All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : India : Pre 1800 item #1235440
DAY FINE ARTS
£500.00
Double sided manuscript leaf. Rajasthan, 1776 From a dispersed copy of the Shalibhadra Caupi. The story of Sangam. Composed by Dharma Kumar. Gujarati version. Sirohi manuscript: Sangama herds cattle and the four neighbours bring the ingredients for khir and 3v: Dhanna cooks khir, Sangama gives his food to the monk breaking his fast and Dhanna gives the boy the rest of the food.See p.104 'Steps to Liberation', Jan van Alphen, Antwerp, 2000 11cm high x 26.7 cm wide. Good condition
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : India : Pre 1800 item #1470863 (stock #IS396)
Antique Islamic silver-inlaid Bidri vase, 18th century, Deccan, Mughal India. The vase is made of cast body and has an elegant water chestnut shape. It has an elongated flaring neck with a flange collar and is raised on a spreading ring foot...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : India : Pre 1800 item #1395399
18th century Indian bronze votive sculpture of standing Bhairava accompanied by a small figure of a saddled horse. Govinda Bhairava is a syncretic form of Vishnu and Shiva. The upper hands are holding Vishnu’s attributes (Chakra and Shankha) and the lower hands are holding Shiva’s attributes (staff and begging bowl). Rare icon,. wonderful casting, beautiful devotional wear, excellent patina, traces of red sandalwood paste used during worship. Height 2 3/8 inches.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1800 item #1454321 (stock #77)
Dragon's Pearl
$500.00
A rare and interesting, rectangular incense burner (koro) of Seto ware covered in a wet, curry-coloured glaze running thin at places, leaving the raw core exposed. Japan, probably early Edo, c. 1650. H 6.5 cm, L 10.5 cm, W 7.5 cm. Condition: Excellent with slight wear from use.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : India : Pre 1800 item #1467295
18th century Indian framed watercolor of a maiden wearing rich clothes and holding a flower in one hand and what is probably a long necked perfume bottle in the other. Excellent delicate painting, superb detailing, has good presence. Old tear above her head as seen on photos, overall in very good condition. Framed and glazed, image in sight 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches, frame 11 5/8 x 9 1/2 inches.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : India : Pre 1800 item #1458020 (stock #2021-988)
GALERIE TIAGO
€4,000.00
Child Jesus as a Good Shepherd ivory statuette on a pedestal. He is naked and his face is gently leaned. His hairs are sculpted in fine strand of hair shaping curls. His almond eyes and his fixed look suggest a mystic and pensive attitude. The Christ child is seated, he is in a deeply meditation...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Stoneware : Pre 1800 item #445668 (stock #M050210003)
EL-GALLERY
USD $600.00
A very beautiful green funerary vase potted from earthenware. It is slightly heavy as there is earth harden on the inside of the vase, due to the long period of burial. The center part of the body appears to be molded in two parts and probably lute together by a clay liquid slip that acted like glue. Little attention was given to the finishing of the lute line, which exhibited as protruded line on the surface. There are crack lines on the body

No repairs or restorations...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : Bohemian : Pre 1800 item #1476977
Global Ceramics
$150.00
A bulbous little pitcher or jug and a small mug, both north Bohemian c 1800 or somewhat earlier. The white Milchglas or Milk glass enameled in the style of Meissen or Sèvres porcelain - often in the “Famille rose” colors seen on this pitcher - was an appreciated export from Bohemia (present Czech Republic). Height "6/ 15 and "2/ 4.8 cm respectively. Condition: the pitcher with a crack, the mug with a hairline (cf. pics). Price: $ 150, including worldwide registered / trackable shipping
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : India : Pre 1800 item #1491590
Interesting early brass figure of the reclining Bull Nandi, Southern India, c. 18th. century.

A finely made figure, much older than most we've seen on the market.

Size: c. 9 cm. tall and 6,5 cm. wide.

Condition: Choice Very fine, smooth wear from use and polishing, redish patina inside, remnants of pigments.

Ex. Private collection of Ulf Gudmundsen from the 1950s and onwards. An important collection of Tribal African and Asian antiques.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Devotional Objects : Pre 1800 item #1146606 (stock #R38)
Edo Period Portable Wood Buddhist Shrine with Exquisite Carving. 17h x 12w inches, 43h x 30.5w cm. In Buddhism, portable shrines were made so that devout travelers with nowhere to worship could carry their shrines with them. The shrines were made with closing doors, to preserve the artwork. This shrine features exquisitely carved deities and finely lacquered details.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1480437
Exceptionally beautiful Flambé Blue-Green see Glazed QING DYNASTY Kangxi Vase (1662-1722) with Artemesia/Artemis Leaf on base. Excellent condition overall. No chips, cracks, hairlines nor restorations. Size: height about 3"
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Devotional Objects : Pre 1800 item #1488350
Zentner Collection
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An original pair of rare Edo period heavenly Tennyu temple beings. Each has a gold gilt finish with condition consistent with age. Both are complete and ready to be installed.
Left tennyo is depicted with drum suspended from her waist and holding a pair of sticks. The righ is holding a bell and holds Shuni mudra with right hand, symbolizing patience and discipline...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : India : Pre 1800 item #1290301
DAY FINE ARTS
£1,800.00
Indian painting of a woman on a black background upon a marbled page.Undated, estimated to be late 18th century. 41 x 30 cm. Surrounded by hand drawn calligraphy between elaborate borders. Text on reverse. Framed and glazed.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1366984
Height approximately 23.5 cm. Few hairlines at the body. Some chips at the rim.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : India : Pre 1800 item #1406741
18th century Indian bronze votive sculpture of Ganesha sitting on a square throne, with his vahana (vehicle) - a bandicoot rat - in his lap, and holding his usual attributes in his 4 hands. There is a protective naga (cobra) wrapped around his waist. Ganesha is the remover of obstacles, and thus is invoked before any new undertaking. He bestows good luck on his worshippers, and is invoked in marriage ceremonies and in some forms of Tantric worship...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : Bohemian : Pre 1800 item #1400695
Global Ceramics
$180.00
A pair of Milchglas / milk glass cups and saucers with flower decoration in gaudy enamels, made around 1760. Relief moulded wth ribbed and diamond-patterned sides and applied foot rims. The model is to be found in the Corning glass museum collections and elsewhere as originating from the glassworks of Flühli in Swiss Luzern. Diameter of saucers "5 ¼ / 13 cm, of cups "3 ¼/ 8 cm. Condition: one cup with old and yellowed glue repair (cf. pics).
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1476422 (stock #8407)
C.P.Sheffield
£550.00
A Pair of Famille Verte Saucer Dishes. Decorated with groups of flowering lotus and storks inflight. The reverse with a rich Batavian glaze. Old French collection labels. Kangxi C1720. Diameter; 8 3/4" (22.1 cm). Condition; Light wear, small chips to foot. Firing flaw to rim of one dish
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1391772 (stock #2A1A)
18th Century Chinese Kangxi period Blue and White Porcelain deep scalloped rim Sauce Dish, Ca. 1661-1722, 4 1/8" diameter, 3/4" high, underglaze blue design of 8 panels of alternating with men fishing and Peony floral branches in the wide outer rim, and old man walking with tree branch tall walking stick on the river embankment in the center. Very tight glaze hairline on the top of the Pagoda design less than 1/2" long.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1393480 (stock #2A26A)
Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Vase converted to a Lamp, Qianlong period, Ca. 1711-1790, marked on bottom in red, 16 1/2" high with old fitted Stand, 8 1/2" - 5 3/4" wide-top, 13 3/4" high for Porcelain Vase only, 6" - 4 1/2" wide-bottom...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Textiles : Pre 1800 item #389758 (stock #t442)
A rich golden background to a continuous vine motif entwined around alternating blue and white stripes; 25 1/2" by 22"
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : India : Pre 1800 item #1456769
18th century Indian bronze votive sculpture of dancing Krishna playing a flute, cast in the State of Orissa. This avatar of Vishnu playing flute for gopis is known as Krishna Venugopala (as always in this image, flute was cast separately, and is missing). Excellent casting and detailing (see the loose ends of his tied loincloth), wonderful face, beautiful patina, very pleasant feel of age to the sculpture. Height 5 1/4 inches.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Textiles : Pre 1800 item #1475144 (stock #BNJmorganCov)
June Hastings
$650.00
Signed, Wm. S. Morgan, Somerset Co, 1872, this woven wool coverlet was made in Somerset County in Jenner Township, Pennsylvania. In 1870, the factory employed ten workers and produced a variety of woolen goods, including blankets and coverlets. Condition is good, but does have some damage, please study photos. Measures 66" x 72".
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1163144
The Bodhisattva Collection
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PLEASE NOTE: WE HAVE RECENTLY RE-ACQUIRED THIS VERY FINE PLATE FROM A CLIENT WHO IS LIQUIDATING HIS ANTIQUE HOLDINGS DUE TO HEALTH ISSUES AND MEDICAL EXPENSES: WHILE WE ARE VERY SADDENED TO LEARN OF THIS CLIENT'S CONDITION AND CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES, WE ARE GRATIFIED AT LEAST TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST THIS WONDERFUL GENTLEMAN IN THIS MANNER, AND TO RE-OFFER THIS FINE PLATE ONCE AGAIN: From our Chinese Blue and White Collection, a very finely painted "Tea Production Plate," early Qianlong Period circa ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1488562
Zentner Collection
$1,200.00
Chinese Porcelain brush pot with oxblood glaze over white porcelain. Underside is marked with cobalt blue double rings. Shows use,some minor ware. Dates from the 20th century.

Dimensions: 4 3/4" high x 3 1/2" diameter
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Textiles : Pre 1800 item #1267668 (stock #t1018)
A beautiful French embroidered brocaded and woven textile piece, composed of 4 segments sewn together, edged with an attached border of metallic threaded textile, and backed with yellow silk.

Overall condition is excellent, with vibrant colors and no holes or repairs. The overall size is 43 1/2" by 36".

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Metalwork : Pre 1800 item #1490078
Tibetan, c. 16th.-18th. century. The bell is made in a silverish bronze metal, with the vajra handle once gilt. Most of these bells are from the 19th.-20th...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pottery : Pre 1800 item #1428836 (stock #TBD00361)
A 12 ¼ inch (31 cm) diameter blue and white delft charger made at Lambeth, London toward the end of the 18th century. The “Chinese garden” is well executed as is the border on the lip. A plate with the same decoration is at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Condition: chips around the edge and a few places on the lip where the glaze has flaked off.

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Textiles : Pre 1800 item #1460622 (stock #WN348)
Galerie Hafner
$280.00
shipping included
A girl's or woman's silk cap embroidered with flowers, highlighted with polychrome sequins. Edged with gold lace, linen lining and silk ribbon loop. Condition: traces of age, patina. Dimension cap closed: c. 23.2 cm high x 14.3 cm wide.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1448712
Helen M Edwards
$1,870.00
Height: 20.1 cm (8.1 in)
Width: 7 cm (2.8 in)

Fine example of a Chinese porcelain rosewater sprinkler in the Imari colourway; fine condition; just a couple of minor frits to the base rim; email for more pictures
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1443277 (stock #gy6298)
2ezr
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18th Century Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Vase Zhong Kui 鍾馗

It is 5.1 inches (13 cm) tall by 2.8 inches (7.2 cm) wide. It weighs 0.4 lb.

It has rubbing paint, dark spots, glaze crazing, surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).


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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : India : Pre 1800 item #1465441
Miniature 18th century Indian bronze shrine for a home altar in a form of a courtyard with generally recognizable figures of Shiva, his wife Parvati, Naga (hooded cobra), and facing them their elephant-headed son Ganesha, another Naga, Nandi the bull of Shiva and Shiva lingam. Very nice simple devotional sculpture with earnest casting and detailing, good patina from being touched during worship, a lot of compressed dust, very pleasant feel of age. Length 15/16 inches.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1337711
Helen M Edwards
$1,400.00
Width: 39 cm (15.7 in)
Depth: 4.5 cm (1.9 in)

Chinese fine porcelain charger from the Kangxi Period; interesting decoration of buildings and a walled city in the background; small frits to the rim and a 5cm hairline pictured; rings well
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Textiles : Pre 1800 item #261483 (stock #17042)
Gideon Antiques
$145.00
This is a lovely piece of 18th C European needlework, brilliant true-colored, made of vegetable dyed threads on very fine open weave homespun linen, having pulled work in the flower centers, metallic threads within the flower stems and a symmetrical block pattern, Spanish or Italian, likely a piece of curtain or clothing; Condition: Good with some stitch loss framed in glass with blue matting which does not do this piece justice, measures 12 1/2" x 15 1/2 "
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Sculpture : Pre 1800 item #1351261
A very serene and friendly/smiling SHAN STATE SOLID WOODEN BUDDHA with traces of gilding. Very well preserved! 18th Century, Burma. Size: 55.3 cm. x 25.8 cm. Good overall condition and a very fine piece bringing peace and happiness!
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Earthenware : Pre 1800 item #1418948
Zentner Collection
$2,500.00
Antique Japanese Bizen-yaki Beckoning Cat known as a Maneki Neko, with left paw raised for inviting happiness and welcoming friends and family. Incised signature on back dating to the Second Year of Genbun, 1737, also shop name of Yamaichi. Good condition.

Age: Edo Period, circa early 18th century
Size: 10.5"H 4.75"W 5"D
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Textiles : Pre 1800 item #643482 (stock #t366)
A beautiful and vibrant chausable set from the mid 18th century, comprised of the chausable, the maniple, the chalice cover, and mat. The deep, rich purple damask of the material is set off by the intricate embroidered orphrey on the chausable and maniple. Even the cover and mat, made of the same damask, have embroidered crosses on them, and are bordered with metallic thread. Overall condition is very good, with some scattered splits and stains.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Textiles : Pre 1800 item #1487382 (stock #Saf1)
Daniel Simhon Fine Art
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Antique Persian Safavid textile brocaded with silk and gold. Lined with a later 19th century brocade. Approximately 26" square.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pottery : Pre 1800 item #506741 (stock #p1009)
An extremely rare and charming pottery figure, with colored glaze decoration, of a hyena or jackal. Condition is superb, with no flaws or damage at all. 3 1/4" tall.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1289305
Global Ceramics
$100.00
Chinese blue and white saucer, Kangxi period, c 1700. “Clobbered” decoration in Imari style (added in Europe for higher retail value) of some of the auspicious Hundred Treasures in iron red and gilt. Diameter "5¼ / 13.2 cm. Condition: a glaze flake to the rim and minimal nicks to foot rim.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1463236 (stock #gy6593)
2ezr
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1796-1820 Jiaqing Period Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Charger with Scholars

It is 2 inches (5 cm) tall by 15 inches (38 cm) wide. It is 4.5 Lb.

It has dark spots, firing cracks, rubbing of paint and gold, glaze cracks, crazing, and a chip at the lip (as seen in the photos).


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All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Textiles : Pre 1800 item #1338891 (stock #t1017)
An 18th c French yellow silk underdress front, beautifully and heavily embroidered with metallic threads. The overall size is 27 1/2" by 19". The condition is good, with some scattered wear and pulls. It could highly benefit from a careful pressing.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Earthenware : Pre 1800 item #827664 (stock #C-P0003)
A late 18th century Ko Seto stoneware dish, 5" in diameter, decorated tastefully in a traditional horse eye and cobweb design.

Condition:There are two small rim chips as illustrated in the sixth photograph. The first and more serious is to the far left, the second is to the far right. The dish is otherwise excellent.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Earthenware : Pre 1800 item #1455613 (stock #11050)
Small kogo, incense box, in the shape of a crab in rest. Grayish brown grainy earthenware, much like Raku, with red glaze and with patches of green and white glaze. The eyes are accentuated with gold, as is a small area on it’s back.

Potter’s mark on the belly.

Japan, late 1700s.

H ca 1.25 x W ca 3 in.

Some of the gold rubbed, split in clay caused by firing at the rim of the lower section, which does not impact the stability of the piece...

All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Timepieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1800 item #1465404 (stock #4061)
Watch Company
$950.00
FREDONIA WATCH CO. Fredonia, New York 1881-1885 Chronology of the Development of Fredonia: Independent Watch Co. 1875 – 1881 Fredonia Watch Co. 1881 – 1885 Peoria Watch Co. 1885 - 1889 The company sold the finished movements acquired from the Independent Watch Co...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pottery : Pre 1800 item #1180261 (stock #SR8110)

c. 1770, 6 1/2"L x 1 3/4"W x 4" Height. Condition: excellent

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Earthenware : Pre 1800 item #1486254
Zentner Collection
$8,600.00
Antique Japanese Raku ware chawan (tea bowl) with crackle glaze and finely applied kintsugi. Red glaze with dark greenish-black spots. Seal impression on the bottom. Kyoto. Evaluation done in the 1930's by TZ Shiota when the family was inheriting the collection from their great grandfather, Federic Torrey. The collection was stored in a trunk since his death in 1935.

Age: 17th century

Dimensions: 3 3/4" high x 4 3/4" wide

Provenance: From the personal collection ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Devotional Objects : Pre 1800 item #1482222 (stock #10611)
A small Pure Land Buddhist shrine -zushi- containing a figure of the 11-headed Kannon on a lotus, holding a flask in his left hand, standing before a full-size mandorla.
Painted in mineral colors and gold onto the gilded doors are Jizo bosatsu to his right and Kokuzo bosatsu to his left.

Carved wood (probably boxwood), decorated with gold. Jewelry gilded metal (now black).
Red lacquered shrine with fine gilded hardware. Japan, Edo period, 18th century.
Case: ca. 5.1...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Textiles : Pre 1800 item #1191463 (stock #zt126)
A beautiful and very early 18th century bizarre silk fragment, from a chausable of the period. Vegetal and flower motifs in polychrome silk, silver and gold thread on a salmon ground, the entire piece mounted on cotton. Excellent overall condition, with some expected oxidation of the metallic threads. The panel itself is 28" in length, and 9 3/4" at its widest. The mounted size is 30 1/4" by 11 1/4".

Note: Bizarre silks are a style of figured silk fabrics popular in Europe in the late 17th a...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : India : Pre 1800 item #1456738
18th century Indian bronze votive sculpture of Ganesha sitting on an elevated base and holding his usual attributes in his 4 hands. There is a protective naga (cobra) wrapped around his waist. Ganesha is the remover of obstacles, and thus is invoked before any new undertaking such as marriage or new business. He bestows good luck on his worshippers, and is prayed to in some forms of Tantric worship. Very nice casting and detailing, beautiful warm patina, wonderful feel of age produced by devotio...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pottery : Pre 1800 item #1407472
Global Ceramics
$230.00
A pair of creamware pierced plates, thinly potted and with ribbed recess and hand pierced border. Possibly from the factory of James & Charles Whitehead. In the pattern book published 1798 by the Whitehead brothers, two versions of this pattern are depicted side by side: one with a beaded edge, the other a ”plain” version like these two. Ten plates with the beaded edge are presented in another Global Ceramics listing. NB: this pattern appears to have been popular and was produced by more tha...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pottery : Pre 1800 item #1472587 (stock #8355)
C.P.Sheffield
£460.00
A Panel of Six English Manganese Ground Delft Tiles. Each decorated with figures in landscapes with carnation corners. London C1740/60. Diameter; 5" (12.7 cm). Condition; usual minor chips, the second tile has a glaze crack to the centre
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Earthenware : Pre 1800 item #1404619
Zentner Collection
$2,000.00
A medium sized Japanese Oribe dish with a rich, brilliant green glaze and plum blossom brush painting. The crackle in the glaze adds to the design and the edging is painted. The bottom is unglazed and has 4 indented strips. Invented in Japan in 1605, Oribe ware introduced vivid pattern and color to a ceramics tradition that had previously favored somber, monochrome designs.

Dimensions: 9.5" diameter

Date: circa 18th C
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : India : Pre 1800 item #1478418 (stock #1-1350)
Miniature altar representing Hindu god Shiva and his wife Parvati, standing, and backed by a mandorla. Bronze, with strong abrasion due to age and fine patina. India, 17th/18th century. Height: 83 mm. Very good condition. Provenance: old Berlin collection.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1377691 (stock #1160)
Intandane ltd
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A rare and very finely enamelled 18th Century Wucai Dragon and Phoenix Bowl - Qianlong mark and of the period (1736-1795).

Condition - there are three rim chips, three long hairline cracks and one short under the glaze hairline (please view enlargements); there has been no restoration.

(6 inches) diameter; 7.5cm (3 inches) high. For many additional pictures (all photographed under natural light) please view item #0808 at our Liverpool shop website at www.69aliverpool.co.uk

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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Devotional Objects : Pre 1800 item #492299 (stock #10403)
Welcome To Another Century
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Finely carved wooden figure of Gyochu Kishimojin, the hands folded together in prayer, standing on an upside down lotus leaf, positioned on a rocky base. Plain wood, carved in a slightly facetted way that gives texture to his garment and skin. The base and the lotus gilded over lacquer. Inscribed on back: Kishibojin, opening of the eyes, Nichiren. Inscribed in black ink on bottom of lotus leaf: Hirono Naomasa. Japan, Edo period, 18th century.
Height without base 7 ¼ in. (18.3 cm).
Le...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Pre 1800 item #947734 (stock #9988)
Fine George II Silver Tea Caddy, by Samuel Taylor, having a reverse pear-form body embossed with floral garlands centering a blank cartouche on each side, removable lid with shell-form finial. Marked on underside of base.

Samuel was the son of Thomas Taylor and started his apprenticeship with John Newton in 1737. His first marks was entered in 1744. Like his master, whose business he probably succeeded to, since Newton was finally in Maiden Lane, Taylor was a specialist in tea-caddies and sug...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Earthenware : Pre 1800 item #1216718 (stock #0006)
Momoyama Gallery
$1600.00

We offer a beautiful deformed and heavy Japanese Bizen stoneware tsubo. It has expressive signs and spoils of the pottery making.

The brown colour with a little descent of yellow and orange are giving a smooth warm radiance to the viewer.

It is a unique Tsubo in excellent condition. No repairs, no damage.

It is from the late Edo period, 18-19th century.

Size: approx. 21cm in diameter, 16.5cm in height (8.26in, 6.49in)

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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Textiles : Pre 1800 item #1444836
This is a Edo Natural Indigo Vermillion-pigment hemp Umakake Tsutsugaki with triangular scale and Hannya – Nomask and stars and family crests pattern. It's a very rare design. The triangular scale pattern is also called the dragon scale. The triangular scale pattern also has the meaning of warding off evil. are slight repair marks and light stains. But overall it's in very good shape. It is made with both tsutsugaki and katazome dye techniques and is dyed twice from the front and...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : American Indian : Trade : Pre 1800 item #1470982 (stock #T301)
A rare antique, first half of the 18th century, American Indian trade halberd or halberd tomahawk head, formed of hand-forged iron and adorned with brass panels.

During the first half of the 18th century, many Indian dignitaries carried the heads of this style on a short haft, like tomahawks.

There were numerous variations in the design of this halberd.

A very well hand-forged iron axe head with a flaring blade and a spear-shaped rear-fluke and a narrow central blade in the form...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1212323 (stock #5252)
A nice b/w dish, decorated with a pair of Mandarin ducks swimming among lotus pond. Two character mark 'Wan Yu', Qing dynasty 18th century. Condition with a short hairline and tiny kiln chip. Diameter: 18.3cm.