A pair of Sukhothai pottery jars from shipwreck.
Age: Thailand, Sukhothai Period, 14th-16th Century
Size: Height 28 - 28.5 C.M. / Width 20 - 20.2 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to their age). 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.
Height: 17 cm (6.9 in)
Width: 10.5 cm (4.2 in)
Fine Japanese Satsuma vase by Hododa; depicting the Seven Lucky Gods known in Japanese folklore; mounted in silver, gilded on the base; signed Hododa; very good condition
Joli petit okimono en bois sculpté en forme d'enfant jouant du tambour. Sa robe est finement incrustée de motif de fleurs stylisées de différent matériaux, argent, os teinté, corne ou ébène et nacre. Dessous 2 caractères gravés sur une tablette de nacre indiquent le nom de l'artiste qui est certainement célèbre au regard de la qualité de l'oeuvre. Il manque quelques perles et les baguettes de tambours, mais celà ne nuit point à l'équilibre de la sculpture...
Anatolia, c. 4th.-3rd. millenium BC.
Nice carving in an attractive green-black stone.
Size: 27-28 mm...
A very large and lovely round stamp seal with a fine symethric cross or star engraving with confident strokes, c. 4th. millenium BC.
In dark green stone. Halaf style, Mesopotamia, but is likely to be 4th. millenium revival style since it's carved in this low rounded gableform.
Such a large and early seal in good style is rarely seen on the market.
Size: 39-40 mm. in diameter...
A beautiful and scarce stone stamp seal, carved in black serpentine with a high handle, Western Asia, Hittite period, 2nd. millenium BC.
Triangular seal plate, engraved with what looks to be a sort of script or symbols, looks almost Egyptian in the style, but we're not certain and it should be researched some more. Finely made knob handle with piercing
Length: 27 mm. height c. 12 mm.
Condition: Nice Very fine...
A very nice early wooden carving of Guanyin, a votive figure with offer hole in the back, covered with a hatch, Chinese, Late Ming-Early Qing Dynasty, 17th.-18th. century AD.
Beautiful depiction of Guanyin in red, black and blue colours.
Size: 30 cm. tall and 13,5 cm. wide.
Condition: Choice for age and type!. Chip to the donkeys left ear and much nice patina.
Ex Old Esta
Burmese rocking doll with stand.
Age: Burma, Early 20th Century
Size: Height 13 C.M. / Width 10.2 C.M. / Thickness 9.8 C.M.
Size including stand: Height 34.8 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age). 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.
Burmese puppet head with stand.
Age: Burma, Early 20th Century
Size: Height 19 C.M. / Width 13.7 C.M.
Size including stand: Height 36.4 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age). 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.
Burmese wood carving panel.
Age: Burma, Mandalay Period, 19th Century
Size: Length 57 C.M. / Width 44.7 C.M. / Thickness 3 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age). 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.
Thai manuscript wooden chest with gilded gold.
Age: Thailand, Rattanakosin Period, 19th Century
Size: Length 87.5 C.M. / Width 30.8 C.M. / Height 33.4 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age). 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.
Height: 25.5 cm (10.2 in)
Width: 12 cm (4.9 in)
Fine Japanese Satsuma vase by Seizan; features two main panels showing raised polychrome decoration of Geisha and kodomo within rural and garden settings; panels bordered by richly gilt diaper work over a royal blue ground; signed on the base in gold; minor wear
GOD BULL TALISMAN
Traditional paper talisman (lithography) for fire prevention from Three Mountains of Dewa (ref. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Mountains_of_Dewa) as a popular Shugendo's mountain, called 'Kamiushifuda' (lit. 'God bull talisman'), originally dated back to Edo period (1603-1868) then mounted for a hanging scroll in the later years, Taisho period (1912-1926). approx. 135 x 37cm (53.14 x 14.56in)...
Hand modeled biconical vase with carefully burnished cream ground.
Decorated in red with loop groups around the body and horizontal bands on the wide cylindrical neck.
The bag shaped body elongates laterally into pointed knob handles. Standing on a flat base.
Shape and decoration are consistent with painted Hacilar I pottery ware.
For the shape, cf. fig. 140,7, pp. 412-413 in: J. Mellaart. Excavations at Hacilar. Vol. 1. Edinburgh 1970...
Hand modeled biconical vase with cream ground and red to dark brown decoration.
The body with groups of chevrons starting from a star-shaped pattern on the bottom. The narrow neck with a band of converging zig-zag patterns.
The globular body elongates laterally into pointed knob handles. Standing on a gently rounded base, vase slightly askew in appearance.
Shape and decoration are consistent with painted Hacilar I pottery ware.
For the shape, cf. fig...
Tibetan or Mongolian Rare Buddhist Tantric painting of sets of offerings (rgyan tshogs).
Undated, estimated to be 18th century
Inks and colours on cloth. 54cm square
A very interesting and ultra rare depiction of a caesar or emperor on a Seal ring, Late Roman / Darkage, c. late 4th.-6th. cent. AD.
Enigmatic ring that would have belonged to officials with some power. The style of (pseudo) lettering around a central bust and with his raised arm depicted as well, is typical for the Late Roman depictions from the 4th. century and onwards, in this case in the later gothic style known from the coins as well, so a presumable dating would be c. 5th. centu...
A Japanese slender cloisonné vase with polychrome enamels in the shape of an amphora with a pyramidal base worked in silver wire decorated with two main reserves depicting a pair of phoenixes symbol of the empress and two dragons symbol of the emperor. On the sides to join the reserves a fantastic animal closed in a circular reserve.
Unusual and rare dark background with the addition of aventurine that shines to simulate the starry sky, all the polychrome enamels are held with silver thread ...