All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #731105 (stock #lot405)
Description: A handsome jade piece was in a joyful subject- A Boy Having Fun With a Goose. A popular subject as this piece was very well rendered by excellent jade carving maneuvering skill. In a greyish white tint which was the typical characteristic of the dated nephrite jade quality, the jade pebble was in quite good size by which the boy was depicted in fine details on the facial features and on the cloth...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #730428 (stock #lot404)
Description: A nephrite jade boy was carved uniquely holding a leaf. By the intriguing subject, the jade boy was rendered characteristically by the dated features . In the costumes, he was clad as traditional tribe’s people. In Chinese jade culture, nomadic jades were uniquely grouped by their strong forms...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre AD 1000 item #728804 (stock #lot403)
Description: A rare bronze figure of a bear was in a cute squatting position. By unique image, the bronze figure was probably served as one of the legs of an archaic bronze vessel when hollowed bolt was found on the reversed side. Spread all over the surface with charming verdigris and the darken red patina which was caused by long time of oxidization, the figurine was authenticated as an archaic piece from ancient time for sure...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #728652 (stock #0044)
A Fine Ming Blue and White Dish with twin PHOENIX motive.Has "FUKUSI" mark at the base.16th Century. size 31 cm.good condition, it just has minor fritting at the rim. no repaired,no hairlines.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #727543 (stock #lot402)
Description: A beautiful ink and colors painting was done on the silk surface of a round fan in summer,Guangxu period(AD1878). By nice painting skill, including the meticulous sketching strokes, fine compositions and well manipulating of the colors, an elegant picture depicting the utopia of Chinese literati’s life was nicely rendered. Shen Xie-Yuan who made the work of art and left his calligraphic commentary in the painting was a registered scholar painter with good reputation...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #726043 (stock #lot400)
Description: A charming group of dolls were amassed in a rare chance. By obvious characteristics of the dated features, the dolls were preserved with original excavation condition...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #726042 (stock #lot399)
Description: A pair of porcelain whistling dolls were in creamy white slip and were sketched with black paint. Except one broken ankle on the left foot of the bigger one and was glued back, then two of them in very good condition. They whistled well even after 800 years. Height: 5.8cm, 5.0cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #726039 (stock #lot398)
Description: A triad of brown glazed figurines (two officials and one servant) were preserved in good condition except one minor fret on one of the doll's shoulder. Very amusing pieces indeed. Height: 5.7cm, 5.5cm, 5.4cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #726037 (stock #lot397)
Description: A lovely pair of Cizhou Dolls were in cute image. White glazed, the molded children were riding on the grinned lions. The bigger one was in perfect condition by the height of 5.5cm. The smaller one was kept with faded glaze, and was restored at the neck when height was 4.8cm. Two of them were hanging pieces due to the drilling holes at the chignons. Date: Song Dynasty(12th century)
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre AD 1000 item #724912 (stock #lot396)
Description: A museum piece indeed as this tripod ceramic inkstone was recovered rarely in a unique form and was in perfect condition with original cover. On the top, a water basin which was in a shape of a crouching toad was capped as a knob. By excellent incising and molding work, the toad was vividly rendered. In a firm and sturdy condition, the inkstone was glazed with characteristic grayish green and yellowish slip and was supported by three stout bears...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1837 VR item #723414 (stock #lot395)
Description: An elegant nephrite white jade box was uniquely in a shape of a citron plant. By the shape and being carved on the cover with the beautiful motifs, the jade box was made from one solid block of high quality Houtien pebble...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #722420 (stock #lot394)
Description: A beautiful floral picture was done by unique techniques. Totally used with cast iron, the plants of peony flowers, the leaves and the stems were skilfully hammered, chiseled and soldered together into a natural form. The tradition of iron pictures was developed at late 18th century. For this piece, it was from late 19th century and had been finished with some black paint in the later date for covering it from further erosion. Condition: Very good...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre AD 1000 item #722038 (stock #GLASS-017)
A nice mixture of various colored glass beads from the Western Han dynasty. Size: See last photo. Condition: Some loss from long burial.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #721638 (stock #lot393)
Description: A small but well molded bronze censer was in decent elm bowl's shape. Made of fine quality of metal material, the bronze censer was in good weight of 238 gram when in a lovely size of 5.0 cm in width and 3.2cm in height. Hollowed inside with good curve as the outside, the bronze bowl which in a plain form was an ideal censer to either hold in hands feeling the warmth, sniffing the aroma of the fine burning incense or just being as a paper weight fondling in your palms...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Pre AD 1000 item #721261 (stock #AB-053)
Striped agate Pyu beads most likely made in India but found in Burma. These type of beads are very rare and difficult to find.Can make a nice pendant. Condition: No repairs
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #721149
Chinese scholar's desk root wood (possibly cypress) sculpture depicting Sanxing (Three Star Gods) representing longevity, happiness, and wealth. The god of wealth holds a small child representing wishes for future good fortune through healthy offspring. Measures nearly 11" high by 12" long. Late Qing dynasty to early Republic period. Very good overall condition. There is old bug damage to the back of two heads which appears at one time to have been filled (see enlargements 9 and 10)...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #720891 (stock #0039)
A FINE Longquan celadon Bowl.song dynasty.very good condition. 17cm diameter... 7,4 cm hight
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #720882 (stock #lot392)
Description: Can it be a marvelous addition to your jade collection when it is worn on your or your beloved one's finger and is admired by the gazing eyes. A slender jade ring in warm yellowish tint was exquisitely carved on the surface in several rectangular sections...