Jack Nelis Asian and Tribal Art
SOLD TO THE UK
SOLD TO THE UK
Porcelain snuffbottle in underglaze blue and red.
China, 19th century.
H. 8,5 cm.
Condition: excellent
Jack Nelis Asian and Tribal Art
SOLD TO THE UK
SOLD TO THE UK
Porcelain snuff bottle in underglaze blue and red.
Yongzheng mark, but 19th century.
H. 7 cm.
Condition: the red parts have firing flaws.
This type of necklace with a pendant in the shape of a lock was given to Chinese children, so they would be ‘locked’ to life.
1. Large silver pendant decorated in enamel with two hares. The back with good fortune text. 7,5 x 5 cm. ( wear to the enamel)
2. Lock pendant decorated on both sides with flags and good fortune text. 6,5 x 4,5 cm. ( age wear). With mark.
3. Lock pendant with mythical beasts and floral pattern. The back with good fortune text. 5 x 3,5 cm.
4. Small pendant with floral decoration and text. 4 x 2,5 cm. ( dents and wear). With mark.
Total weight 101 gr.
Provenance: Dutch private collection.
Jack Nelis Asian and Tribal Art
€350.00
€350.00
Every dish with a different decoration. Diameter 13 cm. All in good condition with normal age wear. From Shanxi province. All dishes with cyclical date 1843.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : Sri Lanka : Pre 1920
item #1022731
A lovely folk art Buddha, made of painted teak wood, with detachable ushnisha. Sri Lanka, late 19th-early 20th century.
H. 33cm W. 26,6 cm. Condition: traces of old repainting.
Decorated with a bird on a rock and flower panels. Diameter 14 cm. The footrims with attached oven sand, often seen on porcelain from this period. Wanli (1573-1619). Condition: one saucer with a hairline crack.
Jack Nelis Asian and Tribal Art
SOLD TO THE UK
SOLD TO THE UK
H. 18 cm. The vase is in perfect condition. Only the lid is missing, as is often the case with pieces of this age. China, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
A very rare and early depiction of baby Krishna. The silver bracelet makes it even more special. H. 6,3 cm. Fabulous age wear and patina.
Provenance: private collection Belgium.
Jack Nelis Asian and Tribal Art
SOLD TO AUSTRALIA
SOLD TO AUSTRALIA
Decorated with honeycomb motif. H. 7 cm, D. 15 cm. The glaze crackled due to age and with firing flaws. Miniscule rim crack. No damage or repair.
Decorated with floral patterns and Buddhist symbols. H. 6,5 cm D. 15 cm. The glaze with age cracks and some firing flaws. No damage or repair.
Decorated with flying horses. H. 7 cm, D. 14,5 cm. No damage or repair, only firing flaws, normal for the period.
Jack Nelis Asian and Tribal Art
SOLD TO AUSTRALIA
SOLD TO AUSTRALIA
Decorated with horseriders. The glaze with age cracks and firing flaws. No damage or repair.
H. 6 cm, D. 14,5 cm.
A fabulous and rare Jiajing/Wanli kraak plate, made for the Japanese market.
Plate with flattened barbed slightly upright everted rim painted with a figure on a bridge to an island, Crossing a bridge towards a house beneath overhanging tree from rockwork. In the distance on another island stands a thatched viewing
pavilion, all within a band of nine cranes in water with flowering lous, the underside with a fruiting peach branch repeated on the other side below a band of sketchily drawn prunus branches.
Diameter 19.5 cm
Jiajing/Wanli 1560-1580
Condition: excellent, no chips, cracks or repairs. Comes with a Japanese storage box (tomabako).
Acquired: Frides Lameris, Amsterdam, 1982.
SIMILAR EXAMPLES:
* Chinese Blue and White Porcelain by Duncan Macintosh plate 77 and Transitional Wares and Their
Forerunners, by Richard Kilburn, Hong Kong 1981, no 3, page 63.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Metalwork : Pre AD 1000
item #1461552
Jack Nelis Asian and Tribal Art
€750.00
€750.00
Bronze bell decorated with circular ornaments. Excavated piece with a stunning verdegris and lapis lazuli patina. Dongson, 500 BC - 500 AD. H. 19 cm. Condition: intact with the original clapper. Collection number on the inside.
Ex Dutch private collection.
Ex De Zwaan, Amsterdam.
Heavily cast in the naïve style that is so typical for Laos. H. 29,5 cm. Good age wear and patina. Remains of gilding. Old repairs to the feet.
Lovely bronze Buddha in the naïve style that is so typical for Laos. It's heavily cast. The Buddha in Bhumisparsa Mudra, seated on a lotus throne. H. 26 cm. Very nice age wear and good patina. There is a minor hole in the front, this is a casting flaw.
Ayutthaya period small gilded bronze Buddha on throne. Cast in two parts. H. 15 cm. Condition: expected age wear, very good patina, minor damage to the footrim of the throne.
A fine 17th/18th century bronze Buddha head with a nice verdegris patina and remains of gilding. H. 17,5 cm. Repair to the left ear (excavated piece).
ex Dutch private collection, collected in Bangkok in the early 90’s.
Jambupati type (Buddha in royal attire). Shan State. H. 20,5 cm ( 24 cm. incl. stand). Condition: part of the pedestal is missing, mi or chips and age wear. Overall in good condition. Please have a close look at the pictures.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Sculpture : Pre 1837 VR
item #1082347
Finely carved, Burma, ca. 1800. L. 32,5 cm.
Condition: age wear, no damage or repairs.
Jack Nelis Asian and Tribal Art
SOLD TO HONG KONG
SOLD TO HONG KONG
Well proportioned with a nice facial expression, fine engraving and wonderful patina. H. 48 cm.
Jack Nelis Asian and Tribal Art
Sold to Belgium
Sold to Belgium
A finely cast bronze Buddha with an excellent green patina. Burma, Shan state, 18th century.
H. 27,5 cm. Condition: excellent. Provenance: bought from Lopburi Arts and Antiques in Singapore, ca. 2001.
A very fine example of Burmese lacquer ware, dating from the Mandalay period, ca. late 19th/early 20th century. Apart from sone minor chips to the lacquer and normal age wear, this offering bowl is in excellent condition. H. 58 cm. Diameter 31 cm.
Mandalay Period, inlaid with glass. The stand with gilded metal ornaments. H. 51 cm. Ex. Johan Möger Collection. His collection was published in the ' Burmese Buddhist Sculpture' by Otto Karow.
In bhumisparsa mudra (calling the earth to witness). Carved in hardwood, then lacquered and gilded. H. 52 cm. Condition: wonderful original condition with expected age wear.
Provenance: Dutch private collection.
Jack Nelis Asian and Tribal Art
SOLD TO BELGIUM
SOLD TO BELGIUM
With a wonderful green patina. Excavated in Cambodia and dating from the 17th or 18th century. Length: ca. 10 cm (4 inches) each. Mounted on custom made stands.
A lovely enamelled tea caddy. Canton, 18th century.
H. 11,5 cm.
Condition: several chips and damages to the enamel. Please refer to the pictures.
Gilded wood. Guanyin sitting on a lotus throne, placed on an altar. the back plate decorated with mythical creatures. H. 39 cm. Condition: expected age wear.
Made of painted wood, depicting husband and wife, seated on a chair. Most probably from the Hunan Province. The lady still has a small parcel with offerings in her back. We opened it up and found a seahorse, pieces of stone and mica and other materials. H. 27 and 29,5 cm. Condition: heavily eaten by woodworms, which adds to the charme. The figures were treated by the former owner and are perfectly clean.
Depicting several generations of high ranking officials and their wives. Bright colours and very fine painting. Condition: age wear, paint loss, cracks, traces of repainting. The painting had been remounted. Personally I would remove the borders and have the painting framed. Dimensions: the painting 95 x 150 cm, the scroll 109 x 210 cm.
Jack Nelis Asian and Tribal Art
€450.00
€450.00
Xian province, rare dated baket in lacquer a d wickerwork. Finely decorated with
Buddhist symbols. H. 13 cm, diameter 12 cm. Bares the cyclical date 1828. Minor chips and age wear.
Jack Nelis Asian and Tribal Art
SOLD TO BELGIUM
SOLD TO BELGIUM
A finely carved sculpture in boxwood of Guanyin, the goddess of mercy.
China, late Qing to Early Republic period, ca. 1900-1920. H. 19,5 cm.
Condition: minor age cracks, good patina.
Ancient bronze food container dating from the Han Dynasty (206BC-220AD). With a domed cover with loop handles. When inverted the cover becomes a tripod dish.
H. 15 cm, Diameter 21,5 cm.
Condition: Good condition with excellent verdegris and lapis patina.
Provenance:
Collection Mr. Poel, antique dealer in Den Haag, ca. 1990,
private collection Den Haag.
A finely carved redwood (hongmu) box with carved soapstone ornaments in the shape of elephants. China, 19th century.
Condition: two ornaments missing on the lid, the third one with a repair to the leg.
Measurements: L. 13 cm, W. 6 cm, H. 8,5 cm.
A very well preserved embroidered silk apron, decorated with small glass mirrors in brass mounts and metal paillets. China, late 19th/early 20th century. H. 83 cm. W. 105 cm. Condition: embroidery is in mint condition, some pieces of glass and a few metal paillets missing.