Japanese Arita Blue and White Jug, the slender body decorated with a stylised landscape. C1680/1700
Height 22.5cm. Condition: slight wear to tip of spout, rim and top of handle from original metal mount. Shallow chip to inside of footrim 2.0cm. No other chips, cracks or restoration.
Rare Yixing Hexagonal Tea Caddy and Cover, the sides finely moulded with flowering prunus on a diaper ground. Chinese 18thC. Height 16.6cm. Condition: four minor shallow frits to rim of caddy; no cracks, chips or restoration.
Chinese Blue and White Teapot the finely lobed body decorated on either side with a flowering chrysanthemum and carnations. The spout and handle with cloud scrolls.
Kangxi 17/18thC. Height 9.8cm.
Condition; perfect, no cracks chips or restoration. Very minor frits to knop.
Famille Verte plate decorated in the centre with a bird perched on a flowering magnolia branch. Kangxi C1700.
Dia. 21.3cm.
Condition; some fritting to the rim. No cracks, chips or restoration.
This brilliantly enamelled dish belongs to the same kind as the dish listed before ( # 396 ). However, this one is much more thinly potted, and its decoration, with a Phoenix in the center, is executed even more lavishly than on # 396. A Qing Dynasty Yongzheng period ( 1723 - 1735 ) Famille Rose ( soft color ) dish. Diameter : 27,2 cm. Condition : Perfect.
There is an old paper label from the prominent dealer "Bernheimer München" ( Munich ) on the back of the dish...
A pair of Burmese wooden seated disciples, with calm facial expression, lacquered and gilded with inlay of colorful glass pieces on the borders of the robes, one of them sitting in adoration posture with two hands attached to each other indicating respectful manner. Traces of original lacquer and gilding remain in excellent condition.
Age: Burma, Mandalay Period, 19th Century
Measurement: Height 32.5-34 C.M...
A New Mexican straw-overlay black-stained pine document box circa 1850. Provenance: Al Luckett Collection, sold at Sotheby's "American Furniture and Decorative Arts from Spain's Northern Colonial Frontier", New York, Thursday January 15, 1998, Lot No. 39. Extremely Fine Condition considering the age. 16 1/8" long, 10 3/8" wide, 7 1/4" high.
Up for sales is an antique Chinese Suzhou silk tapestry,19thcentury, intricate embroideries including peacocks, cranes, Mandarin ducks, golden pheasants, flowers, etc in a beige color silk ground. Overall in very good condition, one small split in silk ground, slight discoloration, Measurements : 57-1/2" x 20"
Up for sale is an antique Chinese Qing dynasty Manchu woman's informal domestic robe in the style of Empress Dowager Cixi's ( Ts'u Hsi) reign; late 19th or very early 20th century before 1911; intricate embroideries with wisterias, vines, peonies and butterflies in a red silk ground, with matching edges, ribbons, and sleeve bands, vibrant colors ! Front enclosure to the right with 5 large gold plated toggle-and-loop buttons...
Up for sale is an antique Chinese brocaded silk chair cover, orange color with lotuses and foliages, including gold threads in the middle of the flowers, light discoloration & stainings in a few areas. Measurements: Height 70", width 20".
Up for sale is an antique Chinese civil rank badge, Mandarin duck,1830's, with 5 bats, buddhist auspicious symbols above the seawaves, peonies, peaches and clouds; executed in forbidden stitch and couched gold wrapped threads. Very good condition. Measurements : 11-1/4" x 12"
A very finely decorated "Cairo ware" silver overlay circular copper box with central Ottoman style arabic inscription. This item was made in Egypt circa 1880 - 1920. Condition - minor bumping to the undecorated area of the base - otherwise excellent.
A very nice and impressive example of a really brilliantly enamelled Qing Dynasty Yongzheng period ( 1723 - 1735 ) Famille Rose ( soft color ) dish.
Diameter : 27,9 cm.
Condition : Perfect with a very nice sound when tapped.
A very richly decorated Famille Noire jar.
( Famille Noire is actually Famille Verte with a black background.) There is not only a pair of peacocks, there are also cranes, ducks and flying birds and a lot of Lotus flowers and plants. Apocryphal underglaze blue Ming mark.
Probably 19th. century or older.
On the base of the jar is an old inventory Number which probably indicates that the piece comes from an old German collection.
H : 26,8 cm.
Condition : Perfect
Large 19th Century Korean Sharkskin Jang Geom Sword with Silver Overlay. The scabbard is covered in sharkskin and lacquered black over that. The handle is very interesting and is covered in sharkskin underneath the heavy leather wrapping, and over the sharkskin there is a thick brass foil that is hammered to look like sharkskin. This is a unique technique. The end fitting is missing. The crossguard is shaky because there are a few washers missing from the sword...
Antique Chinese fine and extremely ornate carved altar cabinet with mother of pearl inlay, pierced carved with dragons in swirling clouds, center panel with family of three fu-dogs, claw feet, mother of pearl scenes of figures, flowers and buddhist symbols, bone carved details, sides carved with flowers in vases, hardwood, 18th/ 19th century.
Total size: 43" high (40 1/4" high to table top) x 52 1/2" wide x 20 1/2" deep (18" deep table top).
Five dynaties yue "MISE" bowl with lotus pattern outside wall. 17,8cm diameter. Bowl has three short hairlines and views small chipped at the rim. No restorations.