Jar with floral sprays and bead-lines. Porcelain with painted underglaze and applied decoration.PERIOD : Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368 AD) MEASUREMENTS: 7.5 cm wide, 8.5 cm tall. CONDITION: restoration to the broken piece, good blue color.
A pear-shaped Annamese vase, decorated with pair of bird among floral sprays. Condition with touched up to slight small chip to rim. Vietnamese 15th-16th century. High: 24 cm
Description:
A Jizhou bowl was applied with dark brown nearing black glaze on the surface.
Characteristically and famously a leaf pattern was applied in the cavetto.
By greasy-feel quality belong to the Jizhou glaze, the surface was spread with subtle crackles which were caused by the age.
The body clay revealed at the bottom was in soft and loosening quality which was in line with the characteristics of the dated Jizhou wares...
A Longquan celadon dish, decorated in the center with an impressively of twin fish dish and covered overall with pale bluish green glaze. Condition : two tiny chips to the rim. Diameter: 12.5 cm.
Beautiful foliated small dish covered with crackled white glaze. Unglaze base. Song Dynasty. Width = 13.1 cm Condition : perfect, mint
This is a Northern Song - Jin dynasty cizhou sancai dish with incised lotus design, with green and brown colour enamel. It stands on a short foot rim and then everted into a u-shaped body. The centre of the dish is incised with a single lotus flower with a large open leaf below it. The lotus is painted with a shade of brown colour on the inner side and the outer side a dark cream colour. The lotus leaf is painted in green colour with brown shading on the inner side...
A Japanese Ivory netsuke artist signed figure of Hotei or Buddha. A fine carving with nice details and color. A fine addition to any collection. Measuring approx. 2 1/4 inches tall or 6 centimeters.
Porcelain decorated with qilin on the center, continous floral scroll on the exterior, glazed base. PERIOD : Early Ming (1400-1487 AD) MEASUREMENTS: 24 cm wide. CONDITION: one hairline, glaze flaws to the rim; free from restoration.
Bowl decorated with chrysantemum spray on the center, chrysantemum scroll on the exterior, and classic scroll on the inside rim. Porcelain with painted underglaze and applied decoration.PERIOD : Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368 AD) MEASUREMENTS: 12 cm wide, 5.5 cm tall. CONDITION: restoration to the broken artefact.
Diameter 14 cm
Perfect condition, no chips, cracks or hairlies and free from restorations.
This lovely Quan Yin standing figure measures 13 3/4", and is leaning slightly forward and to her right, her right hand holding a Ruyi scepter, her left hand holding the edge of her robe. Comprised of red lacquer over wood, her robe is rimmed with a wide hem that is decorated with applied lacquer details, and the fabric of the robe is lightly textured with fine curved lines. Both her face and hands have a rubbed surface, showing brighter color and more gloss...
Chinese famille rose medallion umbrella stand circa 1890 hand painted in traditional motif of floral butterfly and Chinese court scenes. In excellent condition measuring approx. 25 inches tall.
A lovely boat shape of Five Dynasty covered with greyish celadon glaze, unglazed base. PERIOD : Pive Dynasty (9th Century). MEASUREMENT : 14.5 cm wide, 9 cm height. CONDITION : professional restoration on missing part
Stoneware jar with black glaze and brown spots. H. 12 cm, diameter 14,5 cm. Minor chips to the inside of the mouth rim. Song Dynasty (960-1279)
This is an old Chinese carpentry tool. It was used the same as today's carpenter's "chalk line". The bowl would be filled with powdered charcoal and the string would be pulled through the bowl, and a straight line would be snapped. The string would be rewound by tuning the "crank handle".
Older carpenters frequently made their own tool and the carving on this one is very well done, a dragons head floating in a wave pattern. Note the hand made string...very rare...
A fine antique Navajo Indian rug centering a cross-filled complementary stepped diamond medallion, with four-corner
Hooked diamond accents, solid color banded border, in beige dark brown, red, white and grey brown. Measuring approx. 7 ft. 3 in.
by 4 ft.6 in...
A square porcelain plaque painted with different greens, overglaze blue, yellow, aubergine and iron red, mounted in a later European wooden frame. Depicting Hua Mulan, a legendary female warrior, who took her aged father's place in the army. Some orange peel, reverse without glaze. Condition: enamel colors with some wear. Dimension: plaque: 22.7 cm x 22.6 cm x 1 cm, with frame: c. 30 cm x 30 cm.
Decorated with a scene depicting phoenix and chrysanthemum , and, around the flattened edge, with concentric waves and interspersed with floral motifs.
Width = 28 cm
Period : Ming Dynasty, late 16th century..
Condition : professional restoration on one crack (hard to view)