Stoneware opium pipe bowls with patterns and maker's marks.
Beautiful calligraphy; perfect condition. 19th C. D: 7cms.
Extremely rare tripod censer in hexagonal form, decorated to the body with molded Eight Trigrams, underglazed is obviously have the term of Geyao, which called as iron black and golden crackles to entire body. Southern Song Dynasty or Yuan Dynasty Ge Ware. Condition is perfect with no any chip, no any crack and free from any restoration. Wide: 12 cm and Height: 7,3 cm.
A beautiful Chinese Kirin pendant with boy riding for child and silver chain in excellent condition. Pendant W:3”. $275
A beautiful 19th C. Chinese silver lock pendant with turquoise and coral beads chain, with beautiful patina and marked in excellent condition! Pendant W:3” $475
A rare blue and white covered box, decorated with a fish among waterweed,
condition is good, excepted two-three chips to the inner rim, otherwise is very good, no any crack, no any other chip and free from any restoration.Yuan Dynasty 13th-14th century founded at Indonesia archipelago. Diameter: 13 cm and Height: 5 cm.
Spectacular found of Southern Song Dynasty Longquan Ware Mallet vase with well balance potted, and short flared out mouth rim and covered overall with nice olive green glazed. Condition is very good, no any chip, no any crack and free from any restoration. Height: 17,3 cm.
Antique pair of deep brown lacquer bowls. Carved all over with detailed scenes of scholars in gardens and pavilions in the mountains. Dramatic rock formations and various trees. The inside and bottom of each bowl is lacquered black. The rim and foot are ringed in bronze.
Age: Ming Dynasty C. late 16th early 17th Century
Dimensions: 3 1/2" high x 6 1/2" wide
Very rare dropper in lost wax cast bronze representing an adorable little owl. The cast and chisel are perfect and the scraper finish is very neat. Slight cast iron defect below. The object plunges into the water and fills up through the beak and ears. The output of the drops is perfect. One by one as needed. Well thought out object is perfectly executed. Work from the 18th century or before, there is a good antique and beautifful patina...
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...
Superb early Peking glass snuff bottle, Chinese dating to 1760-1780.
Bubble-suffused glass bottle of compressed globular form with translucent red overlay. The lip is flat, and the base has a thick oval foot ring that has been carved to reveal the slightly convex shape of the body. Old gilt stopper with no pin inside.
Size: 74 mm. tall.
Condition: Superb!. The bottle completely intact and perfect; the red glass & metal stopper with some light wear.
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A wonderful guaranteed authentic silver mounted snuff bottle in celadon porcelain, dating to Quan Zhi, 1720-1750 AD.
The bottle elegant scrolls under a finely transperant celadon glaze. Silver stopper with jade, contemporary and correct.
Size: ca. 66 mm. tall.
Condition: Choice and perfect, thus rare from this early period.
A pair of Japanese Export porcelain models of Karashishi, the fabled Buddhist lion-dogs of Japan. Arita, early 18th century. White porcelain with iron-red enamel decoration.
Each is approximately 6.5cm high, 6cm long. The first is in fine condition with some firing lines as issued...
An unusual Arita porcelain tea pot styled after a cast-iron example. The textured surface is described as “nail head” when it appears on an iron tetsubin. Late 18th ~ early 19th century.
The Shibata Museum compendium has a pot of similar shape and cartouche, no nail head texture or iron dressing but with additional cobalt decoration, item#3782. 1780~1820.
This example is approximately 17.5 cm high. The handle has a very obvious stress crack but no other problem...
Width: 2.8 cm (1.3 in)
Height: 2.7 cm (1.2 in)
Chinese bronze seal in the form of a Chilong; some surface rusts present
An antique Japanese Sakata Bo Tansu made entirely of Kirinoki (Paulownia) wood. All original natural Urushi lacquer and hand forged iron hardware. Locking bar secures three Kimono drawers. The main lock features a stylized Chrysanthemum with leaves design. A hinged security door hides two small drawers where valuables were kept. Constructed using straight dovetail Japanese joinery and wooden nails...
An antique Japanese tall Kyushu Choba Tansu (merchant chest) in 2 sections made of Hinoki (Cypress), Keyaki (Zelkova) and Suginoki (Cryptomeria) woods. Original hand forged iron hardware including the Warabite style handles and the double bar lock plates. With 2 pairs of sliding doors and 8 drawers, it has plenty of room for organizing and storage. Side ribs add strength and support as well as visual design to the chest...
Antique wedding blanket, circa late 19th CE/early 20th CE, from the Bouyi/Buyi (possibly Zhuang) China. This is tightly woven in three panels, from very fine handspun cotton thread with a silk floss yarn supplementary weft “well” pattern. The black cotton lattice gives the overall pattern depth. The wide woven-in border has a “wanzi” swastika meander pattern that seamlessly transitions from the black cotton to silk pastel...
Height: 3.3 cm (1.4 in)
Width: 3.5 cm (1.5 in)
Depth: 2.7 cm (1.1 in)
Japanese carved shishi dog seal block; inlaid eyes; natural material; minor wear; good condition