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
A fan painting painted in the style of or attributed to famous Chinese artist Zhu Zhiqan dated 1961
Calligraphy in the style of or attributed to Lu Yifei a famous calligrapher n painter
Large antique oval Chinese platter or charger with a scalloped rim with a Bianco-sopra-bianco design of flowering stems and a butterfly overhead on a clair de lune glaze ground. The base is unglazed. Made for the export European market.
Size: Approximately 12" wide by 15" length
Condition: Good overall condition, no breaks or cracks. Some very minor wear to the design and the edges
Age: Pre 20th Century
A Chinese porcelain baluster jar and cover painted in famille verte enamels. Decorated with leaf-shaped panels enclosing bamboo, peony, chrysanthemum and prunus, all reserved on a powder-blue ground. The domed cover with a knop finial. Glazed white on the inside. The base glazed white with a six character under-glaze blue Kangxi mark surrounded by double blue circles. Original lid.
Size: Height: 39 cm, Width: 24 cm
Condition: Good overall...
A Chinese jade bead necklace with a central large celadon jade carved medallion. These jadeite beads are graduated in size and are a lovely medium green with natural veining throughout.
Size: The necklace is 21" long and the medallion is 2" long by 2-1/4" wide
Condition: Good
Chinese carved and pierced jade plaque mounted on a carved wooden stand. This stone is a pale green with white and lavender striations. The carving depicts Shou Lao holding a peach in his right hand and a staff in his left hand standing by a rock and a pine tree. This piece was given to wish longevity to the recipient. Shou Lao is the immortal of longevity in the Taoist belief...
A Chinese bronze temple gong, made in the Ming Dynasty style with mark of the Xuande Emperor (15th century)...
This fan painting was made in the style of the artist or attributed to Famous Qing era Artist Ren Yi @Ren Bonian dated 1881 Guangxi year
Han Dynasty Funerary model of a well with Roof. Good condition still filled with burial dirt and on top is the water pot. Size H 10" by 5"