This mid 19th century Chinese jade (nephrite) carving is 3 ½ inches long, 2 inches tall and 2 inches wide. It depicts two monkeys resting on a reclining horse. In Chinese culture, this is a very popular subject in that it is a visual representation of a pun. The pronunciation of monkey ¡°HOU¡± is the same with ¡°nobility¡± or ¡°officer¡±. ¡°On top of a horse¡± is pronounced ¡°MA SHANG¡± which is the same as ¡°right away¡± or ¡°immediately¡±...

Ceramic Dish, Khalong kilns, North-Central Thailand, ca.14th-16th C. Underglaze iron design of chrysanthemums. (This pattern is actually refered to as "Black Crow" in Thailand, but resembles chrysanthemum patterns.) H.2"(5cm) x Dia.8.5"(21.5cm.) Excellent condition, with wooden box.

Comprising 20 figures: 4 carriers with a sedan chair, musicians and figures carrying objects. Made of pottery with purple and turquoise glaze, red and black pigments. The figures 19,5 cm tall, the sedan chair 22,5 cm tall (including the detachable roof knob). This group was excavated in the southeast of the Shanxi Province. It is very hard to find big groups like this...

With green and ochre glaze and red and black pigments. H. 18 cn. No damage or repair. China, Ming dynasty (1368-1644)

A Qing dynasty 18th century blue glaze square vase, tall body with short neck and glazed base, vase is in good condition no damage no restoration, size: 27 cm including wooden stand.

This late 19th C. or early 20th C. carved hard stone water bowl for painters or scholars is about 2 inches high, 5 ½ inches long and 4 ¾ inches wide. The water bowl is carved as a double plum blossom; a lucky bat, two smaller blossoms and leaf are on the side. The lucky bat and plum blossom represent bravery, strength and longevity in Chinese culture. The workmanship is simple and elegant. It is in excellent condition.

Chinese square bell shape yixing teapot decorated with molded prunus at the body and bamboo design as a spout and the handle.Size:15,5cm wide.11,5cm high.Teapot has small chipped at the lips corner and very small chipped inside the lid.

This rare and unusual carved bamboo brush holder is dated to the Qing dynasty, Guang Xu 7th year (1881). The bamboo cylinder is carved to represent strung bamboo slips. This was the earlier form of books in China before the invention of paper. The artist (writer) Jie Shan wrote and carved the poem during early spring, 1881 in Tong-Shi Hall...

A finely carved redwood (hongmu) box with carved soapstone ornaments in the shape of elephants. China, 19th century. Condition: two ornaments missing on the lid, the third one with a repair to the leg. Measurements: L. 13 cm, W. 6 cm, H. 8,5 cm.

Celadon Bowl with incised floral pattern on interior, Vietnam, ca. 14-17th C. H.2"(5cm) x Dia.5.25"(13.25cm.) Small gold/lacquer repair to rim. Suitable for use as Matcha Chawan (Tea Bowl.) Includes "kibako" (wooden box.) Vietnam has had a large ceramics industry serving both domestic and export markets for much of it history. There has been considerable influence from China at various times, but it has also developed a separate tradition...

With an overglaze decoration of foo dogs and peonies. China, ca. 1620-1640. H. 16 cm. Condition: 1,5 cm hairline crack at the mouth, minor chips to the footrim.

This set of four Guang Xu Period (1875~1908) Mille Fleurs (thousand flowers) dishes are 1 ¾ inches tall and 5 ¾ inches in diameter. Hundreds of different kinds of flowers cover them all. The workmanship is superb and precise. The gold trim on the rims has slightly rubbed off. They are in great condition.

Bowl from Sukhothai region, Central Thailand, ca. 14th-16th Century. Green glaze. H.2.875"(7.25cm) x Dia.5.5"(14cm.) A small food bowl in the shape used today for rice in North Asia (Japan, China, etc.) The shape would have been prized in its day in Japan as an export ware of Thailand used as a Tea Bowl for matcha (Matcha Chawan.) Excellent condition, still suitable for matcha use today. The kilns of Central, Northern, & Western Thailand were active predominately in the 14th to 16th Centuries...

An outstanding piece, this scholar's rock in huanguali with finely carved scenes all around the mountain. This piece may date from the Qianlong period, but not later then early 19th century. It measures: H 22 cm, W. 14 cm, D. 10 cm. Condition: excellent, with a beautiful soft patina. A small opening at the top may heve been used as a brush holder.

A very rare Song longquan celadon octagonal shape cup, square octagonal shape rim with round flared foot and unglazed base, cup decorated with octagonal shape and covered in green glaze.
Cup is in good condition no chip, no crack, no restoration, some minor crackled at glaze surface, very rare to find a celadon cup in octagonal shape.
Size: 8.5 cm diameter.

17th / 18th c century
Early Qing dynasty
Porcelain with white glaze; Dehua ware
Height: 32.5 cm
Width: 12 cm (approximate)
From a Northern California private collection

A rare 17th / 18th century Dehua blanc de chine figural group of Wenchang and Kuixing, powerfully modeled with the God of Literature dressed in Ming literati robes, expression serene, while his demon-like attendant looks on with a ferocious adulation...

A rare Song - Yuan longquan celadon jar with 4 lugs, jar decorated with dragon motif and covered with green glaze, jar is in good condition no damage short glaze line on the body, no chip no crack no restoration, size: 10 cm diameter 7.5 cm height.

A nearly Imperial quality piece. Ming Chengua period ( 1465 - 1487 ) decorated with " Ruyi " scroll. Extremely well potted body, a wonderful very white silky glaze and exclusively painted in the for Chenghua tylical watery blue. The rim covered with solid gold with a solid golden lid. Diameter : 9 cm. H : 7,5 cm. without lid. ( With lid : 9,2 cm. ) Condition : All visible parts of the porcelain body are in a absolutely perfect condition.