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A rare and absolutely beautiful high end Yixing Teapot, China, should be pre 1980 and perhaps much older, since it comes from an old collection.

Made by a master potter with a fantastic moulded cobalt and torquise blue glaze. The pot is signed below with a makers mark, so far unresearched.

Size: 18 cm. from handle to tip of spout, ca. 9 cm. high.

Condition: Choice! Absolutely problemfree and perfect with a fine patina from old age and use.

Provenanc...

A pair of nice stamp personal stoneseals, carved with with Dog and Dragon on the top of the tall square bases, 20th. century AD.

Sizes: 72-75 mm. in height.

Condition: Choice.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections. Gustav Oberländer specialized in early stamp seals from the pre-historic and Dynastic civilizations in the Near E...

A huge old stamp seal in soapstone, carved with mythical beasts on the top of the square base, 20th. century AD.

A finely carved seal in green stone with the carving of two keys and scriptsigns on the side.

Size: 11,2 cm. tall and weighing c. 940 grams!

Condition: Choice.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections. Gusta...

A nicely patinated soapstone stamp seal, Chinese, 19th.-20th. century AD.

A nice seal from the Gustav Oberländer collection, aquired the late 1980s to the collection. In yellowish brown soapstone with carvings on all sides in archaic style. Some wear and marks of use.

Size: 40 mm. tall and 27 mm. wide.

Condition: Choice, nice old patina.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), comes with his Collection ID. Oberländer aquired his massive and i...

Antique bronze stamp seal, late Qing Dynasty 1644–1912.

Tall abstract form with simple script below.

Size: 53 mm. tall.

Condition: Good Very Fine, even smooth wear, lovely old patina.

This seal comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections. G...

Attractive pendant of a duck in beautiful Nephrite Jade, Chinese, 19th/20th. cent.

Size: 55 mm. long.

Condition: Choice, microscopic chip.

Ex. Old Danish Private Collection.

Interesting lot consisting of antique of vintage bronze items, incl. a Thai Buddhist amulet with loop, two Laotian opium weights or animal figurines, and later three burmese bronze weights, 19th./20th. century.

Nice condition.

A fine jade pendant carved with lions in the archaistic style, Ming or later periods.

Finely worked piece with high relief details in the type of brownish celadon jade, popular during Ming period, but possible made as a later revival piece, we're not certain.

Size: 57 mm. long.

Condition: Extremely fine, patinated.

Provenance: Estate of the Danish Artist Rolf Gjedsted.

Very precise and decorative carving and painting of a deity seated on a tiger-cat, inside a high throne with dragon, all in black, red, gold and laquer, Qing dynasty, late 19th.-early 20th. century.

Size: c31-30,5 cm. tall and 19,5 cm. wide.

Condition: Near Extremely fine, some fine wear to laquer and gilt, very sound and heavy wood, chip to his beard on left side othervise completely intact!

Provenance: Ulf Gudmundsen collection, c. 1950s-2007.

Interesting and huge ceremonial crown, made in copper finely gilt laquered and chiselled, probably late 19th. century.

Consisting of muliple seperate parts and pieces that can be easily assembled to form this high helmet or crown for a Buddhist Lama. With many fine details and inserted glass pieces.

Size: c. 56 cm. tall and it does not come with a stand - stand in the pictures is not included.

Condition: Choice Very fine. Looks basically intact.

Prov...

A fine lot of 5 metal items from the same collection:

a) Leather, silver, gilded brass, copper, corals. Wallet in form of vajra, 12 x 7,5cm. b) Silver, copper, with turquoise and corals. Gunpowder container in form of a horn, L ca 20cm. c) Silver gau container with a coral and four glass stones, H 11,5cm.. d) Bronze alloy, silvered tingsha cymballs with dragons, ca. 7,5 cm. in diameter. e) Brass vajra. 19th - early 20th century, L 12,8cm.

Traces of usage.

Attra...

A nice and interesting polished Nephrite amulet in the shape of a Cicada, Ming style.

The pendant carved in a rarely seen brown-black stone. This fine nephrite pendant comes from an old German Collection of handpicked Chinese jade carvings of insects from different periods, from the Neolithic to 20th. century. The cicada was carved in a Ming Dynasty Style, but possible from Qing Dynasty, we're not certain.

Size: 6,2 cm.

Condition: Choice and intact, fine wear....

An interesting and very finely made massive opium weight, Late Shan, 19th./20th. cent.

Peculia weight or figure in the general shape of a 'Kissing bird' of the Shan Burma, but with some added features in the form of fine engravings and a handle.

The figure comes from a very good old collection and is in our opinion genuine old and antique. It weighs around 700-750 grams and was likely made in the very end of the period with opium weights as a unofficial decorative piece. ...

A fine lot of 4 chinese antiques, mainly Qing Dynasty, late 19th.-early 20th. century.

The lot consists of a lovely early Chinese boxwood seal, carved with 'Shu zongfu', a matching pair of Lions with fine old patina and a silver pencil set.

Size: Lenght around 8 cm. for most items.

Condition: Choice.

Ex. Dutch collection.

A large and attractive gilt wooden buddha, Burmese, c. late 19th.- early 20th. century.

The Buddha standing on a small throne and a black painted plint. He is righly addorned in a fancy dress with multiple glass stones in red and green colours.

Size: c. 74 cm. tall, incl. plint.

Condition: Choice and intact with remaining gilt overall.

Provenance: Collection of Gunna Munkvad, Denmark, aquired from the 1960s-1980s.

A very elaborate and finely gilt large figure of mahasthamaprapta bodhisattva, Chinese, later Qing Dynasty, 1644-1912, this figure probably from the late 19th. cent.

Size: 34,5 cm. tall, incl. the flat mounted base.

Condition: Extremely fine for type and age. Finely patinated in a redish gold colour with some light wear but othervise completely intact, the blue pigment still present as well. Closed lid in the back. He carries a strange bracelet over the neck, described as o...

An interesting and decorative Tibetan mixed metals dish, probably for a temple decoration, 19th/20th. cent.

The dish elaborately decorated with multible gemstones incl. corals, torquise, glass stones and filigree. Mounted with 4 small buddha figures. Hanger at the back and old note from the collector: ''This Plate En kript(?) was purchased by a Tibetan refugee in India in 1960.''

Diameter: 26 cm.

Condition: Choice Very fine. A couple of stones missing and /or n...

A cute group of small bronze Erotic sculptures of mainly couples corpulating, India from the 19th. to mid 20th. cent.

Three figures are old and probably from the 19th. century. Great details and quality casting. Another is probably vitange in a brassy metal and primitive. Finally a green patinaed woman and a small guy with a large phallus (7).

Size: Largest figural group is 9,8 cm. long, the other group are 5-7 cm. long, the small guy is 5 cm. tall and the naked woman also...

PAIR OF MOUNTED OLD CHINESE JADE CARVING PLAQUES, DATING TO THE REPUBLIC PERIOD

A fine pair of larger carvings of an old man and a boy with a bird and two boys in a garden. Finely made and mounted in a low grade silver metal mounts, so that they can be carried and used as ornaments. Both carved in a white/celadon jade.

Size: ca. 70 mm. long each and weighing 107 grams total.

A splendid ritual silver necklace, southeastern Asian, ca. late 19th. century AD.- early 20th. cent.

The necklace with engraved bib or collar with fish amid scrolled foliates and geometric borders, traditional sides recalling a bird with downswept engraved tips (joined for mounting by circular and elongated links)

The whole necklace is greatly elongated with two hammered fishes, dangling long beads and a large butterfly below.

Extremely beautiful silver work.

A finely carved and beautiful handle from a brush, Song style, but perhaps later 19th. century, we're not certain.

Carved with animals and scrolls, a small loop at the top.

Size: 69 mm. tall.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections. Gustav Oberländer specialized in early stamp seals from the pre-historic and Dynastic civilizatio...

A very cute and accomplished carving of a horned Lion as a pendant, done in a refined Song-Ming dynasty style, but probably Qing Dynasty.

Especially attractive matte greyish stone with black inclusions.

Size: 57 mm. long and weighing 75,2 grams.

Condition: Superb, nice smooth wear.

Ex. Old Danish Estate collection of Tom Klitgaard, aquired 1960s-1990s. The collector handpicked particular fine jade pieces from auctions and dealers over a span of 30 year...

Fine Kartika ceremonial knife, Himalayan c. 19th. Century.

The knife with a vajra handle and skull below - in brass and an iron blade. Attractive with much wear from use, but probably not older than 19th. century.

Size: 14,5 cm. tall and 15 cm. wide.

Condition: Choice Very fine, nice warm patina.

Ex. Private collection of Ulf Gudmundsen from the 1950s and onwards. An important collection of Tribal African and Asian antiques.

A really attractive and funny bronze or brass erotic 'toy' figur with a dark, age patina, India, 19th. century.

The figure is mechanical and the male has a hinge. He thrusts into the woman when you press the little lever on the base.

Size: 12,8 cm. tall and solid metal so heavy.

Condition: Good very fine, lovely dark brown patina.

Provenance: Collection of Gunna Munkvad, Denmark, aquired from the 1960s-1980s.

Large Tibetan/Mongolian antique Fire Lighter in Leather case mounted with silver and gilt silver, brass and iron, with red coral stones inserted, 19th. century.

Nice piece in excellent condition with lots of fine patina, intact.

Size: 14,8 x 8,2 cm.

Ex. Private collection of Ulf Gudmundsen from the 1950s to 2007. An important collection of Tribal African and Asian antiques.

A large, genuinely old, silver mounted Prayer Wheel / Mill (‘Khor'), Tibet, 19th. century.

Finely patinated copper with large silver mounts and a lotus finial. Hardwood handle with finely decorated brass fittings. Guaranteed authentic old.

Lenght: 42 cm. and quite solidly built - heavy.

Ex. Private collection of Ulf Gudmundsen from the 1950s and onwards. An important collection of Tribal African and Asian antiques.

Antique Chinese Yixing snuff bottle of fine porous unglazed body of 'purple clay', late Qing Dynasty, 1880 AD.

It's front sides decorated with floral scenes and caligraphy in cream slip. Nephrite jade lid. With impressed seal (makers mark) inside base.

Size: ca. 6,7 cm.

Condition: Superb for type!

Ex. Danish private Collection

A fine very large bronze buddha, Burma or Northern Thailand, ca. 18th. century.

He helds both of his hands in a gesture of exposition or teaching (vitarkamudra) that in India is confined to the right hand. He wears multible jewels and a large headdress and especially large earrings. He is standing on a small flat base and professionally mounted on round black wooden plint.

Height: 49,5 cm. incl. the low plint and ca. 46,5 cm. alone.

Condition: Choice! Much remai...

An attractive brass or white bronze alter / shrine of Virabhadra (Shiva with attendants), Western India, difficult to date, but we think it's at least 18th.-19th. century, but likely somewhat older.

Virabhadra, or Veerabhadra, is a fierce aspect of Shiva, who manifested following an unforgiveable insult made to Shiva’s wife, Sati, by her father, Prajapati Daksh. The central figure in the shrine is Virabhadra, a hero-warrior. He is flanked by Prajapati Daksh with his goat’s head, ...

A very large bronze vessel, wonderfully engraved with panels and elephant handles, Japanese, likely made for the Chinese market, Edo period, 19th. century.

The vessel with a fine light brown patina with and places with green corrosion.

Size: 36 cm. wide and 26,5 cm. tall.

Ex. Sophus Black Estate Collection.

A rare variant of a heavy Hamsa bird bronze opium weight, dating c. 1820-1850.

Weight: 317 grams = 20 Tical.

Interestingly this weight has a finely incised small bird on the front of the base, instead of the usual 6-rayed star. The first ever we've had with this rare mark of value.

Condition: Nice Very Fine, choice for type, lovely greyish-brown patina!.

Provenance: John Abrahamsen Collection, important Danish private collection of c. 250 Opium weigh...

A large group of 14 different opium weights from the Late Shan Empire, c. 1820-1860 AD.

Interesting study groupe representing most of the late Burmese Shan styles of birds. The largest bird with a nice verification mark, black patina and weighing 163,5 grams.

Condition: VF-EF for type, many with nice patinas.

Provenance: John Abrahamsen Collection, important Danish private collection of c. 250 Opium weights, hand-picked from 1991-2006, by the collector from Germa...

A fine group 4 different 10 Tical opium weights from the Late Shan Empire, c. 1820-1860 AD.

Interesting study groupe representing 4 different late Burmese Shan styles of Hamsa birds. all with fine patinas and weighing 162,12 / 163,5 / 159,8 / 159,7 grams.

Condition: VF-EF for type, all 4 with nice patinas.

Provenance: John Abrahamsen Collection, important Danish private collection of c. 250 Opium weights, hand-picked from 1991-2006, by the collector from German, ...

An extremely fine specimen of the Hamsa bird 10 tical bronze opium weights, Late Shan Empire, c. 1800s.

A superb type of Hamsa with smooth neck and one spike on a hexagonal base.

Weight: 164,4 grams = 10 tical.

Condition: Extremely Fine and with a lovely all silver patina!

Rarity: Common - but an exceptional specimen.

Refference: Gear Group 1/2. Mikkelsen p.145-146 - scarce variant of figure 90 with the smooth neck.

Provenance: J...

Pair of lovely U-tail 10 tical Hamsa birds, late Shan, Burma, c. 1800-1860.

As good as they come for their types and scarce variants with their beaks slightly open as if laughing!

Weigts: 161,4 grams and 160 grams)

Condition: Good Very fine and Extremely fine for types with silver and brown patinas.

Gear Group 1/2. Mikkelsen p.146 fig. 88 - scarce variant.

Provenance: John Abrahamsen Collection, important Danish private collection of c. 250 ...

A beautiful bronze temple bell with twisted stem and with two Garudas seated under the protective roof of the Cobra as a finial, Nepalese, 18th.-19th. century AD.

With a stunning brown patina and inscribed with short inscription in Sanskrit on the side of the bell.

Size: 20,7 cm. tall and weighing c. 720 grams.

Ex. Henning Holck Larsen collection (1907-2003), a famous Danish Engineer, CEO and founder of Larsen & Toubro, one of Indias largest construction compani...

A group of 39 handcarved Chinese Mother of Pearl gaming Chips dating to c. 1800-1840.

Gaming chips in Mother of Pearl were crafted in China for export to Britain, where the Georgian and Victorian aristocracy used the chips when playing parlor games.

All 39 pieces have an elliptical shape, with criss cross patterns and floral motifs engraved in hand.

Very beautiful and interesting antique Mother of Pearl gaming chips.

Sizes from 30 - 45 mm.

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Interesting and large size of bronze bird weight of 20 Tical with finely decorated base, Late Shan States, 19th. century.

Very high quality execution even for the type with huge head spikes, and depicting the Siwazu bird, standing on a fancy elongated hexagonal base.

Weight: 326 grams = 20 tical.

Condition: Choice Extremely fine, beautiful surfaces and patina

Reff. Bering Mikkelsen, p. 148, figure 95.

Provenance: John Abrahamsen Collection, ...

A well-preserved lot of 3 bronze Hamsa bird opium weights of 5 tical, Late Shan Empire, early 1800s.

The birds are all different variants of Hamsas or Hinthas with V and U-tails, and one or more spikes, standing on a hexagonal bases.

Weights: 81,7 gr., 76,29 gr., 81,5 gr.


Condition: Nice VF with brown patinas!

Refference: Gear Group 1/2.

Provenance: John Abrahamsen Collection, important Danish private collection of c. 250 Opium weights...

South Asia, India, ca. 18th-19th century.

A solid cast bronze alloy figure depicting Krishna the "Butter Thief" as a youth holding a ball of butter that he stole from his stepmother. Baby Krishna or Bala Krishna is crawling with a ball of butter in his right hand. As mischievous children/babies, Krishna and his older brother Balarama stole jars of butter and yogurt from their families and neighbors.

Size: 63 mm. tall. - weighing c. 100 grams.

Condition: Intact, ...

A lovely Japanese Edo period bronze ritual temple bell, Late 18th. cent. AD.

Superbly cast and reworked and finely polished bell with spikes and an archaic design.

Size: 19,2 cm. tall and 14 cm. wide.

Condition: Extremely fine, attractive patina.

Ex. Old Danish Private Collection of Asian art.

Attractive bronze incense burner, very old, probably from deep in the 19th. and perhaps the 18th. century.

The censor in the shape a great archaic style bronze vessel standing on a cart with spoked wheels. The vessel with a tall lid and dolphin handles.The wheels are made as exact replicas and are still functional as a small toy for grown-ups.

Size: c. 12-13 cm. long and c. 14 cm. tall.

Condition: Choice! wonderful old mahogany patina.

Provenance: ...

A lovely patinated silver box for betel Chewing, Burma or Lanna, 19th. century. High grade silver!

Height 6,5cm, ø 12,5cm; weighing 166g.

Low box for a betel-chewing ingridient, star and flower on the lid, on the sides zigzag pattern, the whole background covered with petal-like nubs. A beautifully incised goat on the bottom.

Condition: Good very fine, warm old patina.

Ex R. Reichenmeier Collection from 1970s.

A high quality Japanese wooden Buddha, finely gilt and laquered, Edo Period (1603-1868), 19th. century AD.

Elaborately made with fine details and thick gilt.

Size: 64 cm. tall - very impressive.

Condition: Good Very fine, completely intact no losses, with some minor age cracks and couple of small restaurations.

Provenance: Ulf Gudmundsen collection, c. 1950s-2007.

A fine quality large 19th. century wooden figure of Buddha, with much laquer and fine filt overall, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912).

An attractive figure of a fine style seated on a tall throne. hidden room in the back no lid.

Size: 33 cm. tall.

Condition: Extremely fine for the type with much preserved colours and gilt.

Ex. Private collection of Ulf Gudmundsen from the 1950s and onwards. An important collection of Tribal African and Asian antiques.

A lovely set of temple ancestor figures of male and woman, China, Qing Dynasty, 18th.-19th. century.

Both figures are finely carved and in unusually fine condition for these figures, the red laquer fully preserved. Both with closed lids for offerings in their backs. Old tags on the backs from dealers and collectors

Size: 21-22 cm.

Condition: Extremely fine, sound wood.

Ex. Private collection of Ulf Gudmundsen from the 1950s and onwards. An important c...

A very beautiful carved bone figure of Buddha, Sri Lanka, Kandy district, 19th. century.

Standing on a modern circular wooden base with his right hand raised in abhaya mudra and his left arm at the shoulder. Wearing a sanghati draped over his left shoulder and finely pleated in undulating folds. His serene face with downcast eyes, with long pierced earlobes and his hair surmounted by a flame-shaped finial.

Height: 13 cm. including the charming base, 10,8 cm. alone.

Extremely rare figure of Buddha in Gilt Silver of a great Kandyan style, Sri Lanka, Kandy district, 18th.-19th. century.

Standing on a modern teak base with his right hand raised in abhaya mudra. Wearing a sanghati draped over his left shoulder with finely carved folds. His serene face with downcast eyes, with long pierced earlobes and his hair surmounted by a flame-shaped finial.

Early Sri Lanka silver figures of Buddha are extremely rare and this is not a small figure fo...

A stunning oversized and very elaborate Tibetan silver ewer with gilt brass fittings and decorations, 19th. century AD.

The lavish piece probably a commission for a very wealthy family or a temple. The ewer of fairly high grade hammered silver with elaborate mounts and scroll-work in gilt brass and silver. On the belly two different brass mounts in high relief on one side an elephant monster and on the other side a demon mask with it's tunque out. Zoomorphic handle and zoomorphic spo...

A lovely larger figure of the seated Guanyin on a Lion, finely gilt and laquered, China, Late Qing Dynasty, 19th. century.

The figure was carved in hardwood with a very serene expression and with respect to tiny details. She is seated on a temple Lion with an elaborate hair dress and lawish gilt, with a stylized rock in red as base.

Size: 41 cm. tall and 23 cm. wide, quite heavy!.

Condition: Good Very fine or better for the antique figure, with an old age dry cr...

An exceptional, detailed Japanese netsuke signed my a master, early 19th. century.

A female figure inside a back or sack, dragging it around her one hand and her head protruding. It was made by a master (in kanji-signs 花楽 or 花樂).

The piece is fine decorated overall and delicately signed below. Very beautiful workmanship and among the finest of the period, really.

Size ca. 43 mm. wide and 26 mm. tall.

Comes with COA, out of old Dutch collectio...

A wonderful guaranteed authentic snuff bottle in green porcelain, dating to 1800-1820 AD.

The bottle elegantly made with nicely crackled green glaze and an smokey agate stopper.

Size: ca. 82 mm. tall.

Condition: Choice and perfect, thus rare from this early period.

Ex. Danish private Collection

A lovely Chinese Snuff bottle in Quartz Crystal with golden flexs, from old collection, Qing Dynasty, and can be precisely dated to 1820-1850 AD.

The bottle exceptionally well carved and decorated with floral scrolls in a very rare piece of super hard Quartz with golden hair / flex. The stopper original and carved in the same stone.

Size: 56 mm. tall.

Condition: Superb. Ex. Danish private Collection

Interesting and beautiful large procession lance, Indian or South East Asian, ca. 17th.18th. century.

The lance very elaborate with a huge leaf-shaped blade, decorated with a zig-zag pattern, and a central high relief midrib. The socket edged. A very high end lance, solidly made of brassy bronze like the South Indian sculptures. Could also be african / Benin but we don't think so since the casting is different and the design does not look african. A puzzling piece and we welcome any...

A lovely and exceptionally large sitting Pu-tai / Laughing Buddha, Thailand, ca. 18th. cent. perhaps even earlier.

An unusual wooden Buddha, laquered and gilt on a core of heavy tropical wood. Beautiful details and a real conversation piece.

Size: 64 cm. tall and ca. 49 cm. wide. Due to the high quality heavy wood, he weighs more than 20 kilograms, more precise weight can be given upon request.

Condition: Choice and intact with most of his gilt preserved and pat...

A beautiful seated bronze figure of a seated female deity, Hinduism, India, c. 18th. century.

Small figure that we believe could be a figural weight; of a female deity seated on a stepped throne with vertical lines. She is seated crosslegged with the Vishnu style crown and holding an ever?.Come from a collection only holding antique opium weights

Superb glossy old patina, so we think it has quite some age to it.

Heright 6 cm. and weighing 110 grams, quite heavy!...

An intriguing and extremely rare Late Shan bronze opium weight of a U tail Hamsa bird c. 1800, but without any kind of ridges or spikes to ether neck or head!

The weight can be classified along with the later Shan bronze weights with hexagonal bases (See Gear group 1+2), but not published in this beautiful bird form. Nice official style, so this is perhaps a Prototype.

Weight: 31,58 grams = 2 tical.

Condition: Extremely fine, choice silverish surfaces.

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Interesting set of two bronze weights including a scarce Arakan weight and another probably Burmese Shan, both early weights for the types probably dating late 18th. century.

The Arakan weight typically crude manifacturing and only 254 grams, the other weight weighs c. 315 grams.

Both with much patina and attractive!

Provenance: John Abrahamsen Collection, important Danish private collection of c. 250 Opium weights, hand-picked from 1991-2006, by the collector fr...

A fine lot of two large Hamsa birds, Shan Empire, Burma around 1780-1820 AD.

The Hamsas with one spike, standing on hexagonal bases, different styles of heads/beaks and both V'tails.

Weight: c. 310 & 315 grams = 20 tical.

Condition: Nice VF, brown and green patinas.

Refference: Gear Group 1/2.

Provenance: John Abrahamsen Collection, important Danish private collection of c. 250 Opium weights, hand-picked from 1991-2006, by the collector from...

A fine lot of two large Hamsa birds, Shan Empire and Arakan, Burma around 1780-1820 AD.

The Hamsas with one spike, standing on hexagonal bases, different styles of heads/beaks and both V-tails. One is probably early Arakan style and lower weight-standard.

Weight: c. 265 grams & 310 grams = 20 tical.

Condition: F-VF, The burma very good condition, the Arakan Near VF, typical high amount of wear for the Arakan types. brown and green patinas.

Refference:...