A late Ming dynasty 17th century vase, Wanli period with rounded body and with slight broad mouth rim, decorated with white slip of crane in flight among cloud scrolls on cobalt-blue ground. Possibly Wanli period. Condition with a chip to inner rim with associated hairline visible on the last enlargement, otherwise is in very good condition. Height: 23 cm.

Chinese Blue & White Porcelain Vase, Late Ming Dynasty / Transitional

This attractive porcelain jar, or vase, was made in the Transitional period, c. 1620 - 1660, most likely during either the Tianqi reign (1621 - 1627) or the Chongzhen reign (1628 - 1643) of the Ming Dynasty. It is fairly "heavily-potted" and made in three sections that have been luted together prior to glazing. The bold underglaze blue pattern features blossoming plants on opposite sides of the body...

Antique gold gilt Thailand amulet exqusite ancient Buddha. Provenance purchased from and English ambassador to Thailand from his personal collection. Measuring 3" x 1.5" or 8cm x 4cm. In all original antique condition.

The detacheable central Tirthankara surrounded by other Tirthankaras, two elephants holding his princely parasol, his throne supported by two lions. On the back there is a lengthy inscription, holding the date 1674 in Samvat, which is 1617 in the Western calendar. The shrine is inlaid all over with silver. H. 28 cm, W. 19 cm. Condition: some old damage and an old repair to the thinly cast back of the stand. Otherwise in wonderful original condition.

Description: A bronze Karmapa Lama figure was finely cast.
Being preserved rarely with original gilding, this strikingly depicted statue was in sitting posture on a square pedestal.
Fine carving craftsmanship was well rendered in depicting the deity's facial expression in a natural way.
The bottom cover was a later restoration which was not unusual for Tibet bronze pieces.
Date: 16th Century.
Height: 11.9cm, Width: 8.5cm Depth: 6.4cm.
A FITTED SILK BOX IS INCLUDED.

Blue and White Dish with flower on vase decoration on the interior and full floral scroll on the exterior. Width = 20.5 cm. Ming Dynasty. Condition : Excellent, no chips, cracks, hairlines or restoration.

Kendi, with rounded sides, bulbous spout and tall neck decorated outside with floral scroll and plantain leaves on the neck with metal mount, glazed base. PERIOD : Wanli (1573-1619 AD) MEASUREMENT : 23 cm height, 14 cm wide. CONDITION: the neck set with metal mount and small cip to the end of spout.

Large and rare Ming Blue and white charger decorated with deers and floral. PERIOD : Ming Dynasty (16th-17th Century): 32.5 cm wide. CONDITION: restoration to the missing part (see initial condition picture).

Vietnamese 16th Century Green Glazed Bowl

This rare bowl was made during the 16th century. Apart from the unglazed stacking ring and base it is coated in an apple-green glaze, the depth of colour of which varies according to its thickness. There are small areas around the inner wall where the glaze has not covered but this appears to be unintentional.

Diameter 16 cm...

Large Chinese Ming Dynasty Blue & White Porcelain Dish - Phoenix (35.5cm / 14")

This attractive large porcelain dish was made during the Wanli reign (1573 - 1620) of the Ming Dynasty. It is of the type known as "Swatow" or "Zhangzhou" ware. It is coated in a thick glaze, the bold underglaze blue decoration of good colour featuring in the centre, a standing phoenix, surrounded by various floral patterns and flower blossoms. The outer wall is decorated with simple thin blue lines...

A beautifully preserved 16th to 17th century Annan Bronze basin inscribed with the animals of the zodiac which had been used as a prayer bell at a Japanese Buddhist temple. It makes a beautiful ring when struck. It is roughly 12 inches (30 cm) diameter, 6-1/2 inches (16.5 cm) tall. An exceedingly rare find...

Large Chinese Ming Dynasty Polychrome Porcelain Dish - Kintsugi (37cm / 14.5")

This attractive large porcelain dish was made during the Wanli reign (1573 - 1620) of the Ming Dynasty. It is of the type known as "Swatow" or "Zhangzhou" ware. It is coated in a thick glaze, the decoration provided on top with green, turquoise and red coloured enamels. The pattern features in the centre a phoenix standing in a garden...

Ming dynasty Wanli period (1573-1620) "Wucai/Five colors" bowl, decorated with Mandarin Ducks swimming on the Lotus Pond. Inside the center with Crane & Lotus, Chinese seal mark on the base. Excavated on South-Sulawesi Indonesia...

A small Burmese Buddha made of silver. Its form is simple, unadorned and its hand is in the earth-touching gesture. The face has a wide nose with connected eyebrows and has a quiet presence.

Period: Burmese, 16th Century

Size: Height = 5 cm., Width at base = 3.5 cm.

Condition: Normal wear due to its age. Has a nice patina.

A nice small jar painted by Persian imported cobalt-blue materials of continuous chrysanthemum scroll around the body. 15th-16th century Annamese ware. Condition with tiny flake chip to rim and tilt to one side, otherwise is in fairly good condition. High: 6.5cm and Wide: 7.7cm

A lightning shaped Narumi-Oribe Mukozuke dish decorated with geometrics and drying persimmons enclosed in a fine custom kiri-wood box titled “E-Oribe Mukozuke” and annotated “Mino Ko-gama” by Living National Treasure Kato Takuo, who was well known for his research into old kilns and firing techniques. One of the best preserved pieces I have seen in a long time dating from the Momoyama to early Edo period.; it originally had three looping feet which have been lost...

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.

Small bronze Lao Buddha with a stunning patina. H. 9 cm. Ex Joost Mous - Amsterdam.

Flatted and foliated rim dish decorated with qillin and clouds on the center. Ming Dynasty Widht = 18 cm Condition : star hairline, no chips and free from restoration.

Blue & White jar, decorated with Three Horses among leafy scroll and Cloud Collar pattern around the neck. Soft paste body with crackled glaze. Late Ming 17th century and in perfect condition. High: 8.1 cm and Foot diameter: 6 cm.

Blue and white bowl, rounded side with flared rim and unglazed foot ring, bowl decorate with under glaze blue turtle back pattern at the outer wall. PERIOD : Late Ming (1573-1619 AD) MEASUREMENTS: 14.5 cm CONDITION: very good, no chips, cracks or hairlines and free from restorations. Good sound when tapping with finger tips.

A Vietnamese blue and white porcelain jarlet. Painterly chrysanthemum blooms and leafage decoration freely rendered and with some oxidized, heaped cobalt. Fair to good condition: There are three points where old, hard wax has been applied presumably to smooth kiln faults and possible a small rim chip if not just another kiln fault (we don't like to restore items or interfere with old conservation.) Lists slightly. See third enlargement for illustration relevant to condition report...

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...

Kangxi (1662-1722) A Blue and white bowl decorated with a pattern of scrolling foliage whose flower and flower sprays on the center bowl. On the base, there is a Kangxi mark in double circle. Width = 14.5 cm Height = 7.3 cm

A rare example of Ming dynasty Hongzhi period jar and cover in slight square shape, decorated with tendril grapevine's and grasses. Cover with ruyi motif. Condition with a chip extended crack to aside, further in good condition. High maximum: 14.5cm.

A finely and rare covered box of circular form with a dome shaped cover and "Bird" figural handle. Decorated in underglaze iron-black with alternating vegetal and cross-hatching panels, with lobing highlighted in brown glaze. Buff stoneware body with a greenish transparent glaze stopping above the foot which is painted in iron-brown, unglazed base with a circular firing stand scar. Condition is excellent. 15th-16th century Sawankhalok ware. Diameter: 10.5 cm and High: 11 cm.

In bhumisparsa mudra. The eyes inlaid with glass or seashell. Condition: the head broken and repaired at the neck ( old repair) , the ushnisha slightly curved. The red and blue painting on the base are later. Lovely piece with beautifyl patina. H. 37 cm. From a Dutch private collection.

Porcelain decorated with flower spray on the center and four flower sprays on the cavetto, unglazed base. PERIOD : late Ming (1566-1643 AD) MEASUREMENTS: 31 cm wide. CONDITION: very good, 5 cm hairline, no cracks or chips and free from restorations. Good sound when tapping with finger tips.

Two late Ming dynasty b/w 17th century jarlet with pencil style, decorated with grapevine's and four character mark to shoulder 'Khan Le Fu Shou' which mean Healthy, Happiness, Prosperous and Longevity. The other one with fruit pattern also. Both in perfect condition, excavated from South-Celebes. High: 5.3cm and 5.6cm.

Green glazed to footrim with freely flower spray in the center. Diameter : 38 cm Period : 17 th Century. Condition : No chips, cracks or hairlines and free from restorations.

A rare figurine in the form of kneeling woman, supporting on her right shoulder a hallow vessel and in her left hand a fan. Decorated with underglazed iron-black on the face and upper part of the stoneware body, base flat and unglazed. Sawankhalok ware 15th-16th century. Condition is perfect. High: 7.5 cm.

A nice Late Ming Dynasty blue and white dish, decorated with Bird and Ducks to the center. Rabbit mark to the base. Wanli period. Condition is very good, no any crack, no chip and free from any restoration. Diameter: 30 cm.

A rare small vase, the mouth in the form of the cup and decorated on the body with floral sprays in underglazed blue. 15th-16th Sawankhalok type ware. Condition is perfect. High: 10.5 cm.

Dish decorated with bird and water weeds on the interior and continous floral scroll on the exterior, glazed base. PERIOD : Early Ming (1400-1487 AD) MEASUREMENTS: 20 cm wide. CONDITION: two hairlines but free from restorations.

Thai 16th Century Underglazed Footed Stoneware Box (from shipwreck)

This footed round stoneware box was made during the 16th century at the Sawankhalok kilns. It is decorated with scrolling and geometric patterns in underglaze iron-brown with a clear blueish and finely-crackled glaze. The inner surface of the box is coated with same clear blueish glaze.

This is an unusually large example of its type with a diameter of 13.25 cm...

Depicting a running figure, possibly a saint or deity. Diameter 10,5 cm. Condition: Fritting and minor chips to the rim. Provenance: Dutch private collection, collected in Indonesia ca. 40 years ago. Jiajing ( 1522-1566 ).

A stunning painting of Mt Fuji viewed from a misty sea by Yukansai (Kano Arinobu, 1605-1677) painted in 1672 at the age of 67 on silk. The image of Fuji, broken by clouds, dominates the scene, with rolling hills and sailing vessels visible in the foreground. It is mounted in a field of copper brocade extended above and below in beige silk and measures 26 by 49 inches.

Porcelain decorated with floral spray on the body, unglazed base. PERIOD : late Ming (1566-1643 AD) MEASUREMENTS: 7 cm wide and 5.5 cm tall. CONDITION: perfect, no chips, cracks, hairlines and free from restorations.

Two Chinese blue and white reticulated "linglong" tea bowls, from the Hatcher shipwreck, dating from circa 1643. Each painted with five roundels enclosing different landscapes in underglaze blue, flanked by pierced cash motif walls. Standing on a short footrim, the base is unglazed and with a red "Hatcher Collection" label. Condition: fine, one bowl with a minimal tiny rim chip. Dimension: diameter: 9.1 cm, 4.9 cm and 5.1 cm high.

Decorated with scene describe of bridge and tree on the center and continous floral scroll on the exterior. Ming Dynasty Diamater = 16.5 cm Condition : one original firing crack on nthe rim, no chips, hairlines and free from restorations.

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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.

Porcelain covered with celadon glaze, glazed base. PERIOD : late Ming (1566-1643 AD) MEASUREMENTS: 23 cm wide. CONDITION: excellent, no chips, cracks, hairlines and free from restorations.

Starting with the famous verse by Chinese Scholar YoYu (AD 53-18) ”The written character is a picture of the heart” (Sho kokoro Ga nari) here are written 42 rules of calligraphy spread over 10 narrow panels by the famous calligraphist Ide Gakei dated 1677. The verses appear to have been written in one sitting, the style going from crisp perfect Kaisho characters through Gyosho stylized characters and into the elegantly running Grass script (Sosho)...

Blue and white Swatow Jar with 4 lugs. Decorated with dragon and floral. Height = 35 cm, Width = 28 cm. Ming Dynasty, Condition : one lug restored, otherwise no chip, crack, hairline or restoration.

A rare b/w Kendi of squat globular form, with a short cylindrical neck and a broad horizontal flange, small lipped mouth and a tapering mammiform spout. Decorated in underglazed cobalt-blue with lotus petals filled with classic scroll on the shoulder, and a pair of lion among clouds scroll on the body and spout, with a band of lotus petals beneath. The center of the neck with encircled of diaper pattern, brown wash base. Annamese ware 15th-16th century in perfect condition excepted minor tiny ch...

Chinese Ming dynasty (1368-1644) ritual dragon bell covered overall with a fine celadon glaze that extends down and stops neatly at the unglazed scalloped edge. The unglazed tips are burnt orange-brown from firing. Fine incised details are visible in the body behind the glaze. A double-dragon handle is at the top. The interior is fully glazed. There are no crackles evident in the glaze. Circa 14th/15th century. 4 1/8” high x 3 ¼” diameter at the base. Very good overall condition wit...

Diameter 29 cm. Large hairline and a small rim chip. From a Dutch private collection. The hairline can be bleached to make it less visible.

Covered box of circular form, decorated in underglaze iron-black with Eagle on the top and the body with alternating vegetal and cross-hatching panels. Buff stoneware body, unglazed base with a circular firing stand scar. Thailand 15th-16th centuries, Sawankhalok ware. Condition is perfect, no chips, no crack and no restoration. Only the underglaze iron-black was slightly pale on the one side, it's a rare decoration of Sawankhalok pieces was founded on South Sulawesi area. Diameter: 15 cm and H...

A large b/w dish in shallow deep form and well balance potted, decorated to the interior center with a peony blossom surrounded by concentric circle of scrolls of small flowers. The same scrolls are repeated on the reverse and border with classic scrolls above the foot. Condition is good, only found a hairline visible on the last enlargement, slight fritting glaze at mouth rim, otherwise is perfect. Ming dynasty late 15th to early 16th century. Diameter: 33cm. Note: Please see pieces for compari...

 

Blue & White bowl, decorated outside with four Lion/Foo dog playing balls, inside with Chrysanthemum in the center. Ming dynasty 15th-16th century. Condition: invisible restored to three chips to mouth rim and one old chip to foot rim, further in good condition, no crack. Diameter: 13.5 cm.

A fine b/w bowl, decorated to exterior with lotus and chrysanthemum flowers. The interior center with blossom of lotus. Coin mark on the base of Fu Qui Jia Zhi. Dating late Zhengde to early Jiajing ware. Condition is excellent survived from buried on South-Sulawesi, no any chip, no crack and free restoration, unfortunate only with a tiny warped, but no effected to the handsome look of this lustrous glaze bowl. Diameter: 15.5cm.

A rare motif of b/w saucer dish, decorated at the interior center with a crab within single circle. Late Ming period 16th-17th century. Condition is perfect, no any chip and no crack, unfortunately not too well balance standing because affected by the sands on the base. Diameter: 10.5cm

Crackle porcelain decorated with polychrome decoration, glazed base. PERIOD :late Ming (1566-1643 AD) MEASUREMENTS: 8 cm tall, 7.5 cm wide. CONDITION: excellent, no chips, cracks, hairlines and free from restorations.

Bowl decorated with two deer in landscape in the center and chrysantemum scroll on the inner wall. A chrysantemum and classic sroll on the outside and lotus petal to footrim. Late Ming H=15 cm D= 7 cm Condition : bowl is repainted and an unvisible very short hairline.

Decorated with lotus panel framing to the foot, diamond diaper, cloud scrolls and circle, on the body and cloud lappet on the shoulder .Overglazed red and green enamel decoration. Late Ming 17 th dynasty . Width = 14 cm. Height=13.5 cm Condition : Excellent, no chips, hairlines, cracks and free from restorations, enamel degradation for some area.

Rare LARGE Burmese 14th - 15th Century Monochrome Glazed Stoneware Dish (Ex. Lammers Collection)

This extremely rare large and imposing stoneware dish was made during the 14th - 15th century. It is heavily-potted and coated in a finely-crackled cream glaze. The unglazed base has fired to a deep red where there are signs that this dish was placed on a large circular pontil during firing. To the inner well of the dish are incised circular bands. Note also the deeply incised decorative rings th...

Lacquered necklace holder, most likely for court officials. Gilded and painted with dragons and cloud formations. Age: Ming (1368-1644)Condition: Good. Some chipping around the edges.Size:17.7cm X 7.5cm.