Late Qianlong Period, 1700s

This lidded box is enameled with a floral pattern on the lid and four sides. The various colored flowers are arranged against a turquoise blue ground with an overall background of geometric pattern of cloisons The exposed metal that is not enameled is gilded both inside and outside the box with the gilding having mostly worn off the wires of the flowers and background from age and use...

A rare GENUINE SWATOW MING DYNASTY POLYCHROME BOWL, 1570-1650, with overglaze iron red and green. Fair overall condition, with some wear due to condiderable age inside the bowl. As common in SWATOW WARE, this bowl has sand/kiln/grit deposits on the bottom and outside and because of the high temperatures in the firing kiln, it is not perfectly level, but warped as shown in the photograph. Size: 21 cm. diameter. Very low price as warped!

A charming lotus formed Kangxi plate. The center showing a scene with a woman and a child. Around the center there are different reserves with flower sprays. Condition. Good condition. One frittering at the rim and a small glaze hairline (not trough the porcelain body). Measurement: diameter 17.7 cm = 7 in

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Height: 6.4 cm (2.5 in)
Width: 4.6 cm (1.7 in)
Depth: 2.6 cm (1.1 in)

Fine Chinese enamel snuff bottle decorated with polychrome millefleur pattern; copper body; original lid, missing spoon; Qianlong marks to the base; good condition

The blue and white porcelain made in ARITA erea Japan had been exported to Europe and much prized among the people, instead of Chinese porcelain. They are called as IMARI from the name of shipping port. We call the works produced in the EDO period as Ko-Imari meaning old Imari. This piece is supposed to be produced on the mid EDO period. The simple stroke in this piece is very favorable. No repairs or damages. Fine iron grains from the clay are appeared as black points...

Chinese porcelain monochrome vase with a cream crackle glaze, teardrop shaped body and a narrow neck. Single cobalt blue ring mark on bottom. Appraisal papers by Frank Caro of C.T. Loo in NYC. Chien Lung period (1736-1795) Size: 5.25" height, 3" width

Netsuke – Nice model representing a fox, in Japanese Kitsune, in carved wood, represented seated, wearing a long coat, disguised as a priest, leaning on a base on which rests an open book. Nice model with a beautiful natural patina. Himotoshi in the back. Dimensions: 4 x 3.7 cm. Japan Edo (1603-1868) late 18th century.

Small porcelain jar, of bulbous form, decorated with several symbols painted in dark blue on white background. China, early Qing Dynasty. Height: 8.7 cm. Very good condition.

A fine rectangular vase or incense stick holder of slab construction with applied leonine taotie style handles to its narrow sides...

A Japanese Tsukioka Yoshiyoshi tryptch "Toin no Akinotsuki" from the "Legend of the Hero and Warrior" series. Autumn Moon at Toin: Flute Player Yasymasa. The print is signed by Toshiyoshi (1839-1892)who is considered one of the last great masters of ukiyo-e. The triptych is a woodblock print with Katada Chojiro, the publisher hand stamped in the left hand corner.

Date: 1894

Dimensions:13.25"h x 27.25"w

Fine Chinese Canton Enamel Dish decorated with a scene of figures on a bridge in a lakeside setting, within a blue scroll border. The rim with panels of flowers within a black scroll. The underside with peaches and fungus. Mid 18thC. Diameter 14.6cm. Condition: very good, usual faint stress lines and faint star crack to base.

18th Century Qianlong Chinese Gilt Guilloche Canton Enamel Candlestick

It is 14.4 inches (36.5 cm) tall by 9.2 inches (23.3 cm) wide. It is 2.8 Lb.

It has rubbing of gold and paint, chips, enamel cracks, missing enamels, oxidation, repairs at the enamel and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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Large mask representing the face of a Protector of the Buddhist Faith ("gompo"), with its typical terrifying expression. Wood, with beautiful dark glossy patina and traces of original polychrome pigments. Old accidents and old and local restorations on top of mask (no danger). Bhutan or Tibet, early 18th century, probably earlier. Height: 14" (35,5 cm). The mask is nicely mounted on a custom metal stand. Good condition. A rare piece...

18th Century Chinese Gilt Cloisonne Floral Vase

It is 5.1 inches (13 cm) tall by 2.8 inches (7.3 cm) wide. It weighs 125 gram.

It has loss of gilding, bent foot's rim, surface wears and scratches, oxidation, dents, enamel bruising, cracks, and chips. It is slightly tilted and also missing enamels (as seen in the photos).

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An antique Japanese Bo Tansu (locking bar chest) made of Keyaki (Zelkova) and Sugi (Cryptomeria) woods. All original hand forged iron hardware and Urushi lacquer finish. Warabite style handles. Three full width drawers and bottom partial width drawer with hinged security door hiding 3 small drawers. Underneath bottom small drawer lies a secret area where important flat documents or valuables were hidden from plain sight...

18th century netsuke of a dog with its front paws on a large ball, all on a flat base. Strong early piece, wonderful face, beautiful wear and patina, a lot of compressed dust in crevices, of characteristic 18th century triangular section, old age lines. Height 1 7/16 inches.

An unusual 18th century Canton black and white enamel miniature square tea kettle with lid. Supported on four bracket feet and finely enameled on each side with a group of Precious Objects with gold gilt accents. The lower half with scrolling foliage has an occasional crescent flowerhead in blue enamel which is repeated on the square section spout, top, domed lid and loop handle. The base bottom is white enamel with a central blue daisy in blue enamel...

A pair of Chinese Export plates, meticulously enameled in over-glaze blue and gilt. Diameter "7¾/ 19,5 cm. Condition: slight wear to the well, one plate with a hairline (cf. pics).

A Japanese Arita lobed dish decorated with a dragon descending from clouds, grasping the pearl of wisdom. The back with a fuku mark...

An antique Japanese Choba Kuruma Tansu (wheeled merchant chest) made fo Keyaki (Zelkova), Kiri (Paulownia) and Sugi (Cryptomeria) woods. All original hand forged iron hardware and Urushi lacquer finish. Drawers were made using Kakute handles. Lock bar added additional security for the 2 full width center drawers. Sliding doors open to a spacious storage area and the hinged door secure 2 small drawers behind. Side slats add strength and support. Iron rings on each side in conjunction with ro...

A bowl and accompanying saucer or stand both with slightly everted lips. Decorated in a combination of underglaze blue with enamels, iron red and green, with gilding. A truncated version of the gosai palette, a three rather than the full five colour palette, which would have included in addition yellow and aubergine coloured over-glaze enamels. The design is composed of a series of contrasting narrow bands of geometric diaper with Matsu and Kiku inclusions in the lozenge shaped cells and band...

The size of Bowl: 5 7/8" Dia x 1 9/16" High. Great Japanese Porcelain Sometsuke, Blue and White bowl with boldly painted dragon face with clouds. The bowl from late mid to 18 th century. The color of underglaze is sort of darker blue. The condition of bowl is excellent, no chip, no crack and no hairline. Please note there is one spot of Kamahi (Original kiln flaw with two pieces stuck with completely glazed. One area on the top rim has some glazed uneven from kiln. This does not take away the be...

Qianlong Mark and probably period, late 1700s

This circular box with domed lid displays a well-painted scene of a lady standing in a rocky garden, holding a banana leaf and a sprig of flowers. The enamels are rendered in meticulous detail in a pallet of greens, aubergine, yellows, reds and shades of blue. On the sides of both the box and lid, there are three cartouches outlined in blue with a peony sprig in each. A speckled green ground with a four-petaled pink flower fills the remainder o...

Small Chinese teapot of globular shape, with modelled spout. Gilt scrollwork and enameled decoration in Famille rose colours of roses and other flowers, all in European, Meissen style. Qianlong period, c 1760. No lid. Width "6¾/ 17 cm, height "3¾/ 9,5 cm. Condition: small nicks around the spout and a hairline just above the foot-rim, as shown on photos.

A beautiful Edo Period Scroll attributed to Kano Insenin Naganobu (1775-1828), depicting "WHITE KANA", 18th Century, Japan. Seal and Characters on bottom right. Provenance: From an old Berlin, Germany, collection belonging to a Lecturer. Good condition. Size: H. 180 cm. x W. 50 cm.

An extremely rare Sado Island Funa Tansu made of Keyaki Burl (Zelkova), old growth Keyaki, and old growth Kirinoki (Paulownia) woods. All original Urushi lacquer finish and hand forged handmade iron hardware including the Kakute style handles. The top drawer opens to a 4 compartment design with 2 covers. It was exterior lacquered for a smooth opening. The bottom right side hinged door opens to a small upper drawer and a bottom false drawer front that hides a wooden box for valuables. The lef...

Small Chinese Globular Craquele Vase, with brown lip, base without glaze, 18th Century, condition: good, but one nick on lip, size: H. 5cm. x 5.5cm diameter

Antique Chinese 18th century, Qing Dynasty Qianlong period (1735-1796),” Canton enamel” on copper, Yellow - ground Famille Rose plate. Details: Finely hand painted on the exterior with enamel on copper with large central multi color lotus, surrounded by leafy scrolls with various multi color flowers heads nestled among profuse scrolling tendrils on a yellow ground with stippled dots, and enclosed by pink border, adorned with a band of ruyi-heads, and bounded with copper rim. Verso covered wi...

A blue and white dish, decorated with a basket flower to the center, the rim cavetto with a white on blue style flower. Stylist mark within double circle to the base. Condition with a hairline, otherwise is very good condition. Qing dynasty 18th century. Diameter: 16.3cm.

Jiaqing Period, ca. late 1700s

Each vase is decorated overall with various flowers on a medium-blue enamel ground within a continuous geometric fretwork pattern of gilt wires. Both the rim and base is gilded, now having some wear showing on each vase. The square area on the base is left from an old sticker removed in the past. Both vases have a melon form label body with a flaring mouth rim that is partially gilded inside. The interiors are not enameled and the old bronze has taken on a gr...

A Chinese cloisonne enamel and gilt bronze water-pot, Qianlong mark and period. 6.5cms. Small bruise to one side. From a Sussex, UK, collection.

A pair of Arita, probably the Higuchi kiln at Nangawara, Celadon square form mukuzuke, decorated with alternating panels of Immortals and a Landscape, probably an evocation of Penglai (Horai-san) the Isle of the Immortals all painted in a combination of kinsai gilding combined with iron red and green enamels. Gilding to the rims, kin-beni. The mukuzuke measure approximately 10.5cm diagonally and stand 7cm high. They are of slightly flared square form with indented corners and are quite thick...

Chinese canton enamel box with slightly domed lid. The sides and top finely painted with scholars in landscape setting in famille rose palette. Interior with turquoise enamel. Condition: good - considering the delicate nature of enamel, rim of box with two very small retouchings and and sides of lid with three tiny enamel losses and few stress lines. Dimension: diameter: 10.2 cm, 6 cm high.

Rare Small Blue and White Tureen and Cover. Well decorated with a design taken from a European Botanical Engraving. Chinese Qianlong C1770/80. Height 5" (12.6cm) Length across handles 7" (17.7cm) Condition: glaze crack around base of pine cone knop. Glaze flake to one handle 0.6cm.

Exceedingly rare hard porcelain dish from arita. Painted in yellow, green, blue and red enamels. The decor represents many children, seated in a building in front of a covered vase, perhaps a funerary urn. Dominating the assembly, the central character of a trio is the only one wearing a hat. Above the trio three Chinese characters are drawn in red on a panel. It seems to be a religious ceremony but the youth of the assembly is perplexing. Understanding the 3 characters should solve the enigma. ...

Antique Chinese 18th century, Qing Dynasty Qianlong period (1735-1796),” Canton enamel” on copper, Pink-ground Famille Rose plate. Details: Finely hand painted on the exterior with enamel on copper with large central multi color lotus, surrounded by leafy scrolls with various multi color flowers heads nestled among profuse scrolling tendrils on a pink w ground with stippled dots, and enclosed by yellow border, adorned with a band of ruyi-heads, and bounded with copper rim. Verso covered with...