Charming Chinese antique painting of a brown and white Pekingese dog, very beautifully painted with attention paid to every strand of hair. The dog crouches with tail up as if ready to play. The scenery is grassy with rocks and cymbidium orchids. Painted in ink and mineral colors on paper. 19th century. Size of painting: 24" high x 12 1/4" wide Size including frame: 31 1/2" high x 16 1/2" wide

A Very Rare/Fine Korean Blue/White Square Water Pot (Brush Washer (筆筆) Painted with 4 Scholar’s Friend (四君子)-19th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century...

Perfectly shaped Shino Chawan with beautifully crackled Shino glaze and with the image of 3 Noh mai dancers.

It is extremely rare to find an antique tea bowl with a Noh mai dance motif.

This Chawan was made at the end of the 19th century...

19th century framed Chinese textile embroidered rank badge (also called mandarin square) denoting the fifth civil rank symbolized by the bird on the badge - the Silver Pheasant. Did not photograph well - faint pinkish lines are from photography and the colors are brighter than they look on the images. Designs on the background include rocks among waves, sun and bat in flight among swirling clouds, some of the Treasures of the Immortals and the Buddhists...

A Cobalt-Blue Painted White Porcelain Incense Burner Joseon Dynasty 19th Century. A true treasure. A similar example recently sold at auction in Seoul for 1.5 million dollars. The cracks are not damage. They are original to the piece and happened during firing...

A marvelous oval shaped Chinese tortoise shell box with enameling featuring a bamboo and floral pattern with auspicious symbols on a carved top and the side bands. An interior mirror under the fitted lid shows some age related wear. The tortoise shell is in excellent antique condition, no cracks and there is no visible loss to the enamel. This is a rare treasure which displays beautifully. Measures 6 inches long, 5" wide, 1.5 inches high. Circa 1880.

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A pair of beautiful late 19th C. Chinese export famille rose roosters with wooden stand. In excellent condition. H: 8-1/2" $485

Calm and serene gilded wooden Buddha subduing Mara with his right hand in the gesture of touching the earth, the left in meditation. 19th Century. Good condition. Size: H. 15 cm. x W. 13.5 cm. x D. 6 cm.

A Very Rare/Fine/Large Korean Iron Black Porcelain Jar Painted with a Plum And Bamboo-19th/Older: Korea, late Joseon Dynasty, 18th century, or older. This unusual large global shape of inky tones of underglaze blue and white porcelain jar painted with large wind-blowing bamboo, and old and large plum tree with flower blooming underglaze inky blue, in this case, this cobalt blue turned to black-inky tones under firing circumstances, this well-balanced jar must be painted by professional ...

A lovely pair of bronze and enamel Chinese cloisonne candlesticks. In excellent condition, they measure 6" high.

Yukimi Gata Toro (Lantern for Snow Viewing) that was used in the winter. Iron and Sheet Metal with a very rare Double Roof design. A rare and unusual Edo Period example for the serious collector. 12.5 inches (32cm) high x 10.25 inches (26cm) wide.

A Korean Beautiful Blue-Tinged White Porcelain High Footed Bowl-19th C: Korea,Joseon dynasty, 19th century. The bowl applied with a beautiful light blue-tinged white glaze with warm and clear glaze evenly overall, set on a slightly flared high ring foot and with slightly everted mouth rim, its base glazed in white glaze but a foot rim unglazed. It’s in good condition but a small chip on its foot rim, it measures approximately 5.5” d. x 3.75” h. (14cm x 9.5cm),

A Chinese cloisonné and champlevé enamel jardiniere. Early 19th century. The jardiniere is of globular form with three circular medallions enclosing birds and butterflies against a floral and gilt ground. These roundels are set against a scrolling lotus ground. The inside is counter-enamelled in turquoise blue...

A set of superb bronze Hamsa bird opium weights of 5 tical, Late Shan Empire, c. early 1800s.

The Hamsas with varieties of spikes and other features, all standing on elongated hexagonal bases. 6-ray or bird verification marks.

Weight: c. 79,5-80,6 grams = 5 tical.

Condition: VF-EF, Very nice surfaces and metal for types.

Refference: Gear Group 1/2.

Provenance: John Abrahamsen Collection, important Danish private collection of c...

Chinese Silk Embroidered Panel with Mother of Pearl Inlay Wood Carved Screen, 19th Century

It is 27 inches (68.5 cm) tall by 20.5 inches (52 cm) wide with stand. The panel is 20.5 inches (52 cm) tall by 17.5 inches (44.5 cm) wide. The embroidery is 17 inches (43.2 cm) tall by 13.8 inches (35.2 cm) wide. It is 13.7 Lb.

It has cracks, missing the back panels at the stand, and missing some mother of pearl and small chips at the wood (as seen in the photos)...

An antique bronze Inoshishi (white-moustached pig) made by Hobundo. It features prominently in Japanese culture, where it is widely seen as a fearsome and reckless animal,Among Japanese hunters, the boar's courage and defiance is a source of admiration, and hunters and mountain people not uncommonly name their sons after the animal. The underside of the pig has a maker's mark.

Date:Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 8" X 3"

Width: 7.8 cm (3.1 in)
Height: 4.5 cm (1.2 in)

Rare and fine quality small Chinese cinnabar box; shows an individual in a boat on a lake surrounded by a wooded and mountainous landscape; exquisite carving throughout; minor losses; good condition