From our Chinese Monochrome Collection, a fine and large lacquered carved wood stand, late 19th - early 20th century, elegantly constructed with four chilong / serpentine legs and carved with floral motifs.
Size and Condition: 30 inches tall, 22 inches across the widest span of the legs, 15 inches in diameter for the circular top...
Lovely antique Japanese large rectangular tray with a scene of a woman gazing at the moon (inlaid mother of pearl), she is sitting near a small stream with flowers and grasses, misty clouds above, the tray is made of kiri wood and the decoration is made of beautiful cherry wood bark, outer sides are also covered in cherry bark, Taisho Period.
Size: 24 3/4" long x 15 1/4" wide x 3 1/2" deep.
A rare and very finely carved gourd container with ivory cover, illustrated and inscribed with the "Peach Blossom Poem" from the famous story "Hong Lou Meng" (the "Dream of the Red Chamber"), dated - "made in the tenth month of the twenty-second year of the Guanxu" - 1897. The cover depicts a dragon amongst clouds in pursuit of a flaming pearl and is signed - "carved by Lu Shu Yi". Condition - there is a stabilized body crack to the gourd - no other damages and no losses...
Genuine 17th Century Early Edo Period (possibly Momoyama Period) Japanese Floral Rimpa Painting made from Pigments, Silver and Gold. This is not a print or reproduction. Authenticity is absolutely guaranteed. Custom mounted for display. Painting: 13.5 x 9 inches, 34 x 23 cm, Mounting: 17.75 x 13.25 inches, 45 x 33.5 cm.
Genuine 17th Century Early Edo Period (possibly Momoyama Period) Japanese Floral Rimpa Painting made from Pigments, Silver and Gold. This is not a print or reproduction. Authenticity is absolutely guaranteed. Custom mounted for display. Painting: 11.5 x 5.75 inches, 29 x 14.5 cm, Mounting: 15.75 x 10 inches, 40 x 25 cm.
Genuine 17th Century Early Edo Period (possibly Momoyama Period) Japanese Floral Rimpa Painting made from Pigments, Silver and Gold. This is not a print or reproduction. Authenticity is absolutely guaranteed. Custom mounted for display. Painting: 9.5 x 8 inches, 24 x 20 cm, Mounting: 13.75 x 12.25 inches, 35 x 31 cm.
Genuine 17th Century Early Edo Period (possibly Momoyama Period) Japanese Floral Rimpa Painting made from Pigments, Silver and Gold. This is not a print or reproduction. Authenticity is absolutely guaranteed. Custom mounted for display. Painting: 10.75 x 6.25 inches, 27 x 16 cm, Mounting: 15 x 10.5 inches, 38 x 27 cm.
Genuine 17th Century Early Edo Period (possibly Momoyama Period) Japanese Floral Rimpa Painting made from Pigments, Silver and Gold. This is not a print or reproduction. Authenticity is absolutely guaranteed. Custom mounted for display. Painting: 10.5 x 4.25 inches, 26.5 x 11 cm, Mounting: 14.75 x 8.5 inches, 37.5 x 21.5 cm.
Genuine 17th Century Early Edo Period (possibly Momoyama Period) Japanese Floral Rimpa Painting made from Pigments, Silver and Gold. This is not a print or reproduction. Authenticity is absolutely guaranteed. Custom mounted for display. Painting: 9.5 x 3 inches, 24 x 7.5 cm, Mounting: 13.75 x 7.25 inches, 35 x 18.5 cm.
Genuine 17th Century Early Edo Period (possibly Momoyama Period) Japanese Floral Rimpa Painting made from Pigments, Silver and Gold. This is not a print or reproduction. Authenticity is absolutely guaranteed. Custom mounted for display. Painting: 9.75 x 4.25 inches, 25 x 11 cm, Mounting: 14 x 8.5 inches, 35.5 x 21.5 cm.
Genuine 17th Century Early Edo Period (possibly Momoyama Period) Japanese Floral Rimpa Painting made from Pigments, Silver and Gold. This is not a print or reproduction. Authenticity is absolutely guaranteed. Custom mounted for display. Painting: 9 x 8 inches, 22.5 x 20 cm, Mounting: 13 x 12.25 inches, 33 x 31 cm.
Genuine 17th Century Early Edo Period (possibly Momoyama Period) Japanese Floral Rimpa Painting made from Pigments, Silver and Gold. This is not a print or reproduction. Authenticity is absolutely guaranteed. Custom mounted for display. Painting: 6.5 x 4.75 inches, 16.5 x 12 cm, Mounting: 10.75 x 9 inches, 27.5 x 23 cm.
Genuine 17th Century Early Edo Period (possibly Momoyama Period) Japanese Floral Rimpa Painting made from Pigments, Silver and Gold. This is not a print or reproduction. Authenticity is absolutely guaranteed. Custom mounted for display. Painting: 12.75 x 2.25 inches, 32.5 x 6 cm, Mounting: 17 x 6.5 inches, 43 x 16.5 cm.
each with flared mouth and side handles in the form of elephant head,
decorated with panels of noble people in the house scene
and of birds, flowers and butterflies.
Age: Chinese, Qing Dynasty, Circa 19th Century
Measurement: Diameter 8.5 C.M. / Height 20.2 C.M.
Condition: Both in very good condition, except a very tiny chip to mouth rim on each vase.
Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details...
decorated with one panel of noble people in the house scene and one panel of flowers and birds.
Age: Chinese, Qing Dynasty, Circa 19th Century
Measurement: Diameter 9.5 C.M. (measured at base) / Height 22.8 C.M.
Condition: On the interior, a chip to the inner rim of the mouth.
On the exterior, two chips, one to the mouth rim, the other one above the foot rim.
With partial color wear. Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details...
Unusual Japanese antique gyosho bako (peddler's box), made of sugi (cryptomeria) wood, iron hardware including loops for rope so that peddler could carry box on his back, 4 drawers and a safe box, three interior drawers, Meiji Period.
Size: 35 1/4" high x 11" wide x 16 1/4" deep.
Covered with celadon glaze to the foot, decorated with iron spots on the exterior, unglazed base.
Diameter = 8 cm, height = 6,5 cm.
Condition : a firing crack, no chips, hairlines and free from restoratyion.
Covered with green celadon to the footring with incised flower on the center, unglazed base.
Diameter = 13.5 cm, height = 6.5 cm.
Yuan Dynasty.
Excellent condition, no chips, cracks, hairlines and free from restorations.
This is an interesting silver alloy ring from the mountains of Pakistan or Turkmenistan. It has what appears to be a carnelian intaglio of some sort of 4-legged creature. Rings of these types are allegedly reserved for tribal chieftains or other persons of importance. This ring is fairly large measuring 3.9 cm across its longest axis. The diameter of the opening is 1.8 cm. This piece dates to either the late 19th or early 20th century...
Decorated with a foo dog in the center. W=12 cm. Early Ming 1368-1398. Condition : very good with a faint hairline 2 cm , no chips, cracks, or restorations.
From our Chinese Blue and White Collection, an unusually fine and early Qianlong Period (1736-1795) Nanking meat platter, depicting a willow tree and scholar's table objects amidst a flowered outcropping as the central design, surrounded by an elaborate border of butterflies, buddhist symbols, scrolls, and floral motifs.
Like our similarly shaped Qianlong Period Tureen Base Item # 959327 (Sold), this piece is top quality in terms of "Nanking Ware" (not to be confused with Nanking Cargo Sh...
A tongue cleaner (also called a tongue scraper or tongue brush), is an oral hygiene device designed to clean the bacterial build-up, food debris, fungi, and dead cells from the surface of the tongue. Pictures below is showing a good quality of antique Chinese silver tongue scraper with hallmark, used by the noble Chinese family in excellent condition. It's a museum quality piece. L: 14cm weigh 14g. Marked. Sold
Beautiful Japanese antique storage tansu with locking bar, made with all keyaki (elm) wood front and frame, iron hardware, top portion has three drawers covered by a vertical locking bar, bottom portion has sliding panels with horizontal slats, bottom right side opens to reveal two small interior drawers, deep red translucent lacquer finish, Edo Period.
Size: 41" high x 38" wide x 19 1/2" deep.
Beautiful and unusual Japanese antique kuruma tansu (storage chest on wheels), made all of heavy keyaki (elm) wood with iron hardware, front has sliding panels with horizontal slats, sides and back all have wooden bracing, interior left side has 4 drawers of different sizes with iron hardware, right side interior has hidden compartment that opens to reveal 2 secret boxes.
Late Edo Period
Size: 36 1/4" high x 38" wide x 23" deep.
Jar with 4 lugs covered by brown glaze, unglaze lower body and base. Height = 12 cm, Diameter = 14 cm. Period : 10 th Century or earlier. Condition : Imperfect making frocess to one lug , frittings to the rim, no cracks, no hairlines and free from restorations.
Jar with 4 lugs covered by brown glaze, unglaze lower body and base. Height = 12 cm, Diameter = 15 cm. Period : Yuan Dinasty or earlier. Condition : Good, no chips, cracks, hairlines or restorations.
Jar with 4 lugs covered by brown glaze, unglaze lower body and base. Height = 17 cm, Diameter = 15cm.
Period : Yuan Dinasty or earlier.
Condition : Good, no chips, cracks, hairlines or restorations.
Elegant meiping form with 5 lugs covered by brown glaze, unglaze lower body and base. Height = 20 cm, Diameter = 17 cm.
Period : Ming Dinasty or earlier.
Condition : glaze degradation by age, no chips, cracks, hairlines or restorations.
Blue and white bowl decorated with floral scroll on the exterior, glazed base.
Period : 17th Century
Diameter = 13 cm.
Condition : a tiny fritting to the rim, no chips, hairlines or restorations.
White glaze covering to foot rim , unglazed base. Diameter = 23 cm, Height=7,5 cm. Period : 14 th-15 th Century. Excellent condition, no chips, cracks, hairlines and free from restoration.
Bowl in under glaze blue on a rust brown porcelain body. Decorated in double blue lines under a semi transparent white glaze. Condition: Very good condition.Two glaze ships at the rim exists. No further damage or restoration. Measurement: 13.4 cm = 5.3 in
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A Tang dynasty yue yao jar with two lugs, rounded side with six lobed and unglazed base. Jar is in good condition with glazed degradation, chip to foot rim, no cracks, no hairlines and free from restoration. Size: 8 cm diameter, 9 cm height.
Decorated with shou character in the center and abstract decoration on the outside. W=10 cm. Early Ming 1368-1398. Condition : a tiny fritting and imperfection of glaze, no cracks, hairline or restoration.
Yuan bowl in under glaze blue with a flower and leaf motif. Condition: good condition. rim frittering and one hairline. Measurement: diameter 13 cm = 5.1 in hight 5.2 cm = 2 in
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From our Indian Subcontinent Collection, an exceptional Kashmiri kashkul or beggar's bowl, 19th century, modeled after the boat-shaped beggar's bowls used by Persian Sufi mystics. This fantastic vessel is composed of a metallic body, most likely copper alloy, that has been lacquered and then exquisitely painted with floral motifs in rich but subtle shades of blue, red, yellow, taupe, black, and with gilt highlights...
A pair of 19th century signed Japanese porcelain Imari bowls with covers. Each of rounded form decorated under glaze with blue, iron red enamels, panels of stylized bamboo and leaves on red ground and gilded.
MEASUREMENTS: 5 1/8 inches (13cm) in diameter. Height: 3 ½ inches (9cm).
CONDITION: in good condition except for one hairline crack in the interior of one bowl. No repairs or restoration...