A Beautiful Sea-Green Celadon Glazed Shallow Black/White Slip Inlaid Bowl-12th C.:
Korea, Koryo dynasty, 12th Century.
The Shallow bowl, with a low raised ring foot, decorated in inlaid black and white slip
with a centural flowerhead medallion surrounded by a ruyi band, the sides with Chrysanthemum
flowerheads, with 4 spur marks, applied overall with a very fine and clear sea-green celadon
glazed evely in interiors and exteriors...
ca. 1700 – 1720
Kangxi Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue
d: 15.7 cm
Basically perfect condition, typical Kangxi fritting to rim
From a Dutch private collection
Women often represent an aesthetic ideal in Chinese art. In particular, early 18th century Chinese portrayals of women feature willowy, svelte beauties–at once wistfully graceful and at once sensuous...
ca. 1700 – 1720
Kangxi Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue
d: 15.1 cm
Basically perfect condition, typical Kangxi fritting to rim
From a Dutch private collection
Women often represent an aesthetic ideal in Chinese art. In particular, early 18th century Chinese portrayals of women feature willowy, svelte beauties–at once wistfully graceful and at once sensuous...
ca. 1580-1600, late 16th century
Wanli Period, Ming Dynasty
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue
D: 33 cm, H: 6 cm
Nearly perfect: some typical late Ming fritting to rim, one very small chip
From the estate of an Orinda, CA collector of 16/17th c Chinese porcelain
A nice Wanli "Kraak" charger of exceptional size, cobalt blue coloring, glaze, and painting quality...
Late 19th century
Guangxu Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue
H: 33 cm, W: 26 cm (at widest point)
Perfect condition
From a Jackson, Mississippi collection
A large "Kangxi revival" Guangxu blue and white jar, with typical late Qing glaze, painting style, and paste; featuring eleven beauties engaged in activities of intellectual refinement.
Jar with "Guanyin Songzi" Theme
ca. 1560-1600, late 16th century
Wanli Period, Ming Dynasty
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue
H: 28.5 cm (with stand & cover), 19 cm (porcelain jar alone)
Very good condition: original firing cracks to foot rim with associated glaze lines (all original and does not effect body)...
An early Northern Song celadon dish, decorated with carved incised of flower pattern to interior, underside is plain. Unglazed base firing to orange russet tone. Condition is perfect. Diameter: 17.5cm found at Sulawesi.
Very old Japanese large size red negoro lacquer wood tray for tea ceremony. It dates from the late Edo / early Meiji Period approx. 150 years ago.
Condition is excellent with some wears due to age. This carved oval wood tray is an authentic item of old Japanese tea ceremony culture.
Description / Height: 1.05inches, Width: 16.77x11.77inches, Weight: 582g
Condition / Good
Material / Wood
Shipping included
Statue of God Chao Kung Ming, the Military Wealth God, dressed in military garb, half sitting on a throne, his left hand holding a coin, his left foot tramping the head of a dragon, his right leg resting on a lion. Votive box open at the back and still containing a paper. Lacquered and painted wood in gold and polychrome colors. China, 18th century. Height: 8 3/4" (22,2 cm). Old insect infestation (no danger), otherwise very good condition.
Japanese Tetsubin Cast Iron Teapot Kettle
Description & Size: 24.13 x 19.05 x 16.51 cm (9.5" x 7.5" x 6.5") height & wide with & without spout & handle; Weight: 1844 gram(65.04 oz)
Age: Meiji Period c1900'; Material: Carbon iron & silver; Production: Hand wrought & crafted
This is a rare & definite a treat for the tea connoisseur of the time...
Impressing black Raku tea bowl, signed Kichizaemon, of the Raku family.
The signed box is labeled “10th generation”, which means Tan-nyu (1795-1854). It represents true Japanese Chado, made from of one of the most famous potter clans in Japan. Most pieces of Kichizaemon Tan-nyu are hold in museums.
Tan-nyu Raku was born the second son of Ryonyu, he succeeded as the 10th generation Kichizaemon in 1811...
Japanese shunga woodblock print from the Meiji period.
The print features a close-up of a Japanese woman and her lover - a rare find!
The print was purchased in an antique bookstore in Jinbocho Tokyo 1951 and is in good condition with minor staining (see photos below).
Size of print: Approx. 19.5cm x 13cm.
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Japanese Silver Teapot w Jade Rings
Description & Size: 7.62 x 12.7 x 7.62 cm (3" x 5" x 3") height & wide with & without spout & handle; Weight: 111 gram (3.92 oz)
Age: Early Meiji Period; Material: Silver, Ebony wood, & Jade; Production: Handcrafted
This is a nice personal Japanese silver teapot with ebony wood handle & a unique jade rings as a finial. It's a handsomely handcrafted for a tea connoisseur of the time...
Japanese Silver Teapot w Gold Chrysanthemum Finial
Description & Size: 6.98 x 8.25 x 13.53 cm (2.75" x 3.25" x 5.33") height & wide with & without spout & handle; Weight: 208 gram (7.34 oz)
Age: Taisho Period c20'; Production: Handcrafted & etched; Material: Silver, Gold, Ivory
This Japanese silver teapot w gold chrysanthemum flower finial is a superb construction with heavy gauge sterling silver for a personal teapot...
A rare Qing dynasty famille rose moon flask with Qianlong mark on the base, decorate with landscape motif two dragon handle and six charachter Qianlong seal mark on the base, vase is in good condition no damage, size: 27 cm height.
Superb "tsampa" bowl made of a wood core entirely covered with repoussé silver decorated in relief with the eight Buddhist symbols around its body surmounting a floral design. Beneath, a decoration representing a coiled dragon in relief framed by floral designs. Tibet, 19th century. Height: 2 3/16" (5,7 cm). Diameter: 4 1/2" (11,5 cm). A few dents, obvious signs of age, otherwise very good condition.
A Yuan dynasty blue and white small cup, decorated with continues flower motif, unglazed base, cup is in good condition with small damage at the rim restored, size: 8.5 cm diameter.
Japanese Silver Millefleurs Teapot
Description & Size: 8.89 x 12.7 x 8.12 cm (3.5" x 5" x 3.2") height & wide with & without spout & handle; Weight: 158 Gram (5.58 oz)
Age: Meiji Period 19th; Production: Handcrafted & hand hammered; Material: Sterling Silver
This is a Japanese Sterling Silver Millefleurs Teapot Circa: 1900th Century Meiji Period. It's handcrafted & hammered with multiple reliefs of millefleurs around the teapot's body & lid...
Japanese Sterling Silver & Enamel Censor
Description & Size: 10.79 x 12.7 cm (4.25" x 5"); Weight: 257 gram (9.06 oz)
Age: 1868 - 1912 Meiji Period; Material: Sterling Silver & Cloisonné enamel; Production: Handcrafted & hand hammered
This is a nice & fine production of a Japanese Sterling Silver & Censor Circa: 1868 - 1912 Meji, with cloisonné enamel added to garden flowers, & sparrows...
Japanese persimmon wood cha tansu (tea chest), made chestnut wood frame, kiri (paulownia) wood drawer interiors, and beautiful solid persimmon wood panels, dramatic grain, large compartment opens with sliding panels to reveal stepped level shelf inside, Taisho Period (c1920).
Size: 35 1/4" high x 29 1/4" wide x 12 3/4" deep.
Funeral mask in the shape of a skull, with a protruding tongue. Eroded wood, traces of lichen on some areas. Indonesia, Borneo Island, Bahau Dayak ethnic group. Height: 32 cm. he mask is nicely mounted on a custom metal stand. Obvious signs of great age, old accidents, otherwise good condition. A rare piece.
Japanese antique tetsubin (kettle for heating water for tea), made of cast iron, dramatic and very three dimensional design of a dragon in swirling waves, highly raised with wonderful detail, bronze lid with lotus pod. Meiji Period c1900. Size: 9" high including handle x 7 1/2" wide including spout.
Beautiful Japanese antique fan painting of irises, painted in ink and mineral colors on paper that was once silver leaf but has worn and oxidized a beautiful sepia color, wet on wet painting technique, Rimpa School, !9 century- Late Edo/Meiji Period.
Size: 21" long x 7" wide.
Japanese Satsuma Kinkozan Vase
Description & Size: 19.05 x 11.43 cm (7.5" x 4.5") height & wide; Weight: 386 gram (13.61 oz); Color: Porcelain Blue & gold
Age: Meiji Period 1900'; Material: Porcelain & gold; Production: Handcrafted & baked
This Japanese Satsuma Kinkozan vase is a very picturesque...
A perfectly and very thinly potted lobed porcelain dish. Brightly enamelled with a floral and fruit decoration with bats and shou characters. The outlines of the very decorative enamel decoration probably transfer printed.
Underglaze blue 6 character Qianlong Mark. Republican period. Diameter : 18,4 cm. Condition : Perfect.
Dark grey stoneware body covered with a very nice and glossy, fine Guan - crackled, quite uncommon brownish celadon glaze. Song – Yuan Dynasty ( thirteenth to fourteenth centuries ) Longquan ware, Zhejiang. Diameter : 6,4 cm. H : 6,7 cm. Condition : Perfect.
A splendid and unusually large tetsubin decorated with geometric patterns with peonies and butterflies set within a frame. This piece is a collaboration of two major artists. The body has a seal by the kama-shi or tea kettle maker, Okuni Jurou, and the lid is signed by Kinryudo. Okuni Jurou, along with his father Okuni Toubei were famous for their skill and artistry during the Meiji and Taisho Periods. Condition is original and excellent.
Size: Diameter 9.5" Height 14"
Large Japanese porcelain baluster vase, decorated all over with beautiful scenes of mountains and waterfalls, pavilions peek through trees and boat sail on water. The shoulders of the vase are painted with mountain peeks in green and blue and swirling purple mist. Mark on bottom states that this is Arita ware from the Egami Studio. Taisho Period c1920. Size: 18" high x 11 1/2" wide
Chinese antique fan painting of a figure poling a boat through great rocky outcroppings, painted in ink on mica coated paper. A poem reads as follows: Passing through the gates of the old cave near the shores of the steep cliff, whoever moves through these crevices will find the seeds and roots of the clouds. Knowing that the clouds are suspended, the wind and rain are like fair ink, the misty mountain dyed and scattered have the appearance of mottled jade." attributed to Yun Shouping...
This is an upper child kimono of the Shonai district (Yamagata). It features blue dyeing and beautiful Tutugaki
The Yuzen process of the freehand drawing is beautiful, this is thick cotton spun by hand. And crane and tortoises of the freehand drawing run well too. Lining is cotton dyed with rouge made specially in Yamagata.
There are four stains of approximately 1cm (figure 1). There are two places extremely thin stain (figure 2).
And there is one place of old rectification (figure 3)...
Chinese Silver Tea Set HUNGCHONG SHANGHAI Signed
Description & Size
Teapot: 13.97 x 24.76 x 15.24cm (5.5" x 9.75" x 6") height & wide with & without spout & handle
Sugar Pot: 10.79 x 16.51 x 11.42 cm (4.25" x 6.5" x 4.5") height & wide with & without handles wide
Creamer: 8.25 x 12.7 x 10.16 cm (3.25" x 5" x 4") height & wide with & without handle
Total Weight: 1150 gram (40.56 oz)
Age: Late 19th Century, Production: Handcraf...
A Chinese nephrite pendant in shape of a qilong. The stone of greyish white tone with dark grey flecks and streaks. Qing Dynasty. The pendant is in excellent condition. Dimensions: 2-3/16" X 3/4". Wood stand is not included.
A fine quality early eighteenth century dish decorated with a rather unusual Indian “sarasa” pattern with a Buddhist theme...
A fine quality early eighteenth century dish decorated with a rather unusual Indian “sarasa” pattern with a Buddhist theme. The design is composed of flowers arranged in columns and rows. Inset within the sarasa ground are three lobed niche like reserves each containing a Dharma singing bird, emanations of the Amitabha Buddha, that reside in the Buddha’s Pure Land paradise. The centre of the dish is decorated with a block of twelve flowers each with nine petals, which presumably has some B...
A fine Kakiemon shallow dish of moulded octafoil form decorated in underglaze blue and enamels with a scene from the Tale of Ise featuring the famous eight planked zig zag bridge, Yatsuhashi, over a bed of Irises, kakitsuba. The Kakiemon version combines trailing Cherry blossom with clouds and rain. The lower half of the design incorporates further familiar Kakiemon elements, the almost trade mark, turbulent waves and a water fowl, amongst Irises. The dish dates to the late 17th century circa 16...
This beautiful chawan (tea bowl) was made in the oribe style, a more than four hundred year old tradition from the central part of Japan in the ancient Mino province.
That tradition was in part influenced by tea master and warrior Furuta Oribe (1545-1615) who developed his own style of tea ceremony. The bowl is very well made and in perfect condition. It dates from the mid Edo Period and has no repairs or damages except inborn kiln cracks. The green glaze is very vivid and strong.
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