Late Meiji Japanese Bizen pottery ware chaire (tea caddy for storing powdered green tea used in tea ceremony) with slender body of rounded triangular section and narrow mouth. Wonderful potting, beautiful patina, very nice texture and play of colors to the glaze on its surface. Inscribed by the potter on the bottom. Turned bone cover lined with silver colored foil on the inside. Great piece in excellent condition. Height with cover 3 3/8 inches.

BURNISHED POTTERY WINE AMPHORISKOS
HOLY LAND, IRON AGE II, 800 – 700 BC
Time of the Kings of ancient Israel

Conical body tapers to bottom base, two loop handles on the side and a long funnel-shaped neck.

Dimensions:
Height: 25 cm
Width: 19 cm
Height on stand: 28 cm

Condition: Minor hairline crack hard to see otherwise intact

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel

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Hard to find, 19th Japanese articulated spiny lobster. Loss case method of solid copper. Each piece is meticulously cast and fitted with all 10 legs and long antenna. Fully articulated and movable, the lobster if fully splayed for viewing on a complex mounted stand.

For a similar example, see Meiji No Takara, Metalwork II, number 112.
Original eyes with no missing pieces...

A late Qing or Republican era blue and white vase of boy playing

Pair of 19th Century Chinese Cloisonne with French Gilt Bronze Mounting Candle Holder

Each is 16 inches (40.6 cm) tall by 8 inches (20.2 cm) wide. They are 6.3 Lb.

They have tarnished metal, minor missing enamel, missing flowers, and manufacture defect of pitting, and surface scratches and wears (as seen in the photos).

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8 Pages of a Tibetan painted manuscript. 5 paintings of Demons on each page. Undated, estimated to be 17th century or earlier. Approx size 28x 12 cm. Edges damaged and some paint loss, check images closely, can be viewed in central London and shipped worldwide.

This jade piece has been specific gravity tested as true jadeite. It is 1 1/8" long and 1/8" to 1/16" thick and looks like it is a jade river worn pebble. It could easily be adapted for modern wear as a ring or necklace. It is ex-Keith Finello and has been authenticated by a forensic laboratory, Orenda Labs.

Lovely Qing Dynasty Blue & White Bowl, with markings, 19th Century, size: H. 7cm x 12.5cm diameter on top, condition excellent

This is a nice celadon Longquan plate with the twin fish pattern, glaze intact but with natural manufacturing defect of bubbles bursting and small defect of crack during firing, still nice rare muzeum piece.....

An extra-large antique Chinese kesi /K'ossu tapestry, 19th century, very rare for its size, woven with polychrome silk & gold-wrapped threads. A smaller top rectangular is above a larger rectangular, both are depicting historical the battle scene between the Han Chinese and Mongolian, with soldiers on foot or on horseback, armed or carrying banners, Shields, and lanterns fighting in mountainous landscapes in front of a group of dignitaries and generals; each scene is framed with blue border & e...

Seated bronze cat with arched back and noble posture of the head. The tail curled around to the front. The small head with beady eyes and erect ears, mouth and nose engraved.
The cat features very long forelegs and a small chest, on which appears an incised necklace with a rudimentary Eye of Horus pendant.
Cats were the embodiment of Bastet, goddess of Bubastis and patroness of joy and women.
Bronze
Egyptian, Late Period, 26th-30th Dynasty, 664-332 BC
H...

A hand crafted silver comport, with bracketed rim, very finely decorated with traditional Burmese rural village scenes. This item was made in Burma (Myanmar) in the 19th Century under the rule of Queen Victoria and the British Empire. . Condition: excellent - no damages and no repairs. 14cm (5.5 inches) high; 16.5cm (6.5 inches) diameter. Weight: 340grams (12 oz)

Bucket used to collect the sap of the Rhus Vernicifluum tree, first step in the process of lacquer elaboration. Nice traces of use and time. Meiji period. Birch bark. High : 24 cm, diam. : 16 cm.

Very large and dramatic antique Burmese temple shrine and stand (buddha pictured sold separately), 4 pieces, carved out of wood and elaborately decorated all over with figures, birds, beasts and flowers, lacquered with red and gold with details of colored glass everywhere, opening cabinet doors to red lacquered interior, 10 drawers, 17th/18th century. Size: 66 1/2" high x 76 1/2" wide x 52 3/4" deep.

Antique Japanese small tansu in original red lacquer finish. Classic design with squared (kakute) handles and corner safe box. Beautiful condition. Size: 24" H x 28" W x 16" D

An Egyptian faience shabti for Horet-Ha. Depicted mummiform, wearing a tripartite wig and false beard, hands holding hoes and seed sack suspended over his left shoulder. 26th Dynasty, 664–525 BC, 5 7/8th inches high. Intact. Mounted. From an old New Jersey private collection.

Meiji Period (1868-1912) Japanese Red Raku Teabowl (Chawan) for tea ceremony.

Raku pottery is traditionally used in Japanese tea ceremony since as early as the 16th century.
The seal of the potter is stamped at the bottom.

Size
2.184in. (5.6cm.) high;
4.875in. (12.5cm.) diameter;
225g weight.

Condition
Good considering the age.
There are small chips and small gold repair at the rim...

Two lidded jars with Qingbai and Jizhou glazes and terra cotta playing pieces. Not Song Dynasty but all hand made. The brown jar Jizhou jar has some discoloration. This white “stones” are 180 and there are 176 of the darker ones. D: 12cm/4.8in and H: 8cm/3.1in.