Ewer or poring vessel with straight wallet neck and a wide foot which has a cut footrim and recessed base.The handle is flat and double grooved. The sides are decorated with lightly curved criss-cross paterns. Glaze greyish white. Found at Borneo. Height=15 cm. Period : Song Dynasty 12th-13th. Condition : chip on rim and spout. Reff : please look Ceramics in the Sarawak Museum by Lucas Chin, page 37 plate 34.

Decorated with incised petals on the center and floral scroll on the rim. Unglaze base with 'chicken heart'. Yuan Dynasty Widht = 15 cm Condition : 2 cm glaze hairline, no chips, cracks and free from restorations.

Green glazed to footrim with freely flower spray in the center. Diameter : 38 cm Period : 17 th Century. Condition : No chips, cracks or hairlines and free from restorations.

A blue & white bowl, decorated with flower scroll. Ming dynasty 15th century, the end of interregnum period Thianshun ware. Condition: restored to rim, before restoration visual visible on the last enlargement. Diameter: 16,5 cm.

Tibetan thangka depicting Amitayus, the Buddha of Longevity, seated cross-legged on a variegated lotus throne with hands in the lap in dhyana mudra holding the pot of amṛta, the nectar of immortality. A halo surrounded by flowers is behind the figure and green mountains and water are in the background...

Finely engraved small bronze altar of Vishnu with his consorts Shridevi and Bhudevi, cast in five parts. The three gods standing under an arch with a kirthi-mukha at the apex, the base of each figure slotting into the frame. Karnataka / Maharashtra 19th century. From a Swiss lady's private collection. Condition: fine. Dimension: 20.8 cm high x 17 cm long x 6.5 cm deep, weight: 1980 g.

Longquan bowl decorated with incised lotus petals rising from foot to the exterior and. Covered with green glaze, unglazed base. Southern Song 12th-13th century. Condition : excellent with crazying glaze, no chips, cracks or restorations. Diameter: 15cm

Fine antique Japanese ivory netsuke of a man hiding under a basket from an Oni signed Mitsu Nobu . Measuring approx. 2.5 inches in length.

Description: An ivory pumpkin was delicately carved in Ming period (15th-16th Century). Kept with charming warm patina and obvious aged ivory tissues, the toggle was in good feel when fondling in the palm. A typical Chinese curiosity for connoisseurring was rarely found these days. Referent material can be found in the Published: Fang jing Pei, Treasures of the Chinese Scholar (Weatherhill, 1997). Some old defects like a hole and missing section of the stalk were found...

Early Showa period Japanese silk woman's formal kimono with embroidered highlights decorated on the bottom of the front with two prominent phoenix birds flying among feathery fans. The clusters of fans and the ends of the long phoenix tails extend around to the back side. The fan motif continues on the front and back of the long sleeves. Five family mon (crests) are at the shoulder area. The lining is mixed red and white silk. Circa 1930s...

A good dish, decorated with a white on blue chrysanthemum flowers design. Base with stylist floral mark within double circle. Early Ching Kangxi period. Perfect condition with no any chips, no cracks and free from restoration, just minor kiln firing fault to foot rim. Diameter: 21 cm.

A lovely bowl of Jizhou ware. PERIOD : Dynasty (12-13th Century). MEASUREMENT : 14 cm wide, 16 cm height. CONDITION : no chips, cracks, or hairlines ; restored to the one lug.

Ancient Chinese Buddhist Pottery Amulet - Ming Dynasty

This is one of a group of moulded pottery tablets that we bought about twenty years ago. They are made from a relatively high-fired pottery and have a surprising amount of detail, including the sun and the moon in this example...

The 1000th piece to be loaded in the catalog! Offered is an 2 18th century (Edo period) Japanese Kano School 6 panel seasonal screen of pigment and applied gold on paper. Egrets gather about a snow laden willow along a stream, flowers blossioming under the snow indicative of the strength and endurance of nature. Clouds of applied gold leaf fill the scene, with open areas covered in a sprinkling of powdered gold mixed with tiny gold squares. Truly fine detail...

Chinese Qing dynasty scholar’s pear-form monochrome porcelain bud vase with wide mouth covered overall in a Junyao type purplish blue flambé glaze that extends into the interior. The slightly recessed base is brown washed. The wood stand and padded silk presentation box are included. Early 19th century to possibly late 18th. Vase: 3 1/2” high x 3” diameter. Silk presentation box: 7 1/2"L x 5"W x 4 1/2"H. Very good overall condition with no chips, cracks, or repairs...

Description:

A limestone stone carving was well performed by sleek cutting edges.
A crouching lion on the top, the stone weight was an original isolated piece as we can believe.
Most of the surface was calcified into grayish white tint.
It was an obvious characteristic for a stone piece what had been stored in a seal-up chamber, maybe under a temple.
The true color of the stone was revealed underside in darken tint...

Finely crafted Mughal rock crystal-hilted Khangar dagger. The grip finely carved, with rolled pommel and gold-inlaid steel bolster. The single-edged blade forged of actively-patterned wootz damascus steel. In its velvet-covered wooden scabbard. 19th century. Overall length approx 11 inches (27 cm).

A rare black glazed conical shape bowl, slight thinly potted, decorated with a natural leaf to interior center. Southern Song dynasty Jizhou ware. Condition crack to the body, no chip. Diameter: 14cm and High: 5cm.