From our Chinese Blue and White Collection, a fine Qianlong Period (1736-1795) sauce tureen base of rectangular form with chamfered corners, depicting a gentleman with ladies on a fenced terrace pavilion along with a flowering tree, surrounded by an intricate border design of cash diaper motifs, key frets, and flower sprigs, all executed in deep blue upon a body of dense 18th century export porcelain.

This particular example is quite unusual due to its subject matter...

Song - Yuan dynasty qingbai white glaze flower shape bowl and plate with flower motif, good condition with professionally restoration on the rim, please see picture for detail, size: bowl 12,5 cm diameter plate 19 cm diammeter.

Small wide mouth grey pottery jar with “soy” brown glaze from an unknown Southern Kiln. The glaze resembles Jizhou ware. Circa Song Dynasty or earlier, the body is quite thinly potted with delicate lugs near the mouth. There is fritting on the mouth and handle but no cracks or chips. H: 9cm/3.5in and D: 6cm/2.3in.

A Han style (maybe of the period) white jade cicada in simple design and carved with clean lines showing superior craftsmanship. We date it Qing Dynasty or earlier, but it was probably from Han Dynasty. Condition: there are some calcification on the tip of the wings, which caused some tiny chips; some age veins on the lower part of the cicada (please see photo #4 and #5 for details). Length: 7 cm; width: 3.5 cm.

Unusual 1900s - 1910s (late Meiji - early Taisho) small Japanese wooden visiting card tray with inlaid multimetal decoration of a Dutchman standing by a pole, one hand raised to his head, the other holding a wide brimmed hat. Wood appears to be kurogaki (black persimmon), wonderful crisp metalwork with different patinas and gilding, beautiful dense hardwood, great patina, in perfect condition. Size 5 5/16 x 4 3/4 inches.

A rectangular one-piece silver belt buckle, the front side decorated with birds and tendrils in niello and with gilt center. Dated with Arabic numerals corresponding to 1868. Brass brackets. Condition: some traces of usage. Dimension: 7.1 cm long x 5 cm wide.

Japanese silver and copper pipe with a natural bamboo body. Mid Meiji period. 7 7/8" long.

Fine Sawankhalok 14th-15th century green crackled celadon glazed bottle. Two vertical rings at neck with incised horizontal decoration at shoulder. Fine condition. High resolution images on request... Height: 4.75 inches.

Free of any loss or repair, this beautifully enameled vase on a copper base stands some 7-1/2 inches in height. Wonderfully elegant and understated.

Wood Carved Lotus Theme Footed Stand, circa 1920's

It is 5.62 inches (14.3cm) tall by 3.25 inches (8.3 cm) wide. The top is measure 2.8 inches (7 cm) in diameter. The circle at the top is measure 1.4 inches (3.75 cm) in diameter. The channel in between is 0.65 inch (1.5 cm) wide.

It is in good condition with no chips or cracks.

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Southern Song Dynasty ( 1127 - 1279 ) " White Song " bird feeder. Diameter : 5,8 cm. Condition : Perfect

14 Original Woodblock Prints by Ogata Gekko, Japan's First Internationally Acclaimed Artist, beautifully housed in this handsome volume, The Floral Art of Japan, published in 1899. Cover is in Good Condition, but the prints inside are the most pristine, well preserved 19th Century prints we have ever seen...

Highly interesting scaraboid seal of the earliest style and type we've seen, probably inspired by Egyptian scarab seals, Middle bronze age of the Levant, c. 2200-1600 BC.

The seal is very large and carved in a greenish black stone. Interestingly, there's remnants of the metal mount, probably a chain in iron or bronze (looks like iron!). The seal is carved with Capride with a bird above...

Antique Chinese set of four hardwood nesting tables with central burl tops in a gorgeous deep red lacquer original finish. Provenance: S. I. Hayakawa, the renowned semanticist who defied striking student radicals at San Francisco State University in the late 1960s and subsequently was elected to the U.S. Senate. Size : 22" height, 22" width, 22" depth

Chinese square bell shape yixing teapot decorated with molded prunus at the body and bamboo design as a spout and the handle.Size:15,5cm wide.11,5cm high.Teapot has small chipped at the lips corner and very small chipped inside the lid.

Hand written Nepalese manuscript. Undated estimated to be 17/18th century or earlier. Anointing marks on cover, one illustration, 70 sides of text, each 20x 7.5 cm. No loose pages. Can be viewed in central London and shipped worldwide.

19th century netsuke of 2 biwa (loquat) fruits on a stem. Elegant design in Japanese taste, superb quality realistic carving down to the last detail - see the rendition of bark on branches and perfectly etched terminals of the fruits. Beautiful wear and patina, himotoshi formed by natural openings in the carving. Signed MASATSUGU in oval reserve on the stem - the artist is listed on p. 740 of NETSUKE & INRO ARTISTS AND HOW TO READ THEIR SIGNATURES by George Lazarnick. Height 1.21 inches.

Length approximately 13.8 cm (across the handles). Few hairlines, a crack, and few dents.