A Rare Tang Dynasty White Glaze Xing Ware Bowl. High ping sound with finger tip.Dimension: Diameter 15.3cm Height 4.5cm. Condition: no chips, no cracks, no hairlines, free from restoration.
A Rare Tang Dynasty White Glaze Xing Ware Bowl. High ping sound with finger tip.Dimension: Diameter 13.8cm Height 4cm. Condition: no chips, no cracks, no hairlines, free from restoration.
A Rare Tang Dynasty White Glaze Xing Ware Bowl. High ping sound with finger tip.Dimension: Diameter 14.8cm Height 4.4cm. Condition: no chips, no cracks, no hairlines, free from restoration.
A Fine/Large Thai Rattana Kosin Standing Gilt Bronze Buddha Statue-19th C.:
Thailand, Rattanakosin Period, 18th to early 19th Century.
The extraordinary finest and large Thai Rattanakosin bronze Buddha, depicting Buddha with both hands raised shoulder level with palms forward in Ham Samut mudra, also known as "Calming the Waters" or "Calming the Ocean" mudra...
A gentle-faced natural amber figure of Quanyin (the Goddess of Mercy) seated holding an ambrosia bottle (kalasa)in her right hand. There is a hole on one side for stringing.
Size: H. 4.2cm. W. 2.5cm. Condition: No repairs.
18th century Japanese sword iron tsuba with raised and inlaid decoration of a seated tiger scratching its ear by a thick stem of bamboo with leaves. Delightful design, good work, wonderful depiction of the creature, gilded and silvered leaves, very pleasant feel of age. Height 2 15/16 inches.
A pair of rare bronze bells with clappers. A simple decoration in raised lines. Age: Eastern Zhou 770 - 221 BC. Size.H. 4.5cm. W.6.6cm.
Condition: No repairs. Nice patina
Early 19th century ebony netsuke of a shishi (Buddhist lion) sitting foursquare on a base, its head turned to the right. Like any dark object does not photograph well. Wonderful netsuke carved with confidence and great detail - see its alert face, bushy tail, well defined ribs and paws. Wonderful sense of volume, beautiful lustre unique to ebony. Height 1 5/16 inches.
Chinese rock crystal scholar's brush washer. Carved into the form of a large heavenly peach with twisting leaves and branches bearing smaller peaches. A small monkey is carved hanging onto the edge of the large peach, in a playful frog like pose. The reticulated carved brush washer rests on two small carved peaches as the feet.
Dimensions: 6" x 4" x 2" Height
Highly interesting and artful stone carving of a couple, Indonesian, Java, before Indian influence, pre 8th. century AD.
A naked couple, they look to be in the act of lovemaking, finely carved with many details which reveals on a closer look, carved in a redish and grey stone, quite heavy.
Attractive tribal style!
Size: 25 cm. long, 23 cm. tall and 12,5 cm. thick, weighing around 10 kilograms...
Japanese “Gosho Ningyo” doll of a plump male child in a kneeling position holding a colorfully painted rooster in his right arm. The boy is wearing a fabric bib with painted designs that has 2 ties in the back. He wears a black crinkled eboshi hat that’s secured by a thin rope that is tied in a bow under the chin. The eyes, eyebrows, and hair accents are painted in black while the pursed lips are accented in red...
Antique, American Folk Art, early 20th century, fine quality hardwood ladle, finely hand carved in relief with stylized crane and woman holding basket and a loaf of bread, with book carved into handle/arm - arm extends downward and on the reverse a carved hand holds the bowl - bowl with scalloped edge - all carved out of one piece of wood.
CONDITION: In good condition and shape, considering its age, with signs of age and usage, with old dark glossy patina, the top corner of the handle with...
19th century coral ojime (slide bead for tightening the cord going from netsuke to inro) of simple barrel shape. True coral of beautiful deep red natural color (not stained), nice patina on the surface. Height 3/8 inches.
A Pair of superb quality antique, 1900 A.D. English Sterling Silver Gilt Anointing Spoons. These are replicas of the spoons from the Edward VII and his wife Alexandra Coronation Regalia, as The King and The Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, on August 9, 1902. From what I've read, holy oil is poured from the Ampulla, which is in the form of a gold eagle, into the spoon...
Antique 18th century, circa 1750 AD, Hungarian Anabaptist faience jug from Stupava (German: Stampfen; Hungarian: Stomfa), a town in western Slovakia.
The jug is of a baluster shape with a flared rim and shaped spout, raised on a small foot, and an applied handle. It is raised on a small foot and painted using the grand feu enameling technique in blue, ochre, and turquoise floral patterns...
Very rare antique, first half of the 18th century, European pewter Roman Catholic Church paten of typical circular form with wide, finely engraved crest of the Roman Catholic Archbishop Jean-Louis Berton des Balbes de Crillon.
The coat-of-arms depicting Heraldic shield with the coat-of-arms of one of the most important European aristocratic families of the famous house De Balbes Berton de Crillon, crowned by the Archbishop Galero (wide-brimmed hat) with 10 tassels on each side.
The bas...
The stone has a lustrous patina and has a very dramatic ‘splash’ of red on both sides. It has never been carved with a designation and the base has now a shallow flake as a result of an impact on the edge, with a little powdery material showing. Further along there is a tiny bruise to the edge. These could be taken out by reducing the length by 0.4cm. Personally the chip does not worry me...
Two(2) English superb quality inlaid wood Turnbridge Ware Glove Boxes with one(1) working key works for both boxes, Ca. 1850's, 10 1/4" x 4" wide, 2 3/4" high, beveled thick glass top with inlaid with Coromandel and satin wood plus other type of wood, edges are round and inlaid stripes of Rosewood. Both boxes are slightly different design of inlaid work, that makes more interesting group...