Embossed gilt copper plate, with fine details, representing a snarling snow lion, standing. Two small copper rivets above the back of the lion. Tibet, early 19th century, maybe earlier. Height: 7 cm. Length: 8.3 cm. The plate is nicely mounted on a custom wood stand. Very good condition. Collected in Nepal in 1978.
A beautiful Chinese Song dynasty Qingbai white glaze bowl with twin fish and lotus decoration. Dia. 15.5cm. Condition: chip to base rim, no restore, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platforms, please ask before ordering.
Chinese Qing dynasty bronze censer or incense burner. 18cm wide . 14 cm body diameter. 12,2cm mouth rim diameter. 2542 gram wight with the stand. Original condition.
An attractive Chinese Song dynasty Yaozhou celadon molded chrysanthemum bowl. Dia. 10.2, Ht. 4.5cm. Condition: a short line to mouth rim about 1cm long, no chip, no restore, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platforms, please ask before ordering.
A nice Chinese Jin dynasty Yaozhou molded floral dish, good glaze. Dia. 13cm. Condition: no chip, no restore, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platforms, please ask before ordering.
A nice Chinese Han dynasty pot incised an unknown Chinese character or symbol. Ht. 25cm. Condition: small chip to mouth rim, no restore, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platforms, please ask before ordering.
A large Chinese Han dynasty pottery Hu vessel. Ht. 41.5cm. Condition: no chip, no restore, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platforms, please ask before ordering.
A fine Chinese Tang dynasty green glaze jar. Ht. 29cm. Condition: minor glaze deterioration to mouth, no chip, no restore, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platforms, please ask before ordering.
Tea bowl with charming decoration in Famille rose enamels and iron-red depicting a family scene, perhaps a birthday celebration: a boy and a young man are leading a cow up to the Pater Familias where he is resting comfortably under a blossoming tree, while two smiling ladies are bringing him presents, one of them carrying what looks like a teapot and the other a fish. Diameter "3/ 7.8 cm, height "1 2/3 / 4.2 cm. Condition: fine.
Antique Japanese wood carving of a pair of celestial maidens. From the group of heavenly beings known as Tennin in Japan, these beautiful female figures, Tennyo, or Apsaras, are similar counter parts to the western angel. These crowned women, floating in intricately carved swirling clouds, represent heavenly attendants of the Buddhist realm...
Antique Japanese scroll painting of Buddha Amitābha also known simply as Amida Buddha. Here he stands with each foot on a lotus blossom, floating on swirling clouds against a black void as he descents. His hands are in vitarka mudra, also known as Raikō gesture of welcoming souls to Paradise (Jōdō or Sukhavati in Sanskrit). Amitābha (which means Infinite or Immeasurable light) is much loved for his gentle wisdom and his all accepting nature...
A rare Chinese Tang dynasty Sancai cobalt blue glaze jar with lid. Ht. 18cm. Condition: lid broken and reattached, glaze deterioration, in fair condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platforms, please ask before ordering.
A good Chinese Tang dynasty Sancai jar with cobalt blue glaze decoration. Ht. 14. Condition: glaze deterioration, no chip, no restore, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platforms, please ask before ordering.
A fine Chinese Tang dynasty Snacai jar. Dia. 24cm. Condition: glaze deterioration, damaged mouth rim where can be fixed at additional cost, no restore, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platforms, please ask before ordering.
A nice Chinese Tang dynasty snacai cobalt blue glaze jar. Dia. 19cm. Condition: glaze deterioration, no chip, no restore, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platforms, please ask before ordering.
This is a Japanese antique indigo dye silk Hand-painted dyeing child kimono.It is a very elegant and very beautiful children's kimono with hand-painted Yuzen dyeing and embroidery. It is a charming and elegant design of kaioke and chrysanthemums and peony...
A fine Japanese porcelain plate, the centre painted with a pair of Ho-o birds perched on rocks amongst flowers. There are several versions of this design featuring different borders. This border is unusual, it features three Ming-style elephant headed dragons and a profusion of blooms. The back has a particularly delicate depiction of trailing blooms and an inner border of clouds. The mark is associated with the Old Kakiemon kiln, 1680’s.
Approximately 20.7cm diameter...
A rare Japanese Sometsuke Mukozuke dish, the design of a partially folded fan taken directly from Chinese porcelain made especially for export to Japan during the late Ming Dynasty, Tianqi Period, 1621-1627. Modeled in the form of a partially unfolded fan and decorated with a figure on a riverbank, the river and a solitary boat before him. The naturalistic modeled back is plain and has three thickly potted circular feet...