranate. The five mice have a dark brown patina, while the hollowed-out gourd is dark brown and the split pomegranate is dark red.
Written in a cartouche on one of the pumpkin slices, "Shôsai Foundry" (正齊鋳, shôsai-chû).
Japan – Meiji era (1868-1912)
Height: 6.4 in. (16.3 cm) – width: 7.8 in. (20 cm) – depth: 7.3 in. (18.5 cm)
A very rare Korean Celadon glazed bowl/washer of octagonal shape with inlaid decoration. Korean Koryo ( or Korai or Goryeo ) period ( 918 - 1392 )
Diameter : 12,3 cm.
Condition : There is one short hairline ( please see the last enlargement )
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Rosewood Carved Candelabra with Jade Plaque Inlay
Each is 9.6 inches (24.3 cm) tall by 7.5 inches (19 cm) wide. They are 1.3 lb.
They have chips and surface wears and scratches. One of the candelabra is missing one foot at the bottom (as seen in the photos).
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