A rare and fine Qingpai white glazed ewer of double gourd form with lid and a sea dragon handle and curving spout, the flat base unglazed. Yuan dynasty 14th century, Jindezhen wares. I believed it's a biggest one than the others similar ewer was ever found in Sulawesi Indonesia. Condition is perfect, no chips, no cracks and free from any restoration. High maximum: 15.5 cm.

Chinese early Republic period porcelain bowl decorated in famille rose enamels against a turquoise ground with a magpie bird perched on a limb surrounded by wisteria, peony flowers, and scrolling vines. To the left of the bird is a red “Dayazhai” (Abode of Great Refinement) hallmark. To the left of this mark is a small red oval panel holding two dragons and the script “Tian di yi jia chun” (“Heaven and earth are united as one family in spring”)...

A beautiful antique Japanese bronze two handle vase with beautiful three dimensional design of birds with bamboo handles Measuring 15.5 inches tall in excellent condition.

Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912) Satsuma earthenware vase finely decorated around the circumference in polychrome enamel and gilt highlights with ladies and girls of the nobility engaged in leisure activities in an outdoor garden setting. The vase is moulded with densely decorated relief petals at the top and bottom. Koyama Nanpo mark to base. 6 1/8” high. 19th century. Excellent overall condition with no chips, cracks or repairs. From an old Scottsdale, Arizona collection.

This beautiful Qianjiang painting of two yellow birds amid branches of pine, interspersed with flowers is a must have for any serious collector of Qiangjiang painting. The Qiangjiang artist were employed at the imperial factories and were often experts of paintings and calligraphy. This vase has a poem and is signed by the artist, the vase dates to the early Republic era C. 1916 and is without damage, and with little wear to the details. It measures 9 inches tall. Guaranteed not to disappoint.

A fine antique southeast Asian Bronze Buddha 15-17 the century measuring Approx. 5 inches tall without stand mounted to a quality museum mount.

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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.

A radical image by the outlandish Doi Goga featuring a black devil and its child. The child reaches up to the monster, while the monster seems to be giving him a raspberry, his toungue flailing in the air. Ink on paper, it has been completely restored in beige cloth border with bone rollers reflecting the original mounting. The scroll is 42 x 181 cm (16-1/2 x 71-1/4 inches) ad is in excellent condition. Doi Goga (1818-1880) was a Confucian scholar of the late Edo to Meiji periods...

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A bronze bodhisattva sitting on a lion was the legendary Mañjuśrī who using the wisdom to tame the mind.
In perfect condition, the bronze figure was heavily cast and preserved in dark patina...

A radical Iga vase by unconventional artist Kishimoto Kennin (b. 1934) enclosed in the original signed and stamped wooden box. The free form Terracotta image is covered in lichen-like pale green ash glaze. The vase is 10 inches (25 cm) tall, 5 inches (12.5 cm) wide and in perfect condition. Possibly better known today for celadon, Kennin went through a radical period some 15 years ago working on pieces like this unusually formed Iga ware...

Oversized modern limited edition Japanese woodblock print depicting a rural farming scene viewed through a forest by Unno Mitsuhiro (1939-1979). Signed in kana “Mitsuhiro” and dated 1972 in white ink at the lower left corner of the image. Pencil-signed “M. Unno,” titled in kanji, and numbered 16/100 in the lower right margin. Paper size nearly 19”V x 24 ½”H (image: 15 1/8”V x 21 ¼”H). Very good overall condition with a faint mat burn evident (see enlargement 5)...

A beautiful large Japanese Imari porcelain center bowl or platter very large size measuring approx. 17 inches long. Hand painted underglaze in traditional Imari color and incredible design motif circa 1900 . In very good condition one minor firing flaw. A fine addition to any collection.

Decorated with moulded flower spray on the body and two lugs on the shoulder. Unglaze base. Yuan dynasty 1279-1368 Longquan kilns, Zhejiang. Height = 5 cm. Condition : one in perfect condition, other with two small fritings on the base.

Description: One small but uniquely cast bronze censer was in decent look. Made of fine quality of metal material, the bronze censer was in good weight of 208 gram when in a lovely size of 6.1 cm in width and 4.6cm in height. By a unique trumpet form, the bronze bowl was easy to hold in the palms feeling the warmth, sniffing the aroma of the burning incense when in incense practicing ritual. It could be well used as a water basin or paper weight too...

Scratches of ink form a precipitous landscape of jagged mountains on the paper surface of this scroll performed by Fujii Tatsukichi enclosed in a wooden box titled: Painted by the elder Tatsu, One Scroll, Mountain, Annotated by Eichi. It is framed in a silk border terminating in black lacquered rollers. It is 13-1/2 x 59 inches (34 x 149 cm) and is in excellent condition.
Kato Eichi (1899-1987) was a potter from Seto who trained under Tatsukichi...

A Longquan celadon dish, moulded on the rounded center with a floral spray of Lotus bloom, beneath the fluted well and lipped everted rim, covered on the exterior and interior with a rich sea-green celadon glaze. Condition is excellent, with no chips and no any crack anywhere on the body, well balance and flawlessly also. Ming dynasty 15th century Longquan ware. Diameter: 31.8 cm.

Chinese transitional bronze incense burner of compressed, bombe, circular form flanked with two lion-head handles resting on the girth below the waisted rim. Raised on short, splayed, ring foot surrounding a sunken-relief apocryphal six character Xuande mark. Condition is fair...

The Manchu woman did not practice foot binding or wear Lotus Shoes. However, the women did wear various styles of thick soled and platform soled shoes. The sole on this pair of Manchu shoes is 1.5 inches thick. The vamp is canvas with wonderful large eyed fish embroidered with silk thread towards the back of the shoes. The front fish are made of velvet fabric with chain stitched embroidered details...

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: A minor sculpture of a steatite ram from Han Dynasty was newly excavated and had been used as a portable phone pendent for a real use. A real piece with clean cut carving which was a Han sculpture's style. Date: Han Dynasty(BC206-AD220) Length: 0.9cm

Five Japanese Edo period woodblock prints depicting famous samurai from the series “Abridged Stories of our Country’s Swordsmanship” (Honcho kendo ryaku den) by Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) published by Kazusa-ya Iwazo circa 1845-1846...

A Japanese Ivory netsuke artist signed figure of Hotei or Buddha. A fine carving with nice details and color. A fine addition to any collection. Measuring approx. 2 1/4 inches tall or 6 centimeters.

Suspended from its original black silk knotted cord this antique Chinese toggle has a tiny bell dangling from each side. There is a small coral bead and a large turquoise bead dangling from the center. The silver colored metal is assumed to be low grade. the assembledge measures 3 inches from the first bead to the bottom bell drop. the cord and knot add another 3 inches.

A spectacular black lacquered wooden sign carved with bold characters over a gold gilded carp swimming through a torrent of waves dating from the late 19th to early 20th century. It is in fine condition, with only minor marks typical of age. It measures 4 feet (121 cm) long, 14 inches (35 cm) wide and is 1-1/2 inches (3.5 cm) thick at the frame edge.
Due to size the cost of shipping will be accrued separately for this item.

Description: An amiable wood carving was a most popular deity in Chinese tradition- Tu Di Gon, The Protector of the Earth. By a warm image, the old grandfather-like god who wearing an official robe sat easily in an armchair. Even though decayed in some way due to long time of age and was preserved with darken and enduring patina which as caused from centuries of worshiping, the wood figure was presented here in a unique aged form of beauty. In a dry-some feel and was very light in weight, this w...

Description: A rare ivory pot with picturesque carvings on the surface was preserved in very good condition. Tinged due to age, the exquisite image of the carving was intended to describe a religious story. Date: 18th century, Provenance: Thailand Height: 10cm Width: 9.5cm.

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A well-modelled cat shown coiled on a circular base which surrounded by Bo-Shan(mountain ridges) with head turned and resting on its back, the tail emerging in the center and three paws together at the front.

Comparing to the pieces we’ve usually seen in obvious bronze material and was gilt on the surface, this tiger weight was calcified totally and was covered with the burial BaoJiang(the mineral coatings).
Obviously had been excavated for a long time and had been...

 

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A Yinqing covered box was in decent look.
In round shape, the cover was decorated on the surface with carved motifs of peony flowers.
In the basin, there're squeezed and mold lotus plants were well rendered and adhered to the cavetto.
The over all condition of the box was perfect when some incursions were happened to the ridges and rims.
Some similar pieces were in the book of (The Collection of Chinese Box), a book of a famed connoisseur and antique dealer,M...

An insert table screen with carved wood lattice work. The round porcelain plaque with depiction of three immortals in a landscape painted in underglaze blue. The reverse is bearing a six character "Daoguang" seal mark. Maybe the plaque was once a dish and reduced. Condition: lattice work with few missing pieces and little glue residue. Dimension: plaque: diameter: c. 16.5 cm, screen: total height: 45.5 cm, 34.5 cm wide.

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...

A set of five Imari covered bowls. Condition for all is excellent. Part of a group just out of a diplomatic estate. Japanese porcelain sets traditionaly came in groups of five. Four was considered bad luck and larger sets were generally odd numbers. With slight variation, the bowls are between approximately 4 1/4" (10.8cm) to 4 3/8" (11.1cm) diameter and 2 5/16" (5.9cm) height. The covers are about 4" (10.2cm) diameter. Matches our listings 1065548 and 1065550 for form, size and decoration and m...

Large Chinese Early Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Groom

This tall and impressive pottery figure was made during the early Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). It is "heavily-potted" and made from a fairly high-fired pale greyish-brown pottery. It has been "cold-painted" in a base coat of creamy-white pigment with details picked out on top in red and black pigments, especially to the head and face.

This figure represents a foreign groom. He conveys power and self-confidence, standing alert and upr...

This is a pair of Japanese Imari Porcelain double gourd Bottles, Meiji Period, painted with floral motifs in the typical Imari palette. Excellent condition. Measurements: 13 in H approx.

A very finely potted white glazed covered box of circular shape with domed lid. Decorated with incised a spray of flower in the center, unglazed flat base. Chinese 14th-15th century Dehua ware, Fujian. Condition is excellent, no chips, crack or restored. Diameter: 12.8 cm and High: 6 cm.

Decorated with a deer, a bird between blossom and a poem. Good age wear and a warm glossy patina. H. 9 cm. Very good condition, apart from some age cracks and an old repair. 19th century.

Description: An elegant Ru-Yi was rarely made of iron. Casted in a beautiful shape and preserved very well. Dark russet paint were reserved sparsely on the surface which reflected with good old black patina. Date: 19th Century Length: 34cm

A lovely set of Dingyao Cup and Stand are well preserved.
They are in small sizes but in great condition .

Date: AD960-1127.

Cup width: 7.2cm,
Stand Width:8.1cm.

A custom-made cotton box is included

Made of grey pottery. Length 34 cm, height 29 cm. Good condition, minor chips to the ears. Comes with a thermoluminescence test from Kotalla. Han Dynasty (296BC-220AD). At our gallery we have ca. 50 pieces of pottery on display.

Description: A boxwood figure was vividly carved as a shepherd boy by mastery craftsmanship. Holding a pipe (which had been lost), the shepherd boy stands step-forwardly in a animated posture. A nice boxwood carving with nice patina was preserved good with only one small defect on his left foot(loss of two toes) and a minor crack at the rim of his straw hat. A newly made stand was included.

Date: Qing Dynasty (18-19th century).

Height: 11.3cm-not including stand.

A CU...

This large embroidered money belt was used by Miao man for festival. The front face has delicate embroidery which is chain stitched over a black velvet background. The rear is padded and quilted home spun, indigo dyed cotton fabric. There are several areas between the different fabrics which are used as pockets for the storage of possessions. Very good condition, circa 1900-1910. excluding belt loops piece measures 21" across and 13 inches high

A later Meiji period two panel screen, Pigment on silk, signed Hosen (Usui Hosen) dating 1900-1910. Shunkei lacquer frame with cloth backing. Quintessential for the era, the scene is brushed in an abbreviated style, allowing the viewer to participate by completing the details. Muted colors and the lack of hard lines lend the screen an ethereal quality, as if recalled from a distant memory. The screen is 56 inches x 5 feet (142 x 152 cm) and is in fine condition but for some stress in the sil...

20" tall Chinese Qing dynasty Qianlong to Jiaqing period (circa 1796-1820) Dehua blanc-de-chine white glazed porcelain Guanyin figure with black painted hair. She stands in bare feet holding a bronze colored vase in her right hand and is dressed in a flowing robe with a veil. A beaded necklace adorns her neck. Her elongated ears frame a serene facial expression with downward gazing eyes. The figure is heavily potted and weighs 11 lbs. Very good overall condition. The left hand has one part...

A halo surrounds the emaciated figure of a Rakan (Arhat or Arahat) seated atop a stone draped in billowing robes clutching a nyoi scepter in his bony left fist. The holy figure is chiseled and polished with extreme care and attention to detail. The detail in the carving is striking, as bamboo is notoriously hard and difficult to work. Setting it apart from most bamboo carving is a complex pattern of extremely fine chiseled texture throughout. It comes enclosed in a wooden box signed Raizan and...

Blue & White bowl with thinly potted, decorated interior and exterior with inscribed of Tibetan script. The practice of using Sanskrit as a decoration on porcelains was initiated during YongLe period and become widely popular during the Chenghua, Hongzhi, Zhengde period, it is reasonable to assume that these porcelain bowl were piously made to serve as auspicious items to be used during the performance of Buddhist rituals. Ming dynasty Hongzhi - Zhengde period, founded on South Sulawesi area. Co...

Large export bowl, decorated with lotus petal, classic scroll and geometric decoration on the exterion, flower on the central , key fret, and floral on the interior. There is mark on the base. Late Ming (late 17th century) . Width = 17 cm. Height=8.5 cm Condition : Perfect, no chips, hairlines, cracks and free from restorations.

Chinese Qing dynasty Daoguang period (1821-1850) geyao type porcelain censer of compressed bombe form with thick flat rim and two animal-mask handles at the sides. The pale gray glaze, covered overall with the characteristic black and brown crackles, completely covers the interior of the censer and the exterior of the ringed foot and extends part way down the interior foot of the recessed unglazed base. Measures 5” diameter from handle to handle and stands 2 ½” high. This piece is from a...

Rare Chinese Song Dynasty Zoomorphic Water Pot with Dragon Handle

This very rare vessel, a water pot, was made during the Northern Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1127). The vessel is zoomorphic being in the form of a recumbent animal with four legs/feet tucked under its body. Where an animal's head would be is a wide circular pouring spout. The applied handle is in the form of a dragon. It is made from a porcelaneous clay, quite "heavily-potted" with the upper body coated in a grey glaze that has de...

A rare and elegant shaped of celadon ewer, the foot and body with octagonal side, decorated with carved incised overlapping lappets, the neck rising slight tapering becomes dish shaped mouth. Covered overall with yellowish green celadon glaze. Foot rim unglazed firing into reddish tone. Northern Song dynasty, Zhejiang Longquan wares. Condition is perfect with free from any restoration. High: 19.5cm.

A chambu lota, bulbous vessel for sacred Ganges water used by pilgrims. Made of brass and copper, with exceptional floral design. This type of metalware is known as ganga-jumna referring to the two great rivers of North India. Condition: the mouth is slightly deformed, few small quite invisible dents, the foot with a small breakage. Dimension: 16.4 cm high, weight: 1140 g.

High: 41cm, mouth diameter: 22cm and wide body: 28.5cm. Condition: Glue repaired to one ear and a foot has been reduced, broken to aside with some small missing pieces like indicated on pictures. Found recovered in Strait of Makassar small Island near Borneo mainland.

 

Water containers of cuboid form or square bottle/ watewrpot. Small square opening at the top, often guarded by a pair of handles, decorated with chrysantemum spray on the body; unglazed base . PERIOD : Yuan Dynasty 1279-1368 AD. MEASUREMENTS: 6 cm wide, 5 cm hight. CONDITION: misiing one of lugs, free from restorations.

Longquan plate/bowl covered with celadon glaze, glazed Base. Song Dynasty (960–1279 AD). Measurement : Diameter: 16 cm, height 10 cm. Condition : no chips, cracks or hairlines and free from restorations..

Description: A Longquan celadon-glazed water pot was mold with a narrowed mouth, merged body and a well shaped foot ring. Yielded under the glaze with evenly spread crackles of iron wires all over the surface including the center of the foot ring, adding with the iron brownish foot ring, the small water pot was imitated to the Ge-typed wares of Song Dynasty in a charming look. The tint is much darken and greener in real than in the pictures. By the greasy-feel glaze condition, the lovely size an...

Porcelain decorated with blue and white floral decoration on the interior, glazed base. PERIOD : 19th Century MEASUREMENTS: 9.5 cm, 13.5 cm, 13.5 cm wide. CONDITION: no chips,cracks, hairlines or restorations.

Chinese Song / Yuan Dynasty Buddhist Pottery Zodiac Animal - Horse

This unusual pottery model of a horse, one of the twelve animals of the Chinese calendrical cycle, was made in the 12th - 13th century, during either the Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279) or the Yuan Dynasty (AD 1279 - 1368). It is made from a relatively highly-fired grey pottery with the details having been individually sculpted as opposed to having been formed by a mould. It has been excavated from a Buddhist site in Yunnan prov...

A blue & white bowl, decorated with horse riders to exterior and interior center with sitting figure within double circle. Ming dynasty early 16th century. Condition with a hairline, no chip and free from any restoration. Diameter: 15cm.

Ge type dish ; . Qing Dynasty 19th Centuries. Width=21.5 cm. Condition : Excellent, no cracks, hairlines, chips or restoration.

A 19th century Chinese chatelaine with opium tools. A small polished carnelian colored stone suspended from a silver part, silver opium tools - the tamper with engraved flower decoration and poppy bloom form end - suspended from a metal part. Good condition with one missing stone. Total length 12 1/5 inches. Tamper length 3 1/4 inches.