Well painted Famille Rose jar and cover. Decorated with a scene of Immortals and attendants. Chinese 19thC. Height 7 3/8" (18.7cm). Condition: excellent. The lid has a prefiring bruise under the glaze in the rim 1.3cm.

Japanese bronze vase with flaring rim. The slender body with a coiled Dragon in relief. 19thC. Height 8 5/8" (21.9cm). Condition: very good.

A Song or earlier pottery or proto-porcelain ewer, the tall neck with concentric raised bands running around,the c-shaped strap handle with twin raised beads to the outside, a short spout to the other shoulder. The ewer covered in a crackled cream glaze over a grey body. Height: 25 cm Width / Diameter: 12.5 cm

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"

Roman marble head of Aphrodite, C. 1st - 2nd Century AD

Depicted with a serene expression on her face, her head tilted and turned to the right...

Extremely rare ancient Canaanite pottery head of a god wearing a conical helmet with incised eyes, dating to approximately, 2200 BC

Measurements: Height: 9 cm - Width: 4 cm - Height on stand: 14 cm

Condition: Good condition with earthy natural patina as found

Found in Israel

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A very rare ancient biblical Iron Age pottery wine flask with a cup

Dated from, 1000 - 900 BC "Time of the Kings of ancient Israel"

Measurements: Length: 22 cm - Width 12.5 cm

Nicely displayed on a plexi-glass stand of high quality

Condition: Minor professional repair hard to see at the rim of the cup otherwise intact and in very good condition

Found in Jerusalem, Israel

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From Jerusalem, a very attractive Talmudic period pottery torch, dating to the 6th Century AD

The torch is nicely and richly decorated with incised decoration of large palm branches all around and burning marks from the inside

Measurements: Height: 17.5 cm - Diameter: 15 cm - Height on stand: 23 cm

Condition: Excellent archaeological condition

Found in Jerusalem, Israel

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A painted lacquer panel decorated with carved bone, ivory and "composition" figures depicting a farmer and a boy in a mountain landscape...

A rare ovoid vase on high flaring foot painted in shades of underglaze blue and made in China for export to Europe during the reign of the Kangxi emperor (1662-1722). Condition: there is "fritting" (production glaze loss) to the base (please view enlargements) and there are very minor glaze imperfections; there are no cracks and there has been no restoration. 14.5cm (5.7inches) high.

17/18世纪 清康熙 外销青花瓷瓶

A large Kansai area issho tansu made from keyaki and sugi woods. Copper handles are used on the sliding door panels and a special cabinet with a lock is set on the bottom area of the chest. Tansu such as these were often placed in the private quarters of the home and clothes, family documents, and important objects were placed inside. Age: Meiji Period Size: Length 45.75" Width 18.25" Height 60"

A Very Rare and Fine Silver Inlaid Iron Incense Burner: Korea, early 20th century. Of hexagonal section mounted on raised bracket feet, the six faces of the body curved and the upright,, flat mouth, also hexagonal, inlaid in silver wire on the sides with auspicious plant, deer, crane medallions within key fret and diaper-work borders, on the legs with flower scroll, the body of the censer secured to the bracket support- plinth by an iron joint...

Chinese Canton Enamel Small Plate decorated with a stylised Lotus scroll. The reverse with fruit and flowers. Gilt rim and foot. 18thC. Dia. 7 1/4" (18.5cm). Condition: usual stress lines, small chip 0.5cm to rim, slight wear to gilding.

Pair of Rare Famille Rose plates attractively decorated with Twin Boys. C1735/45. Dia.8 3/4" (22.3cm). Condition: first plate with some flaking to enamels and 0.35cm shallow flake to underside of rim. Second plate with 3.2 cm hairline crack to rim and 0.5cm bruise to underside of rim.

An Indonesian Mask carved in the form of a monkey. The mask is carved into two separate section, one is the top area of the head and the bottom is the jaw area. The mask is attached with a head covering made from strips of leather. The islands of Java and Bali are the two key regions that have the art of mask dancing often depicting religious stories. Age: 19th-20th century Size: Length: 8.25" Width: 8.5" Height: 9.5"

The body of the bowl is covered with a thick greenish-creamy-grey glaze whose surface appears like old polished marble. The crackles in the glaze are very attractive. Most probably Ming Dynasty, sixteenth century or earlier. Diameter : 14,6 cm. H : 7,2 cm. Condition : Perfect.

Beautiful Japanese antique highly carved butsudan panel, carved with scene of two dragons in swirling clouds and crashing waves, black and gilt lacquer with details in red, the eyes of the dragons are made of reverse painted glass, framed in black lacquer frame with copper hardware. This piece was once a ranma or transom over the interior doors of a large Buddhist butsudan shrine. Meiji Period. Size: 9" high x 44" long. Carving is up to 3" deep.

Two Very Fine Blue and White Porcelain Dishes/Character-19th C.: Korea, Choson period, 19th Century, 1): This dish is applied with an even pure white glaze, set on a high foot the shallow bowl with a �gHappiness, ���h within a double ring in underglaze blue with fine crackled white and a shiny transparent glaze. It is in fine condition with no any damage. Measures 6 5/8�h d...

A rare early Ming 15th century Xuande - Interregnum period blue and white large stem bowl, outer wall with under glaze blue human (official) and landscape motif, inner center with sitting official motif, good condition with small damage at the rim and associate hairline restored, size: 16.5 cm diameter, 10 cm height.

Blanc De Chine standing figure. Kangxi L17thC. Height 9.0" (22.8cm). Condition: tip of hair on figure's right side replaced (0.25cm), otherwise excellent. Usual firing faults. This figure is often referred to as Adam.

16-17 century
Ming Dynasty
Porcelaineous stoneware with Longquan celadon glaze
H: 39 cm (with stand and lid), 37 cm (vase only)
Bottom drilled and mouth rim slightly reduced, but other wise very good.
From a Palm Peach, Florida estate


This Ming Longquan celadon vase is gorgeously incised with a profusion of flowers among rock-work, and looks wonderful against its antique French ormolu mounts...

Late-19th century
Guangxu Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with peach-bloom glaze
D: 7.2 cm, h: 3.5 cm
Cover lid professionally restored to a high standard (it appears to have once been cleanly broken in half)
From a Massachusetts private collection.

Bearing a six-character Kangxi mark, this paste box is a very successful 19th century version of earlier peach-bloom porcelain...

Ca. 1725-35, early 18th century
Yongzheng Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose / noire enamels
Teapot - w: 15.2 cm, h: 9.6 cm, Saucer- w: 15.4 cm, l: 15.7 cm
Basically perfect: very slight fritting to lid, saucer rim, and teapot bottom
From a Maine estate


This covered teapot and saucer stand is in extraordinary condition, and is quite rare due to its complexity of workmanship...

Ca. 1725-35, early 18th century
Yongzheng Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose / noire enamels
Teapot - w: 15.2 cm, h: 9.6 cm, Saucer- w: 15.4 cm, l: 15.7 cm
Basically perfect: very slight fritting to lid, saucer rim, and teapot bottom
From a Maine estate


This covered teapot and saucer stand is in extraordinary condition, and is quite rare due to its complexity of workmanship...

ca. 1725-35, early 18th century
Yongzheng Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose / noire enamels
Saucers- d: 10.4-10.6 cm, tea bowls- d: 6.3-6.5 cm, h: 2.8-2.9 cm
Basically perfect condition, with only tiny fritting to rim
From a Maine estate


As tea drinking became an increasingly aristocratic fad in 18th century Europe, consumers demanded porcelains that properly complimented the refinement of taking tea...

ca. 1725-35, early 18th century
Yongzheng Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose / noire enamels
Saucers- d: 10.4-10.6 cm, tea bowls- d: 6.3-6.5 cm, h: 2.8-2.9 cm
Basically perfect condition, with only tiny fritting to rim
From a Maine estate


As tea drinking became an increasingly aristocratic fad in 18th century Europe, consumers demanded porcelains that properly complimented the refinement of taking tea...

This marked bowl is one of 2 bowls which do come from an old German colletion. The condition of the glaze of the bowl is so perfect and glossy that it simply is impossible that this bowl an excavated piece. The glaze of this bowl is so much better than the glaze of excavated pieces so that this bowl must be an rare unearthed piece which already in very early times - maybe hundreds of years ago - came to Europe. Ming Dynasty, Jiajing - Wanli period ( 1522 - 1620 ) ...

Ca. 1720s, early 18th century
Kangxi Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille verte enamels
D: 21.3 cm
Basically perfect condition: typically Kangxi fritting to rim.
From a French private collection

Ca. 1710-20, early 18th century
Kangxi Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue
H: 28.2 cm
Body in perfect condition...

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A rare and finely carved hardwood figure group depicting the reclining Buddai with three small boys together with its original wood stand...

Ca. 1590-1620, 16/17th century
Wanli Period, Ming Dynasty
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue
D: 28.3 cm
Three hairlines
From a Louisiana private collection of Chinese & Japanese blue and whites

Ca. 1840s - 60s, mid-19th century
Daoguang - Tongzhi Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose enamels
H: 34.2 cm
Professional restoration covering a small 3.5 x 1.1 cm re-attached piece to rim with associated hairline.
From a New England private collection.


In a powerful pairing of youth with age, the ancient qilin is seen escorting young boys in this vase...

Ca. 1720s, early 18th century
Late Kangxi Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille verte enamels
D: 22.4 cm
Nearly perfect condition: just one fleabite to rim
From a Belgian collection


A late Kangxi period famille verte plate, delicately enameled with a central scene featuring a bonsai tree growing out of a stylized jardiniere...

Ca. 1720s, early 18th century
Late Kangxi Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille verte enamels
D: 22.7 cm
Nearly perfect condition: just one fleabite to rim
From a Belgian collection


A late Kangxi period famille verte plate, delicately enameled with a central scene featuring a bonsai tree growing out of a stylized jardiniere...

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Ca. 1720s, early 18th century
Late Kangxi Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue
D: 15.5 cm, h: 2.7 cm
Nearly perfect condition: one small chip and typical Kangxi fritting to rim
From an English private collection of 18th century blue and whites


This well painted dish belongs to a group of highly iconic Kangxi blue and whites illustrating scenes from Romance of the Western Chamber. In this dish, the hero Zhang Sheng is rushing on ho...

Japanese plique-a-jour bowl with roses and plum blossoms. The bowl has a silver rim and small feet. Red roses with blue and maroon plum blossoms on a green ground. It measures 3.25" diameter, 2" tall. Meiji Period 1868-1912.

A pair of 17th/18th Century style underglaze blue painted vases decorated with flowering branches of prunus blossom. The bases carry the four character reign mark of the Kangxi emperor but these items were made later, probably for export, during the late Qing or early Republic period, circa 1880-1920. Condition: one vase is in excellent condition, with no damages and no repairs or restoration; the other has a 0.7cm under rim chip (please view our 4th picture) and it has a re-glued 10cm section ...

A very nice Graviata ground ( incised )Famille Rose enameled porcelain bowl. Qianlong mark ( 1735 - 1796 ) and of the period. Diameter : 18,8 cm. H. 8,4 cm. Condition : Perfect ( no crack, no chip with a nice sound when tapped )

A green "Celadon" glazed dish or shallow bowl with flat bracketed rim. The centre is decorated with a moulded peony flower; surrounding this the thick green glaze is incised with stylized lotus scrolls. This item was made in the Longquan kilns, Zhejiang province circa 1400-1500 during the first half of the Ming dynasty. For a very similar example please compare exhibit 16:66, page 489 - "Ming Ceramics in the British Museum", Jessica Harrison Hall. Condition - excellent - there is the usual surfa...

Beautiful Chinese short silk robe for a lady, made of iridescent blue and purple silk woven with design of auspicious objects and swirling clouds. Applied edging of extremely intricate embroidered scenes noble men and ladies in a garden pavilion setting engaged in leisurely outdoor pursuits like fishing and flower gazing. This silk edging is ornately cut and edged with black silk piping and tiny rows of forbidden stitch. Four metal buttons and decorative silk ribbon work. The interior is li...

A rare Ming Zhengde/Jiajing blue and white tripod censer decorated with two dragon and flowers at the body. there also has head of kilin at the leg and under the handle. 28cm high until end of the handle. 20cm body diameter. Conditions: Body of the censer is in good conditions. except broken at upper handle already repaired, broken at one leg has been attached back. And also we found unglazed fault from they made at the one of dragon body.(please see on the picture).

This is traditional Bugaku- clothes of the Edo era. This is the form that is traditional in silk twill fabrics. It has two extremely small holes. There are no stain and damage. The pattern is Ganryo- dyeing. It can be hardly exhibited at the market. Size 193cm x 186cm (75.9 "x 73.2")

Lovely antique Chinese bronze goose incense burner with great feathered detail on lid. Beautiful patination condition. The realistically shaped open mouth allows smoke to exit. Age: 19th Century. Size: 10.25" Height x 6.5"Length.

A rare northern Song dynasty Ding type white glaze lobbed cup / zhadou, rounded side globular body with lobbed rim, covered with creamy white glaze, good condition no damage, size: 7 cm height, 7.5 cm diameter.

This is a beautifully rendered Japanese Tetsubin. Done in Iron with gorgeous mixed metal inlays of gold and silver. Portrays persimmon fruit branch with birds an Maple tree leafs representing Fall. Signed Lid on bottom reads Ryubundo, the noted studio that produced cast iron tea kettles. Dimensions: 8 3/4'' High X 6 1/2'' Wide

A Chinese porcelain vase profusely decorated with famille rose enamels. This item was made for export during the second half of the 19th century, possibly during the reign of the Tongzhi emperor (1862-1874). There is a shallow ground under rim chip (please view enlargement 7) and there is wear to the gilding on the stylized gilded chilong dragons around the neck; no cracks and no restoration. 15cm (5.9inches) high.

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A Chinese Bronze Censer. Length approximately 11.2 cm (handle to handle). Height approximately 8.5 cm. There are two hairlines at the handle. In good condition.

A Song/Yuan Longquan Celadon Dish. Diameter approximately 12.5 cm. In good condition.

A Chinese Xingware Bowl. Diameter approximately 15.3 cm. In good condition.

A Chinese Blanc de Chine Censer. Diameter approximately 15.8 cm. In good condition.

A Chinese Yixing Teapot. Length approximately 25 cm (handle to tip spout). Height approximately 10.5 cm. There are two hairlines and one chip. In good condition.

A Very Fine Chinese Celadon Glaze Open Cup-Stand-15th C.: China, late Yuan or early Ming dynasty, 15th -16th century. The Shallow wide cup encircled by a f;aromg colla upturned at the rim, resting on a splayed thick foot, applied overall thick green celadon glaze evenly, the foot rim unglazed showing the grey body burnt orange-brown in the firing. It’s in very fine condition without any damages at all, it measures 5.6cm x 16.5cm d.

A finely done red kutani dish decorated with a dragon flying among the clouds surrounded by scrolling waves and a peony like floral pattern. The bottom of the plate is decorated with dragons and clouds done in an archaic-like style design. The work contains an inscription reading, kutani. Age: Meiji-Showa Period Size: diameter 7.25" height 1.25"

An antique blue and white Imari porcelain decorated with landscapes and ginko leaves. The landscape is portraying the view of the noted Song Dynasty literati scholar, Su Dongpo having a boat ride at Red Cliff. The motif is based on a hand scroll written by Su Dongpo reminiscing of the fun he had with his friends and the poems that were composed. The inscription is a summary of the landscape and the party he held on the boat. Age: Meiji Period Size: diameter 8" height 4"

A fine Chinese fencai plate decorated with motifs of bats and scrolling clouds. Bats are an auspicious symbol in China and is synonymous to the fortune in Chinese. The back of the plate, is inscribed Dai qing guan xu nian xing. Age: Early 20th century Size: diameter 13.5" height 3.25"

An unusual hira natsume decorated with motifs of a cicada, dragonfly, spider, snail, cricket, and frog. A few insects are closely associated with the various seasons. For example, the cicada and snail are summer insects, the dragonfly and cricket are autumn. In addition, the insects have allusions to zen and Japanese philosophies. Age: Taisho Period Size: diameter 3.25" height 2.25"

A splendid tea container decorated with hydrangeas done in makie. The container is known as a hira natsume, where the wide structure is a signature element. Motif of hydrangeas are associated with the mid summer- monsoon season in Japan and often seen in summer tea gatherings. Age: Taisho Period Size: diameter 3" height 2.25"

There are traces of an very attractive formerly gilt decoration and connoisseurs will agree that exactly this is it which makes this bowl ( Temmoku ) to an great rarity. Even in Museum collections there are almost no references for such pieces. Southern Song blackware ( 1200 - 1279 ) Diameter : 11,3 cm. H :6,1 cm. Condition : The bowl itself and the glaze in absolute perfect condition. The gold of the gilt decoration is lost but the gold-background has remined completely so that the full dec...