This Japanese scholar's page turner consists of a thin layer of black ebony wood sandwiched between pale buttery colored ivory handles ....flawless

Mate is a traditional South American infused drink prepared from steeping dried leaves of yerba mate. This traditional antique tea straw or more accurately, mate straw is called a Bombilla. Both the straw and its matching mate container were made by the Industria Mamboreta of Argentina. The mate container is a gourd decorated with a hammered silver bottom and a wide silver rim. The silver has a deeply etched floral design with highlighted gold tones at the center of the flowers...

A good example of Ming dynasty Chenghua period Mingyao product, decorated with two figures and house to the interior center. Underside with continuously flower scrolls. Condition with one slight bigger chip and two tiny chips, no any crack. Price included re-touch till invisible. Diameter: 13.2cm.

 

A rare white glaze bowl in octagonal shape, decorated with vividly relief of Chinese Eight Immortals. Late Ming dynasty 17th/18th century Fujian Dehua ware. Condition with minor flake chips, about three very tiny chips and one slight bigger found visible on enlargement 1, but no crack and free from any restoration. Diameter: 15.5cm and High: 7.6cm.

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A Junyao cup was in decent shape and was applied with charming bluish glaze.
By well shaped foot ring which revealed with brownish-tint body clay, the oval cup was incursioned on the surface with blurred and earthern-feel condition.

Date: Song/Jin periods, 12th Century.

Width 8.5cm, Height:7cm

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A decent wood stand was well structured by precious Zitan and burl wood.
Framed by a unique species of Da-Yei Zitan, and panelled with burl wood board in the center, the wood stand was reinforced in the underside with lacquered cotton cloth.
Strong and sound, the wood stand was yielded on the surface with darken patina.

Date: late 19th century.

Dimensions: 48cm x 31cm x 8cm

A nice one of Yuan dynasty b/w bowl, decorated outside with chrysanthemum scrolls and inside the center with flaming pearl, empty space cavetto and classic scrolls around inner rim. Overall good condition except minor two tiny chips which easy to retouch till invisible(please examine on picture 6&7) and a soft short hairline (impossible to take this picture). Yuan dynasty 13th-14th century, found excavated on central Celebes. Diameter: 12cm and High: 5.5cm.

Elegant shaped and very well potted white glaze double guard ewer, covered overall with such called 'Thian Pai' or Sweet white glaze. Yuan dynasty 13th-14th century. Condition with spout reduce and glued repair, otherwise is perfect. High: 12.5cm.

Beautiful carving in the Balinese Art Deco style made of heavy tropical wood. Bearded man traditionally dressed with kris on his back, holding and feeding his gamecock. Condition: filled crack going through one foot and base. Dimension: 52.7 cm high, weight: 3'045 g.

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A groups of 23 old ivory beads was stringed in as a charming wristlet.
By fine patina and well preserved quality, the bracelet can be nicely worn by a fair lady or a gentleman alike.

Beads: Qing Dynasty,1644-1911

Width of the bead: 0.8cm.

Matching pair of Japanese Imari porcelain jars of inverted pear form covered with a high domed lid topped with a round chrysanthemum bud form finial. The vertically ribbed body is decorated in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze rust-red enamel and gilt highlights. A large panel on the front features two shishi on opposing sides of a prominent floral pattern while the back holds a smaller cartouche with a bird and flower motif...

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An ivory pendant was nicely carved with exquisite patterns.
In motifs of five bats(Fu, good fortune) surrounding a archaic character-Sou(Longevity) expressing the good metaphor, and scrolling clouds on the rim as decoration, this ivory piece was believed having been hanged as a lucky charm by the noble people.
An old drilling hole was on the side for stringing...

A b/w jarlet decorated with eight panels divided by beaded, four panels by chrysanthemum branch and the other four with empty space. Yuan dynasty 13th-14th century. Condition with two ring missing handles to shoulder and polished, circular hairline to base. High: 9cm.