All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Wood : Pre 1800 item #544318 (stock #C4111)
Thai wooden naga finial carved on both sides and decorated with mirror-tiles, used for decoration on top of the roof.

Age: Thailand, Late Ayutthaya period, circa 18th century
Measurement: Height 104 C.M. / Width 28 C.M. (size excluding stand)
Condition: With natural wears from age. 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.

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900 item #952288
An elegant sterling silver trumpet vase with an opaque glass liner by either Jenkins or Armiger for F. Bucher & Sons. This silver is ornately decorated wthroses, forget-me-nots, wild roses, chamomiles and daises against a stippled background. Bucher was a retailer who stamped wares with his own mark, even though they were actually made by Jenkins, Armiger, Schofield or other leading Baltimore silversmiths of the day...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1900 item #419809 (stock #BB-011)
Suzaku Gate Moon - Hakuga Sammi (Suzakumon no tsuki - Hakuga Sammi). Printed: 1st day. 2nd month. 1886 Engraver: Yamamoto Signature: Yoshitoshi. Seal: Yoshitoshi no in. Publisher: Akiyama Buemon Condition: Very Good colors & impression, full margins, "karazuri" embossing on cartouche & Hakuga's hakama (pantaloons). H. 13 x W. 8.75". Minamoto no Hiromasa (918-980,) was also known as Hakuga Sammi...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Pre 1910 item #1335523 (stock #Lswb1-8)
This is a very fine cloisonne vase with very fine work. It stands only 3 3/4 inches tall but it is loaded with fine details, enameling and sculpted wire work. The vase does have a very slight bend on the bottom rim and there is a small amount of enamel damage that is hard to notice.
Zentner Collection
$2,400.00
Antique Tibetan carved wooden ritual staff handle with three heads; the top head is a skull, the second head is presumably Padma Sambhava, the third is presumably Guru Rimposhe, on new metal stand. Size 5.5" 16th / 17th century.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1700 item #1298816 (stock #0229)

Real old Kihara-Karatsu Chawan from the well known Kiwara kiln in Sasebo. This type of tea bowl is called hanjiki, a transitional folk half porcelain bowl between Karatsu and Shoki-Imari ware.

Very nice cobalt decoration with mysterious charakters, crackle glaze and an antique gold restoration called kintsugi (gintsugi).

The Kihara-Karatsu Chawan comes with a high quality shifuku.

Size: 2,9'' height, 4,6'' width.

Shipping included
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : Himalayas : Pre 1837 VR item #1410624
Early 19th century Tibetan / Mongolian thangka in original mounts depicting Tserendug - the White Old Man - Lord of the earth and water, protector of all living things. Rare icon, Tserendug as the patron of the plant and animal world is one of the ancient chthonic deities incorporated into Buddhist iconography and is associated with Buddha Amitayus...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Central Asian : Metalwork : Pre 1800 item #1408656
Zentner Collection
$10,000.00
An antique Nepalo-Tibetan White Tara cast in bronze with gold gilt and a ruby stone mounted on the crown. White Tara is seen as a protective deity. This is a fragment to a large shrine which included a Green Tara, central Buddha and White Tara.

Date: 18th C

Dimensions: 8.75"
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1492 item #1237381 (stock #Lot1056)
Description:
A green-glazed vase was well potted and was painted on the surface with black motif of peony flower.
It was preserved in perfect condition with finely spread crackles due to age.
Irridescent reflection can be observed too.
Some burial adhesives were kept at the foot bottom.

Date: Song Dynasty, 11th/12thCentury.

Height: 26.5cm.

A Custom-Made Botton Box is Included...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Ceramics : Pre 1492 item #1053300 (stock #871)
A Rare Early White Porcelain Brush Washer Jar: Korea, early Joseon dynasty, 15th century This type of wide mouthed and narrowed foot rim jar with a greyish clear white porcelain is an example of the first efforts during the Korean early Joseon period to produce white ceramic wares, this early white glazed porcelain jar or bottle is rare as a Korean ceramics. It’s in good condition with a small piece of the mouth rim chipped, and has some darkish white glaze on the body during kiln firi...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Ivory : Pre AD 1000 item #996989 (stock #lot735)
Description:

An archaic bone Xi was from Warring States periods.
By enduring old patina, the ancient decorative piece was still in sound quality when old carving lines were revealed clearly.
It was also used as an instrument to loose the knotting rope.
An original hole was in the middle for fastening.

Date: Warring States,481-221B.C.

Length: 6.4cm.

Condition: One minute defect at the tip, fine restoration.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #985324 (stock #472)
A small 18th Century blue and white tureen base made for export in Jingdezhen, southern China, circa 1750 during the reign of the Qianlong emperor. Condition - the cover is lacking and there is an under rim chip (please see enlargement no. 4); no cracks and no restoration...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1900 item #1462822
An antique Japanese Nagoya Mizuya Tansu (kitchen chest) made of Keyaki (Zelkova) and Hinoki (Cypress) woods. All original bronze hardware. 2 section set. Upper section features 2 sets of sliding doors and four side by side drawers below. Bottom section has a pair of sliding doors and 3 side by side drawers. Originally used as a kitchen chest to store large jars of water, dishes, cooking utensils and serving ware...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1488672
Handle-ornament decorated in relief with a shepherd reclining on an acanthus, playing double-pipes. A lyre hangs from the tree which is shading him, on the left a sheep that looks on.
Triangular handle ornament from a mold made pottery lamp. Broneer type XXI (very rare with figural decoration). Light brown clay, covered with a brown slip. Ink inscribed back: 1278, and label underneath 1278.
Published as item no. 356, p. 131, pl. 99 in: Paul Pedrizet...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1492 item #1118370
A Song/Yuan Qingbai Jar. Diameter approximately 12.5 cm. In good condition.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Textiles : Pre 1910 item #514064 (stock #M112)
This is a wonderful Qing Dynasty child's hat from Shui minority group in the Rong Jiang area. It is traditional looking Chinese cap style made with silk fabric and silk split thread embroidery, and top knot. This hat is over 100 years old, and has wonderfully soft patina, and shows some wear. Truely charming
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Iron : Pre 1700 item #1492242
A very beautiful late renaissance to early Baroque door lock plate, probably german or Northern Europe, c. late 16th.-early 17th. century.

Fine openwork style iron wrought and cut and nicely etched with floral decorations.

Size: 24,5 cm. long.

Ex. Danish Collection of keys.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : India : Pre 1800 item #859447
Zentner Collection
$4,000.00
Antique Indian small statue of Crowned Ganesh, the Hindu elephant headed deity is the remover of obsticals, seated on a lotus thrown, beautifully worn, 17th/18th century. Size: 12" high x 7 1/2" wide x 3" deep.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1700 item #91845 (stock #75)
Rare bowl with overglaze enamel ( polychrome ) decoration . Dehua ware from Fujian. Late Ming period. D : 3,4 inc. Minute rim fritting no chrack !
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1384934 (stock ##1873)
Qingbai type conical tea-bowl with flower shaped rim and decorated with simple incised to interior cavatto. A character mark to base. Song/Yuan Dynasty in very good condition, except glaze slight degraded. Diameter: 12,8 cm.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Pewter : Pre 1800 item #1492540
Finely engraved and dated pewter stein or stob / Germany, made in 1708 (touchmark inside lid).

An early form of Stob without the pronounced stand-ring and with an interesting central engraving of a man hitting a fruit tree with a staff and a female beneath picking up the fruit that falls down into a basket; on either side a floral vase; above the German inscription, ''Wúnscht dein der freude an, seinen kindern erlebt''Later initialized and dated by new owners to 1806, so nearly a 10...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Pre AD 1000 item #1486862 (stock #R396)
An ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 500 BC, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 1/2” (13 mm) long and made of steatite, an easy-to-carve stone that hardens when heated. Scarabs empowered life and resurrection and were often placed under mummy wrappings to protect the body and to help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup. Mitry, scarab bottom: "King Hethes, Maat (feather of Justice), Ra (Sun)." The mongoose kills cobras.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Folk Art : Pre 1920 item #1216585 (stock #0003)

Antique and unique Japanese Mingei Sake Bottle (Tokkuri), also usable as a flower vase...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1900 item #1366895
19th century white bronze ojime (slide bead for tightening the cord going from netsuke to inro) of compressed ball shape with cast and pierced geometric and scrolling designs. Nice crisp work, full liner to the central hole, pleasant feel of age, beautiful patina. Diameter 3/4 inches.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Metalwork : Pre AD 1000 item #1430110 (stock #1-1217)
Rhyton with a cylindrical shape progressively widening toward its top to give an overall conical aspect. The rython is decorated with two feminine deities figures in relief on both sides, wearing horns and having a posture similar to the one of Osiris statues. The body of the rhyton itself is decorated with superimposed geometric designs in slight relief. The piece is made of bronze, with an encrusted green patina. Mesopotamia, probably Bronze Age, ca. 3000 to 1500 B.C. Height: 11.5 cm. Strong s...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Metalwork : Pre 1900 item #1045248 (stock #0221)
1850-1900

Having a single bail handle, the reticulated lid fits snugly and is very well cut with a design of geometric and floral patterns. The patina is of a warm, silvery tone showing the expected evidence of use and wear.

Diameter: 7 in., Height: 4 in.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1228598 (stock #KBW101219)
Ca. 1700-1720s, early 18th century
Kangxi period, Qing period
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue
D: 21 cm, h: 4.3 cm
From a Dutch collection

An unusual and interesting Kangxi period blue and white circular dish, painted with a landscape scene in an abstract and expressive style. The pairing of lines and dots is quite effective, and rather similar to the works of later early modern artists such as Van Gogh and Matisse. Although its porcelain paste and glaze are...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Furniture : Pre 1920 item #1372154 (stock #4A99E)
Pair Korean rare Burlwood and White Brass Scholar's Chests, "Mungap", 32" wide 14" deep, 18" high, with white bass square handles on four(4) lift up style doors and flower shape white brass lock plate on the beautiful grain of burlwood panel doors under the 4 drawer. Second drawer from the right lift up first with key into the key hole and pull out towards front will open all rest of 3 drawers one by one after push to the same slot, it is secret doors and must know how to open all the drawers o...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre AD 1000 item #1482994 (stock #TR3106)
pigura art shop
$450.00
Song dynasty russet splashed black glazed tea bowl, good condition with crack line at the center, please see picture for detail, size: 10 cm diameter.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1375207
Global Ceramics
$170.00
A blue and white dish or bowl, depicting a garden wall and rocks with peony, bamboo and prunus. China, mid Qianlong period. Made for the European market, the well surrounded by a Rococo scroll border. Diameter "8 ½ / 21.2 and height"1 ½ / 4 cm. Condition: rim frits and wear to the well (cf. pics).
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Sculpture : Pre 1900 item #1170373 (stock #0964)
Burmese Bronze Buddha with Movable Left Hand. 16.5 inches, 42 cm.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #1453920 (stock #2A47)
19th Century Chinese Porcelain underglaze Blue and White covered Urn, or Jar with Double Happiness design among the scrolling Vines, 17 1/2" high, 10" wide-widest part, 5 1/4" diameter-top rim, the decoration is very crispy and nice medium blue color, marked on early 1800's to mid 1800's. representing nice crispy good quality workmanship, Double Happiness characters among Peony flowers and scrolling Vines. The top knob is restored sometime ago-please see photographs, and couple old small chips...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Swords and Related : Pre 1900 item #1464528
Zentner Collection
Price on Request
A rare example Japanese zunari kabuto (samurai helmet) made all of iron with a mixed metal (gold & silver) design of a dragon amongst swirling clouds. The eyes and whiskers of the dragon are inlaid gold and it's body coils all the way around the hachi (dome). The mabizashi (visor) is edged in bronze and decorated with more wisps of clouds. The underside of the visor shows traces of original red lacquer. The shikoro (neck guard) has five layers and shows traces of black lacquer.

Age...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Devotional Objects : Pre 1800 item #1481079
18th century or earlier Japanese magatama bead made out of muddy green jadeite. Magatama are curved beads which first appeared in Japan during the Jomon period (circa 1000 BCE), and in Korea during the Prehistoric period, mainly in the Bronze Age and Neolithic. They are found in mounded tumulus graves as offerings to deities, and continued to be popular with the ruling elite throughout the Kofun Period, and are often romanticized as indicative of the Yamato Dynasty of Japan. It is believed that ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Stoneware : Pre 1492 item #849413 (stock #S081225034)
EL-GALLERY
USD $300.00
This is a green glazed bowl dated to the Northern Song Dynasty. It stands on a short foot rim with a recess base. On the cavetto, it is divided into four sections of incised abstract cloud like drawings

The bowl is in very good conditions with the glaze intact and some glaze crazing. There are very minor abrasion and chip on the rim, which can be expected and is normal for bowl of such ageing. Other than that, it is in very good condition. In the center of the bowl, there is a manufac...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1900 item #1448195 (stock #2017-475)
Banko Pottery (or what is known as Banko ware) teapot, this is a very rare piece made in Japan circa early 1900’s. It is a clay piece made out of colorful hand painted fish. The fish wrap around the entire piece. There is a reed handle that sits on the hinges. You can see all the attention to details of the fish : you can see the lid comes off in the face of a little sole, a shell that is made for the spout. You can see a lobster, a crab, a ray. Most of fish have human faces, with ela...