Green or Blue, which will win this contest? Two shishi lions vie for our attention on this absolutely fabulous pair of 19th century screens. The images are performed with pigment on applied silver, not an easy medium from the start. One creature pounces, mouth open, teeth barred while the other crouches, mouth shut, ready to leap. Peony, a flower typically associated with the creatures, grows about them. Each screen is 68 x 137 inches (173 x 348 cm)...

The standing figure with intricately decorated robe, with remains of gilding and red pigments. In her hand she is holding a pagoda. At the back of the stand there are two old collection numbers. This is a heavily cast figure, H. 30 cm, weight 6 kg. China, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)

A small Buddhist statue with serene expression, wearing Bodhisattva garments. Seated in dhyanasana, holding the hands in dhyanamudra. Made of hardwood with gilt lacquering and lapis lazuli powder in the curled hair. Condition: tip of the nose lost, some wear and traces of age. Dimension: 18.8 cm tall, weight: 565 g.

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A Cizhou ewer-pot was mold in long neck and was decorated on the surface with charming russet mottles.
It was stand on a well defined foot ring from which the body clay was revealed with dense-feel quality.
The glaze surface was in subdue hue when the foot ring was in old look.
It was very rare to find a Cizhou ware in ewer type.

Date: Jin Dynasty, 1115-1234,

Height: 15cm.

A CUSTOM-MADE COTTON BOX IS INCLUDED.

A beautiful and well made scholar's screen made of blackwood and having the original marble insert. Most of the marble in early pieces have been replaced. The frame for the marble has a key fret design. The base has carvings of two peaches, representing longevity, and the peony for prosperity. Age: Early 19th century. Size: H. 64cm. W. 43.5cm. Condition: No repairs, all original, age crack on the marble, common for it's age.

Porcelain covered by bluish green celadon glaze to foot rim and decorated with big carved twin fishes on the center. Glazed base with reddish foot. MEASUREMENT : Diameter = 21 cm PERIOD : 12 th-14 th Century Longquan Kilns, Zhejiang CONDITION : restored to the broken parts, no missing parts.

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.

Golden glazed to footrim exposing grey body burnt red. Diameter : 33 cm Period : 14 th Century, Longquan Kiln, Zhejiang. Condition : Perfect, no chips, cracks, hairlines and free from restorations.

Green glazed to footrim exposing grey body burnt red. Fluted cavetto, freely peony spray in the center. Diameter : 35 cm Period : 14 th Century, Longquan Kiln, Zhejiang. Condition : Perfect, no chips, cracks, hairlines and free from restorations.

A very rare Vietnamese annamese 15th century over glaze enamel large bowl, rounded side with flarred rim and unglazed base, bowl decorated with over glaze red and green enamel of flower spray motif at inner center, inner rim with yuan style influence classic scroll, outer wall with continuous flower motif, lower part also with yuan style influence raised lotus petal border with classic scroll at inner part, body covered with creamy white glaze. Bowl is in good condition no chip, no crack, no re...

A fine Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Bowl, Qianlong mark Circa Late 19th Century early 20th. The Exterior all intricately hand painted decorations with two senic painted panels and large and small flower design all on a blue sgraffiato floral ground of the most beautiful detail and color. Interior of bowl is robins egg blue color glazed. Everted mouth rim Circular raised foot with underglaze blue Qianlong reign mark, although we believe this piece to be late 19th century early 20th...

Depicting a Taoist immortal with a little boy. Very well carved, signed at the back. Good wear and patina. H. 6,5 cm. 19th/early 20th century. From a Dutch private collection.

A very fine carved bamboo okimono, depicting a saint or deity whose ear is being cleaned by a small boy. Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912. H. 5 cm. Good condition, nice patina. The piece has some written monograms of a former owner. From a Dutch private collection.

Plate with a flat lip, the centre with a fish in underglaze iron-black, all covered with a translucent glaze; the outside wall with a slip and three decorative circular bands. Periode : Sukhothai, circa 14th-16th century. Measurement: Diameter 25 C.M./ Height 7 C.M. Condition: Excellent condition and glaze overall, No chips, cracks, hairlines and free from restorations.

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A Jianyang Temmoko tea bowl was decorated in the cavetto with rarely-seen russet markings.
Despite the characteristic and beautiful hares-fur or oil-spots markings we've usually seen in Jianyang bowls, radiating russet markings can be a very rare type.
For this bowl, the splashed strips were all lined-up and without intermittent.
That makes the motifs in vibrant form...

A lovely washer bowl or wan bowl with lotus petal motif on the exterior. PERIOD : Song Dynasty (12-13th Century). MEASUREMENT : 13 cm wide, 6 cm height. CONDITION : a crack line; free from restorations

A lovely washer bowl or wan bowl with lotus petal motif on the exterior. PERIOD : Song Dynasty (12-13th Century). MEASUREMENT : 13 cm wide, 6 cm height. CONDITION : a crack line; free from restorations

The inro decorated with a dragon and Characters. The Ojime made of colored ivory. The boxwood netsuke depicting Daikoku, protector of the merchants. Japan, 19th century. The inro 12x4x1,5 cm, age wear and chips to the lacquer. The netsuke 4x3,5x3,5 cm. with good wear and patina. From a Dutch private collection.