Recently excavated on South Sulawesi of Sawankhalok celadon dish or so-called Sisatchanalai wares. The dish with flattened rim and rounded lip, decorated with an incised chrysanthemum flower head in the center medallion and floral sprays on the cavetto. The exterior is plain, covered overall with a beautifully pale bluish-green celadon glaze and circular firing stand scar appear to the base. Sawankhalok ware 14th-15th century...

A fine and rare small b/w dish, the rounded sides rising to slightly everted rim, the interior painted with a central flower-head and radiating lappets enclosing lotus bloom, below hanging 'ruyi' heads filled with one of the eight Buddhist emblems called 'Endless Knot' the symbol of longevity...

A White glazed small dish, slightly conical shaped and covered overall with a milky white glaze. Ming dynasty 15th century. Condition is perfect excepted firing fault to the foot rim visible on the last enlargement, no any cracks, no chips and free from any restoration. Diameter: 13.5cm.

A finely b/w bowl, rounded sides body and decorated at the exterior with four continuously blossoms of Indian lotus. Stylistic private kiln seal mark on the base. Ming dynasty Jiajing period (1522-1566) Condition of the bowl is excellent, no any chips, no cracks and flawlessly as well. Diameter: 12cm and High: 6cm.

A finely b/w wine cup with slightly everted lip rim, decorated with a stylistic and popular both on imperial or private kiln wares with lotus and water plant at the exterior. Inside the center with a Tibetan character. Condition is perfect considered it's an excavated piece, just tiny flake chip to foot rim, no any chips, no any cracks, flawlessly and free from any restoration. Diameter: 7cm and High: 4.5cm.

One of survived b/w bowl from late 15th to early 16th century, rounded sides with everted lip rim, decorated with four large blossoms of continuously peony flowers to the exterior. Interior design to the center with a floral spray within double circle. Collected in Halmahera island, similar examples also found on South Sulawesi. Ming dynasty late Chenghua to early Hongzhi period ware. Condition is perfect excepted a tiny flake chip to rim, no cracks and free from any restoration...

A set of two b/w wine cups, each decorated with chrysanthemum and inside the center with chrysanthemum head. Yuan dynasty 1279-1368. Condition is good, each with a chip and re-touched, no crack. Diameter: 8.3cm and 8cm.

Large Chinese famille rose porcelain jardiniere with wide mouth and flattened rim enameled in bright pigments with a figural scene extending around the circumference. Diaper pattern band below rim. Unglazed foot and base. Original drain hole and plug. Late Qing dynasty (19th century) to possibly early Republican period. 13"H x 15 1/4" diameter. Weighs about 15 lbs. Very good overall condition with no chips or cracks. Some soiling to the interior from use.

Description:

A bronze ladle of Warring States was found in perfect condition.
In simple and slender form, the bronze ladle was inscribed with 14 Chinese ancient characters.
Archaic bronzes with inscriptions have been highly appraised by serious collectors.
For this rare piece, the inscription was clear and recognizable for a professional study.

Date: Warring States(481BC-221BC),

Length:26.5cm

A CUSTOM-MADE SILK BOX IS INCLUDED.

Description: A magnificent wood ShuanTien( The Northern God) was finely carved in 13th-15th Century. Clad in sophisticated motifs on the robe, the deity sit easily with one arm(which had been lost) resting on the raised lap. It was an excellent traditional carving piece. With flouring lines of the robe, the softness and naturalistics of the flesh of the revealed toes and the torso under robe were vividly rendered...

A rear and large lacquered manuscript chest. These chests were essential to every monastery as the stored Buddhist scriptural texts. Size: L. 61cm. W. 17.6cm. H. 15cm. Condition: Normal wear. One leg has been replaced. See photo.

An extremely rare and important example of b/w Annamese water dropper/Kendi, in globular form body and painted vividly in imported cobalt with naturalistic feathers around the shoulder, a wing, a breast and a foot on each side divided by a lotus cluster at the front and three clusters of grasses at the rear below two moulded tails, each surmounted by a 'Ruyi' lappet, the heads each finely modelled with long crests surmounted by simple whorls and painted with dots on the cheeks and upper bills, t...

One similar piece appear on Christies 1984 auction cataloque in London, with high 11.5cm and wide 15.7cm. They also note the other only one recorded example in that times of this Double-Headed type appears to be illustrated by William Willets, 'Ceramic Art of Southeast Asia, 1971, no.85. which is subsequently illustrated, Strait Times Annual, 1981, pp, 57-58, and Southeast Asian Ceramic Society, Vietnamese Ceramics, 1982, no.103.

As the enlightened man is a product of this world so too the Lotus grows in the mire, a symbol of the attainable state of Nirvana. Here is a breathtaking hand-made bronze Koro in the shape of a blossoming lotus in deep red patination dating from the late Edo to Meiji period (mid to late 19th century). Consisting of 30 individual pieces, each petal is uniquely incised with veins by the hammer and chisel of some long lost craftsman...

Well potted of celadon small jarlet, decorated with two ring handles and covered overall with a pale bluish green celadon glaze. Condition is perfect. 15th-16th century Sawankhalok ware. High: 7cm and Wide: 7.3cm.

A beaker with bowed profile, decorated in underglaze iron-brown with a summarily drawn calligraphic scroll. Base unglazed, four spur marks on the interior bottom. Vietnam Ly-Tran 14th to early 15th century. Condition is perfect, unfortunately tilt to one side. Diameter: 10.5cm and High: 8cm.

A nice blue & white small jar, decorated to the body with fruit blossoms and cloud scroll to the shoulder, base unglazed. Ming dynasty 16th century. Condition is perfect, unfortunately just a kiln rock adhered to the shoulder area, otherwise is very fine excavated piece. Wide: 8cm and High: 8.5cm.

A good and rare to survived polychrome enamel jarlet considered it is an excavated piece from underground, decorated with continuously chrysanthemum in green and red enamels, base unglazed. Ming dynasty 15th-16th century. Condition is perfect with original enamel color. Wide: 6.5cm and High: 6cm.

A rare of excavated pieces of Changsha type bowl was found in South Sulawesi area and exactly not from shipwreck in Belitung Sumatera. Bowl with everted rim and square-cut foot. Decorated in brown and pale brown under a green glaze with a freely drawn floral motif in the center and brown area on the rim. Late Tang dynasty 9th century, Hunan Changsha ware. Condition is excellent with no any cracks and no chips, also still with very finely glaze. Diameter: 15.9 cm. Note: Reportedly from Indonesia...

Description: An exquisite conical Yaozhou bowl was molded with beautiful motifs of flowers and tendrils in the cavetto. Preserved in perfect condition, the bowl's foot ring was adhesive with kiln sands. Numerous bubbles were characteristically revealed in the glaze. Some minute burst bubbles were left on the outer mouth rim, Otherwise the over all condition is perfect. Date: Song Dynasty(AD960-1279), Width: 10cm

A plain white glazed dish with brown glaze finished to the rim, three characters "Yu Chin Thang" mark on the base within double circle. Early Ching Kangxi period. Condition with a hairline like indicated on the picture and invisible re-touched tiny flake chip to rim. Diameter: 21.5cm

A brown glazed celadon bowl, decorated with incised motif to the interior, outside is plain and unglazed base. Northern Song ware. Condition is perfect. Diameter: 16.8cm and High: 7cm.

A celadon dish with finely potted, decorated at the exterior with lotus petals rising from foot, interior is plain and covered overall with olive green glaze. Condition cracks such like indicated on the pictures. Southern Song dynasty. Diameter: 16.8cm

It's rare one example of b/w bowl produced of transition between late Yuan to early Ming Hongwu period, decorated with emblems to the exterior and Tibetan characters around inner rim, base unglazed showing the characteristic of Yuan wares. Condition is perfect. Diameter: 14 cm.

Description: An elegant celadon water basin of Longquan kiln was molded in beautiful shape. Cutting plum flowers were stick around the upper portion of the basin and at the lower portion around the foot ring. Whitish incursions and burial earth were reserved on the glaze surface when obvious brownish firing effect was at the unglazed clay. A beautiful Longquan piece was applied with fatty milky celadon glaze which was usually seen for pieces from Yuan Dynasty...

Description: A typical Taiwanese Daoist tiger deity was made of brick mud. In cute facial composition, The molded animal was applied with white paint before brushed with black pigment and sketched with detailed lines.Tiger deity was usually seen in Taiwanese shrine for comforting the uneasy babies. Date: Qing Dynasty, Height: 6.0cm

Description: A wood carving of a tiger was a typical Taiwanese religious deity. Instead of scaring people, the cute tiger was for comforting uneasy babies for worshipers. Date: Qing dynasty, Height: 14.5cm

A rare example of celadon dish, decorated with an impressively twin fish in the center, the exterior with lotus petals rising from foot, covered overall with fine tone of olive green glazed. Southern Song dynasty Longquan ware, excavated example found on Kalimantan region. Condition damaged split to three pieces and glue restored. Diameter: 20.5cm.

A celadon cup with fluted sides, covered overall with grayish celadon glazed. Southern Song dynasty, founded in South-Sulawesi area. Condition is perfect excepted minor glaze lines indicated on enlargement 6 & 7. Diameter: 8.6cm and High: 4.9cm.

A fine tone of Sawankhalok celadon dish, covered overall with a bluish green glazed, exterior is plain and a circular firing scar appear to the unglazed base. Thailand 15th century and condition is perfect. Diameter: 20.2cm.

Description: One exquisite Jun stand with subtle purple splashes and elegant five-foliate rim was preserved in perfect condition. Reserved with obvious burial deposits and incursions which causing some pinhead holes on the surface, the stand's surface was over all in retrospective glaze luster. Naturally rendered bubbles were yielded under the glaze...

Description: A black Jianyang Temmoko tea bowl of Song Dynasty was intriguingly transformed into a whitish tint by natural burial's incursion. In typical black body of Jianyang kiln, the tea bowl was applied with shear black glaze before being affected by the incursion. In a still slippery feel on the surface, the rare bowl showed itself a charming piece. A similar piece was in a loan exhibition from MOA Japan at The Museum of Fujiang Province. It can be as referent in the last two pictures...

Finely crackled which glaze covers this late Meiji Chinese inspired form clearly stamped inside the footring Tozan Ito Tozan. There is an incredible sense of mastery in the concise lines and perfectly sculpted form. It is 13 inches (33 cm) tall, 10 inches (26 cm) diameter and in excellent condition, enclosed in an older custom made wooden box.

This antique Chinese necklace has an ornately detailed large Kylin as the central medallion...

This Chinese winter court officials hat has an elaborate gold acorn finial, silk velvet brim, and red silk tassels. The black chin strap cord is tied with a double adjusting slip knot. The hat is in good condition.

A very good example of typical design of Ming Chenghua blue & white small dish, decorated at the interior with a Conch in the center within double circle and surrounded by lotus flowers and water weed above diaper pattern border. The exterior with four Mandarin Ducks swimming among lotus pond. Ming dynasty Chenghua period. Condition: restored to a large missing chip to the rim and two hairlines, the condition before restore would be available to send by request. Diameter: 17.3 cm.