Ancient Chinese bronze gui, a food vessel used during rituals. Round form body with high, round foot and two handles. The shoulders of each handle is decorated with animal heads. A band of archaic motifs wraps around the body and the foot.

Age: Zhou Dynasty (1046 BC -256 BC)

Dimensions: 6 1/8" high x 11 1/2" long x 7 3/4" wide

Neolithic era ceramic amphora, Yangshao Culture, Yellow River area, China. This baluster form vessel is made with a narrow neck and slightly flared rim. High shoulders taper downward to a narrow foot. Two strap handles are attached just below the center of the body. Painted with geometric patterns in red and black mineral pigments.

Age: Yangshao Culture (5000-3000 B.C.)

Dimensions: 13 1/4" high x 11" wide x 9" wide

An antique Japanese Ko Bo Tansu (personal storage chest with locking bar) made of Suginoki (Cryptomeria) wood. Original Urushi lacquer finish. Bronze hardware features auspicious bamboo symbols and pine tree motif.

Small antique tansu such as this is very popular worldwide due to its functionality and ease of placement due to its small size...

A rare Japanese antique Sado Island Child's Kimono Tansu made of Kirinoki (Paulownia) and Suginoki (Cryptomeria) woods. Original natural Urushi wiped lacquer finish with hand forged iron hardware. The lock plates feature cranes and sea turtles that symbolize longevity and the drawer corners feature stylized clouds.

Children's kimono tansu are quite rare to find since they had to be custom made by the tansu maker...

Antique Japanese Kutani ware porcelain figure of a Pekingese dog sitting with right front paw raised, long fur flowing around him. A brightly painted collar around his neck. Painted details on his face and paws.

Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 6 3/4" high x 7" long x 4 1/2" wide

The bottle like this is seemed originally used as water bottle in ancient Korea. After they were exported to Japan they has been used as vases especially at tea ceremony. Japanese people realized that the beauty with them and they were suitable for "chabana" which is very important at the tea ceremony...

A genuine Shan State Bronze Buddha, 17/18th Century, subduing Mara and sitting on a fine stepped throne. Front base has engraved Shan script. The Buddha is filled and heavy, not hollow. It also has an old original dark patina with traces of gilt and very few remnants of cinnabar paint. Size: Height 20.5 cm x 13 cm (8.25" x 5.25" inches). Good condition overall.

The Goryeo celadon at initial time is famous for its beauty like jade. This vase was made in the middle of Goryeo era and the color has become to a little bit dark. On the contrary, it has been loved by the masters of tea ceremony i Japan who pursues "wabi sabi". Certification: written by Noriki Shimazu the famous Asian antique researcher in Japan. YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qas4rO0XZYk&list=PLcPjV3Xf0-WPWoVxtqux54Unn8C1bQ7YJ&index=35&t=9s Size: D/14.0cm H/26.8cm

Statue of Buddha Sakyamuni, in monk's robes, sitting on a lotus, his hands in didactic posture ("vitarka ludra"). Bronze, with fine patina. China, early Ming dynasty, Hongwu period (1368-1398). Height: 13 cm. Small accident on nose, otherwise very good condition. A very rare piece. NOTE: similar examples of Buddha statues of this period exist, though rare, for example a gilt-bronze Buddha, dat.1398 Hongwu, H 5.8 W 3.8 cm, East Asian Art Museum, Bath [exh.cat. Bath 2000, No...

Antique Japanese Esoteric Buddhist scroll painting depicting seated Amida Nyorai (Buddha Amitabha) flanked by the 12 Jūniten (Deva Guardians). The 12 Jūniten (6 on either side) are identified as Taishakuten (Skt. Indra) Lord of Jūniten, Katen (Skt. Agni) of Southeast and Fire, Enmaten (Skt. Yama) South and the Underworld, Futen (Skt. Yayu) Northwest and Wind, Bonten (Skt. Brahma) Heaven, Suiten (Skt. Varuna) West and Water, Bishamonten (Skt. Vaisravana) North and Wealth, Rasetsuten (Skt...

Width approximately 14.8 cm (the tipspout to the handle).There are 2 soft chips inside the cover. More pictures are available. In good condition.

Width approximately 17.5 cm (the tipspout to the handle). There are few soft chips at the cover. There are some firing cracks at the filter. More pictures are available. In good condition.

Probably Tibet. Miniature Buddha in cast bronze gilded with the mercury technique. Under the base curiously we can see a Vajra cast in relief. The sculpture is simple rustic, the details are little or not chiseled, however the gilding is of the best quality, very thick and tends to flake.Traces of pigment on hairs and eyes. The style of the base with elephant and Buddhist Lions in front and crosses at the back, makes me think of the 15th century style. No restaurations...

An Iron Red Decorated Cup and Saucer, Chinese C1720/40. Diameter of saucer; 5 3/8″ (13.6 cm). Condition; Very good, light wear. Saucer has a short hairline 0.5 in the foot from a firing fault

A Pair of Chinese Iron Red Decorated Saucers. Finely painted in red and gilt with butterflies in flight between floral sprays. Kangxi C1720. Diameter; 4 1/2" (11.3 cm). Condition; rims are fritted, shallow flake in one foot, 0.9 cm.

19th Century Chinese Gilt Bronze Elephant Shaped Incense Burner

It is 1.4 inches (3.5 cm) tall by 4 inches (10.2 cm) wide. It is 183.2 gram.

It has rubbing of patina, pitting, cut marks, bent at the rim and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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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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Small statue of legendary poet Li Bai (or Li Po), seated and sleeping beside a wine jar. Old ivory. China, end of 19th century. Height: 5 cm. Length of base: 6 cm. The statue is sold with its custom wood stand. Very good condition.

Attractive Pre-Columbian pottery vessel with heads, Quimbaya/Carchi, Columbia, 7th.-14th...

A very unusual and possible rare pottery bowl with an elongated square design, Quimbaya, 7th.-14th. cent. AD.

A low rim bowl decorated on the sides with multible lines and criss-cross.

Size: 19,3 cm. wide, 15 cm. deep and 6 cm. tall.

Condition: Choice and intact with ancient patina.

Provenance: Inger and Ebbe Gotzche Frederiksen, Espergærde, Denmark. The couple lived years in South America, in Ecuador in 1958, Columbia from 1964-1966 and later in 197...

A pair of nice Capuli Complex / Narino pottery bowls, Northern Ecuador and Southern Colombia, 8th.-15th. cent. AD.

One of the typical pedestal bowls and a larger round bowl. The Capulí bowls has the distinctive black on dark red decor with rectilinear geometric designs.

Sizes: The round bowl 21 cm. wide and 8 cm. tall, the pedestal, 17,7 cm. and 10 cm. tall.

Condition: The pedestal bowl intact but for chip to the base, the round bowl with repaired hairline to t...

Nice ceramic vessel in a classic vase shape with fine Narino or Quimbaya culture, Northern Ecuador and Southern Colombia, 8th.-15th. cent. AD.

Rough, glazed ceramic in red colour, w remnants of black resist painting.

Size: 18 cm. tall

Condition: Choice, completely intact.

Provenance: Inger and Ebbe Gotzche Frederiksen, Espergærde, Denmark. The couple lived years in South America, in Ecuador in 1958, Columbia from 1964-1966 and later in 1976 in Peru a...

A couple of rare vessels in red / black, Quimbaya, Ecuador or Columbia, 7th.-14th. cent. AD

Lot consists of a lovely pedestal rattle vessel with small perferations on the foot and applications of animals on the rim and a jug with a human face impressed on the neck, Anthropomorphic style and decorated with black on red lines.

Size: The pedestal, 15,5 cm. wide and 9,3 cm. tall; the jug 15 cm. tall.

Condition: The pedestal bowl intact with minimal chips, the jug re...

Ancient Egyptian Red Fayence sphinx with a cat or lioness body with a four-stranded Nubian hair style 1,5 cm.

Dynasty 25, Kushite. For parallels see Carol Andrews, p. 79 and Fig. 78.

Provenance: Old German collection befor 1983

Condition: look at pictures

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The size of Tabacco Ire: 6 3/8" Long x 2" Wide x 7/8" Thick. Very unuusal Japanese Tabacco Ire set. The pipe holding case made of Bamboo work with clasp made with tin plated on brass. Bamboo work done well weaving. Tabacco case made by silk brocde. It has brass part. The condition of Tabacco Ire, very good except some wear on back of string area and a couple of other place. And tin plate some worn. Early Meiji, 1870-1880. Please note I had this item with little flower arrangementmade for the ope...

This is a Edo Natural Indigo Vermillion-pigment hemp Umakake Tsutsugaki with triangular scale and Hannya – Nomask and stars and family crests pattern. It's a very rare design. The triangular scale pattern is also called the dragon scale. The triangular scale pattern also has the meaning of warding off evil. are slight repair marks and light stains. But overall it's in very good shape. It is made with both tsutsugaki and katazome dye techniques and is dyed twice from the front and...

Height approximately 35 cm. In good condition.

Antique Japanese tetsubin (kettle for heating water for tea) made of cast iron and decorated with a dragon in swirling clouds. The highly raised design depicts a dragon curling itself around the body of the pot. The clouds over hang in a ledge above the base. There is a large raised cartouche on the back underneath this ridge. The lid is made of bronze.

Age: Taisho Period (1912-1926)

Dimensions: 9 1/2" high including handle x 7 1/4" wide including spout

Antique Japanese Oribe ware (Oribe-yaki) mizusashi (cold water container for replenishing the water in a tea kettle) for tea ceremony. This type of Oribe is called Ao-Oribe (green Oribe) as it prominently features a rich green copper-sulfate glaze. This is applied in generous dripping swaths of color over a white crackle glaze. It is further decorated with designs from nature using deft and quick brushwork in a black glaze. It's unglazed form is a reddish brown earthenware, still visible on...

Antique Chinese Jun ware bowl. Made of earthenware and glazed a light blue color with a purple splash that is dripping toward the center. The rim is a brown color where the glaze is thinest and the foot is left unglazed as was the tradition with Jun ware. The blue and purple colors are made with straw ash in the glaze. Looking closely, a subtle crackle, pitting and rivulets of mixing colors can be seen. Jun ware is from one of the Five Great Kilns of the Song Dynasty and produced over sev...

Width approximately 19 cm (tipspout to handle). Few soft chips inside the cover. There are some very soft chips at the teapot (they have no effect). There are no hairlines or cracks. In good condition.

A beautiful and decorative object that would have been placed on a scholar’s desk for contemplation. Artistic scholar’s rock (gongshi) made of bronze. This relatively rare type of gongshi was made by dripping red-hot molten bronze onto a pile of fresh pine chips. When coagulating the bronze would then “freeze” into its present form. No two pieces are identical, of course. Bronze with brown and green patina Qing, 18–19th cent. Later base of hongmu. Size: H. 29 cm, L. 26 cm; with ...

Late Meiji Japanese Bizen pottery ware chaire (tea caddy for storing powdered green tea used in tea ceremony) with slender body of rounded triangular section and narrow mouth. Wonderful potting, beautiful patina, very nice texture and play of colors to the glaze on its surface. Inscribed by the potter on the bottom. Turned bone cover lined with silver colored foil on the inside. Great piece in excellent condition. Height with cover 3 3/8 inches.

Late Meiji to early Taisho (1910s) Japanese silver belt buckle, its front engraved with a galloping horse. Beautiful crisp work capturing the essence of the creature, gilded highlights, marked SILVER 850 on the back. Signed with 2 characters reading SHUNSEI, in superb condition. Size 2 3/6 x 1 9/16 inches

Antique Chinese Qingbai porcelain ewer. Delicately potted with very thinly walled construction. Dramatically lobed ovoid body. Trumpet neck with foliate rim. Curving strap handle incised lengthwise and with 5 raised round dots. Long curving and subtly tapered spout. The body and lower neck are incised with horizontal striping. While the foot remains unglazed, the rest of the ewer is covered with a transparent white, blue-green glaze exemplary of the Qingbai name.

Age: Northern ...

1900's Chinese Gilt Silver Kingfisher Feather Hairpin with Cricket & Real Beetle 金蟲 Marked

It is 5.5 inches (14 cm) long by 4 inches (10.1 cm) wide. It is 14.6 gram.

It has missing feathers, bents at the wire, tarnished silver, and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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