Neolithic Double Handled Jar with sawtooth decoration. Machang Phase of Majiayao Culture (c.2300-2000BC). About 6.5 inches tall and about 8" diameter
Condition: Good overall, one of the handles may be restoration or reattached. There are a couple of divits, pits and gouges, and some minor losses in the decoration. Please study the pictures for details. ...click for details
Pair of Han Dynasty Painted storage vessels with much of the paint remaining. They are about 6.5 inches tall and about 5" diameter.
Condition: Good overall, no repairs or restorations. Paint is abraded on both, but one is more worn than the other. Please study the pictures for details.
Gilt camphor wood pair of intricately carved foo lions with coins and cash motifs. 16 inches total height, Plinth is 5.24 tall, 9 inches by 8.25. Animals are 11 inches tall, about 8 inches nose to tail and about7 inches wide.
Condition: Good overall for age and material. Male has shrunk away from plinth exposing raw wood at front (see enlargement 6) and has a very minor split on the right hip (see enlargement 3), ...click for details
Late Nineteenth Century large, hexagonal brushpot with detailed mother of pearl inlay work and metal mounts. Elaborate bird and flower designs are on all faces. 7.25 inches tall, 7.25 inches wide at points, 6.25 wide at sides, walls are .559 inches thick.
Condition: Very Good overall, minor wear, no cracks or splits.
Dark Red Hibiscus, also known as Chinese hibiscus, China rose, and shoe flower (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) #995 from the work "The Botanical Cabinet Consisting Of Coloured Delineations Of Plants From All Countries..." by Conrad Loddiges & Sons. London 1817-1833, with fine hand-colored engravings by George Cooke. The plates measure 7.88" x 6.25", although they are from the fully coloured 4to edition. This plate is from vol. 10, published in 1824 and includes text page and ph ...click for details
Stripe-flowered Hibiscus, also known as Chinese hibiscus, China rose, and shoe flower (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) #963 from the work "The Botanical Cabinet Consisting Of Coloured Delineations Of Plants From All Countries..." by Conrad Loddiges & Sons. London 1817-1833, with fine hand-colored engravings by George Cooke. The plates measure 7.88" x 6.25", although they are from the fully coloured 4to edition. This plate is from vol. 10, published in 1824 and includes text page ...click for details
Yellow Hibiscus, also known as Chinese Hibiscus, China rose and shoe flower (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) #932 from the work "The Botanical Cabinet Consisting Of Coloured Delineations Of Plants From All Countries..." by Conrad Loddiges & Sons. London 1817-1833, with fine hand-colored engravings by George Cooke. The plates measure 7.88" x 6.25", although they are from the fully coloured 4to edition. This plate is from vol. 10, published in 1824 and includes text page and photo ...click for details
Finely carved Jadeite boulder with Guanyin and kylin in various greens and russets. Lotus leaf on back,
with numerous auspicious symbols on front. Measures 9.00" tall by 6.00" wide by 2.35" thick. Weighs
approx. 5.00 pounds 1.40 ounces in material. Nicely carved custom Wood stand is included.
Condition: Perfect Condition. We can neither see nor feel any chips or repairs.
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Description:
Erne, Sea Eagle or White-tailed Eagle from the work "A History of British Birds" by Francis Orpen
Morris, published between 1851 and 1857, with editions continuing to 1897. These are Colored wood
engravings. This plate is from one of the earlier editions. The plates measure 10.00" x 6.63". The
Title Page reads: "A History of British Birds". By The Rev. F.O.Morris. B.A., Member of the Ashmolean
Society. London: Groombridge and Sons. ...click for details
