The sage gazes out from his hermitage clinging to the hillside upon a sparse scene of falling water and precipitous climbing peaks dominating this painting by Shirakura Niho dating from the prime of his career. Ink and light color on silk mounted in blue cloth with thin piping terminating in white ceramic rollers. It is 40.5 x 187.5 (16 x 74 inches) and is in excellent condition; enclosed in a modern wooden storage box. A published version of the Niho Catalog will accompany the work...

An attractive large unpolished, thinbladed Danish neolithic axe dating to late 4th-early 3rd mill BC.

Very good knapping details on the sides and several old collection tags - found in Korsør By 1939!

Size: c. 21,7 cm. in length.

Condition: Nice VF! Choice axe with edges and a lovely light brown marsh patina, small chip only visible at one side, othervise near EF.

Provenance: Castle Gardener Peder Søren Petersen (1882–1964)...

An attractive large fishtail type of dagger, made in the late neolithic period, Daggertime-bronzeage, c. 2000-1600 BC.

A type with an elaborately knapped handle, stiched in the sides and full size for a grown hand. The blade chipped and resized in later periods. Looks originally like a type IV-V to us. Comes with with very old collection tags and another tag written directly in black ink - found at Sorø 1909!

Size: c. 18 cm...

A fully polished axe with a slightly 'hanging' edge, scarce type of the 4th. millenium BC.

The axe is greyish patinated silex with fine fossils included. 19th. century paper tag on the undeveloped rear end as well as number in white ink.

Attractive and with a very sharp edge / bit!

Size: 16,1 cm.

Condition: Good Very fine, fine old patina.

Provenance: Castle Gardener Peder Søren Petersen (1882–1964)...

An impressive polished greystone axe, from the great buriel mounts of Denmark, in the later 4th.-3rd. mill. BC.

The axe carved by micro-crushing and polishing the surface into the large curving broadsides towards the edge and butt. The axe with old tags, found at the island Lolland.

Size: 23,7 cm. long and 9,4 cm. wide. Heavy axe weighing c...

An attractive childs dagger, made in the late neolithic period, Daggertime-bronzeage, c. 2000-1600 BC.

Finely knapped in in a silex with a rare pinkish patina! Comes with a 19th. century collection tag and another tag written directly in white ink from a pre-WWII collection.

Size: 12,9 cm. long

Condition: Very fine, intact with a few tiny losses.

Provenance: Castle Gardener Peder Søren Petersen (1882–1964)...

An attractive unpolished, thinbladed Danish neolithic axe dating to late 4th-early 3rd mill BC.

Very nicely knapping details on the sides and old collection tag - Found at Mols, Jylland.

Size: c. 17,4 cm. in length.

Condition: Good VF, choice axe with a lovely brown patina. a few minor chips.

Provenance: Castle Gardener Peder Søren Petersen (1882–1964). Mainly found between WWI and WWII at Sværdborg mose (eng...

Rare Chinese pottery amphora decorated with bronze ornament. In the past, this kind of vessel was used for wine container.

Age: China, Han Dynasty, 206 B.C. - A.D. 220
Size: Height 19.5 C.M. / Width 21 C.M.
Condition: Well-preserved old burial 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.

Song dynasty longquan celadon plate with good bluish green color glaze, good condition no chip no restoration with hairline at the center base please see picture for detail, size: 22 cm diameter.

Song dynasty longquan celadon large plate covered with good green gaze good condition no chip no restoration faint glaze line at the rim please see picture for detail, size: 21 cm diameter.

A nice bronzeage paalstaff type of mid bronzeage axe, dating to the mid-late 2nd. millenium BC.

The axe was cat with a long ridge to secure it to the pole / shaft and out-swayed edge...

A very attractive unpolished Danish neolithic axe of the Single Grave slender type, dating c. 2800-2400 BC.

Very nicely knapping details on the sides and several old collection tags! The axe has finding date in black ink given as 4. september 1924, found in 'Hestehave'.

Size: c. 17,7 cm. in length.

Condition: Near EF. Choice axe with near perfect edges and a nice frosty bluish-grey patina.

Provenance: Castle Gardener Peder Søren Petersen (1882–19...

An attractive unpolished, thinbladed Danish neolithic axe dating to late 4th-early 3rd mill BC.

Very nicely knapping details on the sides and several old collection tags!

Size: c. 17,4 cm. in length.

Condition: Near EF! Choice axe with perfect edges and a lovely light brown marsh patina.

Provenance: Castle Gardener Peder Søren Petersen (1882–1964). Mainly found between WWI and WWII at Sværdborg mose (eng. marsh) and Køng mose at Southern Zealand...

Attractive boatshaped battle axe, from the battleaxe period, ca. mid 3rd. millenium BC.

A finely made battle axe with nice lines and curves, boat-shaped. One end thick and blunt to function as a hammer. Made in attractive brown-grey stone and with old collection tag in white ink (see below).

Size: 12,3 cm. long.

Condition: Choice VF, some minute surface corrosion.

Provenance: Castle Gardener Peder Søren Petersen (1882–1964). Mainly found between WWI...

An attractive two-tone silex / flint axe of the unpolished type with small butt and a wide blade, Time of the Great Buriel mounts, c. later 4th. mill. BC.

Size: 23,8 cm. long and quite heavy, so this would probably have been an offer or ritual axe.

Condition: Good Very fine, tiny ding to the edge, othervise perfect and with a nice specled colour with calcification.

Provenance: Castle Gardener Peder Søren Petersen (1882–1964). Mainly found between WWI and WWII...

A lovely and scarce Italian closed combat helmet, with eye slits a come or ridge and a hinge at the side; it also have a produding iron guard that could also function as sunscreen, c. 1580-1610.

"Savoyard" helmets are a distinctive form of late Italian close-helmet worn by cuirassiers, the heavy cavalry outfitted with plate armor worn only to the knee and armed with pistols and swords. The term Savoyard is a reference to the large number of these helmets that the Swiss captured fro...

Thai wooden crowned Buddha standing on a base with gilded gold.

Age: Thailand, Rattanakosin Period, 19th Century
Size including the base: Height 104.7 C.M. / Width 19 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.

Laos wooden Buddha standing on a base with gilded gold.

Age: Laos, 19th Century
Size: Height 76.3 C.M. / Width 17.5 C.M.
Size including stand: Height 91 C.M. / Width 20.7 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.

A pear-shaped stone mace head, carved in a nice cream-brown stone, Egyptian Pre-Dynastic period, c. 3rd. mill. BC.
Finely polished and symethrically drilled and measuring 4,7 cm. in diameter. Old black reg. number from collection or museum inventory, 'Æ27'.

Condition: Nice very fine, intact with minor spots of corrosion and fine patina.

Ex. Old European collection, comes with COA.

A lovely early Imperial pottery lamp in redish terracotta with makers name on the back and probably from a central Roman workshop.

Depicting a high relief Crescent moon and a star on the discus. Letters on the back reads IVN C and something.

Size: 10,5 cm.

Condition: Extremely fine, stunning crisp quality and perfect.

Ex. Collection of P. Treffz-Eichhöfer, Stuttgart, Germany, aquired 1980-2006.

A nicely moulded votive terracotta figure, Roman, early imperial style, c. 1st.-2nd. century AD.

A nice votive, quite detailed, depicting a mature and stately woman with headdress and wearing a dress.

Size: 10,3 cm. tall.

Condition: Choice, Nice Very Fine and basically intact with greyish deposits.

Old German collection of the Nordrhein-Westfallen, before 1980.

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.
The name Kozan was granted by Prince Yasui-no-Miya in 1851 in honor of the tea ware produced during the later Edo for the imperial Court by the tenth generation head of the Kyot...

Girl's kimono made of hamp, made in Ohmi region in Shiga prefecture, and it is called Ohmi-jofu. It has kasuri pattern, whose motifs are phoenix, cloud and flower. Warps are machine-spun and wefts are hand-plied. Red cloth inside is silk. Meiji period (1868~1912) In excellent condition. W:97cm, L:107cm

Wonderful playful expression on this Bizen ceramic Shishi. Showa Period Ca. 1930. Excellent condition. 9" long x 7" tall x 5" deep. Ask for shipping quote.

Chinese Qing dynasty pewter-encased rectangular form “san ke zhu” (three pearl) lidded Yixing pottery teapot incised to one side in bamboo, the reverse with a calligraphic inscription signed Chun Quan. The inscription translates roughly as: “Sitting quietly [under] a bright moon [occupying] half of a window, with a book [in hand] and a fragrant incense [burning].” The top edge holds an applied coin and mixed metal strips. Flat, rectangular lid. Jade spout, handle, and square finial. The ...

Large antique Medieval 11th - 12th century A.D. (391 – 597 AH). Islamic Central Asian Ghaznavid dynasty, Bamiyan, splashed glaze sgraffito pottery bowl of deep rounded form with flat rim standing on a short foot. Interior decorated with incised decorations of four lobed petals and vertical lines in beige/white underglaze with green and brown decorative colors in splash design.

MEASUREMENTS:

Diameter: 33 cm (12.99 inches). Height: 8.5 cm (3.35 inches).

CONDITION: Repaired clea...

18th century Japanese sword iron tsuba made in a shape of two confronting SHU - Japanese flute instruments for use in Shinto ceremony and consisting of bamboo reeds forming a circular wind chamber. The lower parts of the flutes are inlaid with pine designs in gold. Very clever design in Japanese taste, wonderful quality inlay, some rusting as can be seen in photos, great feel of age. Height 2.85 inches (72.4 mm).

Rare Chinese Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Stupa Jar (AD 618 - 906)

This tall pottery set comprising stand, jar and cover was made during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). Each part is made from a relatively high-fired grey pottery and "cold painted" in orange and white pigments, the decoration comprising geometric and floral (lotus) patterns. The stand has cut-out apertures and petals to represent a lotus flower. The cover has purpose-made holes in its upper part; it is painted with lotus lea...

Large Chinese Eastern Zhou / Warring States Cord-Impressed Pottery Jar

This rare and attractively-shaped pottery jar of semi-spherical form was made during the Warring States period (475 - 221 BC) or possible earlier (Eastern Zhou period 770 - 221 BC). It is made from a relatively highly-fired fine grey pottery. The lower body has been decorated with repeated cord impressions that are particularly crisp. Interestingly, there is a network of ancient root/plants growths to much of the inner s...

An antique 17th-century Islamic, Tatar sword-saber Ordynka, mounted with a 16th-century European Italian blade.

The sword's hilt has a finely hand-carved hardwood grip, with beautiful natural grains, and a small pistol-shaped pommel. The brass crossguard has short, slightly downturned quillons, bud-shaped terminals, and a pair of langets. It is made of two halves riveted by iron pins at the terminals. Three iron rivets secure the wooden grip and the crossguard to the tang of the blade. Addi...

Antique 18th century Turkish Ottoman Islamic large military copper standard Alam. Entirely handmade of solid copper, very thick and sturdy, "ALAM" is comprised of a central panel cut into the openwork with the prominent symbol of the Ottoman Empire, a crescent moon with a star.

The crescent moon has been finely hand chiseled with elegant thuluth Arabic calligraphy inscription in old Ottoman writing, "Osmanlıca yazı." The inscription is against a punched ground, and I could decipher onl...

Extremely rare antique 14th-15th-century Central Asian, Timurid Islamic Indo-Persian combat steel helmet.

The helmet's hemispherical shape is crafted by hand-hammering a single piece of solid steel. The interior shows visible hammer marks, while the exterior is entirely smooth.

The skull is adorned with a hand-chiseled in low relief series of eighteen narrow ribs radiating vertically from the top of the helmet. It is applied with a domed rosette riveted to the skull and decorated in cu...

19th Century Chinese White Jade Carved Plaque with Loop Rings & Rose Quartz Beads Necklace

It is 25.2 inches (64 cm) in circumference by 11.5 inches (29 cm) in length. The pendant is 2.4 inches (6 cm) long by 1.9 inches (4.89 cm) wide by 0.26 inch (0.67 cm) thick. The jade ring is 15.7 mm- 17.9mm diameter. The bead is 11.5 mm- 12.5 mm. It is 116.7 gram.

It is tarnished and has inclusions at jade, flea bite chips at some of the rose quartz Beads and surface wears and scratches (as seen in...

1930's Japanese Satsuma Miniature Vase with Monk Figures Signed

It is 3 inches (7.6 cm) tall by 1.3 inches (3.5 cm) wide. It is 43.8 gram.

It has rubbing gold, stains and surface wears (as seen in the photos).

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17th Century Chinese Bronze Censer

It is 7.83 inches (19.9 cm) tall by 6.85 inches (17.4 cm) wide. It is 1837Gram.

It has rubbing of patina, rust, cracks, pitting, surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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Chinese Han Dynasty Glazed Pottery Jar - Cracked (206 BC - AD 220)

This pottery jar of "hu" form was made during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220) and comes from Shaanxi province in the northwest of China. It is made from a relatively highly-fired reddish pottery and has simple incised decorative bands surrounding the jar at its shoulder. The whole surface, including the base and inner mouth, is coated in an attractive amber-coloured glaze that is very finely-crackled. The flat base has mark...