Japanese glass ojime in a form of tombodama bead with bright red flowers floating in a stream, fine gols foil flakes background. Tombodama can be translated as “dragonfly ball” and the name is thought to come about because when the molten glass is applied to the core bead it resembles a dragonfly’s eye. Superbly made piece - see finely textured petals, in perfect condition. Height 0.64 inches.

Japanese glass ojime in a form of tombodama bead of flattened ball shape with black body and 2 pairs of sunflower and face designs. Tombodama can be translated as “dragonfly ball” and the name is thought to come about because when the molten glass is applied to the core bead it resembles a dragonfly’s eye. Superbly made piece, in perfect condition. Diameter 0.81 inches.

Japanese glass ojime in a form of tombodama bead with two flowers on stems with prickly leaves - appear to be some species of a thistle. Tombodama can be translated as “dragonfly ball” and the name is thought to come about because when the molten glass is applied to the core bead it resembles a dragonfly’s eye. Superbly made piece - see finely textured petals, in perfect condition. Height 0.76 inches.

Japanese glass ojime in a form of tombodama bead with numerous white flowers. Tombodama can be translated as “dragonfly ball” and the name is thought to come about because when the molten glass is applied to the core bead it resembles a dragonfly’s eye. Superbly made piece - see finely textured petals, in perfect condition. Height 0.64 inches.

Japanese glass ojime in a form of tombodama bead with pink body and twisted ribbons forming a brocade pattern. Tombodama can be translated as “dragonfly ball” and the name is thought to come about because when the molten glass is applied to the core bead it resembles a dragonfly’s eye. Superbly made piece, in perfect condition. Height 0.65 inches.

Japanese glass ojime in a form of tombodama bead with multicolored flowers and long scrolling vine. Tombodama can be translated as “dragonfly ball” and the name is thought to come about because when the molten glass is applied to the core bead it resembles a dragonfly’s eye. Beautifully made piece - see the white veining of the vine and air bubbles at the center of each flower, in perfect condition. Height 0.75 inches.

Description 張大千 松隂論琴圖 設色水墨紙本立軸（特大中堂）1944年作 款識：虬龍夭矯結無垠，噓嘆浮雲護古春。早晚天風下山半，不知原是老蒼鳞。甲卯八月大千張爰。 鈐印：張爰之印、大千居士。 此巨幅中堂堪稱張氏後敦煌時期人物畫神品之一，曾為徐伯郊先生的香港詩外簃收藏的張大千《大風堂》畫作珍品。 徐氏則是二十世紀下葉張大千畫作在海外的全權代理人和最權�...

Description 張大千 賽金花像 設色水墨紙本立軸 款識：蜀人張大千爰摩詰城寫。 鈐印：張爰福壽、大千居士。 此畫曾為徐伯郊先生的香港詩外簃收藏的張大千《大風堂》畫作珍品。 徐氏則是二十世紀下葉張大千畫作在海外的全權代理人和最權威鑑藏大家。他一度收藏了大風堂珍藏的眾多代表畫作，並於2003年由中國國家文物局文物出版社出版了他的《詩外簃張大千書畫集》。 P...

Round tea bowl of more or less circular shape on a bamboo node foot. Fine cream-colored stoneware with decoration in the form of an abstracted character in slightly raised slip relief on opposite sides of the bowl. The bowl is covered in a light gray glaze on the inside, the outside is covered in a bright copper red glaze, turned brown along the foot.

No potter’s mark, but the bowl has strong resemblances to works by Kawai Kanjiro (1890-1966)...

A Mounted Fan-Shaped Painting Portraying Children at Play by the Figure-Painting Master Xu Cao (Xu Yansun 1899-1961) Color on Paper Inscribed & Signed with two artist seals. 徐操 子孫萬代福人物畫扇面（已装裱） 款識：桂庭先生雅正 燕孫徐操寫於霜紅龕。 钤印：徐、燕孫。 徐操 （1899—1961）字燕孙，别号霜红楼主，又号霜红龛主、中秋生。斋号霜红楼、寒水堂、归燕楼等。原名存，清光绪二十五年（己亥，189...

Magpies & Maple-Leaves by YuFei'an (1889-1959)，in Style of Northern Song Dynasty Masters Ink & Color on Paper Dated 1943 于非闇 仿宋人翠微紅葉圖 水墨設色紙本立軸 1943年作 款識：癸未冬寫翠微紅葉於玉硯山齋非闇。 钤印：于照印。 于非闇（1889年4月21日－1959年7月3日)，滿族，初名魁照，後改名照，字仰樞，別署非闇，又號非廠、老非、閒人。祖籍山東蓬萊，生於北京，清末貢生，是中華民國和�...

Jade Orchid and M.mlcromalus by YuFei'an (1889-1959)，in Style of Song Masters 于非闇 仿宋人玉堂富貴圖 水墨設色紙本立軸 款識：胭脂染成絳裙爛，琥珀妆成赤玉盤。似共東風解相識，一枝先已破春寒。玉硯齋非闇。 钤印：于照私印、非闇、詩情畫意。 于非闇（1889年4月21日－1959年7月3日)，滿族，初名魁照，後改名照，字仰樞，別署非闇，又號非廠、老非、閒人。祖籍山東蓬萊，生於北�...

The size of Noren : 27 1/2" Wide x 44 1/4" Long
The size of Straw Woven Mats: 19" L x 12" W
The size of Wooden Lantern, Tsuji Andon: 7" H x 3 1/4" Sq Btm
This is a group of Japanese Timekeepers items auctioned by Bonhams Auction house in London
The John Read Collection of Fine Antique Japanese Timekeepers, 11 May 2010.
You can see auction page at the following site.
https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/17764/lot/13/?category=list&length=12&page=2
Lot No.13 as auctio...

張大千(1899-1983)匡廬歳寒圖 水墨設色紙本立軸 款識:廬山鬱巌蕘，上有香爐峰。 彩落碧天外，翠玉琢芙蓉。牵藤讀書處，雲磴無行縱。猶遺石上苔，花開紫亦茸。愁心亂春雪， 寳氣沉雙龍。仙巌採薇叟，久别怕相逢。大千居士爰。 鈐印：張爰之印、大千居士。 Hanging Scroll of Reading in Shade of Pine, bamboo & Plum-Blossoms at Mt...

Four ceramic rectangular plates with geometric glaze. It has kiln's stamp in the back side in one of the plates, however not identified. In excellent condition. The first half of the 20th century. W:10cm, L:17.5cm, H:3cm

First half of the 20th century. H. 56 cm. Ex Lucas Ratton, Paris. Ex Jan Kusters, Eindhoven. Ex Srdjan Sremac, The Hague. Custom made stand included.

Huge old Japanese doll, Showa period depicts a Bijin Geisha courtesan in a pose, performing traditional hat dance with six hats. Beautifully hand-painted silk face, wearing large hat, her hair adorned in front and sides with hair pins and hair ornaments. She is elaborately dressed in a gold brocade, red silk kimono, woven with flowers and leaves with a contrasting gold brocade, dark brown silk dangling obi, patterned with various woven Japanese samurai family’s crests (Mons)...

Tribal Oceanic Papua-New Guinea Sepik River,Lime Container Spirit Playing Flute. DETAILS: A wooden finial elaborately carved in the form of an ancestor, with eyes inlaid with cowrie shells, painted in black, and highlighted with white polychrome, mounted on a hollowed-out bamboo staff with cane bands.

CONDITION: In good condition considering its age, showing the age and usage, with wear and age cracks (as is common in old wood)...

Tribal Oceanic, Papua-New Guinea, first half of the 20th century, a finely carved wood sculpture in the form of a standing ancestor figure, with eyes inlaid with cowrie shells, painted in dark grey pigment with white polychrome face, mounted on a modern black painted wooden stand.

CONDITION: In good condition considering its age, showing the age and usage, with wear.

MEASUREMENTS: Height including the stand: 23 cm (9.06 inches). Height of the wooden sculpture: 20 cm (7.87 inches)...

Canadian Aboriginal, old Argillite stone carving depicting swimming goose, sculptured from the silky-smooth natural solid Argillite stone by the Inuit artist of the Canadian Arctic. Signed by artist on the bottom with initials J -T- 72 (indicating that the sculpture was carved in the year 1972) and below N GNITUK.

Dimensions approximately:

Overall length: 26 cm (10.24 inches). Height: 12.5 cm (4.92 inches). Width: 7.7 cm. 3.03 inches). Weight: 1.233 kg (2lb 11.49 oz)...

Canadian Northwest Coast Haida Indian hand dance drum by Clarence A. Wells ( -1950) depicts a pair of hawks in the graphic Haida style. Title "Fish Hawk". and signature present along edge. The red, black, and white coloring of the eagles makes a dramatic contrast with the natural background color of the drum surface.

Northwest Coast Native Haida artist Clarence A. Wells is a native Canadian artist from the Gitsen Clan of the Tsimshian First Nation...

張大千/倣莫高窟唐人壁畫天女散花圖 設色紙本立軸 1935年作 款識：乙亥二月擬唐人壁畫筆法 蜀人張爰。 鈐印：張爰私印、大千居士、大風堂。 A Flower-Spreading Fairy in Style of an Early Tang Dynasty Mogao Grotto Mural / Zhang Daqian (1899-1983) Condition: Hand-Painted, Good Condition Provenance: Property of a New York collection Dimensions: Size of Actual Painting: 50 1/2 X 25 1/2 inches 128.3 X 64.8 cm Artist Name: Zhang Daqian (18...

Description 張大千 仕女賦閒圖 設色水墨紙本立軸 款識：蜀人張大千爰。 鈐印：張爰之印、大千居士。 此畫曾為徐伯郊先生的香港詩外簃收藏的張大千《大風堂》畫作珍品。 徐氏則是二十世紀下葉張大千畫作在海外的全權代理人和最權威鑑藏大家。他一度收藏了大風堂珍藏的眾多代表畫作，並於2003年由中國國家文物局文物出版社出版了他的《詩外簃張大千書畫集》。 Inscri...

張大千 / 金裟水月觀音/善財童子造像 設色描金絹本立軸 1945年作 款識:乙酉夏日蜀郡清信弟子张大千敬造。鈐印：张爰之印、大千居士。 Zhang Daqian (1899-1983) 張大千/ A Magnificent Hanging Scroll of Guanyin (Goddess of Mercy) w. Boy of Shancai Dated 1945 Color with Gold on Silk Inscribed and signed with two artist seals...

Antique Central Asian Islamic solid silver large necklace torque, late 19th century, Afghanistan Kochi-Kuchi tribe.

It is skillfully handcrafted of several sturdy solid silver elements, soldered together and engraved on the surface. The center is decorated with three glass beads in domed settings; another embossed bead is below...

Knitted bag made of asa (hemp or ramie) and kakishibu (persimon tannin) is coated with. It has mending parts, however, in good condition. It was used by a mountain worker. The first half of the 20th century. W:39cm, L:36cm

A handmade circa 1950 polychrome Turkish Kutahya ceramic figurine depicting Nasreddin Hodja riding his donkey backward...

Old Chinese Famille Rose Biscuit Figure Head Attributed to Zeng Longsheng 傳曾龍昇

It is 4.7 inches (12 cm) tall by 4 inches (10.1 cm) wide. It is 0.8 Lb.

It has firing bursts, skip glazes, and surface wears and scratches (as see in the photos).

A similar biscuit figure's head was sold at Bonhams New York lot 8055 on September 12, 2016.

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Vintage Chinese Gilt Silver Filigree Jadeite & Tourmaline Bracelet Marked "Silver"

The bracelet is 3.5 inches (9 cm) in length by 1.18 inches (3 cm) wide. The inner circumference is 2.3 inches (6 cm). The jadeite are 21.22 mm by 10.5 mm wide. The tourmaline range from 18.43 mm to 20.43 mm in length by 10.32 mm by 12.96 mm wide. It weighs 38 gram.

The jadeite and tourmaline have inclusions and surface wears. The silver is tarnished and has minor loss of gilding (as seen in the ph...

Antique early 20th-century Indian padlock entirely made of brass and adorned with the Hindu god Hanuman on the front plate.

Please note that this lock is entirely made of brass, including body and shackle. The later Indian brass padlocks have an iron shackle instead of a flat brass shackle like this padlock.

MEASUREMENTS: Height: 10.3 cm (4.06 inches).

This is a finely hand-painted Indo-Persian Central Asian miniature painting depicting a sitting, turbaned young man holding a drinking cup. The painting is a gold and gouache masterpiece on paper, signed "Ashina" in Arabic script. The inner border is decorated with a gold lattice motif, while the outer borders feature foliate motifs. The name "Ashina" comes from one of the old Turkish tribes of central Asia and means "blue" or "gök" in Turkic. It is also possible that the name derives from a Tu...

Description 張大千 畫眉圖 1940年作 款識：學畫宫眉細細長。芙蓉出水鬥新妆。只有一笑能傾國，不信相看有断腸。雙黄鹄，两鴛鴦。迢迢雲水恨難忘。早知今日長相憶，不及從初莫作雙。六一居士鷓鴣天 庚辰秋八月寫於青城山中 張大千爰。 鈐印：張爰私印、大千居士。 鑑藏印：吴興徐伯郊審定。 徐伯郊是二十世紀下葉張大千畫作在海外的全權代理人和最權威鑑藏大家。...

Description: 張大千 青城山居圖（為李秋君50壽辰1948年作於上海） 設色紙本立軸 款識：戊子八月二十四日寫頌秋君三妹親家五十生日張爰再拜。 鈐印：張爰之印、大千、遊戲神通。 此畫以傳統石青為主要顏料，繪製出張大千對故鄉山水夢縈魂牵的思念之情。畫面中危聳入雲的的青城山色不獨巍峨輝宏，且如夢如幻，清雅絕倫。深山處緑樹掩映中显現出青城道觀的金頂飛檐�...

Description 張大千 春睡圖 1949年作 設色水墨紙本立軸 款識 1：羅衣初試尚惺忪，紅豆江南酒面濃。别有深情怨周眆不教春色秘屏風。己丑十一月朔寫於鏡海戲題 大千居士張爰。 款識 2：此唐周長史仲朗畫法，其衣飾為日人所宗。我國自元明以來倶尚纖巧，遂無有繼其法者。予此幅参以燉煌六朝初唐唐装畫法。不為拈出，令觀者疑為日本畫，為可嘆也。爰再識。 鈐印：張爰�...

Description 張大千 貴妃醉酒圖 1945年作 款識：金勒飛紅袖，銀尊舞自題。春醪愁易盡，凉月使夜西。乙酉十月大千居士張爰。 鈐印：張爰之印信、大千居士、長共天難老。 杨仁恺鑑藏印：仁恺過眼。 楊仁恺與謝稚柳、啟公和史樹青並稱中國四大國寳級書畫鑑定大師，曾為徐伯郊先生在香港鑑題過許多詩外簃收藏的張大千《大風堂》畫作珍品。 徐氏則是二十世紀下葉張�...

A Musical Ensemble at Tang Dynasty Royal Liyuan Garden / Zhang Daqian (1899-1983) Est: $60,000 - $80,000 Description 張大千唐宫按樂圖（含書法）設色水墨紙本立軸 1947年作 款識：太平天子無封事，長日深宫事游戲。自将新譜按宫商，一派笙箫起天際。明眸皓齿先相射，急管繁弦坐终夕。破费千金教復成，消磨一刻應須惜。争妍竞巧如相助，翻喜太真情不妬。妙耳疑阅蔡琰弦，重瞳屡作周郎頋。鼓�...