Pristine Jatim Millefiore bead circa 600-900CE, Pre Islamic Javanese Hindu era. Perfect condition. L: 17mm x W: 18mm. Perfect condition. Free shipping.
Pretty little antique white Burmese jade pendant, adjustable cord and free shipping via Hong Registered Airmail. H: 31.8mm and W: 19.7mm. Carved with bat, coins and lingzhi with splash of apple green at the bottom. Free shipping.
Interesting hardstone axe, Pre-Columbian, 1st. millenium BC
Nice polisted sharp axe with rounded butt, unresearched for specific culture
Size: 10,5 cm.
Condition: Choice.
Ex. Old Collection
A nice pair of a Danish Neolithic axe and a Chisel from later part of 3rd mill BC.
This is a period where the neolithic tools became more specialised for certain tasks.
The pair consist of an polished, smaller axe and an unpolished chisel.
Sizes: 11 & 12 cm.
Condition: Choice w. minor chips.
Ex. Private collection.
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A large and exceptional Roman terractotta figure of the winged Eros walking, Roman Imperial, c. 1st. century AD.
Interesting early representation of Eros with preserved pigments in red.
Size: 17 cm. tall and quite massive.
Condition: Choice, almost completely intact with a tip of one wing restored othervise superb with intact pigments.
Ex. Private Collection, aquired before 1980.
Strand of ancient Afghani glass beads, circa Roman era. These are original beads (not re-carved bangles or glass vessel fragments). Some are decorated with gold leaf, others exhibit dichroism. Traces of calcification. A total of 27 beads (note 3 are broken). Total length: 50cm/19.8cm- note last enlargement for scale- 17 grams. Free shipping.
Height: 12.7 cm (5.1 in)
Width: 7.7 cm (3.1 in)
Depth: 4.2 cm (1.7 in)
Fine Japanese Satsuma moon vase; shows two panels of nobles and samurai in rural settings; the edges, along with top and bottom borders, are decorated in raised gilt diaper work; collection number and old label present on the base; good condition
An antique Japanese Choba Tansu (merchant chest) made of Hinoki (Cypress) and Sugi (Cryptomeria) woods. All original hand forged iron hardware and Urushi lacquer finish. Removable hinged door opens to two large compartments where merchant books and store records were kept. Below are two drawers for additional storage. Side handles allow for easy placement of the chest in a room.
Age: Edo Period (1800-1850)
Dimensions: 25 3/4" Wide by 41 1/8" High by 17 1/4" Deep
An antique Japanese Kuruma Choba Tansu (wheeled merchant chest) made entirely of Kiri (Paulownia) wood. All original hand forged iron hardware including the full moon style lock plate and interior Warabite handles. Hinged doors open to a 12 sectional compartment area where valuables were organized and stored. Below are two drawers where additional storage was used...
An antique Japanese Kotansu (personal storage chest) made of Sugi (Cryptomeria) wood. Original hand forged iron hardware and Urushi lacquer finish including the full moon lock plates and the Warabite style handles. 3 full width drawers with a 3/4 width drawer and small drawer at the bottom. Constructed using straight dovetail joinery and hardened wooden nails. Age: Meiji Period (1880-1890)Dimensions: 22 1/8" Wide by 22 1/2" High by 12" Deep
Just removed from my personal collection. This is the earliest pre-Elgin (National Watch Co.) I ever possessed in 45 years. Elgin produced 50 million watches by 1955. This all-original watch is serial No. 8112; the first few months of production in 1865. 18 size, full plate gilt, key wind and key set, wide well diamond jewel settings, G.M. Wheeler/Elgin, Ill. No. 8112. Original 3oz. coin silver hunting key wind hunting case by the Keystone Watch Case Co...
1900's Chinese Silk Embroidered Gold Thread Military Rank Badge Shizi Lion
It is 11.9 inches (30.2 cm) long and wide. It is 0.2 Lb.
The badge was glue on the backing paper. It has tear the backing paper, loose threads, stains and minor fray at the edge (as seen in the photos).
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Old Chinese Jade Plaque with Turquoise and Coral Carved Beads Inlay Silver Snuff Bottle Wood Stand
It is 4.5 inches (11.5 cm) tall by 3.6 inches (9.1 cm) wide with stand and 3.8 inches (9.7 cm) tall by 3 inches (7.6 cm) wide. without stand. The jade plaque is 2.1 inches (5.4 cm) diameter. The bead is 4.9 mm-6.1mm. The snuff bottle is 136.1 gram...
19th Century Chinese Famille Rose Fu Lu Shou Lucky Star Immortal Figure Marked
It is 18.7 inches (47.5 cm) tall by 6 inches (15.2 cm) wide. It is 5.5 Lb.
It has dark spots, small firing hole at the belt and rubbing of gold and paint and surface wears (as seen in the photos).
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A pair of large Chinese pottery standing court men.
Age: China, Tang Dynasty, A.D. 618 - 907
Size: Height 86.5 - 86.7 C.M. / Width 20.6 - 24.5 C.M.
Condition: Well-preserved old burial condition overall. 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.
Antique Japanese tall ikebana basket made of wide and flat strips of split bamboo. The mouth and overall shape is an elongated square with a curved handle made of two pieces of bamboo woven together. The corners of the basket are reinforced with bamboo and knot work. The bamboo has a dark, rich finish...
Antique Indian bronze figure of Krishna. Standing in a relaxed pose with his flute in hand. He is bejeweled and wears a pleated dhoti. Long strands of hair fall to his shoulders. Behind his tall headdress is a sun disk. Krishna and his consort, Radha together represent the ideal relationship of love between god and soul. Beautiful original patina and hand rubbed finish.
Age: Early to mid 19th century
Dimensions: 11 7/8" high x 4" wide x 4" deep.
A Fine And Rare Khmer bronze figure of Hevajra, Angkor Baphuon Period 11th Century.
Standing in Paryankasana with his sixteen arms radiating around his body and formely the hands holding separate casted attributes.
Wearing vertical striated sampot secured by a belt and with long fish tail shaped flange falling between his legs.
The reverse with butterfly shaped element, bejewelled, his head with nine faces with incised ridged eyebrows set above incised almond shaped eyes, broad noses, pouti...
Antique Japanese small ceramic teapot in the form of lotus leaves. Buff color clay with light brown glaze and glossy speckles. Leaves sculpted with naturalistic details. The spout is a folded leaf and a small round leaf functions as the thumb rest. The underside of the teapot is sculpted to match.
Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Dimensions: 2 1/2" high x 3 1/2" wide x 4 1/2" long
This is an impressively preserved Terracotta Tomb Pottery, Sancai-Glazed figure of Lu Dongbin, one of the Eight Immortals. He is one of the most widely known of the Eight Daoist Immortals and considered to be the leader of the group. He is thought to have lived during the Tang Dynasty (618-906) and he is depicted as a scholarly gentleman...
This is a rare and unique (one-of-a-kind) Snuff Bottle made from Gourd. I HAVE HAD AND HANDLED THOUSANDS OF SNUFF BOTTLES, AND I HAVE NOT SEEN A SIMILAR BOTTLE BEFORE). Is is shaped in the form of an old Chinese Wine Storage Canister. It has a square slightly raised footing with a raise oval pad in the middle. It is molded and shaped into squares and similar height rectangles to form a canister with a long cone shaped neck, and wide mouth. The material has also been carved all around in imit...
This is a very fine pair of Spinach Jade Birds perching on a tree branch that is nested on a carved wood stand. The artisan has taken advantage of the jade skin to highlight certain areas, such as the lightest (celadon) color for their peaks, the darkest (spinach) for their body, and mottle portion of the stone for the birds tails. This very detailed and realistic version of the birds are in excellent preserved condition.
Figure Measurements
Height: 4.25 inches (10.5cm), without stand
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This is a unique, one-of-a-kind, an excellently carved Antique Zitan Wood Ruyi Scepter with Jade Plaques - Good Fortune Theme
A extremely rare, unique, Chinese made hardwood Ruyi Scepter with Mother of Pearl and single Spinach Jade Plaques. There is not another Ruyi Scepter like it anywhere. The curving hardwood Scepter, like Zitan, of a dark brown wood color extensively carved all throughout with Lingzhi, a type of mushroom whose head resembles a stylized cloud and is associated with long ...
This is a finely carved Celadon Jade figure of a Boy holding a Lotus Leaf Branch. It is a mostly of natural celadon color with a small patch of russet color in the back, near the waistline. This excellent rendition of a traditionally groomed 18th Century Boy is in excellent preserved condition.
Provenance: Bonham's
The Celadon Jade Boy here is similar to one being auctioned by Zacke Galleries, Vienna, Austria, on 11 March 2022, with an estimated cost of 2,000 to 4,000 Euros. (see photo...
Authentic, Ancient (500-100 B.C.) Pre-Columbian Mezo-American Guerrero, Mezcala Jade, Axe God Idol Figure.
Pre-Columbian, Meso-American Guerrero, Mexcala culture, Late Pre-classic Period (500-100 B.C.), Carved from a speckled green serpentine stone, common during the period.
It is a large, anthropomorphic axe god in the form of a standing idol figure that it is abstract and minimalistic. The details have been incised on the stone to show its hair, eyes, mouth, arms to the sides, and s...
This is a 19th century, flattened, Square form with rounded shoulders, Jasper Snuff Bottle. It has a design prevalent mostly in snuff bottles made during the 18th century and early 19th century. It has banded Red, orange, brown, and beige colors, and chocolate spots. It has a raised rectangular base.
The bottle comes with a glass red stopper. It is in excellent preserved condition.
Bottle Measurements
Height: 1.93 inches (4.9cm) - Not including stopper
Width: 1.74 inches (4.4...
This is a finely carved Celadon Jade Snuff Bottle, in the form of a Lobed Gourd. It is a mostly of natural celadon color ground with a small curved russet line near its mouth, and a spot of gray on one of its sides. It comes with small thin coral stopper with spoon. This great looking bottle is in excellent preserved condition.
Bottle Measurements
Height: 1.98 inches (5.0cm) - not including stopper
Width: 1.42 inches (3.6cm)
Thickness: 0.98 inches (2.58cm)
Weight: 1.4 ounce...
This is a large and spectacular 18th Century Bronze Cloisonne, Twin-Handle Urn with great Archaic form and color. It has two Dragon Head Handles. It is enameled with Penny Flowers and Leaves motif. It has a large mouth (five-inches wide), and it is decorated with a one-inch belt that separates its bulbous body from its neck. It has a raised foot rim.
It is stamped with the Japanese kanji that spells the name of its maker: 嶋佐 Shimasa, and it is in excellent preserved condition.
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Nirayama-kasa which was worn by samurai when they practiced artillery. It is made of washi (Japanese handmade paper) yarn and black urushi painted outside and kakishibu inside. It has hand-painted wave and bamboo design with gold but faded much. Nirayama-kasa was made in Ansei (1854~1860), very late Edo period. It was used in Kanto area, not in Kansai area, according to the "Kinsei Fuzokushi" written by Morisada Manko around mid 19th century. Generally in good condition but has some wear. W:50.5...
A lovely lot of handpicked bronze stamp seals with fine caligraphy, Ottoman / Syrian?, c. 15th.-18th. cent. AD.
The lot incl. a couple of rare larger seals of fine style as well as early personal seals with greek letters!
Condition: Choice, fine patinas, one seal bend and one with handle lost.
Rare handmade askos of lenticular body and truncated conical neck.
The lip around the spout is shaped as an oversized disc. Its back was bent by the potter to create space for an unusual ring handle of square cross-section.
Decorated with orange and purplish black bands alternating with very thin fillets and diamond patterns.
The front of the neck with chevrons, one of them spiky, both flanked by a branch or shrub. The base of the belly with elongated triangles.
The piece...
An antique Japanese Nihon Matsu Kasane Tansu (stacking Kimono chest) made of Kiri (Paulownia) wood. All original hand forged iron hardware including the Warabite handles and the double Plum Blossom handle stoppers called Atari. Upper section features 2 full width drawers and the bottom section has 1 full drawer, 1 partial width drawer, a hinged security door and two small drawers where valuables were kept. Constructed using straight dovetail joinery and hardened wooden nails. Typically very l...
A Rare Khmer Pre-Angkor Masterpiece: Standing Avalokiteshvara Figure, Gray Stone 8th Century
Standing in samabhanga with both arms broken, wearing vertically striated sampot secured by a decorated belt and knotted in the center.
With single fishtail-shaped flange falling to the front.
Naked upper body with well defined breasts and incised belly-button.
Estimate Value: $25 000 - $35 000
Measurements:
Height - 150 cm (59 In)
Provenance: Private collection, acquired late 1950s...
Interesting lot of 5 ancient miniature glass vessels, in the shape of jars, bowls and bottles, 3rd.-6th. cent. AD.
Very nice lot with iridescence, measuring up to 27 mm.
Ex. Old Danish Collection, bought the 1980s.
Handmade Daunian kyathos with horn-like projections on top of the high strap handle.
The pierced face of the handle with geometric decoration in orange and dull black.
The bottom of the bowl decorated with an hourglass pattern consisting of opposite black and red triangles.
The base with broad bands and a cross over a diamond motif at center.
The piece impresses with the fineness and radiance of the clay, as well as the vibrancy of the colors.
Exhibited 1993/9...
A lovely little set of three smaller axes, one likely German or Northern Europe, dark bronze hardstone and finely polished (9,8 cm), a nice green stone Meso-American celt, also neolithic period (6,2 cm), and lastly a pointed butt type, likely ancient Near East or Northern Africa (7,8 cm). Interesting lot that needs more study!
Ex. German collection of Paul Braun, collected before 1989.