A rare antique Japanese Sado Island Kasane Tansu made of Kirinoki (Paulownia) and Suginoki (Cryptomeria) woods. Original hand forged iron hardware including the Warabite handles, decorative lock plates and front of drawer corners. The two upper full width drawers have lock plates that each feature the lucky Phoenix bird while the two lower drawers 3/4 width drawers shows an auspicious crane above and a good luck sea turtle below both representing longevity...
Nestanebettawy – ns-tA-nbt-tAwy
Bab el-Gasus Shabtis - Cache II - Tomb of the Priests of Amun.
Also known as Nestanebtawy, Nesitanebtaui, Nestanebettaouy
The name means ‘She who belongs to the Lady of the Two Lands
The name Nestanebettawy occurs at least five times in the Bab el Gasus find. The tricky part is that the ladies were all singers for Amen...
Burmese wooden Buddha standing on a lotus base, with gilded gold and inlay of colorful glass pieces on the headband and borders of the robe.
Age: Burma, Mandalay Period, 19th Century
Size: Height 54.5 C.M. / Width 29.9 C.M.
Size including stand: Height 72.5 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...
Shabti for Psusennes II (Pasebakheniut II) Worker
Excavated in 1940 by Pierre Montet in Tanis, tomb III
Cairo Museum, overseer JE 86959, worker JE 86958
Photo: Tanis, L’or des pharaons pg. 136-137
Origin: Egypt
Period: Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty
Date: 959 – 945 BC
Material: Fayence
Dimension: 7,0 cm...
Pair of 1900's Chinese Beijing Gilt Silver Enamel Vase with Lion Heads & Rings Marked
They are 5 inches (12.7 cm) tall by 3 inches (7.6 cm) wide. They are 283.5 gram.
They are tarnished and have missing enamels, enamel stress cracks, enamel bruising, loss of gilding, bent rings, gaps at the rings, and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos)...
Antique Japanese large Buddhist altar table. Made of carved and lacquered wood and decorated with many petalled chrysanthemums. The kiri blossom in the center is the mon used by the Toyotomi clan. Dramatically curved legs and flanged top. Covered in a warm gilt lacquer finish. The table top is lacquered black.
Age: Late Edo Period
Dimensions: 31 1/2" high (34 1/2" high including flanges) x 82" long x 18 1/2" deep.
Shabti for prince Hor – Nakht
In the classic mummy position with arms crossed over the chest. Inscription "High Priest of Amun-Re, Hori".
Origin: Egypt
Period: Third Intermediate Period, 21th – 22th Dynasty
Date: 1050 - 780 B.C.
Material: Fayence
Dimension: 15,0 cm...
Large Meiji (1868-1912) Japanese Gosu Satsuma Vase with Kannon and Monk Marked "Dai Nihon Satsuma Yaki Gyokusen Ga"
It is 18 inches (45.7 cm) tall by 8.7 inches (22.2 cm) wide. It is 8.5 Lb.
It has rubbing of gold, minor stains, a chip at the foot, and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).
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Large zushi, made on order for a temple, containing a seated group of En no Gyoja, the father of Shugendo, with his two attendants Zenki and Goki inside a cave. En no Gyoja is sitting with a staff in his right hand, and a hand scroll in his left. The two attendants are crouched before him. The green attendant (Goki) holds a ewer and a stick to ring a bell or mokugyo; the red disciple (Goki) holds an axe...
Shabti for The Beloved God's Father, the wab-priest, the Chief of the Scribes, Amen-hotep
A parallel was sold by Puhze Gallery cat. 16 no 282. There is also a similar example in the Louvre
Origin: Egypt
Period: New Kingdom, 21th Dynasty,
Date: c. 1075 - 945 B.C
Material: Fayence
Dimension: 12,5 cm...
Antique Chinese pair of ornately carved gilt wood panels. Each panel is a mirror of the other and depicts a scholarly display of flowers in an elaborately carved vase. Among the flowers are lotus, peonies, berry stalks and blossoming fruit branches. Attracted to the berries, are a pair of kingfishers. Each vase stands on a multi tiered display with scrolls in boxes and upright containers surrounded by bats and kylin (qilin)...
Antique Tibetan Buddhist double mandala thangka, with the two central deities being Brahma and his wife Saraswati...
Boxwood netsuke in the shape of a trunk, based on the ikebana stand.
In the floral art of ikebana, the flower holder (kenzan) is placed in the base. The flower stems are planted on in. Sometimes a support of this shape is used as decoration, with the flower holder placed inside.
Japan – Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century
Width: 1.6 in (4 cm) – depth: 1.2 in (3 cm) – height: 0.4 in (1.7 cm)
1900's Chinese Silver Lock Necklace with Turquoise & Agate Carved Bead Marked
It is 15.7 inches (40 cm) long by 7.75 inches (19.8 cm) wide. The lock pendant is 2.5 inches (6.4 cm) long by 3.3 inches (8.5 cm) wide. The beads range from 14.5 mm to 24.4 mm. It is 208.8 gram.
It is tarnished and has small dents, surface wears and scratches. The beads have inclusions and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).
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A Rare/Fine Korean White Glaze Two Ear (Loop) (兩耳盏) Cup-16th C.:
Korea, early Joseon dynasty, 15th to 16th century.
A blue tinged clear grey white glazed two ear cup, and with wide, circular cup
resting on a raised ring foot molded with two curving T-shaped handles each set
with a tiny square point below the bottom loop of the handle, slightly recessed,
covered overall with a translucent blue tinged white glaze, the base with fine sand encrusted
It’s in very good condition...
Burmese wooden Buddha sitting in Mara Vijaya (calling the earth to witness) posture on a base.
Age: Burma, Shan Period, 18th Century
Size: Height 41 C.M. / Width 19.2 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.
Chinese painted pottery standing court attendant.
Age: China, Han Dynasty, 206 B.C. - A.D. 220
Size: Height 27.3 C.M. / Width 7 C.M. / Thickness 6.2 C.M. (size excluding stand)
Condition: Well-preserved old burial condition overall with some amount of soil adhering (some abrasions and wearings on the piece due to the long burial time underground). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Pl...
Rare and large Burmese bronze seated crowned Buddha, or sometimes known as 'King Buddha', wearing diadem-crowns and ornaments of kings instead of ordinary monk's robes.
Crowned Buddha represents the Buddha's role as a universal sovereign.
Age: Burma, Shan Period, 17th Century
Measurement: Height 49.8 C.M. / Width 17.2 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
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