A larger hemispheric stone seal with a dome and elaborate line below the drilling on the top, Mesopotamian, Uruk period c. 4000-3000 BC.

The seal is carved with a later version of the archaic 'grit' pattern, where it looks like horisontical script-lines. Very nicely made in an attractive and very hard green-black stone.

Size: 28 mm. in diameter, 14-15 mm...

A larger serpentine stone stamp seal of the gable type, Ubaid period of Anatolia and Syria, c. 4th. millenium BC.

Recent research clearly indicates that highly advanced city cultures allready existed in the Ubaid period of Anatolia and Syria in the early 4th. millenium BC and perhaps even before that. This predates the Mesopotamian Uruk period, so it's a question who inspired who?.

Nice seal in hand engraved with a horned animal.

Size: 35 mm. long and 23 mm...

Width of Bowl: 10 cm (4 in)
Height of Bowl: 5.9 cm (2.4 in)
Width of Lid: 9.2 cm (3.7 in)
Height of Lid: 3.2 cm (1.3 in)
Overall Height: 8.1 cm (3.2 in)

Quality Chinese porcelain famille rose lidded bowl; decorated with polychrome florals on the bowl and lid; Tongzhi marks on both bases; probably Guangxu Period; good condition

Impressive red stone Jasper Gable seal, Greater Mesopotamia,, probably a Levantine workshop, 4th. millenium BC.

A nice depiction of either a hering pattern or a stylized scorpio?

Size: 33 mm. long.

Condition: Near Very Fine, some minor losses to edges...

South Asia, India, ca. 18th-19th century.

A solid cast bronze alloy figure depicting Krishna the "Butter Thief" as a youth holding a ball of butter that he stole from his stepmother. Baby Krishna or Bala Krishna is crawling with a ball of butter in his right hand. As mischievous children/babies, Krishna and his older brother Balarama stole jars of butter and yogurt from their families and neighbors.

Size: 63 mm. tall. - weighing c...

Late Meiji/Taisho (1890s-1910s) Japanese wooden nyoi - a Buddhist scepter made out of a branch with a natural knobby formation at its head. Nyoi, or Ruyi scepter is a traditional symbol of scholarship and transmission of knowledge. Wonderfully simple piece in Japanese taste, on a short side (usually nyoi are 12 inches or slightly longer), beautiful wear and patina...

Cloisonne enamel vase on hammered copper base. The meticulously positioned wires are in silver, as are the borders. The decor is simple, showing a bridge between two hills but exceptional because of its historical interest. Indeed it is a vase commemorating the bold construction of an aqueduct by a Japanese electricity company in the 1900s. The Chinese characters written below must relate the event, date it and also probably give the name of the creative artist or that of the enameling workshop...

An unusual Tibeto-Chinese cloisonne gau box having a domed and hinged cover with a multi-colored scroll pattern surrounding a central cartouche. The cartouche features the Tibetan character “hum” which translates as “the spirit of enlightenment” or “the enlightened mind”. This gau would have been worn by a high ranking lama...

A large and fine archaic style serpentine stone stamp seal of the gable type, Ubaid period of Anatolia and Syria, c. 4th. millenium BC.

Recent research clearly indicates that highly advanced city cultures allready existed in the Ubaid period of Anatolia and Syria in the early 4th. millenium BC and perhaps even before that. This predates the Mesopotamian Uruk period, so it's a question who inspired who?.

Lovely scarce seal, sharply engraved with a stylized scorpion...

Top quality Korean tea bowl called Gohon Hanshi Chawan from Joseon dynasty (17th century) which was imported to Japan in the Edo period...

Lacquered wooden box. Decor of a painted landscape, colors and details powdered with gold. Chinese work from the end of the Ming dynasty, 17th century. The lacquer has withstood the centuries well, it bears the beautiful wrinkles of the retraction of the wood, typical of this period. Worn decor, broken wooden base, glued. No restored parts or hidden defects. The condition is visible on photos. Inside 2 Chinese characters painted in cinnabar red lacquer. Length: 415mm

A pair of 19/20th Chinese turquoise porcelain parrots bird with original wooden stands , in excellent condition. H 25cm. (With out stand) $1250

Interesting conoid shaped stamp seal in black stone, probably serpentine, engraved on the base with a deer with large antlers and on the upperside with unidentified engravings. Greater Mesopotamia area and porabably from the Ubaid/Urum period 4th.-3rd. millenium BC.

Super nice stylized engraving of the deer! There's certainly some engravings on the upperside as well but uncleaned and unresearched.

Size: 255 mm. in diameter and c. 18 mm. tall.

Condition: Good Ve...

19th century Indian bronze devotional sculpture of Daksha with a head of a goat and his hands in the anjali mudra. Daksha was the father of Sati, the wife of the Lord Shiva. Shiva have not been invited to a great sacrifice to be performed by Daksha. Feeling greatly humiliated on behalf of her husband, Sati went to the banquet and threw herself on the sacrificial fire. Upon hearing about it, Shiva tore a hair out of his head and threw it on the ground: from this hair rose a great warrior and hero...

A large and rare stone stamp seal, carved in black basalt with high knobbed handle, Neo-Hittite period, made in the Anatolia/ Levante, late 2nd. millenium BC.

Triangular seal plate, engraved with a larger bull in lovely archaic style and a smaller animal above and crescent below. Finely made knob handle with piercing.

Diameter 25 x 24 mm. height 17 mm.

Condition: Extremely fine for type, only light smooth wear and patina.

Ref. see the Ashmolean collect...

Qing dynasty 18 / 19th century Chinese bronze censer, good condition please see picture for detail, base with six character da ming xuande nian zhi mark, size: 10 cm diameter.

Large stamp seal in a fine greyish green stone, probably Chlorite, Anatolia / Northern Syria Ubaid period, c. 4th. millenium BC.

The base of the seal is engraved with a fine symethric arrangement, probably showing antlers or something floral. A nice Gable seal type with perfect symethri and sharp lines.

Size: 42 mm. long and 24-25 mm. wide. Unusually large and thus attractive

Condition: Extremely fine, smooth glossy patina with no wear or damage.

This...

Burmese wooden seated crowned Buddha, or sometimes known as 'King Buddha', wearing diadem-crowns and ornaments of kings instead of ordinary monk's robes. Crowned Buddha represents the Buddha's role as a universal sovereign.

Age: Burma, Mandalay Period, 19th Century
Size: Height 28 C.M. / Width 13.5 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from B...

23 1/4" high Chinese late Qing dynasty Guangxu period baluster form floor vase decorated in underglaze blue against a white background with “shuangxi” symbols (indicating double-happiness and wedded bliss) surrounded by a stylized pattern of pencil style scrolling sweet pea vines (symbolizing “many children”). This type of decoration with a sweet pea floral background was produced for the Straits Chinese communities and is also referred to as blue and white nonya ware or "Shanghai ware"...

KANNON BOSATSU WITH ELEVEN FACES

Wood carving 'Juichimen Kannon Bosatsu zazo' (Seated statue of Kannon Buddhisattva with eleven faces), Edo period, 19th century, Japan, H 20 x 11 x 11cm (7.87 x 4.33 x 4.33in). Such a kind and merciful face as is.


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Un panneau de bois sculpté en relief d'une divinité. Travail indien ou Himalayen. Ceratinement trés ancien. Au revers le bois a été fortement vermoulu, toutefois l'ensemble est solide. 205x130mm

A fine lot of 4 choice bronze Hamsa bird opium weights of 10 tical, Late Shan Empire, c. early 1800s.

The Hamsas with different forms of bases and spikes etc. and with clear 6-ray verification marks. Lot includes a scarce low base type!

Weight: 161,8 - 161,28 - 163,85 - 161,14 = 10 tical.

Condition: Very Fine to near Extremely fine, finely tinned greyish silver or brown surfaces.

Refference: Gear Group 1/2.

Provenance: John Abrahamsen Coll...

Antique Korai Gohon Chawan possibly owned by Matsudaira Fumai according to the label on the box.

Matsudaira Fumai (1751-1818), the seventh Matsudaira family daimyo of the Matsue Domain, is celebrated for successfully reforming the domain’s governance while also advocating cultural innovation. Under the name of Fumai, he later became recognized as a master of the Japanese tea ceremony.

He is known to accumulate numerous masterpieces, from paintings and calligraphic works t...

Dong Son bronze bangle with nice green patina.

Age: Cambodia, Dong Son Period, 500 B.C.
Size: Height 10.5 C.M. / Width 11.4 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age). 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.

Magnificent Korean Katate Tea Bowl made in Early to Mid Joseon dynasty (15-17cc) in Gimhae kiln in Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea.

Thin and hard, the bowl was fired at the very high temperatures similar to a porcelain.
The imprints of the potter together with the time marks create a unique Wabi scenery with attractive appearance which can not be seen on the modern tea wares.

Overall, it is rare antique chawan which was imported to Japan during Edo period where it was highly ...

A Japanese large boxwood honeycomb with numerous hexagonal cells that contain the larvae, some of which emerge from the holes, hanging from a persimmon tree branch surrounded by wasps with horn eyes controlling the brood. Signed Tadakazu 忠一 engraved on oval horn insert. Meiji period 19th century Sizes: 8 x 10 x 10 cm. Condition report: Very Good condition

Ming Dynasty ceramic wedding booth. Traditionally in China, a woman was carried in a covered wedding sedan chair by bearers accompanied by musicians. This piece has a detachable roof, replicating a draped cloth and is in good condition- only a few minor glaze frits. Would make an excellent display stand for a small Buddha. H: 35cm/13.8in and 12.5cm/4.8in.

54 old coconut disc shaped beads, mala. I acquired these beads in 1991 in the Barkhor Market in front of the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa. These have been restrung on elastic chord so it may be worn around the wrist. These are old hand made beads with beautiful natural patina. Each bead is Diameter: 14mm the entire strand is L: 225cm/8.8cm. free shipping.

Rare and Fine Painting on Silk of Dokseong, The Hermit Saint, from the renowned Charles J. Chu Collection. Sold on June 25, 2010 in Skinner's Asian Works of Art auction (Sale 2512, Lot 445). We sold the last Dokseong painting we had to the Art Institute of Chicago. This is a rare opportunity to acquire a beautiful and important painting with an impeccable provenance. Dokseong is portrayed here in a heavenly landscape filled with ancient symbolism, as he sits under the pine tree (symbol of longev...

19th century Japanese small lacquered wood netsuke representing a theatrical mask of Shishiguchi representing the spirit of shishi with characteristic tusks, most frequently used for the Noh play Shakkyo (The Stone Bridge). Crisp detailing, nicely lacquered, great patina. some wear to the surface. Signed RYUUN on the back bar - the artist is listed in NETSUKE MASKS by Raymond Bushell, p. 175, signatures 241-243. Height 1.21 inches.

A large Kuro-Oribe chawan, hand thrown and carved from fine Mino clay during the later Meiji Period (1868 - 1912). It comes with a very good Japanese wooden box.

Oribe-yaki – I guess no other pottery had a greater influence on the aesthetics of Japanese pottery.

Oribe ware is a historically important Japanese pottery variety that emerged during the late Momoyama and early Edo periods in Tajimi, in modern day Gifu prefecture.

Developed under and named after th...

Red copper and silver bowl, Tibetan and probably used for buttered tea. Silver lining and foot rim, the latter with a border of stylized leaves, embossed and chased, probably early 20th century. Tibetan silver normally lacks hallmarks and this bowl tested for a silver content of 500/1000. Diameter "3 3/4 / 9.7 cm, height "2/ 5 cm. Condition: fine.

Burl wood and silver bowl, used for Tsampa, the traditional Tibetan porridge, and for buttered tea. The silver lining plain, the exterior with chased and delicately engraved decoration of flowers. Tibetan silver normally lacks hallmarks and this bowl tested for a silver content of 925 /1000. Probably antique, late 19th or early 20th century. Diameter "4 ½ / 11 cm, height "2 ¼ / 5.7 cm. Condition: fine.

An pair of scarce 2 tical bronze Toe beast Opium weights, Burma, c. 18th. cent.

One with a beautiful glossy excarvated enamel patina and the other finely preserved, featuring different tails and details as well as a square and a octagonal base. Both with verifications marks of 9-rays below the bases.

Conventional wisdom tells us that the octagonal base is the oldest, but we're not certain, both types might be significantly older than Gear and others state.

Weig...

A fine lot of two large Hamsa birds, Shan Empire and Arakan, Burma around 1780-1820 AD.

The Hamsas with one spike, standing on hexagonal bases, different styles of heads/beaks and both V-tails. One is probably early Arakan style and lower weight-standard.

Weight: c. 265 grams & 310 grams = 20 tical.

Condition: F-VF, The burma very good condition, the Arakan Near VF, typical high amount of wear for the Arakan types. brown and green patinas.

Refference:...

A fine lot of two large Hamsa birds, Shan Empire, Burma around 1780-1820 AD.

The Hamsas with one spike, standing on hexagonal bases, different styles of heads/beaks and both V'tails.

Weight: c. 310 & 315 grams = 20 tical.

Condition: Nice VF, brown and green patinas.

Refference: Gear Group 1/2.

Provenance: John Abrahamsen Collection, important Danish private collection of c. 250 Opium weights, hand-picked from 1991-2006, by the collector from...