Taisho period (1920s) lacquered wood kogo (box for incense during tea ceremony), its top decorated with two cherry flowers. Elegant object in Japanese taste, beautiful lacquer work, two parts fit perfectly, in great condition. Diameter 2.18 inches.
Khmer bronze tray in circular form with nice patina.
Age: Cambodia, 12th Century
Measurement: Width 33.1 C.M. / Diameter 4.1 C.M. (size excluding stand)
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.
Antique Tibetan hand-carved wooden deity mask of Mahakala, a guardian diety, the fierce and powerful being and counterpart to Kali / Mahakali. His name means "Greater than Time" as he upholds ultimate rule and power over all forces, including time and death. This hand carved mask is indeed very fierce looking, with signs of wear and traces of old lacquer all throughout.
Some losses.
Age: 19th century
Size: 10" L x 6" W x 11" H
An ornate silver betel box with open-work patterns of curling tendrils. The body and lid each have five panels with high relief work depicting 10 different scenes of ancient Burma. The top of the domed lid has a lotus blossom. The bottom is hammered with the date and occasion for the piece.
Period: Early 1900's.
Size: Height = 14.5 cm (5-3/4 inches), Diameter = 12.5
This is really a fantastic fragment of a faience Isis, sitting on a lion throne, nursing her son Horus.
The whole throne, supported by two stringing lions, is well preserved. The lions are extremely fine
and you can see every detail. Dating is between Third Intermediate Period to Late Period.
I think it looks a little bit Nubian, than it is 25th Dynasty...
Antique Chinese porcelain tea caddy featuring a 4 clawed dragon and a phoenix surrounded by clouds on the front and back. The colors are vibrant and it is in very good condition, save for a chip on one corner that appears to have been reglued. Study the third photo very carefully. Otherwise, no cracks, no hairlines, no repairs. Measures 6 inched high, 4.5" wide, and 2.5" deep. Circa 1900
1910s (late Meiji to early Taisho) Japanese wooden netsuke carved as a bean pod, its stem forming himotoshi (cord opening. Judging by the material ichii (Japanese yew wood) and clean realistic treatment of the subject, the netsuke was carved by a Hida school carver. Beautifully done, clever use of wood color and structure to add to the charm of the piece, wonderful patina. Simple elegant piece in Japanese taste. Length 2.21 inches.
Interesting figure of a kneeling man with black African features. The naked man leans forward a little and looks thoughtful. He shows a furrowed brow, receding hairline and puffed up hair.
Nice anatomic detail of the upper body. Right arm missing, a garment covers the partially preserved left.
Superb modeling. Old collection’s tag on the back.
Terracotta
Greek, Hellenistic Period, 2nd-1st Century BC
H. 6.2 cm (2.4 in)
H...
The painting depicted a samurai met an old man at night. In Japan there are many legendary tales of ogre extermination where samurai fights with ogre to protect people and their town. Some folklore says that the ogre turns into human and attacks people go around. Here, the samurai was prepared for the fight by the torii, which is a traditional Japanese gate commonly found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine, where it symbolically marks the transition from the profane to the sacred...
Excellently potted japanese porcelain dishes, decorated in underglaze Cobalt blue with a nice landscape scenery. Nabeshima - style, Meiji Period 1868 - 1912 ) Diameter : 20,8 cm. Condition : No crack, but each of the dishes has a small chip which is old repaired in Kintsugi technique ( Japanese Gold Lacquer repair.)
Provenance : Old German collection. ( All in all we do have 4 pieces of the same kind of dishes on offer ( 2 pairs )).
This is a very old classical chinese painting probably from Ming or earlier, but badly damaged and restored with old gold paper in the last century
Large ovate hand axe made of a flake of tan quartzite. Bifacial tool with carefully worked front side. The rougher back side with fewer removals. The continuous cutting edge weathered by sand and wind action.
This type of tool stands for the presence of Palaeolithic populations in North Africa.
For the hominid evolution in the Sahara and in North Africa, cf. Brown University Course ARCH 1616: Brett Kaufman. Between Sahara and Sea: North Africa from Human Origins to Islam...
this matching pair of Turkomen Yomud tent bags, aka chuval, are out of my private collection...beautiful condition
Sumak weave on bag faces
plain woven canvas backs
39 x 17 inches (not including fringe)
A Chinese celadon-glazed porcelain vase with shape of an ancient cong, decorated with eight trigrams (bagua) on all four sides of the vase. A six-characters "Daqing Tongzhi Nianzhi" mark is inside the foot rim, and of the period. There are two long kiln cracks between the foot rim and the body of the vase (see photos #5 and #6), and three very short kiln cracks on the body. There is no damage to the vase other than these kiln faults. Additional photos will be provided upon request...
ANCIENT ROMAN BRONZE COIN NECKLACE
ROMAN, EMPEROR LICINIUS, 308 - 324 A.D...
TWO ROOF TILES
Two pieces set of massive but small roof tiles actually used for a private house in Gangwon-do in northeastern Korea, early 20th century, 19.5 x 13 x 0.8 cm (7.67 x 5.11 x 0.31in), 18.5 x 9.2 x 0.6 cm (7.28 x 3.62 x 0.23in)...
Tang Dynasty Changsha ware bowl.( 9th century ) Stoneware body decorated with a calligraphic floral motive in brown and green under a yellow ash glaze. Changsha type Henan. Found in a shipwreck near Belitung island, Palembang, Sumatra. D : 6 inc. Some glaze corroded.Tang
A pair of Japanese export Imari teabowls and saucers decorated in a combination of under-glaze blue, gilding and iron red. Both saucers decorated with a pattern of Hares running on waves...