A gilded bronze or brass alloy hand mirror of round form with a pair of four toed thick bodied Dragons characteristic of the Qing dynasty. The Dragons are impressed into a very fine sandy textured ground and are delineated entirely in flat raised lines similar to champlevé work. The pierced cylindrical knob or button has a V shaped opening for a silk cord and it appears to have been soldered to the centre rather than cast. It has an impressed Shou motif...
Well potted Song - Yuan Dynasty Longquan ware porcelain bowl with a molded twin fish decoration, covered with a very nice " Golden Celadon " glaze.
Diameter : 12,8 cm.
Condition : Perfect
1900's Chinese Peachbloom Glaze Porcelain Vase
It is 7.9 inches (20 cm) tall by 4.4 inches (11.2 cm) wide. It is 1.1 Lb.
It has skip glazes and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).
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Chinese bronze censer or incense burner with cover. Xuande Mark. 14 cm diameter, 1384 gram weight. Good conditions.
A rarely seen set of zodiac figures with animal heads and human bodies. All are dressed in long gowns with long sleeves, their hands folded in front of their chests.
The Zodiacs are: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig or boar...
Chinese Neolithic Qijia Culture Incised & Cord-Impressed Pottery Jar
This pottery jar was made some 4,000 years ago by peoples of the Neolithic Qijia Culture (c. 2050 - 1700 BC), in the north of China, what is now eastern Gansu province. They produced a variety of pottery vessels including cord-impressed pottery of many shapes and sizes...
A beautifully colored mottled nephrite jade disc (sword-pommel) in colors of cream, rust and grey. In the center is a small hole encircled by flower petals. A double-lined rim borders the outer rim of the petals. A band of C-curl patterns extend to the double-lined outer rim. The surface of reverse side has a couple of cleavage planes natural to the stone.
Size: Diameter: 2-3/16"
Condition: No chips or repairs.
A Jar from Tek Sing Shipwreck.original conditions found from the cargo.no chip,no hair lines,free from any restorations.26cm high.
Perfectly potted body, nice ( Guan ) crackled glaze. Southern Song Dynasty ( 1127 - 1279 )
Diameter : 9,1 cm.
Condition : Perfect
From our Chinese Polychrome Collection, a fine Rose-Verte porcelain dish, Yongzheng Period (1723-1735), well-painted in the center depicting an elegant lady, a young boy, and a deer carrying peaches on its back signifying longevity. Bordered on the cavetto with floral sprays, and dressed on the rim with iron oxide.
Rose-Verte is a less commonly encountered version of the Famille Rose and Famille Verte palettes...
1920's Chinese 22K Gold & Jadeite Carved Plaque Bracelet with Calligraphy Marked
It is 6.4 inches (16.2 cm) in inner circumference by 2.2 inches (5.6 cm) in inner diameter. The gold calligraphy plaque 0.5 inch (1.2 cm) long by 0.55 inch (1.4 cm) wide. The jadeite plaques range from 10.4 mm to 11.8 mm long by 9.1 mm to 9.65 mm wide. It weighs 17.8 gram.
One gold calligraphy is detached. The jadeite plaques have cracks, flea bite chips, and inclusions...
A rare scholar's table chest made of black wood. All original brass lock and handles. The bottom is also black wood.
Size:L.39 cm. W.22 cm. H. 19 cm.
Condition: No repairs. Minor age crack on the lid.
Heights including stands: 17.4 cm (7 in) and 17 cm (6.8 in)
Widths: 7.3 cm (2.9 in) and 7.4 cm (3 in)
Depths: 4.2 cm (1.7 in) and 4.4 cm (1.8 in)
Weights: 490 gms and 503 gms
Quality Chinese green jade vases; carved in the form of cabbage or bok choy; one with a caterpillar; original carved wooden stands; 19th century; very good condition; email for more pictures
1900's Chinese Rock Crystal Carving Twin Boy
It is 3.1 inches (8 cm) tall by 2.7 inches (6.9 cm) wide. It is 139.4 gram.
It has small chips at the finger and toe, surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).
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With blue and purple glaze, red and black pigments. H. 19,5 cm. Good condition, expected age wear. China, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).
Mentioned price is for one figure.
Description:
A beautiful jadeite was well carved and in favored greenish tint.
It was preserved in perfect condition and was framed in best alloyed gold.
Jade length: 3.5cm. Overall length:4.0cm
Chinese hard porcelain dish with an elegant scalloped shape, decorated in famille rose enamels with 5 dragons competing for the sacred pearls. The vigorous dragons are very well drawn, their contortions are harmonious. They only have 4 claws. The marli is decorated with a Greek frieze enamelled in a pretty bright blue...
Beautiful pair of white and green Peking glass vases from circa 1900. Peking glass is chinese overlay glass that has been carved. Traditional Chinese water scene with ducks, swooping birds, and lotus flowers in green on white ground. Measures 10" high 3" diameter at base. Previously used as a pair of lamps. Late 19th/ early 20th century.
Kangxi period ( 1662 - 1722 ) with a extremely decorative Kakiemon - style enameled decoration.
Diameter : 31 cm.
Condition : Some wear, one plate has an absolutely perfect body. The other plate has one single childrens - fingerprint size, shell-shape flat splittering to the rim connected with a short, very fine hairline which is to see on the last enlargement.
A pair of Chinese pottery brick tile with figures.
Age: China, Song Dynasty, 10th - 12th Century
Size: Height 26.5 C.M. / Width 26.5 - 26.8 C.M.
Size including stand: Height 44 C.M.
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)...
Antique Chinese coffer chest, all original condition with dark red finish, attractive hand-carved panels with fleur de lys and lotus motifs, two hinged front doors with charming dragon's head locking pin, spacious interior with shelf. 19th century
Size: 41.5" L x 32" W x 33.5" H
A rare beautiful ancient Jade and glass bead necklace from Southeast China some dating back over 2,500 years.
Size: length 49 cm X 2.(Length 39 inches)
An archaic style vase with crackle-glaze and simulated metal mounts. On the base is the apocryphal mark of the 15th Century (Ming) Chenghua emperor but this item was made much later , in the 19th Century, probably during the reign of the Tongzhi emperor (1862-1874) when this style was first introduced. Condition - excellent no damage and no restoration. 30cm (11.75 inches) high. Weight - 1.1kg (2lb8oz)...
Description: A long neck yellow-glazed bottle vase was mold in elegant shape.
Decorated on the shoulder with lotus petals in vivid curves, the bottle was well proportioned and stand by a flat bottom.
Having been through thousands of years under earth, the surface was spread immensely with fine crackles and some stains.
The condition was very good with the least abrasions.
Last two pictures are close-up ones for better observation.
Date: Northern dynasties(5th/6th cent...
A rare ANTIQUE BENJARONG/BENCHARONG POT with Polychrome Thai Thepanom Figures and extensive Foliage-Scrolling, predominantly in Maroon colour, especially made in China for Thai Nobility. Guaranteed YONGZHENG PERIOD (1722-1735) WITH RED CHARACTER MARKINGS ON THE BASE.
Size: Height 18 cm. x 22 cm. Diameter ( 7" x 8.75")
Gorgeous and rare colours!
Very good condition, no chips, cracks, hairlines nor restorations whatsoever.
Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand. Price does not include shipping.
Excellently potted grayish-black body, covered by a grayish blue-green glaze suffused with golden crackle.
Longquan ware, Southern Song Dynasty ( 1127 - 1279 ).
Diameter: 11,8 cm. Condition: Perfect.
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Rare pair of three legged, brown glazed pottery barbeque grills. The Han Dynasty was unique in making replicas for cooking in the afterlife. These two pieces are in excellent condition with very minor fritting and no damage; please note that there is still a bit of the original soil it was excavated in stuck to the surface, with a bit of patience this can be cleaned off. The food items on the grill are cicadas and fish. I don’t know if they actually cooked and ate cicadas, but they have al...
Antique Chinese pair of porcelain plates with foliate rim, with matching enamel scenes of chrysanthemums and other budding flowers in pinks, purples, blues, greens, and yellows. The foot is marked reign of Guangxu (1875-1908).
Size: 8" L x 1" H
A beautiful Chinese pottery tomb figure of a female rider / Attendant on horseback holding a book or a box. The figure dates to Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 AD.
The figure is finely glazed in cobalt blue and turqoise colors. Pigmented colours in red, white and black.
She has an elaborate high headdress and was made with many finely painted details, high quality.
Size: c. 37 cm. high and 28 cm. long - a massive figure!
Condition: Choice, intact and in very g...
A large Chinese Porcelain censor with blue monochrome exterior and white interior. There are three rounded bumps at the base that represent the three feet of a censor. The bowl measures about 5 1/2" high x 9 3/4" in diameter and dates to the Ching Dynasty. The condition is very good with some interior kiln flaw and glaze crawl. The asking price includes shipping within the USA.
Rare Chinese hat in silk, silver and gold kesi. Built like a melon with 6 pieces of sewn kesi. The ponpon is original in silk and silver.
Excellent quality the points are tight and thick for more strength. The decor is extremely rare, it is made up of assembled cubes. From memory I remember having seen on an imperial porcelain a similar cubic decoration, it was specified that they were stylized dragons. I think this is the case here, in the center the dragons above the equally cubic clouds and ...
QING Dynasty round polychrome porcelain box with cover and mark on base. Condition: good, no cracks, hairlines or restorations. Size: 3" (7,5 cm.) diameter x H. 2" (5 cm.)
Fine Chinese Childs Jacket, the red damask woven silk embroidered in silver and some gold thread with flowering plants above waves. Early 20thC. Width cuff to cuff 74.0cm (29")
Condition: Good, collar with some light staining, loose silver thread to leaf above waves, and leaf on right shoulder of front. Occasional other loose thread.
Antique Chinese porcelain vase, with very fine detailed cobalt blue underglaze designs with flora around the vase's rim, sides, and bordering many panels with incredible paintings (in a famille de rose color palette) of brightly clothed people in bustling city scenes, as well as lovely scenes of nature. The vase has a lid just as wonderfully decorated as the body with cobalt pigment floral designs and detailed paintings, topped with a fu dog lacquered with red, blue, green, and gold. Delicate go...
A Yuan Longquan Celadon Jar with Dragon Decoration. Diameter approximately 8.5 cm and height approximately 7.2 cm. There is an original chip at the rim. Good condition.
An antique Chinese tripod censer, also known as an incense burner Ding, dating back to the 17th -19th century Qing Dynasty. The censer is made of bronze and has a compressed, rounded shape, with a bulbous body and two upright loop handles. The base is raised on three tapering legs and is cast with a Xuande six-character mark.
CONDITION: In good condition. It shows age and use. Irregular splashes of the reddish-green patina.
MEASUREMENTS:
Width: 12.7 cm (5 inches).
Height, in...