Fine Japanese Arita Teabowl and Saucer decorated with a scholar and attendant in a landscape. C1700. Diameter of saucer 11.5 cm. Condition: perfect.

True conneusseurs do know how rare is the opportunity to buy a genuine painted Jizhou ware vase like this. Southern Song Dynasty ( 1127 - 1279 ) The long necked vase is painted with wave and flower pattern. H : 12,6 cm. Condition : The body in perfect condition with no chips and cracks. Glaze losts to the uppermost part of the neck ( below the rim, please look at the last enlargement )

Kangxi period, 1700s / 1800s

The lid is decorated in underglaze cobalt blue with a depiction of Liu Bing, the founder of the Han Dynasty, attacking a snake, which was considered to be an omen predicting the founding of the Han Dynasty. This particular scene, probably from a woodblock printed book illustration, is seen from time to time on Shunzhi Period – early Kangxi transitional wares. The base is glazed and displays the classic six-character Kangxi mark...

A fine southern Song - Yuan dynasty longquan celadon large carved dish, rounded side with rising rim and glazed base, dish decorated with clear and fine carved of flower motif, covered with good green color celadon glaze, good high ping sound with finger tip.
Dish is in very good condition no chip, no crack, no restoration.
Size: 34 cm diameter.

 

Korean ceramic bowl from the Goryeo dynasty, 12-14th century. The interior of the bowl is decorated with ducks and willow trees encircling the well which is embellished with blossoms. The exterior is decorated with a band of scrolling waves, flanking floral roundels. Old restoration. It measures 7.75" wide.

 

Up for sale is a large antique Chinese embroidered silk panel taken from the front and back of a red dragon robe, Qing dynasty; very intricate embroideries executed in Peking knot/forbidden stitch, gold wrapped thread couching, and other embroidery techniques; six 5-claw dragons & medallions with Shou characters couched from gold threads; together with clouds, bats, peonies, sea waves, and other buddhist auspicious objects...

Up for sale is a large antique Chinese embroidered silk panel taken from the back of a Qing dynasty imperial prince's brown dragon robe, Jifu, late 1700's, Qianlong period; very intricate embroideries with gold wrapped thread couching, and other embroidery techniques; three 5-claw dragons together with colored clouds designated for imperial family members only, bats, peonies, sea waves, and other buddhist auspicious objects; backed with light brown lining...

A Chinese Very Rare/Fine Ceramic Seated Buddha/Mandala and Lotus Stand-16th C.: China, Wanli Mark and of period, dated 1585 (Wanli 12 year) The Buddha figure is in 3 parts, Buddha, Mandala and Plinth, with seated Buddha raising his right hand in a form of vitarka mudra while his left hand rests on the bented knee as he sits dhyanasana on a separately high double lotus octagonal plinth, the Buddha figure painted with brown, Mandala glazed with brown and green with 2 chracters on the back, and i...

Antique chinese jade snuff bottle with a beautiful engraving of a water bird standing amid lotus. There are bats carved on each side. The opposite face of the bottle has an inscription derived from the noted Tang Dynasty poet, Cao Song. The poem is from the Quan Tang Si collection of Chinese poetry and the poetry is five character four line verse which ends midway. The poem in approximation reads: The color of the water still reflecting, the mist gradually letting light shine in...

Beautiful jade snuff bottle in the shape of an elongated melon with dark green jade carved in the shape of leaves and lighter jade for the body. 3" long.

Ca. 1600s / early 1700s

The deep red lacquer is thickly applied to a wooden base and carved in high relief. The slightly domed lid is carved with a garden scene consisting of pavilions and scholars in a landscape of thick foliage, trees, various rocks and a small bridge. The sides of the box are carved all around with a repeating floral design and the base is carved overall with diamond shaped florets...

 

A rare Yuan dynasty Shufu white glaze large dragon bowl, rounded side with flared rim and unglazed base, bowl decorated with molded two large dragon motif chasing flaming pearl at interior, covered with white shufu glaze.
Bowl is in good condition no chip, no crack, no restoration, there is faint short 1 cm hairline on the rim.
Size: 17 cm diameter.

A set of kamishimo and hakama made from cotton used to dress a bunraku puppet. The fabric is utilizing a cherry blossom pattern with a wave motif. The cherry blossoms are done in a style known as katagami, where the pattern is printed using a paper cut out placed on top of the fabric and dye is coated over it. The wave patterns are done in a print format similar to a technique known as inkin, where a woodblock is used to stamp the pattern...

Nice and perfect conditions three pieces of Tang changsha bowls from Batu Hitam or Belitung shipwreck. 15cm diameter.

A big jar yue ware decorated with four lugs and double spouted. Tang dynasty. 26cm body diameter. 23cm high. Good conditions, only found one small chipped at the mouth rim.

A Korean Large/Rare Koryo Black and White Slip Inlaid Celadon Oil Bottle-12th C.: Korea, Koryo dynasty, 12th century. Of disk form with waisted neck ending in a cup-form mounth, inlaid in black and white slip with four flying cranes reserved on a ground of small clouds, all inlaid in white slip, above double line, also inlaid white slip, covered by a blue-green celadon gaze, It’s in very fine condition without any damage or repaies but its bottom glaze discolored while firing. It meas...

Burmese wooden standing elephant.

Age: Burma, Early 20th Century
Measurement: Height 45.5 C.M. / Width 14 C.M. / Length 32 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.

Very well potted porcelain body decorated with an underglaze cobalt blue decoration. Extraordinary nice and deep cobalt blue. Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period ( 1736 - 1795 ) Diameter : 6,3 cm. Condition : Perfect

A large Chinese pottery censer on animal feet with a lovely blue and purple glaze. Tomb pottery, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). H. 24,5 cm. Excellent condition with expected age wear.

An exquisite ancient Roman imperial marble head of a woman, C...

Egyptian Bronze and Alabaster Eyes, Late New Kingdom, ca. 1307-1069BC.

Almond-shaped eye inlays with eyebrows, the well-formed lid and cosmetic line crafted of bronze and inlaid with irises of alabaster; the pupils in black pigment. Perhaps from an anthropoid sarcophagus or a monumental statue...

Mid / Late Ming Dynasty, 1500s / 1600s

This wine cup is decorated in underglaze cobalt blue with three yin yang symbols on the exterior and also one on the interior base. It is raised on a low unglazed footring showing the white paste. The base is glazed and has a hastily painted mark. The overall condition is very good, without chips or repairs. It was recovered from a shipwreck site in Southeast Asia. The glaze has taken on a matte finish from submersion in the ocean...

Fine annamese vietnamese blue and white charger, decorated with catfish drifting between water weeds, lotus scroll in the cavetto, diamond design border around the rim, petal lappets with hanging scroll on the exterior and unglazed base with thin iron brown wash. PERIODE : 15 th Century CONDITION : perfect, no chips, cracks, or hairlines and free from restorations. MEASURE : 36 cm diameter. 9 cm height.

A large jun yao glaze bowl 10th-14th century. 21,3cm diameter. Bowl has two small chipped at the rim and minor glaze degradations because found from under the river.

A Tang Changsha bowl from batu hitam shipwreck belitung. Bowl is in good condition with minor degradation glaze at the rim, small chipped at the rim, no crack, no restoration. Size: 15 cm diameter.

A Tang Changsha bowl from batu hitam shipwreck belitung. Bowl is in good condition with minor degradation glaze at the rim, small chipped at the rim, no crack, no restoration. Size: 15 cm diameter.

A Tang Changsha bowl from batu hitam shipwreck belitung. Bowl is in good condition with minor degradation glaze at the rim, small chipped at the rim, no crack, no restoration. Size: 15 cm diameter.

An interesting pair of straight sided flared bowls decorated with contrasting panels of Bamboo, painted with gilt outlined enamels, and Aka-e kinrande with unusual black enamel roundels with kara kusa patterns, brocade balls, and green and gilt demi florets. The interior of the bowls decorated with two contrasting diaper patterns and a mon style motif to the interior. The bowls are 12cm in diameter and stand just under 8cm high. The bowls date to the mid 18th century...

A fine Arita soba choku decorated with Chrysanthemums within ogee form reserves set against an aka-e kinrande ground dating to the middle of the Eighteenth century The interior decorated with a diaper band to the rim and a go-ben ka to the bottom of the cup. The base of the cup decorated with a spiral fuku within a double square. The cup is in excellent condition with no cracks, chips or restoration. It measures 9.5cm in diameter and stands 7cm in height. Shipping at Cost

This is beautiful silk(habutae) katsugi-Kimono with the family coat of arms of the Meiji era(1868-1912). This katsugi-kimono is a formal dress. It will be to decorate your room with very Japanese-style peaceful scenery. It is made with good-quality silk of the habutae silk. It has thin stain and damage. It is size: However, it does not stand out 146cm x 124cm (57.5" x 48.8")

Mongolian/Tibetan drawing of a REFUGE TREE Early 19th century. It has a blind stamp with Russian text. Overall size 48 x 37 cm. Old folds and stains and has the particular smell of burnt Juniper that characterises Mongolian manuscripts...

A beautiful Qing dynasty old 14k ring with a 4cm large size jadeite, in excellent condition. Size:6.5 Weight:18.1g

Descriptions:

A pair of Cizhou vase was in the same form of floral mouth rim but with different glaze.
They were found in same origin.
They were unique in different characteristics.
The black vase was decorated on the bulge body with ribbed lines when another vase was painted with green slip on the surface.
They were both in very good condition with obvious incursions to the glaze.
One minute glaze defect was found at the lower portion of the stem foot.
It was cau...

A very rare, quite large 10th century Tang Dynasty bowl. The porcelain body of the bowl covered with a nice yellowish green glaze. Diameter : 16,3 cm. H : 6 cm. Condition : Perfect, very nice " Ping " tone when tapped.

Large antique bronze rain drum from Laos is a Herger type three drum. Reference material "The Karen Bronze drum of Burma" by Richard M. Cooler. It has two frogs (eight altogether) on top with a twelve pointed star with continuing concentric circle with stamp decoration. The side has two elephants and two snails representing water and fertility. A globular flared body rises with four attached handles of frog design. Circular concentric pattern continues throughout the body. The patina is a c...

Antique Japanese beautiful pair of Kacho (bird and flower) 6-panel screen paintings, painted with scenes of pairs of different birds by a stream; depicted are herons, pheasants, mandarin ducks, and others; growing near river are cherry trees, peonies and pines; painted in mineral colors and gofun on paper with gold leaf mist, early 19th century (Edo Period)

Provenance: from the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art.

Early 19th Century

Size: Each...

A rare large Kameyama bowl of sanpan form decorated to the interior with a painting of a large koi carp. The border decorated with patterns of prunus against a cracked ice pattern and sekigaha wave pattern. The exterior decorated with auspicious Bats. The stern displaying a seal mark for the Kameyama (Turtle mountain) kiln. The dish was probably produced for use in Shippoku Ryori, Chinese style table dining, the famous Edo period cuisine of Nagasaki. The Kameyama kiln was closed in 1865 at the...

A good abalone shaped, awabi-gata, Ko Imari dish decorated in some-nishikide style with a sansui style Landscape. The reverse decorated in under-glaze blue with boats and islands and within the foot-ring and within a single ring a mountain fuku, good fortune, mark. The dish measures 6.5 inches or 16.5cm in length and 5.125 inches or 13cm in width, and 1.5 inches or 4cm in height, and is in good condition with no chips, cracks or restoration. Shipping at Cost.

Wonderful patina on this old tray from the Philippines. Woven from bamboo strips, this tray is approx 30 inches in diameter.

Beautiful Japanese Seated Gilt Amida Buddha on a Lotus Throne Stand with Gilt Mandorla, good condition with some losses, patina from incense smoke, height of buddha 17", size height 41", 21 1/2" width, 19" depth, Edo Period, circa 1800s.

A rare large bronze paper weight in the form of a Qilin, made in China during the late Ming / early Qing "Transitional" period, circa 1620 - 1680. Condition - very good - the tip of one ear is missing - no further losses and no repairs. 13.5cm (5.3ins) long. Weight: 908gms (32oz).

17世纪中叶 麒麟形铜镇纸 约1620-1680年间
一件较大的麒麟状铜镇...

A fine Qing 19th century Yongzheng mark enamel bowl, rounded side with deep center and glazed base, bowl decorated with over glaze enamel motif of flower and birds, mase with four character Yongzheng mark.
Bowl is in good condition no chip no crack no restoration.
Size: 13 cm diameter.

Rare Song dynasty longquan golden celadon large impressed dish, rounded side with deep center and glazed base, dish decorated with rare and detailed impressed double fish motif, rare to find a song dynasty golden celadon dish with this detailed impressed large fish motif, dish covered with good bright and even glaze color golden celadon.
Dish is in good condition no chip no crack no restoration.
Size: 23 cm diameter.

Late 1700s / Early 1800s

This bottle is covered overall in a thick, even oxblood glaze. The copper colorant has drained slightly down from the mouth leaving a narrow band of white glaze that continues into the mouth for a short distance; otherwise, the interior appears to be unglazed. The base has a yellowish iron oxide dressing and the footring is unglazed. Excess glaze that ran onto the foot was ground off after the firing. There is minor wear from age, but is in very good condition over...

This is Japanese meiji zanshi weave noragi hanten textile. It does not have a stain and damage and is in a very good state.Zanshi, or kuzuito, is cloth that is woven from threads either leftover from home production of yarn making, or from broken threads that were purchased from local commercial weavers. size:92cm x 123cm (36.2" x 48.4")

This superb ivory carving of a Chinese legendary figure Tie Gui Li is a late 19th or early 20th century product. It is 11 3/4” tall (including base); without the base it is 10” high, 2 3/4” wide and 2 1/8” in depth. 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 over his body for seven days while he was away. ...

A Early to Mid 19th C. (Edo Period) Japanese bronze hand held mirror (kagami)with rectangular handle,with original lacquer wooden box in excellent condition. Marked. L:33cm

A most beautiful, most impressive, large underglaze blue and white decorated bowl from the Ming Dynasty, Wanli Period ( 1573 - 1620 ) The Cobalt blue is excellent, the decoration of the Ducks in a Lotus-pond is superb. Diameter : 22,1 cm. H : 11 cm. Condition : There is one old secured crack to the wall of the bowl but there is also still a bright " Ping " tone when tapped. No chips, extremely minute fritting to the rim (actually not really worth mentioning).

An unusual deep square moulded bowl with a slightly everted rim decorated both to the exterior and the interior with stylised dragon and floral motifs within iron red grounds and leaf and lotus motifs to the corners. The rim decorated with an underglaze blue diaper band inset with small stylysed floral motifs. The well of the dish containing a conventionalised Chinese garden scene with Pavilion and “exotic plants and trees”, notably banana plaintain, basho, with suseki and balustrade pane...

Very nice shape, very nice condition of the blue - green glaze. All in all a very nice southern Song Dynasty (1127 - 1279 ) Longquan ware jarlet. Diameter: 6,9 cm. H: 5,7 cm. Condition : Perfect

A sometsuke dish of twelve sided dodecagonal form painted in a refined Kakiemon style. The rim border is divided into six fan shaped panels decorated with three sets of alternating floral compositions featuring respectively Bamboo, take, Peonies and rocks, botan, and shibagaki Brushwood fences. The centre painted with Cherry trees and a formal balustrades. The reverse is decorated with a Kraak style pattern of strapwork divisions and stylised flowers. The centre of the footring contains a Sh...

Decorated with dragons, fish, butterflies and long life characters, inlaid with glass beads. The enamels in green, red, purple and several shades of blue. This type of tiaras was worn by high ranking court ladies at the end of the Qing Dynasty. Size: W. 20 cm , H. 11 cm. Height including stand 38 cm.

An interesting bronze mirror with its original lead handle. This is rare as most of the time the lead handles have been replaced because the original has disintegrated. Diameter 14 cm, Length 21 cm. Mounted on a museum quality stand.

Antique Japanese ojime (toggle bead) in the form of Bodhi Darma (Daruma), shakudo (an alloy of gold and copper) with a red face , carved with incredible detail, wonderful expression, Meiji Period. Size: 11/16 of an inch high.

1700s

An example of “Kenjo” Imari presentation ware, having high quality enamel decoration in reds, green, aubergine and gilding surrounding underglaze cobalt blue. There is a fine, lightly stained crackle to the interior and exterior base. This piece was made for domestic use in Japan and was not intended for export. Overall good condition. Purchased in Kyoto ca. 1974.

Diameter: 7 ¼ in., Height: 3 in.

A very finely potted and finely painted blue and white vase depicting three five-clawed dragons, amongst cloud scrolls, in pursuit of flaming pearls and above stylized breaking waves. The base carries the six character seal mark of the Qianlong emperor (1736-1795) but, after three years deliberation, we have come to the conclusion that this item was probably made later, circa 1880-1920, during the late Qing or early Republic periods. Provenance - purchased by ourselves in January 2009 as part of...

This 19th-century bamboo carving represents an old sage leaning on a broom as if he has drifted into thought once he finished sweeping. He has been there long enough for one fresh leaf to fall. This figure evokes the well-known maxims for good living written by Zhu Bolu (1617-1688), which begin: Rise with daybreak; sweep the courtyard and clean the house thoroughly. . . . For every bowl of rice, think how hard it is to grow the grain. For every piece of clothing, think how much labor has been ...