A beautiful gunpowder horn dating to the 19th / early 20th century. Please visti the website of the Metropolitan Museum for a similar Parpanggalahan (www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/316143). The slightly curved body is made from water buffalo horn, carved with curvilinear motifs, and one metal insert. At the center a frontal Singa mask with iron suspension lug, to which a chain would have been attached, the zoomorphic closing mechanism is also ending in a Singa head...
A Rare/Fine Korean White Glaze Two Ear (Loop) (兩耳盏) Cup-16th C.:
Korea, early Joseon dynasty, 15th to 16th century...
An interesting gunpowder horn dating to the 19th / early 20th century. The slightly curved body is made from water buffalo horn, carved with different motifs as tendrils, fisch scales and Singa masks. The suspension area and the closing mechanism with Singa head, the wide end with a wooden stopper. The gunpowder was stored in the Batak house in large gourds, the chief carried his own personal supply in such containers like this one, which he wore suspended from a chain around his neck...
8Th - 12Th Century Bronze Buddha. 6,8 cm high. Original conditions. free from any repair.
Rare 10Th - 14Th Century Bronze Kinari Oil lamp. 15,5 cm wide. 10,5 cm high. Condition: look at the pictures, Free from any repair.
Unusual Japanese small gyosho bako (merchant's box) made with Kiri (Paulownia) wood in all original finish. The box holds four drawers, with decorative black iron plating and handles. The top 3 drawer interiors have been lacquered in black while the bottom drawer has also been lacquered in red. With original keys included.
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Dimensions: 16" L x 9.5" W x 10.5" H
A unusual and nicely made gilded relief dome cover Monk's alms bowl with glass inserts. Most of these types of bowls were made in Mandalay.
Size: H. 19.2cm. W. 11cm.
Condition: No repairs.
This is a really rare ancient Egyptian green glazed scaraboid of a dwarf.
The underside incised with motif of four intertwined uraei.
For similar dwarf scaraboid see:
The Walters Art Museum, Accession Number 42.50
Date: Egypt, New Kingdom, 19th - 20th Dyn., ca 1293-1070 B.C.
Material: glazed steatite
Size: ca. 1,2 cm; c...
A Celadon ewer with nice shaped, covered overall with dark green glazed. Found excavated from the sea of Selayar Island South Sulawesi. Condition is very good, no any chip, no any crack and free from any restoration. Song/Yuan Dynasty, Longquan areas ware. Height: 12,8 cm.
A Late Ming Zhangzhou ware white glazed covered box, decorated incised with a Chrysanthemum head to the top and support by leafy. Condition very good, no crack and no chip, free from any restoration. Diameter: 6,8 cm and Height: 5.1 cm.
Burmese bronze Buddha sitting in Mara Vijaya (calling the earth to witness) posture on a base.
Age: Burma, Shan Period, 18th Century
Measurement: Height 35 C.M. / Width 24.2 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.
Blue faience Shabti for General Padybastet son of Padyhormedenit
Material: Faience
Height: - ca. 14,0 cm - c. 5,51 inches
Late Period, 27th/30th Dynasty, 554 - 332 BC - Egypt
Condition: look picture and video
Provenance:
German private collection previously Swiss art trade...
Material: fayence
Size: - ca. 13,4 cm
Condition: look picture
Copy of the original invoice from Cleopatra Gallery from 1965 included.
Material: fayence
Egypt - New Kingdom, late 18th. Dyn. (Amarna Period) c. 1339 B.C. - 1292 B.C.
Provenance:
Mr. B.
Dr. Büttner Erlangen ~ 1970
A.v.d.B 2007
The inscription on the Uschebti reads:
SHD Wsjr anx.tw
"Enlightening the Osiris Anchtu"
The personal name Anchtu is quite testified to the New Kingdom (see Ranke, personal names, p...
Small Japanese antique jewelry box, decorated all over with scenes of tiny chrysanthemums made of gold and silver mixed metal inlay on a gold lacquer (kinji) ground. The tiny safe box door is hinged and opens to reveal a scene of a golden bird on a blossoming plum branch near a fence. This scene spans both the interior of the door and three tiny interior drawers. The blossoms are made of gold and silver lacquer and the ground is a lovely dense and fine nishiji (gold flecks)...
This is a finely carved boxwood netsuke depicting the Skeleton of the Buddhist Priest Danka beating on a Mokugyo, or Buddhist Temple Drum. Very nice detail and wonderful symmetry all throughout, rich patina. It sports a chimney himotoshi that begins on the bottom of the mokugyo, and continues around the spine of the skeleton. This is an unsigned and larger version of this popular Japanese legend...
18th Century, Japanese finely hand-carved boxwood Netsuke depicting one of the scenes from the Ten Oxen parables; The Return on Ox-back. The character on this parable is shown playing a flute while sitting on the back of an Ox.
Chimney himotoshi that starts on the bottom of the irregular platform where the Ox stands, and continues through any of the spaces made by the legs of the animal. Rich patina, lustrous surface. Unsigned...
A very rare Meiping with nice shape, decorated with reversed a white on black and to the other side with a white on brown of floral scrolls flanked by also reversed of petals pattern to shoulder and base lower part. Possibly Yuan/Ming Dynasty 14th to 16th century, Cizhou ware. Condition is perfect with no any crack, no any chip and free from restoration. Height:
Extremely Scarce Set of Five Prehistoric Korean Arrowheads from Korea's Neolithic Period 8000-1500 BCE. These faceted arrowheads are identical to the Neolithic arrowheads on page 31 of the catalog, the 29th United Association of the University Museums of Korea Exhibition - Korea's Bow and Arrow, The Military Academy Museum. Sizes range from 1.75 to 3.25 inches. It is unlikely you will ever again see prehistoric Korean arrowheads offered for sale.