Long Point, Provincetown, Massachusetts by Arthur Cohen (1928-2012), oil on canvas laid down on board. Size: 12 inches x 14 inches. Original artist's framing. Signed in lower right and titled and signed on the reverse. Circa 1970-80s. Excellent condition. Arthur Cohen resided in New York City, but spent his summers painting on Cape Cod, in the community of Provincetown. He became famous for his painted tonalist works where water, land and sky blended together in muted tones and colors...

Chinese Song Dynasty Incised Qingbai / Celadon Porcelain Bowl - Warped

This porcelain bowl was made in the 12th -13th century during the Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279), a product of one of the kilns in Fujian province, probably the Tongan or Anqi kilns, where such wares were made for export around south-east Asia...

Rare Chinese Han Dynasty Glazed Pottery Hill Jar (Tigers, Stags, Horsemen)

This rare and unusual pottery vessel, the type known as a "hill jar", was made during the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 25 - 220). It is made from a relatively high-fired reddish pottery that has been coated in a green glaze, the colour of which varies according its thickness.

Although many examples of "hill jars" are known, this particular example is unusually decorated...

Chinese 16th Century Ming Dynasty Blue & White Porcelain Dish (Phoenix & Mark)

This attractive porcelain dish was made in the second half of the 16th century, during the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644). It is decorated in underglaze blue. The central design features a phoenix standing in a garden. Around the rim are beribboned precious objects and peaches (the peach representing marriage as well as immortality and springtime)...

This stick pin is really interesting. It depicts a crescent moon – symbol of the female principal, intuition and new beginnings; an arrow – symbol of swiftness, Sagittarius, and sexual attraction (Cupid’s bow!); and a 5-pointed star, symbolic of so many things we won’t even start! It is set with 11 turquoises (birthstone for December, believed to be good for healing and focus), and one seed pearl. The rose gold tests as 14kt...

AMERICAN HOUSE

Vintage oil painting on canvas, with idyllically rustic scenery of somewhere in the United States, by a Japanese painter, Mizukami Keiji (1915-?), October, 1950. 53 x 45 x 2 cm (20.86 x 17.71 x 0.78in)...

SEQUENCE CAPELINS

Verticallly 15 consective capelins of Japanese food samples (so-called food models or fake foods) made of vinyl resin as a rare custom-made. Heisei period (1989-2019). 26.5 x 13 x 1.5cm (10.43 x 5.11 x 0.59in)...

Fine LARGE Chinese Han Dynasty Burnished Pottery Cocoon Jar

This wonderfully-shaped pottery jar was made during the early part of the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8) or possibly as early as the Qin Dynasty (221 - 206 BC). This type of jar is often referred to as a "cocoon jar" due to the shape of its body. This unusually large example has a particularly pleasing form.

Its function was that of a grain storage jar...

PAPER CARP STREAMER

Old hand-painted ‘koinobori’ (carp streamer / ref. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koinobori) made of ‘washi’ (Japanese paper), Showa period, 20th century, Japan. approx. 234 x 58 cm (92.12 x 22.83in)...

BEAUTIFUL WOMAN AFTER A BATH

Japanese woman worn see-through yukata after taking a bath hand-drawn on silk by a painter named Seiho, mounted on hanging scroll, titled as 'Beautiful woman after a bath', attached with a certificated original wooden box (as seen in the last photo)...

Fine Chinese Han Dynasty Green & Yellow Glazed Small Pottery Jar

This attractive pottery jar was made during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). It is in the form known as a hu and is fairly "heavily-potted". It is made from quite high-fired reddish pottery. The entire outer surface, including the flat base, has been coated in a streaky green glaze. This is a well-known type although most examples are coated only with a green glaze whereas the inside mouth of this example has been coated in a...

Finely carved flat mask depicting Tudigon, the very popular soil deity in China, the hairs of the beard and mustaches are missing. Hardwood, dark brown polychromy with patches of black; Mid 20th century, hardwood, prrsented on an iron stand H 23 x 12 cm

Beautiful face of a court lady with natural wood patina with some dark marks suggesting that perhaps this mask has been cleaned. The hair is enhanced with black color (as it was when purchased in 2003) and grouped at the top of the skull in a bun. The interior shows the patina of an oxidized and weathered hardwood. Importantage at least early 20th, H 29 cm X 15 cm

Mask representing the Buddhist monk Heishan, old yellow lacquer polychromy., interior shows a patina of natural hardwood, imprint of an old label?, crack without consequence on the right corner of the mouth, traces of rodents on the right nostril, first half to middle of the 20th. H 23cm x 13cm