Antique Japanese keyaki (elm) wood plaque inlaid with a mixed metal scene of two monkeys, A large monkey dressed in a happi coat sits on a branch of a blossoming peony plant, in one hand he holds a lotus blossom on a long stem at the top of which another tiny monkey hangs on like a flag...
Antique Japanese carved wooden mask of an okina, or old man, used in the theatrical art form of Noh. Every Noh mask represents a specific character, and when the shite (performer) puts on their mask, the term for putting on clothing (kaburu) is not used. Rather, it is called kakeru or tsukeru (to hang/to attach), as this symbolizes the transformation into the character. The mask shows traces of the facial hair it once had, which has been lost due to age...
Beautiful foliated small dish covered with clear white glaze. Unglaze base. Song Dynasty 南宋 (1127–1279). Width = 13.1 cm Condition : two tiny frits, ver short hairline (0.7 cm).
A stunning GENUINE KANGXI QING DYNASTY Polychrome Porcelain Dish depicting several figures on horseback in front of a guarded palace. Excellent condition. Size: 38 cm. (15"). Base has cobalt blue double ring and period marking in the center.
A large and heavy carving in emerald of an Eagle Fetish, Native American, probably Zuni, Navaho tribe and 20th. century.
The carving is cut and polished in one emerald stone and depicts the head of a Native tribes leader, carved on both sides of the stone. The stone is transperant light blue-green and very beautiful.
Zuni fetishes are small carvings made from primarily stone but also shell, fossils, and other materials by the Zuni people...
Early 19th century wooden netsuke of sitting man with a folded fan in his lap. The figure probably represents a traveling street entertainer - a storyteller. Superbly expressive face left unlacquered to allow for detailed carving, the rest of the netsuke is lacquered in Negoro style - red lacquer over black, so as it wears the black and then wood starts showing, thus adding yet another color to the piece...
Very large antique Japanese bronze temple water dispenser with handles and spout in the form of peach tree branches, Meiji Period (1868-1912).
Size: 29" high x 21" wide.
Very Fine Large Blue and White Kraak Dish, well decorated, with a vibrant strong blue, in the centre with a scroll and flowers in a shallow tripod bowl. Within a moulded rim painted with auspicious objects alternating with peaches, the underside with lingzhi fungus in panels. There are the usual chatter marks to the base and the dish is slightly warped. C1590/1620. Dia. 14 7/8" (38.0cm). Condition; usual minor frits to rim. Two shallow chips, 1.3cm and 0.5cm to inside of footrim...
Nice old storage basket from the Lahu ethic group, Northern Thailand. This has a tough double layered weave with the outer wall made from rattan and the inner wall of bamboo strips. Lahu baskets are held in high regard by the other tribes in the area and were sold or traded to them. This is a genuine old tribal piece and not a tourist piece made for the home décor market. Acquired in 1990, and has been in storage since them a reasonable estimate on age would be 40 to 50 years old...
Lovely small wooden house altar with fine carving and its original gilding and the original cover (most of the time the covers are missing). 19th century. Dimensions: 35x30x14 cm. Condition: a crack in the cover, some wear to the lacquer and gilding.
Japanese antique Edo Era Teapot of Oribe ware.
Size 20 centimeters in height, width 16x12.5 centimeters, 570 grams in weight.
Oribe ware (¿—²¿Ÿ† Oribe-yaki) is a type of Japanese pottery most identifiable for its use of green copperglaze and bold painted design. It was the first use of colored stoneware glaze by Japanese potters.
It is one of the Mino styles originating in the late 16th century...
A fine old ceremonial sake pourer, hisage, hand made from copper and decorated with shochikubai (pine, plum and bamboo), minogame and cranes. Also present are two prominent Tokugawa family crests and on the handle three 16 petalled chrysanthemum crests and another on the rear handle mount. 19th century or earlier. Fine work.
The body of the pourer has probably been raised from one sheet of copper...
Length: 17.2 cm (6.8 in)
Height: 7.9 cm (3.2 in)
Width: 4.5 cm (1.8 in)
Weight: 700 gm (1.5 lb)
Good quality Japanese bronze elephant from early 20th century; unsigned; good condition
A Korean Finely Inlaid and Molded Celadon Octagonal Bowl-13th C.:
Korea, Koryo period, 13th Century,
It is molded on the interior with a central flower head medallion, each facet on the
exterior inlaid with double flower heads on a leafy stem within a rectangle,
all within lined in borders, bearing spur marks on the base. It is covered overall
with a grayish green celadon glaze.
It is in fine condition without any famages except a firing crack near the foot rim...
A massive and elaborate seal of the rare roller seal group, probably for decorating bread, Pre-Columbian Carchi culture, Ecuador. 500 BC-500 AD.
A very beautiful and impressive seal decorated with geomethric patterns in solid grey stoneware. The seal born with protruding handles, to make it easier to use.
Size: 12 cm. long!
Condition: Extremely fine.
Ex. Lyngbye Collection, Jan Pelle, aquired in the 1960s, with his old tag made later.
Canton Famille rose / Rose Medallion urn lid with Foo dog handle, mid 19th century. Height (handle not included) "2½/ 6,5 cm. Outer diameter of the rim that has to fit into an urn or vase is "3½/ 8,8 cm. Condition: glaze chips around the lower edge of the decoration (cf pics).
This an exquisite Satsuma tea jar from Ryozan. The gold work and painting are examples of his best workmanship. The piece is in excellent condition but the original lid is missing and this lid has a repair. It was used to help this great piece display better. Maybe some one out there has a better lid for the great piece. It stands 6 inches tall.
A fine and early museum quality complete set of five Ko-Imari, Kakiemon style cups or choko. Blue underglaze and green, red, aubergine, yellow and black overglaze enamel decoration of peonies and prunus blossoms in garden landscape with rockery and fence. Traces of rubbed gilt enameled highlights. The choko form saw many uses such as teabowls (also seen in early European ceramics after Japanese examples of the period), large sake cups, and mukozuke...