Description: A typical Taiwanese Daoist tiger deity was made of brick mud. In cute facial composition, The molded animal was applied with white paint before brushed with black pigment and sketched with detailed lines.Tiger deity was usually seen in Taiwanese shrine for comforting the uneasy babies. Date: Qing Dynasty, Height: 6.0cm
Description: An elegant celadon water basin of Longquan kiln was molded in beautiful shape. Cutting plum flowers were stick around the upper portion of the basin and at the lower portion around the foot ring. Whitish incursions and burial earth were reserved on the glaze surface when obvious brownish firing effect was at the unglazed clay. A beautiful Longquan piece was applied with fatty milky celadon glaze which was usually seen for pieces from Yuan Dynasty...
It's rare one example of b/w bowl produced of transition between late Yuan to early Ming Hongwu period, decorated with emblems to the exterior and Tibetan characters around inner rim, base unglazed showing the characteristic of Yuan wares. Condition is perfect. Diameter: 14 cm.
A celadon dish with finely potted, decorated at the exterior with lotus petals rising from foot, interior is plain and covered overall with olive green glaze. Condition cracks such like indicated on the pictures. Southern Song dynasty. Diameter: 16.8cm
A brown glazed celadon bowl, decorated with incised motif to the interior, outside is plain and unglazed base. Northern Song ware. Condition is perfect. Diameter: 16.8cm and High: 7cm.
A plain white glazed dish with brown glaze finished to the rim, three characters "Yu Chin Thang" mark on the base within double circle. Early Ching Kangxi period. Condition with a hairline like indicated on the picture and invisible re-touched tiny flake chip to rim. Diameter: 21.5cm
Description: An exquisite conical Yaozhou bowl was molded with beautiful motifs of flowers and tendrils in the cavetto. Preserved in perfect condition, the bowl's foot ring was adhesive with kiln sands. Numerous bubbles were characteristically revealed in the glaze. Some minute burst bubbles were left on the outer mouth rim, Otherwise the over all condition is perfect. Date: Song Dynasty(AD960-1279), Width: 10cm
A rare of excavated pieces of Changsha type bowl was found in South Sulawesi area and exactly not from shipwreck in Belitung Sumatera. Bowl with everted rim and square-cut foot. Decorated in brown and pale brown under a green glaze with a freely drawn floral motif in the center and brown area on the rim. Late Tang dynasty 9th century, Hunan Changsha ware. Condition is excellent with no any cracks and no chips, also still with very finely glaze. Diameter: 15.9 cm. Note: Reportedly from Indonesia...
A small square form blue & white dish, decorated with figures in the center among floral sprays. Ming dynasty late 16th to early 17th century. Condition is perfect. Measure: 8.5cm x 8.5cm, High: 2.3cm.
A good and rare to survived polychrome enamel jarlet considered it is an excavated piece from underground, decorated with continuously chrysanthemum in green and red enamels, base unglazed. Ming dynasty 15th-16th century. Condition is perfect with original enamel color. Wide: 6.5cm and High: 6cm.
A nice blue & white small jar, decorated to the body with fruit blossoms and cloud scroll to the shoulder, base unglazed. Ming dynasty 16th century. Condition is perfect, unfortunately just a kiln rock adhered to the shoulder area, otherwise is very fine excavated piece. Wide: 8cm and High: 8.5cm.
A beaker with bowed profile, decorated in underglaze iron-brown with a summarily drawn calligraphic scroll. Base unglazed, four spur marks on the interior bottom. Vietnam Ly-Tran 14th to early 15th century. Condition is perfect, unfortunately tilt to one side. Diameter: 10.5cm and High: 8cm.
Well potted of celadon small jarlet, decorated with two ring handles and covered overall with a pale bluish green celadon glaze. Condition is perfect. 15th-16th century Sawankhalok ware. High: 7cm and Wide: 7.3cm.
As the enlightened man is a product of this world so too the Lotus grows in the mire, a symbol of the attainable state of Nirvana. Here is a breathtaking hand-made bronze Koro in the shape of a blossoming lotus in deep red patination dating from the late Edo to Meiji period (mid to late 19th century). Consisting of 30 individual pieces, each petal is uniquely incised with veins by the hammer and chisel of some long lost craftsman...
One similar piece appear on Christies 1984 auction cataloque in London, with high 11.5cm and wide 15.7cm. They also note the other only one recorded example in that times of this Double-Headed type appears to be illustrated by William Willets, 'Ceramic Art of Southeast Asia, 1971, no.85. which is subsequently illustrated, Strait Times Annual, 1981, pp, 57-58, and Southeast Asian Ceramic Society, Vietnamese Ceramics, 1982, no.103.
An extremely rare and important example of b/w Annamese water dropper/Kendi, in globular form body and painted vividly in imported cobalt with naturalistic feathers around the shoulder, a wing, a breast and a foot on each side divided by a lotus cluster at the front and three clusters of grasses at the rear below two moulded tails, each surmounted by a 'Ruyi' lappet, the heads each finely modelled with long crests surmounted by simple whorls and painted with dots on the cheeks and upper bills, t...
A rear and large lacquered manuscript chest. These chests were essential to every monastery as the stored Buddhist scriptural texts. Size: L. 61cm. W. 17.6cm. H. 15cm.
Condition: Normal wear. One leg has been replaced. See photo.
Description: A magnificent wood ShuanTien( The Northern God) was finely carved in 13th-15th Century. Clad in sophisticated motifs on the robe, the deity sit easily with one arm(which had been lost) resting on the raised lap. It was an excellent traditional carving piece. With flouring lines of the robe, the softness and naturalistics of the flesh of the revealed toes and the torso under robe were vividly rendered...
Description:
A bronze ladle of Warring States was found in perfect condition.
In simple and slender form, the bronze ladle was inscribed with 14 Chinese ancient characters.
Archaic bronzes with inscriptions have been highly appraised by serious collectors.
For this rare piece, the inscription was clear and recognizable for a professional study.
Date: Warring States(481BC-221BC),
Length:26.5cm
A CUSTOM-MADE SILK BOX IS INCLUDED.
Large Chinese famille rose porcelain jardiniere with wide mouth and flattened rim enameled in bright pigments with a figural scene extending around the circumference. Diaper pattern band below rim. Unglazed foot and base. Original drain hole and plug. Late Qing dynasty (19th century) to possibly early Republican period. 13"H x 15 1/4" diameter. Weighs about 15 lbs. Very good overall condition with no chips or cracks. Some soiling to the interior from use.
A set of two b/w wine cups, each decorated with chrysanthemum and inside the center with chrysanthemum head. Yuan dynasty 1279-1368. Condition is good, each with a chip and re-touched, no crack. Diameter: 8.3cm and 8cm.
One of survived b/w bowl from late 15th to early 16th century, rounded sides with everted lip rim, decorated with four large blossoms of continuously peony flowers to the exterior. Interior design to the center with a floral spray within double circle. Collected in Halmahera island, similar examples also found on South Sulawesi. Ming dynasty late Chenghua to early Hongzhi period ware. Condition is perfect excepted a tiny flake chip to rim, no cracks and free from any restoration...
A large and nice jun yao bowl of sky blue colour. It stands on a short recessed foot rin and then everted upwards towards a slightly straighten side and then towards the rim it folds slightly inwards. There is a slight colour variation between the actual bowl glaze and the photograph taken.
In good condition...
A finely b/w wine cup with slightly everted lip rim, decorated with a stylistic and popular both on imperial or private kiln wares with lotus and water plant at the exterior. Inside the center with a Tibetan character. Condition is perfect considered it's an excavated piece, just tiny flake chip to foot rim, no any chips, no any cracks, flawlessly and free from any restoration. Diameter: 7cm and High: 4.5cm.
A finely b/w bowl, rounded sides body and decorated at the exterior with four continuously blossoms of Indian lotus. Stylistic private kiln seal mark on the base. Ming dynasty Jiajing period (1522-1566) Condition of the bowl is excellent, no any chips, no cracks and flawlessly as well. Diameter: 12cm and High: 6cm.
A White glazed small dish, slightly conical shaped and covered overall with a milky white glaze. Ming dynasty 15th century. Condition is perfect excepted firing fault to the foot rim visible on the last enlargement, no any cracks, no chips and free from any restoration. Diameter: 13.5cm.
A fine and rare small b/w dish, the rounded sides rising to slightly everted rim, the interior painted with a central flower-head and radiating lappets enclosing lotus bloom, below hanging 'ruyi' heads filled with one of the eight Buddhist emblems called 'Endless Knot' the symbol of longevity...
The is a rare, old, long Chinese lock necklace with coral beads and matching amber drops.
The handmade upper chain leads to a lower strand of very small silver beads, with 4 pumpkin shaped coral beads alternating with 5 silver balls on each side. From each side of the beaded chain is a short chain ending with male and female ducks which represent a long and happy marriage.
The medallion is 4" wide and 3.5" long with numerous beautifully articulated images...
Recently excavated on South Sulawesi of Sawankhalok celadon dish or so-called Sisatchanalai wares. The dish with flattened rim and rounded lip, decorated with an incised chrysanthemum flower head in the center medallion and floral sprays on the cavetto. The exterior is plain, covered overall with a beautifully pale bluish-green celadon glaze and circular firing stand scar appear to the base. Sawankhalok ware 14th-15th century...
It is the one of the rare and outstanding Ming dynasty dish excavated on Halmahera island Indonesia, the interior of the dish with a turquoise glaze and exterior with a sapphire blue glaze. Presume as Ming dynasty 15th-16th century piece. Condition is good except minor flaked glaze to the rim, interior center adhered sands because buried for long times. Diameter: 14.5 cm and High: 2.5 cm.
A definitely rare polychrome enamel bowl, decorated outside with five double lotus blossom in red and yellow among cloud scrolls in green enamel, unusual border of hanging 'ruyi' to the foot rim...
Description: A Jun bowl with intriguing purple
splashes inside and out of the bowl was molded in
unique straight-wall type. In absolute Zen spirit,
it was an ancient prototype of Chawan...
A rare blue & white dish, at interior decorated with foliated dragon within double circle and border with diaper pattern around the rim, the exterior with continuously flower scroll. Foliated-Dragons design on Ming imperial porcelains first appeared in underglazed blue during the Xuande era and commonly appears on porcelains made by private kiln wares during Zhendong-Jingtai-Thienshun the so-called Interregnum period from 1436-1464, this one is the best examples from the end of Interregnum Thien...
A fine and rare small b/w dish, the rounded sides rising to slightly everted rim, the interior painted with a central flower-head and radiating lappets enclosing lotus bloom, below hanging 'ruyi' heads filled with one of the eight Buddhist emblems called 'Endless Knot' the symbol of longevity. This kind motif also found at some Ching dynasty Ming style imperial porcelain wares, for example in Christie's cataloque Hongkong 29 September 1992, lot 519 'A pair of b/w floral bowls' Daoguang period, t...
A rare small celadon dish, decorated in the center with moulded of twin fish and underside with lotus petals rising from the foot rim. Covered overall with a quality of 'powder green' glazed with slightly bluish tone. Southern-Song dynasty. Condition is very good, excepted a tiny flake glaze to the mouth rim (visible on enlargement 4), minor flake surface to foot rim, but no any cracks and free from restoration also. Diameter: 12.3 cm and High: 3 cm.
Description: An exquisite bamboo carving depicted a smiling boy holding a basket which has fishes in it. In fantastic carving skill, the piece was added with more attraction by it's aged patina. It was preserved in perfect condition without any defects. From the characteristics of the carving, the piece was dated as of 19th century. Height: 10cm, Depth: 9.5cm, Width: 8.9cm