Thick and natural burl wood stand. Knots and gnarls all over sides with one hole. Natural and light lovely strains of wood. Stand is carved characteristically with part of branch attached. Meiji Period (1868-1912) Dimensions: 15" Long X 12" Wide

Antique Japanese bronze vase with a wood-like pattern, large areas of deep red pigment, and a stout mouth with inner ridges. Taisho period (1912-1925) Size: 11.5" height, 9" width

A good Song - Yuan dynasty longquan celadon varved jar with cover, rounded side with globular body and glazed base, body and cover decorated with carved flower motif, covered with good green color celadon glaze, good condition no damage no chip no crack no restoraion on the jar, cover small glaze fritt at inner rim please see picture for detail, Size: 8 cm diameter, 7 cm height.

Antique slab of wood with japanese inscriptions. This kanban board (shop sign) is simple in detail and painted in large characters. Circa 19th Century Dimensions: 75" Long X 13" Tall

Ca. 1700 - 1720, early 18th century
Kangxi Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue
H: 23 cm (with cover), 21.6 cm (without cover)
From a Jackson, Mississippi private collection

A striking Kangxi period blue and white covered jar, decorated with classic early 18th century motifs: crackled ice and plum blossom ground, diaper shoulder, and qilin beasts within landscaped cartouches...

Late 19th – early 20th century
Late Qing Dynasty – Republic period
Porcelain with monochrome blue glaze
Height: 28.5 cm / 11.2 in, Width: 18.3 cm / 7.2 in (at widest point)
From a Northern California private collection

A late Qing / Republic anarchistic vase, shaped after “hu” bronze vessels. Its glaze is a semi-translucent bubbly blue, thinning near edges to create beautifully pale contours all around the piece...

Ca. 1870-1900
late 19th century Guangxu period,
Qing dynasty Porcelain with transmutation flambé glaze
Height: 35.3 cm / 13.9 in
From a New York area estate

A 19th c Guangxu mark and period tianqiupin vase with transmutation flambé glaze, of a striking mottled red-blue-purple coloring, which Jingdezhen potters achieved through mixing colloidal copper, iron, or other metallic materials into suffusions breaking up the glaze surface...

19th / 20th century
Yixing zisha stoneware
Height: 8 cm, diameter: 7 cm (at widest point)
From the Seattle, WA estate of a diplomat's wife, who'd acquired her Yixing collection in the 1930s and 40s.

Condition: Perfect, with age-related patina to surface. [Please examine all photos carefully, as they are part of the condition report.]

Ca. 1700-20, early 18th c.
Kangxi Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille verte enamels
Diameter: 21.5 cm / 8.5 in
From a Paris, France metropolitan area estate

A Kangxi famille verte plate decorated with a bird and flower scene in the court academic style of the day, with an accompanying seal. Due to the condition flaws of this piece, the price has been reduced to almost nothing (in perfect condition, this plate would be worth $1500-2500)...

Ca. 1800 – 1820, early 19th c
Jiaqing period, Qing dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose enamels
Diameter: 18.4 cm / 7.2 in
From a UK private collection

A lovely Jiaqing period floral dish, decorated with good-quality bright enamels. Possibly a birthday dish, as there is a bat (good fortune) and peach (longevity) in the dish center.

Condition: good antique condition, with two rim chips and some fleabites to the foot rim.

Ca. 1700-1720, early 18th century
Kangxi period, Qing period
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue
Diameter: 21.2 cm / 8.34 in
From a Dutch collection

A Kangxi period blue and white plate, of a charming design featuring several well-known Kangxi patterns: prunus against crackled ice, the honeycomb diaper, and hibiscus (furong) floral scrolls. The base is marked with an interesting floral mark within double circles...

Tasteful and very fine Japanese Tea Pot of Kutani Yaki with painted lyrics written on it of the No (aka Noh or Nogaku) theatre.

Although it has already an age of more than 100 years its in great condition with no cracks or repairs. You can get a rare and delicate ceramic of the Meiji Period.

A tasteful gift for passionate lovers of the Japanese Culture - ready to use it for a tea ceremony. Don't miss out...

19th Century, nicely Hand-Carved stag antler Netsuke depicting a standing Karako who is carrying a large Treasure Sack over his shoulder. He also holding a fan on his left hand. Netsuke has a mellow patina and feels very smooth in the hand. Netsuke has a hollow bottom, characteristic of netsuke made from stag antler This netsuke is unsigned. It measures 0.85 inches (2.2cm) in diameter, and 2.0 inches (2.5cm) tall...

This is an Early 19th Century finely carved netsuke depicting a Seated Hotei, one of the Seven Gods of Fortune, the God of Contentment and Happiness, with two standing karakos by his side, who are helping the Deity hold a Tama, or Sacred Jewel, which is an Emblem of The Everlasting. Great rounded functional form with a mellow patina. Nicely detailed. Himotoshi shows signs of use, and there is wear associated with use and handling...

19th Century, finely Hand-Carved Netsuke depicting a Kappa, or Water Kami or deity, sitting while holding a catfish on her left hand. She is busy touching the depression on her head that holds water. In Japanese mythology, the kappa is a flesh-eating water imp who lives in river, lakes and ponds. They smell like fish, and they are normally depicted with the body of a turtle, an ape-like head, scaly limbs, long hair circling the skull, webbed feet and hands, and yellow-green skin...

A nice and rare porcelain cup, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue with jumping horses. Ming Dynasty, Chenghua Period ( 1465 - 1487 ) Diameter : 6,2 cm. H : 4,2 cm. Condition : No chip, no crack, no repair. This what looks like a chip is covered by the original glaze. And this what looks like a crack is just a still very dirty scratch. This excavated piece is still un-cleaned. After a professional cleaning this scratch might become quite invisible to the naked eye...

This fabulous carved tablet has been attributed to the Chavin culture, Peru and has been dated to 600BC-300BC. It depicts in shallow relief an anthropomorphic zoomorphic figure squatting upon a double bar. Exotic birds, snakes, saurian beasts and fantastical creatures are depicted in a transformational environment. The entire design is bi-symmetrical. Two pairs of holes have been drilled 1/5th from the top of the tablet...

This is a superbly carved, late 19th Century, wood netsuke depicting a seated cross-legged man, his chin rested on his folded arms, with an anxious look on his face, as he receives the Moxa treatment. The man has a tobacco pouch with coral inlays, a pipe holder, and a kagamibuta coral inlaid netsuke resting on his folded legs. Curiously, the man also sports a black and red coral dot inlays on his left and right shoulders, respectively. A nice and unique touch by the carver. Netsuke is sig...

19th Century Japanese Matsu (Korean Pine Wood) Ittobori Netsuke: Daruma Toy, Signed Sukesada 19th Century, Matsu Wood Netsuke skillfully hand-carved in the Ittobori (one Cut) style by Sukesada in the form of a Daruma Toy or “okiagari koboshi”, meaning the little priest that gets up. Sukesada came from the Hida province of Japan. He carved in the style invented by Sukenaga and enhanced by Matsuda, which consisted in using simple straight cuts in two-tone chosen Matsu (Korean pi...

19th Century, Finely Hand-Carved Wood Tonkotsu with excellent and colorfull inlays/incrustations depicting a Sea Life Landscape with fish, clamshells, shrimp, crab, snail, jellyfish and algae. Beautiful representation of a marine scenery. The netsuke matches the theme with a depiction of an open clamshell with a village scene made up of a house with balcony and rooftop, as well as people standing or sitting about. The clamshell seems to have been made with hanoki wood, covered in Gesso (plas...

Antique Japanese rootwood hibachi with a lovely textural look and feel. It has a red and black lacquered cloth rim, and a bronze interior with an interesting patina with a layering effect.

Dimensions: 7.5" height, 10.25" width, 8" depth

A kakuzara decorated in a combination of underglaze blue with enamels and gilding. The main motif is composed of waka matsu, young pines, often used an emblem for the arrival of spring with warabi, fern croziers, and fingers of spring mist, kasumi, The borders containing further motifs, composed of bamboo, and pine boughs growing from stylised hexagonal, kiku-mon, rocks, which when combined with the stylised karakusa motifs to the reverse, each of which contains a plum blossom, ume-hana complete...

A kakuzara decorated in a combination of underglaze blue with enamels and gilding. The main motif is composed of waka matsu, young pines, often used an emblem for the arrival of spring with warabi, fern croziers, and fingers of spring mist, kasumi, The borders containing further motifs, composed of bamboo, and pine boughs growing from stylised hexagonal, kiku-mon, rocks, which when combined with the stylised karakusa motifs to the reverse, each of which contains a plum blossom, ume-hana complete...

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

A pair of beautiful late 19th/20th C. Chinese porcelain altar fruit peaches with wooden stand, in Chinese tradition peach is representing longevities. These pair of altar peaches is came from a famous opera singer Madame Ganna Walska her Asian collections. H:13.5cm (without stand). Sold

Intricately detailed mat gold Antique Tibetan bowl. Chinese markings with multicolored bats surrounding. Yellow and red colors are entwining in design. Inside of bowl is red painted with gold inlay. Painted guard, flowers, and leaves flow together on inside of bowl. Character design on bottom of bowl. Dao Guang Marken Period (1820-1850) Dimensions: 3" tall X 5.4" Diameter

Charming red glazed porcelain Guangxu cup. Red hand painted lively dragons with wave design. Under glazed with blue signed mark and period on bottom of cup, 1871-1908. Dimensions: 2" tall, 2.5" Diameter

Charming and small Antique Japanese Merchant's Box. From Edo Age period (1603-1868). Box contains seven drawers. Two drawers are half sized at the very top, one of which displays a lock. Drawers are longer than they are wide, making this box able to fit into small areas. Dimensions: 20" Tall, 10" Wide, 18" Deep

19th century Qing Dynasty Tibeto Chinese Bronze Temple Shakamuni Buddha with fantastic atmosphere.

Good serene expression, rare style, with kanji letters on the back.

No repairs, good condition with little signs of age.

Size: 11,6'' height, 6'' width, 2,09kg weight.

Shipping included

A rare Vietnamese 15th century blue and white seated figure of Dragon, figural shape with flatt unglazed base, decorated with under glaze blue, good condition with small damage at the tail reatored, size: 11 cm height.

Chinese Famille Verte Charger decorated with a butterfly flying above flowering peony issuing from rockwork. Within a border of butterflies among scattered flowers. Kangxi C1700. Diameter 13 1/2" (35.1cm). Condition; fritted, some wear with flaking to butterfly wing. Shallow chip 1.4cm to underside of rim and some flaking to foot.

Chinese Blue and White Octagonal Jar with unusual flared foot. Decorated with panels of birds among flowering plants. Kangxi C17/18thC. Height 9 1/2" (24.2cm). Condition; shallow chip 1.1cm to edge of foot. No cover.

A Chinese Lang-yao red glazed bottle vase from Qing Dynasty, late 18th or 19th century. The vase is in perfect condition, no chip, no crack, no restoration. The neck of the vase is slightly lean to one side when it is viewed from certain direction, please see photo number 2 for reference. Height of the vase: 15-1/4".

A fine and unusual antique English drinking glass of Jacobite significance. The round funnel bowl is beautifully engraved with a rose, a bud to the right, a butterfly, and foliage. The stem is of the double series air twist type, quite uncommon because of the configuration of a pair of mercury corkscrews outside of a central cable. Conical foot with a rough snapped pontil. Lead metal with good color, striations, and tooling marks.

The condition is excellent, with no chips, cracks, or restorat...

From our great collection of Japanese tea pots we offer you a superb Hobin tea pot, made during the Meiji period at the end of the 19th century.

It is slightly deformed, covered with rough Oni Hagi glaze and has fine crackle look with natural kiln cracks. It is signed on the bottom

Great antique condition with no cracks or repairs.

Ready to use.

Size: 3,4'' height, 3,9'' width.

Shipping included

We are proud to present you a very rare Korean Irabo Chawan made in the early Edo Period on Japanese order.

This is a Wan shaped tea bowl made of coarse, unrefined clay with a high content of iron oxide. The clay shows impurities and stones - some of them have exploded ('ishihaze'). Over the dark clay a thin, transparent ash glaze has been applied, inside is an aesthetic brush stroke (hake me) in white engobe.

The bowl has a beautiful shape and is well balanced. It has b...