A wonderful Chinese Han dynasty bronze Hu vase with Taotie motif ringon both side. Ht. 35.5cm. Condition: no restore, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platforms, please inquire before ordering.
Blue silk chair cover, embroidered with a Phoenix, a Buddhist Lion, a cloud and a lemon in gold thread. Chinese work from the Qing period 19th century or before.
Many disjointed gold threads but complete. A strip at the top cut should be missing 2 centimeters.
51x166cm
Cast bronze "soliflore"vase.The neck is engraved in the archaic Chinese style of stylized cicadas and Greeks, it ends by flaring and closing to create a bulb in the shape of a head of garlic, hence the English term "Garlic" to name this style, the body is modeled in a slice of melon.Small vase, simple but very elegant.. Chinese work early Qing Dynasty.The beautiful old patina of this bronze confirms it as being centuries old.18th century or earlier. H:17cm.
Chinese Qing dynasty low circular form porcelain brush washer covered overall in a monochrome oxblood red glaze holding a partly submerged moulded recumbent water buffalo at the center. A brown wash was applied to the low flat foot and slightly recessed base. 7 3/4" diameter x 2” high. 18th/19th century. A few thin glaze losses in the bottom reveal the white porcelain body. A small production flaw to one horn looks like a chip but appears to be glazed over...
A Chinese Qingbai Glazed Water-Dropper...
A Chinese Qingbai Glazed Box and Cover. Circa, 13th-14th Century, Yuan Dynasty.
Found in the Philippines.
Featuring a small rounded body supported by a short foot, tapering to its shoulders to a short neck and is topped with a circular cover. Its body is decorated with carved floral scrolls and vertical lines encircling its shoulders...
A Chinese Blue and White Miniature Guan Jar. Circa, 1368-1644, Ming Dynasty.
Found in the Philippines.
Its tapering body is horizontally joined in two sections with a bordering underglaze decoration of acanthus leaves running along its shoulders and panels above its foot. Its base is fully unglazed...
Buddha in bronze cast with lost wax and gilded with mercury. The walls are very thick, the statuette is heavy. The gilding is original, certainly baked several times to obtain a nice thickness. The reverse of the dress is chiseled with stylized flowers. The base is closed by an incised copper plate of Vajra. The base does not appear to have been opened. The two arm bracelets were originally to have stone beads, today replaced by a colored coating...
A small Cizhou jar was applied on the surface with black glaze.
In fine shape, the jar was adapted with a newly made lacquer cap.
Date: Yuan periods, 13th Century.
Height: 6.1cm.(without cap), 7.1cm (with cap)
Lovely spherical Ge type crackleware glazed Qing jar with very light celadon tone. There are some chips and cracks so please view enlargements. Authentic antique Ge wares have become very rare in the past 20 years, I was lucky to find this one. H: 7.5cm/2.9in and D: 9cm/3.5in.
Width: 37 cm (14.7 in)
Height: 7.5 cm (3 in)
Large Chinese famille jaune medallion bowl; shows three polychromed medallions of auspicious objects surrounded by lotus scrolls with a Shou character and Greek border; the reverse depicts three scrolled vignettes; Guangxu marks; good condition
This piece was made at the kiln in Henan pottery area. It is very popular to be called as "Henan tenmoku" which has black glaze with patterns of rusty glaze. The pattern tends to peel off because of overglaze, however this piece has patten clearly remained.
YouTube movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-DktYj1GdY
Certification: written by Noriki Shimazu the famous researcher with Asian antiques in Japan.
Size: 18.0cm(D) 8.3cm(H)
Very rare pottery bowl and eclectic with Taoist imagery. This is made from a high fired light gray pottery, with traces of a white slip and depictions of musicians, dancers and “demon” masks. This is a funerary piece; the symbology suggests the transition from this world to the afterlife. D: 14cm/5.5in and H: 5.2cm/2in. No cracks original pigments with some kiln warpage
Good Qing Dynasty, Chinese nephrite jade carving of a lotus seed pod. In Chinese culture this symbolizes fertility and a desire to have many children on another level the lotus reflects purity, strength and rebirth- as it rises from the mud and blooms into something beautiful. H: 3.5cm/1.4in and W: 4.2cm/1.6in x 3.1cm/1.3in. Good condition- no chips or cracks. 61grams.
This is a excavated piece with very good condition, it has clear coloring of brown glaze.
YouTube movie/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5ZqYQ7MuCE
Size: 12.2cm(width of body) 11.6cm(length) 21.6cm (height)
Certification: written by Noriki Shimazu the famous researcher with Asian antiques in Japan.
Rare Chinese Han Dynasty Pottery Dish with Painted Fish Pattern
This rare pottery dish, or shallow bowl, was made during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). Most known Han Dynasty pottery objects tend to be jars or figures with dishes and bowls being quite rare. This is quite a large dish with a diameter of 25 cm. It is made from a dark grey pottery that is relatively highly-fired...
A Chinese export porcelain plate, Circa 1750.
Excellent condition except for minor paint loss.
Acquired at Christie’s Auction.
Pair of Qianlong porcelain plates. Vivid colors.
A little paint loss, otherwise very good condition.
Acquired at Sotheby’s Auction.