Japanese Pipe for smoking, with Brass and Reed, 6" long, 5/8" diameter for tip, in good condition.
Two(2) pieces Chinese carved Jade Hardstone Plaques, 7 1/8" long, 1 1/8" high in the center, 3/4" high in the ends, 1/8" thick, there are some small rough spots on the edges. These pieces are made for some art object but never used them.
Tibetan Himalayan low grade large Hard Silver Belt Buckle, Ca. 1930's, 11 1/2" wide, 3 3/4" high, 1 3/4" deep, slightly curved to fit the shape of the front part of the waist, and high relief deep hand hammered and impressed design of double goats in the center with three(3) inlaid turquoise stones, large loose ring is attached on the bottom and two(2) hooks are located on the back inside. The condition is good, no damages.
The size of Covered Box: 2 15/16" Dia x 5" High Box alone, 6 3/4" High with wooden stand. Stand 4 1/8" Square. The covered box is made with Soap Stone carved around the box with Elephant design. 1/8" depth carved. Two little elephant on top as knob.
they are also carved from soap stone. The condition of Box and cover excellent condition. Very little wear. The stand has one little cut error on one corner. It is made in India. The age of item from 1960-1970's.
A Chinese spinach jade bowl. The cup is carved with deep rounded sides rising to a flaring mouth rim, supported on a short foot with a rolled base rim. The stone a deep green with grey flecks. The base with a six character Qianlong mark.
Size: Height: 2.5 inches, Width: 3.75 inches
Age: 18th Century
Condition: Good condition.
Note: I have lighten the pictures to show the mark.
Chinese yellow Beijing glass rectangular container. All four sides carved with lotus blooms.
Age: Late Qing Dynasty
Size: 1-3/4 high by 5" length by 3-3/4" wide
Condition good, no breaks or cracks (The actual colour of this is a very nice deep yellow. The pictures are washed out)
Note: Included copy of appraisal done in the 1970's.
Chinese porcelain vase Hu shaped with famille rose decoration, the floral and scroll decoration on the main section of the body of the vase has a key pattern border around the rim of the vase and a key and geometric base border with bamboo side handles. The inside glazed white. The base glazed same with a six character Qianlong mark in under-glaze blue...
Chinese export sancai glazed pottery statue of a parrot with red glazed beak perched on a rock.
Age: Mid Qing Dynasty
Size: Approximately 9-¾" high x 3-½" depth x 3-½" wide
Condition: Good, please refer to pictures
A Chinese export gilded wucai porcelain plate. Decorated with swallows and lotus flowers and petals. The back left bare. No markings.
Age: Circa 19th century
Size: Approximately 9" Diameter
Condition: Very good. There has been a professional repair (tiny touch-up) in one area at the rim.
Pair of Chinese "Seven Sages" bamboo brush pots, bitong. Both deeply carved to the front depicting the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove. No markings.
Age: 19th Century
Size: 6-3/4" High by 5-1/2" Diameter
Condition: Good, there is some cracking of the bamboo which is expected. On a couple of the pictures I have lightened them up to show the insides and the bases.
Fabulous Kyoto ceramic Taisho Period C.1930 sencha tea set. Signed. Delicate flowers adorn the cups and tea pot. Great conditon. Ask for shipping quote.
Japanese Late 20th Century (1995) porcelain charger by master ceramicist, Ono Hakuko (1925-1996). The charger has the design of fern leaves and blossoms done in Ono Hakuko's signature style with gold leaf underglaze. The charger is signed "Haku" on the bottom. The charger comes with TOMOBAKO, or original wooden artist signed storage box. The box is also signed by Ono Hakuko's son, Ono Jiro. It also comes with TOMOGIRE, or original artist stamped wrapping cloth...
This traditional Mexican Serape textile from the 1920's measures 64 x 84 inches. Fibers are cotton and fine wool with "eye of god". Excellent quality and condition. really beautiful
1920s small celluloid netsuke of theatrical mask of Okina (old man) used in Sambaso dance. Very nice example of its type. Height 1 1/8 inches.
A Chinese circular porcelain plaque decorated brightly with a variety of birds, both large & small, among flowering peony & rocks with a short text above, mounted in a wood panel.
Size: The plaque is 8-1/2" diameter. Complete with frame it is approximately 16" square
Condition: Very good condition
Age: Late Qing Dynasty to Republic
Pair of Chinese jade celadon carved vases with ring handles and covers. The overall carved design on the hexagon shaped vases are flower branches. The covers carry a lotus bud finial with similar carving.
Size: Approximately 8" high
Condition: Overall in generally good condition, some nicks. I believe that one of the rings has broken off and is missing.
Age: Qing Dynasty to Republic
Pair of antique large Chinese cloisonne horses. The horses of red tones divided by wires with each animal standing on a raised foreleg. Decorated on the body, legs and head with cropped manes. The blazes on the heads coloured white, as well as just above the hoofs. The tails are removable...
1930's Chinese Purple Glaze Aubergine Incised Porcelain Vase
It is 10.6 inches (27 cm) tall by 4.5 inches (11.5 cm) wide. It is 2 Lb.
It has manufacture imperfection of firing cracks, skip glazes, surface wears and scratches, and chips at the bottom (as seen in the photos).
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Contemporary Korean single section kitchen cabinet, made with bold elm wood (Keyaki in Japanese). This piece has an upper and lower set of sliding doors with attractive latticework over rice paper. The top and mid region have four small drawers across, with the very top middle drawers as hidden compartments. The bottom of the piece has two doors on hinges, and a middle lock to match the others.
Size: 37.75" L x 17.25" W x 65" H
china silver ring early 20th
Japanese carved Bone standing Okimono on black carved wooden stand, all one piece, Ca. 1930, 5" high,
condition is good, no damages.
Pair of unusual and strange Japanese seals made out of porcelain in a shape of seated rakans (original disciples of the Buddha recognizable by their long earlobes) in different attitudes and with differently colored glazes. Superb and unique modeling done in ittobori (one cut) style more typical for wood carvings from Hida Province and in that instant producing amazingly modernist sculptures...
1970's Chinese Famille Verte Porcelain Vase with Warrior
It is 17.9 inches (45.5 cm) Tall by 8.3 inches (21 cm) wide. It is 7.75 Lb.
It is in good condition with no repairs, chips, or cracks.
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A tilework figure of a female dog of fo and young. The dog of sancai glazes of green, yellow and aubergine. The dog with her young at her feet which climbs around to look at her. The kylin seated on a pierced rectangular plinth mounted in ormolu.
Size: Approximately 12-1/2 cm high
Age: Dog (Kangxi Period - 1662 - 1722), Ormolu - 18th Century
Condition: Very good condition, no breaks or cracks
A Chinese famille-verte enamelled porcelain brushpot, with multiple warriers on horse and feet. Scenes separated by a band around the pot with a ruyi head top border and a wave bottom border. The inside and base glazed white, the rim left unglazed. No markings.
Size: Approximately 14" high by 6-1/4" diameter
Age: Mid 19th century (Qing Dynasty)
Condition: This was once used as a lamp, so the base has a small hole, along with a further small hole at the bottom...
Chinese Song style clair de lune glaze peach-shaped water pot, moulded with five flying bats around the upper part of the peach-shaped body and two lotus buds in relief issuing from the bottom, applied exterior overall with clair de lune glaze. Interior glazed bluish-white, the base left unglazed. No markings.
Age: Qing Dynasty
Size: 7-1/4" length
Condition: Part of one of the bat wings has been chipped off...
An attractive early 18th century Chinese export porcelain ribbed charger, thinly potted, decorated in famille verte enamels with a central panel of flowers and other foliage with butterflies above, within a segmented border of similar small panels...
Chinese antique "Henan" stoneware vase of meiping form with ribbing, with a short collared neck over broad shoulders tapering to a narrow foot. Iron painted deep brown to black glaze. The glaze stopping short of the unglazed rim and base.
Age: Song to Jin Dynasty (960 - 1234)
Condition: Very good, no breaks or cracks
Size: Approximately 8-3/4" high by 4-1/2" diameter
Mirror imaged pair of Chinese planters with attached bases painted. These tapered square planters have a design of birds and flowers on opposite sides with writing and a red seal and on the adjacent sides a poem along with additional two red seals. Painted in white on the outside with a slightly orange peel ground effect. The insides are lightly glazed. The bases are recessed with the corner mounts left un-glazed...
In Tibetan Buddhism, the Kartika, or Drigug, is a ritual flaying knife used in burial rituals, with the handle crafted as a dorje. A tool of the wrathful female deities known as Dakinis, the kartika symbolizes the cutting of all things material, symbolized by the human body. The blade is left dull (never sharpened) because it was used in a ritual representing the flaying of flesh and not for the actual purpose.
Japanese wooden round kogo (box for incense during tea ceremony) lacquered with red lacquer on the inside. Material appears to be mulberry wood. Simple classic design, in perfect condition, signed SEIJU on the bottom. Diameter 2 3/8 inches. Part of a small East Coast kogo collection.
These 8 old Ivory napkin rings may have originally been made for tourist souvenirs. They have hand painted/dyed images of landscapes boats ets...Each has a different Chinese calligraphy saying of well wishing...
priceing $80 purchasers choice of any 2
Chinese Han Dynasty Grey Pottery Hu Urn. Reassembled retaining much of its original white and red slip decoration. Size H 17.5" by 9" by 9"
Important pair of Taisho Period c. 1921 bronze zen buddhist temple lamps with lacquered wood stands. Inscribed on lamps is date and village of temple. Stands are older from Meiji Period C.1890. Inscribed are parishiners names. Great condition. Stands 31" x 18"; lamps 25" x 11". Ask for shipping quote.
A nicely painted fan painting of waterfall landscape by an unknown japanese artist to me, an old piece taken out of a real fan that was used
Antique fan painting on rice paper by various Japanese painters