India 19th c Orissa lost wax cast bronze peacock oil lamp. Nice working oil lamp in heavy bronze slight loss to tail from use . Size L 7" H 5"
A Chinese Bronze Censer, Qing Dynasty. Length approximately 17 cm (across the handles). In good condition.
A large heavy stone sculpture of Bull Nandi, Indonesia, Early pre-Majapahit style of the 9th.-11th. cent. AD.
Done by a master sculpture in the finest style for the period. A very lifely divine bull in a recumbent pose atop a double square deep base with the right frontleg with the knee bent. The head turned and the tail swept to one side and outlined adornments.
Size: 47 cm. long and 37 cm. tall...
1900's Chinese Repousse Solid Silver Fu Lion Box with Moving Tongue Marked
It is 2.56 inches (6.5 cm) tall by 1.77 inches (4.5 cm) wide. It is 67.7 gram.
It is tarnished and has oxidation, bent at the tail and inner rim, and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).
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Tokkuri (alccol bottle) made of hard porcelain. Mikawachi kilns. Japan early 19th century. The bottle has an unusually elegant, typically Japanese shape, it was created for the Japanese market and not for export. The porcelain, immaculately white, has a very fine grain similar to that of marble, which is typical of Hirado clay. A lake landscape decor subtly drowned in mist is painted in a luminous cobalt blue...
This is a beautifully carved nephrite jade ring whose exterior is encircled by a sinuous dragon. The interior diameter is one-inch (1"); exterior diameter is 1-3/4" at the widest point. The stone is a medium celadon color with tiny areas of a darker inclusion. This is an authentic product of the Qing dynasty, not a later product misleadingly labeled "Qing," and it is guaranteed to be of the period...
Good Famille Rose Punch Bowl. Very well decorated with floral bouquets and insects below a finely painted butterflies and diaper border. Qianlong C1770/80. Diameter 28.7cm (11 1/4") Condition; excellent.
A perfect Dehua mini censer for scholar table , burning agarwood incense use
DESCRIPTION: A beautifully mounted Chinese roof tile of a Ming warrior seated upon a horse. The bearded soldier, his right hand on his hip, sits erect upon his amber horse which stands on the curved tile base. This earthenware tile has been decorated in a sancai glaze of predominately green and amber colors. A beautifully carved custom rosewood base has been made for this large tile, the base itself probably being over 100 years old...
Rare Chinese Neolithic Pottery Jar (Xindian)
This rare pottery jar was made around 3,000 years ago. Although we are not certain from which Neolithic culture it originates, it does have similarities to pottery of the Xindian Culture (c. 1200 - 500 BC). It is fairly "heavily-potted" and the surface colour of the pottery varies considerably due to uneven conditions in the kiln during firing. It a has a convex base with two wide loop handles and a castellated rim...
An antique Japanese Kyoto Mizuya Tansu (kitchen chest) made of Keyaki (Zelkova), Hinoki (Cypress) and Suginoki (Cryptomeria) woods. Original bronze Warabite style handles. Traditional design for elegant storage use in any room decor.
Age: Meiji Era (1890-1900)
Dimensions: 72" Wide by 67 3/4" High by 19 3/4" Deep
Antique Japanese lacquer suzuribako (calligraphy box) decorated with young pine shoots and a fruiting tachibana (wild orange) tree near a small stream. Gold maki-e lacquer on a dense gold nishiji ground. The underside of the lid has a continuing scene of the stream winding through rocks with sprouting bamboo in gold maki-e lacquer on a spars nishiji on black lacquer ground...
A Fine Pair of Italian Faience Bowls by Ulisse Cantagalli with the Cockerel or Rooster Mark of 1878-1901. Dimensions; 9.5" in diameter 4" high. Some minor wear, but in very fine condition.
An Egyptian amulet of animal headed deity in green faience, Late Period, c. 660-332 BC.
Size: c. 33 mm. long.
Condition: Fine, repaired through the midsection.
Provenance: Old German Collection, comes with the Original Certificate of Authenticity from a Cairo Antiquites dealer in the 1950s-1960s - the Ding Dong Bazaar, no less! In this period and up to the early 70s, it was quite legal to sell antiquities in Egypt and the cert...
Literati taste of a Chinese boxwood brush pot with polished skin and twisted knot holes. An elegant form representing a natural world which is a keen favorite in the Song dynasty.
19th Century
Size: 5" L x 4" W x 7.5" H
This is a very fine Japanese Satsuma shallow footed bowl. As can be seen in the images the workmanship is top level. It is 4 5/8 inches across and 1 1/2 inches tall. The piece is in excellent condition.
Antique Japanese shinto shrine mirror. The central motif has a turtle and two cranes beaks meeting in the center. The background has pine trees, paulownia, plum, and bamboo branches with a turtle walking along the shoreline. The characters under the heavens, are marked under the central turtle.
There is a large sixteen petalled chrysanthemum above the turtle...
Absolutely beautiful and exquisite Chinese antique chair, made from precious Huanghuali with gorgeous woodgrain, with a tan woven seat, and carving of a dragon in the front. Some damage on seat, minor scuff marks on handles.
Measures approx: 40" tall, 27" wide
18th-19th century