An attractive white brass water pipe complete with all its parts (cleaning tools and original chain). Two surfaces of the square-shaped body have etched artwork of women reading in a garden surrounded by foliage. The remaining 2 surfaces have an etched poem about the scene. The calligraphy is particularly beautiful.

Period: 19th Century

Size: Height: = 29.5 cm, Width of pipe base = 8 cm

Condition: Very good. A complete set with all its original parts.

A small Burmese Buddha made of silver. Its form is simple, unadorned and its hand is in the earth-touching gesture. The face has a wide nose with connected eyebrows and has a quiet presence.

Period: Burmese, 16th Century

Size: Height = 5 cm., Width at base = 3.5 cm.

Condition: Normal wear due to its age. Has a nice patina.

Description: A charming ivory piece was crackled all over the surface due to long time of age. Enduring about 300 to 400 years, this ivory piece was supposedly used as a hair arrange utensil for women or men. Playing around the fingers, this charming piece is so attractive in old ivory tissues and in warm brownish patina. The patina is a bit of darker in real than in the pictures. Date: Early Qing period (17th-18th century) Outer width 3.8cm Inner width: 2.1cm Depth: 1.4cm

Description: Mu-Yu was a religious instrument used by the monks or nuns for knocking with a stick when humming the sutras. A decorated piece shaped as a Mu-Yu was unusually seen...

Description: An old small Kang table with two drawers was tenoned in old fashion. Preserved well in good condition, there are hidden space under the drawers for keeping secrecy. It was believed that the small furniture was used to be put on the Kang bed in traditional Chinese house. Date: Qing Dynasty(late 19th century) Length: 46cm Height: 17cm Depth: 17.5cm

This is a beautiful Qing dynasty blue enamel glazed small basin. The basin rise from a shallow base upwards into a u shaped everted flat rim of 3.5cm. On the outside of the basin, it is painted with three pairs of peony flowers. On the flat rim, it is decorated with lotus flowers as viewed from the top interspersed with mosaic design. On the cavetto, it is decorated with chrysanthemum flowers and four out of the eight Daoist immortal embalms. They are lotus flowers, castanets, flute and sword...

Description: A white jade pendant was carved as two fishes chasing a pearl. In simple and well-executed lines, the fishes were adorned with star patterns. The jade was in pale white and some yellowish tint. Whitish incursions were in dots on the surface. The jade in the pictures looks the same as we see in real. Date: Early Qing Dynasty(17th-18th Century) Dimension: 5.2cm x 5cm x 0.4cm

A 17th century dorje (thunderbolt of enlightenment) Buddhist ritual object of a dark color with some green encrustation. Some dorjes at that time were made from meteorites found in the Himalayas. This particular dorje is quite heavy and there is a possibility that it may be made from a meteorite but we have not had it tested...

A celadon-colored jade pig of elegant shape and proportions. Unlike Han pigs which are stylized, this is sleek and more realistic. Jin pigs are rarer than Han pigs. The pig signifies wealth and prosperity in the Chinese culture. The celadon coloration of this jade is complex and translucent in some areas. There is a hole bored under the tail for stringing and attaching to the belt...

Description: Like the beauty of a poem, a beautiful Jadeite snuff bottle was in elegant slender shape. Capped with brownish amber stopper, the jadeite bottle was in lake-green tint and was decorated with motifs of numerous archaic characters of Sou (longevity) on the surface. The foot rim was delicately carved in groove style at the bottom. By an elegant profile, the charming tint and the well hollowed chamber, all these characteristics made this snuff bottle an excellent piece...

An oblong piece of golden brown amber with carvings in relief of two flying bats among clouds. Each bat has the tassled end of a rope in its mouth; on this rope are three coins. Bats and coins both represent good fortune. A translucent blue Chinese glass bead (Ming period)comes with the amber.

Period: Ching (19th Century)

Size: Length = 5.3 cm (2-1/4 inches), Width = 3 cm (1-1/4 inches)

Condition: Very good. No breaks, cracks or chips.

 

 

Description: An elegant snuff dish was made from high-quality pottery mud-Ju Sa Chen Nie. Molded finely in bamboo stalk shape on the rim as decoration, this oval dish was used as a snuff dish by unique material. With warm brownish patina , the dish was partially tarnished due to long time of use. Date: Qing Dynasty (19th Century) Dimension: 6.9cm to 4.4cm

A very unusual hammer textured lotus shaped tray featuring an insect crawling down the side enclosed in a wooden box titled Textured Leaf Shape Fruit Dish and signed Tekisui Zo (made by Tekisui). The brass basin is supported by a withering round stem convoluting beneath. A bright portion of brass hammered out with holes show the leaf slowly deteriorating, returning to earth. The insect is like a red flying-beetle or lady-bug, very detailed...

Majestic Black-tailed cranes soar over the crisp white-caps of Japans Northern waters on this expansive screen painted by 20th century artist Okada Renseki (1904-1995). The artist has given the mysterious creatures a dramatic sense of movement, rising ever upward across the expanse of shimmering sea. Very rarely seen, the magnificent birds have long held a special place of reverence in the hearts of the Japanese people, reflected in many centuries of art...

Description: An imposing blue and white jar was molded in elegant shape . Painted with fluent tendrils of honeysuckle and Chinese characters Sou (longevity), this jar was in quite good size and quite weighty in hand...

A fine antique Navajo Indian rug centering a cross-filled complementary stepped diamond medallion, with four-corner Hooked diamond accents, solid color banded border, in beige dark brown, red, white and grey brown. Measuring approx. 7 ft. 3 in. by 4 ft.6 in...