This rare pear shaped wine bottle has been manufactured 1000 years ago in the prospering Chinese Song Dynasty.

The coloured crackle glaze and the spoils of age fuse to a stunning Chinese Ceramic masterpiece...

An interesting mid sixteenth century Jiajing period small dish decorated with a Deer Monkey, Bird and Bees in a landscape with a Peach tree...

19th century
Late Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with sang de boeuf / oxblood copper glaze and overglaze famille rose enamels
H: 23.5 cm, W: 21 cm (at widest point)
Perfect condition, with only slight age wear to enamels
From a Northern California private collection (mislabeled "Yung Cheng 1723-1735" to bottom)


An unusual sang de boeuf / oxblood copper red vase, heavily potted in the apple "zun" shape, and enameled with various floral sprays in the famille rose pa...

Early 20th century
Republic period
Porcelain with overglaze enamels
H: 25.3 cm (immortal), 26.7 cm (farmer)
Chip & small piece re-stuck to farmer's hat
From a Santa Monica, CA estate

ca. 1690-1700s, late 17th century
Mid Kangxi Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue
D: 28 cm
Typical Kangxi fritting to rim, otherwise good
From an English private collection


A large (28 cm) 1690s blue and white "pheasants" plate, decorated in a shade of intense blue found only in select Kangxi wares, and covered with extremely fine luminous glaze...

ca. 1870-90s, late 19th century
Guangxu Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with powder blue glaze and famille verte enamels
H: 35.7 cm W: 25 cm (at widest point)
Lamp hole filled in and covered to bottom, cover partially restored.
From a French estate


A large and robustly shaped late Qing covered ginger jar, in the Kangxi style with famille verte flower-baskets against a powder blue ground.

ca. 1730s, early 18th century
Yongzheng - early Qianlong Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose enamels
D: 22.7 cm
Perfect condition with no chips, hairlines, or any other damage.
From a Belgian collection


Early 18th century export wares are often quite exceptional in quality...

A rare Song - Yuan longquan celadon jar with 4 lugs, jar decorated with dragon motif and covered with green glaze, jar is in good condition no damage short glaze line on the body, no chip no crack no restoration, size: 10 cm diameter 7.5 cm height.

Japanese late Edo Period (ca. 1860 / 150 years ago) buddhist bronze bell from S¨­fuku-ji ( ³ç¸£Ë ) Temple in Gifu.

Measurements diameter 21 cm H 23 cm. Materials: bronze, wood, silk. Made entirely by hand. The base is in lacquered wood. On the side of the bell trademarks with the name of the place of provenance and craftsman. Beautiful patina with natural signs of wear and some scratches due to the age and use...

Japanese Satsuma Koro of square section. Singned Meigyoku. 19thC. Height excluding metal cover 4 3/4" (12.0cm). Excellent condition, some staining to base.

This is a CHOSHI of Japanese lacquer ware. CHOSHI is a kettle for the sake which was made about 170 years ago in the late Edo period.

This is an old original item of master craftmanship. It is never imitation. It is lacquered on wood and never plastic etc. Used was only real Japanese lacquer. This incredible lacquer work is called MAKI-E.

MAKI-E is made carefully, applying very long days and months...

Wan shape with a small foot and no Kagami (mirror - tea pool) inside.

The light iron bearing clay is decorated in the style of a Korean Miji-Hakaeme bowls: inside and the upper three quarters on the outside covered with a whitish Engobe over which a transparent ash glaze was applied, just sparing the inner part of the foot.

The Uchigaso kiln was the second of the Takatori kilns established by Korean potters, it was active between 1614 and 1624.

The bowl was ex...

Height approximately 28 cm. In good condition.

Diameter approximately 23 cm. Height approximately 12 cm. Few chips, engraving marks (as seen in the photos). In good condition.

A very finely painted Imari porcelain bowl, decorated on the outside with underglaze blue and over glaze iron red and with a central kinrande style panel of gilt floral scrolling. The interior is painted in polychrome enamels and is decorated with the "Three Friends of Winter" - Bamboo, Prunus (plum) Blossom and Pine Tree and with a Crane and a mythological Turtle to the centre. On the base is an iron red Fuku (good luck) mark. This item was made in Japan in the 19th Century, probably during ...

Han Dynasty, very nice shape and decorated in high relief with very funny represented animals like bear, phoenix or peacock, lion, dog... H : 12,8 cm. Diameter : 15,8 cm. Condition : In places some ( actually decorative ) glaze degradiations, the body in a perfect condition.

An Arita dish in Kakiemon style dating to the period 1670-90 decorated in Shikishi Chirashi style with “Shikishi”, shaped poem cards which were used for the composing of both Poems and Small Paintings ,scattered, chirashi, over am asymmetric arrangement of Kara Kusa with Baika, plum flowers. The inset paintings depicting a clouds and a hermit’s refuge. The reverse decorated with a classic lotus scroll ring and a six character mark for the Chinese Emperor Chenghua...

An Arita dish in Kakiemon style dating to the period 1670-90 decorated in Shikishi Chirashi style with “Shikishi”, shaped poem cards which were used for the composing of both Poems and Small Paintings ,scattered, chirashi, over an asymmetric arrangement of Kara Kusa with Baika, plum flowers. The paintings depicting clouds and a hermit’s refuge. The design is quite austere almost in wabi sabi taste ...