A very unusual and rare mid Edo period iron Duo. Full wrap around breast and back plate with hinged shoulders plates. Detail of an incredibly fierce and deleted dragon wrapped around and suspended around swirling clouds.
In japan, the dragon represent wisdom, strength, force for good, wind, water and of coarse wealth. Dragons are destructive forces, but they are also considered guardians.
The collar of the undergarment is hand sewn silk embroidered with gold threads...

Cotton futonji with tea utensil motif, which is hand-drawn with tsutsugaki technique and made of hand-spun cotton and vegetable indigo dye. Futonji with tea utensil motif was produced in the regions where tea ceremony was active such as Iyo (Ehime Pref.), Sanuki (Kagawa Pref.) and Izumo (Shimane Pref.) Tea kettle in the center, chawan (tea bowl), cha-ire (tea container), kamashiki (placement for the tea kettle), sumi-kago (chacoal basket), trivet, flower vase and so on...

Japanese Tansu, heavy Keyaki Wood and Black Wrought Iron mounted Hardware one piece Tansu or Chest, Ca...

Unusual and very rare black glazed sgraffito of vividly continuously four blooms of peony scrolls with large leafy leaf to the body and petals pattern to the bottom on white biscuit back ground. The shaped is very fine and elegant, which I believed as 11th-12th century Northern Song small Meiping, if we are see by magnificent glass to biscuit areas, obviously is old piece and the size is lovely small with height: 12,5 cm...

Splendid well-matched pair of antique Japanese gilt bronze lanterns with incised floral pattern and tokugawa mon designs. With opening doors lined with paper for illumination. Used in temple passageways. Edo period, circa 1850s. Size: 16" H x 13" Diameter.

Antique Pair Thai well-carved Temple Elephants with gilt and colored pigments recumbent and raised trunk, each with carved worn gilt stand.

19th century
Elephants size 53" to 56" L x 23 1/2" to 25" H x 20" to 21" W
Bases measure 46" L x 23 1/2" W x 11 1/4"H

Chinese underglaze blue porcelain bowl. In very good condition, no cracks, no hairlines. There are abrasions on the raised areas of the outer rim, see photos. Painting is excellent and this is a beautiful piece to add to your collection. Measures 4.5 inches diameter by 1.5" high. Dates circa 1800

An early pale yellow-green mold blown bottle of mallet shape. The conical neck with two narrow rings at the top and a knop-like bulge at the bottom. At the shoulder of the bottle is a molded brown tinted circle. The bottle body is decorated with three raised circular reserves, each with a flower within, and surrounded by radiating leaves.

This very rare bottle has survived its long burial without damage...

Late 18th - early 19th century staghorn netsuke of Shoki (Demon Queller) with a sword in one hand, the other one raised to hold his head with a terrified oni crouching on top of it, a sword scabbard on his back. Very strong early carving, wonderful intensely staring expression as he looks up towards his hat. Beautiful mellow patina, large deep himotoshi typical for the period, usual staghorn porous areas in the material...

The Size: 10 3/4"L x 3 1/4" Widest x 1" H,
This is Japanese Antique Scale from late Edo 1860's. The scale is made of Bone Rod with three different tick marks on the rod. You can measure, 17 Monme (68.75 gram), 50 Monme (187 gram), and 160 Monme (600 gram). Monme is old Japanese weight scale. The scale bone rod came with brass round tray with threads. Three top threads are used for when measure. It came with also heavy solid copper weight...

Thai wooden lower table with lion legs design, gilded gold.

Age: Thailand, Rattanakosin Period, 19th Century
Measurement: Height 24.2 C.M. / Width 46 C.M. / Length 61 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall. 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.

A Monochrome green glazed jar and original cover. Southern Song Dynasty, the condition is good except one hairline and glued to avoid the crack is extend, no any chip. Height: 12,5 cm.

A large Qing Dynasty (mid-1700s) plate with blue and red image of a carp. In over-all good condition. High resolution images may be emailed on request.

A Fine/Old Korean Landscape Painting with Two Scholars (山水人物圖) -19th C. : Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century, anonymous artist. Painted with a deep mountain and two scholars enjoying a nature, and in ink and light color on paper. It’s fair condition with some retouches and small part of upper left repaired, it measures 40cm x 29.5cm painting only, or 51cm x 41cm overall.

A Fine Korean Hanging Scroll Painting with an Immortal(Sage)by 晩雲, 李漢基: "A Sage with his Wishes offering a wine to the Moon" Dated:정묘년 (丁卯年)-1867/1927), Spring. Painted in color and ink on silk, inscription with date-丁卯年, Spring, signed and sealed-the artist’s pen name-晩雲 and artist’s name-李漢基. It’s in fine condition fairly with its age, it measures 35.3 cm x 97 cm (13 7/8” x 38 ¾”).

A good Chinese Tang dynasty amber glaze jar. Ht. 11.5cm. Dia. 13cm. Condition: minor glaze deterioration, no chip, no restore, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platform, please ask before ordering.

Early 19th century boxwood netsuke of a man carrying a cloth bundle on its back with a boy’s head sticking out of it, while a huge dragonfly landed on the father’s sleeve. Wood is lacquered in Negoro style - red lacquer over black, so as it wears the black starts showing, and then the wood. The fronts of his feet have been reattached, repair is done very well, the figure stands on its own. Excellent faces, beautifully worn, really nice feel of age to the piece. Height 2 3/16 inches.

19th century kagamibuta (“mirror lid”) netsuke with metal plate depicting Okame leaning on a large screen as she grabs the belt of an escaping oni who is carrying a large mushroom in its hand. The netsuke is of shunga type with mushroom bearing not so subtle sexual connotation. Superb quality work with multi-metal inlays and gilding, wonderful faces, great detailing of robe pattern and pine saplings and rising sun on the screen, oni’s left foot is an old loss...