$650.00
MEASUREMENTS: Overall length: 33 cm (12.99 inches), Height: 14.5 cm (5.71 inches). CONDITION: Showing the age and usage, thick dark green patina with earthen deposits, tang broken, blade chipped. All of this is an aspect of an ancient bronze combat weapon, considering its age to be o...
$650.00
Made of bronze bit with a mouthpiece composed of two canons connected in the center, each cast with a loop at both ends.
REFERENCES:
Similar snaffle bits from the collection of the Shaanxi History Museum are published in the exhibition catalog “Imperial China: The Art of the Horse in Chinese History” by Bill Cooke. Page.117. No. 92. (see the last picture in the listing).
$8,500.00
MEASUREMENTS: Height: 50.8 cm (20 inches). Width: 29.3 cm (11 1/2 inches. Weight approximately: 14 lb. ...
$1,500.00
There are; cylindrical chimney on the stovetop, two rounded cooking pots, and an oval wine cup with winged handles (Erbei).
The exterior is covered with a striking green glaze with an iridescent mineral deposit.
CONDITION:
The stove is in good condition considering its age of over 1800 years, except for minor chips and a small piece of one corner chipped off.
No repairs or restorations.
$650.00
Made of bronze bit with a mouthpiece composed of two canons connected in the center, each cast with a loop at both ends.
REFERENCES:
Similar snaffle bits from the collection of the Shaanxi History Museum are published in the exhibition catalog “Imperial China: The Art of the Horse in Chinese History” by Bill Cooke. Page.117. No. 92. (see the last picture in the listing). T...
$350.00
CONDITION: In good condition considering its age, with beautiful green patina showing its age and usage. The mirror originally had a handle which at some point was broken off. Ancient Chinese Bronze mirrors with a h...
$4,000.00
A bulbous body covered with olive-green glaze, ending irregularly above an unglazed foot, surmounted by a trumpet-shaped neck applied on the rim, with a band form of eight lotus petals and set with a separately made fish-shaped spout and looped handle. Body with a prominent flange at the midpoint.
The lower half applied with the hand carved in relief five masks in the form of the faces ea...
$500.00
Measurements: Overall length: 12 cm (4.72 inches) .
CONDITION: Green patina with heavy corrosion and encrustation.
Please notice that the pictures in the listing are part of the description of the condition of the object.
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$500.00
The vases are marked underneath with "Imperial Nippon, Hand Painted." Please note that the picture of the two vases showing them slightly crooked is an error caused by the camera lenses. These two vases are...
$750.00
Cast in full relief with a pair of chilong dragons clambering along the side with their front claws grasping the rim and long bifurcated curled tails.
The recessed base is cast and chiseled with the Chinese character "Xuan" within a square.
This Chinese character "Xuan" is possibly an abbreviation for the Chinese M...
$1,200.00
The square-form censer is raised on four mask feet. The body is molded with archaistic bands of stylized dragons, lappets, and flower scrolls.
PROVENANCE: A 17th-century Ming Dynasty censer sold for GBP 3,750 (US$4,904) in Christie's London auction catalog "The Art of China: Including Private English Collections" in 2019. Plea...
$6,000.00
The vase is decorated to the body with finely hand-painted four large lobed panels with a band of Ruyi heads, all reserved against a trefoil ground of iron red.
Each panel encloses figures in landscape scenes. The shoulder is decorated with flower heads amongst profuse scrolling tendrils, and the base is encircled by a border of overlapping leaf tips.
CONDITION: In good ...
$650.00
A leaf-shaped blade made of hand-forged iron with a visible forge layered lamination structure, engraved on both sides with scrolled decorations. The long stout tang with a faceted block is fitted into its original red lacquered bamboo pole (shortened) with a large, ribbed bronze ferrule. These types of spears of identical forms were used in China and Vietnam. So, in many sou...
$650.00
A leaf-shaped blade made of hand-forged iron with a visible forge layered lamination structure, engraved on both sides with scrolled decorations. The long stout tang with a faceted block is fitted into its original red lacquered bamboo pole (shortened) with a large, ribbed bronze ferrule.
These types of spears of identical forms were used in China and Vietnam. So, in many ...
$750.00
The massive trident is made of hand-forged iron with a visible forged structure of layered lamination. It consists of two elements: a sturdy central tapered spear-shaped blade of diamond cross-section and a crescentic cross blade with recurved terminals.
The crescentic cross blade is engraved on both sides with scrolled decorations.
The long, stout tang with a faceted block is fitted to...
$500.00
MEASUREMENTS: Height: 12.3 cm (4 7/8 in). Dimensions of the base: 7.8 cm x 5.5 cm (3 1/8 in x 2 1/8 in).
CONDITION: In good condition considering its age showing its age and usage, worn out on the exposed areas with old natural dark brown patina.
ALL I...
$450.00
Bodhisattva sits in dhyanasana on a lotus base. The hands are held in dhyana mudra, dressed in layered robes and arrayed in beaded jewelry, with a jeweled necklace, large pendant earrings, and an elaborate crown.
MEASUREMENTS: Height: 6.3 cm (2.5 inches)
CONDITION: In good condition considering its age, showing age and use, worn in exposed areas, with a dark...