A rare one of copper red double gourd vase, well balance potted, decorated with three claws Dragon swirling chasing pearl. Upperside with clouds scrolls. Late Yuan to Early Ming 14th Century. Condition is very good, no any chips, no any cracks and free from any restoration, excepted glazed is slight harm cause buried for long time. Found excavated from Indonesia archipelago. Height: 20,8 cm.
19th century wooden mask netsuke of an oni. Covered with gesso and painted with layers of red and black paint. Nice presence, obvious wear to paint. Height 1 1/2 inches.
Antique Japanese long tanegashima matchlock rifle with intricate silver and gold inlay of a dragon in swirling clouds. The cast iron barrel is further decorated with a five character mark and the crest of the Tokugawa shogunate. The burl wood handle is set with elaborate brass work incised with designs of a rabbit, bamboo, flowers and birds...
Antique Japanese ozutsu tanegashima matchlock rifle with intricate silver and gold inlay of a dragon in swirling clouds. This wide cast iron barrel is further decorated with a three character mark and the crest of the Tokugawa shogunate. The black lacquered wooden handle has brass fittings and several gold lacquer Tokugawa mon. This type of ozutsu (hand canon) was used on ships for protection against pirates, on horseback, and as assault weapons to blast through doors...
An antique Japanese Nihon Matsu Kasane Tansu (stacking chest on chest) made of Keyaki (Zelkova) and Suginoki (Cryptomeria) woods. Original Urushi lacquer and hand forged iron hardware. The locks feature the double Chrysanthemum knobs with the upper bronze plate featuring coins, a wisdom scroll, a treasure bag and 3 Hoju sacred jewels. A treasure mallet swivels to hide the key hole...
An antique Japanese Kasane Tansu made of Kirinoki (Paulownia) wood with a front Kakinoki (Persimmon) trim. All original hand forged iron hardware including the full moon lock plates and the Warabite style handles. Natural wood aged patina. Security door hides 2 small drawers where valuables were kept. Constructed using straight dovetail Japanese joinery and hardened wooden nails. Can be used and displayed stacked or side by side...
An antique Japanese Kasane Tansu (stacking chest on chest) made of Kirinoki (Paulownia) and Suginoki (Cryptomeria) woods. All original hand forged hardware including the Warabite style handles. The security door hides 2 drawers where valuables were kept. Constructed using straight dovetail Japanese joinery and hardened wooden nails.
Age: Meiji period: (1880-1890) Dimensions: 36 3/4" Wide by 39 3/4" High by 16 3/8" Deep
A set of Chinese painted pottery attendants.
Age: China, Han Dynasty, 206 B.C. - A.D. 220
Size: Height 18.4 - 31 C.M. / Width 7.8 - 9.7 C.M.
Condition: Well-preserved old burial condition overall with some amount of soil adhering (some abrasions and wearings on the piece due to the long burial time underground). 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.
1900's Japanese Arita Imari Porcelain Bowl with Dragon & Plum Flower
It is 3.6 inches (9.2 cm) tall by 9.05 inches (23 cm) wide. It is 1.5 Lb.
It has mild skip glazes, dark spots, uneven base, surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).
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19th Century Chinese Wu Shuang Pu Famille Rose Porcelain Plate with Genal Figurine
It is 1.6 inches (4 cm) tall by 9.6 inches (24.5 cm) wide. It is 1.3 lb.
It has rubbing gold and paint, dark spots, glaze cracks and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).
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18th Century Chinese White Jade Carved Dragon Plaque on Enamel Box
The box is 2.4 inches (6 cm) tall by 3 inches (7.7 cm) wide and 7.5 inches (19 cm) in length. The jade is 2 inches (5 cm) wide by 3.5 inches (9 cm) in length. It is 1.5 lb.
The box is tarnished and has missing enamels, enamel cracks, and surface wears and scratches...
A rare and good example of blue and white tripod censer, standing on three legs of animal form, a plain side with two lizards climbing to the wall flanked by diaper pattern surrounded to the rim and Chrysanthemum design to lower part. Condition with broken into many pieces and re-glued. without missing pieces Yuan Dynasty 13th-14th century. Height: 14 cm and Mouth rim diameter: 12 cm.
One Crack line is found inside.
And there are some old restorations on the outside.
Width: 11.5cm
Yes, contrary to Western myths, lotus shoes were worn by all classes of Han Chinese women....
This pair of Chinese peasants lotus shoes were made from scraps of blue indigo dyed cotton fabric
Clearly they were well worn, which is part of the reason that peasant shoes are rare...
They are from the southern part of China...just under 5 inches...
This is a Japanese antiques, a small Porcelain figurine For calligraphy tool suiteki around 1868-1900, a very nice wall clock design .
suiteki is used to make ink for calligraphy. suiteki is a container for pouring water into the inkstone. There are two small holes (wind hole and water hole), and a small amount of drips are dropped. You can fine-tune the density of the ink with the water that flows out little by little...
Small box of drawers in gold and silver lacquer background imitating tortoise shell. The decor is composed of volutes and phoenixes in light relief (Taka Maki-e) of gold and silver powders, mosaic detail of inlaid solid gold and silver tiny squares (kirikane). By transparency one distinguishes under the tortoiseshell the reflections of gold leaf. The fittings are finely chiseled with volutes...
This is a of a Japanese antique, a small porcelain doll calligraphy tool suiteki figurine.
It is a calligraphy tool suiteki from 1868 to 1911.
This is a very technical antique suiteki calligraphy tool.
It is a female design with a kitten on a very charming shoulder. suiteki is used to make ink for calligraphy.
suiteki is a container for pouring water into the inkstone...
This is absolutely rare:
Late Momoyama Period Wan-shaped tea bowl with a rounded brim, made of light, coarse, unrefined Mino clay. The expertly thrown body was trimmed with a potter's knife in its lower part around the foot ring.
In the style of Kuro Oribe bowls this bowl was covered with a black glaze. Three windows on the side were left unglazed and were decorated with a combination of checkers and dots between parallel vertical lines - a decoration usually known from v...