All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Wood : Pre 1920 item #880704
Zentner Collection
$1,875.00
Japanese Sushi Restaurant Plaque carved of hinoki wood with carved and lacquered characters, details of swirling carved clouds, middle with carved characters lacquered in gold, The bold lettering in the middle says: 鮨 木戸由 Sushi Kidoyosh, one at the far right, for example, it says: 堺静 Sakashizu That's the name of a wholesaler at the famous Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo, so they're likely suppliers or patrons of some kind...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Pre 1900 item #1074045 (stock #D354)
AntiqueTica.com
$2,700.00
Burmese ivory knife handle with deity, garada and peacock design. Peacock is the national symbol of Burma.

Age: Burma, Shan period, 18th Century
Measurement: Height 16.6 C.M. / Width 4.5 C.M. (size excluding stand)
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1920 item #26571
Elegant sterling silver berry serving spoon with very high quality bright cut floral engraving. The matte-finished bowl is engraved with a rose motif while the handle has a variety of flowers and foliage. The reverse is marked "Sterling" and "J.S. MacDonald". The firm was in business in Baltimore, circa 1900. Excellent condition, no monogram. 8.75" long.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Holy Land : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1375502 (stock #4530)
POTTERY OIL LAMP
Byzantine empire, 5th Cent. AD

Nicely made and decorated with a schematic seven branched menorah on the nozzle

This lamp will make a nice addition to the finest oil lamp collection

Measurements:
Length: 10 cm
Width: 7 cm

Condition: Good condition

Found in Jerusalem, Holy Land

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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Paintings : Pre 1800 item #1076874 (stock #0749)
18th Century Mongolian Thangka of a Guardian Deity General on a White Horse. 27 x 19.25 inches, 68.5 x 49 cm.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #1432199 (stock #G985)
This pair of porcelain plates were produced in England by Cauldon in the 1890s. They were produced especially for Bailey, Banks & Biddle of Philadelphia. The porcelain is fine bone china. They measure 8 3/4” in diameter. The ground color is ruby red, overlaid with tiny gilded flower buds. The heavy gold borders are accented with bright colored flowers in heavy enamel. You can feel the enameling with your finger tips...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Metalwork : Pre 1920 item #1396158 (stock #DJ320)
AntiqueTica.com
$850.00
Japanese bronze vase with nice form, used to decorate single flower arrangement in Japanese traditional tea ceremony.

Age: Japan, Showa Period, Early 20th Century
Measurement: Height 13 C.M. / Width 19.3 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall. Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1910 item #1243314 (stock #LQF051302)
Ascot Court Antiques
This item is currently being auctioned
Ca. 1880 – 1900
Late Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with transmutation flambé glaze
H: 28.7 cm
From an English private collection

An elegant late Qing “Hu” vase, tight and compact in form, and covered with flambé glaze of an intense red...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1700 item #1490090
An unusually elaborate pottery figure of a female Attendant, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 AD.), dating to late Ming periodc. 1550-1600 AD.

The lady is clad in a large thick robe, with an imposing hairdress and she is wearing a basket with red flowers and is standing on a round plint. She is glazed in torquise and dark blue colours.

Nicely painted facial details, careful thick glazing and a fine expression.

Size: c. 22,5 cm...
All Items : Antiques : Furnishings : Accessories : Mirrors : Pre 1900 item #1465487 (stock #m1036)
A wonderful folksy American mirror featuring an original paint decorated frame with a red ground and black stripes. All original, including the glass and the backboard. Excellent condition, and with overall measuments of 16 1/2" by 12 3/4".
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1800 item #1425178 (stock #TRC20621)
Raku-ware carries with it a very naturalistic aura; with its implements made of raw clay, its use of fire water and air to shape and harden these implements, and with its myriad processes that produce smooth glossy surfaces—like those often found in nature. In fact, if you look more deeply into Raku, you find that many of the shapes and motifs are also inspired by nature...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Devotional Objects : Pre 1920 item #1480486
Late Meiji (1890s to 1912) Japanese temple boxwood seal of round section with original boxwood cover. Excellent quality crisp carving in seal script, old red seal paste in the grooves. Plastic peg indicates the position of the top of the imprint. Beautiful patina on the surface of wood, signs of use adding to the presence of the object. The impression of the seal is shown on Enlargement 4 (photo is flipped left to right to present the image as it will print on paper)...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1385305 (stock ##1877)
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Extremely fine and rare Doucai 18th century bowl, with well balance potted, decorated with four Dragon medallions among clouds scroll to exterior. The interior center with underglazed blue of dragon medallion. Six characters mark 'Da Qing Kang Xi Nien Zhe' and of the period and indicated as late Kangxi near to reach early Yongzheng. Diameter: 14,5 cm and Height: 7,1 cm.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Stoneware : Pre 1700 item #1335311 (stock #1129177)
Chinese Celadon crackled Stoneware Vase, ca. Ming period 1425-1644, 7" high, 5 1/2" wide-widest part, nicely crackled and shows raised rings like turning wheel pattern on the entire body by the turning wheel by the artist. Glazed with Celadon color inside the heavy top rim area, and the bottom is unglazed. One side shows darker area caused by the firing with wood burning inside the Dragon kiln. The condition is good, no damages.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Devotional Objects : Pre 1900 item #1482784 (stock #10554)
The metal head of the rattle – called shakujo – with some simply engraved decoration on the central shaft indicating lotus petals. The central ring has the shape of an inverted heart, from which six rings loop, three on each side.
The six rings symbolize the Six Realms of Existence where Jizō is active and the Six Perfections that lead to nirvana: generosity, morality, patience, vigor, concentration, and wisdom.
Mounted on a short wooden pole, covered with red lacquer...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Pre 1900 item #1230335
Well crafted Burmese repousse silver dish, the dish engraved and worked in repousse featuring immortals encircling the cavetto around a peacock chiseled to the center, from late 19th century period. Size; Diameter of dish is appx. 7 1/4 inches with no condition concerns.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Sculpture : Pre 1920 item #1362882
A unusual Pair of Chinese Bronze Candlesticks, each depicting a Crane standing on a Dragonturtle. 19th Century. Good condition. Size: 28 cm. each (11").
All Items : Antiques : Furnishings : Furniture : American : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1168179 (stock #be145r)
Lovely walnut marble top Victorian table, circa 1880, measuring 29" tall x 35" wide x 25" deep. Having a white marble top, this table is in excellent original condition.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Architectural Elements : Pre 1900 item #1163514 (stock #J8L2warBeast)
June Hastings
$375.00
A very unique architectural element showing a warrior on a mythical beast. These were used as adornments to beautify the home as well as to tell a story. This well carved piece of Chinese history dates to the late 19th century and is considered in excellent unrestored condition. The painting of various colors adds luster to this hard to find antique. There is damage to the backside, but does not detract from the overall beauty. It measures 10.5" long, 8" high. just under 4" inches deep.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #1391555 (stock ##1939)
A blue & white jar, decorated with lotus and water weeds surrounded the body above lotus petal panels foot border. Unglazed flat base. Ming dynasty late 15th century. Condition with minor short hairlines to rim, no any chip and further in overall good condition. High: 10cm and Wide body: 9.8cm.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Textiles : Pre 1900 item #1430403 (stock #13312)
Samurai's kaji-haori (jacket), mune-ate (breast pad) and ate (ornament in the back waist) and all pieces have Tomoe kamon (three-way family crest). The ground fabric is not sure, looks mixture of cotton and wool and the lining is cotton European print. There were many massive fires in Edo in 17th and 18th century. Edo government organized the fire prevention system by samurai and then by civilian firefighters (hikeshi) later...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1367193 (stock #EW3039)
A tall beaker of bell form decorated in underglaze blue with a pair of auspicious Dragons each clasping a “tama” pearl above its head set against a lightening field with auspicious ruyi form clouds supporting respectively artemesin leaves on which are a pair of scrolls bound by ribbons and a flaming pearl. The design has been adapted from a Chinese precedent of the sixteenth century but with a Japanese twist to the design...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : French : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #808587 (stock #5939)
A Sevres style hand painted portrait plate from the 19thC signed Amblet. This late 19thC cabinet or display plate is 9-5/8" across and it features fine gilding, a scalloped edge with high relief gilt vines with a pink ground and a beautiful signed free hand painted central portrait of a pretty young woman picking flowers...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Furniture : Pre 1910 item #863736
Zentner Collection
$1,500.00
Chinese Scholar's Hat Chair, Jumu, elmwood with translucent red lacquer, late 18th century early 19th century. Size: 21.5W 17D 38H, surface wear to finish and exposed wood.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Folk Art : Pre 1920 item #1470454 (stock #MOR7111)
The Kura
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A shop sign carved from a block of knotted wood in the shape of a tea leaf jar engraved on both sides with the character Cha (Tea) originally gilded which still reflects light from the correct angle. A large knot making up one shoulder has split apart in the center, while the outside edge remains intact. A perfect example of the Japanese aesthetic of wabisabi. It is 32 x 3 x 32.5 cm (roughly 13 x 1 x 13 inches)...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1930 item #1491602 (stock #BZ625)
French Art Deco 950 silver box, ca 1920. Round and flat. Concentric engine turned ornament with engraved flowers on top center and patera on bottom center. Gilt interior. Sweet and pretty. Marked. Very good condition with some handling wear.

Pocket-sized dimensions: H 3/4 x D 2 1/8 in. Weight: 2.2 troy ounces. #BZ625

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1900 item #1414060
Zentner Collection
$1,000.00
Chinese antique Yixing teapot with impressed geometric design around rim and on base. Lid also with impressed design. Good condition. Impressed maker's seal on inset bottom. Lid with small losses to inside rim. Ching Dynasty, circa 1860s>.

Collector's seal Qing Xuan.
Dates 19th century
Size: H 3 3/4" x W 6" x 3 3/4" Diameter
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Stoneware : Pre 1492 item #1385678 (stock ##1879)
A tea-bowl with beautifully russet glazed, Southern Song Fujian ware. Condition a small repaired to rim, otherwise is very good condition. Diameter: 12,3 cm.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Stoneware : Pre 1492 item #902588
This is an elegant bluish white Jun yao jar that come with its original cover, in very nice form and built, it is with the purple splashes on one side of the jar and some on its cover to add to its' beauty as one of the best chinese classical ware since Sung Dynasty, the bluish white of he moon colour give us amusement and feelings that make us wonder how the potter make it in those by-gone era with such wonder glaze and technology of that time. Please enquire for more infos and photos...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Pre 1920 item #1263321
Zentner Collection
$3,750.00
Elegant two tiered Chinese Rosewood stand, hand carved with inlaid marble top. Hardwood is hand carved with flower images encircling the marble top. Leaves and vine carvings down each of the sides. The Legs of table have dragon like faces at top leading down to claw feet. Wonderful condition with radiant original finish, Circa 1900 Dimensions: 32" High X 21 1/2" Wide
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Stoneware : Pre 1492 item #1416513 (stock #02062020A)
An elegant stoneware tea bowl from the Song (Sung) dynasty, measuring 4-3/4" in diameter (12.2cm). The piece is intact with only minimum wear and no glaze loss. This piece is guaranteed to be of the period.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1492 item #1411519 (stock ##2052)
A fine Southern Song Dynasty Longquan celadon dish with well balance potted, decorated with twin fish in the centre and underside with lotus petals panel. Covered overall with slight pale powder green even near "Kinuta" blue green glazed. Condition is very good and pristine glazed excepted minor crackled, no any chip to body and rim side, no any crack and free from any restoration. Diameter: 12,9 cm.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1900 item #1436790
Zentner Collection
$8,500.00
A rare an high quality Japanese Matsumoto Choba Tansu (merchant chest from the Matsumoto region of Japan) made of Keyaki (Zelkova) and Sugi (Cryptomeria) woods. All original hand forged iron hardware with full moon style lock plates and Warabite handles. Recessed side handles lift open to accommodate a wood pole through each handle allowing two persons to carry the tansu from place to place. Solid floating wood panels on the side, the top and the sliding doors were used to prevent cracks over ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1431067
Zentner Collection
$3,000.00
Antique Japanese round porcelain plate decorated with blue underglaze scene of two fish and underwater plants. The plate stands on a round foot and the underside is decorated with rings and scrolling flora in blue underglaze. A small gold kintsugi repair and kiri tomobako are evidence that this was a valuable and prized part of someone's collection years ago.

Age: 17th century

Dimensions: 6 1/4" wide x 1 1/8" high
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1920 item #1366716
Japanese 2-section isho tansu (clothing chest of drawers), from the Kyoto area. The chest is made with Sugi (cypress) wood in the original glossy red lacquer finish a lacquering process know asiro-urushi (色漆), literally "color lacquer"and has 11 drawers with charming heart-shaped keyholes and black iron warabite pulls. The top section houses a large open compartment behind two Keyaki (elm) sliding panels in a dark finish, with black lacquer frames.

Meiji Period (1868-1912)
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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1920 item #1312199
Zentner Collection
$4,500.00
Stunning solid keyaki antique Japanese small ko tansu with two sliding doors main upper doors. Three drawers with hand forged iron locks. The original finish comes off as a rick medium - dark honey lacquer finish. Dramatic quartered sawn grain pattern seen thronghout the piece. Originates from the Tohoku region of Japan.

Early Meiji Period (1868 - 1912)

Size: 24.5" height, 24" width, 12" depth
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1920 item #1441438 (stock #ZX504)
Mastromauro Japanese art
EUR €2,400.00
A Japanese erotic ebony netsuke of Okame with ivory-eyed holding a large mushroom. Engraved Tomotsugu signature on the mushroom. Edo period 18-19th century Sizes: 4,5 x 3 x 2 cm Condition report: Good condition
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Metalwork : Pre 1800 item #1480356 (stock #470)
Cast bronze incense burner, supported by three feet, on the sides, two Buddhist lions form the handles. The object was not cast in one go, indeed the handles and the feet were cast separately and welded, which for the feet is unusual. This seems to announce a lack of technique due to modest provincial craftsmen working in isolated regions. The bronze has casting defects, holes and burrs and the finishes are sketchy. However, despite its rusticity, the object is interesting, this is due to the po...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Hardstones : Pre 1900 item #1491050
Zentner Collection
$2,500.00
Chinese antique green and white nephrite jade pendant. Carved in rectangular form with a boy with lotus and fish on one side and a pomegranate and lingzhi on the other. Two small piercings at the top to allow for hanging cord. Bright apple green striations.

Age: c. 1900

Dimensions: 2 3/4" high x 1 3/4" wide x 1/4" deep
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Metalwork : Pre 1910 item #1132084 (stock #TC386)
Charming Qing Dynasty Chinese pot used for warming wine or saki. Hot water would be poured into the main container and the small pot would hold the wine. Made of pewter or low grade silver with bronze fitting. each side of the outer pot has minor scratches on the surface.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Bronze : Pre AD 1000 item #1440139
A fine lot of Roman bronze antiquities, dating 1st.-3rd. century AD.

Collection comprice of four nice bronze keys or clasps for locks with animal finials, (sizes max 7 cm.), a large Lunar pendant with loop (size ca. 4,5 cm. x 4 cm.), a large clasp for a lock with openwork design (8,8 cm. length) and a finely patinated fibula.

All in all 7 fine items.

Condition: Choice!

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1920 item #1462591
An antique Japanese 3 section Isho Biraki Tansu made of Kiri (Paulownia) and Sugi (Cryptomeria) woods. All original bronze hardware. Upper section features a pair of sliding doors behind which lies a spacious storage area with a split level shelf with three side by side drawers below. The center section has two hinged doors that hide three removable Kimono trays while the bottom section has two drawers for added storage. Constructed using straight dovetail joinery and hardened wooden nails. ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1920 item #1428618
Height approximately 17.5 cm. There is a soft chip at the handle. In good condition. More pictures are available.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Enamel : Pre 1900 item #729593 (stock #C-C0013B)
CARLA SUE GATSKE
$1,650.00
A silver wired rooster, hen and chick on an olive green ground decorate this signed 7.25" vase. Rims are silvered, the bottom is black enamel.

Condition: Excellent. No chips, cracks or repairs.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Stoneware : Pre 1700 item #1406387 (stock #DG00R345)
A fine Chinese Ming dynasty tea dust glaze meiping. Ht. 15cm. Condition: glaze deterioration to mouth rim, no restore, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platform, please ask before ordering.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1700 item #1194627 (stock #fvdish1)
ESL Collection
$300.00
A small famille verte dish from Chinese transitional period (early 17th century), it was probably made for the Japanese market. There is a "jade" character inside the double circles mark inside the foot rim. Condition: there are four tiny and shallow chips on the rim of the dish, and have been patched, please examine the photos for details. Good antique condition other than this. Diameter: 4-3/4".
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Sculpture : Pre 1800 item #1490278 (stock #DB1412)
AntiqueTica.com
$2,000.00
Burmese wooden Buddha sitting in Mara Vijaya (calling the earth to witness) posture on a base.

Age: Burma, Shan Period, 18th Century
Size: Height 59 C.M. / Width 25.3 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Greek : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1458429
Handmade White Slip II ware bowl of deep, hemispherical body. With round base and wish-bone handle.
Made of red-brown clay covered with white slip (bluish tint) and decorated with brown ladder pattern. Hooked chain at the handle level, dot rows.
Old inventory number (161) written beneath the handle with ink. Museum card joined.
For an example from the same workshop, cf. reg. no. 1982,0726.1 in the British Museum database.
Ceramic
Cypriot, Late Bronze Age, 1375-...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Prehistorical item #1435037
A nice pair of Danish neolithic chisels dating to Daggertime, 2200-2000 BC.

Interesting neolithic tools with specialized shapes. One with a nearly symmetrical design, the othe with a rounded and hollow edge.

Both are nicely polished and could easily be used today.

Sizes: 10 & 12 cm. - 4 & 4,7 inches.

Condition: Choice. with a few ancient chips. Very nice greyish patinas.



All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1492 item #1429792
Diameter approximately 33 cm. The glaze is thick. More pictures are available. In good condition.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Sculpture : Pre 1920 item #1422766
Zentner Collection
$4,000.00
Antique Japanese natural burl wood low stand or pedestal. Stunning original warm lacquer lighter tones with darker touches of brown and black. Shapely form as the burl sways right then drifts upward and to the left as it flattens out onto a perfect surface.
Would make for an excellent side table for a contemporary home.

Edo Period C. 19th Century

18" x 13" x 22 1/2" High
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1490740
A large and attractive globular jar of blackware, Chimú c. 1200-1400 AD.

The vessel comes with a TL test from Ralf Kotallas lab.

Ex. Old German collection from the 1980s. Height: c. 21,5 cm.

Condition: Good Very fine, intact.

Ex. Old German collection from the 1980s.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : Himalayas : Pre 1800 item #1255019 (stock #1132)
Rare Early 18th Century Bhutanese Thangka Painting of Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche), founder of Tibetan Buddhism. 26.5 x 21 inches, 67.25 x 53.25 cm.
Global Ceramics
$250.00
San Antonio de Padua, a silver filigree reliquary pendant, 17th or early 18th century, Portuguese or Spanish work. To one side a plaque showing Saint Anthony and the Christ Child surrounded by the letters SADP, to the other Christ’s head and SALV MUND SALV NOS. Enclosed in the wreath of lily-shaped filigree petals, Gothic in character, is a red ribbon or cloth fragment, purportedly from the dress of the saint. Saint Anthony was born in Lissabon and became a Franciscan prior and a very popular ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #1387220 (stock #BNJimariSetB)
June Hastings
$1,150.00
A set of three nesting Japanese Imari porcelain bowls. Richly decorated and gilded, all 3 bowls are identical and are signed on the bottom. Dates circa 1875.
All three are in excellent condition and they measure:
Large bowl: 9.75 inches x 4.25" high
Medium bowl: 8.5" x 3.75"
Small bowl: 7.25" x 3.25"
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1837 VR item #1441761 (stock #20210312-01)

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Offered is a lovely early 19th Century Japanese blue and white porcelain long dish, known as a nagazara and meant for serving fish. This dish was probably made for domestic use and features a central motif of the "three friends of winter" (bamboo, pine and prunus (plum)), surrounded by a decorative border and then by scrabbled decoration. The reverse features karakusa scrolls and a set of marks that...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Greek : Bronze : Pre AD 1000 item #1469907 (stock #A57)
This is an Achaean archer's arrowhead that was crafted in bronze using the V-shaped tanged technique. It belongs to the type VIII b category and dates back to the Bronze Age, which lasted from 1500 B.C. until the final phases of the Mycenaean period in 1100 B.C. Ancient Greek archers commonly used this type of arrowhead during the Trojan War.

REFERENCES: For related Greek - Achaean's V-shaped tanged arrowhead, please see:

1. http://www.salimbeti.com/micenei/weapons3.htm

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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1700 item #787827 (stock #S-F0798B)
A finely molded Kakiemon shallow bowl, five inches in diameter, the center of which is decorated in iron-red, blue, yellow and green enamel.

Ex-Christies

Condition: Excellent

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Snuff Bottles : Pre 1800 item #1294483 (stock #0350)
Ca. late 1700s

This milky glass bottle is applied with four colors of glass and carved in relief with the symbols of the eight Taoist immortals. The sides have carved bat handles in black glass and the interior is well-hollowed. The stopper is pale whitish jade with a small apple-green splash. It is in good condition. Acquired in Norfolk, VA in the mid 1980s.

Height: 2 5/8 in. with stopper, 2 5/16 in. without stopper, Width: 2 in.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Snuff Bottles : Pre 1800 item #1449037 (stock #293)
An Early Celadon and Russet Snuff Bottle, 1730 - 1780

This is a well-hollowed, Flattened, Circular form, nephrite Snuff Bottle of even Celadon color with wavy russet veins that seem to just appear from the left to form shrub-like forms that serve as its natural decoration; flare neck, wide flat mouth, and an oval rectangular raised footing.

Following a form widely used in the 18th century, in China, it sports a symmetrical circular form that emphasizes its flared neck and ra...