An archaic Chinese jade cyclindrical ring with holes for metal inserts.
Date: Archaic
Dimensions: 2" diameter
Song Dynasty incised bowl with incised floral motifs in the cavetto in a brown glaze. In over-all good condition. High resolution images may be emailed upon request.
A fine Song Dynasty Brown Glaze Bowl with incised floral design. In overall good condition. High resolution images may be emailed upon request.
A rare Jain Indian sandstone Stele with carved image of the 11 Jain disciples from the Gujarat or Rajasthan regions. Seated figures of Jain teachers are always sculpted with hands folded in meditation. Thie central Mahavira Swami has an auspicious diamond-shaped mark on his chest. The Swami is seated on a lotus with a halo above his head. Underneath the Swami are two mythological lions...
A rare Mendi wood shield from the Southern Highlands Provence, Papua New Guinea made of
wood, natural pigment with a natural fiber strap. The shield is a regionally traditional shield with an attractive bold graphic is a timeless, elegant artifact. Provenance: Handley Estate
Date: Mid 20th Century
Dimensions: 59" tall w/o stand, 64.5" tall w/stand, 19"wide and .75" thick
Chinese Silver Boy Bell Pendant, Ca. 1900, 2" high, 1" wide, 5/8" deep, this boy has very loud bell inside him, both side has same raised design, his mouth open and laughing, holding Peach with 2 hands, with Chinese style Pig Tail hair do. He is very happy boy and the condition is tarnished silver.
Chinese Silver Smiling Boy, Ca. 1900, 10 1/2" high overall, 2 1/2" high x 1" wide, 5/8" deep for boy, with open mouth smiling and pig tail hair do, holding Peach with two(2) hands, both side same raised design with Silver chain, and two(2) Bells dangling with chain from his feet. It is a very charming and cute Chinese Silver ornament. The condition is good, tarnished silver.
A fine terracota PAGAN PERIOD Votive Tsa-Tsa Plaque depicting 3 deities and a Stupa in the center. Very good condition, no restorations. Mounted on a wooden stepped base. Size of Plaque: 2" x 2" (5 cm x 5 cm). Rare collector's piece!
Nicely shaped Sung Dynasty Celadon Bowl with some crackling in glaze. High resolution images by email on request.
A celadon colored Chinese Peking Glass wine cup. It is molded glass, cut/grinded with a short carved foot. Chinese glass was largely used to imitate more precious materials such as white jade, lapis lazuli and other valuable minerals.
Republic Period (early 1900's)
Dimensions: 2 1/2" high x 3 1/4" diameter
Antique Japanese lacquer manju (netsuke toggle to be worn on obi), made in a round form of lacquered wood and intricately inlaid with tiny flakes of gold and shell. The inside is lacquered with a dense nishiji lacquer (made of tiny flecks of gold suspended in lacquer). Somada School.
Edo Period (19th century)
Dimensions: 1 5/8' wide x 3/4" high
French Chippindale style Black Tole Tray with Enamel hand painted red and gold design of floral branches and vines, Ca. late 1800's, 14 1/2" x 11 1/2" wide, 5/8" high, the condition is like used 19th century wear and tear, no major damages.
Kerosang Anak with the Yaakob stone
A typical Straits Chinese Nyonya ware blue and white spoon with the peonies design
Straits Chinese Nyonya ware spoon.
A mukuzuke or serving dish of raised barbed lotus form with a moulded ribbed cavetto decorated in underglaze blue with gilt outlined enamels dating to circa 1740-70.
The unusual form of the dish follows Chinese “Ko Sometsuke” precedents of the first half of the 17th century; see “The Peony Pavillion” lot 220 for a Chinese example of the Chongzhen period, where this particular form is considered to have been especially made for the kaiseki meal accompanying the Tea ceremony.
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A dish and cup with a stylised suhama, shore-line, rim decorated in somenishikide style with a pair of lively galloping horses in a sansui, water and rock, landscape, with mountains in the background and a stream in the foreground. The dish dates to the late Mid Edo period, and probably the Meiwa era...
Japanese Cast Iron Tetsubin, tall Tea Cattle, Tea Pot, Before 1900, early Meiji period, 10 1/2" high include handle, 6 1/2" wide include spout, early cylinder shape, pine cone knob, iron handle has raised design, and some low relief design on the side all around but hard to distinguish...