Description: What an artistry it is indeed for this 800-years-old Minyao bottle vase which full of strong Zen spirits.
With four leaf-like handles, the vase was mold in oval shape and was applied with buff-tinted glaze on the surface.
Being decorated with circular lines around the body which like the halos around the stars, it was in simple form and owned with serene atmosphere.
Had been produced in one of the Cizhou kilns of northern China in 12th-13th centuries, the bottle was done...
A finely blue & white dish with abstract phoenix on the center, underside decorated with Emblems and continuous floral spray. Condition is excellent, three tiny frits on the rim, no any chips and cracks, well balance potted with good bright blue tone and free from any restoration as well. Dating Ming dynasty late 15th century, Wanli period. Diameter: 19 cm
Bronze tripod censer with six character mark on the base (Da Ming Xuande Nian Zhi).
Diameter : 16 cm
Condition : no damage or restoration
Ming Dynasty
Offered is an extraordinarily decorative pair of late 19th century, English, Arsenic and Opium, apothecary shelf bottles.
The amethyst glass poison bottle is labeled "LIQ:ARSEN: or ARSENIC, and the cobalt bottle is labeled "EXT:PAPAV:LIQ" - the abbreviation for the Latin PAPAVER which is an OPIUM alkaloid...
Measuring 7 inches wide by 11 inches long by .25 inches thick, this wonderful wooden 1940's Mammy grocery memo board retains fourteen of its original multi-colored wooden pegs which, today, are very often found to be missing.
The graphic of Mammy remains in very fine condition as are the painted list of groceries...
Description: A green-glazed Longquan Meiping was mold in a decent size of 31.5cm in height.
Being decorated on the surface with flowing motifs of floral, this Meiping bottle was shaped with broad shoulder, narrowed neck and small mouth rim.
The bottle vase was stand firmly with the well shaped foot ring which was revealed with firing red tint in the unglazed body clay...
A quintessential Taisho style painting of a boy in a mystical forest of flowers, pigment on silk by Hoson Reisui (b. 1897). The ethereal image seems not so much to be drawn on the silk, but to eminate from it. The boy too seems as if a sprite living in some fantastical reality. There is a minor water streak opposing on the bottom outside of both panels (near the signature) and some loss to the white gofun petals. Each panel is 34 x 59 inches (86.5 x 149.5 cm) and is in overall fine condition...
Blue and White dish, decorated with a pair of Phoenix on flight among flower scroll, all painted under rich and strong cobalt-blue tone, fine glazed also. Character Mark to the base within double circle. Early Ching Kangxi period. Condition : a chip to rim, rim fritting, further in good condition. Diameter: 15 cm and High: 4.5 cm.
Shipping cost : USD 30
Description: A bronze Karmapa Lama figure was finely cast.
Being preserved rarely with original gilding, this strikingly depicted statue was in sitting posture on a square pedestal.
Fine carving craftsmanship was well rendered in depicting the deity's facial expression in a natural way.
The bottom cover was a later restoration which was not unusual for Tibet bronze pieces.
Date: 16th Century.
Height: 11.9cm, Width: 8.5cm Depth: 6.4cm.
A FITTED SILK BOX IS INCLUDED.
Description: A Zitan wood carving of a sitting figure was well rendered.
Depicted as a long robed scholar official wearing a an official hat and leaned against a stool, the figure was vividly carved in the features and on the costumes.
In perfect condition, the wood piece was reflected on the surface with enduring old patina.
Date: Qing Dynasty, late 19th century.
Height: 9.5cm. Width: 7.0cm.
A CUSTOM-MADE SILK BOX IS INCLUDED.
A blue & white foliated dish with Qilin on the center, exterior decorated with continuous floral spray. Condition is good, with a star cracks, one tiny chip on the rim but free from any restoration as well. Dating Ming dynasty late 15th century, Thiansun to early Chenghua period. Diameter: 20.8 cm
Shipping Cost : USD 35
Blue & White dish, decorated at interior with two Cabbage. Dating as early qing (1664-1795). Found in Kotabaru, South Kalimantan Indonesia. Condition is perfect, no chips, hairlines, cracks or restorations. Porcelain ware. Diameter: 23 cm
Famille verte dish decorated with a three.
Period : late qing
D = 23 cm
Condition : PERFECT
Shipping Cost : USD 50
Blanc de chine covered box decorated with beautifull flying crane and clouds.
D=9.5 cm H= 5 cm
Ming Dynasty
Condition : chips on the inner rim and hairline.
Shipping cost : USD 25
Blue and White covered box decorated with playing boys, ridding qillin.
Qing Dynasty
D= 9 cm
Perfect condition, no chips, hairlines and free from restorations.
Qing celadon bowl with excellent glaze and mark on the base.
Qing Dynasty
D= 13.5 cm H = 6 cm
Perfect condition, no chips, cracks, hairlines and free from restoration.
Shipping cost USD 35
Three covered box : polychrome, blue and white and white glaze.
D=5 cm
Qing Dynasty
Condition :
Polychrome covered box is perfect
B&W covered box has 1 cm glaze hairline and fritting
White glaze covered box has frtting on the cover rim
Dish with petal molding on cavetto. Abstract floral motif in the center. Thin reddish iron wash on the base. Width= 13.5 cm. Late 14th-early 15th centuries. Condition : Excellent : no hairline, chip or restoration. Shipping Cost : $ 25