A blue & white bowl, decorated exterior with continuous Indian Lotus. Ming dynasty late 15th to early 16th century. Condition re-touch a chip to rim and two hairline. Diameter: 15.1 cm.
Description: A charming ivory piece was crackled all over the surface
due to long time of age. Enduring about 300 to 400 years, this ivory
piece was supposedly used as a hair arrange utensil for women or men.
Playing around the fingers, this charming piece is so attractive in
old ivory tissues and in warm brownish patina. The patina is a bit of darker in real than in the pictures.
Date: Early Qing period (17th-18th century)
Outer width 3.8cm Inner width: 2.1cm Depth: 1.4cm
Description: Mu-Yu was a religious instrument used by the monks or nuns
for knocking with a stick when humming the sutras. A decorated piece
shaped as a Mu-Yu was unusually seen...
A finely blue & white bowl, decorated outside with lotus and water weeds, inside with Conch on the center and continuously flower scroll around the inner rim. Ming dynasty Chenghua private kiln typical design ware. Condition is perfect with no any chips and cracks, except very minor flake glaze to rim, well balance and free from any restoration. Diameter: 15.5 cm.
A good blue & white covered box, decorated on the top with Mandarin Duck among Lotus pond. Late Ming dynasty 17th century, Swatow type. Condition is perfect, with no any chips and cracks. Diameter: 10.5 cm.
Description: An old small Kang table with two drawers was tenoned in old fashion. Preserved well in good condition, there are hidden space under the drawers for keeping secrecy. It was believed that the small furniture was used to be put on the Kang bed in traditional Chinese house. Date: Qing Dynasty(late 19th century)
Length: 46cm Height: 17cm Depth: 17.5cm
A blue & white pear shaped/Yuhuchun vase, with main decoration of continuous Lotus sprays in nice cobalt-blue tone. Ming dynasty 15th century. Condition: Mouth rim area missing and restored, the neck down to body is perfect, unfortunately the shape not in well balance and one kiln adhesive adhere on the body visible on enlargement 4, otherwise it's a rare item. High: 20.5 cm. Note: please don't hesitate to request pictures before restoration, most welcome.
This is a beautiful Qing dynasty blue enamel glazed small basin. The basin rise from a shallow base upwards into a u shaped everted flat rim of 3.5cm. On the outside of the basin, it is painted with three pairs of peony flowers. On the flat rim, it is decorated with lotus flowers as viewed from the top interspersed with mosaic design. On the cavetto, it is decorated with chrysanthemum flowers and four out of the eight Daoist immortal embalms. They are lotus flowers, castanets, flute and sword...
Description: A white jade pendant was carved as two fishes chasing a pearl.
In simple and well-executed lines, the fishes were adorned with star patterns.
The jade was in pale white and some yellowish tint. Whitish incursions were in dots on the surface. The jade in the pictures looks the same as we see in real.
Date: Early Qing Dynasty(17th-18th Century)
Dimension: 5.2cm x 5cm x 0.4cm
A 17th century dorje (thunderbolt of enlightenment) Buddhist ritual object of a dark color with some green encrustation. Some dorjes at that time were made from meteorites found in the Himalayas. This particular dorje is quite heavy and there is a possibility that it may be made from a meteorite but we have not had it tested...
A celadon-colored jade pig of elegant shape and proportions. Unlike Han pigs which are stylized, this is sleek and more realistic. Jin pigs are rarer than Han pigs. The pig signifies wealth and prosperity in the Chinese culture. The celadon coloration of this jade is complex and translucent in some areas. There is a hole bored under the tail for stringing and attaching to the belt...
A finely blue & white bowl, decorated at the exterior with figures on the landscape, the interior center with man on the boat within double circle and diaper pattern border to the rim. Ming dynasty late 15th to early 16th century, Hongzhi period (1488-1505). Condition is excellent and glaze also very good with well balance potted, no any chips or cracks found, free from restoration and flawlessly as well except one pin hole to the interior cavetto, superb condition for excavated piece...
Description: Like the beauty of a poem, a beautiful Jadeite snuff bottle
was in elegant slender shape. Capped with brownish amber stopper,
the jadeite bottle was in lake-green tint and was decorated with motifs of numerous archaic characters of Sou (longevity) on
the surface. The foot rim was delicately carved in groove style at the bottom. By an elegant profile, the charming tint and the well hollowed chamber, all these characteristics made this snuff bottle an excellent piece...
A finely blue & white jar, with fluted sides body and decorated in underglazed blue of medallion filled with censer, vase and scholar object. Around the neck and foot rim border with a white on blue Chrysanthemum scroll. Nice one from estate collection pieces. Early Ching Kangxi period (1662-1722). Condition is excellent, no chips, no cracks and free from any restoration, unfortunately the cover is missing. High: 14 cm.
A blue & white small bowl, well balance potted, decorated at the interior center with an Eagle and diaper pattern border around the rim. Four Chinese character mark on the base "Da Ming Nien Chao" within double circle. Late Ming dynasty Longqing-Wanli period. Condition is very good, only one tiny chip to rim and to the foot rim, otherwise is perfect with no any cracks and free from restoration as well. Diameter: 10 cm and High: 5.5 cm.
An oblong piece of golden brown amber with carvings in relief of two flying bats among clouds. Each bat has the tassled end of a rope in its mouth; on this rope are three coins. Bats and coins both represent good fortune. A translucent blue Chinese glass bead (Ming period)comes with the amber.
Period: Ching (19th Century)
Size: Length = 5.3 cm (2-1/4 inches), Width = 3 cm (1-1/4 inches)
Condition: Very good. No breaks, cracks or chips.