Of Janus form, with faces and bird beaks on opposing sides, this large food storage vessel is from the Chambri Lakes region, near the Sepik River in New Guinea. Formed of the local clay by the women, the decoration and paint was applied by the men, in honor of ancestral beings. Utilized to store the flour of the sago palm, the vessels were also used as currency in trading with other indigenous groups. The vessel is 13 3/4" high and slightly wider, from tips of bird beaks...
A nice blue and white Kraak type dish with thinly potted, decorated with Goose in the center. Late Ming dynasty 17th century. Condition is near perfect, only minor fretting to rim, no crack and free from restoration. Diameter: 21.9cm.
Korean Joseon dynasty (1392-1910) painted portrait of a seated scholar official executed in ink and color on paper. At the center of the robe is a rank badge holding a crane, indicating the gentleman is a civil official. The calligraphy states the bearded official is 41 years old. The painting is bordered with white silk and framed (no glass). 19th century or possibly earlier. Framed size: 41 1/2"V x 25 3/4"H (painting size: 20 3/4"V x 19 7/8"H)...
Small Vase covered by white glazed to the foot; unglazed base . PERIOD : Song Dynasty 960-1279 AD. MEASUREMENTS: 14 cm height. CONDITION: no chips, cracks, or hairlines and free from restorations.
Sawankhalok celadon stoneware covered jar with large size. 15th century. Ht. 19 cm. No Chips, cracks or hairlines and free from restorations.
Small Kendi, with rounded sides, bulbous spout and tall neck decorated outside with floral scroll and plantain leaves on the neck, glazed base. PERIOD : Wanli (1573-1619 AD) MEASUREMENT : 14 cm height
Minor restoration to the end of spout, frittings on the head of the neck.
Sawankhalok celadon stoneware kendi with a cup-shaped mouth and a buffalo form. 15th century. wide. 20 cm. Perfect condition, no chips, cracks or hairlines and free from restorations.
Chinese Republic period rectangular form traveling scholar's white brass "paktong" (baitong) ink box with rounded corners finely incised on the top lid with five vertical lines of calligraphy encircled by a band of archaic form characters all centered over a background of blossoming branches. The inscription addresses the appreciation of fine quality calligraphy...
A pear-shaped "Famille rose" porcelain teapot and cover with molded decoration of two rows of petals and applied lotus flowers and leaves, in between painted with cockerels, deers, fishes and egrets. Dating to the Yongzheng or early Qianlong period. Condition: good, some chips to the applied decoration (please look at the last four photos) spout with a tiny chip. Dimension: 10.7 cm high, spout to handle: c. 14.6 cm.
Chinese Republic period baluster form porcelain vase decorated in famille rose enamels with three large bird and flower roundels spaced evenly around the shoulder. The roundels feature two birds, two ducks, and two quail set among bamboo and flowering plants. A variety of pastel flowers float against the pale yellow graviata ground which is incised with a tight scrolling foliage pattern. The rim and the roundels are thinly bordered in gilt...
Porcelain covered with celadon glaze to the foot and decorated with floral and 3 boys carved motif, unglazed concave base. PERIOD : Yue ware 9th Century MEASUREMENTS: 17.2 cm wide, 7.1 cm tall. CONDITION : chips to the base, no cracks or hairlines and free from restorations.
Porcelain covered with celadon glaze to the foot and decorated with floral carved motif, glazed base. PERIOD : Yue ware 9th Century MEASUREMENTS: 20 cm wide, 7.1 cm tall. CONDITION : Perfect, no chips, cracks or hairlines and free from restorations.
A rare Straits Chinese fan case applied with tiny faceted rocaille glass beads on a green respectively yellow velvet ground, depicting auspicious symbols. Bordered with a woven band, with cotton ribbon and lining. Condition: very good, few glass beads are lost. Dimension: case: 32.2 cm long x 7.8 cm wide.
A rare and unusual copper-red dish, decorated to the interior center with low relief of carved incised unglazed biscuit lively three claws Dragon in copper-red ground dish. Base unglazed with short foot rim. Condition is perfect without any chip, no crack and free from restoration. Late Yuan to Early Ming dynasty. Diameter: 27 cm.
Three Chinese late Qing dynasty to Republic period robin's egg (called lu Jun, or "furnace Jun") glazed porcelain scholar's desk articles including a hexagonal form water pot with an applied qilong climbing on the side (about 3" diameter by 2 1/8" high), a ribbon bound triple-gourd vase with three openings (4 1/2" high), and a rectangular brush holder in the form of a stove (2 3/8"L x 1 3/4"D x 1 3/4"H)...
Grey stoneware, covered with a white glaze, painted with a dragon in black/brown. Diameter 11,5 cm. Jin Dynasty (1115-1234). Condition: firing crack in the body (back side). Otherwise very good. With expected age wear.
The pear-shaped body rising to a slender neck with two handles and decorated with moulded phoenix on the body, covered with qingbai glaze to the foot; unglaze base. Yuan Dynasty, 30 cm height. a small chip to the foot rim, no cracks, or hairlines and free from restorations.
The center of the slightly domed cover carved with floral, the details finely incised, covered inside and out with a greenish-olive glaze that continues onto the countersunk base which shows traces of linear spur marks
EARLY NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 10TH CENTURY
5¼ in. (13.4 cm.) diam
No chips, cracks, or hairlines and free from restorations.
This beautiful box with its delicately colored glaze is typical of the fine Yue wares made at the Zhejiang kilns in the 10th century...
Large and heavy Chinese late Qing dynasty scholar's hardwood box (guanpixiang) suitable for holding documents, seals, ink sticks, and other desktop items. This form of furniture was originally constructed as a jewelry box for ladies, but was also used later as a scholar's box. A removable panel on the front lifts to reveal two narrow document trays at the top, five drawers in the mid-section, and one narrow document tray at the bottom...
Large Thai bronze Buddha head with serene face and downcast almond eyes, curled headdress, flaming usnisa, and elongated ears. The casting is thin, the patina is very nice, and there is typical corrosion and wear evident. Traces of gilt are visible in the usnisa and hair (see close up images). Produced in the 18th/19th century in the Sukhothai period style. 15" high. Weighs about 9 lbs. There is no stand. This bronze is from the Albert Ninde estate in Tucson...
Large size and very old bouddhist phurba at least from the 19th, Note the large and heavy iron tip to protect the phurba , presented on a metal stand.
H 31.5 cm
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Of buff ware, decorated in cream slip with painted designs in black and red, this aryballos, or perfume/oil vessel, measures 3 1/8" high, and is roughly the same diameter. The paint decoration is worn, and appears to represent a bird figure, with additional geometric designs over the body and top. Aryballoi of this size and form were utilized for perfume or other precious oils, and date to the 6th century BC...
Depicting a naked girl. Made of wood, painted in yellow/brown and black. On the belly a table with Burmese letters. Original hair. Ca. Early to mid 20th century. Good condition. H. 23,5 cm. Comes with a black metal stand.
Japanese very well carved boxwood netsuke, featuring a seated man holding an object, from late 18th/early 19th century era. Size; Height of carving is 1 3/8 with length of 1.5 inches. Condition Report; Good condition, age hairline/crack to the left side of man.
In the shape of an animal. H. 6 cm, diameter 6,5 cm. Excellent condition. Tang Dynasty ( 618-906).
A large porcelain vase by Miyanaga Tozan decorated with a garden scene of young pine growing up around a large stone brushed by Yamamoto Shunkyo and enclosed in a double wooden box signed by both artists. It comes with the pictured rosewood stand in a separate section in the box. The vase is 12 inches (31cm) tall 8 inches (20 cm) diameter and in excellent condition...
With the original coral stopper and spoon. Chips to the mouthrim and to the foot. H. 7 cm
Rare small size bowl with russet stripes. Jin Dynasty (1115-1234). Diameter 9 cm, h. 5 cm. Excellent condition.
Coverd with black lacquer and gilding. The doors with intricately carved panels depicting dragons and phoenixes. The inside of the doors painted with flower vases. Wonderful untouched condition, even the small table is still present. Dimensions: 44x35x15 cm. South Chinese, 19th century.
A nice private-kiln wares of Ming dynasty late 15th to early 16th century blue and white bowl, decorated to exterior with four children playing and interior center with a child within double circle. Condition is very good, except a kiln chip to the foot rim which usually found on Mingyao products. Diameter: 9.6cm and High: 5.1cm.
Description:
A small and nice brush pot was exquisitely carved on the surface with beautiful secenes.
In typical picturesque of Chinese's literati, the brush pot or poem pot was in nice and warm patina.
Height: 9.5cm.
Condition: Perfect.
Date: Early 20th Centuries.
Material: Prongs (Deer's horns).
A black glazed conical shape tea-bowl, decorated with paper-cut design of two phoenix on flight, exterior with tortoise-shell effect. Unglazed base with short foot rim. Southern-Song dynasty Jizhou ware. Condition is perfect. Diameter: 12.6cm and High: 6.4cm.
This lovely dark hardwood Japanese brushrest has gold lacquered ends with delicate makee scenes of floral and fauna. Meiji period, brush rest measures 5.25 inches long
Well potted conical shaped black glaze tea-bowl with Tortoise shell effect. Southern Song dynasty 12th/13th century Jiangxi Yonghe Jizhou wares. Condition is perfect. Diameter: 12cm and High: 4.9cm.
A fine Southern Song dynasty 12th/13th century Qingbai bowl and stand, with lobed side and the stand with open work, covered overall with a bluish green glazed. Condition is perfect with no any chip, no crack and free from restoration. Stand diameter : 13.8cm, bowl diameter: 9.6cm. High maximum: 8.5cm.
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A Yaozhou conical bowl was in decent look with persimmon glaze.
The glaze was covered all over the surface except to the foot ring...
A Brown glazed Kendi, decorated with relief of a pair Dragon to the body. Yuan dynasty Fujian Quanzhou wares, no chip, no crack and free from restoration. High: 13cm.
Well potted black glazed Tea-Bowl with greenish Hare's Fur effect, condition is perfect except a tiny firing imperfection a kiln chip to the rim, otherwise is perfect. Southern Song dynasty Jian wares. Diameter: 11.6cm and High: 6.2cm.
A pear shaped small celadon vase, decorated with molded incised floral sprays and attached two ears to the shoulder, covered overall with rather dark green glaze like indicated on pictures. Yuan dynasty 13th-14th century Longquan ware. Condition is very good near perfect except one unglazed area visible on enlargement 4, otherwise is perfect with no any chip, no crack and free from restoration. High: 11.5 cm.
A blue and white dish, decorated with bird on the garden scene, fine painted and best quality cobalt blue tone. Ming dynasty 17th century Zhangzhou ware or Swatow. Condition with a hairline, otherwise is very good. Diameter: 28cm.
Large rectangular Persian mirror case made of papier-mache and hand-painted in ink, watercolor and gold under lacquered varnish. The outer covers decorated with youth at leisure in the Safavid style. Condition: some craquelure and flaking, mirror lost, rims with wear and losses. Please look at the pictures carefully, they make part of the condition report. Dimension: 36.5 cm x 24.5 cm x 1.7 cm.
Beautiful set of six porcelain dinner plates for the Straits Chinese market, enamelled with the phoenix and peony motif. With gilded scalloped edges and stamped shop mark "Wang Shen Shu" to the base, dating around 1900. Condition: enamels and rim gilding with little wear. Dimension: diameter: 19.2 cm.
Rare Yuan dynasty red lacquerware oval tray, Chinese, 14th century, carved with two three-toed dragons encircled by a border of crashing waves. Size: 8 3/8 inches x 6 3/4 inches x 1 inch deep. Condition: two spots where the lacquer is missing on the top of the rim, some old filler on the foot ring on the under side, some cracking to the lacquer and a few tiny spots of loss to the incised lacquer in the background. The back of the tray has a border carved with a scroll design, which frequentl...
A superbly crafted free standing image of a Heron standing high on a rocky outcrop, balanced on one leg, the other curled up tightly in its feathers. It is made in dusted silver, likely over a bronze body. The form is expertly crafted, incised with a fierce expression showing awe for the power of nature and its inhabitants. Keen eyes scan the river for fish, and the horizon for predators. Worn, we have had the original bolt fixing him to the rock bored and replaced. It is in fine condition, ...
Three tough looking toads work together to support the base ring of this unusual leaf-shaped bronze Usubata flower basin enclosed in an antique wooden box. It is signed on the base simply “Oka”. Roughly 11 inches (27 cm) diameter, 8 inches (20 cm) tall.
The female immortal "He Xiangu" depicted as a dancer with wafting dress. Cast in bronze with partial gilding. Dating to the 16th or early 17th century. Please refer to a complete set of the "baxian" in the Musee Cernuschi catalogue, Paris: "Bronzes de la Chine imperiale", pages 154-155. Condition: apparently one foot lost but standing quite firm, please look at pictures carefully, they make part of the condition report. Dimension: 11. 7 cm high, weight: 196 g.
A good late Ming dynasty 17th century blue and white jar, painted with vividly pencil style three friends of winter. Condition is perfect. High: 7.3 cm.
A rare white glazed flower shaped small dish, covered overall with a milky white glaze. Early Ming dynasty. Dehua ware Fujian. Condition with minor old chips to the foot rim, no cracks, no any chip to rim and free from restoration. Diameter: 14.8cm
A small round gourd: polished, cut and decorated inside with delicate fronds in gold on black maki-e. This is superb. It is 3 inches diameter (7.5 cm) and in perfect condition, enclosed in a quality old kiri-wood box. .
Antique Yixing - I Hsing teapot decorated with embosed phoenix.No mark on the base. PERIOD : late 19th Cenuryt MEASUREMENTS: 19 cm height. CONDITION: no chips, cracks or hairlines and free from restorations.
Longquan bowl decorated with incised lotus petals rising from foot to the exterior. Covered with golden celadon glaze, unglazed base. Southern Song 12th-13th century. Condition : excellent with crazying glaze, no chips, cracks or restorations. Diameter: 16.5 cm
Longquan bowl decorated with incised lotus petals rising from foot to the exterior and. Covered with green glaze, unglazed base. Southern Song 12th-13th century. Condition : excellent with crazying glaze, no chips, cracks or restorations. Diameter: 16cm
FFlower shape bowl covered with white glaze, unglaze base. Song Dynasty 12th-13th century
12 cm diameter, 4.5 cm height
No Chips, Cracks or hairlines and free from restorations.
A shard sample of five dynasty water pot and stem cup, this shard is decorated with celadon glaze, there is good sample drawing of lotus petals. this shards is very good for studying and comparison to any one who interested in studying early Chinese porcelain.
A very rare big shard sample of five dynasty covered box, this shard is decorated with celadon glaze, there is good sample drawing of flower. this shards is very good for studying and comparison to any one who interested in studying early Chinese porcelain.
A good shard sample of five dynasty foliated dish, this shard is decorated with celadon glaze. this shards is very good for studying and comparison to any one who interested in studying early Chinese porcelain.
A very rare big shard sample of five dynasty covered box, this large shard is decorated with celadon glaze, there is good sample drawing of birds. this shards is very good for studying and comparison to any one who interested in studying early Chinese porcelain.
A very rare big shard sample of five dynasty shallow dish, this large shard is decorated with celadon glaze, there is good sample drawing of twin birds. this shards is very good for studying and comparison to any one who interested in studying early Chinese porcelain.