Fine Chinese Song dynasty brown glaze jar with dragon chasing pearl decoration, Sichuan province. This is a burial piece. Ht. 20 cm. Condition: no chip, no restore. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platform, please ask before ordering.
Chinese Song to Yuan dynasty black glaze jar, probably Jizhou kiln. Ht. 15 cm. Condition: hair line as shown, no chip, no restore. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platform, please ask before ordering.
This is a Jinbaori (sleeveless campaign jacket worn over armor) made with kuzu cloth used by the precious natural cloth of the Edo period, the top of the samurai.
The family crest is hidari - hitotsu - myoga no marumon.
It is an item of the original Edo period.
There are thin dirt and slight damage.
I think that the weft is kuzu cloth and the warp is hemp or Kuzuu.
Because it was used in the Edo period, it seems that silver foil was applied on the Japanese paper around the sleeve, but...
Antique Chinese glass snuff bottle. Flattened round body made of amber color glass. Provenance: Collection of Howard Kaplan.
Early to Mid 19th Century
Dimensions: Bottle 2 1/8" high (with lid 2 3/8" high)
Rare antique Korean small personal stacking chest (ich'ung nong) in two sections plus a stand. Made with multiple woods and brass hardware including butterfly shaped locks and hinges. Old paper on the inside.
19th / 20th Century
Dimensions: 35 3/4" high x 22" wide x 13" deep
DESCRIPTION: An antique Spanish Colonial style painted sheet metal mirror, 19th to early 20th C., continental Europe. Acanthus leaves decorate the painted border, topped by an elaborate floral crest with center figural medallion. PROVENANCE: From the Collection of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw. CONDITION: Good, few minor dents to sheet metal. DIMENSIONS: 19.25" high x 10.75" wide.
Twelve(12) Tiffany retailed English Mintons Porcelain Dinner Plates, Ca. 1912-1950, 10 1/4" diameter, Burgundy wine color with encrusted raised Gold border and pale Lemon color wide rim. Marked
"Mintons Tiffany & Co. New York, Made in England" on the bottom with raised purple color glove. The condition is good.
A Chinese snuff bottle carved from amethyst into a carp fish leaping over waves. The stopper is carved from light green hardstone, possibly fluorite. Provenance: Collection of Howard Kaplan.
20th century
Dimensions: 3 1/4" x 1 3/4" x 3/4"
Double gourd silk pouch with seed stitched calligraphy. China, c 1900. Height "6 ¼ / 15.5 cm. The inside with a paper label saying No 9 Peking China. Condition: to one side some residue from another label.
Antique Chinese snuff bottle carved of carnelian with birds on blossoming branches. Matching carved carnelian lid. With custom carved wooden stand (later). Provenance: from the collection of Howard Kaplan.
Late 19th Century
Dimensions: Bottle: 2 3/8" high, on stand 2 3/4" high
A small, attractive incense table on four legs in classical style with openwork in red Negoro-lacquer with the typical ‘rubbed’ surface to reveal the layer of black lacquer underneath. Japan, late Meiji, c. 1900. H 13.5 cm, W 20 cm, L 26 cm. Condition: Generally good (minor wear and a few, small cracks).
14th century (song dinasty) chinese celadon ribbed porcelain charger with lobed rim, incised floral in the well. Diameter 21.5 cm. Condition: Excellent
Fine Chinese Yuan to Ming dynasty underglaze blue and white Yuhuchun vase. Yuxi kiln, Yunnan province. Ht. 23.5 cm. Condition: no chip, no restore. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platform, please ask before ordering.
The compressed globular body supported by three conical feet, with a pair of loop handles rising from the rim. PERIOD: Ming Dynasty. MEASURES:
Height from feet to handle 10 cm and diameter 2.5 cm. CONDITION: No chips, cracks or hairlines and free from restorations.
A beautiful replica of the famous Bronze Running Horse
or the Galloping Horse. The original horse was made durning the Han Dynasty. The sculpture is balanced on one hoof giving the illusion of flight.
Size: Length 23cm -9 inches. Hight 19cm - 7.4 inches.
Width 4cm - 1.5 inches. Weight 1.3 Kilos - 2.86 pounds.
Important silver alloy plate, with an embossed décoration representing two women facing each other. Bactria, Ca. 500 BC. Diameter: 20.2 cm. Very good condition.
A very rare and very unusual solid gold mythical animal for a pendant or part as a necklace. Never seen one like this. The gold is natural occurring gold which makes it an ancient item.
Size: see last photo.
Weight:7.48 grams
A fine Ming dynasty underglazed blue and white jar with lid, Yuxi kiln Yunnan, China. Ht. 8.5 cm. Condition: no chip, no restore. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platform, please ask before ordering.