Chinese Tang dynasty "Xing Yao" flower shape bowl. 10,5 cm diameter. bowl found from the river. Good condition except small glaze chipped. Free from any repair.
Chinese Tang dynasty " XING YAO " jar. jar has two chipped at the rim and glaze erosion because found from the river. 18 cm high. Free from any repair.
Antique Japanese pair of hardwood fusuma door panels with black lacquer frames. The doors are hand-painted with a rooster, a hen, and their chicks with a bamboo grove background, accented with gold flakes. Each door has wire mounts in back to be hung for a wall display.
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Dimensions: 27" L x 1" D x 68.5" H
Small Song Dynasty white ware powder box with emboss design on lid. High-resolution images on request.
Colonial era Philippine Santos of a figure riding a horse, likely 18th century. High-resolution images on request.
Two rare Burmese/Shan small betel containers, 60 to 100 years old with “ku-nan kan byat” patterns and original inner trays. Genuine antique Burmese lacquer is almost impossible to find these days; I picked the larger one up in a small shop Luang Prabang, Laos in 1998. H: 8.7cm/3.4in and W: 10.2cm/4in, and the smaller one, H: 6.7cm/2.7in and D: 7.7cm/3in, in Chiang Mai this year. These have some old repairs, as well as a pleasing craclature typical of antique Burmese lacquer.
8Th - 10Th Century Bronze Head of Buddha. 4 cm high.
8Th - 10Th Century Bronze Sculpture. 10 cm high.
8Th - 10Th Century Gilt Bronze Buddha. 16 cm high
A gunpowder horn dating to the 19th / early 20th century. The slightly curved body is made from water buffalo horn, the wide end with a stopper, a zoomorphic closing mechanism and a small iron suspension lug. The gunpowder was stored in the Batak house in large gourds, the chief carried his own personal supply in such containers, which he wore suspended from a chain around his neck. Condition: the closing mechanism plug was broken ( now glued) and has losses...
Rare George III Ambry in mahogany having an hinged arched top opening to a well and a paneled cabinet door flanked py pilasters, and the whole raised on ball feet. In Christian churches, items kept in an ambry include chalices and other vessels, as well as items for the reserved sacrament, the consecrated elements from the Eucharist.
English, circa 1760.
18" x 14" x 28" tall
Celadon of longquan, plate in good condition
A very nice longquan of possibly late Ming celadon vase in perfect condition except some glaze corrosion
A late Qing or Republican era blue and white vase of boy playing
A kangxi style blue and white Bogu vase in good condition
Small porcelain jar, of bulbous form, decorated with several symbols painted in dark blue on white background. China, early Qing Dynasty. Height: 8.7 cm. Very good condition.
Small porcelain jar, of bulbous form, decorated with several symbols painted in dark blue on white background. China, early Qing Dynasty. Height: 8.3 cm. Tiny chips around base otherwise very good condition.
Midsize Buddhist shrine, zushi, with double doors on front and back, housing a suiseki (scholar’s rock) placed on a lotus base. Zushi black lacquer on outside with brown copper hardware engraved with flowers, the roof decorated above the doors with cranes painted in black ink. Inside covered with gold lacquer, the pillars decorated with lotus petals...