Description: A beautiful scene describes a pair of fowls playing in a garden amid flowers and weeds. With flouring brush strokes, this blue and white porcelain plate reveals the true spirits of traditional Chinese paintings. Date: Early Qing Dynasty (18th Century) Material: Porcelain Width: 10.4cm Condition: perfect except one minute chip on the rim.

Description: An unique tea caddy like this piece was made with an extraordinary wood trunk which is in a scholar rock's shape and was framed with pewter. It is a display piece as well as a tea holder. Date: Qing Dynasty (19th Century) Height: 14cm Condition: good with original lid when some glue work had been done to the pewter cap for restoration.

Description: An adorned wood female lion was carved in Ming dynasty. Stepping on a cup who lies upward, this lion grinned fiercely. She should had been paired with a male lion who stepping on a scroll ball and all were placed before a shrine as guarding beasts. It is an exact example of Ming lion and of an 400 years old wood piece for dating. Material: Camphor Wood. Date: Ming Dynasty (15th Century) Condition: Good with left paint and obvious crackles due to age. Height: 13cm

Description: A fantastic boxwood carving of a court lady was carved by famous contemporary artist Won Du-Fun in 1990s. As a registered national honoured artist, Won made numerous works of art which had been collected by the national galleries and museums. A certificate is accompanied with the fine piece. A custom-made silk box is included. Condition: The stem of the flower was once broken and had been re-stuck back. Height: 32cm. .

A beautifully written tea room scroll by 19th century calligraphist and seer/soothsayer Yokoyama Marumitsu (1780-1854) bordered in pale green brocade and featuring bone rollers. The calligraphy is very expressive, dark lines varying dramatically in width as they curl down the wide sheet. The signature line reads A 72 year old man Kiosanjin Marumitsu making the scroll date to 1851 by Japanese age count(Kiosanjin was one of his many literary names)...

Description: A gilt-bronze Buddha figure was casted in 10th-12th century at northern China. Small but delicately carved with good quality bronze , this item has dark shining patina which yields the enduring age. The typical facial expression of Liao Dynasty further makes us to believe the date is for sure. The last picture shown is a grand piece from Shang-hai Museum of China. Condition: Between the robe's pleats, traces of gilt gold is still revealing. Height: 8cm

Description: A beautiful De-Hua porcelain figure was made in early Qing dynasty. By the symptoms and styles the Guanyin was molded and carved, it was supposedly came from Tang-kiln which was named after palace porcelain official Tang-Yin, he was authorized to build the kiln by emperor Yonzhen. Date: 17th-18th Century. Height: 14.2cm Condition: perfect condition except one minor defect on the tip of the left hand's pointer finger. Note: A series number was written by an old collector on the ...

Description: A beautiful molded and sculpted porcelain brush holder in a shape of thorns was kept intact from 17th century of Qing Dynasty. Condition: Perfect with natural firing crackles. Provenance: Jingdezhen. Height:13.5cm Width: 8cm(top)

Dragons writhe across the face of this astounding free standing temple which was a long time display piece in a Butsudan Shoten, an example of the finest work available for Japanese altars. The piece is more than 60 years old, as the current owner of the store (third generation) mentions it has stood there for as long as he can remember. It is entirely hand made; each piece of wood finely shaped and lacquered, each bit of metal hand etched before assembly...

A young woman in rare western dress gazes across this early to mid 20th century Bijinga scroll signed Ikko (Furutani Fujio, b. 1891) enclosed in a period wooden box. Her bright western dress and short hair must have made quite an impression in conservative Japan. The silk painting is bordered in green brocade embellished with flowering vines, extended with beige and features bone rollers. The scroll measures 21-1/2 x 52-1/2 inches (54.5 x 133 cm), and is in fine condition...

Description: This bronze Luohan figure was casted in artistic way. Contemplative and sophisticated expression was shown to yield the religious effects. Date: Qing Dynasty (AD18th century) Material: Bronze

Description: In simple and plain shape, this celadon jar was kept with original lid. Fine glaze are all over the surface, it is an ideal holder for aged Oolong tea. Date : Ming Dynasty(AD15th-16th Century) Width:12.3cm Height:13.2cm

Description: A rare sandstone sculpture of Luohan of The Five Dynasty was reserved perfectly before excavation. Some original paint left on the surface can be seen obviously...

Description: An 18th century incense utensil holder was made by an original piece of Zi-Tan wood ...

Description: A short greenish white jade brush pen was kept well with original brush hair and original cap. It was supposedly used as a pocket utensil which was fastened with a cord when traveling. Date: Qing Dynasty (19th century) Length: 11.8cm Width: 1.2cm

Red Cinnabar Lacquer Carved Tray Plate, 19th Century

The plate is 5 inches by 7 inches wide.

It is in good condition with no repairs, chips, or cracks.

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One of the most interesting vases I have seen by this potter, quite striking in appearance, with brick colored dashes struck briskly through the dark molasses of the vase. Under the glaze we can see the artists signature Jomon rope impressions pressed into the clay. The Jomon pattern (the Jomon were ancient peoples of Japan whose pottery was typified by rope impressions) is what Tatsuzo is most famous for...

Description:This superb glazed bowl was made in the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). The bowl has been glazed in a yellowish glaze with the freely-drawn design in green and brown glazes. Diameter 15 cm. Condition: There is a tiny chip to the rim and the four areas of brown flaking glaze to the sides have been touched up .An unique example very rarely offered for sale. Similar example was seen at the book of "The Chinese Potters' Exploration of Iron Oxide Glazes".