$400.00
The silvered mounts add a touch of elegance to the overall design.
The maker's mark is stamped on the...
$400.00
CONDITION: Showing age and usage. Please notice that the pictures in the listing are part of the description of the object's condition.
MEASUREMENTS
Overall length:...
$400.00
Made of ceramic with sancai glazing, elaborately molded-in raised pattern, the boot's toe is adorned with a monster mask and richly glazed in cobalt blue, turquoise, brown, and cream beige.
CONDITION: Shows the age and use, with minor age wear.
In good condition, considering its age of more than 376 years, no damage or repairs.
MEASUREMENTS:
Hei...
$400.00
MEASUREMENTS:
Height: 14.5 cm (5.71 inches).
Width including spout: 17 cm (6.69 inches).
...
$400.00
MEASUREMENTS:
Height: 16.5 cm (6.5 inches).
Width including spout: 18.5 cm (7.28 inches).
CONDITION: It is in...
$400.00
The sculpture is signed (impressed stamp) with Chinese characters in a diamond-shaped frame at the base.
The figure is finely hand carved with great details. All details, such as the hea...
$400.00
The censer base is bearing a seal mark in very unusual apocryphal spindly style of” Shuowen Jiezi “Script within a rectangular cartouche.
MEASUREMENTS:
Width across handles: 15.5 cm (6.1 inches).
Height including handles: 10 cm (3.94 inches).
CONDITION:
In very good condi...
$370.00
DETAILS: A good fine iron lobed shape plate “Mokko Gata,” well hand-forged and pierced with Kozuka Hitsu-ana and Kogai hitsu-ana, decorated on two sides with finely cut linear pattern and crescent moon. Nakogo-ana inserted with copper Sekigane.
DIMENSIONS: 77 mm x 72 mm x 6 mm (3.03 inches x 2.83 inches x 0.2362 inches)
WEIGHT: 148 grams
CONDITION: Age and u...
$370.00
The bronze depicts the philosopher Lao Tzu on his famous journey away from civilization to find simplicity; he sits on the animal's back with his robes flowing around him.
Lao Tzu or Laozi, or Lao-Tze, was an ancient Chinese philosopher and writer. He is the author of Tao Te Ching, the founder of Taoism, and a deity in religious Taoism. According to legend, Laozi left C...
$350.00
CONDITION: In good condition considering its age, with beautiful green patina showing its age and usage. The mirror originally had a handle which at some point was broken off. Ancient Chinese Bronze mirrors with a h...
$350.00
CONDITION: Age and usage are showing, with its original patina.
Please notice that the pictures in the listing are part of the description of the object's condition.
MEASUREMENTS
Overall length: 9.5 cm (3.74 inches)
Width: 14.79 mm
Weight: ...
$350.00
Hotei sits on the back of a recumbent Buddhist lion, Shishi or Foo Dog, wearing loosely draped robes open at his chest to reveal his corpulent figure, and holds a bag in his hands that represents wealth and good fortune, while three laughing boys are climbing on him.
CONDITION: In good overall condition, showi...
$350.00
Composed of several separate elements made of filigree silver and adorned with a small embossed rosette.
The ornament has a large convex form with a gilded flower-head rosette placed in the center with a central round, beveled black stone (probably Onyx), flanked by two crescent-shaped ornaments.
The reverse affixes with attachment mount on which small recta...
$350.00
The jar is handcrafted, strongly potted with a cylindrical tapering form, high shoulder, short neck, and lightly ground down rim.
The body is potted with horizontal coiled ribbing and covered with glaze in various shades of grey celadon.
REFERENCES:
Similar jars are in The Smithsonian's National Museum
https://asia.si.edu/object/S2005.51/
and The Brit...
$350.00
The censer was cast and then hand-finished with various tools, including files. The perfectly composed oval body is raised on three feet, surrounded on both sides by softly curved handles.Censer has beautiful lines and proportions.
CONDITION: In good condition considering its age, showing its age and use.
MEASUREMENTS:Width across handles: 7 cm (2.8 inches).He...
$350.00
An Inro is a small portable case with several compartments. Originally used for holding medicine or other small items, they became a part of traditional Japanese male costume.
MEASUREMENTS: Height: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 inches). Width: 5.1cm (2 inches).
CONDITION: Showing the age and usage, lacquer chipped in several places as typical of this material.
$350.00
Metal frame heavily gold-gilded, blackened, and highlighted with silver. The interior is lined with satin silk and affixed with two pockets. The bag comes with a delicate but strong g...
$320.00
The goddess of compassion and mercy is adorned with an elaborate crown and necklace.
MEASUREMENTS: Height: 12.3 cm (4.8 inches)
CONDITION: In good condition considering its age, showing age and use, worn in exposed areas, with a dark natural patina.