All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1800 item #869804 (stock #138)
 
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1700 item #869153 (stock #138)
 
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #869148 (stock #137)
 
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #869132 (stock #133)
Decorated with the “ Three Friends” , the prunus, bamboo and pine tree, floral scroll on the cavetto and outside. W=14.5 cm. Ming 1368-1464. Condition : very good with minor frit on the footrim
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1920 item #868943 (stock #327)
A very finely decorated cloisonne enamel bowl depicting, on the outside, two confronting five clawed dragons, over waves, in pursuit of a flaming pearl and, on the inside, an impressive Imperial style dragon. This item was made in China circa 1890 to 1920 probably during the reign of the Guangxu emperor (1875-1908). Condition - excellent - no losses, damages or restoration...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre AD 1000 item #868302 (stock #lot553)
Description:
A white-glazed amphora was in grandeur look.
By an ovoid belly, the wall sprang from the solid flat base, expanded rapidly then curved to form a bulging shoulder.
Under the dished mouth, the long ringed neck rested to the broad shoulder on which was circulated with a raised ridge...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : India : Pre 1920 item #868253
A rare silver and silver wire torque. Origin: Rajasthan or Gujarat Weight: ca. 290 gr. Diameter: 15 cm (inside) Age: first half 20th century Literature: Oppi Untracht, Traditional Jewelry of India, page 229, picture 478 for a similar piece.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre AD 1000 item #866740 (stock #lot552)
Description:

A black-marble lion was in crouching posture.
Being rendered by excellent carving skill, the lion was in fierce look by bulge eyes, bared teeth and tongue.
Even though excavated with imperfections, the lion was still momentum by his strenuous muscle, the strong limbs and the flouring manes.
Bing preserved with original condition from excavation, the lion was perfectly fit to a custom-made brass base which was desighed and hammered by a modern metal artist...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre AD 1000 item #865458 (stock #lot551)
Description:
"A finely carved limestone Buddha was seated in dhyanasana upon a lotus throne joined by octagonal column to a wide pedestal base of conforming section and framed by a skirt of pendent of lotus petals with furling peaks,
the Buddha's hand resting in his lap and upon his left knee while emerging from the long robes draped over the shoulders to leave the chest bare and filling in cascading folds over the base,
the face with slender almond eyes and small smiling mouth, fla...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #865197 (stock #0223)
14th century longquan celadon large dish with dragon motif. rounded side with bracketed and thickened rim. with vertical ribbing at inside and outside wall.34,5cm diameter.conditions with small chips at the foot ring and glaze has been polished because the dish found from shipwreck.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1900 item #864173 (stock #SK 135)
Nargileh or huqqa bowl made of Tophane clay in one piece. The bowl has a pearl rim and stamp mark decorations, some sections are embellished with gold and silver paint. Marked with a round stamp with Persian writing. Condition: several imperfections, pasted piece. Dimension: height: 7 cm, diameter: 6.2 cm, weight: 92 g.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre AD 1000 item #863372 (stock #lot549)
Description: A Fine Yue bowl was intriguingly mold in the center with a sculpted animal. By good metaphor of prosperity of a pig or a pigsty for riching the family, the bowl was a characteristic type of the Jin periods. It was well applied with charming greenish glaze when grayish and foggy incursions were happened to some portions of the surface. The bottom was revealed with the grayish body clay...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1910 item #863193 (stock #314)
A very finely decorated Satsuma earthenware vase,depicting five ladies and ten boys in a garden landscape, made for export in Japan during the Meiji period (1868 to 1911). Condition - excellent - no damages and no restoration...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1920 item #862654 (stock #3778)
A chaozhu made of pierced and enameled silver or silver plated metal filigree beads. 90 small beads with crane design between three large "Buddha's head" beads. Three strings each with 10 dark beads ending in a teardrop bead. The tape which hung down the back with an oblong plaque between a double gourd and a teardrop bead. Dimension: 112 cm long. Weight: 174 gram. Condition: traces of usage: several beads with enamel loss, perhaps some beads missing.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1900 item #860996 (stock #131)
Cracle ware bowl, this is the famous "iron wire and golden thread" effect. Glazed base. Qing Dynasty : 19th Century Diameter 19 cm. Condition : very good with no chips, cracks or restorations, fault firing on the base.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1800 item #860995 (stock #130)
Large celadon bowl decorated with floral scroll on the body and key fret scroll to rim and foot rim, and flower on the center. W = 22.5 cm, H=10.5 cm. Qianlong 1736-1795. Condition : very good with minor frit on the rim.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1800 item #860626 (stock #128)
Celadon charger decorated with incised flower on the center, and key fret scroll. W = 29 cm. Qianlong 1736-1795. Condition : Excellent with a very tiny frit on the rim.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1700 item #860624 (stock #127)
Swatow jar with four loops handles, decorated with two dragon among clouds. H=32 cm. Late sixteenth century. Condition : good, frits on the base.