A pair of Ming Dynasty, Chenghua Period ( 1465 - 1487 ) Wine Cups. Thinly potted porcelain cups decorated with a for Chenghua typical water-plant decoration. ( Lotus ). Nice glaze and a nice underglaze Cobalt blue. The base of the cups with a Chenghua Jingdezhen private Kiln Mark. Diameter : 6,7 cm. H : 3,4 cm. Condition : Perfect.

A rare Tang Dynasty miniature offering tray ( fruit tray ) associated with Buddhist ritual. White porcellanous stoneware glazed with a pale fine crackled of a pale straw colour. 7th to 9th centuries. H : 3,2 cm. Condition : Perfect.

Diameter approximately 20 cm. Few chips at the rim. In good condition.

Chinese glazed porcelain snuff bottle with blue and red paintings on a white background of a hawk perched upon a rock, with a nearby tree and sun/moon in the sky, and honeycomb-like designs near the opening, with a topper made of agate. 19th century Size: 3.75" tall, 1.5" wide

Beautiful Chinese porcelain vase sculpted in an imperial shape, painted and glazed in white and blue in traditional qingbai style with floral patterns. (18th-19th century). It comes with a tomobako. From the estate of Josephus Simmons Beard II, former president of IBM World Trade Corporation Asia and US Navy Lt. Cdr., WWII and Korean War. Size: (vase) 5.25" tall, 3.25" wide (box) 7" tall, 6.25" wide

Antique Chinese porcelain snuff bottle in a glazed goldenrod yellow, with black painting of two birds perching on a branch sprouting cherry blossoms, diamond and wan symbols around the opening of the bottle, and a pink topper made of turmaline. The wan symbol is used in Asian religions such as Buddhism or Hinduism as a symbol of peace and enlightenment. 19th century Size: 3" tall, 1" wide

Beautiful pine-green Jade snuff bottle with a glass topper, with red "accordion" design when viewed from the top. 19th century Size: 1.75" tall, 1.5" wide

Antique Chinese snuff bottle of cylindrical shape with robin egg blue glaze. Matched with a pink agate stopper. Provenance James Coburn estate

circa 1821-1850

Size: 3.5" tall, 1.25" wide

A Republic period early 20th century Chinese painting plaque with landscape motif, good condition no damage size: 31 x 45 cm

Rare late Ming - early Qing dynasty 17 - 18th century Dehua Blanc de Chine figure of Ang Hai Jie, standing with three legged frog on the shoulder, good condition no chip no crack no restoration, small defect coin ornament on left hand, inner part got thick glaze up to the head, large size in 33 cm height.

A rare Ming dynasty 17th century Cloisonne gilt bronze lion Qilin, good condition please see picture for detail, size: 18 cm height, 24 cm wide.

Late 19th – early 20th century
Late Qing Dynasty – Republic Period
Porcelain with overglaze famille verte enamels
H: 31.8 cm / 12.5 in W: 22 cm / 8.7 in (at widest point)
From a French estate

An interestingly shaped four-sided vase, lushly decorated in the Kangxi famille verte tradition with birds amongst various flora...

Chinese yixing zisha serving set. one of dish been repaired and the center dish has hairline (please see on the picture).

Chinese yixing serving set. Good conditions except one hairline on the center dish (please see on the picture).

A Song dynasty longquan celadon large alms bowl, decorate with carved lotus petal motif on the exterior, good condition with 4 cm hairline, no chips and free from restorations size: 14 cm diameter, 9 cm height.

A sublime calligraphy scroll having a Chinese attribution. The rough and swift strokes of the calligraphy can be seen as if movement is caught frozen in time. The calligraphy reads as an auspicious poem where the poet is using the flow of water in relation to the spread and development of the family with generation after generation of children. Signed Xiuyang.

From the James Colburn Estate.

Age: 19th century. Size: Length 70" Width 28.25"

A Ming Dynasty Hongwu period ( 1368 - 1398 ) porcelain dish with underglaze blue decoration and a biscuit fish to the center. Jingdezhen ware.Diameter : 12,5 cm. Condition : Perfect with no chip or crack. Nice glaze condition. A burst bubble to the biscuit fish which can be seen on the enlargements.

Rare half-mask of the esoteric Nuo theater representing a demon. Wood, with numerous perforations around the top of the forehead, above the eyes and below the nose in order to represent the hair, eyebrows and mustache. The mask was lacquered originally. It suffered an old accident which split it in two from top to bottom, but was restored a long time ago and locally with resin. Though the mask is more fragile than a mask without any accident, it is nevertheless strong enough now...