This ingenious antique Chinese pillow expands and contracts so it can be used as either a double and single pillows. The wooden ends have hand carved floral decoration. The head rest areas are bamboo and the individual rails are wooden. As expected,there are a few nicks to the finish which are consistent with a 100 yrs plus daily use item.
Antique Chinese scroll painting of an immortal man resting his feet with one of his sandals off, a basket of peaches and herbs sitting beside him. Calligraphy with signature "Li, Yu Ru" (1859-1930) and red artist chop.
Size: 77" H, 29" W (entire scroll) 42" H, 22.5" W (artwork only)
Antique Chinese hanging scroll with calligraphy signed Tie Bao. 19th century. The poem alludes to the benefits of meditation during the night improving one's perception of the arts.
TiE Bao (1752 - 1824)
It measures overall 12.5" x 78.25", 8" x 50".
Antique Chinese hanging scroll of a young woman in the garden under moonlight, signed Fei Dan Xu (1802 - 1850)
19th century, Qing dynasty.
It measures overall 17.75" x 73", 12.75" x 17.25"
Antique Chinese scroll of a young beauty with an old man signed Qian Hui An. A young woman stands behind the gate to her home as an old man admires her beauty from outside. It is signed Qian Hui'An (1833 - 1911)
19th century.
It measures overall 21.5" x 89.5" the image measures 13.75" x 53.25".
Chinese 19th century crackled glaze Small bowl. 10,5 cm diameter. Good condition.
Original Chinese scroll painting of beautiful pink and purple flowers, signed Shao You Xuan (1918-2009). Great original condition.
Size: (entire scroll) 63" H, 24" W (artwork only) 12.5" H, 18.5" W
Antique Chinese scroll of a rooster with peonies. The rooster is painted naturalistically with white feathers and a grey/blue face with pink peonies in the background. There is a wax seal on a tag, threaded through the scroll. Seal says "Shen Shi " (named Nanpin). Attributed to Shen Quan (Shen Nanpin).
It measures overall 19.75" wide by 76" tall, 16" by 52.5".
A stunning Chinese black lacquer 6-panel coromandel screen. Beautiful hard stone inlay depicting scenes of many auspicious objects and flowers in vases. Hand carved with images of dragons and lotuses symbolizing potent auspicious powers and the perfection of beauty of the heart and mind. The lacquer is in exceptional original condition.
Early 20th Century Style hinges (pin and eye hinge)
Size: 72" H x 96" L
Width 9 cm.
Minor frittings on the rim of box, no chips, cracks or hairlines and free from restorations.
Height 7 cm
Excellent conditions, no chips, cracks, or hairlines and free from restorations.
Height 9.3 cm
Excellent condition, no chips, cracks, or hairlines and free from restotrations.
Height 8.2 cm
Re attahe and restore on arms of lady and on the back side.
Small globular jar covered by celadon glazed to the foot with brown spotted; unglazed base . PERIOD : Song Dynasty 960-1279 AD. MEASUREMENTS: 6 cm wide, 5 cm hight. CONDITION: glaze chip on the body, no cracks or hairlines and free from restorations.
Small globular jar covered by celadon glazed to the foot with brown spotted; unglazed base . PERIOD : Song Dynasty 960-1279 AD. MEASUREMENTS: 6 cm wide, 5 cm hight. CONDITION: minor frit on the rim , no chips, cracks, hairlines and free from restorations.
This is a song era big plate in Ying Ching/qingbai glaze, restored
A rare chinese crackle glaze Yue Kiln jar with four lugs of late Tang to Five dynasties period
Height 6.5 cm Width 5.5 cm
Restorations on the minor frit on the rim. No hairlines or cracks.
Width 7.5 cm Height 4.5 cm
Small chip to the lid, no hairlines or cracks and free from restorations.
Height 6.5 cm
Excellent conditions, no chips, cracks or hairlines and free from restorations
Height 8 cm
No chips, cracks, or hairlines and free from restorations.
Height Vase 1 = 5.5 cm Vase 2 = 5 cm
Excellent conditions, no chips, cracks, or hairlines and free fro restorations.
Porcelain figurine of a standing boy holding leaf of lotus covered by bluish qingbai glaze and decorated in brown iron spotted on the head and blue splash on the body and also character script above the foot rim.
In Taoist literature, the child epitomizes the ideal innocence of the holy sage, absorbing all that he sees...
Old Chinese stone ware bottle. This shape is fairly generic and could date anywhere from Jin Dynasty to Ming, so I am taking the middle road and attributing it as Yuan. The mouth is chipped but it has a nice shape, note my photo editing software tend to truncate images, so this piece is more elegant in real life than the photos indicate. The glaze has traces of a paraffin patina. H: 24cm/9.5in and D: 18cm/7in.
Description
This polychrome jar is decorated in underglaze blue and overglaze red, green, yellow and brown. This palette is also known as the Wucai style. This style was highly popular during the Ming period. As a result this type of jars usually is dated to the Ming or Transitional periods. However, in view of the porcelain body it more likely dates from the beginning of the reign of the Chinese emperor Kangxi (1662-1722), around 1680. The decoration consists of an attractive floral scroll...
Elegant shape of covered bowl with white glazed to the foot. Glaze base. Ming Dynasty. Diameter = cm ; Height = cm Condition : perfect, no chips, cracks, hairlines or restoration
A small celadon bottle vase, decorated to the body with iron-brown spots and rising with spiral form neck. Northern Song period PERIOD : Song Dynasty 960-1279 AD. MEASUREMENTS: 9.7 cm height.
CONDITION: very good, minor frittings on the rim, no cracks or hairlines and free from restorations.
A Rare Chiness Five Dynasties Yue Kiln celadon brush washer or brush licker, in good condition
A Chinese five dynasties straw glaze olive green fish bowl. In good condition
Budha Figurine– China, 618-907 C.E. – This brown glazed pottery was made during the Tang Dynasty. Height = 6 cm 5 cm Length No Chips, cracks or hairlines and free from restorations
Budha Figurine– China, 618-907 C.E. – This green glazed pottery was made during the Tang Dynasty. Height = 5.1 cm 7 cm Length
No Chips, cracks or hairlines and free from restorations
Bird Figurine– China, 618-907 C.E. – This green glazed pottery bird was made during the Tang Dynasty. Length = 10 cm.
Missing on 2 front legs
Chinese Tang or Five Dynasties whistle with bird figure. Yue ware. Good conditions , no chips, cracks or hairlines and free from restorations. 8 cm wide. 5cm high.
This is an Chinese Yue green glaze celadon container powder box (currently used for agarwood chip for burning) it is from Five Dynasties to Northern Sung Dynasty era. Condition not perfect as the base portion glaze already degraded, the cover not perfect with hairline crack as shown but can be an sample study piece. size >10cm for the diameter, please look carefully before buying it....thanks
A Qingbai six-lobed saucer-dish, Northern Song (960-1127)
2.3 cm high; 10 cm diameter
Excellent condition, no chips, cracks or hairlines and free from restorations.
Covered with celadon glaze to the foot rim, unglazed base. Diameter = 7.2 cm, height = 6 cm. Yuan Dynasty. Excellent condition, no chips, cracks or hairlines and free from restorations
A small celadon bottle vase, decorated to the shoulder with iron-brown spots and rising with spiral form neck. Northern Song period
PERIOD : Song Dynasty 960-1279 AD. MEASUREMENTS: 9.2 cm height. CONDITION: very good, small chips to the foot ring, no cracks or hairlines and free from restorations.
A shallow dish, heavily potted, covered in a beautiful celadon glaze producing the A shallow dish, heavily potted, covered in a beautiful celadon glaze producing the crackles of the Geyao type glaze. The recessed base is glazed while the foot rim is dressed with an iron brown wash. Periode : Qing Dynasty : 19th Century Diameter : 42 cm. Condition : Perfect, no chips, cracks, hairlines or restorations.
Porcelain decorated with floral spray in the center and petal lappets with scroll on the exterior. Diameter = 30.5 cm. Periode : 15th- 16th Century Condition : a hairlines to the rim and free from restoration.
Antique Chinese agate snuff bottle with interesting "eye" pattern, red hard stone topper with braided metal band and finial.
Size: 3.5" height, 2.25" width
A stoneware ewer covered in a thin olive green glaze, of Yue Kiln from Sui Dynasty era
The pinched mouth over short neck and C shaped handle, with carved flora and lotus petal pattern , the thin glaze around the edges is corroded .
A small and absolutely lovely Kangxi period ( 1662 - 1722 ) aster dish.
Superb porcelain body, superb Cobalt blue, this rare dish is an absolute jewel.
Diameter : 10,8 cm.
Condition : Perfect with no crack or chip ( nice sound when tapped ). Extremely minute glaze fritting to the rim which in nearly invisible to the naked eye.
A rare Chinese Five Dynasties to late Tang Yue Celadon brush washer
A rare late Tang to five dynasties era covered box in crackle golden glaze in good condition
The chips on the rim is restored
Ewer with short neck which has two lugs and wide foot which has a cut foot rim. The handle is flat and double-grooved. Glaze brownish celadon. Height=18cm. Five Dynasty-Song 10th-12th century. Condition : Excellent, firing crack to the foot, without damage or restoration.
Chinese longquan celadon brush washer foliated body. Yuan dynasty. 11 cm diameter. crackled glaze. found hairlines. free from any repair.
Height approximately 14 cm. A chip at the jar and a chip at the cover. In good condition.
Height approximately 18 cm. A hair line at the statue. A soft dent at the base. In good condition.
Set of 18 handpainted paintings of the 18 Lohans. Colours on cloth 94x66 cm. Each titled in Chinese. Undated, possibly Ch'ien-Lung (1735-95). With accompanying booklet. Edges frayed on some. Can be viewed in central London and sent worldwide rolled in a tube. Provenance Christie’s Auction London
A beautiful Chinese nephrite celadon jade toggle/figurine 15TH century or older, in excellent condition. H; 8cm $850
A Ming Celadon Ware Meiping Vase, Longquan Kilns, Zhejiang Province, 16th Century. Heavily Potted with an Incised Diaper Pattern. The Base within the Broad Footrim is is Partly Unglazed, this has Fired Orange Due to Iron-Oxide in the Body.
Height 21.5 cm
A minor frittings on the rim and shoulder, no chips, cracks or hairlines and free from restorations.
The ewer handle and one of the lobe Repaired , heavy potted
A chinese Northern Song Dynasty era jarlet in celadon crackle yue glaze in good condotion
A longquan jarlet from Song Dynasty era in good condition without cravk or chip or hairline , there is crazing of glaze
Chinese longquan celadon twin fish washer In perfect ondition without hairline, cracknor chip, from southern song dynasty era longquan kiln
This Antique woven basket was typical of the baskets used in the kitchens of Hunan Province China. This particular style would have been used for rice storage...The red and black lacquer design is painted on all 4 sides. the interior is painted black lacquer.
Condition is good considering age and usage of basket as a utilitarian item ..a few nicks and chips in the paint.
12 inches in diameter across the top.
9 inches high plus another 2 inches for the handles...
This celadon glaze alms bowl is from Northern Sung era or earlier, condition is good with ping sound when tapped, no crack line , chip or damage. 23.5cm by 6.5cm
This is a Five Dynasties period with the incised flora pattern, in perfect/good condition , good ping sound when tapped with finger, no chip, crack or serious crazing lines, on smooth Mattish glaze surface.
It measures 23.5cm in diameter by 6.5cm height n heavy potted
A qingbai porcelain vase with moulded floral decoration. The piece is covered in a thin glaze of bluish tone. The white body is exposed on the unglazed base. China, Yuan dynasty, (1379 - 1368). Height: 19 cm. Condition: Perfect, no chips, cracks or hairlines and free from restorations.