Yuan - Ming Dynasty Lokapala temple guardian bust, this rare and fantastic 2 piece bust comes from the Pingyao area of China and once protected the front of a temple from evil. The piece is made of earthen stucco with polychrome colors ,as well as glass eyes.The statue would be well over life size.
Bust dimensions H 17" W 20" D 11" and very heavy and delicate ...
An important large seated bronze figure of Buddha, Thailand, 15th.- early 16th. century AD.
Lovely buddha in an exceptional quality and condition. He is crowned and seated in the deepest of concentration, in the "Samadhi" - meditation mudra.
Made by very skilled artisans with a fantastic expression; highly arched brows, downcast eyes and the distinctive extra line around the mouth. Three stepped throne with sharp lifted corners...
Antique Japanese boxwood netsuke carving of a well fed plump puppy dog. Hand carved with one of the pups arm slightly raised in a playful manner. Original finish and condition.
Meiji period (1868-1912), 19th Century
Size: 1.75" L x 1" W x 1" H
A genuine ANGKOR KHMER Sandstone Head, mounted, 12/13th Century. Good condition.
Size: H. 7.5" x W. 5" without stand (11"x5" with stand). 19 cm. x 12.75 cm. without stand
An impressive marble relief with a frontal youthful head of Gorgoneion with long hair and above a lesbian kymation. Eastern mediterranean, 3rd century A.D.
White, finely crystalized marple carved in wonderful details and with a fine patination.
Size: 32cm wide, 21cm tall, 12cm deep.
Old Private Collection, aquired before 1980. Comes with our Certificate of Authenticity and auction provenance.
Fine Shan State Wooden Buddha with rich high quality gilding on black lacquer, subduing Mara, very tranquil and serene expression, sitting on a tapered throne, condition: very good,
19th Century, Burma
Set of Four Hammered and Silvered Bronze Arts and Crafts Candlesticks, Early 20th Century, Unmarked. 13" high.
A very rare gilt bronze Buddha, Southern Thailand Sri Vijaya/Javanese inspired local style, ca. 11th.-13th. century AD.
The Buddha stands erect with his right hand raised in abhaya mudra and his left gracefully extended alongside his body
Wonderful archaic Southern SE Asian style of his face with the pronounced brows, a flat nose and thick lips. His eyes are thick and downcast and he wears a slight smile. He is standing on a square pedestal.
Size: 27,5 cm...
A small song dynasty dish engraved with the lotus design in white.
Dimension:
Diameter: 14cm / 5.5 inches
Height: 2cm / 0.6 inches
Condition Report:
Other than a small chip at 3 o'clock and some minor abrasion, it does not affect the appeal and aesthetic of the dish. Such dish are quite scare to come by.
Japanese antique Mishima ware hagi tea bowl with pink and gray glaze and wave pattern...
Black bowl, Kangxi (1662 - 1722) decorated in black and over glaze gold flowers. Double blue rings in under glaze blue and Mark in over glaze blue. Condition: the bowl has a reparation from the 19:th century (see pictures). The over glaze gold has wearings from normal use (unusual that gold still is so visible). Measurement: Diameter 19.3 cm = 7.6 in, Hight 9.1 cm = 3.6 in Wight 504 grams
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Another niece piece of Ming dynasty funerary sancai glazed foreign groom and horse. The groom is foreign looking with a white slash on the waist and downward. The cap looks like from the western part of the county, probably from the one of the tribes. The groom wears a brown coloured clothe with a long sleevless outer coat in green with white collar and button. The horse is cream white in colour with green glazed harness and green saddle cloth on the horse back...
Beautiful Chinese scholar's rock, a very pale yellow, almost white Taihu stone from the bottom of Lake Tai, Jiangsu Province, China, stands on wooden base, very pleasing and captivating form.
Size: 16 3/4" high including stand
A fine and rare example of the antique 18th-19th century "kupka - kupke," a cap worn by well-to-do religious Jewish women on the Sabbath and holidays, Poland, 18th century.
This magnificent Kupka is finely embellished in the highest quality of Spanier Arbeit...
Width: 19.2 cm (7.8 in)
Height: 9 cm (3.8 in)
Fine Chinese porcelain famille rose octagonal bowl; trigram decoration amongst a mass of diaper work with swastika borders; Daoguang marks on the base; turquoise interior and base; minor wear and tiny frit; good condition
Asian archaic clay jar with design of fish nets in soft red hue, clay showing signs of roots, repairs to lip.
East Bay Collection
Dates Approximately 1500 BC
Size H 9 1/4" x W 9"
Antique Japanese Seto ware chawan (tea bowl) with horses. A raised horse gallops on the outside of the cup near a fence. On the inside bottom of the cup is another running horse. Both have a celadon crackle glaze. The cup shape has an undulating surface and is glazed a rich, mottled brown with yellow flecks...
Nice black-figure lekythos with men, two of them seated on fold chairs (okladiai). The men show nicely rendered heavy heads. They wear cloaks, some with faded bordures or dots, two of them holding staffs (?)
Branches without leaves in the field. Two rows of radiating strokes on the shoulder.
Ceramic
Athens, 500-480 BC
12.4 cm (4.9 in)
Intact and in excellent condition...