Heavily potted glazed porcelain. Nice burial condition with some discolouring in the glaze. H. 21,5 cm. Song Dynasty (960-1279).
A pair of antique Japanese folding keyaki doors with iron mounts. The door is constructed with mortise and tenon joints. The panels are divided into 7 parts framed with carved decoration and hinged with iron mounts. The carved decoration is finely painted with polychrome mineral pigment with gold gilt accents. The subject matter of the temple doors is a scrolling lotus motif and 8 phoenixes.
The phoenix represents power sent from the heavens to the Empress...
Chinese porcelain cup holder with a forest green design, which has a very pretty iridescence when held in the light and wavy edges with a gold lining. Flipped upside, there are lotuses, peonies, and other flowers in pinks and blues.
19th Century
Size: 1.25" height, 4.75" width
A large and beautiful dish with a central bird on long legs and floral design in blue and white, China, Ming Dynasty, 16th. century.
Size: 26,2 cm. in diameter and c. 5 cm. tall.
Condition: Good Very fine, choice and intact with fine intact rim! Finely grazed (crackled) glaze and typical sandy base ring from the making. Nice deep colour for type.
Ex. Old Danish Estate collection.
Massive Pair of Japanese Cloisonne enamel baluster vases, Meiji Period, each
decorated in brightly colored enamels with butterflies hovering above
various types of flowering chrysanthemum bushes, all silhouetted against a
mirror black ground, stylized floral bands encircling the shoulder, waisted at the
neck and above the flaring foot, and wide abstract foliate bands at the rim and
foot (slight damage to the foot)...
It comes with its original box from Qing Dynasty.
Size: 1.75 inches (45mm) tall
A set of Indian wooden doors with bronze decoration.
Age: India, 19th Century
Measurement: Height 250 C.M. / Width 134.5 C.M. (the top width 150 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.
This is a beautiful example of an old Kyoto Yuzen dyeing. In this kimono, you can see the white lines around the designs, the very characteristic of Yuzen dye. This is where the rice paste is used to resist the dye and is later washed off. The dye on the silk bleeds. By outlining or covering the design area with the paste, the dye artists can work with the design more freely in detail than in the older pre-Yuzen method, which simply uses dip dying and/or embroidery...
Beautiful foliated small dish covered with white glaze. Unglaze base. Song Dynasty. Width = 16.5 cm Condition : small chip on the rim, no cracks or hairlines and free from restorations.
A beautifully colored mottled nephrite jade disc (sword-pommel) in colors of cream, rust and grey. In the center is a small hole encircled by flower petals. A double-lined rim borders the outer rim of the petals. A band of C-curl patterns extend to the double-lined outer rim. The surface of reverse side has a couple of cleavage planes natural to the stone.
Size: Diameter: 2-3/16"
Condition: No chips or repairs.
Diameter approximately 20 cm. Height approximately 11.8 cm. Few soft chips at the rim. A hairline at the rim. In good condition.
5 similar stemcups are available.
Japanese Antique Iron Tetsubin with Bronze lid. Tetsubin has a Mount Fuji Shape. Kettle displays a fainted casting of a Japanese Kiri bird and phoenix on one side. A crane and turtle are also displayed along with a 5 character mark and cartouche medallion. Handle is thin, casted with bamboo nodes. Bottom of Tetsubin is in good condition.
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Dimensions: 10" High, 8" Long
Quite unusual bronze elephant koro or incense burner. The lid is a pagoda and the relief work is very good. The pagoda has a few corners damaged but all in all very good condition. C.1920 Taisho Period. H:17cm x w:16cm. ask for shipping quote.
1900's Chinese Coral Carved Flower Shaped Hat Button
It is 0.8 inch (2.2 cm) long by 0.9 inch (2.4 cm) wide and 7.3 mm thick. It is 3.96 gram.
It has inclusions and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).
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A large Chinese Eastern and Western Jin (256-420 A.D.) Yue ware celadon basin with handle. Dia. 23.6 cm including handle. Condition: no restore, glaze crack, firing fault in the middle as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platform, please ask before ordering.
Antique Japanese large kura door, slatted on top, bottom has large keyaki (elm) wood burl panel, large iron lock in the shape of turtle rising up out of the water with mon (family crest), Meiji Period.
Size: 81 3/4" high x 67" wide x 2 1/4" deep.
A beautiful and rare micro blue glass bead necklace from South China. Can be made into two necklaces.
Age: 100 BC
Size:Total Length 118cm (46 inches)
Antique Japanese yari saya, carved wooden cover for a yari spear. Favored by many samurai and ashigaru (foot soldiers) for the reached allowed by the long pole arm, the yari was a popular weapon for greater military use. At times of peace during the Edo Period, the yari also acted as a ceremonial weapon. The job of the yari saya was to protect the blade when not in use. Often the yari saya was decorated, in this case with inlaid shell...