A beauty and exquisite Southern Song Dynasty Qingbai jar with an original lid, pristine glaze condition near excellent, decorated with ribs to the body among incised petal scrolls to the shoulder and lower part. Condition is perfect. Height maximum: 11,5 cm.
Burmese wooden standing old man, trace of original color remains in good condition.
Age: Burma, Early 20th Century
Measurement Height 111 C.M. / Width 34 C.M. (size excluding stand)
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.
Antique Japanese kaidan (step tansu). Made in two stacking sections and consisting of 7 steps with storage on one side. The top section has two drawers, a small compartment with a drop-in door on the very top and a compartment opened by sliding panels with vertical slats. The lower section has two drawers and a large compartment opened by sliding panels also with vertical slats. Made of sugi (cryptomeria) wood with reddish lacquer finish on the front. The steps have a natural finish...
Japanese bronze vase with nice form, used to decorate single flower arrangement in Japanese traditional tea ceremony.
Age: Japan, Showa Period, Early 20th Century
Size: Height 24 C.M. / Width 13.3 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall. 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.
This Madara-garatsu tea bowl (Madara Karatsu-ware) uses a technique known as yobitsugi—using pottery shards from other works to complete the gold repair—thereby adding a special character to the piece...
Egyptian Amarna Faience Floral Amulet 1,6 cm
Provenance: Old German collection befor 1983
Condition: look at pictures
If you are interested, feel free to send me a offer a.v.d.b@egyptian-artefacts.de
Small Chinese porcelain dish. Email of the "Famille Rose" representing a bird and peonies. Excellent quality rarely found on export porcelain, it's of the same quality as on Imperial porcelain.
Good condition, a very minute chip.
Diameter: 115mm (4,5 inches)
Chinese Tang dynasty changsha ewer. 10 cm high. Ewer has chipped at the rim and glaze degradations because found from the river. Free from any repair.
Good size 19th century glass ojime (slide bead for tightening the cord going from netsuke to inro) in slightly flattened ball form. Black glass body with very rich white inclusions, and yellow in red spots, very pleasant patina. Height 3/4 inches.
Japanese Edo period woodblock print by Utagawa Toyokuni I (1769-1825) depicting the Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro possibly portraying Yoshitsune wearing a kimono with a pattern of Karasu (crow) Tengu. The mythical half man half bird creatures who lived deep in the woods were masters of swordsmanship with whom Yoshitsune practiced sword fighting. The tsuba on both swords is in the form of the crest of the Ichikawa family...
A superb quality very large pottery figure of a male attendant or official, dating to the earlier Ming Dynasty, 1400-1500 AD.
The figure is placed on a high hexagonal plint and wears a fine two-colour blue and turquoise glazed robe. The unglazed areas have pigmented colors in red, black and white. Finely painted facial details.
The head is attachable as often seen on the largest figures from this period.
The figure holds a bottle under his arm.
Size: c...
A rare 'qingbai' cosmetic box and cover northern Song dynasty the interior divided into three sections by three unglazed free standing flowering stems extending from the centre to the rim, each section containing a small bowl, the low domed cover finely incised with a floral scroll, covered with a translucent pale blue glaze falling short of the rims and countersunk base revealing the white ware 10.5 cm diameter
No chips, cracks or hairlines and free from restoratios.
Antique Japanese Karatsu ware chawan (tea bowl) with crackle glaze and kintsugi. Beautifully crafted with a small flattened area for the hand to grasp
and a magical elegance to the touch. Evaluation done in the 1930's by TZ Shiota when the family was inheriting the collection from their great grandfather, Federic Torrey...
Ca. late 1700s
These cups all have slightly flaring sides and are well-potted with thin rims. The sides are decorated with a repeating floral design in underglaze cobalt blue. The bases are glazed and the narrow footrings are unglazed, exposing the fine, white porcelain body. A hairline crack can be seen on the one of the cups, approximately one inch long, otherwise they are in good condition.
Height: 2 ¾ in.. Diameter: 3 1/8 in.
Long offering vessel in the shape of a "yoni" (stylised female sex) with a centrally placed pointed "lingam" (stylised male sex). Hammered copper, with a fine reddish-green patina. India, early 19th century. Length: 26 cm. Very good condition. A rather rare object.
NOTE: The Yoni is the symbol of the Hindu Goddess Shakti, while the male counterpart is the Hindu God Shiva's Lingam Their union represents the eternal process of creation and regeneration...
Bronze Buddha subduing Mara, mounted, 19th Century, Shan State Burma, size: H.9cm x W. 4cm x D. 3cm
A russet colored Chinese Bronze Censer with 4 legs and 3-Character "Shui Yun Ju" Marking on Base. Rectangular shape with 2 Handles. Overall condition good. No damage, loss nor repairs. Size: H. 2.55" x W. 2.25" x L. 2.95
A nice shard of swatow blue and white Large dish with kilin motive.We make it as a decorative wall with a painted wooden decorated.Size :19cm diameter (only the shard)if with the wood 30cm diameter.