Indian yantra. Red ink on paper. 26x23 cm. Black text on reverse. Undated, estimated to be19 th century or earlier. Can be viewed in central London and shipped worldwide.
Antique Indian painting. Extensive text and coloured imagery on paper subsequently backed with antique laid paper. Missing top third. 57x37.5 cm.
Can be viewed in central London and shipped worldwide.
Antique Indian 72 square 'snakes and ladders' coloured diagram.
60x58 cm. Black red and yellow ink/paint on thick paper. Text on reverse. Undated, estimated to be late 19th century. Area of restoration.
Can be viewed in central London and shipped worldwide.
A Japanese Ko Tansu (personal storage Chest) made of Kiri (Paulownia) and Hinoki (Cypress) woods. Hand made iron fittings and hardened wooden nails were used in the construction of this chest.
Originally used in a Japanese home to store letters, documents, stationary, and small items, its contemporary use as a bedside stand or a side table adds functionality and elegance to any home.
Age: Meiji period (1868-1912)
Dimensions: 22 1/2" High x 21 3/4" Wide x 12 1/4" Deep
Belt buckle of square shape, with a fine relief geometric decoration. Bronze, with nice age patina. Burma, early 19th century, maybe earlier. Length: 9.5 cm. Height: 6.2 cm. Very good condition.
Sake (or water) container made of hyotan painted with kakishibu (persimmon juice) many times. It has hand-bladed silk cord for decoration and carrying. In excellent condition except for a bit of wear in the tassels. Late 19th to early 20th century. L:44cm Diameter:8cm
An antique Japanese 2 section tall Isho Tansu (Kimono Chest) made from Kiri (Paulownia) and Sugi (Cryptomeria) woods. Handmade iron fittings and sliding door handles that feature embossed Paulownia and Chrysanthemums. Side handles were used for transporting this chest.
The 2 sections allows this piece to be used as a stacked set or separated for use in different rooms of the home.
Age: Meiji period (1868-1912)
Dimensions: 63 1/8" High x 35 1/4" Wide x 15 1/8" Deep
A fine early 18th sake flask, Tokkuri, of European form, the shape derived from Dutch Gin bottles. It is decorated with alternating panels of the Three Friends of Winter, Shochikubai, and a rather unusual combination of a Dragon amongst clouds, and stylised Ginko. The shoulders of the bottle are decorated with stylised Lotus mon amongst karakusa, and the top with a tako-karakusa, octopus scroll, border.
Approximately 19 cm high...
A Japanese porcelain plate decorated with a dignitary beneath a parasol, attended by his servant, in a garden. The cavetto is unusually decorated with a continuous landscape, a device not often encountered on Arita porcelain. The use of linear shading is reminiscent of Chinese “Master of the Rocks” style. The back is entirely plain with four spur marks within the foot-rim. Arita, circa 1680~1700.
Approximately 21 cm diameter...
An antique Japanese 2 section Kiri Kasane Tansu (stacked chest on chest) with handmade iron fittings. Bottom section features a hinged door behind which houses 2 small drawers). The top of each lock plate displays a stylized Chrysanthemum while above each handle has a plum blossom Ue Atari (upper handle stopper).
Age: Meiji period (1868-1912)
Dimensions: 43 1/2" High x 37 1/2" Wide x 18" Deep
Architectural element with an unusual decoration representing a bird with a human head. Wood, fine age patina. India, early 19th century, maybe earlier. Height: 18.8 cm. Very good condition. A rare piece.
Ancient mask of the traditional esoteric "Nuo" theater, representing the character of General Guanyu, wearing his helmet. Wood, with multiple superimposed polychrome pigments, meant to enhance the mask features, of which part is painted on paper glued to the mask. China, early 19th C. Height: 33 cm. The mask is mounted on a custom stand. Very good condition.
A 2 section antique Japanese Kasane Tansu (stacked chest on chest) made of Kiri (Paulownia) wood and handmade iron fittings...
A Japanese Export heart-shaped dish with an European harbour scene by Frederik Van Frytom. Arita 1680 ~ 1700. Frederik Van Frytom was a notable painter in 17th century Holland who was commissioned to produce Delft pottery samples for copying at Arita. This dish is a copy of one of a special set of five Delft dishes that were taken to Japan in 1684 and used in the tea ceremony. The moulded shape of the dish is reminiscent of silver tableware...
A Japanese Arita Export porcelain spoon tray after a design by Frederik Van Frytom. Within the foot-rim is found an eccentrically written apocryphal Chinese reign mark, a feature seemingly of most wares the with Van Frytom designs. The shape is taken from an European silver dish and the porcelain clearly intended to be exported to the West.
A spoon tray of this design was included in a Christie’s auction in 2009.
Approximately 13.2 cm long...
Statue of a sitting protector, with squarish features, his hands in praying posture. Strongly eroded wood, with remnants of kaolin on some areas. Nepal, 19th C. Height: 39 cm. The statue is mounted on a custom stand. NOTE: collected in 1974 by its former owner.
A Brown glaze conical shape tea-bowl, decorated to the interior with dots pattern and exterior with tortoise shell pattern. Song/Yuan Dynasty Jiangxi Jizhou ware. Condition is very good, no any chip, no any crack and free from any restoration. Diameter: 12 cm and Height: 4,6 cm.
A Very Fine and Rare Korean Women’s Silver Samjak Norigae (은 삼작노리개)-19th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th C.
The word Sanjak refers to a trio, the three individual accessories’ thaw tied together
on the ttidon of the norigae on the ttidon of the norigae...