Good Famille Rose Punch Bowl. Very well decorated with floral bouquets and insects below a finely painted butterflies and diaper border. Qianlong C1770/80. Diameter 28.7cm (11 1/4") Condition; excellent.

Rare Chinese Famille Rose Teapot finely decorated with figures in a landscape on a scrolling gilt ground. Unusually both the handle and spout are painted with a delicate floral spray. Qianlong C1750/60. Height 13.7cm. Condition; 1.2cm section to rim filled and restored, frit to knop. Some wear to gilding. Otherwise excellent.

RARE – Golden-Yellowish glazed pottery wine rython flask Persia, Parthian period, 100 – 300 AD

Graceful globular body with a cylindrical- shaped neck with a rim folded outward, two handles and a roundel base...

RARE - Terra-cotta belly-shaped wine amphora
Roman, Herodian, 37 BC – 70 AD
Second temple period
Time of Jesus and King Herod the Great

Extremely rare and excessively “Egg-shell” thin pottery belly-shaped wine amphora with an elegant cylindrical shaped neck and two handles...

Snake “Serpent” pottery jar
“Tell El-Yahudiyeh ware"
Holy Land, Canaanite, Middle Bronze Age
1730 - 1550 BC
Time of Abraham

The jar is outstanding in its excellent workmanship and decoration, a fine creation of the master potter in a period when pottery-making reached a peak of achievement.

The jar is well proportioned, with a flaring neck, graceful ovoid body and a pointed base...

From our Sake Tokkuri collection we offer you a very old example of oldest Oribe ware, made in the mid Edo Period, around 250 years ago.

Wonderful umanome design (horse eye) and vivid Oribe glaze.

Oribe ware, type of Japanese ceramics, usually glazed in blue or green and first appearing during the Keichō and Genna eras (1596–1624)...

India, albumen photograph by unknown photographer 1880's or earlier of the Gold Lily Tank at Madurai. B.L number 807129. 29 x 23 cm. Pencil location on reverse, some fading at top.

Albumen print of Ellora caves taken by Lala Deen Dayal. 1890's. British Library number 430/35(30). Photographers stamp and pencil location on reverse. Strong tonal contrast. 28x20 cm.

Take a look at this pair of magnificent Chinese antique wood carved Foo Dog (lion) statues. They are made of camphor wood and show very detailed hand carving works.

According to historical books, lions were introduced into Mainland China firstly as tributes to the Emperors. They are symbols of justice in bureaucratic officialdom and loyal guards in front of Emperors or Princes' palaces. They also are the Guardians of Fa (law) in Buddhist realm and stay in front of the temples...

Up for sale is a large antique Chinese Qing dynasty red dragon silk robe woven with nine 5-claw dragons; clouds, buddhist auspicious symbols, bats, seawaves, and standing water ( Lishui), and sleeve bands embroidered with dragons and phoenixes; backed with light green silk lining. Overall, the robe is in very good condition, clean, a few tiny holes in the front, wear to high collar on the back...

Up for auction sale is an 19th century Han Chinese woman's surcoat, black silk ground with intricate embroideries on collar, sleeve bands and trims; 5 gilt ball-and-loop toggle buttons. The robe is overall in very good condition, clean, very light stains in sleeves and minor tear in the right armpit. Measurements : Top collar to bottom hem 38.5", Sleeve to sleeve 57" stretch, sleeve width 20.5", width between arm pits 30" narrowest, width of hem 38" widest.

A Yuan dynasty Qingbai glaze and iron spotted jar with cover, rounded side with globular body and unglazed base, decorated with under glaze blue of Iron brown spotted motif covered with qingbai glaze, good condition, size: 6.5 cm

This large Japanese late Meiji (1867~1911) ivory carving is 14 ¼” high, 4” wide and 2 ¾” in depth. It depicts a smiling sage carrying a fan in his left hand and holding a long staff in his right hand. A rolled up scroll is tied to the top of the staff. Aside from a few hair line cracks due to age and size, it is in good condition. More detailed photos are available.

Ca. early 1700s

Originally used as a traditional folding fan, its creases are clearly visible as is also the wear and paper losses, particularly along the edges. The painting was removed from its bamboo supports many years ago and mounted on a scroll or screen. The mounting can be seen on the back and is also visible as a thin border along the front edges, and remnants of a mulberry paper backing are lightly attached to the back on top of the old scroll mounting paper...

A large, thinly potted vase with 4 lugs, and incised decoration. Glazed with a creamy white glaze with a fine crazing. Southern Song Dynasty ( 1127 - 1279 ). H : 19,6 cm. Diameter : 14,2 cm. Condition : Perfect. It is rare to find a large Song Dynasty vase like this, which is in an absolute perfect condition. No repair. Even the 4 lugs are in perfect condition. Excavated in Sulawesi, Indonesia. The piece is still uncleaned.

Today we like to offer you a very old Yuzamashi from the Edo period.

The yuzamashi is used to allow the boiled water to cool to the proper temperature before mixing with the matcha.

It is hand molded in the shape of lotus leaf.

No repairs, only natural inborn kiln cracks.

Size: 2,5'' height - 4,11'' width.

Shipping included

Chinese yellow monochrome hu form vase with wonderful carved and molded dragons and fish on its front and back panels, auspicious elements with coiling ribbons on its sides, floral motif at the vase's foot, raised leaf designs and shapely pierced handles on the neck. Comes with a hexagonal hardwood stand. Size: 9" height, 4.5" width

A beautiful late 19th C. Chinese famille rose black ground porcelain vase, in excellent condition. H:52cm