A fine antique bronze Chinese bronze buddha with very fine details in the hand mudra postures. Measuring approx. 8 inches tall a fine example.

Description: An Archaic bronze seal with a casting knob of a couple (means harmony) was from Song dynasty. The meaningful knob was accompanied with the joyful inscription of A rabbit motif. A scholar item was probably used in Chinese studio for making stamp inscription on a script of poem or a beautiful painting. Date: Song Dynasty(AD960-1279) Width: 2.2cm Height: 2.2cm

Description: A Zitan brush pen was preserved rarely with original cap. In a simple and plain form and kept with old patina, the brush was in perfect condition except lost of brush hair which didn’t matter much to a rare piece. Date: Late Qing period(19th century), Length: 20 cm (including cap)

Description:

A Jizhou jar was applied with beautiful tortoiseshell glaze on the surface.
In nice condition, the glaze was yielded with finely spread crackles.
The characteristic soft paste was revealed in beige tint.
The jar was used as a water coupe for scholar work or a tea power mixer in tea ceremony.

Date: Southern Song Dynasty, 1127-1279

Body Width: 12.5cm, Height: 10cm,

A COTTON BOX IS INCLUDED.

Beautiful foliated small dish covered with clear white glaze and four spurs mark on the center. Unglaze base. Song Dynasty. Width = 13.1 cm Condition : perfect, mint

Fine Chinese 9th - 10th Century Stoneware Ewer

This fine and rare stoneware ewer was made during the 9th to 10th century (from the end of the Tang Dynasty AD 608 - 916, the Five Dynasties period AD 907 - 960, to the Northern Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1127), most likely a product of one of the Guangdong kilns. Both inner and outer surfaces are coated in a very finely-crackled olive-green glaze...

A rare blue & white tray in the form of parrot carry a peach bowl in underglaze blue decoration on the body and inside the bowl with flower. Vietnam 15th-16th century Le-Mac dynasty period. Condition is perfect with no any chips or cracks, except glaze degraded. Measure 11cm x 9.5cm.

Fine & Rare Chinese Neolithic Siwa Culture Burnished Black Pottery Jar (c. 1350 BC)

This rare pottery vessel was made over 3,000 years ago by peoples of the Siwa Culture (c.1350 BC) from present day Gansu or Qinghai province. It is attractively-shaped with high handles, a saddle-shaped mouth and a wide body that tapers down to a small circular flat base...

Description: A rare and lovely Yaozhou russet-glazed incense burner was in simple form. Wide-mouthed and with high-set shoulders when the neck is narrowed and the lip is rolled, the jarlet was applied with persimmon glaze inside and out of the surface. The bottom was flat and was concaved to a round circle. The unglazed base had turned to a buff skin during firing, and in a firm quality which were all the characteristics for a Yaozhou ware. Date: Song period(11th/12th Century), Height: 6.6cm

Oversized Japanese "sosaku hanga" woodblock print by Jun'ichiro Sekino (1914-1988) titled "Boy and His Cat." dated 1957. The artist's white ink signature and red seal are at the lower right corner of the image. The edition number 51/100 and the date are in pencil at the left side of the bottom margin. The right side of the bottom margin holds "Jun Sekino" in black ink. Image size: 24 1/2" x 12 3/8" plus full margins. The framed size is about 36 1/2" x 24 3/4." Very good overall condition...

A Chinese Tang bronze seal with the good luck symbol. Size: 2 x 2 cm Condition: No repairs.

A pair of spectacular Mino Yaki Porcelain vases from the studio of famed artisan Kato Gosuke decorated with clusters of grapes under drying late summer leaves. It is 32.5 cm tall, 21 cm diameter and both are in excellent condition, enclosed in a wooden collectors box titled Mino Yaki Kabin Ittsui, Kato Gosuke Saku (Pair of Mino Yaki Vases by Kato Gosuke). Each bears a signature in overglaze on the base, along with two impressed seals. The square seal reads Kato Gosuke...

A blue & white Kraak type dish, thinly potted with fluted sides rim, the center decorated with a landscape featuring two goose, the cavetto sides with floral spray. Ming dynasty late 16th century. Condition: two hairlines and a flake chip (restored), before restoration indicated on enlargement 7-10. Diameter: 20.3cm.

A large Ukibori vase covered in iron with yellow slip raised imagery of birds in a pomegranate tree by Ito Tozan I enclosed in the original signed wooden box dated 1917. It is 16 inches (40 cm) tall 10-1/2 inches (26 cm) diameter and in fine condition.
Ito Tozan I (1846-1920) began as a painter in the Maruyama school studying under Koizumi Togaku...

This type of tissue holder is called "Hakoseko". This is to be placed between Obi and Kimono with the chains dangling in the chest area. Hakoseko is still being used today for very special ceremonial occasions, but it is very difficult to find an old quality piece like this. Obviously, this has been stored for years without being used. The condition is new with some faint storage stains. It came with a paper bag filled with straws instead of tissue papers...

A rare blue & white saucer dish, decorated inside the center with a fish and underside with four fishes among water weed. Condition with tiny old chip to the rim, no cracks and free from restoration as well. Ming dynasty late 15th to early 16th century. Diameter: 10 cm.

Blue & White plate, decorated in the centre with a pavilion and figures, cranes on the lotus ponds on the flattened rim. The outside decorated with floral sprays. Late Ming. This plate is broken into two pieces and restored ( showing in last enlargement the condition before restore ) Diameter: 19 cm

Description:
A big oil painting on cotton was in striking image.
Full of original spirits of the minority people of southern China, the subject of this painting was the Daoist deities of Earthern Father(Tu Di Gon), Earthern Mother(Tu Di Puo) and Guandi who separately stands for Prosperity, Fertilization and Wealthness.
Used the bold colors, the painting was rendered by fluent sketching lines and was finished with profuse tableau...