All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1920 item #1102068 (stock #457)
A fine antique shoushan stone carving of the laughing Buddha or hotei a beautiful piece in excellent condition with carved hong mu rosewood stand measuring Approximately 11 inches wide and 8 inches tall.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1950 item #1103156 (stock #463)
A fine vintage west African carved ivory portrait of a young woman. Beautiful grain ivory signed Myoke measuring approximately 8 inches tall.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1920 item #1103302 (stock #TCR3013)
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A haunting vessel by Miyagawa Kozan enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Haku Korai Bin, Yukan Tsuki (White Korean form with free handles). This piece is the epitome of the elegance which came from Japanese working with traditional forms. Devoid of decoration, the shape stands alone among works by this famous artist. It is 10-1/2 inches (27 cm) tall and is in perfect condition. I will enclose a rosewood stand for display purposes with this vase...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1990 item #1104232
Oversized Japanese limited edition sosaku hanga “kappa-ban” (stencil print) of a tengu mask titled “Mayoke Tengu” (also known as "Tengu-shaped Amulet") by Yoshitoshi Mori (1898-1992). The print is pencil-signed “Yoshitoshi Mori,” dated ’87, and numbered 10/50. The artist’s red seal is above the signature. The known paper size is about 17”V x 27 1/4”H. The framed size is 19"V x 28 1/2"H...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1105119 (stock #lot926)
Description:

A water dropper was in intriguing twin toad's shape.
In characteristic mustard tint, the vessel was merged by two halves made from clay molds.
Finger prints were left on the clay body by the potter when in the squeezing and applying method of the pieces.
There were obvious incursions happened to the thinner portion of the glaze.
The toads were in uniquely fiercing look which was a iconological characteristic of the dated periods...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #1105443
Decorated outside with carved motifs, plantain leaves pattern round the neck. Unglaze base. Size : Height = 10 cm Period : Yuan Dynasty 1279 - 1368 Condition : spout is replaced by metal, frit on the foot rim, no other damages.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #1105444
Beautiful longquan celadon bowl with good green glaze to footrim , red burnt on the base. Dating from late the 15-16th Century from longquan Kiln, Width = 14 cm, Condition : Excellent, no chips, cracks, hairlines or restoration. Good sound when tapping by finger tips.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1700 item #1105445
Covered box decorated with white slip of floral, glazed base. PERIOD : Late Ming(17th Century) MEASUREMENTS: 10 cm wide. CONDITION: small chips and firing crack.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #1105447
A Longquan celadon dish, decorated in the center with an impressively of twin fish dish and covered overall with beautiful bluish green glaze. PERIOD : Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368 AD) MEASUREMENTS:12 cm wide. CONDITION: restoration to the chips on the rim , fine hairline.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1700 item #1105448
Porcelain decorated with deers on the body, glazed base. PERIOD : late Ming (1566-1643 AD) MEASUREMENTS: 8 cm wide and 8 cm tall. CONDITION: no chips, cracks, hairlines and free from restorations.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #1105449
Porcelain covered celadon glaze to the foot and decorated with lotus petal on the exterior, glazed base. PERIOD : Song Dynasty (960–1279 AD) MEASUREMENTS: 8.3 cm wide. CONDITION: very good, a chip to the foot rim, no cracks, hairlines or restorations
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1105489
Chinese Qing dynasty Yongzheng period (1723-1735) export porcelain hemispherical form punch bowl decorated with famille rose overglaze enamels and gilt highlights set against a white porcelain ground. A floral spray is in the center and a band of flowers, bamboo, and geometric forms decorates the interior rim...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1980 item #1105844 (stock #4418)
Large Korean pure silver tea pot with cloisonne. Decorated with flowers in opaque and translucent enamel. Base marked in Korean and "AG 99". Condition: fine. Dimension: 22.5 cm long, 13 cm high, weight: 640 g.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #1105898
Porcelain covered with crackle celadon glaze to the foot, unglazed base. PERIOD : Song Dynasty (960–1279 AD) MEASUREMENTS: 10 cm height. CONDITION: frittings on the foot rim, no chips, cracks, hairlines and free from restorations
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #1105900
Thin porcelain of washer bowl covered with blue green celadon glaze to the foot, glazed base. PERIOD : Song Dynasty (960–1279 AD) MEASUREMENTS: 13.5 cm wide. CONDITION: two chips, no cracks or hairlines and free from restorations
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Pre AD 1000 item #1105990 (stock #AB-067)
A very rare crystal tiger from Burma/Thailand. Crystal was thought to have magical powers and the tiger represents strength. It is unknown how they drilled the holes to make it wearable.As you can see they were drilled at both ends, probably before the crystal was carved. Age: over two thousand years old. Size: L. 3cm. W. 1.5cm Condition: Perfect.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #1106038
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Longquan bowl decorated with incised lotus petals rising from foot to the exterior and flower motif in the center. Covered with greyish green glaze. Southern Song 12th-13th century. Condition : no chips, cracsks or hairlines and free from restoration Diameter: 14.5cm
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #1106040
Longquan bowl decorated with incised lotus petals rising from foot to the exterior and flower motif in the center. Covered with greyish green glaze. Southern Song 12th-13th century. Condition : frittings on the footrim, no chips, cracks or hairlines and free from restoration. Good sound when tapping by finger tips. Diameter: 13.5cm
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #1106041
Longquan bowl decorated with incised lotus petals rising from foot to the exterior and flower motif in the center. Covered with greyish green glaze. Southern Song 12th-13th century. Condition : a fritting on the rim, no chips, cracks or hairlines and free from restoration. Diameter: 13.5cm
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #1106044
Longquan bowl decorated with incised lotus petals rising from foot to the exterior and flower motif in the center. Covered with greyish green glaze. Southern Song 12th-13th century. Condition : a hairline and free from restoration. Diameter: 13.5cm
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #1107253
Longquan bowl decorated with incised lotus petals rising from foot to the exterior. Southern Song Dynasty 12th-13th century. Condition : perfect, no chips, cracks, hairlines and free from restorations. Diameter: 12 cm
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #1107256
A lovely washer bowl with lotus petal motif on the exterior. PERIOD : Song Dynasty (12-13th Century). MEASUREMENT : 11.5 cm wide, 6 cm height. CONDITION : excellent, no chips, cracks, hairlines and free from restorations
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #1107421
A celadon, crackle glaze inverted rim bowl. The unglazed rim suggesting this had a cover as some examples of this form (sometimes referred to as an alms bowl) did. The shoulder, below the inverted rim, with two double fine line bands flanking relief flower head bosses. Strait lotus leaf motif adorning the side tapering to the foot. The foot unglazed (both the foot rim and inside the foot rim.) Though an earlier form, the weathered pretty green glaze appears to be Qing dynasty...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Pre 1700 item #1107428
A finely decorated Vietnamese blue and white porcelain bowl. Thinly potted and with a crackled glaze over blue and white aquatic decoration suggesting waves on the bowl's exterior, a conch shell inside the cavetto and surrounded by a variety of blossoming flowers among grasses. Good condition with expected wear including a couple minor chips inside the foot rim and light abrasion inside the bowl. Diameter at widest point 6 1/8 inches (15.56cm). Height about 3 1/16 inches (7.78cm)
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1910 item #1107467 (stock #lot928)
Description:

A sitting bronze figure was nicely cast.
Being depicted as a scholar with flouring robe and a official hat, the figure was in casual mood by resting his arm to the stool beside him.
It was perfectly preserved with nice darken patina.

Date: Qing Dynasty,

Height: 17cm.

A CUSTOM-MADE SILK BOX IS INCLUDED.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Pre 1700 item #1107546
An unusual and interesting straw glazed porcelaneous incense burner. The three footed bombe censer with barbed, loop handles on opposite sides along the waist flaring to a broad rim. The interior reveals the pot was built from coiling and smoothed without before glazed and fired. Good condition for its type and likely age. Minor old chips to the extremities of the loop handles and one small chip to the outside of the rim...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #1108010
Longquan small bowl covered with greyish green glaze. Glazed Base. Southern Song 12th-13th century. Condition : no chips or cracks and free from restoration Diameter: 8.5cm
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #1108012
Longquan small bowl covered with greyish green glaze. Glazed Base. Southern Song 12th-13th century. Condition : no chips or cracks and free from restoration Diameter: 8.5cm
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #1108013
Longquan small bowl covered with greyish green glaze. Glazed Base. Southern Song 12th-13th century. Condition : no chips or cracks and free from restoration Diameter: 8.5cm
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #1108015
Longquan small bowl covered with greyish green glaze. Glazed Base. Southern Song 12th-13th century. Condition : no chips or cracks and free from restoration Diameter: 8.5cm
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #1108016
Longquan bowl covered with greyish green glaze. Glazed Base. Southern Song 12th-13th century. Condition : frittings on the foot rim, no chips or cracks and free from restoration Diameter: 12cm
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #1108017
Longquan bowl covered with greyish green glaze. Glazed Base. Southern Song 12th-13th century. Condition : no chips, hairlines or cracks and free from restoration Good sound when tapping by finger tip. Diameter: 12cm
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #1108020
Longquan bowl covered with greyish green glaze. Glazed Base. Southern Song 12th-13th century. Condition : frittings on the foot rim, no chips, hairlines or cracks and free from restoration Good sound when tapping by finger tip. Diameter: 12cm
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #1108021
Longquan bowl covered with greyish green glaze. Glazed Base. Southern Song 12th-13th century. Condition : no chips, hairlines or cracks and free from restoration Good sound when tapping by finger tip. Diameter: 12cm
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #1108022
Longquan bowl covered with greyish green glaze. Glazed Base. Southern Song 12th-13th century. Condition : frittings on the foot rim, no chips, hairlines or cracks and free from restoration. Diameter: 13cm
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #1108023
Longquan bowl covered with greyish green glaze. Glazed Base. Southern Song 12th-13th century. Condition : no chips, hairlines or cracks and free from restoration. Diameter: 13.5cm
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #1108026
Longquan bowl covered with blue green glaze. Glazed Base. Southern Song 12th-13th century. Condition : no chips, hairlines or cracks and free from restoration. Diameter: 13.5cm
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #1108098
Longquan bowl covered with golden glaze. Glazed Base. Southern Song 12th-13th century. Condition : frittings on the foot rim, no chips, hairlines or cracks and free from restoration. Diameter: 13.5cm
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1700 item #1108108
Decorated with floral in the center. Glazed base. Measurement : W=12 cm. Early Ming 1368-1398. Condition : a short harline no other damages and free from restoration
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1700 item #1108121
Porcelain decorated with qilin on the center, continous floral scroll on the exterior, glazed base. PERIOD : Early Ming (1400-1487 AD) MEASUREMENTS: 27 cm wide. CONDITION: ezcellent, no chips, cracks, or hairlines and free from restoration.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1700 item #1108126
Decorated with a foo dog in the center and floral scroll on the exterior, glazed base. W=16 cm. Early Ming 1368-1398. Condition : Excellent, no chips, cracks, or hairlines and free from restorations.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1700 item #1108128
Decorated with a qilin in the center and floral scroll in the exterior. W=19 cm. Early Ming 1368-1398. Condition : star hairline on the base and small chips on the foot rim, but free from restorations.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1700 item #1108130
Chicken Water Dropper, with everted liprim, decorated outside with chrysantemum scroll, flower on the shoulder and a band of small circles around the foot. Unglazed base. This is similar with the item on the Chinese Blue and White Ceramics by ST Yeo & Jean Martin, Southeast Asian Ceramic Society, 1978, page 134 plate 35. PERIOD : Middle Ming (1488-1566) MEASUREMENTS: 11 cm wide, 8.5 cm Height. CONDITION: cracks and frittings; free from restorations.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1700 item #1108135
Bowl covered with green celadon glaze , unglazed base. PERIOD : late Ming (1566-1643 AD) MEASUREMENTS: 16 cm wide. CONDITION: a yiny frit and chip ; free from restorations.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #1108136
A lovely bowl of Jizhou ware. PERIOD : Southern Song Dynasty (12-13th Century). MEASUREMENT : 10.8 cm wide, 6 cm height. CONDITION :a tiny frit to the rim, no chips, cracks, or hairlines and free from restorations.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #1108152
Decorated with chrysantemum scroll on the body, early lappets near base and classic scroll on the neck. Yuan Dynasty Diameter = 10.5 cm, Height = 9.5 cm Condition : restored to the broken item.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1910 item #1108326 (stock #TCR3039)
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A set of five Meiji period dishes hand painted by Suzuki Hyakunen in commemoration of the Gosho-Nai Dai-Hakurankai (Exposition in the Imperial Palace, Kyoto) stamped on the underside with the event name and each individually signed by the artist. The literati scenes include a scholar contemplating a waterfall, Mountain retreat lost in rugged hills, sails on the lake, traveler in the hills and horses on the lakeshore under weeping willows...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre AD 1000 item #1108520
Decorated with red pigments. H. 8,5 cm. Condition: excellent. China, Tang Dynasty (618-906).
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1800 item #1108605 (stock #ANR3041)
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Heavy pigment on thickly veined gold creates a powerful collection of scenes from the Taiheiki, the 11th century story of the fall of the courtiers and usurpation of power by two military families, the Taira and the Genji. The screen dates to the 18th century, or middle Edo period. Many old repairs attest to age. We have had it completely remounted, with no painting restoration performed. On the left the famous scene of shooting a fan from horseback from the battle of Yajima...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1837 VR item #1108927 (stock #lot932)
Description:

A boxwood root was intriguingly carved and hollowed into a charming brush pot.
Being penetrated as wall of holes for light going through, the scholar item was most favoured by literati for the natural mood.
It was reserved in very good condition by enduring old patina.
The under cover was an old restoration.

Date: Qing Dynasty, 18th/19th Century,

Height: 16.5cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #1109328 (stock #lot933)
Description:

A bronze crab was in lovely size.
It was well cast in vivid look and was applied with red pigment on top of the surface.
The bronze piece was preserved in very good condition.

Date: Qing Dynasty, late 19th century.

Width: 7.4cm. Weight: 68grams.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1980 item #1110166 (stock #MBR3053)
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A superb bronze vase with silver plate design enclosed in the original wooden box and stamped on the base by the artsit. The vessel is 11-1/2 inches (30 cm) tall and in excellent condition
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1110526
Chinese bronze tripod ding censor with two upright arched loop handles at the rim. A geometric band encircles the rounded body. A comparison with porcelain forms suggests a dating of S. Song to Yuan dynasty for this vessel. 5 1/8"H x 3 3/4" diameter. There are original casting flaws on the legs and a slight dent in the body (see enlargement 6). This piece is from a Tucson, Arizona estate.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #1110527 (stock #lot934)
Description:

A root wood stand was nicely shaped.
By preserving darken and warm patina on the surface, it was in perfect condition without any defects.

Date: 19th century.

Dimensions: 17.3cm x 13cm x 6.5cm
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1900 item #1110550 (stock #480)
A fine and beautiful antique Chinese Tibetan or Mongolian Tea pot with carved white jade panels of birds and flowering plants with white jade belt buckle used for the handle with elaborate design and decorated with turquoise and coral inset stones. A beautiful antique measuring approx. 14 inches tall. .
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Pre 1900 item #1110594
With very fine engraving of fighting cockerels against a floral background. 19th century. H. 8 cm, W. 7,5 cm, D. 3,5 cm. Weight 187 gr.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1111363 (stock #lot935)
Description:

A black-glazed Jianyang tea bowl was in lovely size.
Uniquely and rarely-seen, it was decorated inside the bowl with splashed white mottles.
Obvious incursions had happened to the glaze resulting in the earthen and foggy look.
That includes the bursting holes of the glaze bubbles.
Wiry crackles can be observed too.
The darken body clay revealed was in enduring old look and was covering with grayish oxidation...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1920 item #1111839 (stock #ALR3052)
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Steam coils about the petit young woman at the public bath, a fine Taisho era painting signed Ikuho. The color blends into the silk, leaving a soft edge enhancing the sense she is being viewed through the steam and heat of the bath. Pigment on silk, mounted later in green patterned cloth extended with grey and featuring wooden rollers. As pictures of nudes were forbidden, Ikuho is likely a pen-name, possibly taken from Ikuho Street in Northern Kyoto city where the artist may have resided. Th...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1920 item #1111841 (stock #ALR3053)
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A fox and cubs under the crescent moon and falling leaves by Hotta Shuso (b. 1894) in a style representative of the Taisho era. Light color on silk in a pale green silk border with bone rollers. The scroll is 21-1/2 x 86 inches (55 x 219 cm) and in fine condition but for a faint discoloration in border top and bottom.
Hotta Shuso (1894-1954) was born in Nagano prefecture and studied under Ikegami Shuho, settling in Tokyo. One of his best students, Shuso later became leader of Shuho's De...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1940 item #1111843 (stock #ALR3055)
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The tanuki rests, energy spent, among fallen bamboo leaves lit by the crescent moon, only those yellow eyes alert and watchful. A beautiful pigment on silk painting signed Seiei enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is bordered in patterned green silk and features bone rollers. The scroll is 21-1/2 x 76-1/2 inches (55 x 194 cm) and in overall fine condition.