Old and Primitive Nepalese Mask with a Great Patina. 11.5h x 6.5w inches, 29h x 16.5w cm.

Yuan Dynasty ( 1271 - 1368 ) brown glazed stoneware bowl. D : 13,9 cm. H : 6,8 cm. ( with a nice glaze-characteristic in one area outside, which can be seen on the enlargements ) Condition : Perfect

Antique Japanese bronze vase, beautiful shape and subject matter, 3 koi swimming together, slightly raised with gold inlaid eyes, unusual rim of vase looks like surface of swirling water, beautiful and subtle, bottom of vase signed: Kano, comes with original signed tomobako, Meiji Period (c1900). Size: 11" high x 10" wide diameter.

A large exceptionally well carved Huang-Yang ("boxwood") sculpture of Damo seated in meditation on a rockwork base. This item is probably made in the 18th century during the reign of the Qianlong emperor (1736-1795). For similar much smaller example, ref. Christies's 'Art D'Asie', Paris, 7 Dec 2007, lot 256. Condition: excellent, no chips or losses, just age related cracks on the base and head...

This is an eye bead from silk road, it is in badly corroded condition after under buial for more than 1 thousand years...it is a very nice piece, please feel free to enquire! Thanks

Hand-woven Kasuri ramie (high quality hemp) taken from a man’s kimono with a pattern of small arrows. This type of kasuri fabric was not for common people. It was too expensive so it was only worn by wealthy merchants or the samurai class. 3 1/3" cut in the middle, 1 to 2 small hole. Meiji period (1868-1912). 13 1/8” x 111 1/4”

Antique Yogi (Japanese futon bed cover), hand drawn in Tsutsugaki paste resist dye with an auspicious design of a phoenix (ho-o) bird and paulownia tree. The family mon (crest) is a wild goose. Meiji Period (1868-1912). Approximately 59" wide x 74 1/4" long.

The phoenix is a mythological bird known to appear during times of peace and prosperity. It symbolizes immortality, resurrection, and life after death. Its appearance is said to resemble a heron, eagle, and peacock...

Longquan ware, Zhejiang with a nice rare Guan like crackled glaze. Song to Yuan Dynasties, thirteenth to fourteenth centuries. D : 7 cm. H : 5,6 cm. Condition : Perfect.

This is a chinese peking glass bowl of emerald green with a band of white mouth rim, butteflies motive and lotus lappet at the base. The butterfly is an embalm of joy,freedom and conjugal felicity. It is also a symbol of summer. The lotus lappet is regarded as an embalm of summer and fruitfulness. The flatten base has the seal mark of Tongzhi and of the period.

The emerald green chinese peking glass bowl is in good condition...

A beautiful 19th/20th C. Japanese sterling silver salt shaker. H:3". signed In good condition.

Extremely Rare George III Tea Caddy in the shape of an urn-form knife box, in partridge wood with satnwood stringing, octagonal with pagoda shaped lid and acorn-form finial, urn-form body and turned socle with square plinth base having inlaid banding (lock replaced). Circa 1790. Provenance: The Terence J. Fox Collection of Tea Equipage, Formerly the Collection of Iroquois Brands, Ltd.. Height, 10.”

A very rare Song dynasty celadon Guan type large bowl, rounded side with deep center and glazed base, bowl decorated with raising lotus petal motif at exterior, crackled glaze and covered with grayish green glaze.
Bowl is in good condition no chip, no crack, no restoration, there is an original short line from kiln firing at the rim.
Size: 20.5 cm diameter.

A rare Song - Yuan dynasty barrel shape three legged large size censer / incense burner, rounded side with barrel shape body and glazed base, censer decorated with trigram motif at the exterior and covered with light bluish green glaze.
Censer in is good condition no chip, no crack, no restoration, there is an original short line from kiln firing at inner rim, porcelain with good ping sound with finger tip.
Size: 18 cm diameter.

An extremely rare sample of Yuan dynasty copper red under glaze yuhuchun vase, rounded side with pear shape body and glazed base, vase decorated with under glaze copper red of sailing sampan on the river, a human riding and scenery landscape motif.
Vase in newly excavated from Trowulan area east java, very good sample for anyone who interested into studying early Chinese porcelain.

A small attractively decorated porcelain jardiniere and stand probably made in Jingdezhen, China circa 1770 - 1820 during the reign of either the Qianlong or Jiaqing emperor. Although this was a popular export shape during that period the traditional archaic style decoration suggests that this was possibly made as a scholar's item. Condition - perfect - no damages and no restoration...

A good sample of Yuan dynasty copper red under glaze yuhuchun vase, rounded side with pear shape body and glazed base, vase decorated with under glaze copper red of flower motif, vase is excavated from trowulan east java.
Vase condition is broken into several big pieces about 30 % missing and has been restored into original condition, please see enlargement no 6 for picture before restoration.
Size: 24 cm height.

A 15th Century Peach container Vietnamese Pottery. Decorated with Blue and white Moths or Butterflies.Good condition with just minor degradation glaze because found from the river.6cm wide.

A beautiful and extremely rare cider, or cyder, glass, featuring an elongated funnel bowl with very fine engraving of the word "cyder" and a fruiting bough with apples and leaves. The stem is surmounted with a double collar and contains a single series air twist (SSAT) with a 5 ply band...

Antique Japanese iron tetsubin (cast iron pot for heating water for tea), decorated with wonderful raised scene of houses over water and pine trees; on the other side, a sage sits under a rocky out cropping and reads by the light of the moon, in the distance are more houses nestled in the mountains, Signed on the bronze lid, Meiji Period. Size: 10 1/2" high (including handle) x 7" wide (including spout).

A wine glass rinser, rare because of the deep and beautiful red color. Wine rinsers or wine washers were used to cool or rinse wine glasses between courses of meals. Red was, by far, the least common color of glass in this period because of the expense in making since gold had to be added to the molten metal to achieve the color. This is a wonderful example in excellent condition. The height is 3 3/4 inches and the diameter is 4 5/16 inches. Polished pontil.

Tang dynasty small ewer decorated with lizard as the handle covered wit brown glaze.conditions has damage on the lizard right hand and the shoulder.Free from any restorations.Size:9cm high.7cm wide.

A very finely engraved paktong ink stone box with copper lining and base. The cover is decorated with Shang dynasty style Gu and Ding vessels and with archaic style chilong dragon border. The base carries the four character maker's mark - "Rong Bao Shang Gong". Condition - very good...

Those , those are familiar with such ware will confirm that the quality of each particular of the three pieces is absolutely excellent. Excellent which concerns the color of the pieces, excellent which concerns the shape, the quality of potting of the pieces. Excellent which concerns the glaze of each particular piece...

This is the first piece of the group of three excellent Celadon pieces. A small bowl, excellent potted and which concerns the color of this piece it is legitim to call the color superb. The bluegreen color of this small bowl belongs to the best of the best of Celadon color and is called Kinuta. It is hard to find a excellent potted Celadon piece with a glaze and a color like this. Longquan ware, Zhejiang. Song to Yuan Dynasties, thirteenth to fourteenth centuries Diameter : 8,9 cm...

A good underglaze blue decorated transitional style jar of a type which was produced in Jingdezhen over a long period, from the Wanli through to the end of the Chongzheng reign, for both the export and the internal markets. Condition - there is old restoration to the rim and there is a firing crack (please see enlargements 4 and 6)...

Antique Japanese choba tansu (merchant's chest), kiri (paulownia) wood with beautiful iron hardware, large cut out iron lock plates, square drawer pulls, safe box in lower right corner with heavy iron work on door ( 1 key), interior of safe has 3 small kiri drawers, (total of 9 drawers of different sizes on whole piece), Edo Period (c1850). Size: 30 1/2" high x 24" wide x 12 1/2" deep.

This is the second piece of the group of three excellent Celadon pieces ( item # 895018 ) This rare Bird-feeder is excellent because of its perfect potted shape, and because of the superb surface of its glaze...

Cinnabar Heart Shaped Box with Figures, Late 18th Century

It is 2.5 inches (6.4 cm) tall by 4.3 inches (11 cm) wide.

It is in good condition with no chips, except small crack, re-lacquered at the inside and bottom, repaired at the inner rim and a small spot of melting at the back side of the lid (as seen in the photos).

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A heavy "Celadon" glazed porcelain vase probably made in the Jingdezhen kilns, Jianxi province, in imitation of early Ming Longquan wares. This item was made during the reign of the Daoguang emperor (1821-1850). For similar, dated 1840, please see lot 522 Nagel Auktion 6/7 June 2005...

Japanese Boys Day Horse. This white horse is of the highest quality and artistry. Carved of palomar wood and lacquered 30 to 40 times with gofun (oyster shell lacquer) to create a naturalistic effect. It is completed with the most fabulous trappings, a fine saddle, bells, and a ponga Buddhist symbol on his back. Presented on a lacquered stand with fine gold. The high quality makes it most likely that this fine piece was made for the Daimyo class, and may have been presented to a shrine. Hei...

Exceedingly Rare 18th Century Japanese Karakuri-Ningyo (Mechanical Doll) of a whimsical figure from the early Edo Period, classic in its form. This figure is moved by strings and pulleys operated by three men hidden out of site. This one was part of a festival float, possibly for the Gion (New Year) Festival. This Ningyo has a fantastic face of the period. He is wearing a gorgeous costume of the finest textiles and sumptuous brocades. He stands on top of a beautiful silver lacquered stand ...

A unique early Edo Period 17th Century rectangular Lacquer Incense Box, with high relief and decorated with Gold Takamakie technique on thick Nashiji ground. Takamakie is a kind of relief combined with the Hiramakie technique. The base of the relief is made with charcoal powder. Hiramakie is　sprinkling metal powder or grains, sticking them onto the surface, using the adhesive ability of urushi tree sap. For sprinkling metal powders puffy raw silk threads are used while for grains a th...

Marvelous and Rare Sakura Porcelain Head Doll of a an American Baby Girl, with Bisque arms and legs. Her clothes are all original. An absolute must for the serious doll collector. She has a wonderful presence and a beautiful face. Sakura dolls were the first attempt by Japanese doll companies to imitate western porcelain doll making techniques, mainly for export purpose. Shinoda and Morimura are the most famous manufacturing companies. This doll is very distinctive, with big black eyes and...

Relics of the Nile is pleased to present this splendid Gnathian Greek kylix. This is an excellent example that features the standard grape design on the sides with a floral in the center. The highlight is the beautifully formed pair of delicately formed handles. The kylix remains in choice condition with only professional repair to the base and one handle and no overpaint. The kylix measures 6.25" acoss the handles with collection label still attached on the bottom. Greece - 4th century B.C...

Relics of the Nile is thrilled to present this incredible Greek Gnathian Pelike. This artifact is nicely formed with bulbous body and two intact handles that connect to the neck. The body features floral designs around a central dove figure. The pelike remains intact with typical deposits which do not detract from this beautiful piece. The Pelike measures 6.25" tall. Greece - 4th century B.C.

Very early rare Edo Period Japanese ishô-ningyô of an Archer. It is a prototype of the takeda-ningyô Kabuki actor doll. This exceptional ningyô is a fine artistic masterpiece. He has a classic face with painted features creating a charming expression and is wearing sumptuous brocades, possessing the presence of highly sought after early Edo ningyô. Height: 15 inches, 38 cm.