A perfect item guaranteed to annoy your butler - this is a 5-3/8" tall sterling silver handled dinner bell with a silver plated bell c1900. It is stamped STERLING on the handle, and it is in excellent original condition with no dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted; all items are vintage or antique and may have slight signs of gentle use. Surface shipping to the U.S...

The theme on this fukusa (Japanese gift cover) is “Kin ki Sho ga”, four accomplishments of noblemen. For a man to be well balanced and eventually become a good leader, practicing (and become good at) of “Kin ki Sho ga” was encouraged during their leisure time; ‘Kin’ (Jp. Koto, string music instrument), ‘ki’ (jp. ‘Go’, Chinese chess), ‘sho’ (calligraphy) and ‘ga’ (painting). This started in China and was brought back to Japan by traveling monks studying Buddhism...

Description:
An iron kettle was in decent look.
In compressed form, the kettle was with limited decoration except on the surface of the cover. That made it in a simple and then casual mood.
Well preserved without any defects or restorations, the ewer was easy for use of pouring hot water for making tea.
Of course from the size, the quantity of water was ideally for two people over a chatting time.

Date: 19th century.

Provenance: Japan...

POTTERY VESSEL WITH HANDLE
"Canaanite" Early Bronze Age, 3100 - 2000 BC

Dimensions:
Height: 10.5 cm
Width: 13 cm

Condition: Good condition

Found in Jericho "Jordan valley", Holy Land

Antiquities are valuable because of their historical and cultural values and especially because of their provenance in the biblical lands during the biblical period...

A very beautiful composed faience plate in brown, blue, green, and yellow colors on a white base. In Rococo decoration around 1750 - 1770. Condition: the plat as rim frittering according to age. It also has a minor hairline only visible from underside. Measurement: 25 cm = 9.8 in

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A very fine Japanese gilt blue and white charger decorated with phoenixes, dragons, peonies and other motifs. There is a six characters Chinese Chenghua mark inside the foot-rim, but I would date it to 18th or 19th century. The charger is in excellent condition besides some faded gilt and one kiln fault spot(see photo #2); no cracks or chips. Diameter: 15-7/8".

Porcelain decorated with standing phoenix and floral on the center and four flower sprays on the cavetto, unglazed base. PERIOD : late Ming (1566-1643 AD) MEASUREMENTS: 19 cm wide. CONDITION: very good, no chips, cracks, hairlines and free from restorations. Good sound when tapping with finger tips.

Porcelain decorated with floral spray on the center, a peony scroll on the outside, glazed base. PERIOD : Middle Ming 16 th Century. MEASUREMENTS: 15 cm wide, 6.5 cm tall. CONDITION: chips to the rim, short hairline; free from restoration.

Chinese Tianqi Lacquer Round Box with Phoenix & Floral Design, 17th Century

It is 9.25 inches (23.5 cm) tall by 11.2 inches s(28.4 cm) wide. It is 2.5 Lb.

It has hole at the cover and base, peeling of lacquer, chips at the rim, hair line cracks at the box's inner base, surface scratch and repaired at the cover (as seen in the photos).

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This porcelain demitasse cup and saucer was produced in England by Doulton Burslem in 1893. It was presented at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and is marked as such. The saucer has a diameter of 4 1/2 inches and the cup is 2 inches high. The porcelain is fine white bone china. It has molded decoration in the porcelain and the edges are slightly scalloped. The ground color is done in gold and ivory tones. There are colorful bouquets of flowers hand painted on both pieces...

A beautiful small early ming dynasty (1368-1644)blue and white porcelain water dropper, very unusual shape and in excellent condition. H:4" $195

Porcelain decorated with floral sprays on the center, glazed base. PERIOD : Early Ming (1400-1487 AD) MEASUREMENTS: 20 cm wide. CONDITION: one hairline, small chips to the foot rim; free from restoration.

This porcelain tea cup and saucer was produced in England by Spode around 1800. The saucer is 5 5/8 inches in diameter and it is 1 1/2 inches deep. The cup is 2 1/4 inches high. The cup has the London shape. The ground color is a soft pink. There are reserves inside the cup and around the saucer containing colorfully hand painted birds. They are reminiscent of bird decorations done by the Derby factory. They are encased in gilded cartouches...

This antique cast iron 2 piece censer retains much of its original red paint. The inside bottom of the censor bowl is somewhat pitted from use. The chop marks are unrecogizable. The piece is 10 inches in diameter and 2.5 inches high.

Porcelain decorated with rock among floral sprays on the center, continous floral scroll on the exterior, glazed base. PERIOD : Early Ming (1400-1487 AD) MEASUREMENTS: 24 cm wide. CONDITION: one hairline, one star hairline, two small chips to the rim; free from restoration.

Two pieces of very nice and symbolic shard from the Ming dynasty. The first shard to the left, has a coin design in the centre of the bowl with the lotus lappet surrounding it. The second shard, to the right, shows a lotus flower in full bloom...

A nice piece of qingpai bowl shard. It has a high foot rim with recess base and a U-shaped body with an everted mouth rim. The body is lightly incised with slanted lines. A character, which is not very clear is painted in the centre of the foot rim.

Condition as shown in all the photographs.

The dimesnion of the qingpai bowl: the height is 6.5 cm and the diameter estimate is 12.5cm.

Chinese coral glazed ceramics, Tongzhi (1862 -1874) from a German private collection. With lines of calligraphy, the interior in white glaze. Condition: perfect condition Measurement: Diameter 7.5 cm = 3 in Hight 5.7 cm = 2.2 in

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