A polychrome wooden antique statue of the Chinese God NAJA, 19th Century. Condition good, hand-held items missing. Size: H. 31 cm x W. 11.5 cm x D. 11.5 cm.

Circa 1910-1921, very scarce, MacGregor, DEEP GROOVE Golf Club that was designed to significantly enhance the backspin of a golf ball. As history would have it, these clubs actually worked and gave an unfair advantage to those professionals who were adept at using them!

The sole of the club is marked MASHIE NIBLICK...

19th century miniature Hirado porcelain sculpture of a reclining karako (Chinese boy) leaning on his right elbow. Excellent crisp modeling with incised details - see his superb dreamy face, well defined hands and clothing details. Beautiful glaze with numerous tiny bubbles giving it depth, unglazed bottom, in excellent condition (no chips, cracks or repairs), very pleasant to the touch. Typical Hirado underglaze blue and brown highlights. Length 2 3/16 inches.

An intact and attractive pottery bowl,9th.-10th. century AD.

The bowl decorated with in black pseudo-caligraphy in crossform on a beige ground.

Size: 21,5 cm. wide and 6,5 cm. tall.

Condition: Choice, with much original glaze, lightly restored, but difficult to spot.

Provenance: Important Danish-French Private collection, (aquired 1970- c. 2007) of Islamic pottery ware from the 9th.-12th. century. Comes with COA.

19th century Japanese iron mae-kanagu (tobacco pouch clasp fitting) depicting a scene of a samurai procession performed by six rats in different attitudes. Iron is notoriously difficult to work with. Excellent design, funny topic, superb crisp detailing, gilding to the eyes. Length 2 1/8 inches.

A superb quality Islamic bowl, Islamic, 12th century A.D. (494 AH – 597 AH). Central Asia - Bamiyan.

Pearly white glaze with Sgraffito decoration (relief), pottery bowl with flaring body rising from a short foot. The sides decorated with a beautiful Sgraffito pattern of ovals and center and rim decorated with splashes of brown.

Condition: Choice. Almost perfectly intact and with fine grazing and inherent iridescence.

Size: 8,8 cm. wide and approx 4,2 cm...

A nicely decorated Indus Valley pottery beaker or cup, dating to c. 3rd mill. BC. Probably Mehrgarh-civilisation.

The vessel with high walls on a narrow base, painted zoomorphic motif of a cow and some geometrical patterns.

Size is 9,5 x 10 cm.

Condition: Choice for age and type. Intact with a few smaller chips.

Ex. Danish Private collection.

This pair of Lotus Shoes have a lotus blossom embroidered on each side of the white silk vamp. Used and showing many signs of wear, they are also a bit are dirtier than they appear in the pictures. One of the leather heels is missing. They measure just a bit over 5" heel to toe tip...

An very nice earthenware bowl with incised decorations withfloral petals in the center. Beige/white underglaze with green and brown decorative colors in splash design. Bamiyan, c. 12th. century.

High, wide walls on narrow base. Remnants of rim from another bowl in the kiln on the side.

Size: 13,7 x 6,4 cm.

Condition: Choice with fine glaze, hairline crack on the side and a chip to the rim. Smaller losses of glaze...

The size of Bowl: 8 3/4" Dia x 4"High. Japanese Ko Imari Porcelain Deep Bowl. The bowl has very good enamel works surface as well as on the backside. Surface has the design of Eagle with Pine tree, clouds and bamboo grass. Inside rim area with blue underglaze and chrysanthemum design. Outside has a lots of enamel work with Peony flower and clouds. Very good works of blue underglaze design around foot rim. The condition of bowl is excellent, no chip, no crack and no hairline...

A fine authentic ancient pottery bowl, Islamic, 12th century A.D. (494 AH – 597 AH). Ancient near East.

Cream, blue and black glazed pottery dish on a short foot. The center decorated with faint floral patterns in relief in the manor of the Seljuqs.

Condition: Very fine, a few cracks basically restored. Exceptional silverish iridescence patina that is difficult to picture.

Size: ca. 15,5 cm. wide (diameter)

Ex...

An attractive very honest pottery bowl, in a original state for type, basically repaired, Islamic Samenid Dynasty, ca. 10th. century.

The bowl decorated with brown line decoration on white glaze. Old tag from European collection on the side.

Size: 19,5 cm. wide and 7 cm. tall.

Condition: Very fine, assembled from fragments and intact. Completely original crackled glaze, no repainting...

Traditional Chinese rural style pillow of bamboo. This pillow would be stored with legs folded under during the day. Good condition 16"x4" by 5" high with legs extended.

1910s (late Meiji to early Taisho) Japanese wooden netsuke carved as a bean pod, its stem forming himotoshi (cord opening. Judging by the material ichii (Japanese yew wood) and clean realistic treatment of the subject, the netsuke was carved by a Hida school carver. Beautifully done, clever use of wood color and structure to add to the charm of the piece, wonderful patina. Simple elegant piece in Japanese taste. Length 2.21 inches.

This pair of traditional short boots were made and worn by the Miao women of Anshun. They are in very good condition but the upper boot areas have some soiling and the soles show signs of wear.

A large Greek amphora handle, Rhodes, c. 3rd.-2nd. century BC.

The handle inscribed with a two line makers name / mark in Greek, fully readable.

Size: 10 cm. long and substantial.

Ex. Old European collection.

Interesting and quite scarce early greek pottery spindle flask with fine brown glaze and concenthric decorations, probably Western Asia cities, 3rd.-2nd. cent. BC.

Attractive with the round marks from the pottery wheel and tiny details.

Size: 12,5 cm. tall.

Condition: Nice Very Fine, a small chips to the edge of the rim. Unsusually finely preserved surfaces.

Ex. Danish Private Collection, comes with COA.

19th century miniature Hirado porcelain sculpture of a reclining karako (Chinese boy) leaning on his right elbow. Could have been used as a brushrest. Excellent crisp modeling with incised details - see his superb dreamy face, well defined hand and clothing details. Beautiful glaze with numerous tiny bubbles giving it depth, unglazed bottom, in excellent condition (no chips, cracks or repairs), very pleasant to the touch. Typical Hirado underglaze blue (see the perfect swirls of his hair knots) ...