A classic 19th century French silver tastevin of traditional form by master silversmith Alexandre Vauger. This example is of small size, intended for use in evaluating cognac, Armagnac or calvados instead of wine. Unlike the “perles” and “godrons” found on the walls of a wine taster, a cognac taster more accurately reflects the liquid’s color using a smooth surface...

A Continental Silver (800)Pair of Grape Shears, circa 1880, with curved handles. Dimensions; 6.25" in length. Excellent condition.

A nice study object, where one can look how the base and the glaze of a genuine Yuan Qingbai piece should look like. Porcelain body covered with a crackled Qingbai ( Yingqing ) glaze. Base unglazed. H : 4,4 cm. D : 8,3 cm. Jingdezhen or Fujian. Yuan Dynasty, fourteenth century. Condition : broken and re-glued, chip to the base.

A very rare well potted Celadon glazed Melon-shape Ewer. Longquan ware, Southern Song Dynasty, 12th - early 13th century. Diameter of the body : 10,3 cm. ( From spout to the end of the handle : 13,1 cm. ) H : 10,7 cm. Condition : There is an insignificant and invisible professional repair to the handle and to the bottom of the piece. This rare piece would be a absolute addition to any Longquan collection.

An Italian "800" Silver Ewer and Underplate (or basin) with Mounted Carnelians on Each Piece. From Milano, Italy, late 19th century. Excellent condition and Very elegant. Dimensions; ewer 4.5" high, underplate 5" in diameter.

Ming Dynasty bird´s cups from the Jiajing resp. Wanli period are quite common but bird´s cups from the Chenghua period like this cup are a real rarity. Ming Dynasty Chenghua period ( 1465 - 1487 ) Jingdezhen ware. Diameter : 5,7 cm. H : 4,4 cm. Condition : Perfect

A rare and good sample of Yuan dynasty blue and white jar, rounded side with globular body and unglazed base, jar decorated with good color of under glaze imported cobalt blue of flower lotus pond and two mandarin ducks motif, very good sample for anyone who interested into studying early Chinese porcelain, newly excavated from trowulan east java.
Jar has been broken as it found and re-attach, complete part, only very small part missing on the lower body.
Size: 8 cm height, 9.5 cm diam...

Rare Song dynasty qingbai cup head ewer, covered with good qingbai glaze and cup shape on top, good condition, size: 14 cm height.

A Yuan - early Ming dynasty longquan celadon large washer bowl with bluish green glaze, good condition no damage no chip no crack no restoration, slightly wrapp, size: 12 cm diameter

Extremely rare and hard to find Edo Period c.1860 byobu screen in good condition and featuring tigers frolicing in bamboo. One of a pair most likely as the other six panel screen had the hanko. This screen has been repaired a long time ago and we challenge you to find the repairs. All and all, a museum piece that fits handsomely over a couch.

A Silver (Continental) Quill Dip Pen with a Silver Filagree Feather End and a Filigree Body. There is a mark on the pen that we cannot identify, but appears to be European. Dimensions; pen 8.25" ling, with quill 9". Excellent condition.

A large plate with iron-brown chrysanthemum design painted in bold brush strokes and an incised scroll on interior walls. Diameter approximately 33 cm. The plate has 2(two) hairlines about 5 cm each at the rim. Good condition.

A hanging scroll (kakejiku) attributed to Kano Masunobu (1823-1880) entitled "take suzume" (Bamboo and Sparrow) with Kiri (paulownia wood) box. Kano Masunobu, also known as Toun, was a member of the Kano School of painters who excelled in ink paintings (occasionally with the addition of pale tints) of landscapes and birds. The school's founder, Kano Masunobu (1423-1530,) was attached to the court of Shogun Yoshimasa. Scroll dimensions: H.90cm(35.25") x W.43cm(17")...

Ming dynasty blue and white jar decorated with lotus scroll at the body and the shoulder. 14,5 cm high. Jar in good condition except two small chipped and fritting glaze at the rim. free from any restorations.

Northern Song ( 11th - 12th century ) The lustrous and glossy black glaze on the fine white body of this extremely rare piece are characteristic of the finest " Ding " vessels developed in the Dingzhou kilns at Quyang, Ding county, Hebei province in the Northern Song period. H : 4,2 cm. Condition : When examined with a 10X lense there is to see a very fine hairline to the body which is nearly invisible with the free eye, further in a perfect condiion.

A fine first-standard (950/1000 pure) silver tastevin, the bottom inset with a silver 5-franc coin from the reign of Louis Philippe. The coin has good detail, the front showing a bust of the king in profile, while the bottom shows a laurel wreath enclosing the words “5 Francs/1846”. The coin is surrounded by repousse decoration of angled godrons, small convex perles and larger concave cupules...

Gorgeous Italian 800 silver repousse wall plate, finely crafted hand hammered decor. The back of the plate contains a hanger for wall hanging. 19th Century.
Measures: 12.20" (31 cm) diameter.

A beautiful 19th C. Chinese soapstone carving from a very famous Chinese love story "Dream of Red Chamber". W:5",H: 4-1/4" with wood stand. In excellent condition. Signed. SOLD