Decorated with chilong on the exterior, glazed base. Diameter = 7.7 cm, Height = 3.5 cm. Late Ming Condition : excellent, no chis, cracks, hairlines and restorations.

This is a small and beautiful Jin Dynasty (AD 1115 - 1234) Junyao vase. It stands on a short foot rim with a recessed base. It is beautifully glaze of dark greyish lavender blue and of nice ageing gloss. It is more beautiful than the actual picture. The thick glazing flow just stop short before the foot rim.

It is in good condition. No chip, crack, repair or restoration. The vase has not been cleaned. You can see speckles of the soil adhesion to it...

Description:
A SanCai(triple colored) water pot from Tang Dynasty was excavated in a decent look.
In a round shape, the ware was applied with characteristic triple colors(usually as brown, yellow and green) on the upper half of the surface, and left on the lower portion of the basin unglazed...

Perhaps the best dragon carving we have ever owned, here is a solid Keyaki carving taken from the interior of a temple with glass eyes glaring fiercely out at anyone who threatens the sanctity of Buddhism. Flames leap from the body blown by fierce winds as it rises from the Churning ocean. The carving practically roils out from the wood panel, fully in three dimensions. It is 78 x 26 x 10 cm (31 x 10 x 4 inches)...

Longquan bowl decorated with incised lotus petals rising from foot to the exterior and flower motif in the center. Covered with green glaze. Southern Song 12th-13th century. Condition : glaze degradation, no chips, cracks and free from restoration Diameter: 16.5cm and High: 8 cm

Group of Celadon items, produced in Longquan Kilns, Zhejiang : 1)...

Decorated with a fish biscuit in the center. W=12 cm. Early Ming 1368-1398. Condition : very good with a tiny fritting, no cracks, hairline or restoration

A Song longquan celadon large bowl, rounded side with deep center and glazed base, bowl decorated with raising lotus petal motif at exterior, covered with bluish green glaze. Condition : 3 hairlines 8 cm, 6 cm, 5 cm. Size: 21 cm diameter 9 cm height.

A Song longquan celadon large bowl, rounded side with deep center and glazed base, bowl decorated with raising lotus petal motif at exterior, covered with bluish green glaze. Condition : a fritting to the rim. Size: 20.5 cm diameter 8 cm height.

A Song longquan celadon large bowl, rounded side with deep center and glazed base, bowl decorated with raising lotus petal motif at exterior, covered with bluish green glaze. Condition : a hairline 3 cm. Size: 20.5 cm diameter 8 cm height.

A Song longquan celadon large bowl, rounded side with deep center and glazed base, bowl decorated with raising lotus petal motif at exterior, covered with bluish green glaze. Condition : two hairline 3.5 cm and 2 cm as seen on last picture. Size: 21 cm diameter 9 cm height.

A Song longquan celadon large bowl, rounded side with deep center and glazed base, bowl decorated with raising lotus petal motif at exterior, covered with bluish green glaze. Condition : two small chips to the foot, glaze defect 1 cm on the rim. Size: 21 cm diameter 9 cm height.

A Song longquan celadon large bowl, rounded side with deep center and glazed base, bowl decorated with raising lotus petal motif at exterior, covered with bluish green glaze. Condition : a firing crack and crack on the rim. Size: 20.5 cm diameter 9 cm height.

Large longquan celadon bowl with green glaze to footrim and decorated with lotus petal motif on the exterior, glazed base. Dating from late the 15-16th Century from longquan Kiln, Width = 20 cm, Height = 8.5 cm. Condition : reglued to broken small part

Large longquan celadon bowl with crackled green glaze to footrim with lotus petal motif on the exterior, glazed base. Dating from late the 15-16th Century from longquan Kiln, Width = 20 cm, Height = 8.5 cm. Condition : a tiny fritting to the rim and foot, no cracks or hairlines,

Lidded crystal eyes gaze serenely down from the Rakans purchase high on the lofty temple walls. The face is expertly crafted, with a distinct Chinese air reflecting the fact the Rakan (Arahat) were all from the Continent. The robes of green, white and red are patterned with scrolling vines and dials. A dedication on back Appears to be Made for/by Konoike-mura Hachiuemon and is dated Ho-Ei 7 (1710). The new wooden base on which it stands states the piece was restored in 1993...

Decorated with 3 galloping horses on the box and cover, glaze base. Diameter = 13 cm, height = 7.5 cm. Wanli Period. Condition : broken to the part of cover but no part missing, a airlie on the box. We can restored professionally with additional cost USD 50.

Covered box painted in underglaze iron black, both lid and body decorated with 8 corresponding panels, alternately containing cross-hatching , the lower body and base unglaze with red and grey biscuit. Diameter = 12 cm, height= 11 cm. Period : Sawankhalok, 14 th- 15 th century.

Covered box painted in underglaze iron black, both lid and body decorated with 8 corresponding panels, alternately containing cross-hatching , the lower body and base unglaze with red and grey biscuit. Diameter = 12.5 cm, height= 11 cm. Period : Sawankhalok, 14 th- 15 th century. Condition : excellent, no chips, cracks, hairlines and free from restorations.

Covered box painted in underglaze iron red and black, both lid and body decorated with vegetal scrolls, the lower body and base unglaze with red and grey biscuit. Diameter = 13 cm, height= 13 cm. Period : Sawankhalok, 14 th- 15 th century. Condition : excellent, no chips, cracks, hairlines and free from restorations.

Covered box painted in underglazed iron-black. The body with 8 corresponding panels, alternately containing cross-hatching and vegetal sprays. The cover with fully floral spray. Diameter = 16 cm, heigh= 13 cm Period : sawankhalok : 14th-15th century Condition : perfect, no chips, cracks, hairlines or restorations.

Description:
An ancient pottery alcove was in fine condition preserving with original paint.
By clear characteristics on the features of the face and the robe, the deity was in preaching hand gesture when bearing with smiling and serene facial expression.
When the molding condition was finely preserved, the hefty brick alcove was kept with original burial earth and adhesives.
It had been broken at the lower portion and was restored perfectly.
It was heavyly mold by dense quality...

Burmese silver ceremonial or monk's begging bowl. The exterior is decorated in repousse with a wide band of five mythological scenes with one figure and an elephant between foliage. Apparently unmarked. Condition: fine. Dimension: 13.8 cm diameter, 9.8 cm high, weight: 352 g.

large bowl decorated with carve floral on the interior, unglaze base. Width = 17.7 cm, Height = 7 cm Condition : perfect, no chips, cracks, hairlines and free from restorations. Good sound when tapping with finger.

Blue and white bowl decorated with flower on the center and exterior, glaze base with mark. Diamater = 12.5 cm, Height=6 cm. Ming Dynasty. Conditio : excellent, no chips, hairlines, cracks and free from restorations.

Foliated bowl decorated with flower motif and four spurs markek on the center, covered with white glaze, unglaze base. Song Dynasty 12th-13th century in perfect condition, no chips, cracks, hairlines or restorations. Diameter: 12.5 cm and High: 5.5 cm

Longquan bowl decorated with incised lotus petals rising from foot to the exterior and flower motif in the center. Covered with green glaze. Southern Song 12th-13th century. Condition : very good with faint hairline, no chips, cracks and free from restoration Diameter: 16.5cm and High: 6 cm

A Longquan celadon dish, decorated in the center with an impressively of twin fish dish and covered overall with pale bluish green glaze. Condition : two tiny chips to the rim. Diameter: 12.5 cm.

Blue and white bowl decorated with infant motif on the center and oustside, glaze base. Diamater = 14.7, Height = 8,5 Ming Dynasty Condition : some frittings/tiny chips to the rim and foot.

Blue and white bowl decorated with Wang Zhaojun in the center and ilustration of story of Zhaojun Departs the Frontier. Diameter = 14.5 cm, Height = 7 cm. Ming-Zhengde 1491 – 1521 Condition : two hairlines, no chips or restorations.

A late Song - Early Yuan Qingbai foliated bowl, covered with nice bluish tone glaze, silky with fine glaze, unglazed base. Very good condition with a chip to the foot and a hairline to the rim. Size: 18 cm diameter and 7 cm height

Chinese Ming dynasty (16th century) blue and white porcelain meiping vase with bell-shaped cover decorated overall with classical lotus flowers among scrolling leafy stems, separated into three layers. The shoulder features the lotus-filled ruyi collar motif. 11 ¼” high (9 ¾” high without the lid). Very good overall condition with typical flaws, small areas where the glaze did not completely cover, and microscopic scratches to the glaze. The vase is slightly misshapen...

Description:
An old Xer inkstone was intriguingly made in a shape of the ancient Chinese musical instrument-GuQin.
Nicely fitted in the original Suanzi wood box, the inkstone was preserved in a perfect condition except some old abrasions on the surface.
And the well carved inscription: Xi-Ann-Ju-Xi(Xi Ann the Recluse)was on the underside of the inksotne.

Date: Qing Dynasty, 19th century.

Length including box: 20.5cm.

Description:
A Zitan covered box was in quite good condition.
Preserving with the charming purplish black patina, the box was revealed with the characteristic Ox-furs wood grains on the surface .
By a good size, the rectangular box was carved, tenoned and shaped into a typical scholar box.
A similar box was in the book of “The collection of Chinese box”, the collection from a famed connoisseur and antique dealer,Ma Wei Du.

Date: Late Qing periods, late 19th century.

Embroidered in counted and different decorative stitches, some areas couched with gold wrapped thread and sequins. The bird is depicted in the naive Vietnamese style on a red background now faded to a paler shade. Rank insignia from Annam are very rare but closely linked to the Chinese system. Bordered and lined with pale blue silk. Condition: worn, faded, stained, loose threads, restorations. Dimension: 27 cm x 30 cm.

Large and heavy mirror pair of Chinese bronze Mandarin duck-form censers, or incense burners, with lotus stems trailing from open beaks and bodies decorated with molded lotus flowers and etched feathers. A removable pierced cover in the form of lotus flowers and stems is integrated into the feathers of the back. Each duck rests on a custom wood stand carved with water ripples. The incense smoke can exit through the opened beaks, a vent in the tail, and the pierced cover...

Small tea ceremony incense container in the shape of a recumbent Buddhist lion. Molded of brown stoneware, the exterior surface with ash glaze. Condition: fine. Dimension: approx. 6 cm long, weight: 68 g.

Japanese sagemono (hanging object) tobacco pipe set consisting of a wood kiserutsuzu (pipe holder), kiseru (pipe), and wood tonkotsu (tobacco box) in the form of a humorous yawning Daruma with arms overhead grasping the two cords with his fists. The cords hold an ojime (sliding bead), which is attached to the pipe holder. Daruma’s body is kiri (pawlonia) wood and his eyes are inlaid with mother of pearl. His face lifts and functions as a cover for the tobacco box...

Description:
A Blanc De Chine statue were uniquely in a subject of the praying Catholic pupils.
Obviously made for the western market, this porcelain pieces was a product of Dehua county, Fujiang province of Qing Dynasty, 19th century.
It was in a perfect condition without any defects.
It was an amusing piece too especially in this holy season.

Date: Qing Dynasty, Late 19th century.

Height:10.5cm, Width: 8.9cm.

Large candlestick with bell-shaped foot, knobbed stems and round drip pans ending in a pricket. Decorated with scrolling lotus and a band of ruyi heads in polychrome cloisonne enamel against a turquoise ground. The gilt rims embellished with key pattern in champleve enamel. Made up of several parts. Condition: The upper parts a little bit loose, slightly warped, minor wear to gilding, one small area with tiny loss, one small area with cracks, both hardly visible...

Finely potted octagonal vase with tapering body and four loops applied to the high shoulder. White clay with a transparent glaze of beautiful pale blue tone, the partially unglazed base with some oxidation. Condition: missing cover, the neck with a chip and cracks. Dimension: 15.1 cm high, weight: 206 g.

An unusual chato (tea room sword) in the shape of an octopus, its 8 legs stretched out in uniform with one curled back exposing the suckers. Eyes are intimated on one side, with an old chip where the breathing hole is opposite. About the neck is wrapped a faded silk chord. It is 22 inches (56 cm) long. It is said that these wooden swords were produced from the mid to late Edo period, in lieu of swords for those not allowed to carry weapons (all but samurai). During the Edo it is true that ...

A very nice example jar decorated with lines of splashed iron spot. Qingbai glaze over a porcelain body. Jingdezhen ware, Song Dynasty 12th. century. H : 7.5 cm. Diameter : 12.5 cm. Condition : excellent glazed and splashed iron spot, 2 crack on the base, restoration to chip on the mouth rim.

A very nice example of a splashed iron spot decorated Jar. Qingbai glaze over a porcelain body. Jingdezhen ware, Song Dynasty 12th. century. H : 8 cm. Diameter : 11.5 cm. Condition : very good, two tiny frittings glazed on the body, no chips, cracks, hairlines and free from restorations.

A good small vase in pear-shaped form, decorated incised to the body with floral sprays motif. Southern Song dynasty Jindezhen ware. Condition is good excepted one crack to the rim but free from restoration. High: 11 cm.

Spouted ewer covered with olive-green crazed glaze falling well short of flat base exposing burnt red. For comparison please look at Chinese Celadons and Other Related Wares In Southeast Asia, by South East Asian Ceramics Society, June 1979, plate 5 , page 108 and plate 10 page 110. Height = 22 cm Yue ware, 10th Century Condition : loss to part of spout and one of lugs, no cracks, hairlines and free from restoration. If needed can be restored with USD 50 for professional restoration cost.

Blue and White jar decorated with two kind of eight precious things : the mirror (zhing) to counteracts evil and lozenge as a symbol of victory, lotus interlocking, lotus petal scroll to the foot and prêt patern on the shoulder ; . Kangxi 1662-1772. Height = 12.5 cm, Width= 11.5 cm. Condition : perfect, no hairlines, cracks, chips or restoration.

An Arita Kraak style dish painted with a scene within bands of eight lappets of flowers. Five spur marks on the base. circa 1700 Diamater = 22.5 cm. Condition : perfect, no chips, cracks or hairlines and free from restoration.

An Arita Kraak style dish painted with an insect among flowers and rockwork within bands of Buddhist emblems. A spur mark on the base. circa 1700 Diamater = 20.5 cm. Condition : a hairline (4 cm), no chips, cracks and free from restoration.

Foliated small dish with crackle celadon glaze covering foot rim and unglaze on the center. Unglazed base. Diameter = 12.5 cm Period : 14 th-15 th Century Longquan Kilns, Zhejiang Excellent condition, no chips, cracks, hairlines and free from restoration

White glaze covering to foot rim , unglazed base. Diameter = 21.5 cm Period : 14 th-15 th Century. Excellent condition, no chips, cracks, hairlines and free from restoration.

Crackle golden celadon glaze covering foot rim decorated with incised flower on the center and lotus petal on the exterior. Unglazed base. Diameter = 12.5 cm Period : 14 th-15 th Century Longquan Kilns, Zhejiang Excellent condition, no chips, cracks, hairlines and free from restoration.

Green glaze covering foot rim. Unglaze base with burnt red. Diameter = 11.5 cm Period : 14 th-15 th Century Longquan Kilns, Zhejiang Good condition, a minor fritting on the foot rim, firing crack, no hairlines and free from restoration.

Golden brown glaze covering foot rim decorated with incised lotus on the center. Firing ring on base burnt red. Diameter = 12.8 cm Period : 14 th-15 th Century Longquan Kilns, Zhejiang Excellent condition, no chips, cracks, hairlines and free from restoration.

A fine Dehua blanc de chine jos stick holder in the form of a dog of fo on a plinth. It is made from a fine, translucent milk-white porcelain associated with these kilns. Dimension : 11 cm Height Period : Dating from the Kangxi period (1663-1723), Condition : very good, one minor fritting on the foot, no cracks, hairlines or restoration

Decorated with incised flower on the center and flower sprays on the rim. Unglaze base. Yuan Dynasty Widht = 17 cm ; Height=7.5 cm. Condition : a tiny fritting, professional restoration on 2 cm x 1 cm loss to body.

A leporello with Japanese original woodblock print triptychs, mainly designed by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797 - 1861), famous for his warrior prints. The album is containing six warrior triptychs by Kuniyoshi and two made by his pupils. The oban sized prints are separately mounted on gold splashed Japanese paper. 1. Kuniyoshi (Robinson T 87) c. 1842-43. 2. Yoshitsuya, Ichiesai (1822 - 1866) c. 1843. 3. Pupil of Kuniyoshi, c. 1843. 4. Kuniyoshi (Robinson T 124) c. 1842-43. 5. Kuniyohi (Robinson T...

A rare small bird figurine covered with brown glaze to the foot. Unglaze base. Yue ware. Diamater = 6 cm, Height=4 cm Condition : excellent, no chips, hairlines, cracks and free from restorations.

A nice small covered celadon jar, covered overall with smooth bluish-green glaze except foot rim exposing buff body. Glazed base. 14th century. Longquan Kilns, Zhejiang. Condition is excellent, two tiniest frits on the rim, no cracks, hairlines and free from restorations. High: 6 cm, Diameter 8 cm.

A nice small celadon Ribbed-Potiche jar with cover, covered overall with smooth bluish-green glaze except foot rim exposing buff body. Glazed base. 14th century. Longquan Kilns, Zhejiang. Condition is excellent,no chips, cracks or restorations; matching lid but the same period High: 7.5 cm; Diameter : 8 cm