All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #416520 (stock #1932)
A nice polychrome saucer dish, decorated in the center with "Moon Hare" in red and green enamel. Ming dynasty 16th-17th century. Condition is very good, except very fine short glaze hairline visible on enlargement 4 and no chips. Enamel condition is very good also and original without "re-painting". Note: usually we found this type ware with the enamel degraded cause buried for very long times and re-painting until seems like original. Guarantee it pieces original made of the period...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1920 item #416865 (stock #lot071)
Description: An Incense box with beautiful dark brown patination was made of bamboo section. A palmful small piece which had been used for keeping incense powder now can also be used as an ideal holder for your precious stones. Date: Late 19th century. Material: Bamboo. Width: 5.3cm Height: 3.5cm
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #417014 (stock #1937)
A blue & white square tray with thinly potted and decorated with view of landscape, mountain, river, boat and fisher man. Ching dynasty 18th century in perfect condition, with no chips and no cracks, only with a minute fritting like usually found on this period ware, otherwise is fine. Measure 24.6 cm x 17.6 cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #417481 (stock #lot072)
Description: An archaic bronze water dropper in a calf's figure was vividly made in Ming dynasty. Ingeniously designed with three holes. the scholars would immerse the bronze calf into the water basin, then held one of the holes until dropping water from the calf's mouth-a syphonic effects. She was beautifully decorated with parcel gilt...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #417580 (stock #1939)
A rare and attractive blue & white bowl, decorated with some figural hero riding on the horse. Ming dynasty late 15th to early 16th century. Condition: restored two tiny chips to rim and these are a fine hairline, further in good condition. Diameter: 18.6 cm. Founded on Sumatera island Indonesia.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #417859 (stock #1940)
A rare small celadon moulded dish, with foliated rim an fluted sides body, appears with a slightly greyish blue green glaze. Condition is perfect. 14th-15th century Yuan dynasty Longquan ware. Diameter: 12 cm and High: 2.5 cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #418670 (stock #lot073)
Description: A set of straw glazed QingBai cup and stand was preserved well. The cup was in six petals' floral shape and was crackled beautifully. The stand was in perfect condition with obvious excavation evidences. They were not an original set but were originated from the same date and were perfectly matched. Date: Song Dynasty (12th century) Set Height: 7cm, Cup Height: 4cm Width: 8.8cm, Stand Height: 4cm Width: 9cm
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #420109 (stock #lot074)
Description: It is a gilt-silver hat finial of an official of Qing dynasty. In Qing dynasty, the official uniform was strictly regulated including the hat decoration. Hat finial was categorized formally from Younzhen reign(17th century) as 9 classes. Gold tip(gilt) the sixth category were used by officials like county administrators. This tip was decorated with three bats (means well-being in Chinese pronunciation) amid swirling cloud and ru-yi motifs in open work surrounding the golden ball...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1950 item #420347 (stock #MOR1526)
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At first glance this appears to simply be a large image of a burning tree, however, look again and find the tree like figure is in the from of two entwined lovers, flames leaping from their impassioned bodies. This was likely made as an exhibition work, as it certainly would be difficult to fit into even a large Japanese home. The piece is signed Yoneda Mio, (Yoneda Mionosuke), and likely dates from the 1930s...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1837 VR item #420633 (stock #lot075)
Description: With at least 400 years' enduring age, this brushpot reflected the beautiful patination of restrained dark brownish luster. Huanghuali wood had always been a prestigious material used by noble people in Ming and Qing dynasty. This brushpot was made of Huanghuali in a plain and elegant shape. The removable board underneath was preserved as an original piece instead of a replaced one and covered the entire bottom as a typical style of Ming dynasty...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #420652 (stock #2828)
An extraordinary large blue & white dish, central decoration with "Qilin" surrounded by "Ba Ji Xiang" or assorted treasures, on the cavetto with cloud collar design and key fret border around the rim, underside with Four Lion Foo Dog playing with brocaded balls and assorted treasures, absolutely very little this design had been published, base unglazed firing to pale orange color. Ming dynasty 15th century YONGLE-XUANDE period. Condition: damaged and with small triangle missing pieces...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #421076 (stock #1943)
Blue & White bowl, decorated with freely drawn flowers spray, inside the center with rosette stylist pattern. Ming dynasty middle 15th century Zheng Dong period. Condition with one hairline and firing crack on base, otherwise is perfect. Diameter: 17 cm and High: 7.5 cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #421246 (stock #1945)
Blue & White large dish, with rounded sides and centre decoration with a pair of Dragons among clouds scroll and bordered by wave pattern. The sides decorated with four windows of flower head and birds. Typical of Wanli period Swatow Ming dynasty 17th century ware. Condition: restored to the rim. Diameter: 46.5 cm and High: 10.3 cm
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #422585 (stock #1949)
Finely blue & white cup, decorated with Emblems and each being supported by a Chrysanthemum on leafy tendril scrolling around the exterior, inside the center with single Tibetan character. Ming dynasty, late 15th century Thianshun to early Chenghua period. Condition is excellent, with no any chips and no cracks. Diameter: 5.4 cm and High: 3.8 cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #423095 (stock #1951)
Blue & White dish, decorated with rarely design of fully scrolling at the interior and appear a four pointed star, mark on the base. Ching dynasty 19th century. Condition is perfect, with no any cracks or chips, free from restoration. Diameter: 24 cm
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #424085 (stock #lot078)
Description: A Yaozhou bowl in conical shape was kept in perfect condition. The olive-green glaze is beautiful. Even though it was in plain style without any motifs, the typical Song mood was still exemplified. Date: Song dynasty. Width: 9.9cm Height: 4.1cm Condition: perfect.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #424725 (stock #1954)
Blue & White jarlet, decorated with typical Yuan Chrysanthemum and two small ring handle attached on the neck. 13th-14th century Yuan dynasty, Fujian or Jindezhen ware. Firing imperfection/kiln flake on the rim, two chips on the foot rim and further in perfect condition, free from restoration as well. High: 5.1 cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1940 item #424795 (stock #ALR1545)
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Festive red paper lanterns parade in a sea of mist across this elegant 20th century scroll by Hayashi Bunto (1886-1966) enclosed in the original signed and stamped wooden box. A wonderful summer-time scene reminding one of all the matsuri-festivals dominating the nights of this season. The silk scene is bordered in blue ending with bone rollers trimmed with gold. The scroll is 22 by 52 inches (56 x 132 cm) and is in fine condition...