All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #685036 (stock #2682)
A good one of Ming b/w Jindezhen private kiln ware, decorated at the interior with floral sprays within double circle and cavetto is plain below diaper pattern border to the rim. The exterior with a nice and freely expression painted which found on Ming dynasty 'Mingyao' wares produced with continuously Indian Lotus scroll. Ming dynasty late 15th to early 16th century...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #685004 (stock #2680b)
A rare found of Longquan celadon bowl with matching lid with lotus petals pattern on the top, bowl body is plain in rounded form, covered overall with a grayish green glazed. Southern Song dynasty 12th-13th century Longquan ware. Collected on South-Sulawesi area, one of the largest sources variously ancient excavated 'Chinese Ceramics Island' in the world to provide a strong maritime trade between China and S.E Asia in the past...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #684271 (stock #2679)
A blue & white bowl, with everted lip rim and decorated with good painted of horse riders pattern. Ming dynasty late 15th to early 16th century, Hongzhi period. Condition is good with no any chips and no cracks excepted one short firing crack about 1.cm appears to rim visible on the last enlargement and a bit warped, but no any restoration. Diameter: 15.3cm and High: 6.5cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #684069 (stock #lot343)
Description: A unique bottle vase of Jin period was applied with black glaze and decorated with russet streaks all over the surface. Intriguingly molded in double gourd shape with looped handles, the bottle stands by its well-shaped foot ring which was revealed with off-white body clay. The glaze was neatly trimmed to the lower half of the belly nearing to its foot ring...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #683850 (stock #2678)
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.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre AD 1000 item #683837 (stock #GLASS-012)
A beautiful and rare glass stupa from the Pyu area.Most of the glass has turned into a beautiful iridescent color which gives a wonderful feeling to this piece. The stupa is unusual as it has a hollow opening in the center. Age: 100 AD. Size: H. 1.9cm. W. At the base. 1.9cm. Condition: A small piece is missing at the base and because it is iridescent at the part also it probably was made that way.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #683095
Large Chinese porcelain jardiniere or fish bowl with wide mouth and flattened rim decorated with gilt crabs and fish swimming among aquatic plants on a powder blue ground. Unglazed foot and base. Qing dynasty (late 19th century). 12 ¼”H x 14 ¼” diameter. Weighs about 18 lbs. Very good overall condition with no chips or cracks. Some soiling to the interior from use and typical wear to the gilt decoration. This piece was purchased from an Arizona collection.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #682967 (stock #lot342)
Description: A handsome Cizhou censer in tripod shape was in quite good look. Flat rim was supported by dented neck which with straight wall. And after that is the bulge belly which was applied on the surface with typical glittering black slip and where the astonishing russet mottles were decorated on. The feet were unglazed and revealed with obvious light brownish tint caused by firing. Hand-craft characteristics of the everted style and the finger imprints were joyfully observed at the feet...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #682964 (stock #2677)
A nice one blue & white jar in globular form, decorated with grapes and tendrils, a character of "Fu" mark to the base. Condition is perfect, unfortunate only with missing lid. Ming dynasty 16th century Jiajing period. Wide: 9cm and High: 7.1cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #682727 (stock #2670)
It's the second piece to offer, with elegant form of celadon fluted sides jar but with replacement lotus shape lid, covered overall with bluish green glaze. Southern Song Longquan ware, collected from central Sulawesi. Condition is good excepted one tiny flake chips to the inner rim side and one kiln chip as well, minute glaze lines appears to base, no cracks. Body Wide: 13.6cm, High: 10cm (not included replacement cover), Mouth diameter: 9.8cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #681624
Chinese Qing dynasty (19th century) Daoist priest’s robe densely embroidered in a pattern of complex iconographical symbols set against a pale celadon silk background created entirely from satin-stitch embroidery. The style is the traditional rectangular front-opening form which rests on the shoulders and has the lower part of the sides sewn together to form armholes. The center back is embroidered with a flame-bordered circular cartouche containing a pagoda flanked by flying birds...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #681354
Chinese late Qing dynasty (late 19th century) woman's rank badge embroidered with a central satin-stitched silver pheasant with very nicely detailed feathers. A single bat hovers below the sun at the upper right. This Mandarin square would have been worn by the wife of a 5th rank civil official. The badge is backed with stiff paper covered with blue silk and is bordered on the front in red silk. This rank badge measures 8 3/8"V x 9 1/8"H...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Pre 1930 item #680888 (stock #SBUD-004)
A seated figure covering his eyes with both hands used in Tantric Buddhism believed to provide supernatural powers. This one is made of clay and has tracings of gold leaf. It is incased in a stainless steel case. Size: Outside the case. H.2.2cm. W. 2cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #680628 (stock #lot339)
Description: An unique bottle vase of Northern Song Dynasty was applied with single black glaze. Intriguingly molded in double gourd shape with rope-twist handles, the bottle stands by its splayed and well-shaped foot ring. While the dark glaze being neatly trimmed to the lower half of the belly, the full ovoid body showed its original grey clay beneath. Dust-like incursions were obvious all over the surface when the glaze reflection was introspective and charming...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #680399 (stock #S070801025)
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This is heavily potted Five dynasties or Northern Song (960 A.D – 1130 A.D) dynasty Yueyao zhadou vessel. It stands on a very slightly splayed shallow foot rim with a shallow recess, everting towards a baluster shaped body and then towards a wide everted mouth rim. The whole body is covered with pale green glazed colour...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1910 item #680376 (stock #Q72080110054)
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This is a medium size blue and white bowl with Three Friends of Winter motif, namely pine, bamboo and prunus tree. The centre of the bowl has a rondal of a five claws dragon. Base with Guanxu (1875 -1908) mark in under glazed blue. Circa late 19th – early 20th century.

The bowl is in good condition. Only minor pin holes and minute firing faults (see picture 4) which does not affect the aesthetic of the bowl...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1970 item #680132 (stock #lot338)
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A charming pebble jade carving of a tiger, cat or Huan was masterly done.
Crouching with her head resting on her front paws, she raised her left leg tickling the cheek when the long tail curling tightly to the side.
The fluent lineation work and excellent carving skill depicted the cat in a vivid way...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1800 item #680093 (stock #ANR2203)
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Waves lap at the dark shore crowded with cranes on this elegant 18th century paper screen embellished with clouds of gold flake signed Hokkyo Shunboku (O-oka Shunboku, 1680-1763). A bramble of dried bamboo hides one sleeping form, the others strut about oblivious to the frigid winter air...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1837 VR item #679815 (stock #lot337)
Description: A Ge-typed porcelaneous censer was in tripod cylindrical shape. With beautiful crackle glaze, the censer expressed an elegant literati taste by its simple form. Kiln firing red was developed obviously between the glaze and body clay when numerous bubbles squeezing together all over the surface under the pale-blue tint. It was believed as an excavation piece. The inner side on the wall was left with marks of spreading roots. Date: Mid-Qing period(18th century), Width: 8.2cm, Heigh...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #679391 (stock #2663)
A rare celadon dish, decorated at the exterior with lotus petals rising from foot, interior is plain and covered overall with a pale bluish green glazed. Southern Song Longquan ware 12th century. Condition with re-touched a chip to rim. Diameter: 12.5cm and High: 3.9cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #679379 (stock #2661)
A fine celadon jar with globular body, is plain and covered overall with nice olive green glazed. Condition is perfect. 13th-14th Longquan wares, this type founded as known as exported wares to South East Asian region, collected in South Sulawesi. High: 7cm and Wide: 9.1cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1920 item #679061 (stock #TCR2200)
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A pair of ceramic Cormorants by preeminent early 20th century Master Miyanaga Tozan enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The cormorant has a special place in Japanese art. Like the hawk is a bird used in hunting, the cormorant is a bird used in fishing. A rope would be tied around the long necks of any number of the birds, them then taken out into the water with huge torches burning on the prows of the fishing boats. When the birds dive for and down a fish, they cannot swallow it, and...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #678728 (stock #2660)
A rare large cover jar with metal handles, decorated with a figure of official and wife standing around two servants and musicians play group among the room and garden scene. The top of cover decorated with two boys playing. Condition with 'L' shape crack, minor chips to rim cover and several old star hairlines appears to inside of the body, but no any restoration. Four characters hall mark 'Chin Xuan Thang Zhe' on the base. Ching dynasty. Mouth Diameter: 20 cm, High: 21.5 cm and Wide: 22.9 cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #678443 (stock #lot336)
Description: A rare and lovely Yaozhou russet-glazed incense burner was in simple form. Wide-mouthed and with high-set shoulders when the neck is narrowed and the lip is rolled, the jarlet was applied with persimmon glaze inside and out of the surface. The bottom was flat and was concaved to a round circle. The unglazed base had turned to a buff skin during firing, and in a firm quality which were all the characteristics for a Yaozhou ware. Date: Song period(11th/12th Century), Height: 6.6cm
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #677322 (stock #0003)
A rare example of b/w large dish, decorated at the exterior with four fishes swimming among lotus pond and water weeds, on the cavetto with chrysanthemum scroll and border to the foliated lip rim with flower heads pattern. Underside with emblems supported by continuously lotus flowers. Ming dynasty late 15th to early 16th century. Condition broken in the center split into two and glue restored. Diameter: 34 cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Pre AD 1000 item #677260 (stock #GEAR-006)
Two blue glass earrings from Cambodia most likely a pair. Size: Width. 2.5cm and 2.4cm. Condition: Some incrustation from being buried so long. Age: 300 to 100 BC.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Pre 1800 item #676572 (stock #GLD-007)
A gold ornament which looks like to me to be a warrior carrying a club. It's hard to date this piece, but looking at the patina on the gold I would say around 16th century.Found in Burma but could be from India. Size: 3cm x 2.5cm. Condition: No repairs.Some opening which are normal in old gold repousse work.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #675529 (stock #2656)
A rare and elegant form of celadon fluted sides jar with lotus shape lid, covered overall with olive green glaze. Southern Song-Yuan dynasty Longquan ware, collected from central Sulawesi. Condition is good excepted two tiny flake chips to the cover and to the foot rim also, minute glaze lines appears to base. High maximum: 12 cm and Wide: 14cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #675423 (stock #2655)
A large celadon bowl, well balance potted to rounded form with everted lip rim, covered overall with a fine olive green tone till foot rim, unglazed area appears a circular firing scars. Condition is good, no any chips and free from restoration excepted crackle glazed to the half area of the bowl, also with one very short firing crack to rim side. Generally speaking is 13th-14th century, Yuan to early Ming Longquan wares, excavated on South-Sulawesi area. Diameter: 20.7cm and High: 9.3cm
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1900 item #675140 (stock #SAR2187)
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An Edo period suit of raw iron with all matching parts, featuring 16 plate helmet with two lame shikoro and large fukigaeshi. The mask is fantastic, a real stunner with dramatic features and a large mustache. It has five plate sode and a go-mai-do cuirass of five iron plates, with kusazuri of leather scales. The sangu are all matching, very nice on dark silk tightly woven iron scales, with a crest in brass on the back of the hands. The original Maedate is in the form of a box and would likel...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1900 item #674307 (stock #MOR2184)
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An exquisite pair of gofun covered fox on black and gold lacquered stands protected by copper wire cages, dating from the second half of the Edo period. They wear a shrewd look, eyes narrowed to slits, enhancing their mischievous image. The mystical carvings are covered in white gofun, stained a soft gray from age with highlights still white from eons of careful cleaning. Around the pair of ethereal creatures are removable cages of copper wire to protect the sacred images, the gofun coating m...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1700 item #674017 (stock #MOR2183)
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Shishi prance across the mottled Kiri-wood surface of this Momoyama to early Edo period Koro in gold and silver maki-e and mother of pearl inlay. A copper insert contains the fragrant incense ash. There is a hand forged iron staple top and bottom of one ancient crack testament to age. It likely once had a silver hoya (cover) which has disappeared over the centuries. When we acquired this and another similar piece listed from a temple in Fukui prefecture, it was so covered in grime that the m...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #673469 (stock #2652)
A fine plain celadon jar in globular form, covered overall with pale olive green glaze. Yuan-Ming dynasty 13th-14th century in perfect condition. Wide: 9.3cm and High: 8.5cm
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #673462 (stock #2650)
A blue & white saucer dish, fine and well balance potted, decorated with figures on the boat. Fungus stylist mark on the base within double circle. 17th century Transitional period late Ming to early Ching ware. Condition is perfect. Diameter: 11.7cm and High: 2.7cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #673418 (stock #2649)
A blue & white small bowl, decorated at the exterior with scrolling pattern, interior center with a flower head medallion and hanging scrolls to the cavetto. Ming dynasty Thianshun to early Chenghua period. Condition with a hairline crack and minor chips to foot rim, further in good condition and no restoration as well. Diameter: 9cm and High: 5cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1837 VR item #672779 (stock #lot329)
Description: A boxwood carving of Louhan was in old charming patina. Carved in a simple but sleek way, the figure sit easily when tucking the hands into the sleeves. From the mature craftsmanship, the characteristics of the facial features and the honey brownish patina which was caused from the enduring age, the wood work can be dated as one masterpiece from 16th century of Ming Dynasty. Height:7.5cm, Width:6.5cm, Depth:6.45cm. Condition: Basically in good condition except one crack at the lower...