19th Century Chinese Gilt Bronze Dragon Belt Buckle

It is 3 inch (7.7 cm) in length by 1.14 inches (2.9 cm) wide.

It is tarnished and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos). It is 89.6 gram.

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This pair of porcelain candlesticks was produced in France by Tressemann & Vogt Limoges at the turn of the 19th century. They were sold white ware to a studio painter for decoration. They measure 7 5/8 inches high and the diameter of the foot is 4 1/4 inches. The pair is decorated with rose and pink colored roses that tumble around each piece. The ground color is green that shades from light to dark. The tops of the candlesticks are painted with gold.

Antique chinese jade tiger in the archaic style. Intricately carved with exquisite detail on the musculature, head, tails, and paws. The tiger is snarling and twisting upwards. Circa 1900. It measures 4" tall 3" wide.

Height: 3.3cm (1.4 in)
Width: 2.8cm (1.2 in)
Depth: 3.3cm (1.4 in)

Quality wood netsuke of a masseuse lifting a stone or has elephantitus; has a tumour on his head and a wall eye which is inlaid stone; signed Masakazu on an ivory plaque; good condition

ANCIENT FAIENCE EGYPTIAN "MUMMY BEADS" NECKLACE
EGYPT, HYKSOS, Circa, 1550 BC

Impressive necklace beautifully recomposed “Restrung” using authentic ancient Egyptian faience, terminated with clasp so they can be safely worn today.

Dimensions:
Length: 45 cm

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Egyptian Mummy beads

Egyptian burial sites have enormous quantities of bead...

Three Steuben articles (2 vases and a covered jar) in ivory, amethyst and blue-with-alabaster. The following are the details:Ivory vase is 7 1/2 inches tall and 6 1/2 inches wide; amethyst vase is 5 inches high and 4 inches wide; the covered jar is 12 1/4 inches high and 5 inches wide (tiny flea-bite on top of lid - see last picture). Unsigned, but in standard Steuben shapes.

Pink and blue iris blossom among the green promise of Spring promised on this elegant vase by Miyagawa (Makuzu) Kozan enclosed in a wooden box annotated by the current head of the Makuzu Family in Kyoto, Makuzu Kosai. It is titled Yukasai Shobu no zu Kabin. It is 30.7 cm (12 inches) tall and in excellent condition...

An Etched Brass Bed Warmer with a Turned Oak Handle. From the mid/late 19th century. Dimensions 47" in length, pan 11.5" in diameter x 4.0" in height. Some minor wear but in very good condition

Blue and white Hirado porcelain reticulated incense burner (kôro). Handles in the shape of komainu lion-guardians (also called shishi in Chinese) and blue geometric foliage decoration.

Hirado porcelain (平戸焼, hirado-yaki) is made in Mikawachi, Nagasaki prefecture (it is also known as Mikawachi-yaki). Its names come from the former Hirado feudal estate...

18th century Chinese bronze sculpture of a running boy holding a Precious Gem in his raised hand. Unusual image, wonderful casting and detailing - see his smiling face and knots of his robe. Excellent warm patina, 200 years worth of compressed dust on the surface, pleasantly heavy. Fixed to a beautifully carved hardwood stand. Very nice object for scholar’s desk. Height with stand 3 5/16 inches (84 mm).

A fine 18th century Chinese molded celadon-glazed porcelain dish, finely decorated around the center with stylized archaistic dragons encircling a central roundel of a lotus flower, a band of key-fret pattern around the foliated rim, covered overall in green glazed. DATE : Qianlong (1736 - 1795). SIZE : D = 28 cm CONDITION : perfect condition, no chips, no cracks, no hairlines and no repairs.

A large silver plate bronze mirror, Cambodia, Khmer Empire, ca. 11th.-12th. century AD.

Large and with a beautiful silver patina, uncleaned with patches of green oxidation on the grey silver surface. It features a perfect circular form and a recessed side with concentric incised circles tracing the borders. Objects like this one were signs of prestige, owned by the wealthy and elite in Khmer society.

Size: Ca. 18 cm. in diameter!

Ex...

19th century wooden netsuke carved as seated Tanuki (badger) with its mouth wide open, beating with his paws on his extended belly as on a drum. In Japanese folklore tanuki is a notorious trickster: he drums with his paws on his large belly (tanuki no hara tsuzumi), imitating the sounding of gongs in temples and inns, and leading tired travelers astray in the darkness...

Antique Japanese archaic bronze vase, with geometric imagery incised into the outer body, cloisonné taotie motifs in blue, green, red, and white enamel along upper section, long medallion motifs with enamel along the lowermost section. Old, natural patina with signature on base.

Size: 4" L x 4" W x 11.25" H

19th Century, excellently hand-carved boxwood netsuke depicting a seated Tanuki, or Japanese Badger (raccoon dog) raising his right paw in order to beat his belly, or distended scrotum as it if were a drum. Outstanding hair work, a distinguishing characteristic of this netsuke master. Wonderful natural himotoshi that is formed by the bending tail of the Tanuki over its right hind leg...

A rare Ming dynasty over glaze enamel chicken shape water dropper, good condition small chip at the rim touch up covered, please see picture for detail, size: 11 cm wide head to tail, 8.5 cm height.

A genuine large old Rajasthani storytellers scroll of the Pabuji legend. Hand painted on thick cotton. Estimated to be early 20th century or earlier. 240 x 92 cm. Can be viewed in central London.

Handle-ornament decorated in relief with a shepherd reclining on an acanthus, playing double-pipes. A lyre hangs from the tree which is shading him, on the left a sheep that looks on.
Triangular handle ornament from a mold made pottery lamp. Broneer type XXI (very rare with figural decoration). Light brown clay, covered with a brown slip. Ink inscribed back: 1278, and label underneath 1278.
Published as item no. 356, p. 131, pl. 99 in: Paul Pedrizet...

Antique Japanese 6-panel byobu screen painting depicting a noble woman's carriage (gosho-guruma) parked under a blossoming cherry tree (sakura). The tassel cords are untied. The yoke rests on a black lacquered stool. The cart is decorated with irises and peonies with raised rimpa paint. The sudari is shut closed with chrysanthemum pattern curtains billowing out. Painted in mineral colors and raised gofun on gold leaf...

A Davenport 2614 Old Imari 2451 style pattern cup and saucer from 1870-1887. This wonderful fully hand painted English bone china 2-5/8" tall cup and matching 5-5/8" saucer has lush gold, cobalt and orange decoration. The pattern was later copied by Royal Crown Derby as "Old Imari" or "Traditional Imari" (in production from 1902-2014)...

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Japanese antique small and charming scroll painting and poem by Otagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875). The image is of a small hut with a thatched roof. The poem translates as follows:
春鳥 春寒み 榾火にねぶる 山賤の 夢おどろかす うぐひすの声

cold spring day, a worker naps, by an outdoor fire,
his dreams i...

A blue & white covered jar decorated with floral spray on the body and cover. PERIOD : Late Ming (1573-1619 AD) MEASUREMENTS: 8 cm height CONDITION: one chip on the rim and cover, no cracks or hairlines and free from restorations

This black cloth doll is from a private collection in New Hampshire. She is 16" tall and has embroidered face with a pinched raised nose. She has floss hair coming out from around the sewn on gathered bonnet. She is rag stuffed and is very firm. She sits but it is a bit forced maybe because she has been stored flat in a box for many years. She is hand sewn as is her great early dress with a pocket on one side.The dress is without arms but with her black cloth arms it is hard to notice. She is a ...

Extremely rare blue and white large size shallow basin, well balance potted and decorated to interior with a jumping Qirin among emblems, Ruyi and scrolls pattern and cavetto with continuously Chrysanthemum scrolls, the broad lip rim with floral pattern. Underside with almost same decoration, only surrounded by leafy design. Ming Dynasty Hongzhi period. Condition is perfect with no any chips, no cracks and free from any restoration. Diameter : 40 cm and Height: 9 cm.

Three pieces of old Chinese altar fruit, one large size Pomegranate L:13cm, small size peach L:7cm, Medium size buddha's hand L:8cm. All in excellent condition. $ Sold to GA

Brown glazed bowl Yuan Dynasty ( 1271 - 1368 ) D : 5,5 inc. Very good condition !

Chinese antique Blanc de Chine figure of the warrior woman, Mulan. She is standing with one hand raised. She wears a wide rimmed hat and elaborate armor. The figure is delicately modeled in porcelain and finished with a clear glaze. The last two characters, of the the faint impressed seal on the back, read Yi Ren. Republic Period. Size: 9 1/2" high x 3 1/4" wide

An antique Japanese Kotansu (personal storage chest) made of Kiri (Paulownia) wood.

Age: Taisho Period (1912-1925)

Dimensions: 18 1/2" H x 23 3/4" W x 11 3/4" D

An extraordinary photo frame made of steel and decorated with flower heads and foliage in silver koftgari work, the surface covered with gilt lacquer. Condition: without glass, decoration with minimal wear and loss of lacquer. Dimension: 25.5 cm, 15.5 cm wide, weight: 364g.

Two Tibetan stem platters for ritual offerings, made from hardwood with metal sheet. The center decorated with a wheel, one of the eight Buddhist Symbols. Torma are cone shaped ritual food offerings sculpted in a variety of shapes and sizes, mostly made of flour and butter. Condition: traces of usage, one piece with an old repair (was broken in two). Dimension: diameter: c. 19 cm, height: 6 cm and 7.3 cm, weight: 1200 g.

A very warm and appealing Chinese porcelain blue and white jar with swirling leaf and vine decoration similar to those produced during the Kangxi reign. This example dates to about 1880, late in the Qing dynasty.

The cobalt is fine quality and the design will bring pleasant moments of contemplation.

The foot has old felt pads, and a somewhat ill-fitting lid (not shown). The underside retains an old export wax seal.

Condition

The jar has soft we...

Chinese Blue & White Censer. Diameter approximately 29.5 cm. In good condition.

This well used pair of Chinese woman's Lotus shoes for bound feet has embroidered satin stitch floral motif on both sides of the toe. The soles have nice stitch detail

Elegant Edwardian sterling silver and crystal vase. Made by Durgin (later part of Gorham) in Concord, NH. Sterling silver base comprising pierced cylinder on urn mount terminating in upward tapering shaft on raised foot with reeded rim. Crystal vessel with wavy petal rim and bellied bowl terminating in cone encased in tapering cylinder. Pretty acid-etched flowers with cut stems and petals. Silver marks include maker's stamp, Chicago retailer’s stamp CD Peacock, and no. 55. Very good condition...

Gautseshenu A Worker Typ 1

Bab el-Gasus Shabtis - Cache II - Tomb of the Priests of Amun.

Also known as Gautseshen, Gautsechen, Gautseschenu.

The name means ‘The bundle of lotus flowers.

Mistress of the house, Superior of the harem of Amen in the third phyle (or Great chief of Amen’s sacred musical troupe in the third phyle), Superior of the harem of Montu, lord of Thebes, Chantress of Amen, Great musician of Mut.

Liliane Aubert doe...

Interesting early 16th. century renaissance / Gothic iron key with cut out sluts for a money cheast, c. 1500 AD.

The key with enforced bit with slots, decorated hollow stem with a thick collar and an oval gothic bow.

Size: 110 mm.

Condition: Nice Very fine with interesting cuphrite surfaces from coppering.

Ex. Important old Danish collection of keys.

A work so compositionally striking we chose it for the cover of the exhibition catalog by Shirakura Niho titled Baika Shoin Zu (The Plum Blossom Retreat). Pigment on silk in a silk border enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 55.5 x 127.5㎝ (21-3/4 x 50 inches) and is in excellent condition.
Shirakura Kinichiro (Kinro, Niho or Jiho, Kanyu, 1896-1974) was born the first son of lawyer and scholar Shirakura Shigeichi in Shibata city, Niigata. His father was a noted Kangakusha,...

This porcelain tea cup and saucer was produced in Europe in the late 19th century. It has no identifying marks. The quality of the porcelain and the style of decoration could be either German or French. The saucer has a diameter of 4 3/4 inches and the cup is 2 1/4 inches high. The cup features a figural handle in the shape of a butterfly. Each piece has a transfer decoration that is colored by hand. They are autumn colored leaves with berries. The butterfly has gilded accents and the rim...

A Chinese Export coffee cup with European style decoration of flower sprigs within a stylized wreath in green, black and gilt. Qianlong, c 1750. Height "2¾/ 7 cm. Condition: a few stress cracks to the glaze visible from the inside.

Chinese Qing dynasty bronze stand for incense burner. 12,3 cm diameter. 2,9 cm high. 567 gram weight. original conditions, free from any repair. please see on the pictures.

Lovely Jin Dynasty circa 1115-1234CE, from a northern kiln, jar with near tea dust colored soy brown glaze, excellent original condition, heavily potted with two lugs. Please note tow subtle russet splashes in last enlargement. D: 10.5cm/4.1in and H: 8.1cm/3.2in.

An absolutely delightful bronze calling card tray, the center designed with a small frog atop a traditional baroque-style wave. The top edge of the dish has a wonderful scene of four frogs riding big-wheel bicycles along a road. They have quite good balance, as all have their arms crossed. The lead frog is even smoking a pipe. Road markers reading “2Km” and “3Km” mark their progress. The frog and bicycle design was taken directly from a J & P Coats thread company advertisement used ...

Sake cup in wood lacquered with gold, silver and cinnabar powder. On the outside on a rich thick kinji background, decorated with flowers in gold and silver leafs around the perimeter and in the center 2 stylized Chinese characters in thick lumpy cinnabar lacquer with the most beautiful aesthetic effect, probably the mark of the artist. The exterior is decorated with maple leaves in gold, red, green and brown lacquer on a black background. Note that polychrome lacquers are very rare. This is a c...

A Japanese totai ceramic plate with butterflies on a turquoise ground. Signed on bottom Kinkozan and in very good condition without any damage, no hairlines, no chips, it measures 7.25 inches diameter. Meiji Era. We have a 2nd plate in same butterfly pattern available.

1900's Chinese Agate Carved Boy Figurine Pendant

It is 1.7 inches (4.5 cm) long by 1.2 inches (3.1 cm) wide. It is 20.7 gram.

It has inclusions, chips, surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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A nice early powder flask, Greater Persia, shaped as the first stomach of the Camel with fine engravings.

Size: 25 cm.

Condition: Intact, but with much patina and wear.

Ex. Old Danish Private Collection and the flask comes with an identity card from the collection, added in 1992.

19th C. Japanese Meiji period Cloisonne Vase, Ca. 1880, colorful flower branches on the turquoise color enamel background with silver wire, 7 1/4" high, 3 1/8" wide-widest part, silver bottom and top rim, green enamel work inside the vase near the top and bottom. The condition is good, no damages.

A beautiful 18th C. Chinese Qianlong period blue and white dish, in excellent condition. D:6" Marked.

A high quality crisply cast Japanese mirror. The reverse of the mirror decorated in high relief with a conventionalised representation of the utopian Isle of the Immortals typical of the Edo period integrating into the design the auspicious Takasago twin branched pine tree with a pair of flying cranes and a Minogame in the left hand corner. All set against a crisp granular ground. Probably late Edo period, or possibly slightly earlier. The mirror is inscribed with four kanji characters reading...

An antique Spode stone china covered bowl with transfer and hand painted designs in the Imari palette featuring floral motifs in the Chinese style. These wonderful early ceramic pieces are a treat to find, and often bear evidence of their 200 years of life, and this one is no different. The foot suffers 2 small chips which we have photographed, and the outside and underside have foxing as shown in the photographs. Otherwise the serving bowl is in fine condition. Different sources give slightl...

An antique embroidered silk with cotton back bed hanging or valance from the Xuantong era in the late Qing period 1908 - 1912. This beautiful fringed antique valance has fine embroidery, including gold thread and multi-color silk thread depicting flowers, butterflies, fish, people and many other symbolic figures and images, with fine short and long stitch embroidery and extraordinarily fine seed stitching. It is mounted on a pinkish cotton backing and it has a fine 7" fringe and edge netting. Th...

19th century Japanese sword menuki of Benkei carrying a huge temple bell on his back, currently mounted as a pin. Benkei was a famous 12th century yamabushi (warrior priest), and one of his daring exploits was the theft of the bell of Miidera which he carried to his monastery on the top of the hill.. Very clever design, wonderful detailing, metal appears to be silver with gold wash (worn). Height 1 inch.

A Chinese jadeite cigarette holder that has been fashioned into a pendant, with a gold band around the body and gold flower shaped plates on both ends. The white jade has luminescent apple green areas and natural tan veining towards the top. Size: 2.5" length, .5" width

Boxwood okimono with horn and mother of pearl, portraying the moment of Daruma's awakening. The figure, sitting and stretching, has wide eyes and an open mouth. Under the base, the signature “Tomokata” is engraved on red lacquer. Origin: Japan Period: Meiji end of 19th century. Dimensions: 10 x 14 x 7 cm. State of conservation: Very good

Korea Three Kingdoms Period Gilt Bronze Standing Figure of Buddha

It is 5.3 inches (13.6 cm) tall by 2.05 inches (5.2 cm) wide. It is 300.6 gram.

It has pitting holes, rubbing gilding, oxidation, dents at the nose, and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

Some of the photos were taken under the sun.

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Pair of Kinko (soft metal, as distinguished from iron) menuki. The soft metal copper alloy with dark patination (perhaps shakudo) depicting a pair of shishi or dogs (these are more dog like than most shishi I've seen, which are often thought to be lions.) The dogs with hair defined with fine incising. Decoration in gold including spots and pupils on the dogs, the collars each with a bell, and sprays of flowers. One of the menuki appears to have a miniature gold self-righting figure of Daruma (an...

An antique Japanese Tansu chest called a Fukushima Kotansu made of Kiri (Paulownia) and Hinoki (Cypress) wood. All original hand forged iron hardware and hardened wooden nail construction. Used as a merchant accounting chest where papers, inkstones, brushes, and ink sticks were stored. 6 drawers of varying sizes.

Age: Meiji Era (1880-1890)

Dimensions: 24" Wide by 17 3/4" High by15 1/4" Deep

An antique Japanese Iwayado Kimono Tansu made of Kiri (Paulownia) and Sugi (Cryptomeria) woods. All original Urushi lacquer finish with hand forged iron hardware. Warabite style handles and Kiri Leaf designed lock plates. A single section chest used for Kimono storage consisting of 4 large drawers, 2 small drawers and a security door behind which 4 smaller drawers were used to store valuables.

Age: Edo Period (1800-1850)

Dimensions: 48 1/4" Wide by 37" High by 17 1/4" Deep

A Van Briggle small size art pottery cabinet vase with trefoil decoration under a matte blue glaze. Circa 1907-1912. Size: 2" ht. Mint condition.

Pair of beautiful Chinese antique lamp covers, made of porcelain, each with six sides of intricate pierced lattice work and rounds with alternating scenes of children and flowers, exquisite detail and lovely colors, Republic Period. Size of each: 9 1/2" high x 6 1/2" wide