Buddha in very heavy cast bronze. Never been gilded. Very nice natural brown patina. Very well known model of the Kien-long period, which usually are gilded and marked with the reign and sometimes dated and which are always in embossed copper (see an example in my collection n°10). The one presented here is in cast bronze. Good condition, some minor wear and shocks, no restoration. Height: 17,6cm Weight: 1490g

This is a 2 section antique Japanese Kansai Mizuya (Kitchen) tansu made of Hinoki (Cypress) and Keyaki (Zelkova) woods. Both original hand forged iron hardware and rare copper hand twisted door netting.

This chest was made for the Japanese kitchen to store jars of water, chopsticks, utensils for cooking and dishes. Its elegant design would suit any home decor as well as add storage functionality.

Meiji Era (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 45 3/4" Wide by 64" High by 16" Deep

Ancient Chinese tomb pottery figure of a horse and rider. Made of gray clay and painted with polychrome slip pigment. The figure is clothed in flowing robes and a hat that covers his ears. Facial details on both the figure and the horse are wonderfully well preserved.

Age: Tang Dynasty A.D. 618-906

Dimensions: 8 3/4" high x 7" long x 3" deep

Ancient Egyptian Faience Amulet Of Bes Playing Tambourine 1,5 cm

A small but vibrant blue faience amulet of the god Bes playing the tambourine with suspension loop to the top. He is an ancient Egyptian deity worshipped as a protector of households, mothers and children and childbirth. Bes combines characteristics of a dwarf and a lion.

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Kuro-Raku Chawan by the 11th generation Keinyu Kichizaemon (1817-1902) enclosed in its originally signed and sealed wooden box.

This Raku chawan is particularly endowed with a structural power deriving from simple composition of features of a bowl - another reminiscence of the earlier generations of this unique family of artists.

Apart from being expertly formed and bestowed with symbolic imagery, this piece has the added distinction of being created by Raku XI Keinyu, the...

In Japan Muromachi period 15th century, tea master Juko Murata had been putting forward "wabi-cha" that has become the mainstream of tea ceremony afterwards. And then he had the idea that wabi-cha should have noble mood hidden inside though it seemed coarse at glimpse. He had changed the tea ceremony in Chinese style to Japanese-like style. He picked up a coarse celadon tea cup made in Song dynasty. He thought it was suitable for wabi-cha...

Korean Choson (Yi dynasty) two-section ichung nong (wardrobe chest) with two stands decorated with brass hardware. This flexible piece can be used as a single stacking chest or as two side tables. Persimmon wood front panels. 39 1/2" high x 28 3/8" wide x 13" deep (each section is about 23" high on a stand). Circa 1880. Very good and solid overall condition with some slight puckering and separations in the burl wood veneer, particularly on one door...

A Pair of Very Fine Korean Embroidered Official Rank Badges-19th C. Korea, Joeson dynasty, late 19th century, mounting with brocade, A single crane embroidered with gold thread on dark blue silk ground...

Chinese bronze censer with stand, xuande mark. 18cm wide. Good conditions.19th Century

Chinese yixing zisha purple clay teapot from Tek Sing cargo, Daoguang period. 16 cm wide, 10cm body diameter, 10cm high. Good condition.

Chinese yixing zisha teapot from Tek Sing cargo, Daoguang period. 11 cm wide, 7cm body diameter, 6,5cm high. There is chipped at the spout and inside the lid (please see on the pictures).

Chinese Ming dynasty blue and white dish. 13,8 cm diameter. Dish has small chipped at the rim on repaired.

Chinese ming dynasty blue and white dish. Hongzhi period. Dish has single hairline (please see on the pictures) free from any repair. 25 cm diameter.

Chinese Ming dynasty blue and white dish. 15th Century. Dish has two hairlines and small chipped at the rim. (free from any repair). 30,5 cm diameter.

Diameter approximately 40 cm. There are some very soft chips at the saucers. It doesn't matter. There are glue marks on the bottom, possibly glued to the box, not including the box. More pictures are available. In good condition.

Egyptian Faience Wadjat Eye Ring 2,3 cm.

NEW KINGDOM, 18TH DYNASTY, 1550-1295 B.C.

Turquoise faience finger ring, with openwork Wadjet- eye.

The wadjet-eye or eye of Horus was considered to be both protective and healing. The right eye represented the sun; the left the moon. This powerful amuletic symbol with human eye and falcon markings of the sun-god Horus represent regeneration...

A Rare Pale Green Fitzhugh Large Plate. Decorated with the typical pattern using a more unusual paler green enamel. Highlighted with gilding. Chinese C1825. Diameter; 25.0 cm. Condition; excellent, there is a shallow chip/frit 1.0 cm to the rim.

A rare antique Japanese Sado Kasane (stacking chest on chest) Tansu made of Kurinoki (Chestnut) and Kirinoki (Paulownia) woods. Original natural Urushi lacquer finish. Hand forged and hand made iron hardware featuring two Phoenix birds representing immortality on the upper large drawer lock plates, two sea turtles symbolizing 10,000 years of longevity and a crane meaning 1,000 years of long life on the lower drawers...