A bronze vase of mountainous form by Nakajima Yasumi I patinated in his signature mottled red-brown and enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The vase is 9-1/2 inches (24 cm) tall, 8 inches (20.5 cm wide and in excellent condition. Nakajima Toyoji, (d. 1950) first came to notice in 1908, receiving an award at the Senkatsu Kinen Exhibition...

Description: One elegant Qingbai stem cup was molded with beautiful foliate rim. In a milky white glaze, the revealed body clay tells its origination being from Hutien kiln. As being from the same origination of the high-quality Hutien kiln, the delicately shaped stand was especially in a quite good look by its finely pottered rim. In a wonderful profile, the intact porcelains were perfect in sets and as the porcelaineous copy of the metal counterparts of the same date...

Description: One unique and elegant Qingbai covered box was in a decent look. Decorated on the cover with rarely seen ironish brown mottlings, the box was molded with fine circular shape. By a well preserved glaze, the surface was left with obvious whitish incursions here and there as the authentication of an excavation piece. In a quite good size of 14cm x 6.3cm, a decent shape and the unique decoration, this box was therefore being as a sought-after piece to your collection of early ceramics...

A lacquered wooden box decorated in built up Takamaki-e with Tsuba and Kozuka by Heian Zohiko dating from the first half of the 20th century. Inside is fine even nashiji. The decorations rise quite high off the surface, almost as if genuine tsuba were lying atop the box. One tsuba is in the shape of a Mokugyo, a Buddhist prayer drum of hollowed wood culminating in two dragons...

A very finely decorated jar or lantern depicting flowers and insects reserved against a delicately incised pink ground. The base carries the iron red seal mark of the Qianlong Emperor (1736-1795) but this item was probably made early in the 20th Century - durig the Guangxu or early Republic periods. Condition - very good...

Description: A turquoise pendant was intriguingly carved as a binding knot. By well-wished six knots, the pendant was full of flouring lines of beauty. On the surface, the enduring grayish tint was covered due to age. Otherwise, the manually-carved lines were preserved with original residues. From the usually seen knot pattern and the old characteristics, this pendant was authenticated as a piece from Ming or early Qing period. One minute chip was found at the inner rim...

7 twisted gold pines shroud a seedling on the roiro ground of this fine togidashi suzuri bako writing box dated 1931 by Moriya Shotei enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The writing box contains the original suzuri ink stone and water-dropper. Inside the lid is the large character Kotobuki (fortune) followed by an inscription reading 88 year old man Bajo Kasho...

A blue and white yuhuchun vase decorated with stylized peony scroll on the body and stiff plantain leaves around the neck. Jiajing 1522-1566. Height = 21 cm. Condition : Excellent, no chip, crack, hairline or restoration.

A thinly potted blue and white chinese Kraak style dish, the cavetto with faintly molded lotus leaves forming a barbed rim decorated with lotus petal shaped panels strewn with floral sprays, the barbed edge trimmed with diamond diaper. The central also decorated with lotus petal shaped panels strewn with floral spray , features a centrally placed peony flower surrounded by cloud collar scroll. The reverse decorated with tree prunus blossom spray...

Here is a rare Jizai mantis. It is by an artist named Tomiki Munenobu, one in a line of artists carrying on the Myochin style of metalwork. Teh piece likely dates from somewhere in the later Meiji, 1890-1910. Life-size, it is roughly 3 inches long, the same height and in fine condition. It is as found, not yet cleaned or tampered with. The head is mobile; the thorax with retractable arms and folding wings...

Polychrome swatow jar decorated with lotus petal, circle and diamond. late Ming, Height : 8 cm. Condition : very good, invisible hairline, no chip, crack or restoration.

Blue and white Swatow Jar with 4 lugs. Decorated with dragon and floral. Height = 35 cm, Width = 28 cm. Ming Dynasty, Condition : one lug restored, otherwise no chip, crack, hairline or restoration.

Description: A pair of wood figures was in original condition. By crackled pigment on the surface, the pair of wood figures was used to be as attendants of a holy deity. With good metaphors of promotion and honorary recommendation by the emperor, the attendants were depicted by holding the wrapped official seal and the recommendation scroll accordingly...

Description: A wood figure of a seating official was finely carved from one piece of camphor wood. Making use of the core of the wood, the wood circular growth rings were obviously revealed on the belly of the figure and were intriguingly as the grains of the wearing drapery. By excellent carving skill, the official was vividly rendered. The enduring patina added more atmosphere to this marvelous piece. Date: Qing Dynasty. Height: 23.5cm

Lacquered necklace holder, most likely for court officials. Gilded and painted with dragons and cloud formations. Age: Ming (1368-1644)Condition: Good. Some chipping around the edges.Size:17.7cm X 7.5cm.

A blue and white glaze water dropper in mandarin shaped. Age: Anamese, circa 15th century Measurement: Height 6 C.M./ Width 8 C.M. Condition: very good with fault firing on the base and on the neck.

Cup with everted flat lip and a short raised foot. Decorated in underglaze cobalt - blue on the rim with a key - fret design and a continuous chrysanthemum scroll on the exterior. Porcelain body with a transparent glaze. Base recessed and unglazed. D : 8 cm. Jingdezhen or Fujian. Yuan Dynasty fourteenth century. Condition : 1) first cup restored but no missing part, very good colour 2) second cup has a small frit and a hireline, good colour 3) third cup restored small missing part but near to '...

Description: One small but uniquely cast bronze censer was in decent look. Made of fine quality of metal material, the bronze censer was in good weight of 208 gram when in a lovely size of 6.1 cm in width and 4.6cm in height. By a unique trumpet form, the bronze bowl was easy to hold in the palms feeling the warmth, sniffing the aroma of the burning incense when in incense practicing ritual. It could be well used as a water basin or paper weight too. Preserved with fine old patina, the bronze ce...

A wooden sign of three golden characters carved into the surface of a solid slab of burled wood enclosed in a frame expertly carved with the four gentlemen, plum, bamboo, iris and chrysanthemum. It reads Yuraku-sai, A Place of Playful Enjoyment. The sign (with frame) is 11-1/4 x 21 inches (28.5 x 53 cm). It is signed Setsuyo (?) followed by two stamps. There is a chip into a hollow in the wooden plaque, lower left (see photos) otherwise is in excellent condition. This sign would have been h...

Cranes cut on the frosted surface rise from ice blue, their necks curling out as handles as they preen. A quintessentially Japanese subject executed with impeccable Japanese craftsmanship. The vase is 11 inches (28 cm) tall, 6-1/2 inches (16.5 cm) diameter and in perfect condition; enclosed in a covered wooden box.

Description: An archaic nephrite jade pendant or Huang was in greenish tint with white patches. By incursions of calcified white dots on the surface, the ancient jade piece was verified as a newly excavated piece. In a decent look and quite good size, this rare piece was carved meticulously on two sides with characteristic grain patterns. From the jade quality, the sleek manual carving lines, and the obvious incursions, we could authenticate the piece was from the dated Han Dynasty for sure. One...

A Turkish tobacco pipe with a long wooden shaft. Both ends of the stem swathed with paper and tombak wire, the middle section with red cloth between two pompons. The bone mouth piece kept by a wooden bead. The pipe bowl made of clay, covered by metal wire, decorated with different colored glass beads. The lid entirely worked in metal wire and glass beads attached by a chain to the bowl. Condition: Traces of usage, some beads missing, cloth with holes. Dimension: Length of the entire pipe is 78 c...

Decorated with lotus panel framing to the foot, diamond diaper, cloud scrolls and circle, on the body and cloud lappet on the shoulder .Overglazed red and green enamel decoration. Late Ming 17 th dynasty . Width = 14 cm. Height=13.5 cm Condition : Excellent, no chips, hairlines, cracks and free from restorations, enamel degradation for some area.

Large export bowl, decorated with lotus petal, classic scroll and geometric decoration on the exterion, flower on the central , key fret, and floral on the interior. There is mark on the base. Late Ming (late 17th century) . Width = 23 cm. Height=12 cm Condition : Perfect, no chips, hairlines, cracks and free from restorations.

Blue and white dish prunus decorated with dragon and mark on the base . Late Ming, late 17th century . Width = 17 cm. Condition : Excellent, no chips, hairlines, cracks and free from restorations.

Export bowl decorated with floral on the exterior.and mark on the base. Qianlong 18th century . Width = 17 cm. Height=8 cm Condition : Excellent, no chips, hairlines, cracks and free from restorations.

Six lobed jar with four loops handle and a brown spot. Height = 7.5 cm Width = 9 cm. Song Dynasty 12th Century. Condition : Excellent, no chips, hairlines, cracks or restorations.

Blue and white bowl decorated with prunus and pine trees and waterweeds on the exterior and floweron the central interior. Four character mark on the base. Wanli 1573-1619 . Width = 12 cm. Height=6 cm Condition : Good, two hairlines, one firing fault no restoration.

Blue and white dish decorated with prunus blossom on the interior, and mark on the base . Qianlong 18th century . Width = 26 cm. Condition : Excellent, no chips, hairlines, cracks and free from restorations.

Melon shape with eight lobed decorated with panel, chrysanthemum and key fret on the shoulder. Bluish Bluish green glaze to the foot . Unglaze base. Width = 8 cm Height= 4.5 cm. Yuan Dynasty 14th Century. Condition : Perfect : no hairline, crack, chip or restoration.

Blue green cracled glaze decorated with lotus petal on the exterior . Unglaze base. Width = 16.5 cm Height=6.5 cm. Song Dynasty 12th Century. Condition : Excellent : no hairline, crack, chip or restoration.

Bluish Blue green cracled glaze to the foot . Unglaze base. Width = 13.5 cm Height=10.5 cm. Yuan Dynasty 14th Century. Condition : Excellent : no hairline, crack, chip or restoration.

Foliated bowl with incised lotus petal in the interior. Porcelain body with a transparent glaze. Base recessed and unglazed. H= 6 cm, D : 12.5 cm. Jingdezhen or Fujian. Yuan Dynasty fourteenth century. Condition : Excellent no hairline, cracks, chips or restorations.

Qingbai ewer with beautiful moulded floral decoration; bluish white glaze stopping above the base which is concave and unglazed. Yuan Dynasty 13th-14th Centuries. Height = 12 cm, Width=18 cm. Condition : handle and lid restored, one small chips on the body.

Qingbai ewer with moulded phoenix decoration; bluish white glaze stopping above the base which is concave and unglazed. Yuan Dynasty 13th-14th Centuries. Height = 10 cm, Width=12 cm. Condition : handle restored, other original yuan lid.

Cup with everted flat lip and a short raised foot. Decorated in underglaze cobalt - blue on the rim with a key - fret design and a continuous chrysanthemum scroll on the exterior. Porcelain body with a transparent glaze. Base recessed and unglazed. D : 8 cm. Jingdezhen or Fujian. Yuan Dynasty fourteenth century. Condition : Very good, no hairline, cracks, chips or restorations

Yuan Jar shaped eight lobbed with two lugs . Decorated by iron brownish spots . Flat and unglazed base. Height = 5.5 cm Yuan dynasty 14th century. Condition : good with hole on the base and minor frits.

Description:
A decent vase with three looped handles was in charming straw glaze.
Applied characteristically on the upper portion of the surface with yellowish glaze, the well shaped bottle was revealed otherwise with beige tint on the body clay.
It was caused by kiln firing.
The actual clay tint was grayish and was revealed under the faded glaze.
When the bulge belly was in an elongated oval shape, and the mouth rim was evaginated in an intriguing look, the over-all profile...

Description: A wonderful Jun bowl was with purple splashes in the cavetto in strong form. Molded in quite good size of 15.8cm in width, the bowl was applied with characteristic sky-blue glaze inside and out of the surface only stop short of the foot ring. While was shaped in sleek skill, the steep and unglazed foot ring was cut to a domed shape on the bottom and was slanted outward forming a good angle as a firm support. The molding scars were left obviously at the center of the foot ring. The n...

Handle with braided silver wire, pierced and partially gilded pommel cover. Straight, single edged steel blade. The scabbard has a wooden core encased in a silver sheathing, decorated with foliage, scrolls and shou characters. Condition: Blade with some rust. Dimensions: Total length is 34.9 cm, 4.2 cm wide. The blade is 24,5 cm long and 2.8 cm wide. Weight: 422 gram.

A dragon wraps around the trumpeting form of this brilliant yellow vase by Makuzu Kozan II (Hanzan) enclosed in the original signed wooden box. A vibrant contrast between the yellow and blue is enhanced by the artists care and minute detail. The vase is 8-1/2 inches (21 cm) tall, 6-1/4 inches (16 cm) diameter and in perfect condition. The name Kozan was granted by Prince Yasui-no-Miya in 1851 in honor of the tea ware produced during the later Edo for the imperial Court by the tenth generation...

There are few roads in New Guinea, with the rivers being used as transportation arteries. The various indigenous groups living along the Sepik River of New Guinea make canoes made from hollowed logs and the prows were often carved in the form of crocodiles. Many of the tribes or villages can be recognized by the style of the croc prow of the canoe. This croc head is the remains of an old canoe prow from the mid region of the Sepik river. It is unusually finely carved and nicely detailed. It ...

This pair of handmade woman's shoes were made with cotton vamp and satin stitched embroidered flower motif. The exaggerated upturned front toe was used as a decorative element by several minority groups but from the detailing, I think that they are most likely Miao ethnic minority. They are small and narrow, and probably belonged to a young girl. The Miao, like most minorities, did not practice foot binding. The walking sole measures 6.5 inches long and 2" at the widest part.

Description: A handsome jade piece was in a joyful subject- A Boy Having Fun With a Goose. A popular subject as this piece was very well rendered by excellent jade carving maneuvering skill. In a greyish white tint which was the typical characteristic of the dated nephrite jade quality, the jade pebble was in quite good size by which the boy was depicted in fine details on the facial features and on the cloth. Holding with two stalks of lotus flowers and tapping the goose beside him, he bowed i...

Decorated on the outside with three winged dragons and classic scroll, in the central field with flying horse among clouds, lotus interlocking on the cavetto and on the flattened foliated rim with dotted diaper border. Glaze base with four characters mark in the double circle. Zhengde 1506-1521. Width = 32 cm. Condition : Excellent, no chips, hairlines, cracks and free from restorations.

Ewer shaped a tall, long and narrow neck which flares to the mouth, high handle and a spout curving out from the shoulder, and tall straight foot. Decorated with incised vertical line on the body and horizontal line on the neck.. Glazed base. Yuan Dynasty 14th Century. High = 21 cm. Condition : Excellent, missing a loop on the handle, no chips, hairlines, cracks and free from restorations.

Description: A nephrite jade boy was carved uniquely holding a leaf. By the intriguing subject, the jade boy was rendered characteristically by the dated features . In the costumes, he was clad as traditional tribe’s people. In Chinese jade culture, nomadic jades were uniquely grouped by their strong forms. The most obvious characteristics were on the special carving skills which were sleek and simple in expressing the profiles and the details, then were the joyful subjects which were differen...

Blue and White jar decorated with two kind of eight precious things : the mirror (zhing) to counteracts evil and lozenge as a symbol of victory, lotus interlocking, lotus petal scroll to the foot and prêt patern on the shoulder ; . Kangxi 1662-1772. Height = 8.6 cm, Width=8.4 cm. Condition : excellent, no hairlines, cracks, chips or restoration.

Grey green glazed with incised flower scroll decoration on shoulder. Unglazed concave base . Height = 8 cm Width = 12 cm. Yuan Dynasty 14th Century. Condition : Very good with minor frit on the base, no hairlines, cracks or restorations.

Green glazed with classic scroll to the foot and flower scroll decoration on shoulder. Unglazed concave base . Height = 6 cm. Yuan Dynasty 14th Century. Condition : Very good with small frits on the base, no hairlines, cracks or restoration

Olive-green glaze to foot, showing unglazed burnt red. Height= 7.5 cm Width= 10.5 cm. Yuan Dynasty 14th-15th Centuries. Condition : Excellent : no chips, cracks, hairlines or restorations.

Grey-green glaze including base. Exposed grey footrim, slightly oxidized in firing. Height= 7 cm Width= 12 cm. Song Dynasty 13th Century. Condition : Excellent : no chips, cracks, hairlines or restorations.

A beautifully embroidered and tassled multi colored cloth from the hilltribes of Southern China. Age: 1930's. Size: L 54cm. W. 27cm. Condition: Very good. No repairs.

Description: A rare bronze figure of a bear was in a cute squatting position. By unique image, the bronze figure was probably served as one of the legs of an archaic bronze vessel when hollowed bolt was found on the reversed side. Spread all over the surface with charming verdigris and the darken red patina which was caused by long time of oxidization, the figurine was authenticated as an archaic piece from ancient time for sure. In an intriguing form and strong nomadic mood, it was engraved in ...

An unusual divided double brass cricket cage with a glass front. The top of the case has the symbol etched in for prosperity. The glass divider in the case is missing but can easily be replaced. Age. Mid 19th century. Size: H. 7cm. W. 10.5cm. Condition: No repairs.

A Fine Ming Blue and White Dish with twin PHOENIX motive.Has "FUKUSI" mark at the base.16th Century. size 31 cm.good condition, it just has minor fritting at the rim. no repaired,no hairlines.

Description: A beautiful ink and colors painting was done on the silk surface of a round fan in summer,Guangxu period(AD1878). By nice painting skill, including the meticulous sketching strokes, fine compositions and well manipulating of the colors, an elegant picture depicting the utopia of Chinese literati’s life was nicely rendered. Shen Xie-Yuan who made the work of art and left his calligraphic commentary in the painting was a registered scholar painter with good reputation. Another text ...

Meiping shaped jar with famille rose decoration ; . Yongzheng 1723-1735. Height = 10 cm, Width=9 cm. Condition : good, small chips on the base, several glaze degradation.

Stemcup decorated with horses and wing dragon motif ; . Late Ming 17 th century. Height = 7 cm, Width=6.5 cm. Condition : a tiny chip on the rim.

Qingbai double gourd ewer with stylized dragon handle ; bluish white glaze stopping above the base which is concave and unglazed. Yuan Dynasty 13th-14th Centuries. Height = 12 cm, Width=11 cm. Condition : handle and spout restored.