Edo Period, Ca. 1700s

This dish is decorated in underglaze cobalt blue with a strong palette of red and green overglaze enamel with gold highlights. The base is inscribed with a spurious Chinese Wanli mark in underglaze cobalt blue. Good condition, with light wear, no restorations.

Diameter: 12 in., Height: 2 1/4 in.

Chinese Yuan dynasty qingbai glaze bird feeder. 6 cm diameter. Has small chipped with hairline following. Free from any repair.

Chinese yuan dynasty longquan celadon jar and cover. 7,2 cm high. Good condition. found glaze crackled but not go into inside.

Pair of Kinko (soft metal, as distinguished from iron) menuki. The soft metal copper alloy with dark patination (perhaps shakudo) depicting a pair of shishi or dogs (these are more dog like than most shishi I've seen, which are often thought to be lions.) The dogs with hair defined with fine incising. Decoration in gold including spots and pupils on the dogs, the collars each with a bell, and sprays of flowers...

Finely crafted silver box with Rosewood interior, exterior decorated with impressive scroll design, 19th century period. Aprpox. 1 1/2" H x 8 1/2" W x 4 1/4" D, condition is consistent with age, no issues noted.

Fines Chinese porcelain brush washer, decorated with animals in landscape, artist's inscription on the side, bearing Chinese seal mark on the base, 19th century period. Size; Measurements are 2.75"H x 3.25"D, no condition issues.

Fines Chinese porcelain brush washer, decorated with animals in landscape, artist's inscription on the side, bearing Chinese seal mark on the base, 19th century period. Size; Measurements are 2.75"H x 3.25"D, no condition issues.

Size: 25 cm wide, 20 cm high. This item found from the sea.

A pair brass vases with handles, engraved with slightly different decoration of interlacing patterns, arabesques and Islamic calligraphy, one with fishes. Condition: some traces of usage. Dimension height: 21.1 cm, weight: 1'180 g.

Japanese hand painted scroll of a woman in beautiful Heian period robes in soft pink and blue with a scrolling vine of chrysanthemums beside her. Red artist chop signed Kasumi Morikage (c.1580 - 1620). Edo Period Size: 55.5" L, 16" W (entire scroll) 17.5" L, 8.5" W (painting only)

ca. 1920s
Republic period
Marked solid silver, purity at least .925
Length: 30 cm(handle to handel)
Height: 16.7 cm
Weight: 798.4 grams
From an Oakland, California estate

A stylish and elegant large silver vessel or urn, made in China around 1920s at a time when western goods were highly in vogue. The shape is inspired by Greecian urns and the body surface is etched with detailed acanthus leaf scrolls...

Ca. 1900
Late Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue
Height: 56.8 cm / 22.4 in
From a Vero Beach, Florida estate

A 22.4 inch tall late Qing floor vase, powerfully painted with a dragon hidden within clouds, flying over a carp emerging from the ocean waves. Jingdezhen potters created the scattered clouds by blowing cobalt pigment onto the vase through a straw...

ca. 1700
Kangxi Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue
Diameter: 22.7 cm / 8.9 in
From an English private collection

A classic Kangxi period lotus form dish, molded and formed to resemble an open lotus flower, and painted with radiating panels framing a central medallion. The painting workmanship is wistful and full of charm.

Please note that this plate belongs to a pair, but this listing is for one (1) plate ONLY...

Jerome's & Darrow Federal manner hand made shelf clock with wood works, Bristol CT. Provenance, Martin VanBuren Back, 1835-1920 (may already have been in the family for a generation.) We purchased from his direct descendant, David N. Back in the 1990s. We had the clock last serviced in 2006 and in good running order with reliable chimes. Having invested in preservation, our gain will have been our enjoyment of the clock. 2nd quarter, 19th century. Good condition. Height, about 34 3/4 inches...

Chinese late 19th or early 20th Century carved bronze bowl.Xuande mark. 24,2 cm diameter. 11 cm high.Good conditions.

Finely carved Chinese bamboo brush pot, depicting figures in landscape, from late 19th/early 20th century period, this item has height of 6.25 and diameter of 5.25 inches, condition consistent with age, no issues.

Fine Chinese enameled porcelain brush pot, decorated with landscape design, from late 19th/early 20th century period, this item has height of 5.25 and diameter of 3 inches, condition consistent with age, no issues.

Fines Chinese blue & white porcelain brush washer, decorated with shrimps in landscape, artist's inscription on the side, bearing Chinese seal mark on the base, 19th century period. Size; Measurements are 3"H x 3.25"D, no condition issues.