Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase Pair w Swallows

Description & Size: 24.13 x 12.06 cm (9.5" x 4.75") height & wide

Age: Meiji Period c19th Century

Production: Handcrafted

This is a very beautiful pair of Japanese cloisonné vase with flying swallows in a yellow moth enamel background. The neck is decorated with fine silver with colorful chrysanthemum flowers. The top & bottom rims are constructed with bright brass...

Perfectly and thinly potted. Beautifully decorated in an superb underglaze Cobalt blue. Kangxi period ( 1662 - 1722 ) marked with a Ming Dynasty Chenghua Mark. Diameter : 16,3 cm. H : 7,8 cm. Condition : Some glaze fritting to the rim which is quite common for this type of bowl. Further in perfect condition ( no crack, no chip, no repair ).

A most beautiful, perfectly potted, high quality Celadon glazed vase with a moulded decoration. The superb blue-green colour of the glaze on this vase represents the top color in Celadon glazes. Late nineteenth century. H : 30,8 cm. Condition : Perfect.

Beautiful Chinese antique large black lacquered cabinet, painted with charming scenes of figures in a mountain pavilion setting, the upper portion of the doors are painted with scholar's objects, the edges are painted with Shou symbols and butterflies, the interior of the cabinet has a shelf with two small drawers, early 20th century. Size: 71 3/4" high x 44" wide x 23" deep.

Chinese Yixing Teapot GONGEK Marked & Signed

Description & Size

10.16 x 13.33 cm (4" x 5.25") height with & without handle

17.14 x 12.7 cm (6.75" x 5") wide with & without spout

Weight: 425 gram (15 oz)

Age: Late 19th to Early 20th Century

Production: Handcrafted

This is a wonderful & beautiful Late 19th to Early 20th Century Chinese Yixing teapot GONGEK with dark brown & purple patina...

A Ming dynasty 15th century blue and white phoenix bowl, rounded side with deep center and glazed base, bowl decorated with good under glaze blue Phoenix bird and flower scroll motif, bowl is in good condition no chip no crack no restoration, size: 15 cm diameter.

Japanese Cloisonne Vase w WISTERIAS IRIS ROSES & MUMS

Description & Size: 14.60 x 10.16 cm (5.75" x 4") height & wide

Age: Meiji Period c19th Century, Production: Handcrafted

This is a beautiful Japaneses cloisonné vase made during the Meiji Period with fine silver works in wisterias, iris, roses, & mums flowers with black enamel background. The top & bottom are mounted with bright brass. The condition is excellent with no cracks or damages...

Black Raku Chawan with wood box, both have the sign of the 12th. Kichizaemon Konyu ( 1857-1932 ).

The lid back of the wood box bares the appraisal and of Sen Sosa XII 'Sesai' ( 1863 - 1937 ), who has been the 12th grand tea master of Omotesenke.

We offer this tea bowl by order of a German collector.

The chawan is in good condition with no repairs...

Chinese pair of small bronze scroll weights in the form of recumbent fu-dogs with swirling mains and upright tails.

Dimensions: 3" length of each

Wonderful Chinese antique scholar rock, horizontal formation with cave like holes worn in between layers, top layer is a flat plateau, on custom wooden base that has been carved to fit the stone exactly, early 20th century. Total size with stand: 8" high x 17 1/4" long x 7" deep.

A cottonwood Hopi Mudhead Kachina doll circa 1900. Depicting Koyemsi, the Mudhead Clown, of slightly attenuated form, arms hugging the torso, the case mask decorated with three circular attachments, representing gourds; painted with red, black and brown pigments. Description by Colton, 1949, p.59: "Koyemsi is the most common Hopi clown. He appears in Mixed Kachina Dances and sometimes a group of Koyemsi appear in a dance of their own, At First Mesa they are said to sing Zuni songs." 8 1/2" tall.

A small Hopi Kachina doll, possibly depicting Samawutaqa, circa 1930-1940. Description of Samawutaqa from Colton, 1949, p. 61: "Appears in Mixed Kachina Dance. This is said to be the only kachina that the Tewa people brought with them from the Rio Grande to Hano about 1700." 7" tall.

Chinese antique porcelain bowl from the period of Emporer Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty, details of birds and flowers, the center has a lovely painting of a small blossoming tree in a container, the rim is painted with a ring of colorful flowers. Size: 2 5/8" high x 6 5/8" wide

This is a rare Wan type chawan, around 400 years old in shape close to a tenmoku tea bowl. It is thrown on a wheel from coarse, unrefined iron bearing clay.

The grey ash glaze has been painted on the body with a straw brush as seen on Korean hakeme chawan. A stone in the wall has exploded in the fire - a very sought after effect ( see pic number 2 ), giving this type of Karatsu bowls its name: ishihaze (exploding stone)...

Olmec Jade Mask Pendant Origin: Mexico, Circa: 1200 BC to 900 BC, Dimensions: 3 5/8 high x 2.5 wide, Collection: Pre-Columbian, Olmec, Medium: Jade.

Chinese carved jade figure of a seated elephant, soulful expression, curled trunk, wonderful detail over all including folds of ears and bumps of spine, beautiful very pale green mottled jade, Republic Period. Size: 4 1/4" high x 6 1/2" long

Japanese SATSUMA FLOWERS VASE Meiji Period

Description & Size: 18.41 x 19.05 cm (7.25" x 7.5") height & wide

Weight: 1763 gram (62.18 oz)

Age: Meiji Period c19th Century

Production: Handcrafted

This is a beautifully Japanese Satsuma vase handcrafted & decorated with multiple flowers & bamboos through out the vase. The vase is crafted on 3 flare footed stand. The condition is excellent with the exception of a hole drilled on the base...

This is Katsugi dyed with an indigo plant of the Edo era. This is made with high-quality hemp. The whole is dyed in Katazome. The part of the hem is drawn in Tsutsukaki. A rich family used Katsugi at the time of ceremonial occasion. This type of Katsugi was used in a part of Yamagata mainly...

A Very Fine/Rare Iron Black Painted Double Gourd-Shape Bottle-19th C.: Korea, late Joseon dynasty, 19th Century A well portioned, well potted, and blue tinged white glazed overall surfaces including its bottom with some sand bears on the foot rim, painted with a Chrysanthemum and a Orchid on the other side in iron brownish black, with some crackled glaze on the body. It’s in very fine condition without any damages at all. Measures 16.4cm h. x 10.8cm d. (6 ¾” x 4 ¼”).

A rare Song dynasty celadon Ge type tripod censer, unglazed foot, excavated from Sulawesi. Crack line through line of ge patern, no chips and free from restoration. Wide 13 cm Height 8.5 cm

Ming Chenghua period ( 1465 - 1487 ) blue and white Minyao ( peoplesware ) bowl, decorated with a very nice, typical Chenghua water-plant design. Jingdezhen ware. Diameter : 15,2 cm. Condition : Perfect. ( This what looks like a small chip to the rim is covered by the original glaze - therfore this is not a later damage )

A small and very rare antique 'bisque' (unglazed) porcelain doll in her original costume made in pre-revolution Russia during the late 19th or early 20th Century. Condition: very good - the textiles are distressed ; the porcelain is fine - no damages and no losses. 12.5cm (5 inches) high.

A hand crafted silver comport, with bracketed rim, very finely decorated with traditional Burmese rural village scenes. This item was made in Burma (Myanmar) in the 19th Century under the rule of Queen Victoria and the British Empire. . Condition: excellent - no damages and no repairs. 14cm (5.5 inches) high; 16.5cm (6.5 inches) diameter. Weight: 340grams (12 oz)

Chinese Yixing Teapot MENGCHEN w Gold Mounted & Signed

Description & Size: 6.35 x 11.17 x 7.62 cm (2.5" x 4.4" x 3") height & wide with & without spout & handle

Age: Qing Period c18-19th Century

Production: Handcrafted

This is a rare Chinese Yixing zhisa red clay teapot. It's mounted with gold on the spout, rims & lid's finial. The teapot is designed with a single hole. It's inscribed & signed MENGCHEN on the base...

A finely painted and gilded "soft-paste" porcelain breakfast size Moustache Cup (right-handed) dedicated to a John P. Small in 1882, possibly a presentation piece. Condition: there are two old 1cm hairlines to the rim: no further damages and no restoration. 8cm (3.1 inches) high; 9cm (3.5 inches) diameter.

A rare late Ming Dynasty thickly potted jar decorated in underglaze blue with a key-fret pattern around the neck; on the shoulder a Kraak style diaper pattern encloses four circular panels, each containing a fruiting peach branch; above the foot are stylized breaking waves; the large central area is painted on each side with nine boys, at leisure, in a garden setting...

This is an Edo period chawan by Japans greatest Poet Rengetsu Ōtagaki ( 1791 - 1875 ).

It shows a poem of herself, tastefully carved onto the tea bowl. The chawan has a wild and rough look and an aesthetic kintsugi ( gold repair ). A tasteful woodbox is also included.

Size: 2.4'' height, 4.3'' width.

Ōtagaki Rengetsu was a Buddhist nun who is widely regarded to have been one of the greatest Japanese poets of the 19th century...

A pair of dry drug jars decorated with blue leaves top and bottom and the drug name in the middle, all over a light grayish blue glaze. This form is typical of the 18th century Italian drug jars. The hand throwing on a wheel is evident on the glazed interior of both jars. 7 ¼ inches tall and 4 ¾ inches diameter, (18.5 cm tall, 12 cm diameter).

Condition; Both have chips on the base and roughness from throwing on the mouth. Both have later marking on the base with a magic marker.

Statue of a standing eagle with an alert posture, its beak slightly open. Gilt bronze, encrusted green patina in some areas. Tibet, 17th century. Height: 3 1/8" (8 cm). The statue is nicely mounted on a custom black plexi stand. Very good condition. A rare piece.

Architectural element carved to represent Garuda, the vehicle of Hindu god Vishnu, half bird half man, holding the Naga snake in his claws. Wood, with light brown patina. Nepal, 15th century or earlier. Height: 6 1/2" (16,5 cm) Length: 8 7/8" (22,5 cm). Strong erosion, old insect infestation (treated, no danger), otherwise good condition.

Small statue of a Buddhist monk standing on a rounded lotus base. Bronze, reddish-green patina. China, Tang Dynasty period (618-907). Height: 1 7/8" (4,7 cm). The statue is mounted on a custom plexi stand. Erosion, otherwise good condition.

Disk decorated inside with carved geometric and interlaced designs. White jade, with rusty spots. China, Qing Dynasty period or earlier. Diameter: 3" (7,5 cm). Very good condition.

A wheel thrown transfer printed and hand painted double-handled "Loving" Chamber Pot made as a novelty wedding gift "Marrige Present", circa 1840, in either Sunderland or Staffordshire. Condition : there is a re-glued old break to one handle; and there is a curved crack to the rim on the underside which is less shorter on the upper side and does not reach the rim (please view enlargements 6 & 7); no further damages and no restoration. 21.5cm (8.5 inches) diameter; 13cm (5.2 inches) high...

A classic 19th century French silver tastevin of traditional form by master silversmith Alexandre Vauger. This example is of small size, intended for use in evaluating cognac, Armagnac or calvados instead of wine. Unlike the “perles” and “godrons” found on the walls of a wine taster, a cognac taster more accurately reflects the liquid’s color using a smooth surface...

A classic Baccarat cut crystal perfume bottle in a blue-cut-to-clear cane pattern. While several American and European companies cut this pattern, the stopper of this bottle is a known Baccarat design. It appeared in a Baccarat pattern book under the name “Stella.” The stopper has a blown teardrop in the interior and is accented with a star pattern at the top...

Up for sale is this wonderfully textured 19th century Japanese cast iron tea kettle made by noted Kyoto-school tetsubin craftsman Kibundo ( 1812-1892 ).

It is cast in high relief with the image of writings and a landscape.

This fine kettle bears the body-mark “Kibundo zo” and a remnant of the square seal mark of Kibundo on the bottom.

The quality of the relief casting is superb. A peculiar punching technique called “oshinuki” was applied to the body, produc...