Very Rare Chinese Neolithic Painted Pottery Jar - Machang

This small pottery 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 fairly high-fired pale pottery and is of a very unusual and rare form with its wide body, small unflared mouth, no handles and four pairs of purpose-made holes around its shoulder...

Very Rare Chinese Neolithic Painted Pottery Jar - Machang

This small pottery 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 fairly high-fired pale pottery and is of a very unusual and rare form with its wide body, small unflared mouth, no handles and four pairs of purpose-made holes around its shoulder...

Ancient Chinese Buddhist Pottery Amulet - Ming Dynasty

This is one of a group of moulded pottery tablets that we bought about twenty years ago. They are made from a relatively high-fired pottery and have a surprising amount of detail, including the sun and the moon in this example...

Rare Chinese Ming Dynasty Blue & White Porcelain Bowl - Dragons & Fish

This rare and unusual "Swatow" (or "Zhangzhou") blue & white porcelain bowl was made during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty (1573 - 1620). The underglaze blue decoration around the outer wall features two dragons. The inner design features four fish around the inner wall and aquatic (?) plants in its centre. It is coated in a thick glaze...

Chinese Ming Dynasty Blue & White Kraak Porcelain Dish (20.5cm / 8")

This highly decorative and attractive "Kraak" porcelain dish was made at the Jingdezhen kilns during the Wanli reign (1573 - 1620) of the Ming Dynasty. The pattern, in underglaze blue of good colour, features in its centre a winged insect amongst various plants and blossoms. Surrounding this are eight roundels containing, alternately, peach blossoms and precious objects...

SEATED BUDDHA FROM KYUSHU

First half of Edo period (1603-1868), Oita, Kyushu region, Japan, approx. H 53 x W 29 x D 20 cm (20.86 x 11.41 x 7.87in). Carved from a single wood (though with the insertion hands), with slight remains of original paint (so possibly it will comes off little more) and aged cracks (but it's stable and won't splits more)...

EMA WITH BREASTS

Japanese votive wooden plate offered for the temple/shrine so-called ‘Ema’ (lit. ‘Horse picture’) attached with wood carving breasts praying for safe childbirth and for ample breast milk as very rare type based on the folk belief from Eifuku-ji temple in Chiba Prefecture. Showa period, 20th century. Plate: 39 x 14.5 cm (15.35 x 5.70in), Breasts: H 10.5 x D 7.4 cm (4.13 x 2.91in)...

ROOF TILE

Actually used at a private house in Gangwon-do as the northeastern part of Korea, early 20th century, approx. 34 x 29 x 1.8 cm (13.38 x 11.41 x 0.70in)...

Fine Chinese Neolithic Xiajiadian Culture Burnished Pottery Li Tripod

This superb and rare tall pottery vessel was made some 4,000 years ago by people of the Xiajiadian culture (c. 2300 - 1600 BC) from Inner Mongolia. The form of this vessel is characteristic of this Neolithic culture with its wide rim, partly hollow udder-shaped legs and carefully constructed body...

Large Chinese Neolithic Machang Phase Painted Pottery Jar (c...

Large Chinese Neolithic Machang Painted Pottery Jar (c. 2300 - 2000 BC)

This large pottery 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 quite "heavily-potted" and made from a pale yellowish-brown pottery, the colour of which varies in places due to uneven conditions in the Neolithic kiln. It is a well-made jar of fine form and good proportion...

Ancient Chinese Buddhist Pottery Amulet - Ming Dynasty

This is one of a group of moulded pottery tablets that we bought about twenty years ago. They are made from a relatively high-fired pottery and have a surprising amount of detail. They were made as amulets and votive offerings and were reported to have been excavated from the foundations of an ancient Buddhist temple, where originally many would have been placed to ensure the success of the temple. We find it quite difficult to date thes...

Ancient Chinese Buddhist Pottery Amulet - Ming Dynasty

This is one of a group of moulded pottery tablets that we bought about twenty years ago. They are made from a relatively high-fired pottery and have a surprising amount of detail. They were made as amulets and votive offerings and were reported to have been excavated from the foundations of an ancient Buddhist temple, where originally many would have been placed to ensure the success of the temple. We find it quite difficult to date thes...

Ancient Chinese Buddhist Pottery Amulet - Ming Dynasty

This is one of a group of moulded pottery tablets that we bought about twenty years ago. They are made from a relatively high-fired pottery and have a surprising amount of detail. They were made as amulets and votive offerings and were reported to have been excavated from the foundations of an ancient Buddhist temple, where originally many would have been placed to ensure the success of the temple. We find it quite difficult to date thes...

Ancient Chinese Buddhist Pottery Amulet - Ming Dynasty

This is one of a group of moulded pottery tablets that we bought about twenty years ago. They are made from a relatively high-fired pottery and have a surprising amount of detail, including the sun and the moon in this example. They were made as amulets and votive offerings and were reported to have been excavated from the foundations of an ancient Buddhist temple, where originally many would have been placed to ensure the success of the...

Ancient Chinese Buddhist Pottery Amulet - Ming Dynasty

This is one of a group of moulded pottery tablets that we bought about twenty years ago. They are made from a relatively high-fired pottery and have a surprising amount of detail. They were made as amulets and votive offerings and were reported to have been excavated from the foundations of an ancient Buddhist temple, where originally many would have been placed to ensure the success of the temple. We find it quite difficult to date thes...

Rare Large Chinese Ming Dynasty Swatow Porcelain Incised Celadon Dish - Flying Horses

This large and rare porcelain dish, of the type known as "Swatow" ware, was made during the Wanli reign (1573 - 1620) of the Ming Dynasty at the Zhangzhou kilns in Fujian province where many such wares were made for export around South-east Asia. More specifically, this dish was very likely produced at one of the kilns in Pinghe County, possibly at Wuzhai village where very similar incised celadon dishes ar...

Rare Chinese Song / Yuan Dynasty Glazed Stoneware Censer

This stoneware censer was made during the Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279) or possibly the Yuan Dynasty (AD 1279 - 1368). It is quite "heavily-potted" with both inner and outer surfaces coated in a crackled transparent olive-green glaze reminiscent of yue ware, apart from the sturdy foot that remains unglazed. To the inside centre there is kiln grit embedded within the glaze. On opposing sides at the shoulder are two small loop handles.

Chinese Ming Dynasty Celadon Glazed Porcelain "Bullet" Jar

This porcelain jar was made during the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644). It is very "heavily-potted": jars of this type are known as "bullet" jars due to their shape. They were made at kilns in Guangdong province as well as, possibly, other kiln sites. Many were exported and this type of jar can be found throughout South-east Asia, widely used for containers of salt and other foodstuffs and liquids. This example is coated in a thick pale c...

Chinese Song Dynasty Qingbai Porcelain Twin Fish Dish (Ex. Lammers Collection)

This dish, or shallow bowl, was made during the Southern Song Dynasty (AD 1127 – 1279). It has a moulded decoration featuring, in its centre, two fish swimming amongst waves. The two fish are an emblem of harmony and a happy marriage. The bowl is coated in a pale greenish Qingbai type of glaze. The rim remains unglazed, allowing the bowl to be placed in a firing ring in the kiln as part of a stack of similar bow...

Thai 13th - 15th Century Incised Stoneware Covered Box

This round box was made during the 13th - 15th century at the Sawankhalok kilns. Both cover and box have been decorated with an incised scrolling floral pattern, the design accentuated with the use of two different coloured glazes. The inner surface and base remain unglazed. Very unusually, to the base are incised lines: apart from the straight lines it appears there may be a picture incised although we cannot make out what it is. Diamet...

Thai 13th - 15th Century Sawankhalok Stoneware Covered Box

This covered stoneware box was made during the 13th - 15th centuries at the Sawankhalok kilns. It is elaborately decorated in underglaze blue with a ring of yellowish-brown glaze around the moulded top of the cover that is in the form of picked fruit. Diameter 9.75 cm, height 8 cm. There are a couple of fine hairline cracks to the edge of the cover and minor chips to the edge of the box. No repair or restoration; overall a nice examp...

Circa mid-century, offered here is a gorgeous set of necklace and earrings produced by Antonio Pineda. The necklace is a book-piece design shown on p. 135 of "Silver Seduction: The Art of Mexican Modernist Antonio Pineda."

This set is collector quality. Necklace measures 15 1/2" closed, wearable length. It lays perfectly on the neck and has a very luxurious feel. Earrings are 1" tall and have clips. There are fifteen oval aventurine stones in the necklace which are open-backed to let ...

Large Chinese Ming Dynasty Painted Pottery Tile - Bird in Flight

This rare and unusual pottery tile was made during the Ming Dynasty (AD 1368 - 1644). It is made from a grey pottery and is particularly "heavily-potted". It features, in high relief, a bird in flight. Note the detail to the bird's feathers. It has been cold-painted in red and white pigments. Cloud patterns have been inscribed into the flat background. We believe the bird to be a crane, a symbol of longevity that is said to fly...

Circa 1950's, this Salvador Teran modernist piece can be worn either as a pendant or pin.

Measuring 2 5/8" x 2", it's a rare and spectacular piece. The stones are chrysocolla, lapis, and onyx.

Weight is 37.1 grams.

Signed and hallmarked "Salvador Sterling Mexico", with the design # 124.

In excellent vintage condition.

Large and finely inlaid mixed metal pair of Ikebana bronze vases, Meiji era, finely inlaid silver over bronze surface, cartouches with mixed metal birds, flowers, foliage, wonderful to find a matching pair. Measure 13 1/2" high, 7 1/4" diameter at top, and 5 3/8" diameter at base. Nice old patina, deep bronze color, mixed metals include silver, gold, and copper. There are four cartouche elements, on front and back of each vase. The rest of the vases are inlaid with inlaid silver geometric b...

Beautifully carved large Meerschaum bas relief plaque of Crucifixion scene, with multiple figures, finely detailed, in deep oval frame with grain painted finish, domed glass cover, 19th century, Continental, probably French. Measures 16"high, 13" wide and 2 1/2" deep. The sight size of the Meerschaum section is 11" x 8 1/2". Very deep relief carving of Meerschaum, a clay product found in Europe, with 11 figures, 10 people or angels and a horse, depicting the Crucifixion of Jesus, with rocky ...

Very large and highly detailed bas relief plaques of meerschaum, depicting the Holy Family with angels and donkey, in deep grain painted wood frames, dome shaped glass over plaques, Continental, likely French, ca 1880. Measure 16" high 13" wide, 2 1/2" deep. Meerschaum plaque (sight size) measures 11" x 8 1/8") The meerschaum is a creamy color, with some slight darkening in raised areas, some of the photos appear with pinkish tint, which is not correct. Large and deeply cut meerschaum items ...

This graceful fairy was made in the Art Nouveau style. While contemporary, she still conveys the design ethos of a bygone era. Oddly, during the Nouveau era – roughly 1890–1915 - very few fairy jewels were made, except some very high-end ones by designers such as Lalique. She is made from 18k yellow gold, and her wings are plique a jour (translucent enamel). The colors shade from pink to almost white, and then into green. Her golden hair is accented by a round brilliant cut diamond, and at h...

Vermont Summer Road by Mark Tougias, oil on canvas, 24 inches x 30 inches. Signed in lower right. A beautiful impressionist rendering of a country road in East Arlington, VT, with dappled sunlight filtering through the overhanging trees and a mist shrouded barn in the distance. Mark Tougias is known for his tonalist landscape paintings of Vermont and upstate New York. He is largely self-taught, but he has been a member of the Boston Copley Society, Gloucester's North Shore Art's Association, ...

SEASHORE

Anonymous vintage Japanese oil painting on particle board, with the sign of 'Y. Ohta. 53_'. 1953 or Showa 53 (1978). At the backside, written his loving passion to a certain Japanese woman, as "Sayoko Tominaga. Miss Universe. Sayoko Tominaga. Sayoko Tominaga. Sayoko Tominaga. How beautiful, noble, wise, lady you are.". Aged deterioration as is as seen.


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UNIDENTIFIED MYSTERIOUS ANIMAL

Unprocessed Japanese natural gnarl like a dog or dinosaur or UMA. Staring at you with sharp eye. Not stand on its own. H 26 x W 25 x T 7.5 cm (10.23 x 9.84 x 2.95in)


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Fine LARGE Chinese Han Dynasty Glazed Hu Jar with Hunting Scene

This superb and impressive pottery jar (hu) was made during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). It is made from a fairly high-fired reddish pottery and coated in a particularly attractive streaky dark green and finely-crackled glaze, the colour of which varies according to its thickness. Interestingly, the drips of glaze to the mouth rim and the pooling of glaze to the flat base show that this jar was fired upside down.

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This pair of matching gold pins is made from richly-colored yellow gold. They would make an excellent addition to your collection of Victorian jewelry! Measuring 1-1/4” x 1/4”, they say “BEBE” on the front. They test as 9k, and together they weigh 3.0g. The findings are signed “VID”. There are tiny flowers and other floral designs at the edges. It looks like the safety-pin findings are old replacements. One of them has 2 brownish stains on the back, invisible when worn, of course, ot...

Fine Large Chinese Han Dynasty Glazed Hu Jar with Hunting Scene

This fine and attractive pottery jar (hu) was made during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). It is made from a fairly high-fired reddish pottery and coated in a very finely-crackled glaze of unusual colour varying in places from green to a yellowish-brown. There are a couple of minor kiln scars to the glaze, quite common with Han glazed pottery.

The neck and shoulder are decorated with deeply incised bands between which are ...

Fine & Rare Chinese Northern Dynasties Painted Pottery Kneeling Camel with Oxford TL Test

This fine and very rare pottery model of a kneeling camel, laden with saddle bags, was made during the Eastern Wei Dynasty (AD 534 - 550) or the following Northern Qi Dynasty (AD 550 - 577). It is made from a pale greyish-brown pottery that is fairly highly-fired. It has been "cold painted" in a base coat of a creamy-white pigment with details picked out in brown, red and black pigments. The camel is i...

Fine Chinese Song Dynasty Dragon Jar inc. Stand & Cover with Oxford TL Test

This exceptional "five-section" stoneware jar was made during the Song Dynasty (AD 960 -1279). It is quite "heavily-potted" with the outer body and inner mouth coated in an attractive dark iron glaze, the colour varying from brown to black with an almost "metallic" silvery sheen to it in places. The elaborate applied decoration around the shoulder features a dragon chasing a pearl (the story of the dragon's pearl is ...

This is a very special necklace, combining an Art Nouveau central panel set with a freshwater pearl and a sapphire-blue glass stone, with an Etruscan-style fringe. Unmarked, it really looks like gold, however it tests as rolled gold or gold fill (we didn’t test the fringe for fear of obvious damage). The central panel measures 1-1/4” x 1-1/4” including the dangles. In total, there are 11 graduated dangles or drops, the longest being 3/4” and the shortest 3/8”. The total length is 16”...

HAJIKI

Japanese ancient Hajiki (Haji pottery) jar with such beautiful soften form and texture, Tumulus period - Nara period, 250-800 CE, H 11 x D 12 cm (4.33 x 4.72in)


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This c. 1949-50 sterling silver with gold vermeil necklace was designed & signed by William Spratling in Taxco, Mexico. The necklace has a wearable length of 18 inches. The pendant measures 4" across & 1 1/4" high & weighs 78 grams. This vintage hand constructed piece is in beautiful condition. This design also in gold vermeil was included in the touring museum exhibit WILLIAM SPRATLING AND THE MEXICAN SILVER RENAISSANCE and pictured p. 85 of the museum catalog written by Penny Morrill. The neck...

Fine & Rare Chinese Western Zhou Dynasty Pottery Jar

This very rare jar was made during the Western Zhou Dynasty (1046 - 771 BC). It is made from a hard high-fired pale pottery. It has a wide body with a slightly rounded base, quite a large neck that splays outwards and two wide loop handles joined at the shoulder and just below the rim edge. The elaborate appliqué decoration comprises two bands of multiple small circles of clay surrounding the body at its waist and shoulder, each band sep...

Large Chinese Warring States Impressed Pottery jar (475 - 221 BC)

This large pottery jar was made during the Warring States period (475 - 221 BC). It is made from a high-fired pale orange-brown pottery, the surface colour of which varies in places. It is of globular form with quite a wide mouth. The whole outer surface has been decorated with repeated impressed geometric patterns comprising vertical and horizontal lines.

Diameter 39 cm (15.25 inches), height 33 cm (13 inches). Overall co...

WOODEN CLUBS

Two pieces set of primitive wooden clubs carved out from single wood that were once used for beating straw to be softened for straw shoes making, early 20th century, Korea, approx. 31 x 9 cm (12.20 x 3.54in), 34 x 8.5 cm (13.38 x 3.34in)


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MASK

Aged wood carving mask with such mysterious fascination that would be actually once used for Kyogen play or some kind of folk theatrical performances, Edo period, Japan, 14.8 x 10.3 x 3.5 cm (5.82 x 4.05 x 1.37in).


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Very fine Hupa or Yurok basketry cap, in rows and bands of varied colors, tightly woven, in very good condition, early 20th century. Measures 7 3/4" x 7", the opening is roughly 6 7/8" 5 5/8". Note that the cap is slightly oblong, and the measurements are how it sits, could measure otherwise if opening stretched a bit. The basket has 11 rows of design, aside from the center area, and is comprised of colors of beige, tan, and dark brown. Traditionally these baskets are woven with willow, bear...

BLACK HANJI PANELS

Two pieces set of contemporary panel abstractions made of compressed 'Hanji' (Traditional Korean handmade papers) dyed by charcoal coming from the studio (Jang Yong-hoon) operated by an artisan of South Korean Intangible Cultural Property. Solid make. 24.5 x 24.5 x 2.5 cm (9.64 x 9.64 x 0.98in) each.


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BOWL ONCE USED FOR LACQUERING

Became an object of art together with such harden urushi lacquer taking many years. Wood and lacquer. Showa period, 20th century, Japan. D 12 x H 6.5 cm (4.72 x 2.55in). One chip at bottom as seen.


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This handwrought sterling belt buckle designed & signed by Spratling measures 2 1/2" across and 1 1/4" high & weighs 47 grams. This 80+ year old piece is in beautiful condition with normal wear & warm patina. This buckle will fit up to a 1 inch wide belt or strap. The buckle is pictured on Phyllis Goddards' website spratlingsillver.com.

MAKEUP SHOP

Contemporary art work by Japanese artist, Yume Aoyama (1997-). Oil painting on the wooden board titled as 'Makeup shop', like an advertisement of weird cosmetic surgery in the style of Japanese Showa-Retro. 2019. approx. 60.5 x 72.5 x 2.3 cm (23.81 x 28.54 x 0.90in). Some scratches and peelings as is.


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