Indian 19th century painting on mica showing 2 elephants fighting enraged by fire works, 19.5x14.5cm,
old descriptive label on reverse, old wood mount, can be viewed in central London and shipped worldwide.
Early 19th century Indian painting, Rajasthan, Mewar or Bundi, illustration of hell punishments, 21x17cm, gouache on paper, mounted, can be viewed in central London and shipped worldwide.
Early 19th century Indian painting, Rajasthan, Mewar or Bundi, illustration of hell punishments, 21x17cm, gouache on paper, mounted, can be viewed in central London and shipped worldwide.
Antique Japanese set of two silk woven panels depicting cranes flying overhead a motif of crashing ocean waves below, with gold thread accenting, on a background of blue green.
Size: (top panel) 50" x 18" (bottom panel) 50.5" x 25.5"
Antique Japanese small silver box with a 14-petal Chrysanthemum in the center of its lid, a special mon indicative of the Imperial household. The underside of the box is marked with a 5 character Japanese inscription. Meiji period (1868 - 1912)
Size: 2.5" L x 1.75" W x .75" H
Japanese hand-carved bamboo figure of a seated frog. Wonderfully lifelike details with darkened eyes, hands and feet tucked underneath his belly, which has natural bamboo form.
Size:5.5" L x 3.5" W x 3.25" H
Korean Blue and White small jar decorated with precious objects. Choson 19thC. Height:4 3/4" (12.0 cm). Condition: Filled chip to rim 1.7 cm and an associated crack 3.6 cm to the interior.
A Pair of Very Fine Korean Silk Embroidered Crane Official Rank Badges-19th C.: Korean, Joseon period, 19th century.
Made for a civilian official of first to third rank, the almost square showing a double
white cranes jointly grasping a Pulloch’o stalk in mouth, soaring above stylized forming
waves and rockrork amid clouds outlined in couched thread, worked in shades of blue,
green white and pruple on a green silk ground.
They’re in good condition, measures 21cm x 23cm...
A strong mokogata iron tsuba of tight mokume. I favor mokume work and this is a virtuous example worthy of any collection. Boar's eye sukashi decoration in the four corners. Uchikaeshi mimi. Tekkotsu evident along the mimi. Good condition with light rubbing of the patina. Edo period. 3 (7.6 cm) inches x 2 11/16 (6.8 cm) inches
Black Overlay over Caramel Color Glass Snuff Bottle - Squirrel and Grapes, 19th C.
This is a fine, flattened, Vase Form Snuff Bottle, with a round elongated neck, a wide mouth, and a raised oval footing. It is decorated on both sides with a black overlay over a caramel color ground, depicting a charming scene of a squirrel on a grape vine. It comes with a metal and a turquoise colored crystal stopper...
Early 19th Century, Green Overlay Glass Snuff Bottle
This is a very fine, flattened, circular form, with a round elongated neck that is encircled by a collar of acanthus leaves, over a raised oval footing, snuff bottle. It is covered with a rich green overlay glass on snowflake glass, decorated with a fine relief carving of a clump of Bamboo on one side, and a pair of Lotus flowers on the other. The sides are flanked by masks and faux-ring handles...
Antique Japanese theater robe, hand-embroidered with intricate motifs of ocean waves and flames. The central image is of a large embroidered dragon with glass eyes, swimming in the ocean waves, with Mount Fuji across the shoulders. The interior is lined in solid light orange fabric with floral print towards the bottom. Mid Meiji period (1868 - 1912)
Size: 50" L x 74" H
This is an antique, elegant, black lacquered Burgaute snuff bottle of rectangular tapering towards the base hexagonal faceted shape, with flat footing and a round neck. Beautifully decorated with mother-of-pearl and gold inlays of flowers and geometrical forms. Spectacular detail...
This is a fine, flattened, rounded rectangular form tapering toward the base, with a wide mouth of slightly opaque glass, above a short waited neck, all raised atop a conforming foot ring. The main body decorated with overlay of transparent red glass over clear glass carved with a decoration of a bat hovering above a rock and waves. The reversed showing another bat above a pine tree and rocks. The sides flanked by masks and faux-ring handles...
This is a very fine, flattened, rounded square form Snuff Bottle with a straight round neck, rounded sloping shoulders, resting on a raised oval footing. Made of Black Jade. The bottle is well hollowed, decorated with slight high relief carving of a butterfly hovering over a flower bush. The reversed side shows a snail slightly above a fish that is coming out of the water. The sides display Fu Lion masks with mock ring handles. It has a very smooth and lustrous surface...
A Japanese Imari Tureen and Cover
Decorated with flowering peony
The inside with a large peony flower
18thC
Diameter: 6 7/8″ (17.4 cm)
Condition: excellent, small firing fault to interior of lid
Wan shaped tea bowl made of light, refined and soft Mino clay, which contains a little iron oxide. The fastly but expertly thrown body inside and outside, with the exception of the bottom (including the finely thrown foot ring) is covered with a transparent ash glaze, which turned to yellow due to the iron oxide in the clay.
In two areas at the rim are highlights in green copper oxide in the tradition of the Mino Ki-Seto...
Rarely seen Shigaraki kettle with a fantastic shape, slightly deformed without any damage or repair. It dates from the early stages of the Edo Period.
Shigaraki is one of the oldest pottery towns in Japan with a history dating back more than 1,200 years. Historians say that local kilns were producing roof tiles when the emperor Shomu briefly relocated his palace to the area from Kyoto in 742 AD...