Pair of 19th Century Korean Hunting Paintings. Unique to Korea, hunting paintings depict hunter in Mongolian attire. Koreans had great admiration for Mongolain archery and equestrian skills. Ink and colors on paper. Frame: 46 x 22 inches (171 x 56 cm), 34 x 16 inches (86 x 41 cm).
Luxurious 19th Century Meiji Period Japanese Dragon Painting on Gold Silk Scroll. A grand six-feet-tall painting of ink and colors on paper. In Japan, the dragon is a benefactor and protector. The dragon in this painting is exploding with protective power and the energy of good fortune. Scroll: 70 x 26 inches (178 x 66 cm), Painting: 55 x 21 inches (140 x 53 cm).
Satsuma ceramic lobed bowl adorned with raised enamels and fine gold details, depicting a vibrant landscape within...
An ivory netsuke depicting a mouse with horned eyes and head turned backwards, crouching on an overturned candle while the wax flows.
Origin: Japan
Period: Edo late 18th century
Dimensions: 3.4 x 5 x 2 cm.
State of conservation: Very good
An ivory netsuke depicting an Oni and a Kappa on a giant lotus leaf. The sculpture captures the moment in which the Oni cunningly pulls the thread to prank the Kappa and steal the cucumber he is holding in his hands.
Origin: Japan
Period: Edo 19th century
Dimensions: 2 x 4 x 4.5 cm.
State of conservation: Very good
A pair of finely made and decorated Imari tokkuri (sake bottles). Bird and flowers in vase decoration rich in red enamel and gilt details over blue underglaze decoration. A pair of such high quality tokkuri is rare. Circa 1800. Both are lamped. One is otherwise in very good condition while the other has a rim chip (pictured). Height of the bottles are about 7 and 3/8 inches (about 18.73 cm)
A boxwood netsuke depicting a snake coiled around itself.
Signature engraved under the base.
Origin: Japan
Period: Meiji late 19th century.
Dimensions: 4 x 3.5 x 2 cm.
State of conservation: Very good
Very refined covered box in satsuma earthenware. The polychrome decoration of gold and colored enamels represents courtesans walking in a lake landscape. The gold powder border is decorated with stylized chrysanthemums. The interior presents butterflies finely made in polychrome. A signature drawn in gold lacquer, in a cartouche, by Kinkozan. Meiji period (1868-1912). Diameter: 11 cm height: 3.5 cm
MINHWA
Refined Minhwa (Korean folk painting / ref. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minhwa), 'Turtles in the lotus pond', originally Joseon Dynasty, 18th-19th century, mounted to hanging scroll, Total: 121.5 x 51.5 cm (47.83 x 20.27in)...
Fine and rare Longquan classic celadon bottle with an unusual shape- like a truncated meiping. The depth of the glaze achieves the ideal “jade like” quality that is much sought after by celadon collectors. The Ming attribution is conservative based on the inward beveling on the footrim and reddish slip visible on the glazed edge, but Yuan or Song cannot be completely ruled out...
Meiji (1868-1912) Japanese Mixed Metal Iron Plate with Garden Scene
Each is 0.59 inch (1.5 cm) tall by 4.7 inches (12 cm) wide. Total weight is 0.6 Lb.
They are tarnished and have rust, stains, rubbing of gilt, oxidation, and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).
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1930's Chinese Famille Rose Nake Female Bust Figure Attributed to Zeng Longsheng 傳曾龍昇
It is 5.5 inches (14 cm) tall by 3.7 inches (9.5 cm) wide. It is 0.6 Lb.
It has dark spots, skip glazes, glaze cracks, minor stains, and surface wears and scratches (as see in the photos).
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1900's Chinese Clair de Lune Sky Blue Monochrome Porcelain Vase Marked
It is 7.7 inches (19.5 cm) tall by 3.4 inches (8.75 cm) wide. It is 2.1 Lb.
It has minor skip glazes, dark spots, firing cracks, and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).
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1900's Japanese Satsuma Vase with Samurai & Geisha Marked "Kinkozan"
It is 5.3 inches (13.5 cm) tall by 5.1 inches (13 cm) wide. It is 0.5 lb.
It has minor rubbing of gold and paint, surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).
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A Chinese bronze incense-burner and cover modelled as a prancing qilin, well and delicately cast, with nice patina. Early Qing, 17th/18th century. 18 cms.
A Chinese Qingbai Glazed Bowl with Molded Floral Decoration. Circa, 12th-13th Century, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, Southern Song Dynasty.
Found in the Philippines.
Bowl molded with a central flower, surrounded by lotus sprays around its inner wall, all underneath a key-fret border. It is covered in a green-white ‘Qingbai-type’ glaze, below its unglazed rim.
Measurements: diameter (5”inches across), height (approximately 2”inches tall)...
Large Chinese Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Camel with Oxford TL Test
This impressive pottery model of a Bactrian camel was made during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). It is made from a pale buff-coloured pottery, has good detail and has been "cold painted" in a base coat of a creamy-white pigment with details picked out in brown, red and black pigments. The camel stands upright and alert with its head held high and turned a little to its left. Its two humps are particularly prominent...
Important and rare bowl, large in size, scalloped in shape, with a small heel, from the Satsuma kilns. On a blue enamel background, the decoration represents cherry blossoms with a couple of peacocks among peonies inside. The whole is of a very good quality of gold and polychrome enamels. Meiji period (1868-1912). Signed Koshida. Diameter 18,5 cm height : 7 cm.