Antique Chinese beautiful Natural burl hardwood stand. Unique curvature and asymmetrical sides of the legs. Deep dark color of wood with flat surface. Great condition, stunning piece.
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Dimensions: 23" High, 12" Deep, 12" Long
Antique Indian Kangra School miniature painting of Annapoorani Amman. A scene where Annapurna (the goddess of Nourishment and a manifestation of Parvati) seated on a throne, gives food to her consort, Shiva. The story goes that Shiva challenged the need for all materialistic things including food. Parvati, in order to prove to Shiva that food was essential (especially to his followers) disappeared, creating a state of famine. Humans and gods suffered...
Leather tobacco pouch (tabaco-ire), its lacquered wood pipe case decorated with a landscape and a pipe in wood, copper and silver.
The pouch still contains tobacco.
Ojime in white and blue porcelain, decorated with a dragon.
Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912)
Pipe case : 8,3 in – 21 cm
Pipe : 7 in – 18 cm
Pouch: Height : 3,1in (8 cm) - Width : 5,1in (13cm)
Chinese antique very beautiful small celadon glazed ceramic plate, impressed with double fish motif in center, underside with lotus motif, glaze has lovely crackles, drips and pits, a gorgeous small piece, Ming Dynasty.
Size: 4 5/8" wide diameter x 1 1/4" high
Fine 19th Century Korean Royal Court Painting of Children at Play. This genre of Korean paintings always displays children playing in imaginary Chinese court costumes, and is called Baekdongja-do in Korean...
Fine Nepalese Mask of a Rare Type with Pigments. 10.5 inches, 26.75 cm. From the collection of Irwin Hersey, renowned author on Asian and primitive art, and publisher of the Primitive Art Newsletter in the 1970s. Irwin Hersey was an advisor to museums and prominent collectors, and vetted pieces for many of the international tribal art fairs and Asian art fairs.
Antique Japanese bronze figure of a puppy with front paws on ball with long tassle, very sweet, ball, tassle and puppy all separate pieces, late Meiji Period (1868-1912), signed: Kosan
Size: 6" high x 12" wide x 4 1/4"deep.
Pair of Japanese sliding door handles. They are made of a copper alloy finely chiseled with scrolls and stylized flowers on a nanako background, alternately there are shakudo plates (an alloy of copper and gold, shibuichi or silvered sentoku. They are excessively heavy and of the best quality. The size is much larger than for a normal door handle (double in size) which implies very high and wide doors. It is not a usual rich house that can accommodate doors of this size...
This early 20th century Chinese table screen is 18 inches high (11 ¼ inches without stand), 18 ½ inches wide (16 ¾ inches without stand) and 9 inches deep. Aside from a few light scratches on the surface of the marble, it is in excellent condition.
Found in the Philippines.
Featuring a covered box in double hamsa (sacred goose) form with an underglaze blue decoration of lines and patterns, making its feathers.
Measurements: height 3.1"inches, width 4"inches.
Condition: excellent condition.
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Antique Nepalese bronze figures of Yama Dharmaraja and Yami in tantric embrace. The buffalo headed Buddhist protector, Lord of Death and Justice stands with his consort. He tramples a male buffalo with one foot, a female victim with the other. He brandishes a skull-tipped stick in his right hand and his hair streams out in flames behind his horns.
Age: 19th century
Dimensions: 5 1/4" high x 3 1/4" wide x 2" deep
Rare Pair of Large Painted Korean Funeral Bier Panels imbued with syncretic symbolism, with painted lotuses that are profound symbols in Buddhism of rebirth and purity, and attached painted Taoist pullocho, the mythical longevity plant, projecting in in a row from the front, all used in the service of a Shamanist funeral ritual. A fine, rare and striking example of old Korean folk art, and a great example of the traditional Korean open-mindedness and blending of religious faiths...
A splendid antique 19th century, Islamic, Indonesian shield of circular convex form and the flat outer rim made of hand-forged copper, applied with finely hand cut brass script in Arabic calligraphy, soldered to the surface of the shield and adorned with brass rosette repousee and pierced in lotus flower heads, four domed brass bosses and four elaborate plaques, the repousee is pierced with arabesque design. The back of the shield is affixed with a wood handle fitted in copper mounts...
Antique Chinese snuff bottle of quartz crystal. Carved with a raised diamond pattern. With original quartz lid.
Age: c.1910-1930
Dimensions: 2 3/8" high x 1 3/8" wide x 7/8" wide
Wooden carving of Daruma or Bodhidharma, a Buddhist monk who lived in the 5th or 6th century CE. He is depicted as ill-tempered and is shown here with a deep frown as he meditates. This Daruma carving is painted with red, bronze, and gold lacquer paint and appears to have once been mounted as the top and bottom have holes carved into them and a metal rod going through it to be affixed to a structure, most likely a lamp. Meiji period 19th century.
Size: 13" height, 11" length
Antique Chinese jade amulet of a figure riding a fu-lion. Carved in relief with a background of swirling clouds. The figure appears to be a nobleman or scholar due to his hat and ruyi scepter but is possibly a Taoist deity. The stone is pierced near the top for the attachment of a cord. A striking orange color with red striations, it is beautifully worn and polished with age...
Antique Japanese Noh mask of the O-beshimi fierce deity, or mythical tengu. "Beshimi" means "mouth clamped shut". This mask is hand-carved from kiri wood, and inside you can see the chisel marks left behind by the artist. There are visible traces of white gesso in the crevices of the face, which was used as a filler to cover the wood grain. Edo period, 19th century
Size: 9.5" tall, 7" wide
Japanese iron tsuba, an important fitting on a samurai's sword to protect their hands from the blade and provide balance. Decorated with relief gold lacquer image of a gourd and opposing catfish.
The backside of the tsuba is gold plated, with commemorative inscription "Bill - Christmas, 1972". The plating is signed with 14k and 18k gold marks, and stamped Potter Mellen. With custom base.
Mid Edo Period (1603 - 1868)
Dimensions: 3" x 2 3/4" x 4 3/4" (w/ stand)