A sancai-glazed,foliate-rimmed, pottery dish from the Liao dynasty, of elongated barbed quatrefoil shape, the everted rim molded with a foliate scroll border glazed in amber, the interior impressed with three lotus blossoms in amber glaze, against a green ground molded with wave patterns, the unglazed base partially glazed in green and revealing a layer of white slip.
Based on a silver or gold prototype, the artisans who created these forms in pottery prove innovative in their use of mol...
A Very Rare/Fine/Large Korean Solid Wood Carved Seated Buddha-15th - 16th C.:
Korean, Joseon/late Korea, 16th – 17h century...
An interesting and high attractive large carved ivory spindle whorl, finely decorated with bulls eyes, Byzantine or Sasanian, probably Egypt workshop, 3rd.-7th. cent. AD.
Size: 45 mm. in diameter, so an impressive carving in hand!
Condition: Good Very fine, unusually well-preserved with a fine darker patina.
For almost similar specimens, see for example Metropolitan Museum Accession Number: 10.130.2530 (Atribb...
A pair of Japanese wooden red lacquered cabinet.
Age: Japan, 19th Century
Size: Height 55.5 C.M. / Width 40.5 C.M. / Depth 25.6 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.
An impressive triangular stamp seal with knob handle in a creamy white stone, Western Mesopotamia, probably c. 3rd. millenium BC.
Extremely large for type and with a deep relief engraving of an animal and with other symbols etc in the fields.
Size: About 40 mm. on each side! - 16 mm. tall...
A collection of 7 ancient beads, incl. massive early trailed beads from late Achaemenid to the Islamic period of the Ancient Near East, c. 4th. cent. BC- 8th cent. AD
Three beads are very large, the 4 other beads are medium size to smaller. The largest bead is c. 32 mm. wide and massive. The smallest c. 13 mm...
Diameter approximately 39.5 cm. There is a soft chip at the rim.
In good condition.
A Korean cup-mouthed vase; Goryeo dynasty.
Covered all-over with an olive-tinted, finely crackled, celadon glaze.
The slightly recessed base has burnt reddish, in part, and there are some adherences of sand.
Dimensions; 26.8 cm tall.
Condition, I generally good condition; the glaze is nicely lustrous. There is an old repair to part of the mouth rim...
A large, Korean, faceted brown jar; C18-19th, Joseon dynasty.
This eleven-sided jar is unevely covered, all over, with a lustrous glaze, which pools to dark brown colour...
Very attractive thick early geomethric style cylinder seal, carved in a semi-translucent hardstone, probably Quartz, Mesopotamia, Jemdet Nasr period, c. 3300-2900 BC.
Impressive size in hand in a beautiful stone, scarce!
Size: 22 mm tall and 20 mm...
This is tsutsugaki textile from the Edo period.
A design of lions and peonies in the midst of silent falling snow.
It's not flashy, but it looks like a fusuma painting from the Edo period. Both the indigo dye and the cotton are from the Edo period, and they have a very nice texture.
There is one slight repair mark on the upper left corner. There are some light stains, but overall the item is in very good condition.Size:Length:170cm (66.9inch)inch / Width:150cm(59inch)
A nice scaraboid stone seal carved in serpentine, Western Mesopotamia, c. early-mid 2nd. mill. BC.
The scaraboid is engraved with a high relief carving of a man standing with outstretched arms and a tree in each hand. Quite unusual.
Size: 20 mm. by 16 mm. and 8 mm...
An attractive and scarce oval stamp seal carved with an animal inside a border and symbols, Early Hittite, 2nd. mill. BC.
Carved in greyish green stone, quite nice.
Size: 22 mm. long and 18 mm...
A rare bone seal with a finely carved base, Western Mesopotamia, dating to the late 3rd.- early 2nd. mill. BC.
The seal in the oval gable form, looking much like a scaraboid, and engraved with a a pair of goats heads and it's probably made by the Hattites / early Hittite people.
Size: 25 mm. by 22 mm. and 9 mm. tall.
Condition: Fine, intact with hairline cracks. Typical damage with this seal material and to have it at all is actually quite a miracle given the 400...
A finely carved seal in an attractive beige stone, dating to the late 3rd.- early 2nd. mill. BC.
The seal in the round gable form, looking much like a scaraboid, and engraved with a strong scene of a horned animal.
Size: 20 mm. in diameter and 8 mm. tall.
Condition: About extremely fine.
This seal comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection, see pictures.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquir...
Finely carved larger stone scaraboid with winged lion, Middle Assyrian, c. 14th.-12th. cent. BC.
The seal unusually detailed and carved in a black stone, probably serpentine.
Size: 20 x 19 mm. and 9 mm. tall.
Condition: Nice Very fine, small ancient chip to the head and some uncleaned deposits.
This seal comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection, see pictures.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberlände...
Republic or a little later, black and red lacquered “Dou” offering stem bowl (usually fruit) for an ancestral altar table, with gilt garden and scholar’s theme. This from Guangdong and made for a Chaozhou family, aka Teo Chew, aka Chiu Chow. W: 21cm/8.2in and H: 13cm/5.1 in. There is some warpage, noted in enlargements but if just turn it the right way you won’t notice.
An impressive seal with a finely carved base in an attractive stone, dating to the late 3rd.- early 2nd. mill. BC.
The seal in the oval gable form, looking much like a scaraboid, and engraved with a strong scene of a deer with large antlers attacked by a feline and rearing it's head, screaming in agony or fear!
Size: 25 mm. by 22 mm. and 9 mm. tall.
Condition: Near extremely fine.
This seal comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below col...