All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #735145 (stock #66)
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.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #735142 (stock #65)
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.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #735138 (stock #64)
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.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #735136 (stock #63)
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.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #734985 (stock #62)
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.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #734982 (stock #61)
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.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #734981 (stock #60)
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
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #734832 (stock #69)
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.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre AD 1000 item #734702 (stock #lot409)
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...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #734395 (stock #lot408)
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...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1950 item #734366 (stock #3594)
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.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1920 item #732701 (stock #TCR2320)
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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...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1930 item #731442 (stock #ZOc104)
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...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1920 item #731109 (stock #ZM120)
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.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #731105 (stock #lot405)
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...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1700 item #730816 (stock #68)
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.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #730815 (stock #62)
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.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #730428 (stock #lot404)
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...