This early 20th century Chinese porcelain water jar is 2 ½ inches tall and 2 ¼ inches wide. It has hand painted butterflies and a floral design over a white background. The color is slightly worn and it is in good condition.

A Fine Korean Traditional Folk Art Tiger and Magpie Painting-19th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, late 19th century, Framed without glass. Painted in ink and color on paper with tiger and magpie on a branch of pine tree, a tiger positioned of listening a message from messenger, a magpie, with good news. It’s in fine condition but has a small stain on the upper left. It measures 89cm x 51cm (35” x 20”) painting only, or 101cm x 76cm (40” x 30”) overall.

Antique Japanese marquetry box. The front consists of 6 small drawers of various sizes, each intricately inlaid with tessellated hardwood patterns. The sides and top are covered with larger sections framing smaller marquetry pattern bursts that echo those on the drawers.

Age: Taisho Period (early 20th century)

Dimensions: 10 1/2" high x 11 3/4" wide x 5 1/8" deep

Chinese Ming dynasty over glaze chicken form water dropper. Good condition except the motive is fading because this item found from the river. 8 cm high.

A 19th century felt applique with the archaic designs characteristic of the art from this region. The colors are all natural and unfaded. The piece is exceptionally well drawn and in outstanding condition. It measures 22 inches. A genuine 19th century example.

Chinese agate snuff bottle with areas of orange, brown, and deep blackish-brown, carved with the image of seated man holding what appears to be a scroll and peering over the edge of a cliff. Very beautifully carved with intricate details. Size: 3.75" height, 2" width

Pair of 1900's Chinese Robin's Egg Glazed Gourd Vase Triple Spout

They are 4.4 inches (11.2 cm) tall by 2.75 inches (7 cm) wide. Total weight is 0.8 lb.

One vase has been repaired at the lip. They have dark spots, skip glazes, and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

Some of the photos were taken under the sun.

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Museum piece from the Late Edo Period (could be earlier) from Iga in Mie Prefecture near Shigaraki, another great kiln producing area outside of Kyoto.

If you are a ceramic collector you know, that a piece like this is very, very rare.

Size: 26.5 centimeters in height, diameter 11 centimeters, trunk diameter 12.5 centimeters, 1300 grams in weight.

Excellent condition.

Shipping cost included.

Chinese pair of antique jadeite links with intricate pierced carvings and dangling butterflies. Original untreated condition. 19th Century Size: 1.75" L each

A large uninscribed heart scarab, Rameside to Late Kingdom, c. 12th.-6th. century BC.

The scarab carved in a greyish type of stone, stylized type made to be placed at the heart of the body. The details of the head and front faintly incised.

Size: 55 mm. long and 34 mm. wide. Made of a heavy type of stone.

Condition: Good very fine for type, finely patinated.

Ex Old 1960's-1970s private collection

Antique Japanese Bronze candle stick decorated with incised key lock pattern on base, middle and top. Meiji period 1868-1912. They measure 3.5" wide at base, 12" tall.

A choice broad bronze ring, Ancient near Eat 2nd. part of the 1st. millenium AD.

Looks like a caligraphic ring and very early as such.

Ringsize: c. 19 mm. (max).

Condition: Very Fine for this type, nice metal and brown patina.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection of seals between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections...

A choice & rare islamic pottery bowl dating to 10th-12th century AD.

The bowl has a greenish white glace with some wear due to age.

The bottom of the interior is decorated with a calligraphic symbol.

Size: 110x36 mm.

A lovely ancient Egyptian Scarab, more than 2,300 years old, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 5/8” long (16 mm) and made of steatite, an easy-to-carve stone that hardens when heated. Scarabs empowered life and resurrection and were often placed under mummy wrappings to protect the body and to help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup. Guaranteed – purchase price refunded if the piece is returned unaltered within 30 days from the date of purchase.

Glas Alabastron

Alabastron on a blue background, combed in brown and white like a feather, two types of handle extensions on the side.

(see also Corning, Smith Coll., no. 19)

Origin: Egypt

Period: late 4th – early 3rd century

Material: Glass

Dimension: 12,0 cm...

Burmese wooden chest with gilded gold.

Age: Burma, Mandalay Period, 19th Century
Measurement: Height 49.5 C.M. / Width 43.2 C.M. / Length 80.3 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age). 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.

Interesting and decorative fragment of a figural tile, Mexico, Aztecs, 1300 to 1521 AD.

The tile showing two warriors or deities fighting, one holding a dagger and both with elaborate headdresses.

Size: 26 x 19 cm. Thick.

Condition: Fragmentary, with most of the motif preserved, some corrosion to the front and more so on the back. Remnants of mortar or plaster.

Provenance: Collection of Gunna Munkvad, Denmark, aquired from the 1950s-1980s.

A nice example of blue and white Stem-bowl, decorated with Bajixian, condition is broken like indicated on the pictures and minor missing to the foot rim. Possibly Ming Dynasty 15th century. Height: 11,3 cm and Diameter: 16,5 cm.

This charming adult female Door of Hope doll is 11 inches tall. Her face is somewhat darkened with age and the lower fronts of her trouser legs are faded from sunlight. She has all of her original clothing layers. Her top tunic is a bit dirty in the front and has a small tear at the rear of the right sleeve. Yet, even with these "condition problems" she retains the quiet beauty which has made the door of hope dolls such a collectors treasure.

Sukhothai pottery bottle vase with white glaze of flattened globular form and a tubular neck and a flared-mouth, the lower body and the foot unglazed.

Age: Thailand, Sukhothai period, 14th-16th century
Measurement: Height 19.5 C.M. / Width 19.5 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost...

A really superb battle scene in a " Master of the Rocks " landscape. Nineteenth century Kangxi revival. A really impressing, most decorative piece. Diameter : 47 cm. Condition : Perfect

A scarce, seldomly offered, hemispheric stamp seal, probably Luristan or Susa area, pre-historic period, 5th.-4th. millenium BC.

The seal of an excellent style and nice carved in a serpentine black stone with a star radiating from a circular borders and a central dot.

Size: c. 20 mm...

A large bronze incense-burner and cover well cast as two fighting Buddhistic lions. Chinese or Japanese, 19th century. 22 cms x 30 cms.

Antique Japanese black lacquer box, with makie (sprinkled gold powder) designs on its top and sides. The lid shows an open book with images of bamboo and flying sparrows and a scroll with raised images of leaves and foliage, and its sides have other auspicious maki-e elements such as butterflies and flowers...

19th Century India Kashmir Silver (tested silver with silver test kit) Enamel Zoomorphic Ewer

It is 6.5 inches (16.5 cm) tall by 7.5 inches (19 cm) wide. It is 799 gram.

It is in good condition with no repairs, chips, cracks, or dents.

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Chinese porcelain Guan ware censer, with a light blue/white glaze with tan and brown crackles, stout body, short neck, and fluted foot. 19th - early 20th Century Size: 2.5" height, 3.5" width

A very large stamp seal in green-black stone depicting a horned animal, Anatolia 4th.-3rd. millenium BC.

A late Gable seal type with an advanced rendering of the animal, that shows the Pre-Hittite or old hittite style. The large seal plate also leaves for the long tail and a crescent above.

Size: 45 mm. long and 33 mm. tall.

Condition: Nice Very Fine, with moderate ancient wear to the corners...

A beautiful Nashiji (sprinkled gold flakes) ground lacquer Natsume, Tea caddy. It has an elaborate cartouche on the lid in gold makie, gold and silver on a chocolate lacquer background depicting a stylised landscape (mountain, hermitage river and boat). 3 cartouche on the sides in lozenge form in heavy, raised lacquer; one with fishing hut among reeds and half moon; one with fish nets and seagulls and the last with seabirds on raised waves...

Antique Indian hardwood figure carving. Mounted on a custom high-quality iron stand for display. The female figure is in a dancing pose, with elaborate headdress and garb. Mounted on a High grade custom iron stand.

18th Century

Dimensions w/ stand: 18" high x 6 3/4" wide x 4 1/2" deep

Dimensions w/o stand: 16 3/4" high x 5 1/2" wide x 2 3/4" deep

This is a Japanese antique Very rare tstsugaki indigo dye & yuzen dye jyofu big maku textile. It is a very rare item of multicolored Yuzen-colored linen with a mark made in 1824 in the Edo period. The good texture of this wonderful jōfu makes the best use of the good technique of Yuzen dyeing. This is a design of a cherry blossom viewing party, "shichifukujin" (7 gods) get together under cherry blossom trees and enjoy eating and drinking . shichifukujin is a very auspicious and traditi...

Song Dynasty, 1100s / 1200s

This model of a granary, molded in two parts, has a removable lid that represents the thatched roof over the cup-like base. It is covered overall in a clear greenish glaze with areas of fine crackle and evidence of burial. The interior is unglazed, and the underside of the lid is also unglazed. This piece was used as an item of internment as an offering to the deceased for use in the afterlife...

A Very Rare/Fine Moulded Floral Design/Conical-Shape Celadon Tea Bowl-12th C.: Korea Koryo dynasty, 12th century, with a fitted wood box. This type of a conical shapped celadon tea bowl is very rare especially with a perfect condition, a very well potted conical bowl moulded with floral scroll design on the interior, pale crackled celadon glaze applied over all evenly including base with three spur marks. It’s in very mint condition without any minor damages at all. It measures 15.3cm...

19th century Chinese scholar’s rock / brush rest in a form of a piece of malachite perfectly resembling a range of hills covered with green vegetation. Also resembles a snail or a traveling caterpillar, can be viewed from two sides. Shape and colors may suggest a characteristic Guilin landscape of limestone peaks. Excellent natural stone with pleasant patina, fixed in carved fitted rosewood stand. Wonderful object for contemplation on scholar’s desk. Height with stand 2 7/8 inches.

Exceedingly rare and very large Japanese Meiji Period Imari Porcelain Vases Adapted as Lamps. These great vases are one of a kind, not to be seen or found again. Gorgeous, rich, colorful glazes featuring flowers and birds with a charming fence design, all featured on a translucent white glaze. Height: 41 inches, 104 cm.

A fine kikugata mukuzuke moulded dish in the form of an asymmetric Chrysanthemum bloom with central motif of a single Chrysanthemum leaf richly enamelled in green and blue enamels with gilding. The rim decorated with a dark brown iron temmoku style glaze. The dish measures 18.5cm in length, 14cm wide and stands 4cm high. The dish is in excellent condition with no cracks, chips or restoration. Shipping at Cost.

A well-painted thangka dating to the 19th century depicting Vajrapani. The painting measures 9" X 10" and has been sewn down onto a black silk backing (original). Free of any restoration, damage, or repainting. A fine example of this iconic Buddhist image.

A Chinese Qingbai Covered Box, Song/Yuan Dynasty. Diameter approximately 8.9 cm. In good condition.

Five(5) Chinese Blue and White Bowls, Ca. 19th C., underglaze blue decoration of free design of double happiness and floral and scrolling vines, 6" to 1 1/2" diameter-top rim, 2" to 2 1/2" high, various heights and width, they are all different hand painted underglaze blue design. The condition is good, no damages.

A pair of Chinese painted pottery wine cup with traces of original red pigment. Wine cup in this elliptical shape with two ears is also known as "Erbei" (ear cup) or wing cup.

Age: China, Han Dynasty, 206 B.C. - A.D. 220
Size: Length 13 - 13.1 C.M. / Width 9.5 - 9.8 C.M. / Height 3.7 - 4.1 C.M.
Condition: Well-preserved old burial condition overall with some amount of soil adhering (some abrasions and wearings on the piece due to the long burial time underground). Please refe...

This is a wonderful Meiji Era or Japanese golden age cloisonne box. The designs and form on this piece are very attractive and quite rare. Even the bottom has the fan shaped decorative designs. This box is in excellent condition but not perfect because the bottom enamel edges show some table wear. The box measures 4 3/4 inches by 4 inches and is2 1/4 inches tall. It is not signed.

1900's Chinese Blue Silk Embroidered Ladies Robe Forbidden Stitch with Flower

It is 58.5inches (148.6 cm) from shoulder to shoulder, 26.7 inches (68 cm) armpit to armpit, and 45.5 inches 115.5 cm) collar to hem. It is 1.4 lb.

It has tears, loose threads, stains at the inside, frayed at the collar, and discolorations (as see in the photos).

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A Dayak sword - Mandau - with rattan bound deer antler handle in the form of a finely carved zoomorphic (possibly deer's) head. The iron blade is engraved with stylized scrolling vine decoration. This item was made (and used) during either the 19th or very early 20th Century. Condition: very good, but the sword is without its scabbard and the bade has seen much use, having many nicks to the cutting edge; also much of the decorative brass inlay to the blade is missing. For many additional pict...

An antique Japanese Kotansu (personal storage chest) made entirely of Kiri (Paulownia) wood. All original cast bronze hardware including the Warabite handles. Straight dovetail joinery construction with hardened wooden nails. Versatile storage with 6 drawers of varying sizes.

Age: Meiji (1900-1910)

Dimensions: 24" Wide by 17 1/4" High by 11 1/4" Deep

Egyptian bronze striding of the jackal god Anubis wit 2 Uraeus cobras at his feet. Broken at the ankles and glued. Height 3 3/8 inches Base 1 5/8 x 5/8 inch Purchased from a private collector in the US in 1999. Item was tested and was found to be authentic. A copy of the report can be requested.

A lovely large and heavy pair ot tweezers for the removal of bodily hair, Chimü or earlier, c. 600-1100 AD.

Very vivid piece done in reppousee to resample the bust of a human.

Size: 38 x 32 mm. and weighing 8.44 grams in quite good gold alloy, probably around 18 carats.

Condition: Good Very fine, a few minor dents but completely intact and still workable.

Late Meiji (1900s) good size netsuke of 3 mushrooms growing on a bamboo stump. Carved out of a section of bambooExcellent realistic carving, beautiful staining and patina. Wonderful sense of volume, very pleasant to hold. Height 3.42 inches.

Vitex parviflora is a species of plant in the Verbenaceae family, known as smallflower chastetree, or Molave tree. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. The Molave has a natural golden tone that is indicative of the tree.

Dimensions: 17" x 14" x 36" H

PARTHIAN CLAY FIGURE OF A RECLINING MAN IN PARTHIAN DRESS
PARTHIAN EMPIRE, 1ST CENTURY AD

Dimensions:
Length: 11 cm
Height: 10 cm
Height on stand: 13 cm

Condition: Good condition as found

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A small Korean vanity box, with gorgeous natural burl front drawers, opened by brass handles. The top drawer has a charming drawer pull in the form of a turtle.

Size: 20" L x 9.5" W x 18"H

A Korean pale grey porcelain offering stand. 19th century. Each stand is fired resting on another and so kiln grit, used to prevent adhesion, is left as evidence.

Approximately 12.8 cm diameter, 6.5cm high. Perfect condition.

Please study the photographs.

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Very old Chinese Shadow Puppet of a General; very thick water buffalo leather. Beautiful headdress with animal and complete original costume.
Old native repairs with leather and metal in headdress, neck and banner (see pix) ; 33 cms. Sha'anxi, 19th C. or before.

Rare Ming dynasty Chenghua period blue and white tea cup, base with 4 character Xuande Nian Zhou (Made in Xuande) mark, decorated with lotus flower motif, good condition no damage, size: 7 cm diameter.

A fantastic, extremely rare and important Edo Period Daki Ningyo, with a fine shibori outer kimono, and a red chirimen silk crepe inner kimono with a fawn-spot pattern. Featuring a beautifully sensitive life-like face. Looks wonderful in a seated or standing pose. All aspects of this Daki Ningyo are of the finest quality. We are confident that you have never before seen one of this age and quality offered for sale. Height: 25 inches, 63.5 cm.

Bamboo basket container coated with urushi. It is handwoven of bamboo strips and covered with washi (Japanese handmade papaer), and then painted with black urushi. It has a label inside which says "Kataji kawago" which used to be a basket made of bamboo or wicker and covered with deer skin, or covered with washi later. It also says it was made in Ise in Mie Prefecture. It has vegetable indigo dyed washi lining. Generally in good condition but has many parts urushi came off, breaks and wear. 1...

Found in the Philippines. Featuring a globular shaped body, decorated with carved vertical and chambering horizontal lines. Combed wavy lines in shallow relief adorn each chamber, scrolling around its body and shoulders and its base remains fully unglazed. Measurements: height 8”inches. Condition: Excellent condition. Photos by: The Oriental Room®️ Feel free to contact me at theorientalroomph@gmail.com for further inquiries, price offers, additional photographs, experts asses...

An export blue and white plate decorated with a bird and floral patterns. Kangxi period (1662-1722). Marked with an Artemisia leaf. Diameter 27 cm. The silver handle was added in 1854 by the wellknown Dutch silversmith J.M. van Kempen in Utrecht(later in Voorschoten). In the 19th century it was very fashionable in The Netherlands to add silver mounts, lids and handles to antique porcelain objects. Silvermarks: walking lion (silver grade 835), minerva head, maker's mark and year letter U for 1854...

Burmese wooden lotus Buddha sitting in Mara Vijaya (calling the earth to witness) posture on a base with gilded gold.

Age: Burma, Mandalay Period, 19th Century
Size: Height 21 C.M. / Width 12 C.M. / Depth 6.7 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age). 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.

Height: 5.9 cm (2.3 in)
Width: 4 cm (1.7 in)
Depth: 1.5 cm (0.7 in)

Fine Chinese lacquer and mother of pearl snuff bottle; mother of pearl tesserae inlaid into the surface of the lacquer to form floral decoration and borders; the sides show an intricate diaper decoration; hardstone stopper and bone spoon; good condition

Large Chinese Calligraphy brush. Dark wood with light coloring grain. Fairly heavy in weight. Dark red horse hair used for the brush material. Handle does unscrew from itself. Circa: 1950's Dimensions: 28 1/2" Long X 2 1/2" Wide (19 1/2" Long Handle)

A Rare Large Khmer Gray Stone Head Of Harihara, Pre Angkor 7th century The Splendid head of the iconic divinity, half Shiva and half Vishnu, Finely carved with incised almond-shaped eyes, broad nose and broad lips, thin mustache and elongated earlobes. His third eye and elaborated hair dress on the right side belong to Shiva while the left side of the head with hair arranged in a tall mitre. The piece is a splendid example of the powerful style of the art in the pre-Angkor period. Estimate Value...