All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1920 item #798551 (stock #221)
A well painted pair of Kangxi style rouleau shaped vases decorated in underglaze blue with branches of prunus blossom. These items were made, circa 1880 - 1920, during either the late Qing or early Republic periods. Condition - each has a small hole drilled 1.5 inches (3cm) above the base. One vase has a chip and associated crack to the footrim. No further damage and no restoration...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1920 item #798538 (stock #220)
An underglaze blue painted jar and cover decorated in 17th/18th Century Kangxi style with prunus blossoms against a "cracked ice" back ground. This item was made later, during the late Qing or very early Republic period, circa 1875 to 1915. Condition - very good. There is a very slight shallow surface chip to the top of the neck. No further chips, no cracks and no restoration...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #798489 (stock #lot491)
Description:
A Cizhou pillow was preserved in very good condition.
When decorated on the frontal side with incised motifs of fishes, flowers and water weeds and by a ring-punched ground, the pillow was left being unglazed at the bottom.
Naturally and vibrantly carved, the motifs were rendered in a dated photographic characteristic which we usually seen in the wares of northern regions of early periods.
They were the images of the fishes and the carving strokes of the plants and ...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre AD 1000 item #798308 (stock #0139)
A Fine Tang Changsha bowl decorated with lotus (Buddhist symbol) motif in green and brown color covered with milky white glaze, bowl is from Batu Hitam shipwreck at Belitung Island. Very Good conditions with minor degradation glaze on the rim.no crack,no chip,no restorations.thick glaze.15cm diameter.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre AD 1000 item #797667 (stock #0135)
A Tang Changsha bowl decorated with scroll and fire work motif in green and brown color covered with milky white glaze. bowl is from Batu Hitam shipwreck at Belitung Island. Good condition with minor chip at ouside the rim, no crack, no restoration.Very shine galze. Size: 15.5 cm diameter
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre AD 1000 item #796289 (stock #lot489)
Description:

A porcelain stem-cup was uniquely molded.
By a geometric pattern of lines and circles which were composed by dozens of pointed clay dunes on the outer surface, the stem-cup was applied with the milky-yellow glaze inside and outside until to the portion of the stem trunk.
Obvious glaze crackles and fading condition were caused by the enduring age when one minute old chip was found on the mouth rim...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #795160 (stock #0128)
Dish with a bracketed rim.Decorated with phoenix in the center surrounded by 8 Simbols or character and classic scroll at the rim.with vertical fluted at the wall.lotus flower on exterior. with Ming period mark. Zhengde or Jiajing period.Dish in good condition,it just minor friting at the rim. Size:31,5cm diameter.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre AD 1000 item #795142 (stock #0127)
A Five dynasty yue yao celadon jar,with grayish green glaze.excavated from east Java.Jar is in good condition with restoration one of the ear and two handles,(see pictur 6 before restorations).17,5 cm height, 14 cm diameter.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1837 VR item #794487 (stock #lot487)
Description:

A white jade archers
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #794242 (stock #0123)
A Dozen Blue and white stem cup,with Dragon motive,Tianqi Period.found from shipwreck hatcher cargo, All in good conditions no crack, no chip, free from restoration.good glaze.size : 5 cm height.4,5 cm wide
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #794214 (stock #lot485)
Description: An excavation jade seal was made from one nephrite Houtien pebble. Being carved as a lion crouching on top, the jade seal was intringuingly left a minute hole between the legs for hanging. In a charming yellowish-green tint, the jade piece was incursioned in parts to a calcification condition due to long time of burial. When in an enduring aged patina, the jade was overall in charming greasy look. A Chinese character " Ji" was carved as print. It is a metaphor word for good luck...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #793418 (stock #lot483)
Description: One Jizhou tea bowl was applied with coffee-brown glaze and was decorated uniquely with white mouth rim. By a charming greasy tint, the dark brown glaze was in a stable and firm condition. It was unusually seen for a Jizhou piece in such great glaze type. From the foggy characteristics and the reserved earth amid the pinhead bubble holes and the crevices of the body clay, it is believed as a piece from the excavation of burial...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1920 item #791916 (stock #194)
A late 19th/Early 20th Century dragon decorated tea kettle made for export to Europe or North America. It is unusual to find a tea kettle from this period in brass. Condition - good...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre AD 1000 item #791802 (stock #lot480)
Description:

Rare stone bust from the Sui Dynasty (581-618 CE). Piece is in fine condition, with its original whitish coating preserved. The bust depicts a solemn image of a devoted pupil or perhaps a slave, with head dress. Facial features are well carved and very effective in communicating the mood of the piece.

Minor wear and abrasion caused by age, but these do not distract from the beauty of the piece...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre AD 1000 item #791551 (stock #lot479)
Description: An archaic turquoise pendant was carved into two crouching Chilongs around a circular Huang. By ferocious features and animated postures, the fairy animals were rendered deliberately in every detail. From the characteristic features including the grooved spines, strenuous hips, legs, and claws, and the tiger-like heads, this carving piece embodied all the essential points in authenticating the Han date...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre AD 1000 item #790096 (stock #lot478)
Description: In greenish straw glaze, a Zhejiang porcelaneous ewer was finely molded in good shape. Can be a wonderful example of the famed Yueyao wares, the pot was preserved with the original excavation condition without any restoration. By the least abrasions though, the pot's surface was in somehow dry-some feel. It was resulted from the long time of burial...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #789781 (stock #191)
A jar and cover finely painted in 17th/18th Century Kangxi Style decorated with prunus blossom against a 'cracked ice' ground. This item was made during the reign of the Guangxu Emperor (1875-1908). Condition excellent. No damages. No restoration. 6.7 inches (14.5cm) High - with cover.

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一件康熙朝装饰风...

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre AD 1000 item #789618 (stock #JD-083)
A complete calcified "chicken bone" jade necklace from the Longshan Period. Jade that has been buried for millenniums sometime calcifies to a white color losing all of it's original color. Age: 2800-1900 BC. Size. Length(closed) 29.5cm. Condition: Age calcification.