Antique Japanese lacquer raised tray. Standing on four legs with square frame and decorated all over with scrolling vines and pine bows in maki-e lacquer on a black ground with clouds of gold nashiji. Prominent in the design is the appearance of the aoi mon (crest) of the Tokugawa clan, marking this tray as the property of the ruling Tokugawa Shogunate.
Age: Edo Period (1603-1867)
Dimensions: 8" high x 14 1/2" wide x 14" deep
An ancient amuletic bead, carved in bone of a monkey, Pre-Columbian Andean region, c. 600-1200 AD.
Attractive and still wearable with loop at the back.
Condition: Extremely fine.
Ex. Old German Private Collection, 1960-70s.
Chinese Song dynasty longquan celadon washer bowl. 12,7 cm diameter. Crackled glaze. Good condition except small chipped at the foot rim. (please see on the pictures).
A fine and impressive early stamp and cylinder seal, Found around Kilis, SE Anatolia, 4th. millenium BC.
Interesting early seal from the late neolithic period in Mesopotamia / Anatolia.
Size: 30 mm. tall and 16 mm. wide...
This is nishijin-Weave kinran silk Wonderful small bag in Edo period(1800-1868).
There is a mirror in Edo period in the inside. There is neither stain nor damage.
The state is very good. I recommend it for your collection.
size::Width15cm (5.91inch) Vertical width 9cm ( 3.54inch)
1900's Chinese Silver Enamel Butterfly Box Marked
It is 1 inch (2.5 cm) tall by 2.8 inches (7.1 cm) wide. It is 58.8 gram.
It is tarnished and has bent at the inner rims, loss of enamel, and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).
Provenance: Jackson's International Auction May 2011, Lot 0880A.
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19th century Edo period (before 1867) Japanese porcelain Hirado plate with scalloped edge and underglaze blue decoration of a dragon in pursuit of a tama (Sacred Gem). Excellent potting, milky white body and clear glaze. Great early painting with charming freedom, wonderful dynamic design - see the flames issuing from the body of the dragon. Some surface wear as to be expected, overall in great condition. Diameter 7 1/4 inches.
An antique Japanese Daruma wooden mold used for making paper mâché dolls. Likely retired from duty and lacquered to preserve its years of production and service. The worn lacquer is a testament to its display and use that extended beyond its useful life and paid tribute to the former artisans that supported the craft. The bottom reveals the three holes used to connect the mold to a turning wheel for ease of applying the paper mache...
Stoneware bowl with black and brown Cizhou glaze. China, Henan, Yüan Dynasty (1279-1368)
Diameter 20 cm , H. 7 cm. Condition: excellent.
I have more Cizhou pieces in stock, please email me if you're interested.
25 precolumbian spindle whorls of clay, large sizes, in variety of color, shapes, with embossed and incised decoration, from regions in Mexico to South America.
Measure 1 1/2" diameter in larger beads, some are deep, one is round.
Clay spindle whorls are found throughout the world, and those of the precolumbian regions have similar styles, shapes and decoration, utilizing varying colors of clay...
An attractive and peculiar style bronze buddha, Indonesia, perhaps Sumatra (?), 19th. century or earlier.
He is seated in meditation with tribal headdress and large round bracelets on an semi-circular throne with a backplate.
Size: 11,8 cm. tall.
Conditin: Choice and intact with a fine dark natural patina.
Ex. Swedish Private Collection.
A pair of rice bowls with their accompanying covers cum sauce dishes dating from the late 18th century to the early 19th century decorated entirely in enamels with gilding. Their exterior is decorated with a turquoise green brocade ground intended to simulate a Chinese enamelled scrafitto pattern of the period...
A crow at rest upon a rock raises its head in a gruff cry by Suwa Sozan I enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Karasu Okimono. It is pierced in the back, allowing it to be an oki-koro incense burner. It is 34 cm (13-1/2 inches) tall and in excellent condition. A nearly identical piece was published in the 1923 book Sozan Toko, attributed to his late period...
Antique Japanese Nabeshima ware bowl with scalloped rim to resemble a lotus, with blue cobalt florals designs along the outside and "comb" style design along the foot. The interior of the bowl has a black squirrel hunting for grapes. Provenance sticker from Japanese antique dealer Shiota in San Francisco. 19th century.
Size: 5.5" diameter, 2.25" height
Late 19th - early 20th century
Late Qing Dynasty - Republic period
Natural undyed salmon red coral
H: 9.5 cm / 3.7 in (with stand), 7.3 cm / 3 in (without stand)
Fairly good condition, though with some losses to the top tip of the beauty's sash and the tree branches.
From a German private collection
A charmingly and intricately carved coral figure, weighing 66 grams.
An antique Japanese Kadai (natural wood display stand) used for Ikebana flower arranging as well as an accent stand to display precious objects. Made of burl Hinoki (Cypress) from near the roots of the tree trunk. A beautiful Peacock open train pattern emerges from the wood grain.
Age: Late Meiji Period (1900-1910)
Dimensions: 23 1/2" Wide by 1 1/4" High by 20" Deep
Antique Japanese bronze shokudai (candle stick for a Buddhist shrine) in the form of a crane standing on a turtle's back. In it's beak, the crane holds a lotus stem with blossoms, buds and unfurling leaves. The different aspects of a lotus symbolize the stages of the Buddha's life. The crane and turtle together symbolize longevity as well as the opposites of Heaven and Earth. This shokudai has especially intricate details...
A Han bird of an attractive translucent green jade with dark green 'peppery' streaked inclusions. Its squarish stylized shape is both simple and pleasing to the eye. It has an hole for stringing as a pendant..
Size: Height = 2.2 cm x Width = 2 cm
Condition: Very good. There's a little roughness at the edge of one wing from age but it is not a break.