All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #660744 (stock #2603)
A rare b/w bowl, decorated at the exterior with continuously of Indian lotus flowers and inside the center with a rosette design medallion, surrounded to the inner rim with key-fret border. Ming dynasty Chenghua period. Condition with a hairline, a tiny flake chip to the foot rim and minor glaze hairlines to the base but not crossing to inside the center of the bowl, free from any restoration. Diameter: 14.6cm and High: 7cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #659861 (stock #2602)
A very good example of b/w bowl, decorated at the interior with foliated dragon, inside the center with lotus petals medallion and surrounded to the inner rim with fine Tibetan characters. Ming dynasty late 15th century to early 16th century. Condition with two missing area, one to the rim side and the other to foot rim and gilt repaired, also two hairlines crack appears. Diameter: 14.7cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1837 VR item #658691 (stock #lot313)
Description: A pair of wood figures were depicted as civil official and military official separately. With obvious contrasted facial expression, the military official held a hammer-like weapon when the civil official holding a Hu board ( Hu board was used by an official in a court meeting). Kept in very good condition-only with some decay at the bottom of the base of the military figure, the paired figures were used to be the guardians for a master deity...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #657921 (stock #2597)
A fine b/w bowl, decorated with precious emblems supported by continuously chrysanthemum scroll below encircled key-fret pattern to the rim. The interior with a blossom of peony within double circle and Tibetan characters around the inner rim. Condition is excellent considered it's an excavated piece with no any chips, no cracks and free from restoration. Ming dynasty late 15th to early 16th century. Diameter: 14.5cm and High: 7cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #657222 (stock #2596)
A fine tone of small celadon dish, decorated exterior with lotus petals rising from foot, is plain to interior and unfortunately a bit dull to the glaze cause long time buried, otherwise is really a quality one of Southern Song dynasty Longquan ware covered overall with a powder green or pale bluish green glaze in Chinese so-called 'Fen Qing' and definitely rare tone of genuine celadon wares founded in South-Sulawesi region...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #657214 (stock #2593)
A good blue & white bowl, well balance potted and decorated with double blossoms of chrysanthemum scroll. Ming dynasty 15th century interregnum period Jingtai-Thianshun ware. Condition is perfect except a bit flaw or a kiln chip to the rim, otherwise is excellent. Diameter: 14.2cm and High: 6.5cm
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre AD 1000 item #657173 (stock #CHOP-016)
A Tang bronze seal with the symbol for happiness. Size: 1.8 x 1.8 cm. Condition. Nice patina. A part of the finial is missing.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #657153 (stock #lot312)
Description: All the rocks came from ancient time. But It was rarely to find a scholar rock selected from old studio. Preserved with an fitted old Honmu stand, this scholar rock was in stylized form. Introspective patina and sophisticated stone tissue add more to this scholar object with typical Chinese taste. Date: Qing Dynasty(19th century) Height: 43cm Condition: It had presumably been broken and was matched back to the original shape.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre AD 1000 item #657144 (stock #CHOP-014)
A Chinese Tang bronze seal with the good luck symbol. Size: 2 x 2 cm Condition: No repairs.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1920 item #656882 (stock #TCR2130)
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A very unusual pale yellow-green (kiji) porcelain vase in the shape of a Chinese Gu by Seiji Celadon master Suwa Sozan enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Fretwork and a roiling dragon body have been softly engraved into the sides; the slightest variation in tone the only hint to the subtle design-work. The vase is 11-1/2 inches (29 cm) tall, 6 inches (15 cm) diameter and in fine condition...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre AD 1000 item #656876 (stock #CHOP-013)
Tang official's bronze seal of the 2nd rank. Size: 2.3 x 2cm. H. 1cm. Condition: No repairs. Nice patina.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1920 item #656358 (stock #TCR2126)
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This baluster form vase is quite large by Japanese standards at 14 inches (35 cm) tall and in perfect condition. Chrysanthemums decorate the sides in rich, dark blue. There is a slight yellow tinge to the white glaze. It is signed on the base Makuzu Kozan Sei. The name Kozan was granted by Prince Yasui-no-Miya in 1851 in honor of the tea ware produced during the later Edo for the imperial Court by the tenth generation head of the Kyoto pottery family Miyagawa Chozo...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #656283 (stock #ZTC171)
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...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #656158 (stock #2591)
A very good example of typical design of Ming Chenghua blue & white small dish, decorated at the interior with a Conch in the center within double circle and surrounded by lotus flowers and water weed above diaper pattern border. The exterior with four Mandarin Ducks swimming among lotus pond. Ming dynasty Chenghua period. Condition: restored to a large missing chip to the rim and two hairlines, the condition before restore would be available to send by request. Diameter: 17.3 cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1910 item #655801 (stock #ZTC170)
This Chinese winter court officials hat has an elaborate gold acorn finial, silk velvet brim, and red silk tassels. The black chin strap cord is tied with a double adjusting slip knot. The hat is in good condition.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1910 item #655509 (stock #ZTC169)
This antique Chinese necklace has an ornately detailed large Kylin as the central medallion. The medallion is 3.5 inches across and there are are five decorative chains hanging from it. Each of these chains ends with a fruit. The low grade silver used for the necklace is typical of the Chinese silver used in old China. The Kylin is a Chinese mythical animal.

This lock necklace can comfortably be worn by a adult even though it was originally intended for a child...

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1920 item #655457 (stock #TCR2122)
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Finely crackled which glaze covers this late Meiji Chinese inspired form clearly stamped inside the footring Tozan Ito Tozan. There is an incredible sense of mastery in the concise lines and perfectly sculpted form. It is 13 inches (33 cm) tall, 10 inches (26 cm) diameter and in excellent condition, enclosed in an older custom made wooden box.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #655131 (stock #lot310)
Description: A black Jianyang Temmoko tea bowl of Song Dynasty was intriguingly transformed into a whitish tint by natural burial's incursion. In typical black body of Jianyang kiln, the tea bowl was applied with shear black glaze before being affected by the incursion. In a still slippery feel on the surface, the rare bowl showed itself a charming piece. A similar piece was in a loan exhibition from MOA Japan at The Museum of Fujiang Province. It can be as referent in the last two pictures...