A pair of patinated and gilt bronze four light candelabra in the early 19th century style and probably of the period. Most of the later 19th century bases are attached with screws directly to the underside of the feet. These are attached through a piece of wood and bolts are held in place with hand cut square nuts. Good casting and chasing. The height is 24 inches (61 cm).
Condition: overall excellent with much of the patination and gilding intact. One of the candle cups replaced...
A large Chinese Qin dynasty pottery Cocoon Jar. Similar but smaller pieces collected by Metropolitan Museum, NY and National palace Museum, Taipei. Lt. 45cm. Condition: small damage to outer mouth rim, please refer to enlargement 4, no restore, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platforms, please ask before ordering.
A beautiful Chinese Ming dynasty Cizhou painted peach dish. Dia. 21.5cm. Condition: short line and minor chipped mouth rim please refer to last enlargement, no restore, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platforms, please ask before ordering.
Chinese Tang - Five dynasties Yue Yao bowl with incised twin Cicadas motive. 15,5 cm diameter. Bowl have chipped at the rim on restorations.
A nice Chinese Qing dynasty Dehua Blanc de Chine white glaze stem cup with plum blossom decoration. Ht. 5.4cm. Condition: tiny chips to mouth rim, no restore, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platforms, please ask before ordering.
Chinese Five dynasties Yue Yao Bowl decorated with incised flowers motive at outer wall. 10,5 cm diameter, 6,7 cm high. Bowl have restorations (please look carefully at the pictures).
Rare Antique Japanese Ofukei ware Chawan with fantastic transparent ash glaze ( result of burning feldspar minerals) and kintsugi repair (gold repair) by Kato Gorohachi (?-1900)
The potter signature is written on the bottom...
A Chinese famille rose yellow-ground 'dragon and phoenix' bowl, 20cms diam. Xuantong mark and period. (1909-1912)
Perfect condition. gilding on rim rubbed.
A Magnificent and rare Longquan celadon large Lotus bowl, well balance potted and overall with olive green glaze tone. Southern Song Dynasty Longquan ware. Condition is very good, no any chips, no any crack and free from any restoration. It's a collector piece and hard to get with the size diameter: 30 cm.
Moss Agate (also called a form of Dendritic Chalcedony) Snuff Botle of flattened rectangular shape, supported on a raised oval elongated footrim, the gently slopping shoulders rising to a cylindrical neck, with concave and wide mouth; the stone showing cluster of mineral (iron or Manganese ixide) of green and brown colors on a grayish ground on one side, and muddle ferns and tree branches mostly in green, dark green and some brown patches, on the other side...
An Early Celadon and Russet Snuff Bottle, 1730 - 1780
This is a well-hollowed, Flattened, Circular form, nephrite Snuff Bottle of even Celadon color with wavy russet veins that seem to just appear from the left to form shrub-like forms that serve as its natural decoration; flare neck, wide flat mouth, and an oval rectangular raised footing...
19th Century Peking Glass Black Overlay Snuff Bottle: "Nine Bronze Vessels"
This is an flat, rectangular shaped with rounded shoulders, transparent, with Black Overlay, Peking Glass Snuff Bottle, depicting in high relief with finely engraved details "Nine Bronze Vessels", after the famous Chinese abbreviated saying "jiu ding", which means "The World weighs as heavy as Nine Bronze Vessels...
18th Century, Japanese Boxwood Netsuke: Recumbent Dog
18th Century, nicely hand-carved Boxwood Netsuke depicting a recumbent Dog that appears to be pleasantly resting. Very nice stylized touches characterizes this netsuke made during the EDO Period of Japan. Unsigned. A bit larger than most netsuke of this type, with large himotoshi, common of carvings made during the 18th century, and beginning of the 19th century....
In China for centuries various civil officials showed their rank by the finial worn on their hat.
The color of the central stone at the top of the metal finial indicated the rank of the wearer...
Brass/gold was the lowest rank...
The hats were further decorated with a long ring of red silk tassels attached between the finial and the hat...
This antique court hat finial along with the circle of tassels is from the Qing dynasty
the finial and the ring of tassels are displayed on top of ...
This is an original 18th century Gouyn period porcelain Chelsea fob seal. These seals were given as love tokens by the wealthy and known as "toys". This particular seal features a woman dancing and holding out her apron on either side. She has a low cut pink bodice and a skirt with a mini print pattern on the front and stripes on the back, and reads "Toujour gai", meaning "Always happy"...
This chawan will make your eyes shine with its beauty. Wonderful distorted Suhama-gata (shoreline type) Chawan of Arita ware with finest golden lines of a real high class kintsugi...
A Nicely Celadon Stemcup with well balance potted, decorated to the interior with carved incised design of Lotus and the cavetto side with emblems pattern. Condition is perfect with no any chip, no any crack and free from any restoration. Dated to Yuan - Early Ming period. Diameter: 12,3 cm and Height: 10 cm.
Meiji Period (1868-1912) Japanese Red Raku Teabowl (Chawan) for tea ceremony.
Raku pottery is traditionally used in Japanese tea ceremony since as early as the 16th century.
The seal of the potter is stamped at the bottom.
Size
2.184in. (5.6cm.) high;
4.875in. (12.5cm.) diameter;
225g weight.
Condition
Good considering the age.
There are small chips and small gold repair at the rim...
Rare to find Byzantine Seljuks Dynasty measuring 6 inch wide, 4 1/2 inches tall
An incredible lifelike Chinese Qing Dynasty Guanyin Porcelain Figure Mandarin Yellow 12” tall. The glaze is magnificent!
A very aesthetically pleasing Japanese high-quality and mystic Raku Chawan with a rarely seen jade green glaze.
Iridescent green and white tinges rise up like some deep space cloud on the meteoric surface of this sugi-nari shaped (Cedar shape) chawan. It dates back to the early stage of the 20th century (Meiji Period). This exceptional bowl is part of our family collection since the 1940ies...
An antique Japanese Gyosho Bako (peddler's chest) made entirely of Kirinoki (Paulownia) wood. Original hand forged iron hardware with four articulated bottom loops to allow through a carrying cord. Four exposed drawers with 6 hidden drawers behind the hinged security door. Beautiful rustic charm that makes for a functional side table or a one-of-a-kind collector's tansu.
Age: Edo Period (1750-1800)
Dimensions: 11" Wide by 36 1/4" High by 16 3/4" Deep
Chinese Famille Rose Mandarin Canton Qing Dynasty Large Server 14x17” very rare work with 15 different figures
Chinese Antique Famille Rose Mardarin Canton ware, circa 1850 Qing Dynasty trapezoidal shape serving plate measuring 9x11”
Length: 9.6 cm (3.8 in)
Height: 3.2 cm (1.3 in)
Width: 7.9 cm (3.2 in)
Weight: 320 gms
Japanese Komai style box featuring an inlaid gold peacock; inlaid birds and wind effect to the sides; gilded interior tarnished; minor marks; signed; good condition
Japanese Yama Chawan (literally 'Mountain Tea Bowl'), biscuit firing ware with impressive natural glaze and slightly distorted form. It dates back to the Kamakura Period (1185 - 1333). Highlight is big golden Foo Dog which was added by a former owner as a kind of Kintsugi to close a damage on the inside surface...
Stunning Japanese golden Tenmoku Chawan of Kyo Yaki. The brown pottery is covered with a gorgeous gold glaze and shows a wonderful crazing. It dates back to the later Meiji Period (1868-1912) and is in greatest antique condition with no chips or cracks.
Kyo-yaki is a type of Japanese pottery. It is a generic name given to pottery made in Kyoto, such as Awataguchi-yaki (Awataguchi pottery) and Omuro-yaki (Omuro pottery)...
A Small Bronze Figure of a Attendant. Possibly a Daoist Priest standing and holding an offering. Traces of gilt lacquer. L Ming 16/17thC. Height; 6 1/4″ (15.6 cm). Condition; good patina
Absolutely beautiful, very heavy, sterling tray. It measures 22" long x 14 1/2" wide x 1" tall and weighs 2045 grams. It is heavily decorated with flowers and leaves. It is marked on the bottom "sterling" with what appears to be a beehive. It is rare to find a sterling tray of this weight and beauty.
Stoneware jar in the form of an orange with the registry mark for F & R Pratt of Fenton for 1878 on the base. 4 inches (10.2 cm) tall and 4 inches (10.2 cm) wide.
Condition: no chips cracks, hairlines or repairs. Minor staining and some tiny areas of paint loss.
An antique Japanese Kotansu (personal storage chest) made entirely of Kirinoki (Paulownia) wood. All original hand forged iron hardware including the Warabite handles. With six drawers total this chest was used to store letters, ephemeral, and small personal goods...
Antique Tibetan painted traveling trunk (also known as a Yak butter trunk) used to store and transport religious yak butter sculptures and artifacts. The main image shows a flaming jewel while the surrounding painting shows an octagonal foliated grid pattern. The fractal design shows an infinite repetition of the Mandala shapes and patterns. Decorated with the arrow shaped mounts along the edges. The polychrome on wood is all original.
Age: 18th Century
Dimensions: 28 1/4" W...
Antique Japanese figure of the seated Amida Nyoria (Amitaba) Lord Buddha. He is seated on a lotus throne, his hands in his lap in Dhyan Mudra (meditation). Carved of wood with gilt lacquer and traces of pigments on the lotos throne. His hair atop his subtle ushnisha is arranged in sweeping striations instead of the tight curls more commonly seen. His heavily lidded eyes are inset with glass or crystal and his facial expression radiates a calm stillness.
Age: Edo Period (1603-1867)...
Antique Chinese Ming Dynasty porcelain plate with celadon glaze decorated with a molded raised pair of raised fish in the center. The underside of the plate has a raised lotus motif with petals radiating out from the unglazed foot. The twin fish is an auspicious symbol representing harmonious marriage and good fortune.
Dimensions: 10" wide x 2" high
An incredible Spanish 18th Century Renaissance Style Walnut Refectory Table 137x37”. H; 30.5” top with carved walnut ends and wrought iron bridging. Table top height 30 inch clearance for chairs. Beautiful old waxed finish. The beautiful Renaissance chairs are on our website
Chinese Late Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) Gosu Akae Kokutani Kogo (Incense Container).
Very popular among Japanese high society, it was exported from China to Japan in the early Edo period (1603-1868).
Size
1.755in. (4.5cm.) high;
2.847in. (7.3cm.) width;
190g weight.
Condition
Very good considering the age.
There are old repairs with gold. Please see the photos for details. No chips.
Supplied with the very old wooden box and the high quality...