Inportnat and very impressive Dorje with four varja finials, Sino-Tibetan, Late Ming to early Qing Dynasty c. 16th.-17th. cent. AD.

This very large and substantial Dorje was never cleaned and comes with a lovely very old dark mahogany patina. Once gilt and still with the original tread or string rolled around the Dorje in tight bands.

Size: c. 19,8 cm. tall and the same wide. Weight: c...

A rare hexagonal celadon bowl with crackle glazed and covered overall with deep green glazed. Northern Song Dynasty possibly Ru ware. Perfect condition Diameter: 17,5 cm (7 inch) Height: 5.4 cm (2,2 inch)

A nice white glazed Qingbai tray with flower shaped and molded incised with a pair of beautiful Dragons. Base unglazed. Yuan Dynasty 13th-14th Century in perfect condition with no any chip, no any crack and free from any restoration. Diameter: 16 cm

Burmese wooden seated figure.

Age: Burma, Late Mandalay Period, Late 19th Century
Size: Height 43.5 C.M. / Width 23 C.M. / Length 27.5 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.

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Late Joseon Dynasty, Korea, approx. H 7 x D 13 cm (2.75 x 5.11in). Some expected stains and scratches due to use and aging.


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A Hexagonal shape of Yaozhou dish each decorated with molded incised flower pattern. Yaozhou Ware. Southern Song - Yuan Dynasty in perfect condition. Diameter: 14,5 cm

A large Longquan celadon dish decorated with carved incised of flower head to the center and fluted side to cavetto. Yuan-Ming Dynasty. Very good condition excepted firing imperfection to the glazed. No any chips, no any crack and free from any restoration. Diameter: 34 cm Height: 8 cm

A beautiful green glazed covered box with imperial seal mark Qianlong. Qing Dynasty. Condition is perfect. Diameter: 6,2 cm

Rare pair of Northern Qi women of the court, circa 550CE-577CE, with original pigments both are in excellent condition- please note the profiles with their jutting jaws and stubborn countenance reflecting their Mongol/Turkic heritage. H: 13cm/5.1in.

An elegant vase by Miyagawa (Makuzu) Kozan retaining the original wooden base enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Seika Take-no-Zu Kabin. It is 16.5 cm (6-1/2 inches) diameter, 14 cm (5-1/2 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 Kyoto pottery family Miyagawa Chozo...

Polished layered-lacquer lozenges are inlayed into the surface of this fabulous Art-Deco era vase by important Japanese Bronze artist Yamamoto Junmin. The lacquered pieces have been cut and polished from variously colored layered lacquer. The vase is signed on the base Junmin, and measures 27.5 cm (11 inches) diameter, 18.5 cm (7-1/4 inches) tall. It is in excellent condition...

Fine Chinese Han Dynasty Glazed Pottery Hu Jar

This attractive pottery jar of "hu" form was made some 2,000 years ago during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). It is quite "heavily-potted" and made from a reddish pottery, coated in a finely-cracked green glaze that varies in thickness. In places it has acquired a silvery iridescence, a result of exposure to moisture during its long burial. There are lightly incised decorative bands surrounding the body in places...

Fine Chinese Han Dynasty Glazed Pottery Hu Jar

This attractive pottery jar of "hu" form was made some 2,000 years ago during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). It is quite "heavily-potted" and made from a reddish pottery, coated in a finely-cracked green glaze that varies in thickness. In places it has acquired a silvery iridescence, a result of exposure to moisture during its long burial. There are lightly incised decorative bands surrounding the body in places...

Chinese Han Dynasty Glazed Pottery Jar with Iridescence

This pottery jar of "guan" form was made some 2,000 years ago during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). It is quite "heavily-potted" and made from a reddish pottery that is coated with a thick streaky green glaze. In places on the body the glaze has acquired a silvery-golden iridescence, a result of exposure to moisture during its long burial...

Chinese Han Dynasty Glazed Pottery Jar

This pottery jar of "guan" form was made some 2,000 years ago during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). It is quite "heavily-potted" and made from a reddish pottery that is coated with a green glaze, the colour of which varies in places. As is often the case with Han dynasty glazed pottery, there are kiln scars to the upper surface of the mouth and the base from the spacers that separated such jars when they were stacked on top of each other in the kiln...

Rare Chinese Yuan Dynasty Early "Blue & White" Vase

This rare and attractively-shaped vase or bottle was made during the Yuan Dynasty (AD 1279 - 1368) by one of the kilns at Yuxi county in Yunnan province, one of the first places in the world where blue & white ware was produced. It is "heavily-potted" and decorated in underglaze cobalt blue with floral and leaf designs. It is coated with a clear glaze that falls short of the sturdy foot...

A large Chinese snuff bottle, made from mottled brown amber, the stopper en suite. Carved with relief decoration of birds among flowering trees, the sides with lion masks. Condition: few traces of usage, no spoon. Dimension: total length: c. 7.3 cm, c. 6.8 cm wide, c. 3.9 cm deep.

Burmese wooden lotus Buddha sitting in Mara Vijaya (calling the earth to witness) posture on a base with gilded gold.

Age: Burma, Mandalay Period, 19th Century
Size: Height 13 C.M. / Width 8 C.M. / Depth 4.5 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.

19th century Chinese scholar’s brush rest in a shape of a violently swirling tree root. Works as abstract sculpture as well. Beautiful orange lacquer surface, dried ink in some spots, wonderful patina, very pleasing shape. Excellent piece in scholar’s taste. Length 6 inches, height 1.5 inches.

Laos bamboo basket.

Age: Laos, 20th Century
Size: Height 23 C.M. / Width 26.5 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 lacquered writing box in the shape of a kimono sleeve (sode) covered in soaring silver and gold geese among autumn reeds and Togidashi clouds with a secondary (inner) sleeve shape covered in Karakusa vine tendrils on black enclosed in an age darkened kiri wood box. The inside is covered entirely in nashiji gold powder, and contains a grinding stone, and a water dropper of copper inset into the tray...

Antique Chinese 8 panel coromandel screen with a carved lacquer palace scene of noble figures on one side, pine trees and animals on the other. An inscription states that the screen was carved in the eleventh month of the thirty-second year of Kangxi. There is a poem that talks about the proud and powerful pine tree reaching for the sky and an approaching storm. The inscription also mentions a congratulations to Guo Zanzhang, a candidate for the the title of Dengshilang. Artist mentioned: Homgd...

18th century Indian bronze candle holder in a shape of a beast with a single horn on its head, could be a lion with mane (and possible vehicle of Durga) or some sort of other mythical creature. Beautiful casting and detailing - see its expressive face with tongue sticking out, tufts of fur on its feet and foliage supporting candle receptacle. Excellent red patina, wonderful feel of age. Height 3.5 inches.

19th century Indian bronze votive sculpture of standing Garuda holding his hands in front of him in praying attitude (anjali mudra indicating total devotion). Cast in the state of Karnataka. Garuda, being the mount of Vishnu, is regarded as representing essential qualities of the deity in animal form, and was worshipped as deity itself. He is present in both Hindu and Buddhist tradition, and usually has a body of a human, with a beak of a crow and wings. Very good casting, wonderful dark patina,...

17th / early 18th century small votive Indian bronze sculpture of Vishnu sitting on high base with one foot pendant and holding Lakshmi on his left knee, protected by Naga (cobra) with spread hood over his head. Usual name for this grouping is Lakshmi-Narayana. His hand is in abhaya (no fear) mudra, while Lakshmi is holding lotus flower in her hand. Beautiful casting and detailing, great patina with subtle green encrustation on the surface, wonderfully worn attesting to its great age. Height 2.3...

18th century small votive Indian bronze sculpture depicting the mother goddess Durga riding a lion - her vehicle. Durga is the most powerful female deity in the Hindu pantheon. Great bronze with powerful casting and detailing, beautiful patina and wear, strong feel of age, old loss to an object in her right upper hand, crevices with accumulation of sandalwood paste used during worship. Height 2.69 inches.

19th century Indian bronze votive sculpture of standing Garuda holding his hands in front of him with palms up. Cast in the state of Karnataka. Garuda, being the mount of Vishnu, is regarded as representing essential qualities of the deity in animal form, and was worshipped as deity itself. He is present in both Hindu and Buddhist tradition, and usually has a body of a human, with a beak of a crow and wings. Very nice casting, his left wing was originally cast bent towards the front, does not ta...

Unusual 17th / early 18th century small votive Indian bronze sculpture of a standing female attendant of a deity, her hands in front of her, and must have contained an object (missing). Beautiful casting and detailing, great patina with subtle green encrustation on the surface, wonderfully worn attesting to its great age. Height 2.3 inches.

17th / early 18th century votive Indian bronze sculpture depicting Sri Devi - a form of Lakshmi, the consort of Lord Vishnu. Very elegant casting, great patina with subtle green encrustation on the surface, wonderfully worn attesting to its great age. Height 2.3 inches.

18th century Indian bronze votive sculpture of Shiva shrine with lingam, Naga (cobra) with protectively open hood, Nandi bull (the vehicle of Shiva, or sometimes considered to be a form of Shiva himself), pile of offerings and couple of plates. Very nice casting, beautiful patina and wear, very good devotional object. Length 3.14 inches.

19th century Indian bronze cast in the state of Orissa. Depicts Lakshmi wearing loincloth and jewelry standing on a lotus base and holding an oil receptacle (was cast separately and now not present) in front of her, and a handle at the back. Good casting, pleasant patina, nice feel of age to the piece. Height 6 5/8 inches.

Polychrome ivory okimono depicting the study of a peeled banana, finely carved in real and natural details. Period: Meiji – Taisho, early 20th century. Dimensions: 10 x 3.5 x 2 cm. Conservation status: Excellent condition

Vase in metal and cloisonné enamel with a yellow monochrome background, decorated with three flying butterflies with the Ando Company brand. Period: Taisho 1920 ca. Dimensions: 21 x 10 cm. Conservation status: Excellent condition

Bright Byobu 屏風, folding screen, with six wooden panels covered with hand-painted paper with gold dust applications. The decoration is made with gold dust applied to create a nuanced effect creating a diffused brightness that captures the essence of natural light. The panels are framed with a red lacquer frame. Period: Meiji end of 19th century. Dimensions: 174.5 x 365 x 2 cm. Conservation status: Excellent condition. There are slight defects on the lacquer frame and stains an...

Two-panel screen depicting a scene capturing a tiger under a Japanese Matsu pine with gold leaf frame. On one of the panels, a tiger is depicted with a concentrated expression. Above the tiger stands a Japanese Matsu pine plant, symbolizing longevity, stability and resilience. F signed Hanae 華江 with Naonobu seal なおのぶ. Period: Edo late 18th early 19th century. Dimensions: 172 x 186 x 2 cm. Conservation status: Excellent condition. There is slight wear to the paper betwe...

Rare Burmese wood carving panel with a set of Buddhas.

Age: Burma, Shan Period, 16th Century
Size of panel only: Height 83.3 C.M. / Width 43 C.M. / Depth 11 C.M.
Height including stand: 92 C.M.
Condition: Some expected degradation due to its age including old wears. 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.