Large late Ming Wanli period ( 1573 - 1620 ) blue and white bowl with an typical Kraak ware design. Diameter : 22,7 cm. Condition : Perfect

A Fine blue and white Small Bottle Vase, early qing dynasty.found from shipwreck in Indonesia.good glaze, good conditions. size: 12cm high. 5cm body diameter.

A Fine blue & white bowl, decorated with two Dragon.transition period with six caracter jiajing mark.Found from shipwreck in Indonesia.Bowl in good conditions and glaze still in good conditions too,no crack,no restoration. size :8cm diameter

These Chinese long wooden bobbins were used for winding thread for routine sewing chores. As a household tool, used by generations of women within the family, they were hand carved and painted with the continious use in mind. Inside each bobbin there is a small bead which freely moves back and forth and acts as a noise maker when the bobbin is in motion...or falling to the floor.

Rare and beautiful antique Chinese scholar's box, made of huanghuali hard wood with gorgeous grain, hinged top lid opens to shallow compartment for writing implements, two doors open to reveal 6 small drawers, beautiful details throughout, 17th century. Size: 12 3/4" high x 13 1/2" wide x 9 1/2" deep.

A rare Hutian Song dynasty qingbai - yingqing bowl with carved infant (wawa) and leaves or flower motif. rounded side with conical shape covered with light bluish white glaze, products of Hutian kiln.
Bowl is in good condition with two fine hairline at the rim, no chip, no restoration.
Size: 21 cm diameter.

Extremely rare Linru Kiln tea bowl with an amazing Guan type crackled Celadon glaze. Northern Song Dynasty ( 960 - 1127 ). D : 10,8 cm. H : 4,7 cm. Condition: The golden repair you see on the images, further in excellent condition. ( The gold - tone which covers the repair is easy to remove without hurting the repair itself.)

A very rare well potted Celadon glazed Melon-shape Ewer. Longquan ware, Southern Song Dynasty, 12th - early 13th century. Diameter of the body : 10,3 cm. ( From spout to the end of the handle : 13,1 cm. ) H : 10,7 cm. Condition : There is an insignificant and invisible professional repair to the handle and to the bottom of the piece. This rare piece would be a absolute addition to any Longquan collection.

A rare large deep dish, of Imperial quality, very finely painted in shades of iron red depicting two five clawed dragons amongst clouds contesting a flaming pearl. There are two similarly painted five-clawed dragons, each in pursuit of a pearl, painted on the underside. The base carries the partly erased six character mark of the Qianlong Emperor but this item was probably made later, during the reign of the Guangxu Emperor (1875-1908). Condition - excellent...

Beautifully blue & white bowl, decorated with two Dragonfish.transition period with six caracter jiajing mark.Found from shipwreck in Indonesia.glaze still in good conditions,it just has friting at the rim,no crack,no restoration. size :8cm diameter

A blue and white Small Bottle Vase, early qing dynasty.found from shipwreck in Indonesia.good glaze, has small chip mouth. size: 12cm high. 4cm body diameter.

A Fine Blue and White Ming Dish. Interregnum Period. Decorated with phoenix in the center surrounded by flower stes in the caveto. Good conditions.no chip, no crack, no restoration. size : 24 cm

These antique Chinese hat stands are carved from an unknown wood. Their interlocking parts can be separated easily, so they may have been designed for traveling. They can be sold separately or in groups and used to "show off" your hat collection or as interesting artifacts of Qing dynasty culture.

The hat stand on the left side comes apart into 2 pieces and stands 11" high.

The stand on the right also comes apart into 3 sections with 2 pieces in each section. This stand is 12" tall.

Intricately detailed, this miniature scaled model of a japanese tea house was the result of a village folk art craftsman sometime between the late 1890-1920. Each piece is carved from bamboo and is pegged into place. The rice paper shutter doors slide and addition solid shutters are stored in the exterior swinging compartments. The roof is easily removed to reveal the inside which is furnished with an alter, bamboo scroll,flower vase and serving tansu with sliding doors...

A magnificent Yuan 14th century Qingbai glaze dragon shape boat, item decorated with detailed dragon boat with human passenger and covered with bluish white qingbai glaze.
Boat is in good condition with one of the human head is being reattach / repaired, still a very magnificent and important piece.
Size: 20 cm wide.

A beautiful Chinese silk rug (6' x 9'); the yellow field bearing a central medallion of a front-facing dragon with four side-facing dragons in each corner, all on a stylized linked flower head ground, the border with stylized lotus, peony and other flowers of good fortune.

This is an old hand woven carpet in great quality. The whitish areas shown in some photos are reflections of light on the silk. The five claws dragons are woven on a brown metal background (gilt copper)...

A rare Ming dynasty 15th century blue and white kendi (pouring vessel), globular body, tubular neck, dish shape mount, and mammiform spout, kendi decorate with under glaze blue flower motif.
Kendi is in very good condition no damage, no chip, no crack, no restoration.
Size: 18 cm height

A rare Ming dynasty 15th century interregnum (Zhengtong - Tianshun) blue and white ewer, this large ewer decorate with under glaze blue of scholar motif covered with blue tinged glaze.
Ewer is in good condition no damage, no chip, no crack, no restoration, small glaze line at the handle.
Size: 24 cm height.

Qianlong or Jiaqing period, late 1700s

Molded in the form of a sauce dish with an attached handle in the shape of a stylized dragon, this was an item of fairly high quality made for the Chinese market—not for export. It is covered with a thick imperial yellow glaze on the exterior and the interior is enameled in turquoise. It is raised on a tall foot of which the interior and base is clear glazed with a slight bluish tone...

A good early Qing 17th century Shunzhi - early Kangxi period famille verte baluster jar, rounded side with globular body, short neck, and flat base, jar painted with red, green, yellow, and aubergine enamel, decorated with Buddhist emblems, rock, weave, and flower motif.
Jar is in very good condition no damage, no chip, no crack, no restoration, minor glaze crackled at inner wall and base.
Size: 31 cm height.

A rare well-carved 'boxwood' mirror frame made in 'chinoiserie' style for export to Europe circa 1810-1820 (late Jiaqing reign). Condition - very good. No damages. 10.25 inches (26cm) High x 6.8 inches (17.4cm) Wide...

An unidentified hard wood was used to carve this set of 4 matching wooden saucers. They would have been used for tea bowls and have traditional red/orange lacquer paint over a treebark carved pattern on the front surface. Each saucer was carved into a diamond shape with gently curved sides and are each was carved into a thin, shallow bowl shape. This is a rare and unusual set in very good condition.

Each piece measures 5 inches x 4 inches and 1 inch deep.

Guangxu sealmark and period, 1874-1908

This orange-brown pottery brush pot, possibly produced at the Yixing Kilns, is hand-sculpted to simulate an old gnarled tree trunk with various crevices, stumps of limbs and peeling bark. It is incised with two Chinese characters, one in archaistic style, the other in cursive script. On the base, there is an impressed Guangxu sealmark. Though unglazed, it has an old patina from use and possibly remnants of colorless lacquer...

1700s or earlier

This solid porcelain water pot fits comfortably in the hand and its size and heavy weight indicates dual use as a paperweight for the calligrapher’s table. The form is that of a Chinese drum with bosses encircling the perimeter of the top and bottom imitating nail heads. The underglaze blue decoration is hastily painted with floral-like flourishes around the side. The top is painted with four Chinese characters around the central opening for containing water...

A woven square taken from the front of a Chinese Emperor's robe with a front facing dragon in couched gold and a constellation symbol. Yellow (or apricot yellow) robes could only be worn by the Emperor or Empress. The color has faded and changed to this current tan color. Each Emperor's robe had twelve symbols of Imperial Authority embroidered on it in specific places. We can see "The Constellation" which represents the handles of Ursa Major, the Big Dipper, just above the dragon's head...

An attractive Chinese soapstone carving of the Daoist Immortal Zhong Hanli. This item was made circa 1790-1820 either late in the Qianlong reign or during the reign of the Jaiqing Emperor. Condition very good. There are natural flaws in the stone and much of the original paint can still be seen. 14cm (5.5 inches) High 10cm (4 inches) Wide...

A fine early 18th Century blue and white bowl attractively painted to the exterior with a continuous scene of ladies at leisure in a fenced riverside garden. The interior is painted with a central roundel of the Three Friends of Winter. The base carries the six character mark of the Yongzheng Emperor and was made during his reign (1723-1735)...

A richly enameled and well modeled Kannon seated upon a purple scrolled tailed beast of green. Measuring 10" in height and 10" in length, the figure is well preserved. There is a chip to the right foot of the Kannon and three enamel flakes to the hair. No cracks or repairs.

A large Yuan 13th - 14th century longquang celadon dish, rounded side with flattened rim and deep center, decorate with large dragon chasing flaming pearl motif at the center, inner wall decorate with carved weave motif, outer wall decorate with raised lotus petal motif, covered with green glaze. dish is excavated from Palembang region south sumatra.
Dish is in good condition with two large part of the rim damage re-attach / restored, no missing part, picture from before restoration availab...

A magnificent Yuan Qingbai large ewer with dragon shape handle and bird head spout, body with bird and flower motif, cover with qilin, unglazed base.
Very good condition with part of the rim and spout damage, restored / re-attach no missing part, complete. picture from before restoration available.
Size: 27 cm height including cover.

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An exceptionally well decorated and finely potted bowl made to the best Imperial standards. The base carries the six character reign mark of the Chenghua Emperor enclosed within a double circle. This item was made later - during the reign of the Kangxi Emperor - probably in imitation of or as a replacement for a 15th Century Ming original. There are eight chips to the rim. There is a 2.5cm light hairline running from the rim. 17cm (6.7 inches) Diameter 7.5cm (3 inches) High.

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This is a 30" Cizhou stoneware urn painted in iron brown over a white slip with exposed lugs to the shoulder. Circa 1000AD

1800s, possibly earlier

The body is formed by a fairly thinly turned jade tube that is fitted with a turned hardwood plug for the base. The wooden bottom is visible on the interior base of the jade tube and it is turned to form a stand that compliments the simplicity of the jade form. The jade is slightly yellowish to pale celadon and has white veining on one side with brown inclusions on the other, creating patterns resembling clouds or a landscape. The stone is slightly translucent with ...

Probably 1800s, possibly earlier

This finely cast figure, seated in vajrasana or lotus position on a double lotus base, holds in the left hand a stem of lotus with the right middle finger touching the thumb. The flowing robe is open at the chest and drapes over the right shoulder. The borders and lower portions of the robe are incised with scrolling floral motifs. The facial features with slight downcast eyes are crisply rendered and the hair is well-defined. Attached to the back of the fi...

1700s

Used for grinding ink sticks to make ink for painting and calligraphy. These two palettes were fashioned on the potter’s wheel from dense, thick porcelain. The upper surface is left unglazed for ink grinding. The circular grinding area is slightly concave and is surrounded by a channel for water used in the ink-making process. Both are incised with a design of stylized bats encircling the perimeter of the body and glazed with a deep, vibrant cobalt blue. The buses and footrings are...

A superbly carved yellow soapstone seal in the form of a boulder. The legend on the base seems to read: Hua pa chou shang yin, or "Huapa (Flowery Loquat) seal of congratulation". On one side is a design of archaic dragons sporting around a traditional emblem of wealth, the copper cash with a square hole. Three inscriptions are carved on the faces of the boulder, much as ancient inscriptions were carved on suitable rock faces in the mountains. They appear to be seven-character poems containing ph...

A heavy Ming style bronze censer bearing the inscription - "There is no God but Allah and Mohammed is his prophet". Similarly inscribed bronzes and porcelain were first made for the Imperial court during the reign of the Zhengde Emperor (1506-1521) but this item was made later. The base carries a four character Xuande mark. Condition - very good. 3 inches (7.5cm) High 5.3 inches (13.5cm) Wide.

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A very finely decorated Imperial wine cup depicting two iron-red five-clawed dragons, over breaking waves, in pursuit of flaming pearls. The base carries the underglaze blue seal mark of the Daoguang Emperor and was made during his reign (1821-1850). There is a 4cm hairline running from the rim . There is also a small rim chip above the tail of one of the dragons and there are two tiny rim nibbles (Please see pictures). Height - 4.7cm Diameter - 5.9cm

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A well carved rock crystal sculpture comprising a vase with "chilong" dragon handles and surrounded by Magnolia, Peach, Pomegranate and Lingzhi Fungus. Condition -there is impact damage to the neck and a branch and two of the peach leaves are chipped. 3.75 inches (9.5cm) high 4.5 inches (11.5cm) wide.

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These late Qing Dynasty 19th century Swans on a landscape base are very large, at least life-largely if not larger. H : 88cm. L : 64 cm. B : 36 cm. Unforunately the images far cannot mediate how impressive and most decorative these pieces are. A highlight for each collection and a marvelous enriching for each elevated interieur Condition : Excellent. Provenance : Old german family estate.

Eighteenth century, most likely from the Yongzheng or Qianlong period. Very well potted porcelain body of Meiping shape with a two coloured Teadust resp. Iron - rust glaze. The darker part of the glaze shows the darkest kind of Teadust glaze. The last image shows a selection of different Teadust resp. Iron-rust glazes from the famous Vermeer & Griggs Collection. What this Meiping makes so rare and important is the fact, that on this piece two different colours of the Teadust colour-palette ...

A Very large Ming Wanli blue and white serving dish with rounded sides and broad flat upturned rim with a bracket lobed rim, stand in low tapering foot ring, dish painted with under glaze blue in Kraak style motif, with ducks in the lotus pond, filling the space between the frame sorounding this scene and edge of the edge of cavveto with diaper pattern, at the cavetto with eight large radiating panels of flower head and Buddhist symbols such as gourd, fan and leaches.
Large serving dish lik...

Jar of globular form with a short cylindrical lipped neck and two horizontal lugs on the shoulder. The body is divided into four panels by vertical lines of applied studs, alternate panels being decorated in underglaze cobalt - blue with a chrysanthemum spray. Porcelain body covered with a transparent glaze stopping short of the foot. Flat base unglazed. H : 7,8 cm. Jingdezhen or Fujian. Yuan Dynasty, fourteenth century. Condition : 1 very minute, unimportant chip resp. lost visible on the last ...

1700s / early 1800s

This piece is in one of the eight prescribed peach bloom shapes that were designed for the scholar’s table. The base is marked with a properly written six character Kangxi mark in underglaze blue. This pot is well-potted in conformance with the shape of these vessels, rising from a slightly demarked foot visible on the outside as a light trimming line. The walls bulge outward and turn in at the shoulder which rounds to a depressed mouth opening. The glaze is largely o...

Antique gilt copper repouse 4 piece crown, painted details, each piece has a seated Buddha with different mudra, back is painted deep red, 19th century, on new custom metal stand. Total Size (with stand): 14" high x 14 1/2" wide x 4 1/2" deep.

Early 1800s

This piece, probably made in southern China is glazed on the outside overall except the base and base with a lustrous translucent emerald green glaze. The glaze stops just short of the foot in a thickened curtain effect of gloss and deep green tone. The interior is unglazed though the flaring mouth rim and interior of the neck is covered with glaze that displays a subtle bluish mottling. This piece is potted from a pale buff stoneware clay now largely obscured by soiling from u...

A ribbed cylindrical celadon censer.The censer stands on the unglazed base though it does have three vestigial feet.In fine condition with no cracks or restoration.There is a very small and shallow chip to the glaze on rim.size 9 cm diameter, 4,5cm hight.

Early Ming dynasty, late 1300s / early 1400s

This box is molded to resemble lacquered basketry—the cartouches on the sides representing finely woven panels separated by what would have been lacquer work. The top of the lid is molded with a design of a crane in flight among stylized clouds. The box is glazed overall, including the interior and the base, with an even-toned white glaze with a faint bluish tint. The glaze has a silky, flat sheen, almost having the appearance of marble. This ...

Small statue of Buddha wearing a diadem, in a meditative posture ("dhyana mudra"), holding a stylized beggar bowl in his hands, sitting cross-legged on a double lotus throne. Bronze, with thick encrusted green patina. Tibet, 16th century. Height: 5 1/2" (14 cm). Diadem partly chipped, a few tiny casting defects, otherwise very good condition. A rather unusual aspect of the Buddha image.

Late 1800s

Well-potted brushpot with a very carefully painted dragon and fish design in a deep sepia-toned enamel that is slightly raised on the biscuit-fired background. Like the exterior, the interior is also unglazed. The base is slightly recessed and marked with a spurious six-character Xuande mark. This piece most likely dates to the Guangxu period, 1875-1908. Very good condition with no damages or restorations. The painting is extremely well executed.

Height: 4 3/8 in.; Diamete...

A Fine Blue and White Jarlet. with plum blosom flower. YUAN Dynasty good condition with minor chip on restoration at the rim. size : 10 cm body diameter 8 cm hight

A Very Rare Pale white Nephrite Jade Carved Finial: China, Ming Period or Older. This is an almost transparent pale white nephrite jade with red-brown russet on around phoenix long neck final or top decoration on a wooden or ivory staff for ritual ceremony or other events. There are a total of 5 different dragon, mythical birds and elephant head depicted on this final end. It is so delicate carving of the figures, especially birds’ beaks, and archaic forms and etc. It is in very fine cond...

A large blue and white bowl from the Ming Jiajing period. Jingdezhen ware, 1522 - 1566 Diameter : 20,1 cm. H : 9,1 cm. Condition : cracked and a small restored chip to the base.

Tang Changsha large bowl from Belitung shipwreck. Bowl in good condition with some glaze degradations at the rim, free from any restoration. Size: 20 cm diameter.

A charming 'mutton-fat' jade carving of the Hehe Erxian (or 'Hehe Twins') holding a basket (containing a bat) also a lotus flower and probably made in the 18th Century during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor (1736-1795). Condition very good. 1.85 inches (4.8cm) High 1.8 inches (4.75cm) Wide

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A good Ming celadon dish with incised phoenix motif, dish is found from shipwreck,good condition with minor glaze degradations.crackled glaze. Size: 25 cm diameter.

A very nice decorated Yongzheng dish decorated in brilliant famille rose enamels. On the back undecorated. Engraved on the back is a inventory number of the Dresden Collection of August II ( the Strong ) the elector of Saxony. Another nearly identical dish of this set is in the Zwinger Museum in Dresden, another in the Musee Guimet, another in the Victoria & Albert Museum and still another in the collection of a very famous dealer in USA. Diameter : 22,5 cm. Condition : 2 invisible very prof...

This superb quality piece was identified by Vienna´s auction house Dorotheum Chinese Art Expert Prof. Dr. Jorinde Ebert as an extremely rare upper part of an incense burner in the shape of the figure of a Bodhidarma, Southern Song to Yuan Dynasty, Longquan ware, thirteenth to fourteenth centuries. The suggested period of manufacture is consistent with a TL – result of Oxford Authentication. Provinience : This piece was for some generations a highlight of an old Vienna family collectio...

A good bronze bombe form censer with rare figural decoration. The base carries the six character mark of the Ming Xuande Emperor but this item was made much later during either the late 18th or early 19th Centuries (c1790 - 1850). Condition - very good. No damages. 3.2 inches (8cm) High 7 inches (18cm) Across.

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Among Canton enamels a never seen quality like this. The images do not show that, but the full beauty of the small ornaments on this very small tray ( 11 cm. X 12,5 cm. ) you only can regard with a magnifying glass. But not just the execution of the ornaments is outstanding, please regard alone the face of this young woman in the center of the piece. By regarding this piece in nature it is to see, that the quality of this Canton piece is outstanding and at least as good as the best examples...