A small 17th century teapot, delicately painted in underglaze cobalt blue, depicting a scholar under a pine tree .There is a poem on the reverse side. The poem reads - "The day go fishing at Shui River. the morning having dream on Qi Shan Mountain." Both are famous locations in Shaanxi province, central northern China...
Descriptions:
A pair of Cizhou vase was in the same form of floral mouth rim but with different glaze.
They were found in same origin.
They were unique in different characteristics.
The black vase was decorated on the bulge body with ribbed lines when another vase was painted with green slip on the surface.
They were both in very good condition with obvious incursions to the glaze.
One minute glaze defect was found at the lower portion of the stem foot...
A Very Rare Mother of Pearl/Tortoise Shell Inlaid GO Playing Board- 19th C./ Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century.
This GO playing board is extremely rare, each side panels inlaid with Phoenix and Dragon in mother of pearl and tortoise shell excusitely,
on the top each vertical and horizontal lines inlaid in wire and covered with dark brown enamels,
resting on four bracket feet joined by a scroll outime apron, on the bottom it covered with loose cotton linens and covered with dark enamels.
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Middle 19th century Chinese white jade Pi. The piece is 2 ¼ inches in diameter and 5/16 inches thick. A pinhead (Gu) design is on one side; the other side has a five scroll design. The carved wood stand has six round vase shaped corners. There is a tiny chip on the rim of the jade and a small piece is missing on the curve of the stand. It is in good condition.
Beautiful antique Japanese fubako (letterbox), black lacquer ground with roses in raised gold and silver, lidded box , interior with clouds of dense nishiji, tiny squares of gold, Meiji Period (1868-1912).
Size: 23" long x 6 3/4" wide x 4 1/2" high
Japanese hand drum used with Kabuki, Noh and Minyo. The hourglass shaped wood body with Makie gold on black lacquer decoration of Ho-o No Tori (phoenix). Capped on either end by stretched hide with black lacquer detailing on the outward facing stretched surfaces and rims and with gold lacquer on the inward facing surfaces - the two hide ends held taught over the cupped ends off the wooden body with orange cord. The lacquered wooden body is in good condition...
A wonderful Tibetan lama statue, made of gilt repoussé copper, dating from the 18th or 19th century. The figure still has it's original ornaments hanging from the shoulders.
H. 30 cm W. 21 cm.
Condition: expected age wear to the gilding, a few cracks in the copper. The ornament (probably a bottle) in the lama's lower hand is missing. Very good condition considering the age.
Choson period, 1400s
A stamped design of repeating flower heads laid out in concentric bands covers the interior. The exterior sides have a similar band between incised lines. The depressions are filled with white slip which is then wiped clean off the surfaced, leaving the white clay in the impressed design. A clear glaze covers the design and most of the body. The footring, base, and a portion of the lower body are unglazed...
This late 19th or early 20th century carved ivory netsuke is 2 ¼” long, 1 5/8” wide and half an inch thick. It depicts a fish which has an inlaid eye wrapped in a bamboo leaf. The workmanship is realistic and superb. The signature “Hokutai” is on the bottom. It is in excellent condition.
Nepalese Yak Hair Mask from the Humla Region. 8 inches, 20.5 cm.
This is one of the best Shounai-Noren used in Shonai, Yamagata area for Edo period.
As for the hemp of this item, a delicate thread spun by hand is used.
The pattern is full of Chadougu which was popular in Shikoku.
Chadougu is an instrument used at tea ceremony.
The Chadougu design reached shounai by a goods-carrying merchant ship.
The artist Fujita displayed cloth full of Chadougu in the atelier of Japan. There was the picture near a great painter without sense of incongruity...
This is a very special Japanese cloisonne bowl. It was made by Ogasawara Shuzo. Shuzo's ability to capture a life-like quality make his pieces with fish some of the finest ever created in the Meiji Era. The bowls is in excellent condition. It measures 7 inches across and is 3 1/2 inches tall.
Antique Chinese seal made from an extremely beautiful piece of purplish-white jadeite with apple green areas. A meticulously carved dragon sits curled on top with two orbs. Included is a small Hardwood stand.
20th Century
Size: 2.5" height, 1.5" width, .75" thickness
19th / 20th century
Natural untreated jadeite
Length: 9.6 cm, width: 5.3 cm, depth: 0.7 cm
Weight: 101.5 g
From a English private collection
A nicely carved jadeite plaque, featuring all three colors of the jadeite palette: light green, brown, and hints of lavender. Both sides feature a Qing-style landscape of a deer traversing a mountainous landscape. Can be worn as a necklace pendant.
Condition: perfect...
A Very Fine Sea Green Glazed Korean Koryo Celadon Large Bowl-12th C.:
Korea, Koryo period, 12th century,
This is a large and rich celadon glazed basin.
It is with a wide flattened conical form, the rounded sides flaring
to an incurved lipped rim, resting on a lower wide foot ring with spur marks,
no celadon glazed on the foot ring, greenish blue celadon glaze evenly applied
an interior and exterior...
This is kanjin-sumo rikishi tsutsugaki nobori textile of the Edo era. It is very very rare textile. It has a thin stain. However, it does not stand out. It has slight damage. However, it is good condition generally.
size:190cm x 41cm (74.8" x 16.1")
Description:
An archaic decorative Bi was rarely carved in a material of rock crystal.
Other than the commonly-seen material-jadestone, crystal was used to be esteemed as the precious gem and being treasured among the noble people.
This crystal Bi was carved on both sides with the characteristic grains-motif.
By traditional craftsmanship, the separated dots were lined up by crossing straight lines firstly...
Japanese Antique dark Indigo dye thick a little cotton& tsutsugaki Indigo dye jyofu(hemp) samurai dotyugi long coat of tha Edo era(1800-1867) rare.It has a few thin stains. and few remains of repair However, The stain does not stand out.It is no damage.They are not disturbing, and as a whole it is in very good condition.It is natural indigo dyed cotton and jyofu(hemp) and made of hand-spun .
size:Length 130cm (51.1")
sleeve to sleeve 125cm (49.2")
Width of the shoulder 62cm (24.4")