A rare Song dynasty celadon Ge type tripod censer, unglazed foot, excavated from Sulawesi. Crack line through line of ge patern, no chips and free from restoration. Wide 13 cm Height 8.5 cm
A Very Fine/Rare Iron Black Painted Double Gourd-Shape Bottle-19th C.:
Korea, late Joseon dynasty, 19th Century
A well portioned, well potted, and blue tinged white glazed overall surfaces
including its bottom with some sand bears on the foot rim, painted with a Chrysanthemum and
a Orchid on the other side in iron brownish black, with some crackled glaze on the body.
It’s in very fine condition without any damages at all.
Measures 16.4cm h. x 10.8cm d. (6 ¾” x 4 ¼”).
This is Katsugi dyed with an indigo plant of the Edo era. This is made with high-quality hemp.
The whole is dyed in Katazome. The part of the hem is drawn in Tsutsukaki.
A rich family used Katsugi at the time of ceremonial occasion. This type of Katsugi was used in a part of Yamagata mainly...
Japanese SATSUMA FLOWERS VASE Meiji Period
Description & Size: 18.41 x 19.05 cm (7.25" x 7.5") height & wide
Weight: 1763 gram (62.18 oz)
Age: Meiji Period c19th Century
Production: Handcrafted
This is a beautifully Japanese Satsuma vase handcrafted & decorated with multiple flowers & bamboos through out the vase. The vase is crafted on 3 flare footed stand. The condition is excellent with the exception of a hole drilled on the base...
Chinese carved jade figure of a seated elephant, soulful expression, curled trunk, wonderful detail over all including folds of ears and bumps of spine, beautiful very pale green mottled jade, Republic Period.
Size: 4 1/4" high x 6 1/2" long
Olmec Jade Mask Pendant Origin: Mexico, Circa: 1200 BC to 900 BC, Dimensions: 3 5/8 high x 2.5 wide, Collection: Pre-Columbian, Olmec, Medium: Jade.
This is a rare Wan type chawan, around 400 years old in shape close to a tenmoku tea bowl. It is thrown on a wheel from coarse, unrefined iron bearing clay.
The grey ash glaze has been painted on the body with a straw brush as seen on Korean hakeme chawan. A stone in the wall has exploded in the fire - a very sought after effect ( see pic number 2 ), giving this type of Karatsu bowls its name: ishihaze (exploding stone)...
Chinese antique porcelain bowl from the period of Emporer Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty, details of birds and flowers, the center has a lovely painting of a small blossoming tree in a container, the rim is painted with a ring of colorful flowers.
Size: 2 5/8" high x 6 5/8" wide
A small Hopi Kachina doll, possibly depicting Samawutaqa, circa 1930-1940. Description of Samawutaqa from Colton, 1949, p. 61: "Appears in Mixed Kachina Dance. This is said to be the only kachina that the Tewa people brought with them from the Rio Grande to Hano about 1700." 7" tall.
A cottonwood Hopi Mudhead Kachina doll circa 1900. Depicting Koyemsi, the Mudhead Clown, of slightly attenuated form, arms hugging the torso, the case mask decorated with three circular attachments, representing gourds; painted with red, black and brown pigments. Description by Colton, 1949, p.59: "Koyemsi is the most common Hopi clown. He appears in Mixed Kachina Dances and sometimes a group of Koyemsi appear in a dance of their own, At First Mesa they are said to sing Zuni songs." 8 1/2" tall.
Wonderful Chinese antique scholar rock, horizontal formation with cave like holes worn in between layers, top layer is a flat plateau, on custom wooden base that has been carved to fit the stone exactly, early 20th century.
Total size with stand: 8" high x 17 1/4" long x 7" deep.
Chinese pair of small bronze scroll weights in the form of recumbent fu-dogs with swirling mains and upright tails.
Dimensions: 3" length of each
Black Raku Chawan with wood box, both have the sign of the 12th. Kichizaemon Konyu ( 1857-1932 ).
The lid back of the wood box bares the appraisal and of Sen Sosa XII 'Sesai' ( 1863 - 1937 ), who has been the 12th grand tea master of Omotesenke.
We offer this tea bowl by order of a German collector.
The chawan is in good condition with no repairs...
Japanese Cloisonne Vase w WISTERIAS IRIS ROSES & MUMS
Description & Size: 14.60 x 10.16 cm (5.75" x 4") height & wide
Age: Meiji Period c19th Century, Production: Handcrafted
This is a beautiful Japaneses cloisonné vase made during the Meiji Period with fine silver works in wisterias, iris, roses, & mums flowers with black enamel background. The top & bottom are mounted with bright brass. The condition is excellent with no cracks or damages...
A Ming dynasty 15th century blue and white phoenix bowl, rounded side with deep center and glazed base, bowl decorated with good under glaze blue Phoenix bird and flower scroll motif, bowl is in good condition no chip no crack no restoration, size: 15 cm diameter.
Chinese Yixing Teapot GONGEK Marked & Signed
Description & Size
10.16 x 13.33 cm (4" x 5.25") height with & without handle
17.14 x 12.7 cm (6.75" x 5") wide with & without spout
Weight: 425 gram (15 oz)
Age: Late 19th to Early 20th Century
Production: Handcrafted
This is a wonderful & beautiful Late 19th to Early 20th Century Chinese Yixing teapot GONGEK with dark brown & purple patina...
Beautiful Chinese antique large black lacquered cabinet, painted with charming scenes of figures in a mountain pavilion setting, the upper portion of the doors are painted with scholar's objects, the edges are painted with Shou symbols and butterflies, the interior of the cabinet has a shelf with two small drawers, early 20th century.
Size: 71 3/4" high x 44" wide x 23" deep.
A most beautiful, perfectly potted, high quality Celadon glazed vase with a moulded decoration. The superb blue-green colour of the glaze on this vase represents the top color in Celadon glazes.
Late nineteenth century.
H : 30,8 cm.
Condition : Perfect.
Perfectly and thinly potted. Beautifully decorated in an superb underglaze Cobalt blue. Kangxi period ( 1662 - 1722 ) marked with a Ming Dynasty Chenghua Mark. Diameter : 16,3 cm. H : 7,8 cm.
Condition : Some glaze fritting to the rim which is quite common for this type of bowl. Further in perfect condition ( no crack, no chip, no repair ).
Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase Pair w Swallows
Description & Size: 24.13 x 12.06 cm (9.5" x 4.75") height & wide
Age: Meiji Period c19th Century
Production: Handcrafted
This is a very beautiful pair of Japanese cloisonné vase with flying swallows in a yellow moth enamel background. The neck is decorated with fine silver with colorful chrysanthemum flowers. The top & bottom rims are constructed with bright brass...
A beautiful late 19th C. Chinese "Huang Yang Mu" natural root wood stand, it has a natural crack on top of the stand. H:22cm
Beautiful Chinese antique porcelain bowl with lid, decorated on both top and bottom with images of dragons and phoenixes, inside with shou longevity symbol and bats, bottom of both lid and bowl has 6 character Guangxu Period mark. Size: 9" diameter bowl. 8 1/2" diameter lid
A superb Karatsu chawan dating from the mid Edo period (1615-1868). Karatsu pottery originated more than four hundred years ago in the small town of Karatsu, located in northern Kyushu. It has been a favorite of tea practitioners for centuries for its simple design and natural feel...
Japanese Cloisonne Vase w Butterflies & Cherry Blossoms
Description & Size: 25.4 x 4.5 cm (10" x 4.5") height & wide
Age: Meiji Period, Production: Handcrafted
This Japanese cloisonné vase is a beautifully crafted with fine silver wires & wireless in multiple butterflies & falling cherry blossoms with light blue background enamel. The base is crafted with a border arranged & filled with tiny flowers...
On offer is this unique and wonderful hand painted Japanese tea bowl from the end of the 19th. century ( Meiji Period ).
The colours of this antique tea bowl are amazing. There are no chips, no cracks and no repairs, best condition.
There is a sign of the artist, but i was unable to identify him.
You will not find a similar tea bowl. This style is definitely rare.
Size: 8,2 cm height x 11 cm diameter.
Shipping included
Antique big porcelain bowl of Kutani ware made by greatest Eiraku Kutani at the end of the Meiji Era, around 1910.
All overglaze images and patterns are tastefully hand-painted in great colours.
The signature of the potter is written on the bottom.
We sell it with its original signed woodbox. Very good condition, no chips, no cracks.
Size: 10 cm height x 20,4 cm diameter.
Shipping included
This is a fine bronze Buddhist votive shrine from the middle of the 19th. century ( Qing ) continuing the tradition of the Northern Wei Dynasty. The shrine has four splayed legs cast with an inscription and is cast in relief with a seated figure of Buddha.
As you can see, it is in good condition.
Size: 5,6'' height x 2,3'' width.
Shipping included
A large, brightly enameled ( famille rose ) porcelain bowl. Underglaze blue Daoguang mark, but the bowl probably is from the end of the nineteenth century.
Diameter : 19,6 cm. Condition : Nice condition with just very faint stress cracks in the glaze to the inside of the rim ( which are to see on the last enlargement ).
A well, deeply potted porcelain dish, decorated in underglaze Cobalt blue with cranes and lotus. Swatow ware, late Ming ( sixteenth century ). Diameter : 28, 3 cm. H : 7 cm. Condition : The body itself in perfect condition with a nice bell like sound when tapped. Some faint cracks to the very nice glaze of the dish.
Japanese ko-sometsuke porcelain nagazara (tray form dish) with scalloped corners. With creative blue underglaze depiction of pine boughs and cones in and centered within double lined blue rectangle by the cavetto. The sides with decoration of a literati scroll with berried vines. A narrow key fret band adorns along the outside of the foot rim. A six character mark appears inside the rectangular foot rim...
Wonderful Japanese antique two panel byobu screen painting in ink and mineral colors on silk, Nihonga School, depicting a scene of a group of seven crows and a single magpie near a waterfall and hot springs possibly Onsen Baths, beautifully painted churning water and falls, signed and with hanga of artist Aizu Katsumi: born Fukushima Prefecture.
Exhibited Teiten and Bunten Exhibitions during prewar period.
c. 1900.
Size: 76 3/4" high x 90" wide
Japanese Silver Tea Set Signed MUSASHIYA YOKOHAMA
Description & Size
Teapot: 21.59 x 13.97 cm (8.5" x 5.5") height with & without handle, 15.24 x 12.7 cm (6" x 5") wide with & without spout; Weight: 580 gram (20.45 oz)
Sugar Pot: 11.43 cm (4.5") height, 15.87 x 10.16 cm (6.25" x 4") with & without handle; Weight: 268 gram (9.45 oz)
Creamer: 7.62 cm (3") height, 13.33 x 8.89 cm (5.25" x 3.5") wide with & without mouth & handle; Weight: 243 gram (8.57 oz...
Distressed Japanese Iki mask with crystal eyes. Gofun finish over dry lacquer composition. Details including veins, wrinkles and furrows. The surface is in a distressed state with significant losses and some 'alligatored' texture possibly from exposure to elements. Would make a worthy conservation project for someone with the patience to recoat and touch up losses (the missing left ear being most challenging.) Length, about 9 1/4 inches (23.49 cm)
A rare Ming dynasty 15th century blue and white flowery dragon bowl, rounded side with deep center and glazed base, decorated with rare underglaze blue flowery dragon motif, good condition no chip no crack no restoration, size: 15 cm diameter
A rare Song dynasty Hutian kiln qingbai dish, rounded side with deep center and unglazed base, dish decorated with fine carved two fish motif, dish covered with good bluish white qingbai glaze, good condition with small glaze fritt at the rim please see picture for detail, size: 19 cm diameter.
A very rare yab-yum bronze from the end of the 19th. century ( Qing Dynasty 1644 - 1912 ), acquired for the van Norten collection in the early 30's of the last century in Sichuan showing the male deity in sexual union with his female consort. Yab-yum means Tibetan literally 'father - mother'.
The statue presents a great amount of detailed wealth...