All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1101341 (stock #lot923)
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A Jiangyang Temmoko bowl was decorated with radiating russet splashes on the surface.
It was a rare type of this kind in Jiangyang wares.
Enduring old crackles were yielded naturally in the glaze when retrospective sheen was reflected on the surface.
It was used to be coated on the mouth rim with silver band. The silver band had long gone and only left with the residues around.
The bowl was kept in perfect condition without any restorations...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1100952 (stock #lot922)
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An archaic bronze seal was from Buddhist ritual.
It was cast on the printing side with four ancient Zhuan characters: Fo Fa Seng Bao (Buddha, Buddha dharma, Buddha Followers, Buddha's Holy Treasures).
There's a long slender knob on top of the seal. Three characters Wu Qiong Gang (Endless Strength) were inscribed on the upper side beside the knob.
The seal was kept in perfect condition and was in darken patina due to long time of age...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #1100182
Chinese Kangxi period (1662-1722) globular form export porcelain lidded teapot with straight spout, loop handle, and domed cover decorated overall with panels of flowering plants in the Imari palette of underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red pigments with gilt highlights set against a white porcelain ground. Circa 1700. Measures 5 5/8” from handle to spout and 4 ¼” in height. Very good overall condition...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1098627 (stock #lot920)
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A marble sculpture of a disciple was well done in 5th/6th of Northern Qi periods.
He was part of a big shrine.
A debris as this one can till be a treasuring piece and being used as a paper weight.

Date: Northern Qi Dynasty, 5th/6th century.

Dimension: 6.5cm x 5cm x 1.6cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #1098191 (stock #39C75-199)
Pair of Chinese yoke back arm chairs. Late 19th century. Shanxi province. Elmwood. Dimensions: 43.5 inches height x 25.25 inches width x 22 inches depth. Seat height is 19.5 inches. Each chair has a back splat with carved figural panels. Condition: repair to break on one arm, replaced glue blocks on undersides of seats, some scuffing to one side stretcher on base. Structurally sound.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #1098007 (stock #lot918)
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A soapstone seal was well carved to top with a crouching Bixie.
Two Chinese word Qing Sun(Casually Treasuring) was regularly carved on printing side.
Inscriptions were on the side too.
The stone was in warm brownish tint and in greasy feel.

Qing Dynasty, 19th century.

Dimensions: 6cm x 2.9cm x 2.4cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #1097738 (stock #lot917)
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A Zitan cup was carved from one piece of wood block.
Finely carved handle was made to imitate the bamboo stalks.
It was in perfect condition.
There're carving lines on the handle. They were not cracks.
Minute wood grains were yielded as shallow cracks at the bottom.

Date: Qing Dynasty, 19th century.

Width including handle:9cm, Mouth width:7cm, Height:3.5cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1097113 (stock #lot916)
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A Southern Song Longquan dish was in decent form of flat rim and was in good size of 19.5cm in width.
Well designed twin-fish motif was decorated in the cavetto.
It was in greenish tint when obvious incursions was happened to the glaze.
A wooden storage box is accompanied.

Date: Southern Song Dynasty,1127-1279.

Width: 19.5cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1095953 (stock #lot915)
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A Longquan cup was rarely found with the original cap.
In light-tinted celadon hue(Fenqin), the ware was reflected with retrospective sheen in the glaze when darken firing effects were yielded on the body clay at the foot ring.
It was in very good condition with some crack lines observed in the cup and some imperfections of the glazing.

Date: Southern Song Dynasty, 1127-1279.

Width: 8.5cm. Height: 7.4cm.

A CUSTOM-MADE SILK BOX IS INCLUDED.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1094288 (stock #lot914)
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A Junyao bulb bowl was applied with charming blue glaze.
Well preserved in perfect condition, the bowl obtained the enduring old characteristics on the surface and at the foot ring.

Date: Jin Dynasty, 11th/12th century.

Width: 13cm, Height: 6.6cm.

A SILK BOX IS INCLUDED.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #1094090 (stock #ZTC367)
This old Chinese needle case would have been worn as an ornament somewhat like a chatelaine. The body of the cicada separates to provide housing for very fine embroidery needles. The silver work is very high quality with pierced work on the upper body of the bug.

From top to bottom the total measurement of the piece is 9.5 inches

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1837 VR item #1092698 (stock #lot913)
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A horn piece was preserved in charming old patina.
Old crackles were yielded due to age.
It can be a fine fondling piece as well as a standing statue.
An ideal piece as a seal too.

Date: Qing dynasty, 18 century.

Height: 11.5cm
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1910 item #1092498 (stock #lot912)
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A bamboo brush pot was carved in uniquely curved form.
Decorated on one side with craved motifs of peony flowers and poems on the other side, the brush pot was preserved with Zu-huang(bamboo's inner skin) on the smaller sides.
It was in perfect condition when darken patina was earned.

Date: Late Qing periods, late 19th century.

Height: 11.9cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #1089101
A very unusual group of tomb figures, depicting three boys holding an zodiac sign. Painted and glazed pottery, the heads detachable. China, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). H. 25 cm. Condition: only one figure has a minor chip to the neck. No other damages or repairs, very nice old burial condition. Comes with a TL report from Ralf Kotalla in Germany.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1087254 (stock #lot903)
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A Lusan stem cup was in lovely size.
It was well preserved by reflecting the retrospective sheen of old condition.
Blue and white splashes were suffused against the dark brownish glaze background on the surface.
Loosening-feel body clay was revealed at the lower portion in beige tint.

Date: Tang Dynasty, 9th/10th century.

Body width: 6cm, Height: 5.5cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #1086943 (stock #Lot902)
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A Longquan celadon stem cup was in purely light-green tint.
Being decorated on the surface and in the cavetto with carved motifs, the stem cup was well mold in decent shape.
Somehow tilted due to manual pottering, which was not unusual as we may expect from an old production

Date; Ming Dynasty, 15th Century.

Width: 8.8cm, Height: 8.6cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1084751 (stock #lot899)
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A Yaozhou bird feeder was well glazed in yellowish-green tint.
Overly glazed on the surface except the bottom where the grayish-white body clay was revealed, the small vessel was in slender shape and was segregated in eight sections on the surface.
It was preserved in perfect condition when greasy-feel glaze sheen was reflected charmingly.

Date: Jin Dynasty, 11th/12th century.

Length: 7cm.

A CUSTOM-MADE SILK BOX IS INCLUDED.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1084202 (stock #lot898)
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A black-glazed temmoko tea bowl was produced from famous Jianyang kiln, Fujiang province.
Well mold in decent Wan shape, the bowl was stand on a finely defined foot ring which revealed with the body clay that in grayish black tint.
While the body clay was in obvous old look and being caused with frets and incursions. the bowl was also being verified by the obvious characteristics of :
1, The dry-feel condition happened to the mouth rim...