Ming Chenghua period ( 1465 - 1487 ) blue and white Minyao ( peoplesware ) bowl decorated with a very nice, typical Chenghua water-plant design.
Diameter : 13,2 cm. H : 6,3 cm.
Condition : Restored ( Please look the enlargements )
A well potted dish with abstract floral decoration in underglaze cobalt blue. Ming Dynasty, Swatow ware, sixteenth century. Diameter :16,7 cm. Condition : Perfect.
Fine Ming Dynasty 15th-16th century Blue and White plate with Qilin in center. In good condition other than small small fine hairlines. Nice crackling in glaze. Diameter 5.25 inches. High resolution images may be emailed to you on request.
Mongolian/Tibetan drawing of a REFUGE TREE
Early 19th century. It has a blind stamp with Russian text.
Overall size 48 x 37 cm. Old folds and stains and has the particular smell of burnt Juniper that characterises Mongolian manuscripts...
A Longquan jarlet with a nice moulded decoration. Song - Yuan Dynasty (thirteenth to fourteenth centuries) Longquan ware, Zhejiang.
Diameter : 6,5 cm. H : 5,3 cm.
Condition : Original condition with one firing crack.
Earthenware offering plate depicting Buddha sitting in a niche, his hands in "bhumisparsa mudra". On his right is another Buddha also in a niche. Thailand, Khmer period known as Lopburi, 12-14th century. 84 mm high x 84 mm wide x 17 mm thick. The piece is nicely mounted on a custom stand. Abrasion due to age, otherwise good condition.
A small Jian ware Temmoku ( teabowl ) Dark stoneware body with a thick combined black brown glaze. Slightly crooked body. Song ( 12th - 13th centuries ) Fujian ( Jianyao ) Diameter : 10,6 cm. H : 4,8 cm. Condition : Perfect
Pilgrim's sodenashi made of hand-spun cotton with writhings which are the name of the pilgrim, the year (Meiji 5, 1871) etc. The places of pilgrimage is Saigoku Sanju-Sansho (33 holy places in the west) which are for worship of Kannon and the oldest places of pilgrimage. Those are located in Kyoto, Osaka, Gifu, Hyogo, Nara, Shiga and Wakayama. The cloth in the back is also hand-spun cotton and vegetable indigo dye. In excellent condition. 45cm x 57cm
Lovely 19th Century Famille Rose candy dish with stem pedestal. In good condition without chips or cracks. Hi-resolution images on request.
Small funeral mirror, of circular shape, decorated in relief with four frolicking chimeras and grapes. At the back,traces of the imprint of a textile. Bronze, with fine age patina. China, Tang Dynasty. Diameter: 6.8 cm. Very good condition. NOTE: this mirror is part of a small collection of funeral mirrors collected many years ago that we are starting to offer presently.
A Famille-Verte model of a Parrot on a Rockwork Base, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period ( 1662 - 1722 ) H : 18,8 cm. Condition : A small chipping to the end of the beak ( shown on the last enlargement ) otherwise in perfect condition. Please note, that this piece is not a 19th century piece. It is a rare Kangxi period model of a Parrot.
Ming Dynasty Jiajing Period( 1522 - 1566 ) . Well potted with a nice cobalt blue and a nice glaze. Jingdezhen ware. Diameter : 5,5 cm. H : 3,8 cm.
Condition : Perfect
Size: 5cm long, 4cm wide.
Condition: very good. Minor scratches and wears because of aging.
Rare Chinese Song / Yuan Dynasty Qingbai Glazed Porcelain Wine Cup
This rare porcelain wine cup was made during the 13th / 14th Century (Late Song - Yuan Dynasty). It is coated inside and out in a pale qingbai type glaze, save for the small foot that remains unglazed.
Height just short of 4 cm, diameter 6.75 cm...
Omi-e-kasuri (pictorial kasuri) with double kasuri pine and bamboo motif. It is handwoven of taima (hemp) and weft yarn with pine tree pattern is clamp-board dye so that the textile has white bar-code like lines in both selvedges. Both choma (ramie) and taima (hemp) textiles were woven from 12th century in Omi region in Shiga prefecture, but kasuri textiles were woven of taima (hemp). In excellent condition but the white lining has light stains and very light two spots in the upper back...
A Chelsea-Derby dish copying a version of the Ko Imari Kuri-zu Shuronogata dish see EW 2608, decorated in a combination of underglaze cobalt blue and additional enamels. The dishes have a ground foot-ring which is characteristic of the output of the Chelsea factory. The dish is in good condition with no cracks, chips or restoration, some light stacking wear to the enamels and gilding to the rim. The dish measures 22cm in diameter and stands approximately 3.8cm high...
The blue and white porcelain made in ARITA erea Japan had been exported to Europe and much prized among the people,
instead of Chinese porcelain.
They are called as IMARI from the name of shipping port.
We call the works produced in the EDO period as Ko-Imari meaning old Imari.
This piece is supposed to be produced on the last EDO period.
Extremely minute strokes in this piece are very excellent.
No repairs or damages.
Size: 18.8cm (D) 3.0cm(H)
A very nice and historically seen very interesting porcelain bowl. Richly decorated in an very nice underglaze cobalt blue, glazed with a very nice and for the Period typical silky glaze. Ming Dynasty, Chenghua Period ( 1465 - 1487 ). Diameter : 13,2. H.: 4,7 cm...