All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Central Asian : Metalwork : Pre AD 1000 item #1436491 (stock #1-1233)
Censer in the shape of a standing lion. Bronze, with encrusted green patina. Strong Persian aesthetic influence. Bactria and Margiana Civilisation (2300 - 1700 B.C.). Length: 11.3 cm. Height: 10.2 cm. Very good condition.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Metalwork : Pre AD 1000 item #1454504
Ancient Chinese Archaic Era bronze dou, footed vessel used to contain food. This traditionally dou vessel consists of two pieces. The larger piece is a circular bowl supported on a stem which gradually tapers downward and outward to form a round foot. And the lid which is a shallower round bowl on a shorter stem which is inverted and snugly fitted over the bottom bowl. Two ring handles are attached to the rim of the lower bowl on either side...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre AD 1000 item #91354 (stock #48)
Tang Dynasty Changsha ware bowl.( 9th century ) Stoneware body decorated with a calligraphic floral motive in brown and green under a yellow ash glaze. Changsha type Henan. Found in a shipwreck near Belitung island, Palembang, Sumatra. D : 6 inc. Some glaze corroded.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1440432 (stock #STWD01R340)
A large Chinese Han dynasty pottery Hu vessel with impressive beast face decoration. Ht. 40cm. Condition: restored foot rim, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platforms, please ask before ordering.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000 item #760673 (stock #0154)
Fine example of a Jomon Period (13,000-300BC) Dogu Head, the earliest known Japanese figure. This figure was purchased in Japan in 1962 by a renowned author on and collector of Asian art. The Dogu acted as effigies of people. They manifested some kind of sympathetic magic. For example, it may have been believed that illnesses could be transferred into the Dogu, then destroyed, clearing the illness, or any other misfortune. Because of the ritual destruction of Dogu, they are quite rare...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1371202
Made of grey pottery, covered with a white layer of paint, decorated with bright red and black pigments. Figures of this very large size are rare and were only made for royalty and high nobility. The figure was made in two parts, the head was connected with the body by a wooden pin, which is of course now gone and replaced by a carboard roll. Condition: wear to the painting, the figure is covered in soil, traces of plant roots...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Stoneware : Pre AD 1000 item #1490054 (stock #7396)
Rare image of a Qilin Chinese "unicorn" with stunning deep aquamarine Qingbai glaze. This is a fragment of a much larger piece, possibly a finial off a censer. H: 9.5cm/3.9in, W: 7cm/2.8in x 4.5cm/1.8in. The sculpture is in excellent condition, there is a film of hardpacked soil in the crevices which can be (see enlargements), this can be removed with a small blade with a bit of effort, soaking it in water for a week or so will help. I am leaving it on as it speaks to the age of this piece...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : Pre AD 1000 item #1349329 (stock #1-1000)
Small reliquary box, of cylindrical shape, with its cupola shaped lid ending in a decorated point at its top. The body of the box is decorated with three floral decorations in relief, surmounting a geometric design also in relief. Silver alloy, with a fine age patina. Remnants of soil encrustations. Pakistan, Graeco-Buddhist art, Gandhara Period, Ca. 1st to 3rd century. Height: 7.8 cm. Old accidents, good condition...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre AD 1000 item #1383308 (stock #0431)

A historic-cultural highlight: we proudly present a more than 1000 year old Yama Chawan with a strong kai-yu glaze. Once in a while you can find a traditional unglazed yama chawan on the antique market, but a Yama Chawan with a strong and vivid kai-yu glaze is very very rare...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Ceramics : Pre AD 1000 item #1394788 (stock #1695)
A Very Rare Korean Koguryo (Three King Dome Period-高句麗-BC37-AD668) Temple Roof Tile-5th-6th C.: Korean, Koguryo dynasty, 5th-6th century, with heavy solid metal stand. The circular tile finely molded with a stylized lotus flower deign surrounded by a raised trim...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Stoneware : Pre AD 1000 item #1223493 (stock #0077)

This is another antique wine bottle of the Song Dynasty from our collection.

This large wine bottle is about 1000 years old and has been made in the Ji Kiln. It has a dark glazed body with an some unglazed dragon / phoenix decoration.

It is in good condition. There are only some little spoils of time and a little scratch ( please watch photos )...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1327744 (stock #0300)

Here is another stunning chawan from our collection - one of the oldest available chawans in the world.

Nogime (hare's fur) Tenmoku tea bowl from the Jian Kilns - made in the Northern Song Period around 960 CE. This is one of the first tea bowls in Japan, which came together with the first tea from China. More than 1000 years old!

Little refined iron bearing clay, with iron oxide, thrown into the typical tenmoku shape...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre AD 1000 item #1246648 (stock #0885)
Chinese 10th century yue ewer. 15cm high.Conditios of the body is good but has damage at the handle, neck and spout. Free from any repair. (please see on the pictures).
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1264247 (stock #0908)
Chinese Tang or Five Dynasties whistle with bird figure. Yue ware. Good conditions except glaze degradation because found from under the river. 7,5cm wide. 5cm high.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Metalwork : Pre AD 1000 item #1324238 (stock #TR 2677)
A rare Tang dynasty bronze mirror with animal and flower motif, good condition with short crack at the rim please see picture for detail, size: 10 cm diameter.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1445834 (stock #STWD03R767)
A rare museum piece of Chinese Han dynasty pottery grinder workshop with 2 workers and bear legs. Lt. 42cm. Condition: no restore, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platforms, please ask before ordering.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Central Asian : Metalwork : Pre AD 1000 item #1419522 (stock #1-1195)
Hairpin made of bronze, with a decoration on its top representing Bouddha, backed by an aureola, sitting cross-legged, his hands in praying posture. Nice encrusted patina. Gandhara Graeco-Buddhist art, 1st to 5th century. Height: 15.5 cm. Very good condition.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Ceramics : Pre AD 1000 item #1199879 (stock #1041)
A Very Rare and Fine Korean Old Silla Musical Libation Cup-6th C.: Korea, Three King Domes Periods (Silla period), 5th-6thcentury, This is a so called a “Jingle bell” musical cup-vessel. It probably could have been used for a ritual ceremony in Silla or Kaya periods, it’s a very rare Jingle cup with an incised pierced high ring foot, cut and opened high footed stem like a pedestal bowl with natural ash and lead glaze on the body, the tall ribbed flaring sides supported on a perforated ...