Pair 19C Chinese Gilt Bronze Buddha Quan Yin Head

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Metalwork Pre 1900: item #772182
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Pair of 19th Century Chinese Gilded Bronze Quan Yin Heads

They are 12.1 inches (31 cm) tall by 6 inches (15 cm) wide. Each weighs 10 lb.

They are in good condition with no repairs, chips, cracks, or dents.... Click for details

C19th. Chinese export silver foliate bowl MARK

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Metalwork Pre 1900: item #769220
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A chinese silver bowl decorated in relief to the exiterior with a dragon, a man and a crane , a crane amongst water lilies and other floral designs. It is signed to the base. The interior is plain. There is a screw attachment in the base where it would originally be attached to a wood stand.

Dating from the 2nd half of the C19th., it measures 6 3/8inches (16.3 cms) across and 3 3/4inches (9.7 cms) high.... Click for details

Rare Silver and Enamel Ink box, Date 1819 / 1879

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Metalwork Pre 1900: item #768883
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This is a round handsome silver ink box with matching cover. The cover is embellished with a raised silver outline with enamel peony branch arranged in a vase, and four Chinese characters. The four Chinese characters are 'Ji Mao Dong Zhi'. 'Ji Mao' is the Chinese era dating from 1819 to 1879 A.D. "Dong Zhi" literally means winter made, which means this ink box could be either made in the year of 1819 or in 1879 winter. There is a minor chip on the vase. Apart from this, it is in excellent condi... Click for details

Late Qing Dynasty Tibetan Gilt Bronze Double Dorje

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Metalwork Pre 1900: item #768527
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This is a 19th century Tibetan's gilt bronze visvavajra (double dorje). The visvavajra is the quintessential symbol of Vajrayana Buddhism. 8 cm long,

Superb & Rare 18th C Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Kubera

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Metalwork Pre 1800: item #768032
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A very fine and rare 18th century Sino-Tibetan gilt-bronze figure of Kubera, the figure seated in lalitasana on a lotus petal throne, holding a peach in his right hand and a nakula vomiting jewels in his left, wearing a long celestial scarf thrown around the shoulders billowing out at the elbows, the borders of his robes with finely incised scrollwork, his hair piled into the high usnisa behind and painted in reddish-b... Click for details

MING, rare bronze image of the DAOIST divinity

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Metalwork Pre 1700: item #767617
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A rare bronze image of the Daoist divinity. The god is dressed in the robes of a heavenly official, is seated on a chair and holds cinnabar pills for longevity in his hands. Ming, most likely Wanli period (1573–1619). H 28 cm. Condition: Fine w. no damages. Penetrating holes on front and back from the original casting.

Three Very Rare Chinese Han Dynasty Iron Swords

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Metalwork Pre AD 1000: item #767457
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Three Very Rare Chinese Han Dynasty Iron Swords

A rare opportunity indeed to acquire three iron swords, each made around 2,000 years ago during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). Two are of the single-edged type with a ring at the end, although one has lost most of its ring, and the other has a double-edged blade with the more traditional handle. Two of the swords have on their surfaces "fossilised" remains of their w... Click for details

Rare Chinese Warring States / Han Dynasty Bronze Censer

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Metalwork Pre AD 1000: item #767440
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Fine & Rare Chinese Warring States / Han Dynasty Bronze Censer

This fine bronze censer was made over some 2,000 years ago during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220) or possibly the earlier Warring States period (475 - 221 BC). It has been cast in two pieces, the dish together with the stem bowl, and the reticulated cover, although over the millennia the cover has corroded to the bowl. On the top of the cover is a small ... Click for details

Chinese silver necklace with lock pendant

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Metalwork Pre 1900: item #767221
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Late 1800s

The pendant is formed from sheet silver with a repousse design of a man riding a fu lion amid a floral background on one side and the other side with Chinese characters surrounded by flowers. The work is very well-executed in high relief and minute detail. The chain is fashioned from round soldered links suspended from which there are two bells on smaller chains. The bells are of spherical form and are co... Click for details

Chinese export silver cosmetic box

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Metalwork Pre 1920: item #766422
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Late 1800s / early 1900s

This oval repousse box with a well-executed peony design on a hinged lid opens to a beveled mirror and case with three separate compartments covered by a single silver lid with a floral-form knop. The sides are incised with a continuing floral design and the base is impressed in the center with a Chinese character hallmark. The repousse on the lid is very well-worked against a fine punched b... Click for details