Antique Chinese round porcelain container with painted landscape scene of mountains with two sages sitting on a bridge. The lid is skillfully painted with subtle details. The edge is painted with an imitation of copper. The base has four characters painted in blue on the base. The interior is white. It measures 4" diameter 1"7/8" tall. Circa 1900.
Antique Chinese porcelain brush washer in the form of an opening lotus blossom. On one side is a pair of bats and on the other lingzhi mushrooms. Delicately carved and glazed white with brown, orange and gold over painting. Very subtle purple and green high lights on the tips of the lotus petals. Sits on a hardwood stand intricately carved with more bats and lingzhi. Daoguang Period (1821-1850)
Dimensions: Total size: 4 1/4" high x 4 1/4" wide x 3 3/4" wide...
Beautiful Chinese calligraphy scroll, adorned with gold flakes, with a signature by Chinese scholar and official Lin Zexu (1785-1850). Qing dynasty
Size: (entire scroll) 79.5" height, 26" width (artwork only) 41" height, 20.5" width
This is a beautiful Marble Nandi from an Indian temple. Wonderful Original condition with a great Presence.
18th century. Very stunning piece.
Height:22.5" length:27" Depth:10.5
Striking large Japanese ceramic Tokoname jar, wonderful irregular shape, large kiln fragments, thick ash glaze with unusual subtle blue and yellow striations, Momoyama Period (1573-1615). (The Tokoname Kiln is considered one of the "6 Ancient Kilns" and was located at Tokoname on the Chita Peninsula, bordering Ise Bay.)
Size: 181/2" high x 17 1/2" wide x 17" deep.
Momoyama Period (1573-1615)
Antique Japanese bronze with gilt traces Quanyin statue, standing on a lotus pedestal.She holds a bottle in her left hand and a seashell in her right hand. With remnants of lacquer and gilt pigment.
18th century
or later.
Dimensions: 12"H x 4" W x 4" D
Satsuma fine earthenware vase, Kinkozan kilns. Decor of absolute rarity. Two panels with a cracked cream-white background are decorated on one side with a palace scene representing the Empress and her dancer and musical courtesans and on the other side the Mikado fighter. Indeed, above the central figure floats a flag bearing the imperial emblem of Japan, the 32 petalled chrysanthemum...
Rare lacquer box with nashiji background. Gold lacquer decoration in relief of pavilions in a lake landscape. Kirikane gold and silver, pine needles in yellow metal inlaid in high relief blackened by oxidation and dirt. Early Edo period, late 17°or earlier. Inside there is a tray.
18 x 10 x 8cm.
A broken and badly glued interior edge (visible on photo). Sold as is, never restored nor cleaned. No lack. Very good condition considering the venerable age.
Rare and Ancient Celtic Stone Janus from the Published and Renowned Collection of Irwin Hersey, renowned author on primitive art, and publisher of the Primitive Art Newsletter in the 1970s. Irwin Hersey was an advisor to museums and prominent collectors, and vetted pieces for many of the international tribal art fairs. 4.5 inches wide, 3 inches high.
Wonderful antique Japanese okimono of the mythical characters Ashinaga and Tenaga. The two friends live on the beach and survive on fish. Tenaga catches them with his long arms while sitting on the back of Ashinaga who wades out into the water with his long legs. Carved with great detail and whimsy out of boxwood. Meiji Period (1868-1912).
Size: 14 1/4" high x 4 3/4" wide
Ancient 2nd - 3rd century A.D. Gandhara finely sculpted in grey schist stone figure of a seated Buddha.
The haloed Buddha Shakyamuni seated in in meditation posture dhyanasana with his hands folded in his lap and his feet covered by the pleated robe, the folds of the sanghati flowing over both shoulders, revealing the anatomy of his torso, and covering his legs, the wavy hair tied in a bun over the ushnisha, seated on a throne carved with going downwards stylized geometrical pattern...
Antique Chinese porcelain bowl, of an oval form with ribbed sides and a famille rose color palette. The yellow sides are incised with various Chinese inscriptions in blue glaze while several key characters are glazed in red. The foot is tall and deeply recessed with a red seal of Daoguang (1821-1850).
The bowl is placed within a dramatic metal display of a fleur de lys design, raising it on narcissus style legs.
Size: (including stand) 12.5" L x 8.5" D x 6"H
Chinese antique hardwood altar table. Stunning natural woodgrain with beautiful hand-carved panels. Pierced panels with a flame motif between each set of legs. Very heavy in weight. Mid 18th century. Origianl finish and condition.
Size: 35" H x 86.5" L x 16" D
Rare and Grand Joseon Dynasty 19th Century Eight-Panel Chaekgeori Still-Life Screen painting on All-Original Mounting. Chaekgeori literally translates to "books and things," and the things are scholar's accoutrements. It is rare to find such an old and important screen on its original silk and wood mounting. They are usually remounted. In fact, the only other 19th century examples you will ever see are all in museums...
Fine, Rare Eight-Panel Painting by Revered Korean Artist Kim Eung Won aka Soho (1855-1921). Similar to the Kim Eung Won screen in the royal Changdeok Palace. Orchids are an ancient Korean symbol of purity, modesty, and virtue. The rock symbolizes eternity, so the combination of orchids and rock have the meaning of eternal adherence to principle...
Antique Chinese lapis bottle, with detailed carvings of a beautiful woman in flowing robes standing beside a small boy holding a peach, who appears to be handing the woman a leaf. The flip side of the container is carved with a long-stemmed sunflower and puffs of smoke. The lid has reticulated carvings of a sunflower and stems with two birds perched upon it. circa 19 century
Size: 4" height, 2.5" width
Vairochana's mudra is the dharmachakra mudra. It is the gesture of teaching which is divided of turning the wheel of the law. (There are many variation of this mudras) One form, Tibetan use is to hold both hands at the level of the heart. The right palm face faces outward and the left palm faces inward. One circle is forming by the thumb and index finger of the right hand and the second circle is formed by the thumb and the index finger of the left hand...
Beautiful set of four (4) bronze Chinese Buddhist temple pole tops mounted on stands, with large auspicious symbols such as a flute, sword, and lotus pod, billowing ribbons, dragon and tao tie motifs. Two are engraved at the base. 19th century.
Size: 30" height, 13" width