This small carved jade plaque was certainly the element of the central part of a Ruyi scepter, a symbol of the power of Chinese leaders. The plaque is finely carved with deep patterns, we can distinguish a bat, a symbol of happiness, and a vase of lotus flowers. The vase could mean abundance and the flowers seem to be Buddhist Lotuses unless they are immortal peonies. On the body of the vase is represented the intertwined feminine-masculine symbol, Ying and Yang...
A Chinese Longquan Celadon Brush Washer. Circa, 15th Century, Ming Dynasty.
Found in the Philippines.
Dish with petalled interior walls and a bamboo exterior decoration and is covered in a grass-green colored celadon glaze. Its base has an unglazed ring...
Pair of 19th Century Korean Hunting Paintings. Unique to Korea, hunting paintings always depict hunters in Mongolian attire. Koreans had great admiration for Mongolian archery and equestrian skills. Ink and colors on paper. Frame: 46 x 22 inches (171 x 56 cm), 34 x 16 inches (86 x 41 cm).
A Chinese bronze incense-burner and cover modelled as a prancing qilin, well and delicately cast, with nice patina. Early Qing, 17th/18th century. 18 cms.
Two Small Chinese Qingbai Glazed Lotus Petal Dishes. Circa, 14th Century, Dehua Kiln, Fujian, Yuan Dynasty.
Found in the Philippines.
Featuring two small dishes, one slightly larger than the other, and their exterior decorated with carved upright lotus petals. The two dishes are covered in a green-white ‘Qingbai’ glaze, stopping well above their feet...
This is a japanese antique tsutsugaki Indigo dye cotton noren textile of taisyo period(1912-1926).
There are some light stains but they are not noticeable. There is one repaired part.
Size :: Length: 152cm (59.8 inches) / Width :: 98cm / 38.5inch
A Chinese bronze two-handled censer in the manner of Hu Wenming, Ming dynasty, 16th/17th century. 15 cms wide.
Provenance: Hugh Gordon Lowder (1888-1978) who worked at Chinese Maritime Customs, Shanghai, 1908-1914 and 1918-1940.
Very Rare Chinese Neolithic Machang Painted Pottery Jar
This pottery jar of a very rare form was made over 4,000 years ago during the Machang Phase (c. 2300 - 2000 BC) of the Majiayao culture, also known as the Gansu-Yangshao culture, from present day Gansu or Qinghai province. It has an unusually tall neck for its general type that is not quite centred to the wide body. At its mouth is a flared rim with two loop handles on opposing sides...
Large Chinese Neolithic Machang Painted Pottery Bowl / Jar
This pottery bowl, or jar, was made over 4,000 years ago during the Machang Phase (c. 2300 - 2000 BC) of the Majiayao culture, also known as the Gansu-Yangshao culture, from present day Gansu or Qinghai province. It is made from a pale yellowish-brown pottery and is more highly-fired than most known examples. It has a wide body with a flared rim. There are two small loop handles on opposing sides...
A very attractive saraboid seal, carved on the upper side with three section of grit-patterns, and on the seal base with a frontal stylized Rams head emblem, Anatolia, probably costal region, 2nd. millenium BC.
As a very precious material in antiquity, Lapis seals were expensive and thus scarcely seen today. This particular stone is in a very deep good color.
Size: c. 15 mm. long.
Condition: Extremely fine, light deposits.
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A very beautifully carved and polished stamp seal, Syro-Levantine, c. 1st. millenium BC.
A very elaborately carved seal with a tall handle, carved in a cream stone, very glossy! The seal is carved with a depiction of a large bird attacking a smaller animal, perhaps a sheep. Highly unusual.
Size: 20 mm. tall.
Condition: Extremely Fine, uncleaned red dessert sand deposits in the devices.
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A high quality and massive Mesopotamian cylinder seal carved in dark serpentine stone, North-West Mesopotamia, c. 18th.-16th. century BC.
The seal is profusely engraved with a complex depiction of deities and animals. A central godess is sort of flying with her hands touching two creatures above. A worshipper in front with hands raised. Aray of animals and smaller figures including a Centaur below.
Size: 44-45 mm. tall. and 15 mm...
Another substantial Roman silver seal ring with a red carnelian intaglio, 1st.-3rd. cent AD
The ring a typical compressed Roman design and the carnelian stone engraved with a depiction of the Dioskouroi.
Size: c. 24 mm. wide and weighing 8.1 grams. The ring-size is c. 19 mm. x 16 mm., so it fits the typical ring-finger of a smaller male or a female hand.
Condition: Very fine, intact, but the stone was reset and there's chips to the silver-setting. Stable and we...
Nice old well worn Qing Dynasty Shekwan green and blue flambé glazed pillow. 19th century- very nice impressed floral scroll and coin pattern unglazed ends. L: 34cm/13.5in and W: 10cm/4in. Here is an “amusing” Youtube video on opium pillows and their history from the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for your edification https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zOVd9LEabo&t=182s
Asa (hemp or ramie) baby boy's ceremonial kimono, whose wefts and warps are hand plied. It is worn by a newborn baby
about one month later of the birth, on the occasion of "Omiya-mairi" that is the first visit to the local shrine wishing for the healthy growth. It is not actually worn but put over a baby. It is hitoe (no lining) kimono, so that it is used in summer. It has beautiful wave and crane motif which is hand painting. In excellent condition. Late 19th to early 20th century. W:80cm, ...
A pair of old Burmese jade cigarette holders, they stopped making these about 40 years ago, since they have went out of fashion. The white jade has holder (L: 12.2cm/4.9in) has a few scratches and the darker one (L: 6.2cm/2.4in) has naturally occurring inclusions.
Larger seal carved in almost black-green serpentine, the seal carved with an introduction to the enthroned almighty deity, by a worshipper dragged before the throne by a female deity. Dating The Third Dynasty of Ur, also called the Neo-Sumerian Empire, 22nd.-21st. century BC.
A nice seal with deep relief in the fine old style, cuneiform inscription behind the visiting worshipper.
Size: 24-25 mm. tall.
Condition: Very fine, intact with some wear to surface, but a...
Black Hematite seal with nice carvings, dated late in the Babylonian period, c. 18th-16th. cent. BC
Scene with intercessory goddess before God in ascending posture, male, crescent moon, fox, monkey, lion standard.
Size: 30 mm. tall and 13-14 mm. wide.
Condition: Nice Very fine, attractive seal and fully intact.
Provenance: The Karl Müller collection, Germany 1950-1977. Comes with COA and hard imprint.