The katar is a type of push dagger from India. It is characterised by its H-shaped horizontal hand grip, which results in the blade of the sword sitting above the user's knuckles. Unique to South Asia, it is the most famous and characteristic of Indian daggers. Most katar have straight blades, but in south India they are commonly wavy...
Chinese yixing teapot from Tek sing cargo shipwreck. 20 cm wide. 14 cm high. Good conditions.
A rare northern Song dynasty Yaozhou bowl with duck motif, rounded side with conical shape and glazed base, bowl decorated with ducks and water flower motif, a very similar bowl illustrated in "Song dynasty ceramics" book by Rose Kerr, collection of Victoria and Albert museum.
Bowl is in very good condition no chip, no crack, no restoration.
Size: 11.5 cm diameter.
Small Chinese Transitional Vase and loose fitting Cover decorated in a strong Wucai palette. C1650/60. Ht.4 7/8" (12.4cm). Condition; 0.5cm chip to rim, shallow flake to inside of rim, 2.4cm crack from rim. Cover, shallow chips and fritting to rim, mop fritted.
c.1810, 8"L x 8"W. Condition: excellent
French Art Deco vase made by CAB (Ceramique d'Art de Bordeaux) for Ovington, New York, circa 1920. Incised "CAB", "323"?, and "Made in France" in a square, also inscribed "Ovington New York" and "France". 7 1/2" high and 7" across. In excellent condition. One of a number of similar pieces currently available. Please inquire.
Longquan ware, Zhejiang. Song to Yuan Dynasties, thirteenth to fourteenth centuries. Superb potted with a molded decoration outside and covered with a nice Celadon glaze.
Diameter : 16,2 cm. H : 6,9 cm.
Condition : Perfect.
This leaf shape Chinese late 19th century export Canton blue and white dish is 7 ½” long, 5 ½” at its widest part and 1 ¼” high. It depicts buildings, trees and rock along with a lake (or river). One man holds an umbrella crossing a bridge while another man is paddling a small boat near by. It is in excellent condition.
An incredible and massive Japanese Buddhist Temple Ranma (transom) carving of a crouching Shishi (Fu Dog) under an overhanging pine tree flanked on both sides by exaggerated Peonies. Beautifully hand carved with great detail. The pine tree represents longevity while the large Peonies symbolize an abundance of wealth. The frame and carving both are made of Hinoki (Cypress) wood. Very good original condition...
Japanese antique shiko & benibana-dye itajime(katazome) silk child kimono yosegire(patched) edo era(1800-1867).It is shiko & benibana-dyeing of natural.It has a few thin stains. However, The stain does not stand out.It is no damage.They are not disturbing, and as a whole it is in very good condition.
size:Length 104cm (24.9inch) sleeve to sleeve 96cm (37.7inch)
Chinese Famille Jaune Ginger Jar, 8 1/4" high, 8 1/2"-widest area, 3 3/4" diameter-top rim, 7" diameter-bottom rim, made during late 1800's to early part of 1900's, thick overglaze Polychrome design on the entire body with Peony flowers and vines with Chinese Character in four(4) circle windows. Star crack on the bottom which stained over the years and scratch on the glaze on the raised decorated surface.
Condition: Very good condition. No repair and restoration.
Two rare natural striped Pyu agate beads and one Pyu banded agate bead.
Condition and size: See photos.
A collection of 10 Buddhist and Bon ritual cards tsakli) painted with colors on paper from different sets, of which the most interesting and rare depicts a Wrathful Protector, 3 Vinaya cards and a Yogi belonging to the Bonpo school, and 5 Buddhist tsakli with ritual objects. Most of the cards have long inscription on the back side.
Tibet, 19th and 20th cent.
Condition: Of mixed quality, 3 in good condition, the rest quite worn.
Chinese mounted fan painting, with scenic imagery of a forest of bamboo, with natural structures of rock in the foreground. Calligraphy and three red chops in upper left area.
Size: 24" L x 13" H (20.5" L x 10" H fan only)
Large Khmer pottery jar with naturally running brown glaze from the top and stop at the foot, carved striations band around the neck.
Age: Khmer, Angkor Vat Period, 12th Century
Measurement: Height 56 C.M. / Width 38.5 C.M.
Condition: Nice glaze condition overall (some glaze chips, some chips on the mouthrim, minor repairs on mouthrim, and wearings).
Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost...
Famille Rose Plate with Floral Sprays and Faux Bois Cavetto
Late 18th century
Qianlong reign, Qing dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze enamels
D: 23 cm
Perfect condition; very minor enamel loss commensurate with age
Purchased from a France-based dealer
From the introspective reserve of Song monochromes to the fantastic romance of Kangxi wucai, Chinese ceramic arts tend to lean towards the imaginative and symbolic...
A beautiful 19th C. Chinese famille rose hexagonal bowl,Tongzhi reign mark (1856-1875)in excellent condition. D: 7" x H:3" $130
A Tang dynasty Changsha bowl, rounded side with deep center and unglazed base, bowl decorated with brown color , bowl covered with creamy glazed PERIOD : Tang Dynasty (618-906 AD) MEASUREMENTS: 5.5 cm tall, 15 cm wide. CONDITION: no chips, cracks, or hairlines and free from restorations.
Length: 10.7 cm (4.3 in)
Height: 4.1 cm (1.3 in)
Width: 7.7 cm (3.1 in)
Weight: 430 gm
Japanese Komai box produced by the Komai family in the late 19th century; shows inlaid gold and silver depictions of bamboo and birds over a black iron ground; gilt interior; minor age marks; signed Komai Seibei; good condition
18-19th century Chinese Famille Verte ewer. Foo lion leans against a teapot. Aside the lid is missing, it is in good condition.
H: 7 ¾ inches, W: 5 ¾ inches
Pair of 19th Century Japanese Kutani Porcelain Vase with Immortal Figure Marked
They are 14.2 inches (36 cm) tall by 6 inches (15.2 cm) wide. Total weight is 8.7 Lb.
They have dark spots, skip glaze, excess clay at the bottom, rubbing of gold, and surface wears (as seen in the photos).
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An unusual Japanese Satsuma koro in the form of a barrel, the body decorated with symbols of good fortune & longevity, the white metal lid, pierced and engraved with a bird in flight amongst flora, the base with artist signature with Shimizu mon and seal.
Approximately 14cm high x 11cm wide...
Pair of well designed and crafted continental silver pierced goblets, each designed with a boy riding a dolphin supporting the top pierced bowl, both with unidentified marks, 19th century period. Size; Height of each item is 5-3/4 inches long with total weight of 575 grams.
Antique Stone and Metal Chinese Seal Chop from the published and renowned collection of Sam Hilu, a prominent author and adviser on traditional Asian art. 5 inches, 12.5 cm.
Uniquely figured diamond shaped bronze 'suiban' flower vessel for ikebana flower arrangement. Lovely Meiji Period c.1885 bronze featuring hexagonal diaper pattern representing tortoise shells and long life. Ever since the Nara Period, stylized tortoise shells have been a popular diaper design in Japanese art. Very rare design for a suiban flower vessel; most are rectangular. Excellent condition. c.1885. (18" x 13") (45cm x 32cm).
17th Century Chinese Bronze Donkey Shaped Incense Burner with Dragon Saddle
It is 8.2 inches (20.8 cm) tall by 8.6 inches (21.8 cm) in length and 4 inches (10.1 cm) wide. It is 2455 gram (5.4 Lb).
It has pitting, firing holes, small chips and missing 2 sticks at the saddle, loss of patina, oxidation, and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).
Some of the photos were taken under the sun.
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A Very Rare and Fine Korean Old Silla Pottery Musical Libation Cup-6th C.:
Korea, Three King Domes Periods (Silla period), 5th-6thcentury,
This is a so called a “jingle-bell libation musical cup-vessel...
Antique Korean pair of bedside chests on stands, with natural burl front panels. Both chests have book-matched front doors, meaning each door mirrors the other, creating symmetry. Original finish wood.
Chosun period
Dimensions: 29.25" L x 14" D x 24.75" H (on stands)
Decorated with parrot in the form of a human, seated at the end of the handle, holding a rope in both hands.
Age: Burmese, Early 20th century.
Measurement: Total Height 27.5 C.M. (Height excluding stand 17.5 C.M.)
Length 29.5 C.M.
Condition: With aged crack and natural wears. Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipping: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.
Very large black-glazed skyphos with high swelling body and horizontal horseshoe handles.
The torus ring foot with carefully turned and glazed inside edge. The reserved surface with a crimson wash. Excellent brilliant black glaze.
The quality of the pottery shows the treatment of standard Attic products. J. W. Hayes refers to these as Atticizing wares, cf. pp...
Fun and unusual earrings of Whitby jet with a jet ball hanging below carved Whitby jet florets. Whitby Jet is fossilized coal mined in Whitby, England in the 19th century and made into jet jewelry, used at the time for to create jewelry. It was truly a cottage industry, with men extracting the jet from the mines and turning the precious material over to woodworkers, who hand turned and carved the jet into smooth forms...
An exquisite dark bronze image of the deity Benzaiten playing a four stringed lute known as a Biwa signed in a cartouche inset into the base and dating from the early 20th century (Later Meiji to taisho period). The figure is 20 x 16 x 18 cm (8 x 6 x 7 inches) and is in excellent condition.
Benzaiten (or Benten) is the Japanese embodiment of Saraswati, the hindu god of the arts. Benzaiten is depicted a number of ways in Japanese art...
A fine and rare early Ming 15 th century blue and white large brush box with cover, oval shape body with globular body and glazed base, brush box decorated with under glaze blue of flower scroll motif at the cover, inner tray with flower spray and body with continuous flower motif contain peony and lotus scroll, it is very rare to find a similar piece with original inner tray and cover.
Brush box is in very good condition no chip, no crack, no restoration, short original firing crack at the...
Hand painted brush and ink Chinese painting, classically mounted on a scroll, depicting Bamboo and Rocks with apocryphal attribution to Zheng Xie鄭燮 This is a homage, painted in the 20th century, and is of an impressive size H: 165cm/64in and W: 68cm/24in. Mounted dimensions L: 2.4m/94in and W: 83cm/32.5in.
This is an exquisite piece of history - an arrowhead that was used by the skilled Achaean archers in Ancient Greece. It is made of durable bronze and has a unique V-shaped tanged design known as type VIIIb. This arrowhead belongs to the Bronze Age period, which lasted from around 1500 B.C. to the final phases of the Mycenaean era in 1100 B.C. - a time that coincided with the legendary Trojan War. It's fascinating to think about the battles that were fought with weapons like these.
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This very well carved Japanese ivory okimono is a late 19th century product. It is 5 1/2” high, 2 3/4” wide and 2 1/4″ thick measured from the bottom. It depicts a smiling farmer holding a bundle of fresh cut lotus roots which are wrapped and bound in a straw sheet. The facial expression is very realistic. The short robe with willow tree design indicates it is either spring or summer which is the right season for harvesting lotus roots. The artist name “Furuyama” is on the bott...
This is a finely made Blue and White Porcelain Snuff Bottle, of tubular form with straight neck and rolled rim, resting on an unglazed footing, with a patterned band around the shoulder and neck. It depicts three figures with a donkey. It has a six-character Yongzheng mark on the base in undergrlaze blue. It comes with a rosette ceramic stopper.
This excellent looking bottle is in remarkable preserved condition.
Bottle Measurements
Height: 2.86 inches (7.3cm) - not including sto...
An absolutely stunning Edo period (1700s) Kuro Oribe Chawan covered in thick, ink-black crackle glaze and some fine cream colored decoration.
The slightly irregular kutsu-gata form settles easily into the palm of the hand, with the built up rim resting lightly on the fingers. A high quality box called Shiho-zan is part of the offer. The four sides of the box are surrounded.
No chips or repairs.
It is unsigned, as would be typical of older tea implements.
S...
Late Meiji Period C.1900 gold lacquer on zelkova wood mirror stand. Used in the inner chamber of altar shrine to reflect the void. Bronze mirror has plum blossoms and pine leafs in relief. Very good condition. (see pics). 11" tall by 7" wide. Ask for shipping quote.
From our Japanese Collection, a truly superb satsuma vase, Meiji period (1868-1912), of tapered hexagonal form depicting a continuous procession of figures underneath a canopy of hanging wisteria. The vase is of the highest quality, as are all of our satsuma offerings. Note in particular the exceptional gold detailing to the robes of the figures, or look for example at the detailing of the two bijins standing with the open parasol: The work is extraordinary. We hope the pictures have done this...
Rare/Fine Korean Mellon-Shape Carved Black Inkstone(保寧藍浦産)
-19th C.- early 20th C.:
“Please note: With published and illustrated with its description in a scholars’ inkstone illustration book in Japan (see a copy of it).
Korea, late Joseon / early 20th century, “保寧 藍浦産石”
The Ink stone is very heavy, very well skilled carved Korean melon-shape with vines, leaves, its end-tip, outside rib and its inside seeds as a top bottom by an excellent stone carver.
it m...
A Blue Glaze Stemcup,late ming or erly Qing period.it's just has two tiny chips at the rim.
no hairlines or restorations.
size : 7,8 cm height.6,8 cm wide
Dalton 4-1/8"long X 1"wide X .25"thick Burlinton Chert, found in Pettis County, Missouri, ca. 9,500 B.P. Ben Stermer C.O.A., the ear the is redish from heat treatment has a modern break approp: .25 up and is reglued back on if you didn't know you can't tell it has been. If you are interested in this item please email me Tim @ tejones0433@msn.com for all offers, shipping priceing and payment.
Wonderful old Millville, NJ area glass paperweight wig stand or mantel ornament. The setup is pierced with five elongated icepick bubbles. Small bits of aventurine glass highlight the overall coloring of soft yellow and green. The top is heavily faceted with 33 printies of varying sizes. The cutting strikes me as being similar to the faceting seen on good New England Glass Company paperweights. The weight is raised on a baluster form pedestal and a foot. The glass is very heavy and of the ...
Thirty six rare ancient long beads from China 2,000 to 3,000 years old or older. Will make a nice necklace.
Size: See last photos
Beautiful rare Japanese kusuri medical tansu, made of keyaki wood (zelkova) front, top and sides. Sugi wood interior. Original finish and hardware, lacquer with orange, dark reddish, brown and mahogany tones. Five rows of drawers of varying sizes, which includes a larger drawer with a beautiful lock at the bottom. Iron hardware on each drawer and side handles. Age: Edo Period (c1850).
Size height 34.5" x width 31" x depth 12"
Size: 29.5" Height and 34.5" Height including base x 31" length x...
The Chinese people smoked both opium (thanks to the British) and tobacco. This antique pipe was made and used by the ethnic minority of the mountain region of SW China.
Chimu painted Textile with Monkeys Jaguars birds and Warriors , all painted on a white cotton type textile. Losses as seen along with the usual burial staining . Beautiful piece would be nice framed.
Size 41" by 21"
A late Ming dynasty heavily potted porcelain dish made for export, probably to Sumatra. The decoration is in underglaze blue starting with a thin line around the outer edge, a double ring about a quarter of the way toward the center with grasses growing inward toward a large expressive carp. The style of painting with brush strokes not enclosed by lines is typical of the late Ming and the size and heaviness are typical of the export porcelain to South East Asia. The underside is decorated with a...
Kogo box in maki-è lacquer, with a rounded lid depicting a naturalistic scene. The gold decoration depicts the Japanese pine, known as Matsu, and a typical house with a thatched roof along the banks of a waterway.
Sold with its tomobako.
Origin: Japan
Period: Meiji end of 19th century.
Dimensions: 3.5 x 7 x 8 cm.
State of conservation: Very good
A great Kangxi jar from the period. Traditional decorated. The free painting point on a quite early Kangxi. Condition: Very good condition. The foot ring has two ships that has no influence of the appearance (see pictures) Measurement: 20.8 cm = 8.2 in
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An antique Japanese Kyushu Kimono Tansu in a single section made of Suginoki (Cryptomeria) wood. Original natural Urushi lacquer finish. Hand forged iron hardware including the top view mums design on the lock plates. Three large and four small drawers to organize storage.
A stunning tansu that would work well in any room decor.
Age: Meiji Period (1880-1890)
Dimensions: 46 1/2" Wide by 25 1/4" High by 16" Deep
An elegant and superbly proportioned antique English toasting wine glass with a a drawn flared trumpet bowl atop a plain stem and conical foot; rough pontil. A beautiful and graceful glass, and quite uncommon in lead, as this one is.
6 3/4" tall, 2 7/8" bowl diameter, 3" foot diameter
An antique Japanese Taiko drum and stand made of Keyaki (Zelkova), leather and hand forged iron hardware. The leather on both sides is decorated with the Mitsudomoe (Tomoe) symbol represented in Shinto shrines dedicated to Hachiman, the God of war and archery. The image displays natural wear from years of practicing and performances. The Keyaki stand was made using Japanese joinery and separates in two parts.
Age: Taisho Period (1912-1920)
Dimensions: 15 3/4" Long by 27" High by ...
From the Lumiere Collection by Galerie L'Enfant. Elegant brass and porcelain chamber stick, Dutch, circa 1890.
Rare Yuan Dynasty, forteenth century covered box of circular shape with domed lid. Moulded vertical ribbing on side of the lid, and a spray of flowers and leaves moulded in relief in the centre. White glaze over a porcelain body. D : 3,8 inc.
Perfect condition.
Please look " Oriental Trade Ceramics in South - East Asia " page 87 plate 32.
A pair of Japanese Keyaki hibachi vessels with black lacquered.
Hibachi is a traditional Japanese heating device.
Age: Japan, Showa Period, Early 20th Century
Measurement: Height 23.1 C.M. / Width 40 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall. 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.
Antique Chinese agate pendant hand carved into a leaf with lightly serrated edges. A small insect is carved into a small area of orange agate with delicately carved legs. Early 19th century. Mounted on a sterling silver chain.
Size: 1.25" L, pendant hangs 8"
This is an intact and very fine example of this ware which, to me, seems to incorporate a human torso, standing with arms and legs akimbo. The colors are quite vivid, with an aubergine purple in addition to the black outlining. The piece is well and thinly potted, standing some 7" in height.It swells out to some 7" in diameter, measured across the area of the two rings ("lugs").