Beautiful keyaki wood kuruma tansu (wheeled tansu) from the Iwayadō region. Features iron hardware including a large lock on the top drawer in the shape of a hawk with engraved feathers, kushi-gata handles (comb shape), lock bar securing two middle drawers, lockbox style hinged door with an iron medal engraved with the Japanese god Daikoku, and many other beautiful features. Included are a set of iron keys. Edo period (1615-1867)
Size: 50.25" height, 59.5" width, 22.75" depth
This is an ANTIQUE CHINESE FAMILLLE ROSE VASE from a Midwest Estate.... size is 30" Tall... Great Painting in Rose to Pink enamels ... ca. 1800- 1850 in EXCELLENT Condition
Finely carved, Burma, ca. 1800. L. 32,5 cm.
Condition: age wear, no damage or repairs.
A beautiful late 19th C. Chinese silver enameled bracelet with bats motif, in excellent condition. Weight:11.5g. D:5.1cm
Chinese export barrel shaped tankard attractively painted with a pair of deer in a landscape. Handle with a heart shaped terminal. C1770/80. Ht. 5 1/4" (13.3cm). Condition; perfect, no cracks, chips or restoration.
Indian Jain diagram. 19th century. 23x46 cm. Colours on paper. Framed. Can be viewed in central London by arrangement or defamed and shipped worldwide.
A beautiful group of 3pcs of late 19th C. Chinese export silver filigree enameled birds, with wood stand. In excellent condition. H:12cm
A green "Celadon" glazed dish or shallow bowl with flat bracketed rim. The centre is decorated with a moulded peony flower; surrounding this the thick green glaze is incised with stylized lotus scrolls. This item was made in the Longquan kilns, Zhejiang province circa 1400-1500 during the first half of the Ming dynasty. For a very similar example please compare exhibit 16:66, page 489 - "Ming Ceramics in the British Museum", Jessica Harrison Hall...
A 16th or early 17th Century Ming dynasty bronze sculpture of a boy riding an Ox or Water Buffalo. This item was possibly made during the reign of the Wanli emperor (1573-1619). Condition - very good - no damages and no repairs. Please note - this item is heavy for its size (550gms / 20oz) and requires a solid horizontal surface to balance upright. 10cm (4 inches) high; 11.5cm (4.5 inches) long...
A very attractive, well patinated bronze censer on lotus form stand with ruyi - shaped feet. On the base is the six character seal mark of the Xuande Emperor but this item was made later, during the 17th Century - late Ming or early Qing...
A good and rare shape of Yuan blue and white small bowl / cup, rounded side with lipped rim and unglazed base, bowl decorated with good color of under glaze blue of continuous flower motif, center with cloud motif.
Bowl / cup is in very good condition with small glaze line at the rim no chip, no restoration.
Size: 7.5 cm diameter.
Antique Chinese porcelain vase with a yellow underglaze, decorated allover with red shou symbols, peaches, and multicolored bats. The bottom of the vase has the Guangxu mark (1905), circa 1900.
Size: 14" height, 9.5" width
19th century
Late Qing dynasty
Porcelain with celadon glaze
D: 29.6 cm / 11.7 in
From a Northern California private collection specializing in Chinese celadons
A 19th century late Qing charger, glazed in light pea-green celadon, and molded / carved with various floral motifs in relief.
Condition report: Basically perfect condition. There is a Chinese character for “two” etched to the front surface, and there are some age scratches to glaze.
Late 19th century
Guangxu period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with ge-type glaze and famile verte enamels
H: 29 cm
From a Denver, Colorado estate
A late Qing zun of elegant "guanyin" form, pairing overglaze famille verte decorations of birds, flora, and rockwork against a creamy ge-type glaze. Two springs of slip-covered Prunus branches compliment the neck.
Condition report: perfect antique condition...
Korean antique Buddhist Sutra text with cylindrical reliquary, the reliquary is made of gilt copper repouse with a figure incised on one side, the contents of the cylinder has been laid out flat for display in a plexiglas stand, one side is a flat rectangular gilt metal section with raised characters of buddhist text and praying figure on the left, the other side of the display has a similar rectangular section of raised Buddhist text and two figures on silver, dates to about 11th to 13th ...
A good Song Yuan longquan celadon large bowl, rounded side with deep center and glazed base, bowl decorated with 35 carved raising lotus petal motif at the exterior, covered with good green glaze.
Bowl is in good condition no chip, no crack, no restoration, minor crackled at glaze surface, porcelain with high ping sound with finger tip.
Size: 21 cm diameter.
Chinese famille verte lidded jar with birds and flowers decoration and an attached brass stand. Early 20th century. Condition: Normal wear; the base may be drilled for mounting the stand - I did not remove the stand to examine it. No other visual flaws. Height with lid and stand: 14-1/4".
Chinese Turquoise monochrome vase from the 19th Century. Silver metal Ormolu mounts in European fashion. Deep radiant turquoise color with elegant shapely vase design.
Dimensions: 14" High X 7 1/4" Wide X 4" Deep