All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Metalwork : Pre 1800 item #1463685 (stock #TR2981)
Qing dynasty 18 - 19th century Chinese bronze censer with dragon handle, base with six character mark Da Ming Xuande Nian Zhi, good condition small dent fair condition for an old piece please see picture for detail, size: 21 cm height, 24 cm diameter ear to ear, 17 cm mouth diameter, weight about 4148 gram, more than 4 kg.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1700 item #1142776
Splendid and majestic Japanese landscape painting showing a pavillion with a large scholar's rock and pine tree. Scroll contains a signature attributing to Sesshu Toyo but may have been added later. Age: Momoyama Period. Size: Scroll: Height: 74.25" Width: 18.3" (with roller ends): 20.5"
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1920 item #1433399
Very early figure of a standing male. Early 20th century or older. H. 44,5 cm. More pictures are available on request. Provenance: Manfred Schäfer, Ulm. Adrian Schlag, Cologne/Brussels. Serge Schofel, Paris/Brussels. Zemanek Münster, 2018. Srdjan Sremac, Den Haag. Condition: The surface of the figure is heavily eroded in some areas.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Furniture : Pre 1900 item #1405564
Antique Chinese namu hardwood table. The wide front apron is carved with bats in beautiful pierced detail and low relief.

Late 18th to Early 19th Century

Dimensions: 34 3/4" high x 41" wide x 19 1/2" deep
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1920 item #1400231
Chinese pair of monochrome porcelain vases with a speckled raspberry glaze. They are of an elegant, elongated tapering form, the bases of each vase marked with Hongxian red seal. In the year 1916, Yuan Shikai attempted to reinstate monarchy by naming himself the Emperor of China after the Qing Dynasty was overthrown in 1911. Due to extreme backlash, his reign lasted for less than 100 days, ending on March 1916.

Dimensions: 3 1/4" w x 8 3/4" h
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Furniture : Pre 1920 item #1413894
An antique Chinese day bed made of Jumu (Elm) and woven rattan. Beautiful inset Marble behind auspicious carved symbols with a round medallion at the front end of the neck rest. The underside of the bed has a woven jute webbing used to support the rattan bed above. Two opposing drawers with bronze chrysanthemum backed pulls highlight the decorative wood carving front and center.

Circa Early 20th Century
Size: 28" High x 67" Wide x 28 3/4" Deep
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1448593
Antique Chinese Ming Dynasty porcelain plate with celadon glaze decorated with a molded raised pair of raised fish in the center. The underside of the plate has a raised lotus motif with petals radiating out from the unglazed foot. The twin fish is an auspicious symbol representing harmonious marriage and good fortune.

Dimensions: 10" wide x 2" high
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1920 item #1373534
The Japanese tantutu pistol has a octagonal russet iron barrel, with flat sighting plains on top and bore of 3/8". A stock dai of Keyaki wood and brass plate jiita of the arquebus's firing mechanism. Mounted for display on a custom museum iron mount.

Exhibition at the 2018 San Francisco Tribal Art & Textile Show

19th Century Edo Period (1603-1868)

Dimensions: 8"L x 1.5" (5.25" H on stand)
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Glass : Pre 1910 item #1052019 (stock #Q11010900083)
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A nice peking glass snuff bottle with a pair of qilong in three colour of blue, burgundy red and lime green. Cir. late 19th century.

The condition is good with no damage, hairline, restoration or repair, crack or chip.

The dimension of the three layered qilong glass snuff bottle: the height is 5cm, the length is 4cm and the thickness is 2.5cm.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1910 item #1197334
Antique Japanese two panel screen inlaid on both sides with mother of pearl and bone. The front has two beautiful scenes of birds and butterflies perched on flowering wisteria branches. The lower register has a phoenix and a dragon. The back side has scenes of butterflies flittering about. The lower region has panels of crashing waves.Meiji period, 1868-1912. It measures 37" tall 25.25" wide.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1930 item #1477769
Rare and early mask, ca. 1st quarter of the 20th century. H. 43 cm. Ex coll. Patrick Lemaire, Brussels. Ex private collection Leeuwarden, The Netherlands.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1900 item #1364534 (stock #0398)

Antique Aka Raku Chawan by greatest Kichizaemon Tan-nyu, ennobled with a REAL kintsugi gold repair.

Half cylinder shaped (Hanzutsu) tea bowl with a rounded brim, in the typical hand built style of the Raku family. The body is fully covered with a white engobe before the red glaze was applied.

The red glaze turned to to grey where it got in contact with charcoal in the kiln...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Enamel : Pre 1910 item #1425376 (stock #DGHS1-9)
This is a large attractive cloisonne vase that we have had on display for many years. It is not signed and we're not sure of the Artist. It stands 24 inches tall and is in excellent condition. The smaller stand is included. The tall hardwood stand it is displayed on, stands 40 inches tall and is available.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : Himalayas : Pre 1800 item #1375530
Complete Nepalese manuscript. Estimated to be late 18th century or earlier. 78 sides. 10 full page illustrations, one double page illustration. Text in red and black ink, charts and diagrams, traces of ritual use. 26.5 cm x 9.5 cm. Can be viewed in central London and shipped worldwide. SEE PAGE 2/2 FOR REST OF IMAGES
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1900 item #1436786
An antique Japanese Ko Tansu (personal storage chest) made of Kiri (Paulownia) and Sugi (Cryptomeria) woods. All original hand forged iron hardware with auspicious Paulownia leaf lock plates and Warabite handles. The original finish was done in a wiped Urushi lacquer technique for both the drawer fronts and the tansu body.

It was used in a wealthy Japanese home to store personal effects, ephemera, writing tools, and other miscellaneous sundries...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1327828 (stock #YFM121320)
1722 - 1735
Yongzheng Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose enamels
Height: 28.5 cm / 11.2 in
From a Porto, Portugal estate

An elegant and outstanding Yongzheng period famille rose 'garlic head' vase, painted with interlocked and climbing sprigs of magnolia and peach blossom flowers. The execution of the decoration is masterful and painterly, exhibiting a naturalistic and rhythmic hand so characteristic of the Yongzheng period...
All Items : Antiques : Furnishings : Furniture : English : Georgian : Pre 1900 item #1321558 (stock #740)
English 19th century burl walnut highboy in 18th C Georgian style. Elegant queen Anne carved legs on the base. Cross banded drawers and pullout lined folding shelf or press. Hand made brass pulls dove tail construction some 20th century refurbishing to drawer runners.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1910 item #1473649
Antique Japanese single section Mizuya Tansu (kitchen chest). Made with Hinoki (Cypress) and Sugi (Cryptomeria) woods. Restored to reveal the beauty of the natural wood grain. Pair of matched sliding panels open to a spacious storage area. Addition of an optional simple, strong, Japanese inspired shelf if you so choose for us to construct it.

Age: Meiji Period (1868 - 1912)

Dimensions: 74" L x 28" H x 14" D
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1900 item #1361961 (stock #0382)

One of a kind! Wonderful Shiro-Hira Raku Natsu (Summer) Chawan made and sealed by greatest Kichizaemon Konyu XII.

The wooden box has an attestation written by Sokuchusai, the 13th Omotesenke master. The chawan is named shira-kumo, white clouds.

No chips or cracks except natural inborn and intended kiln cracks for a great wabi-sabi aura.

Born 1857 as the eldest son of Keinyû, he succeeded as the 12th generation in 1871 at the age of 15...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Lacquer : Pre 1900 item #1318157
Antique Japanese lacquer Tebako, cosmetic box. Made of lacquered wood and decorated all over with scenes of flying geese in gold lacquer with raised details on a black lacquer ground, Silver lacquer bull rushes with golden leaves bend in the wind. The interior is lined with very old silk brocade. Meiji Period (1868-1912) . Size : 9 1/4" high x 11 1/2" long x 9" wide.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Snuff Bottles : Pre 1900 item #1414403
Imperial peking glass snuff bottle, beautifully formed with recessed foot.

Provenance Howard Capland "Jade Collector"
Dates from 19th century
Size H 2 3/4" x W 1 3/4" x 1"
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1700 item #1083886 (stock #pairofjars)
A nice pair of Chinese blue and white jars with figures, late Ming Dynasty. One has a rabbit mark and a sticker of Philippines National Museum. Both jars are in excellent original condition. Height: 6-5/8".
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : Himalayas : Pre 1800 item #1469147 (stock #0567)

What an amazing statue: early 18th century four-armed Avalokiteshvara purple bronze Buddha, the Bodhisattva of infinite compassion.

The statue is made of high class purple bronze, with rests of gilt and color, very impressing with 51 cm (20'') height and a weight of approx...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Lacquer : Pre 1920 item #1483742
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A Taisho period Lacquer writing box of superb quality decorated with a design of a stone lantern under broad leaves enclosed in an age darkened kiri-wood box. The scene is performed with Thick slices of shell and lead inlay on black Ro-iro ground with Taka-maki-e and Hira-maki-e designs. Inside is finished in Kin-gin (gold and silver) Nashiji...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1700 item #1478842
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A rare Seto Heishi (also read Heiji) bottle dating from the Kamakura period (1192-1333) wrapped in a custom made silk pouch with age darkened Kiri-wood box. Streaks of an unusual blue shidare glaze are visible on one side, Unlike the vast majority of Heishi bottles, this piece is no unearthed or excavated but has been passed down from generation to generation (as evidenced by the lack of inclusions or calcification)...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Devotional Objects : Pre 1492 item #1424335
15th Century Japanese and carved wooded with gold gilt Japanese mounted flame. Once used as a flaming back drop to an important Japanese religious statue. Original gold pigment in great condition with undertones of black lacquer.
Custom forged iron stand mounted for home display.

Muromachi period 1336 to 1573 C. 15th Century

Dimensions: Base 9" long X 4" wide 34 1/2" high
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Metalwork : Pre 1900 item #1441898 (stock #1272)
Chinese Qing dynasty bronze censer or incense burner. 18cm wide . 14 cm body diameter. 12,2cm mouth rim diameter. 2542 gram wight with the stand. Original condition.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1837 VR item #1419042 (stock #1001)
19C Chinese Yellow Glazed Porcelain Dragon Dish Daoguang Mark and Period The Daoguang period (1820-1850) dish is covered with yellow glaze with two dragons playing with a fire ball at the center of the interior. The exterior is decorated with grapes...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Metalwork : Pre AD 1000 item #1442903
Archaic Chinese bronze bowl with rounded sides and flared rim. Cast with a ring foot. The outer body of the bowl is cast with two bands of repeating patterns interrupted by two handles, one one each side. The handles are taotie masks with loose rings. Beautiful green patination and mineral deposits.

Han Dynasty (206 BC to AD 220)

Dimensions: 5" high x 11" wide
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Lacquer : Pre 1920 item #1214036
Japanese lacquer box form the Meiji/Taisho period circa 19th century. Decorated with gold flowering clematis vines on dark brown lacquer interior with gold rim inset and shallow tray. Accented with gilt fittings with paulownia decoration and ring handles. Dimensions: 5 1/2'' X 6 1/2'' X 5"
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1700 item #1478997 (stock ##TRC230605)


During Japan's Momoyama period, spanning from the late 16th to the early 17th century, Bizen pottery flourished, producing exquisite pieces such as this “shimokabura” or radish-bulb-shaped sake flask (tokkuri). Crafted from locally sourced Bizen clay, this tokkuri embodies simplicity and understated elegance. Its unassuming form showcases the natural beauty of the clay, enhanced by a delicate ash glaze and distinctive markings achieved through specialized firing techniques...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1800 item #1464698 (stock #0551)

A beautiful example of an antique Shigaraki Tsubo (storage jar) Vase displaying classic Shigaraki markings of emerald green, red ochre, pale and natural ash glaze...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1920 item #1308781
A stunning two section Japanese tansu from the Yonezawa region, made with Kuri (chestnut) front and Sugi (cedar) burl frame. The iron hardware is highly decorative with floral elements and incised cherry blossom mon (family crest) into each round lock plate, as well as attractive mokko "melon" style handles for each drawer. Top section has side lockbox with two drawers within. Beautiful lacquer finish. 19th century. Size: 38" height, 42" width, 18" depth
All Items : Antiques : Furnishings : Furniture : Pre 1900 item #1452339
An early 19th C. Japanese two section cannon biraki clothing chest. Made of 100% solid kiri wood (all from one tree). Hand forged iron hardware. Top section has pair of hinged locking doors. Securing pair of interior drawers. Bottom section seven drawers in total teaching ranging in size (volume). Small hinged safe contains three small drawers...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1920 item #1356819
Pair of Antique Japanese ranma, or transom, carved with flying frames and clouds with black lacquer frames. Original patina and finish.

Meiji period (1868-1912)

Size: 73.5" L x 1.25" W x 16" H
All Items : Antiques : Furnishings : Furniture : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1920 item #1452266
An antique Chinese export desk made of a hardwood and hand carved with dragons. Stylized egg and dart pattern along the edge. Cabriolet legs of dragons with each three toe claw holding a Hoju (sacred jewel). Skirt and fence also decorated with dragons.

Age: Early 20th C

Dimensions: 48 1/2" Wide by 44 1/2" High by 27" Deep