A good long neck bottle vase with well balance potted and decorated to the body with main classic scroll motif in underglazed red design. Condition is very good, no any crack, no any chips and free from any restoration. Ming Dynasty possibly 16th Century. Found recovery at South Sulawesi area. Height: 29 cm

A pair of Chinese porcelain blue and white dishes.

Age: China, Kangxi Period, 17th - 18th Century
Size: Diameter 24 C.M. / Thickness 3 C.M. (size excluding stand)
Condition: Nice condition overall (some tiny frits on the rims). 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.

Daunian thin-walled creamware jug with echinus base, rounded body and slightly flared rim. Single strap handle from belly to rim. Bichrome linear decoration inside and out. Daunian Bichrome, 320-280 BC
H. to rim 9 cm (3.5 in), H. to handle 11.2 cm (4.4 in) Hard-fired ceramic reconstituted from fragments.

Apulian glazed jug of ovoid body, straight neck and slightly flared neck. Arching strap handle, standing on a flat base...

Squat jug of conical body, cylindrical neck and everted rim. Standing on flat base. Unglazed.
Ceramic
Apulian, 4th-3rd century BC
D. 9.8 cm (3.9 in)
H. 7 cm (2.8 in)
Intact. Slight surface wear. Sinter deposits.
Swiss private collection. Acquired in the German art market, September 2009.

The authenticity of the object is unconditionally guaranteed.

Redware jug of conical shape with narrow neck and small trefoil-lipped mouth. The vertical handle with central groove. Standing on a ring foot.
Ceramic
Apulian, 3rd-2nd Century BC
H. 12 cm (4.7 in)
Hard-fired ceramic reconstituted from fragments. Surface wear, sinter deposits.
Swiss private collection.

The authenticity of the object is unconditionally guaranteed.

Jug of swelling body, short neck, everted rim. Strap handles to the sides. Standing on a flat base. Unglazed. Greek South Italian to Roman, 2nd-1st century BC
H. 9.6 cm (3.8 in)

Apulian squat jug of biconical body, slightly everted rim. Single handle from rim to shoulder. Standing on flat base. Unglazed. Apulian, 4th-3rd century BC
D. 7.5 cm (2.9 in), H...

An Egyptian shabti figurine made in a vibrant turquoise faience. The shabti features a plain lappet wig which connects with the back pillar, and a long beard. The arms are crossed and holding a pick and a hoe. The reverse displays a plain pillar and a basket with cross fibres on the left shoulder. The shabti stands on an integral base. Its facial features have been rendered naturalistically including the eyes, nose, mouth and ears...

A steatite motto scarab with torquise blue slightly glazed and inscription where cobras confronted with scarab beetle.

Origin: Egypt

Material: steatite

Dimension: 1,7 cm.

Ancient egyptian motto scarab with torquise blue glaze 1,3 cm. Origin: Egypt Material: faience Dimension: 1,3 cm.

Henuttawy A – Hnwt-tAwy A Worker 1 (2)

Duat Hathor and Mistress of the Two Lands (Queen)

Deir el-Bahri - Cache I - Royal Cache DB320

Also known as Henouttawy, Honittaoui

It is assumed that Henuttawy is a daughter of Ramses XI, the last king of the 20th dynasty. She becomes Pinedjem I’s first wife, has many titles and plays an important role at court...

Chinese Qing dynasty circular form lidded box finely decorated in pencil-thin strokes of underglaze blue on a white porcelain ground. The center of the domed lid features a nobleman on horseback flanked by an attendant walking in front and behind. The rounded sides are filled with a dense, repeating motif of figures seated at a table. A double circle is on the center of the glazed base. 4 1/2" diameter x 2 1/2" high. 19th century. Very good overall condition...

A pair of antique Chinese carved wood bed panels finished in lacquer and gilt. Carved with auspicious symbols of prosperity and good fortune. Main theme depicts birds and flowers.

Age: Late Qing Dynasty (1880-1890)

Dimensions of each: 13" Wide by 50" High

Antique Japanese woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige titled: Oki, Takuhi no Yashiro from the series: Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces of Japan. The large bow of a boat on rolling waves. Small figures on the deck. A wonderful example of Hiroshige's influential compositional style.

Date: 1854

Dimensions: 13 3/8" high x 8 3/4" wide

A lovely early ceramic Jug, first half of the 14th century, Made in Siegburg, Lower Rhineland, Germany, German, Proto-stoneware, unglazed.

Attractive jug with a small old chip at the rim, othervise extremely fine for the type.

Size: 23,5 cm. tall.

Ex. Private collection of the art dealer and collector, Jens Larsen, with gallery in Møntergade, Copenhagen, 1950s-2012.

Antique Japanese woodblock print in triptych by the artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861) titled Igagoe Enemy Raid or Igagoe Vendetta. The scene depicts a historical skirmish that took place in 1634 which involved many specific and notable persons ranging from members of the lower ranking samurai class to daimyo to The Tokugawa Central Government...

A nice 14th.-15th. century Siegburg krug. Medieval glazed pottery jug in a wonderful condition for type, with typical depression from the making, but intact.

Size: 23 cm.

Ex. Private collection of the art dealer and collector, Jens Larsen, with gallery in Møntergade, Copenhagen, 1950s-2012.

Japanese antique bronze vase with two monkeys. The body of the vase is gourd shaped and the monkeys chase each other around it's middle. Each monkey grabs the other one's foot, creating a continuous chain. Playful expressions and great details.

Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 8 3/4" high x 5 1/2" wide

A set of very finely carved wooden panels with extremely high relief portraits of a man and woman, Mid-European, probably Flemish / Dutch, dating to the 16th. century AD.

Interesting well-defined portraits of an upperclass couple, perhaps a wealthy trader or banker and his wife, both clad in high fashion of the 16th. century. The panels are carved with beautiful floral decoration.

Size: Both panels are c. 44 cm...

A very nice Blackware vessel with the portrait head of a man, Precolumbian Peru, Late Moche or early Chimú, 7th.-9th. century AD.

Very detailed made as a grinning man with his tungue between his teeth and wearing earrings, the spout of the vessel prodruding from the top of his head.

Size: 20 cm. tall.

Condition: Very fine, intact with some roughness to the edge of the spout.

Ex. Swedish Private Collection.

A rare large stirrup head vessel, depicting a chieftain or upperclass male indiviual, with headdress with two birds, Pre-Columbian, Moche culture, c. 500-700 AD.

Impressive vessel in glazed brown clay.

Size: 25 cm.

Condition: Nice Very fine for the type, small plugged holes at the back and a flaw from the making, othervise intact.

Ex. Swedish Private Collection, aquired in the 1970s.

Inportnat and very impressive Dorje with four varja finials, Sino-Tibetan, Late Ming to early Qing Dynasty c. 16th.-17th. cent. AD.

This very large and substantial Dorje was never cleaned and comes with a lovely very old dark mahogany patina. Once gilt and still with the original tread or string rolled around the Dorje in tight bands.

Size: c. 19,8 cm. tall and the same wide. Weight: c. 850-875 grams!

Condition: Extremely fine for this early type, untouched old ...

A rare hexagonal celadon bowl with crackle glazed and covered overall with deep green glazed. Northern Song Dynasty possibly Ru ware. Perfect condition Diameter: 17,5 cm (7 inch) Height: 5.4 cm (2,2 inch)

A nice white glazed Qingbai tray with flower shaped and molded incised with a pair of beautiful Dragons. Base unglazed. Yuan Dynasty 13th-14th Century in perfect condition with no any chip, no any crack and free from any restoration. Diameter: 16 cm

Burmese wooden seated figure.

Age: Burma, Late Mandalay Period, Late 19th Century
Size: Height 43.5 C.M. / Width 23 C.M. / Length 27.5 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.

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Late Joseon Dynasty, Korea, approx. H 7 x D 13 cm (2.75 x 5.11in). Some expected stains and scratches due to use and aging.


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A Hexagonal shape of Yaozhou dish each decorated with molded incised flower pattern. Yaozhou Ware. Southern Song - Yuan Dynasty in perfect condition. Diameter: 14,5 cm

A large Longquan celadon dish decorated with carved incised of flower head to the center and fluted side to cavetto. Yuan-Ming Dynasty. Very good condition excepted firing imperfection to the glazed. No any chips, no any crack and free from any restoration. Diameter: 34 cm Height: 8 cm

A beautiful green glazed covered box with imperial seal mark Qianlong. Qing Dynasty. Condition is perfect. Diameter: 6,2 cm

Rare pair of Northern Qi women of the court, circa 550CE-577CE, with original pigments both are in excellent condition- please note the profiles with their jutting jaws and stubborn countenance reflecting their Mongol/Turkic heritage. H: 13cm/5.1in.

An elegant vase by Miyagawa (Makuzu) Kozan retaining the original wooden base enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Seika Take-no-Zu Kabin. It is 16.5 cm (6-1/2 inches) diameter, 14 cm (5-1/2 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
The name Kozan was granted by Prince Yasui-no-Miya in 1851 in honor of the tea ware produced during the later Edo for the imperial Court by the tenth generation head of the Kyoto pottery family Miyagawa Chozo. The Kozan (Makuzu) kiln as we know it...

Polished layered-lacquer lozenges are inlayed into the surface of this fabulous Art-Deco era vase by important Japanese Bronze artist Yamamoto Junmin. The lacquered pieces have been cut and polished from variously colored layered lacquer. The vase is signed on the base Junmin, and measures 27.5 cm (11 inches) diameter, 18.5 cm (7-1/4 inches) tall. It is in excellent condition.
Yamamoto Junmin (1882 – 1962) learned the metal arts under Katori Hotsuma (Hozuma) and Asakura Fumio at the To...

Fine Chinese Han Dynasty Glazed Pottery Hu Jar

This attractive pottery jar of "hu" form was made some 2,000 years ago during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). It is quite "heavily-potted" and made from a reddish pottery, coated in a finely-cracked green glaze that varies in thickness. In places it has acquired a silvery iridescence, a result of exposure to moisture during its long burial. There are lightly incised decorative bands surrounding the body in places. To the flat base are the typ...

Fine Chinese Han Dynasty Glazed Pottery Hu Jar

This attractive pottery jar of "hu" form was made some 2,000 years ago during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). It is quite "heavily-potted" and made from a reddish pottery, coated in a finely-cracked green glaze that varies in thickness. In places it has acquired a silvery iridescence, a result of exposure to moisture during its long burial. There are lightly incised decorative bands surrounding the body in places. To the flat base are the typ...

Chinese Han Dynasty Glazed Pottery Jar with Iridescence

This pottery jar of "guan" form was made some 2,000 years ago during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). It is quite "heavily-potted" and made from a reddish pottery that is coated with a thick streaky green glaze. In places on the body the glaze has acquired a silvery-golden iridescence, a result of exposure to moisture during its long burial. As is so often the case with Han dynasty glazed pottery, there are a couple of kiln scars to t...

Chinese Han Dynasty Glazed Pottery Jar

This pottery jar of "guan" form was made some 2,000 years ago during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). It is quite "heavily-potted" and made from a reddish pottery that is coated with a green glaze, the colour of which varies in places. As is often the case with Han dynasty glazed pottery, there are kiln scars to the upper surface of the mouth and the base from the spacers that separated such jars when they were stacked on top of each other in the kiln...

Rare Chinese Yuan Dynasty Early "Blue & White" Vase

This rare and attractively-shaped vase or bottle was made during the Yuan Dynasty (AD 1279 - 1368) by one of the kilns at Yuxi county in Yunnan province, one of the first places in the world where blue & white ware was produced. It is "heavily-potted" and decorated in underglaze cobalt blue with floral and leaf designs. It is coated with a clear glaze that falls short of the sturdy foot. Similar wares were first unearthed in 1973 in Lufeng ...

A large Chinese snuff bottle, made from mottled brown amber, the stopper en suite. Carved with relief decoration of birds among flowering trees, the sides with lion masks. Condition: few traces of usage, no spoon. Dimension: total height: c. 7.3 cm, c. 6.8 cm wide, c. 3.9 cm deep.

Burmese wooden lotus Buddha sitting in Mara Vijaya (calling the earth to witness) posture on a base with gilded gold.

Age: Burma, Mandalay Period, 19th Century
Size: Height 13 C.M. / Width 8 C.M. / Depth 4.5 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.

19th century Chinese scholar’s brush rest in a shape of a violently swirling tree root. Works as abstract sculpture as well. Beautiful orange lacquer surface, dried ink in some spots, wonderful patina, very pleasing shape. Excellent piece in scholar’s taste. Length 6 inches, height 1.5 inches.

A lovely late renaissance monogram of Christian the IV, 1588-1648 AD.

The pewter fitting, once gilded with remnants of gilt in the details. Such a fitting would have been hammered onto wood work in the period, prbably military related, navy or army.

Size: 74 mm. tall.

Old Danish Collection.

Origin: Egypt

Material: faience

Dimension: 0,7 cm.

The underside of this scarab is inscribed with a cartouche holding the name Menkheperre, the prenomen of pharaoh Thutmose III (Dynasty 18, ca. 1479-1425 B.C.) He was venerated after his death and the name of this great ruler continued to appear on stamp seals long after his reign, even into the Late Period (ca. 664-525 B.C.).

Comparison: Skarabäen und andere Siegelamulette aus Baseler Sammung. Page 246 n.276

Origin: Egypt

Period: New Kingdom, 18th Dynastie

Henuttawy A – Hnwt-tAwy A Worker 1

Duat Hathor and Mistress of the Two Lands (Queen)

Deir el-Bahri - Cache I - Royal Cache DB320

Also known as Henouttawy, Honittaoui

It is assumed that Henuttawy is a daughter of Ramses XI, the last king of the 20th dynasty. She becomes Pinedjem I’s first wife, has many titles and plays an important role at court. Originally she has her own tomb in an unknown location, and before she is interred in the secret ca...

Interesting early seal of a very rarely encounted shape, worn handle, 5th.-4th. mill. BC.

Size: 26 x 17 mm.

This seal comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection, see pictures.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections. Gustav Oberländer specialized in early stamp seals from the pre-historic and Dynastic ...

Interesting carved and finely polished in now glossy green stone, Amüng-Ebene at Antioch, Halaf period, probably 3rd.-2nd. milleium BC, perhaps later!

The base engraved with an animal.

Size: 22 mm. tall and 17 mm. wide.

Condition: Extremely fine, nice patina.

This seal comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection, see pictures.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and importan...

Laos bamboo basket.

Age: Laos, 20th Century
Size: Height 23 C.M. / Width 26.5 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.

Interesting substantial seal in grey stone with a long round bar handle on top of a rectangular base, Amüng-Ebene at Antioch, Halaf period, probably as early as 6th. millenium BC.

The base engraved with a gritt.

Size: 31 mm. long and 17 mm. wide, 14 cm. tall.

Condition: Very fine and basically intact, nice patina.

This seal comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection, see pictures.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (...

Interesting spindle whorl, decorated with bulls eye symbols, Mesopotamia, 2nd.-1st. mill. BC.

Size: 25 mm. in diameter and 10 mm. high.

Condition: F-VF, old wear to edges. Patinated.

This item comes with the original ID-card from below collection, see pictures.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections. Gustav Oberlände...

A scarcer type of Western Mesopotamian seal with animals of a sort of rounded gable form or a semi-circular form of the seal itself, unlike the Anatolian forms. The seal dates to the Ubaid period of the 4th. millenium BC.

Nice engraving in the base.

Size: 17,5 x 14,5 mm.

Condition: Good very fine, finely preserved with nice patina.

This seal comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection, see pictures.

Provenance: Gust...

Finely carved stone stamp seal in a dark greenish stone, Western Mesopotamian / Eastern Anatolia border type, Late Ubaid-Uruk period, c. 4th.-3rd. mill. BC.

Typical design of the period wuth a round seal, with the cruciform engraving around a central globe.

Size: 21 mm. x 12 mm.

Condition: Good very fine, finely preserved with nice patina.

This seal comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection, see pictures.

Provena...

A very rare and interesting stamp seal of the 2nd. mill. BC, carved in dark green stone in Anatolia during the Hittite period of dominance.

As typical for the Anatolian culture and glyphtic art, the seal depicting a hunting scene, but in this case a very unusual one. We see a winged Centaur with horse body and the forepart of a human, attacked by numerous spears and arrows, one is burried in his chest. His horned head with human features is turned upwards, while in flight.

Si...

Interesting stone stamp seal of pyramidal shape, Western Mesopotamia, probably Late Halaf or early Ubaid period, c. 6th.- 5th. mill. BC.

The shape of the seal has been recorded many times in buriel finds of the 6th. mill. in Western Mesopotamia and the base is carved with a typical halaf grit-pattern. So we will date it a bit earlier than than the collector, Mr. Oberlánder did. Interesting seal.

Size: 17 mm. x 12 mm.

Condition: Nice Very fine and intact with fi...

A lacquered writing box in the shape of a kimono sleeve (sode) covered in soaring silver and gold geese among autumn reeds and Togidashi clouds with a secondary (inner) sleeve shape covered in Karakusa vine tendrils on black enclosed in an age darkened kiri wood box. The inside is covered entirely in nashiji gold powder, and contains a grinding stone, and a water dropper of copper inset into the tray. Also enclosed are a bamboo brush and gilded ink stick decorated with a squirrel on a grapevin...

Antique Chinese 8 panel coromandel screen with a carved lacquer palace scene of noble figures on one side, pine trees and animals on the other. An inscription states that the screen was carved in the eleventh month of the thirty-second year of Kangxi. There is a poem that talks about the proud and powerful pine tree reaching for the sky and an approaching storm. The inscription also mentions a congratulations to Guo Zanzhang, a candidate for the the title of Dengshilang. Artist mentioned: Homgd...

18th century Indian bronze candle holder in a shape of a beast with a single horn on its head, could be a lion with mane (and possible vehicle of Durga) or some sort of other mythical creature. Beautiful casting and detailing - see its expressive face with tongue sticking out, tufts of fur on its feet and foliage supporting candle receptacle. Excellent red patina, wonderful feel of age. Height 3.5 inches.

19th century Indian bronze votive sculpture of standing Garuda holding his hands in front of him in praying attitude (anjali mudra indicating total devotion). Cast in the state of Karnataka. Garuda, being the mount of Vishnu, is regarded as representing essential qualities of the deity in animal form, and was worshipped as deity itself. He is present in both Hindu and Buddhist tradition, and usually has a body of a human, with a beak of a crow and wings. Very good casting, wonderful dark patina,...

17th / early 18th century small votive Indian bronze sculpture of Vishnu sitting on high base with one foot pendant and holding Lakshmi on his left knee, protected by Naga (cobra) with spread hood over his head. Usual name for this grouping is Lakshmi-Narayana. His hand is in abhaya (no fear) mudra, while Lakshmi is holding lotus flower in her hand. Beautiful casting and detailing, great patina with subtle green encrustation on the surface, wonderfully worn attesting to its great age. Height 2.3...

18th century small votive Indian bronze sculpture depicting the mother goddess Durga riding a lion - her vehicle. Durga is the most powerful female deity in the Hindu pantheon. Great bronze with powerful casting and detailing, beautiful patina and wear, strong feel of age, old loss to an object in her right upper hand, crevices with accumulation of sandalwood paste used during worship. Height 2.69 inches.

19th century Indian bronze votive sculpture of standing Garuda holding his hands in front of him with palms up. Cast in the state of Karnataka. Garuda, being the mount of Vishnu, is regarded as representing essential qualities of the deity in animal form, and was worshipped as deity itself. He is present in both Hindu and Buddhist tradition, and usually has a body of a human, with a beak of a crow and wings. Very nice casting, his left wing was originally cast bent towards the front, does not ta...

Unusual 17th / early 18th century small votive Indian bronze sculpture of a standing female attendant of a deity, her hands in front of her, and must have contained an object (missing). Beautiful casting and detailing, great patina with subtle green encrustation on the surface, wonderfully worn attesting to its great age. Height 2.3 inches.