Antique Chinese pair of small porcelain plates. Foliate rims and raised design of two fish and swirling waves. Intricately modeled with great detail. Very delicate and beautiful.

Song Dynasty

Size of each: 4" wide

A very rare Kakiemon moulded dish, ozara, in a nigoshide type porcelain body dating from the first period of the Kakiemon kiln at Nangawara. The dish is moulded with various motifs and symbols of Longevity, including, a pair of cranes, pine, bamboo, a minogame, and prunus, and a pair of precious objects an artemesin leaf combined with a flywhisk. In between the framed motifs various forms of yoraku, pendant Buddhist jewels...

Very old wood statue of Buddhist goddess Sho Kannon Bosatsu (one of the many forms of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara), wearing formal robes, and a diadem with bronze decorations on the two sides, standing on a lotus, her left hand holding a vase, her right hand in abhaya mudra. The goddess face reflects a profound meditation. Remnants of the original gilding. Fine age patina. Japan, early Edo period. Height: 25.2 cm. Good condition.

White porcelain bowl covered with transparent cracked glaze, decorated with volutes in cobalt blue under glaze. Vietnamese work from the 15-16th century. Good condition, normal wear for a centuries-old ceramic, an insignificant chip in the paste on the edge of the foot visible on photo. Diameter: 15cm. Compare with very same bowl ,housed in Birmingham Museum.

In the world of Japanese ceramics, Tamamizu-ware has an almost mythical standing. A branch of the main Raku line, at one time the two kilns held equal prominence, both being endorsed by the major tea schools of Kyoto and both being favored by the Imperial household. The first in the line was an illegitimate son of Kichizaemon Ichinyu (Yahē) who studied under his father and then left to open his own kiln in the village of Tamamizu (known today as Ide-cho)...

A Burmese creamy glaze bowl with plain design.

Age: Burma, 15th century
Measurement: Height 8.8 C.M. / Diameter 17.2 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition and glaze overall. 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.

17th Century Tibetan Arhat Thangka, 36 x 26 inches, 91.5 x 66 cm. Most of these thangka were photographed through glass frames, so there may be a little blurriness. This thankga was in an exhibition at the University of Texas Art Museum.

Statue of Buddha, in formal attire, wearing diadem, his hands in didactic posture, sitting cross-legged on a double lotus throne. Lacquered and gilt bronze. Tibet, 16th/17th century. Height: 7 3/4" (19,7 cm). Tiny chips on base, otherwise very good condition.

A nice and lovely porcelain jarlet with underglaze Cobalt blue "Lotus" decoration.The base unglazed. Ming Dynasy, Jiajing Period ( 1522 - 1566 ). Jingdezhen ware. H : 7,3 cm. Condition: A firing crack around the body ( please look the enlargements ).

A high quality bronze head of Buddha, Thailand, c. 16th. century.

With Suchothai style facial features and a lovely dark brown patina.

Size: c. 11 cm. high and 15,7 cm. incl. the hardwood plint.

Provenance: Collection of Gunna Munkvad, Denmark, aquired from the 1960s-1980s.

A lovely Chinese Ming dynasty Cizhou painted bowl. Dia. 11cm. Condition: no chip, no restore, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platform, please ask before ordering.

A beautiful Chinese Ming dynasty persimmon glaze jar. Ht. 7.8cm. Condition: no chip, no restore, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platform, please ask before ordering.

A porcelain plate painted in shades of under glaze cobalt blue, in traditional Chinese taste, depicting two ducks swimming on a pond swimming on a pond surrounded with aquatic plants. On the base is a six character reign mark of the Kangxi emperor within a double circle which reads "Da Qing Kangxi Nian Zhi" ("Great Qing Kangxi Year Made). This plate was made in the late 17th Century, circa 1690, during the reign of the Kangxi emperor (1662-1722)...

A rare mid 17th Century conical form bowl decorated to the exterior with playful buddhistic lions and peony sprays. The rim is washed brown and the base carries the six character retrospective Ming mark of the Jiajing emperor. This item was made circa 1644 to 1680 during the Shunzhi or early Kangxi reign. For similar please see 'Oriental Blue and White' by Harry Garner - plate 65B and Sotheby's New York 18 March 2008 (Lot No 127) for a slightly smaller example...

A very large and impressive, well potted porcelain dish, painted in turquose, red and green enamels. Ming Dynasty, Swatow ware 16th, 17th century. Diameter : 47,6 cm. Condition : Perfect.

A good example of a late 17th century Arita round bodied jug or wine ewer decorated with three lobed panels each with Peonies inset in a simplified Karakusa ground with additional scroll work to the shoulder and neck of the jug incorporating further floral motifs. The jug measures 21cm high and is approximately 10.5cm in diameter...

An early Arita porcelain dish, Kakiemon, 17th Century, circa 1655~1670.

The centre of the dish with a table display of bonsai-like foliage. The curved cavetto with plant-filled lozenges against a blue ground.

The mark within the foot-rim was used at the Chokichidani kiln and the Old Kakiemon kiln in the period 1655 ~ 1670’s...

Bust of Buddha, his face reflecting a profound inner serenity. Bronze with encrusted dark and reddish green patina. Thailand, Ayutthaya Period, Ca. 16th century. Height: 8 1/4" (21 cm). The bust is nicely mounted on a custom metal stand. Good condition. NOTE: a bronze plate was welded to the back of the bust, probably early 20th century, to allow the bust to be attached to a former stand, now gone (see photos). Ex. old French collection.

A Chinese Celadon Glazed Dish. Circa, 14th-15th Century, Yuan-Ming Dynasty. Found in the Philippines. Dish decorated with carved vertical lines around its interior wall and is covered overall in a yellow-brown celadon glaze. Measurements: diameter (approximately 7”inches). Condition: there is a restoration on the dish but still presents very well...

A pair of Chinese export blue and white porcelain plates from Kangxi Period (1662-1722).

It is a rare event to discover a chawan of oldest Oribe ware. Here we proudly present a fantastic Ao Oribe chawan from the Azushi-Momoyama Period.

Little distorted half cylinder shaped (tsutsu-gata) tea bowl with flaring mouth made of light, coarse, unrefined Mino clay.

The expertly thrown body is covered with typical green copper glaze inside and outside...

Ko Imari Arita Koi-gata Fish Shaped Dish Nagazara Genroku 17C A fine Arita sometsuke fish shaped dish carefully modelled in the form of a Carp, koi-gata o-sara dating to the late 17C. See “The Trakatori Collection” Kyushu Museum 2020 for a set of similar dishes there dated 1670-1690’s. This example probably dates from the 1690’s, the Genroku era...

An interesting Chinese Ming Dynasty Blue and white Bowl. Note there is some fritting, chipping and wear to the rim, but otherwise in good condition. High resolution images may be emailed on request.

The dishes are small, absolutely lovely and quite unique with their simple decoration of a flying crane and the other dish with a butterfly decoration. This pair of dishes fascinates by its simplicity. Ming Dynasty, Wanli period ( 1573 - 1620 ) Porcelain dishes with a Cobalt blue decoration, most probably Jingdezhen ware. Diameter : 8,7 cm. Condition : Perfect with a nice glaze and a nice "ping-tone" when tapped. No cracks, no chips - this what looks like small rim chips is covered with glaze.

A rare late Ming Chongzhen - Tianqi blue and white large censer with immortals motif, two ears with animal motif, good condition with crackline on the rim please see picture for detail, size: 24 cm diameter with ears, 20 cm diameter mouth rim 10 cm height.

Chinese Ming dynasty blue and white Kraak porcelain dish, Wanli period. Good Conditions. 35,3 cm diameter

This covered box of a Sawankhalok underglazed black stoneware has an unusual design including six raised bands dividing petal-shaped segments. This type of Sawankhalok ware was produced in Sisatchanelai kilns, Thailand during the fourteenth to fiftheenth centuries. Height: 11 cm. Very good condition. Provenance: Acquired in Singapore in 1990 from MoonGate, owner Mr K. T. Goh, a famous local antique dealer.

Small Chinese Transitional Vase and loose fitting Cover decorated in a strong Wucai palette. C1650/60. Ht.4 7/8" (12.4cm). Condition; 0.5cm chip to rim, shallow flake to inside of rim, 2.4cm crack from rim. Cover, shallow chips and fritting to rim, mop fritted.

Bowl from Sukhothai region, Central Thailand, ca. 14th-16th Century. Green glaze. H.2.875"(7.25cm) x Dia.5.5"(14cm.) A small food bowl in the shape used today for rice in North Asia (Japan, China, etc.) The shape would have been prized in its day in Japan as an export ware of Thailand used as a Tea Bowl for matcha (Matcha Chawan.) Excellent condition, still suitable for matcha use today. The kilns of Central, Northern, & Western Thailand were active predominately in the 14th to 16th Centuries...

A Chinese Blue White Bowl, 17th Century. Diameter approximately 12.5 cm. There are some chips on the base. In good condition.

Very red cast bronze censer,rich copper alloy. Partially gilded with mercury.The body is very thick,the object is heavy.The carving of the details is deep and it seems that the decor is entirely sculpted without prior molding which is quite unusual...

Perfectly and thinly potted. Beautifully decorated in an superb underglaze Cobalt blue. Kangxi period ( 1662 - 1722 ) marked with a Ming Dynasty Chenghua Mark. Diameter : 16,3 cm. H : 7,8 cm. Condition : Some glaze fritting to the rim which is quite common for this type of bowl. Further in perfect condition ( no crack, no chip, no repair ).

Outstanding excavated Ayutthaya Bronze Statue from the 16th. century.

This crowned Ayutthaya Buddha is seated on lotus in Dhyana Mudra ( deep meditation ) and has a very gentle and serene expression.

Fine antique condition with traces of the excavation and the age. Weight 2300 g.

Size: 35 cm x 19 cm x 8 cm.

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Diameter approximately 12 cm. A soft chip at the rim. In good condition.

Head of Buddha with a serene expression. Grey sandstone, with some remnants of the original lacquering and gilding at the back. Ears partly missing, nose restored. Thai Ayuthaya period, 16th/17th century. The head is nicely mounted on a custom stand. Height of the head: 18 cm.

A large powerful and deep repousse Tibetan piece with features raised almost 5/8", measuring 4-1/4" in height by X 3-3/4" in width. In excellent condition with complete original gilding intact. Minor loss to the flaming aureole. Excellent detail. A substantial early depiction of a great subject.