A Chinese, black glazed, tea bowl from Fujian province; Southern Song dynasty.
This small tea bowl is covered by a black, lustrous, glaze to the interior and the exterior, where it terminates well above the foot. The glaze thins to a dark brown at the rim...
A sancai-glazed water pot; Tang dynasty.
The fine water pot, made for the scholar's desk, of compressed globular form with an incised line around the rim, decorated with green and ochre splashes around the shoulders. With a wooden box, and from an old Japanese collection. Diameter, approximately 10 cm.
Condition: good, with wear commensurate with age.
A Chinese, Yaozhou, bowl of conical form; C10-12th. Lightly potted and of refined aesthetic, the deep flaring sides rising from a short spreading foot, covered overall with an olive-green glaze.
Diameter, 12.9 cm.
Condition: good. Free from cracks, chips or repair. Light surface wear; consistent with age. There is some mottling to the appearance of the glaze; see photos.
Antique Japanese small cha tansu (tea chest). Made with chestnut wood frame and burled hardwood drawer fronts. Two slider panels and a drop in panel are covered with gold-leafed silk on wood. The center of the chest has a small display area with a staggered shelf and two small drawers. The lower portion of the chest has three small drawers and a full-width drawer on the bottom.
Age: Taisho Period (1912-1926)
Dimensions: 25 7/8" high x 23 1/4" wide x 10" deep
A Chinese Gu vase with crackled celadon glaze; presumably from the end of the Qing dynasty.
Height, 19.5 cm
Condition; good. Some glaze skips and pin holes. A small piece of glaze missing from the rim; please ask for more photos.
A shop sign carved from a block of knotted wood in the shape of a tea leaf jar engraved on both sides with the character Cha (Tea) originally gilded which still reflects light from the correct angle. A large knot making up one shoulder has split apart in the center, while the outside edge remains intact. A perfect example of the Japanese aesthetic of wabisabi. It is 32 x 3 x 32.5 cm (roughly 13 x 1 x 13 inches)...
A Korean celadon stand of a barbed form, late Goryeo dynasty. The exterior with floral sanggam design, and upper surface with moulded decoration. The foot with attached kiln sand. Dimensions: diameter 11.25 cm.
Condition: with some age related wear, and a glaze crack to the rim which may extend to the other side; as a hairline.
Additional photos are available upon request.
A Chinese, qingbai glazed, bowl with incised decoration of boys amongst floral scrolls; Southern Song dynasty. The glaze is an attractive pale bluish-green colour.
Diameter, 20 cm.
Provenance: From the Hurdle collection of early Chinese ceramics.
Condition: A couple of short tight hairlines eminating from the rim. Some age related wear.
This is a bronze Scythian brooch from an ancient Eurasian Steppe culture dating back to the 6th-4th Century B.C. The brooch is shaped like a recumbent deer, with a slender body and pronounced musculature. The legs are folded beneath the body, and the head is large, with round eyes, facial features, and stylized antlers. The reverse side has its original clasp for attachment...
A Korean, inlaid slip (sanggam), celadon brush washer for the scholar's desk; Goryeo dynasty.
Delicately potted and with a fine coloured glaze, this washer is fully glazed with three kiln-support marks to the foot. It is inlaid with floral decoartion to both the interior and exterior.
Dimensions: 10.9 cm diameter.
Good glaze condition, some overpainting to the rim, and an associated hairline.
Additional photos are available upon request.
An iconic work with dynamic floral pattern in pale white on pink by Kiyomizu Rokubei V enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Taireiji Ichirinsashi. It is 19.5 cm (7-3/4 inches) tall and in excellent condition. The vase retains the original wood stand and stamped cloth pouch. Undeniably Taireiji was the most important development by this innovative artist, and pieces are exceedingly rare...
What a rare and impressive Chawan, made during the mid Edo Period (1603-1868) - Seto-Karatsu Kutsu Chawan with a wonderful shape and a vivid Seto glaze, which which partly looks like the glaze of Chinese Song-Dynasty Tenmoku tea bowls. Really one of a kind.
It has no chips, cracks or repairs and comes with an old Japanese wooden box. The inside of the lid bares the appraisal of the first Mashimizu Zoroku 初代 真清水蔵六 (1822-1877)...
It would be hard to overstate the beauty of this ritual knife, made from an exquisite mottled green nephrite, with swirls of paler green and brown stone. Measuring some 11" in length (29cm) by 3" in height (7.5cm) and 1/8" (.3mm) in depth. The three holes are drilled conically from one side only. Please examine the photos, as they are part of the description. A truly beautiful piece; the stone is tapered to a point from both sides, although not especially sharp...
You are considering a massive neolithic nephrite jade ritual (votive) axe, weighing one pound 10 ounces and measuring 6-1/4" in length by 2-1/4" in width and 1-1/4" in thickness (16cm X 6.5cm X 3cm). Predominantly green in color (celadon), there are extensive black and brown areas, indicative of a stone with a large iron content. Rough at one end, the piece tapers to a pointed edge (not especially sharp). Massive in feeling with a great presence. Guaranteed to be ancient...
Finely carved Japanese Netsuke Depicting a Kappa laying on top of a Shell. According to Karl Schwartz, in his book 'Netsuke Subjects', Kappa is a Goblin who lived in rivers, having a body resembling a frog with a carapace like a turtle. Its head is similar to that of a Monkey with a cavity on top which must always be filled with water. It is mischievous and is often in love with young girls...
Noh theater mask, with a vivid fierce expression, representing the character of Otobide. Wood, painted in gold, silver, black and red to enhance the mask features. Japan, 19th century. Height: 21.2 cm. The mask is nicely mounted on a custom stand. Old accidents and restorations, otherwise good condition.
Historical Masterpiece - Early Edo (17c) Ko-Seto Chawan made by Kato Kagemasa (?-1659) with the old cloth and the wooden box of the period.
Kagemasa Kato was the 16th head of the Seto kiln family, counting from the 1st Kagemasa Kato (1168 - 1249), the legendary founder of Seto ware.
The bowl is covered with old Seto glaze creating a deep Sabi scenery. Thrown on a potter's wheel, the body was intentionally distorted and slightly stretched...
Lovely pale Gohon Mishima Hanshi Chawan made in Korea in late Joseon dynasty (18-19cc).
Supplied with the old box.
Such bowls were exported to Japan where they were used for tea ceremony giving the birth of Japanese Mishima ware.
Size
Height 9cm
Width 15cm
Condition
There are fixed cracks on the rim, scratc
hes of the surface and minor chips on the foot.