Chinese Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Female Courtier (“Fat Lady”)

Arguably the most desirable pottery sculpture from the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 – 906) is the female courtier, or "fat lady". This relatively small example is particularly elegant. It is made from a buff-coloured pottery that has been elaborately decorated in various coloured cold-painted pigments. The lady stands demurely with her hands clasped together under her flowing robe...

A Very Rare/Fine/Korean Both Sides Carved Wood Block Printing Panel (능화판菱花板)-19th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century. This wood block printer carved both side panels for printing was done a very experienced skilled carver carved delicately on the both sides with geometric patterns, and the other back side carved with a same motif decoration of patterns in 60 diamond shapes boxes,. It was crack in center, otherwise good condition...

This is an fine Japanese Cloisonne Koro in nearly mint condition. It has been used and some of the smoke residue can be seen on the underside of the lid. There are no damages and virtually wear to the gold. The koro stands 4 1/4 inches tall and is 3 1/2 inches wide.

A Chinese bronze water-dropper, Late Ming/Qing, 17th/18th century, well cast as a flower issuing from rockwork in a quatrefoil shaped jardiniere. 8cms long.

Small stemmed bowl made in grey bucchero. Shallow bowl with incurving rim, set on a flaring foot.
Rasmussen’s vase no. 275. Close in shape and size to Beazley Archive vase no. 9035479.
Ceramic, grey bucchero ware
Etruscan, 600-550 BC
D. 10.3 cm (4.1 in)
H. 5.6 cm (2.2 in)
Excellent quality and condition, with finely smoothed and shiny surface. Reconstituted from two fragments...

This is a very refined studio vase from the Meiji era. The subtle colors and detail are truly beautiful. It is signed by one of the Japanese porcelain masters, Nishiura Enji. The work on Mt Fuji is raised relief and give off a three dimensional look. The shape is elegant and the changing colors are vry elusive. The vase stands just over 6 inches tall and is in excellent condition.

19th century Chinese scholar wooden brush rest in a shape of a mountain range with soaring peaks. Hardly any carving, perfectly captures the energy of the mountains. Three carved characters on the bottom that can be translated as WOOD & STONE RETREAT. Beautiful patina, traces of ink on sides and bottom, excellent austere object for a scholar’s desk. Length 3.04 inches, height 1.5 inches.

From our Southeast Asia Collection, a very fine Burmese silver alms-style bowl, late 19th century, extremely well-executed in deep repousse technique with a continuous scene of thirteen figures depicting an episode from the Burmese Jataka Tales (previous lives of the Buddha), bordered on top by a row of maw-pan floral scrolls incorporating seven chin-thei (Burmese buddhist lions), and bordered on the bottom by a row of stylized acanthus leaves...

An unusually large ceramic figure of a reclining animal, probably a Dog, in greish clay with painted details of necklace, eyes and claws in red.

A fine representation, perhaps made as tomb pottery.

Size: 11,3 cm. long and 9 cm. tall.

Condition: Good Very fine, with tiny loss to it's ears or horns, othervise choice and with preserved pigments.

Ex Old 1980s private collection

Edo Period, finely hand-carved boxwood netsuke depicting a Wolf, or Mountain Dog, Yamainu, with his paw raised and placed on top of a Minogame (Turtle). Excellent detail and ferocious expression have been carved on this popular netsuke subject by Tomomasa. Double inlaid eyes. Wonderfully preserved for more than 150 years. Rich patina. It measures 0.92 inches (2.3cm) wide, 1.64 inches (4.2cm) long, and 1.41 inhes (3.6cm) tall...

Ming 15th century interregnum period blue and white dish, rounded side with raising rim and glazed base, dish decorated with under glaze blue of flying two phoenix motif among the flowery motif. 25 cm diameter. dish in good condition except found short hairlines at the rim. Please see on the picture.

Unusual antique Tibetan gau ghao (gao). Used as a portable shrine that hangs around the neck, a gao is usually a box filled with prayers written on cloth around a central deity visible through a window. This gao is flat but it is similar to the traditional gao in that it has a central deity and a window cut out of leather...

Japanese Nanga sumi-e ink scroll painting on silk depicting a scene of two men in a boat entitled "Water Cloud Mountain Pavilion". A scholar and a young man sit in a boat, the scholar has an open book, the young man, a pole. Between them is a handled box. A jagged out cropping of rock rises from the water where stunted trees stretch their branch over the water...

An Arita Export porcelain dish decorated with a design based on a Ming Chinese Kraak plate. A pair of Ho-o birds amongst flowers and bursting pomegranates. Arita, circa 1690 - 1720. A similar dish is illustrated in the Shibata Collection, Kyushu Ceramic Museum, item 2495.

The border pattern shows a striking similarity to that used for V.O.C. orders produced at the Hikeoba and Sarugawa kilns. Circa 1680.

Approximately 21.3 cm diameter...

An antique Japanese Tansu chest made entirely of Kiri (Paulownia) wood. All original hand forged iron hardware including the Warabite style handles with natural age acquired patina. The handles have unusual embossed designs of a crescent moon, a plum blossom and a Bugaku pattern. Drawer lock plates feature the full moon pattern and each section has side carrying handles...

Blue and white style Chinese porcelain vase in a wide cylindrical shape, with imagery of a shopkeeper and his young employee displaying his wares to two robed noblewomen on one side and a young boy presenting a box to his elder for inspection. Kangxi Nian Zhi mark on bottom, 20th century. Size: 6.25" tall, 7.75" wide

Painted in vibrant red and green tones with medallion enclosing figures in a garden. Ming Dynasty, Zhengde - Jiajing Period, 16th. century. Diameter : 29,3 cm. Condition : Perfect, no repair. Provenance : German collection. There is a old paper to the back of the dish in German language which indicates, that this dish was found in North Sumatra ( Aceh area ), and that the dish was purchased at the 10th of October 1973 in Medan, North Sumatra. Please see a similar dish in the catalogue : Sothebys...

RED SLIP POTTERY WINE PITCHER
CANAANITE, Early Bronze Age, 3100 – 2700 BC
Beautiful Abydos ware burnished wine jug with a long neck with a rim folded outwards and a flat base.

Dimensions: Height: 29 cm
Width: 13 cm

Found in Jericho, Israel

Abydos ware (a-BY-dos ware)
Pottery of Canaanite (Syro-Palestinian) origin found in the royal tombs of the First and Second Dynasties (The Old Kingdom) at Abydos, Saqqara, Abusir el-Melek, and other sites in Upp...