This superb ivory carving is 12 inches tall (including base) and 3 inches wide. The statue presents a legendary Chinese character who is a member of the eight immortals. According to legend, one day he told his follower that his spirit was going to travel far away. He asked the young follower to watch his body for seven days while he was away. If he did not come back after the seventh day, the young man must burn his body...
Antique Chinese small carved horn seal with fudog, carved with poem about snow on mountain and the value of peace, characters are inset with dark green pigment, bottom is carved with seal, 19th century.
Size: 2 3/4" high x 1 7/8" wide
A Very Rare Open Carved Battle Scene Panel with Inscriptions
Korea, Choson, 18th –early 19th Century
This open worked and mineral pigment painted with gold, silver, red, green, blue, yellow and black panel to be believed to have ornermented the attar of a temple or a Gerneral’s pavilion in commemoration of the battle scene.againt his enemy about 800 years ago or older (It’s believe to be a battle scene between Koryo (高麗 ,고려) and Yuan ? (元, 원)...
Rare Antique Korean Funerary Figure (Kkokdu) with much of its original pigment still intact. From a renowned and published New York collection. One of the finer examples we have seen. 11.5 inches, 29.5 cm.
A beautiful 19th/20th C. Chinese peking glass snuff bottle with a enamel cat watching a insect motif,on the other side has orchid and butterflies. With hall mark. In excellent condition. H:2-1/2"x2-1/2"
Late 1800s
Rose-pink glass in good condition.
Diameter: 3 ½ in. ext., 2 ¾ in. int.
A Very Rare Korean Heavy Wood-Root Carved Seated Tiger/Painted in Polychrome Pigments-19th C./ Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century...
Antique Chinese blue and white porcelain jar with hardwood lid carved in a reticulated fashion and with pointed finial. The body of the vase is decorated with various Immortals. The bottom of the vase has a double ring mark. Dates from 18th century.
Size: 7" L x 12" H
A beautiful very old Chinese green quartz lamp with a small light internally lit inside the urn both are in working condition.
H:21" (bottom to the finial)
Late 1800s
Water pot of squat, ovoid form with a narrow foot and slight depression of a base. The even lavender-blue tone of the glass is translucent in strong light and is well-polished on the interior as well as the exterior. Such items as this were essential for the scholar's desk and are more often seen in ceramics than in Beijing glass. There are a few areas of abrasion and scratches from use and some light wear to the foot area...
A Very Rare and Fine Korean Gilt Bronze Figure of Buddha 7th - 8th C.:
Korea, Unified Silla period, 8th 10th Century.
It is cast solid, standing with the hands held in varsa and abhayamudra dressed in loose
robes failing from the shoulders and opening to reveal the bare chest,
the serene face below the protuberant usnisa, the back cast open,
set on two-tiered lotus base supported on a six petal stan.
It has an original gilding remaining, but some body gilding losses and rubbed,
otherwi...
Ca. late 1800s.
Skillfully painted on the interior with a scene of a mountainous landscape with waterfalls and scholars’ residences, loosely in the manner of the late Ming/early Ching artist, Wang Jian.
The transparent glass is slightly grayish in tone and the vase’s interior has been evenly ground to create a frosted background to the painting. The artist was probably a professional snuff bottle painter.
Interior painting is completely intact...
A Very Rare/Fine Carved/Pigments Painted Wood Carved Tiger:
Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century
A solid wood deep carved a man riding a tiger painted in red, yellow, blue, white and black pigments on the surfaces,
a man wearing a traditional hat, black horse tailed “Gat”, and a tiger with a long tail.
It’s in very fine condition without any noticeable damages, or missing apart.
Measurements; 10” H x 8” L x 3 1/4” W (25.4cm x 20.3cm x 8.3cm)
***Provenance; Collection of Mrs L...
If one look at the details of this rare chrysanthemum shape dish this piece seems to be carved like we know this from jade pieces.
Excavated together with Song Dynasty ceramic pieces and shards in Indonesia.
Song Dynasty or earlier.
Diameter 8,5 cm.
Chinese transparent glass vase in a deep shade of blue, wide rounded base with a long, narrow neck tapering slightly towards the bottom. Qianlong Nian Zhi impressed mark on bottom.
Size: 10" height, 6" width
This is an eye bead from silk road, it is in badly corroded condition after under buial for more than 1 thousand years...it is a very nice piece, please feel free to enquire! Thanks
A very rare scroll weight resp. paper weight made from glass and painted with a very pleasing romantic landscape . This painting is done in a typical Qianlong manner on a opaque white glaze and is covered with a thick layer of transparent glaze. Qianlong Period ( 1736 - 1795 ) On the back side of the piece is something like a very small signature which can be seen on the last enlargement. L : 17,5 cm. B : 3,3 cm. H : 1,2 cm. Condition : Perfect.
Late 1800s
White glass made to imitate jade, good condition.
Diameter: 3 3/8 in. ext., 2 5/8 in. int.