A long-necked original bronze vase with a rounded body. The top of the slender neck has a ring midway and swells out at the mouth in the shape of a garlic bulb, giving the vase its special name. It has a nice aging patina. It can be cleaned but I wouldn't recommend it.
Period: Western Han (206BC - 25AD)
Size: Height = 32 cm (12.6 inches) Condition: A small dent on one side. Very good condition for its age.
A beautiful and rare micro blue glass bead necklace from South China. Can be made into two necklaces.
Age: 100 BC
Size:Total Length 118cm (46 inches)
Small pendant in the shape of a standing horse, with a loop on top of its back for attachement to a necklace. Bronze, green patina in the recesses. China, Ordos Civilization, Ca. 2nd century. Height: 3.7 cm. Length: 4.5 cm. Nicely mounted on a custom plexi stand. Very good condition.
Dong Son Situla excavated at Flores Island Indonesia. Situlas of the same type also have been excavated in Guangzhou China! ( 500 - 100 BC ).
H : about 8 inc.
A lovely Chinese Tang dynasty green glaze censer burner. Unlike Snacai glazes are lead glaze, the glaze of this censer is more milky like Jun glaze, that's why I am thinking this censer is from Changsha kiln but can't 100% sure. Glaze run through the area that seems like damaged on mouth rim and two cracks under it, so those are manufacture failure. Ht. 8.5cm. Condition: no chip, no restore, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost...
Good bronze bell from the Vietnamese Bronze Age, late Dongson Culture- Dong Khoi phase, circa 600 BCE-200CE. No breakage or repair comes with simple perspex stand. H: 9.6mm/3.8in and base W: 7.3cm/2.8in. Free shipping
A group of three mat weights. The first one is of circular form, with two tiger heads. Dimensions: H
35 mm, D 50 mm. The second one is oval shaped, looking like a chimera with wings. Dimensions: H 32 mm L 52 mm. The third one is a bird holding a branch in its beak, with an oval base. Dimensions: 34 mm, L 44 mm. All are made of gilt bronze, with a fine patina. Gilding partly missing, otherwise very good condition.
Provenance: French provincial auction sale in the early seventies...
A massive and important ceramic vessel, anthropomorhic design, Quimbaya / Calima Culture, Cauca valley, Columbia, ca. 600-1000 AD.
This exceptional massive redware vessel was found in the village of Virginia in the Cauca Valley. Anthropomorphic design depicting a male figure with a fat belly and hands holding something(?). His headdress or hat has a relatively small hole at the top (mouth of the vessel) where we imagine that straws for sucking up liquids was inserted...
A stunning and very early carved head for a wig, in oak wood, gothic style of the late Scandinavian renaissance, c. 1630-60.
Very attractive features, almond eyes, thick brows and a pointed beard. This wig heads becomes common in the later 18th. century, but heads this early are exceedingly rare!
Height: c. 40 cm. - a large and impressive antiquity, that would look good with an original 17th. c. helmet as well as a wig.
A rare miniature figure of Avalokitesvara (Buddha) (God of Compassion) on a plinth. The head is surrounded by a halo. The figure was originally gilded and traces of the gold still remain. The features have been worn from age. Has a nice patina.
Period: Han. 206BC - 220AD
Size: Height = 7.5 cm
A Rare Tang Dynasty White Glaze Xing Ware Bowl. High ping sound with finger tip.Dimension: Diameter 13.7cm Height 4cm. Condition: no chips, no cracks, no hairlines, free from restoration.
A fine and early Frisian Mangle Board, late 17th. century.
A board carved in solid Oak with fine renaissance style decoration; it was carved to demonstrate a man's carving ability, and often produced during the dark hours of a northern European winter.
With open-work carving of balls at the top. Below 5 aquare shaped panels with a round geomethric and floral decorations in very high quality...
A rare glass eye bead from the Warring States period (475 BC - 221 BC). It has a hole through it for stringing. Size: 1.7cm.
Condition: No repairs. Some dirt incrustation from long burial.
Chinese Tang dynasty or Five dynasties figure of bird whistle. good conditions.
A Rare Han Dynasty large oval glass bead in shades of very pale blue to dark sky blue. Most of the front side of the bead has developed an intriguing beige patina. There are bi-toned (dark green & light blue) curvey line designs which are imbedded in the glass surface. The light blue line is now iridescent with age. The bead has two holes in the center for stringing.
Han Dynasty .
Size: Length = 5 cm, Width = 3.6 cm
Condition: Very good.
A pair 9th~10th century Srivijaya bronze earrings with lotus flower design.4cm wide (each) 135gram weight (both).Good conditions.
A fine group of ancient pottery oil lamps, Later Roman to Byzantine periods, ca. 3rd.-6th. century AD.
Group consists of a 86 mm. long Roman lamp, 2nd.-3rd. cent. AD, a small round terracotta type, quite rare, 70 mm. long, likely Early Roman (?) and a larger Holyland type, Palestine ca. 6th. century AD. with ribbed corpus (damage to mouth), 95 mm.
A nice lot for one price!
Ex. Private collection, since 1960s.
POTTERY PERFUME JAR
ROMAN PERIOD, 1st - rd Cent. A.D...