Catalog (1156)

Chinese natural Turquoise Ornament, Tassel with Macrame knot, 7 1/4" high-maximum height for Tassel, and 7/8" high, 5/8" wide, 1/4" thick for Turquoise piece, shows natural grains of the stone. The condition is good.

Chinese carved Turquoise Ornament or Tassel with Chinese Characters, and Macrame knot, 7/8" high-maximum height, and 1/2" high, 3/4" wide, 3/8" thick for carved Turquoise only, two(2) round Turquoise beads on top and bottom together, the carved turquoise pendant is before 1920's. The condition is good.

Japanese Brown large heavy weight Earthenware Hibachi with bumpy irregular hand constructed and molded body and iridescent thick drip glaze, Ca. Meiji, 1800-1920, 12 1/2" high, 13" wide for rounded soft square top rim, 15" wide in the middle widest part, 12 1/2" diameter for unglazed bottom, multi color brown thick drip glaze on brown body, the bottom is not glazed. Hand shaped and molded top rim is rounded square and fold over overlapped, and wide round body in the middle, narrowing down to smaller round bottom. The condition is good and no damages.

Chinese Jadeite carved ring, Disc, Beads, Rose Quartz, red stained wood bead with Silver mounted Ornament, part of Jewelry before. Ca. before 1900, 4 1/4" long total length, 1" diameter for green Jadeite Disc, Nephrite Ring has hairline but not broken.

Chinese carved Jadeite Pendant, carved agate beads Tassel, 9" long for overall, total 4 more carved Agate beads in different colors strung with old silk rope. Silk thread is somewhat loose.

Japanese round wood Hibachi with Copper Lining, carved out of whole width of tree, 9 1/2" diameter for top rim, 8 1/2" high, thin crack on one(1) side.

Pair Japanese Lacquered Lotus flower decorated on Kiri wood Hibachi with Copper lining, Ca. late meiji period, 1910's, 4 1/4" diameter-maximum outside top measurement, 3 1/4" high, with raised Maki lacquer Lotus flower design on one(1) side. The copper lining has been cleaned and polished and in good condition.

Japanese tall Kiri wood Hibachi, low relief Lacquered Bird on Grape vine, Ca. late Meiji period, 1910's, 11 1/4" high, 5 1/2" wide-widest part, 4 1/2" x 5" wide-top rim, the condition is good.

Japanese Black Lacquered on woven Bamboo and hinged top Trunk with wooden frame for strength and Black Iron hardware, Ca. Meiji, 1880's, 22" high, 31" wide, 16" deep, Red lacquered leaf shape mon decoration with Kanji Characters, original woven rope handle in the back, and original Rice Paper lining inside. Some black lacquer finish pieces are off from the woven Bamboo surface.

Pair Chinese Lapis Lazuli ball shape Earrings with 14K gold mounting, natural stone colors and grains, the size of round Lapis Lazuli stone is 5/16" diameter. The condition is good.

Japanese Earthenware Studio Vase, with dripping oily glaze, maybe Seto ware, 9 3/4" high, 4 1/2" diameter-top rim, 4 1/4" diameter-bottom rim, oily drippy glaze applied just over half way down, rest of glaze is chestnut brown color. Lots of glare in the photographs. The condition is good, no damages.

Pair Japanese most stunning large earthenware Satsuma Vases , signed "Kinkosan" in gold, Ca. Meiji period 1890's, 9 3/4" high, 3 1/4" diameter-top rim, 3 7/8" diameter-bottom rim, The story is telling beautiful landscape surroundings, ladies in silk brocade Kimono and children are outing in the beautiful garden scenery wearing most beautiful silk Kimonos with finely detailed pattern of silk brocade highlighted in low relief brilliant gold design, most of the gold decorations are done with one(1) hair brush in perfect brush strokes, scenery is circling around the entire vases inside four(4) or five(5) floral and geometric pattern of narrow bands, also painted with very tiny small exact pattern of brush strokes in brilliant gold. Most of the decorations are so tiny smaller than hair line, camera can't captured the very detailed fine designs. Each vase depicting different stories but continues one vase to another vase, ladies and kids are outing, playing games or talking each other in the most beautiful Japanese garden scenery and lake under the red Maple trees, and tiny geese are flying far above, and ladies are carrying paper and bamboo Umbrellas. The condition is near perfect, some flat gold band designs are worn on the bottom from the handling by hands, not noticeable unless you put vases upside down.

Four(4) Chinese Export Blue and White Porcelain Plates, Qianlong period 1736-1795, 9" diameter, 1 1/8" high, underglaze blue decoration of landscape design inside Fan in the center within four(4) sets of floral decoration, and sprays of floral and fan shape design spread out on the outer border with thin brown color rim. One(1) chip size of 1/4" x 1/8" under the rim, small bruise on the one of the plate, several frits on the bottom rim.

Chinese Export Blue and White Porcelain Charger/platter, Qianlong period, 1736-1795, 12 3/4" diameter, 2" high, underglaze blue landscape design inside the fan in the center within four(4) sets of floral sprays decorated border terminated with brown rim. One(1) hairline about 2" long glaze hairline at 3 o'clock position, it is tight and not open hairline. This charger will make nice set with #1349149.

Japanese Stone Nyoirin Bodhisattva Sculpture, Edo period, before 1800, 21" high, 10 1/2" wide, 6 1/2" deep, one(1) arm on the knee seated position. There are some small nicks on the edges.

Japanese Stone Jizo Bosatsu Sculpture, Edo period before 1800, 17" high, 8" wide, 5 1/2" deep, weather worn and peaceful Statue.

Chinese Export Nanking pattern Porcelain Blue and White Vase with chicken skin bumpy surface finish, Ca. 1790, 9 3/4" high, 1 7/8" diameter-top rim, 3 1/4" diameter-bottom rim, 4 1/2" wide-widest part, typical underglaze crispy nice blue Nanking pattern, scholars, pagodas, sampans in the lake with willow tree and bridge in two(2) large window on both sides, separated with smaller pagoda pictures inside two(2) separate windows, separated with chicken skin bumpy finish. Underglaze blue floral decorations spread out between low relief windows with highlighted with gilt. Some gold highlight decorations are worn on top of the low relief windows, there are no damages, the condition is good.

Stunning Chinese carved double Dragon Mother of Pearl Shell table display Plaque, Ca. 18th century, 8" high, 8 1/2" wide, 1 1/2" high/deep, with beautifully detailed 3 dimensional carving, double Dragon chasing "Happiness" Chinese Character in the center, the face, eye balls, claws and scales are delicately detailed and painstakingly carved. The backside is plain, somewhat rough less polished than front and light purplish natural colors in upper area areas, and the carved bottom area is thicker than top thin area. The condition is good, no damages or any kind of restorations.

Japanese Oribe Ceramic Basket with handle, 6" x 7" wide-shaped fluted floral pedal top, 5" high, 3 1/2" diameter-bottom rim, greenish turquoise color drip glaze blended into creamy color glaze, and carved leafy design outside top area. The condition is good, no damages.

Pair Italian made gilded wall Bracket/Shelf, 13" high, 10" wide-top, 6 1/2" deep-top, with broad Palm leaf design, tall and thin shelf. The condition is good.

Heavily carved and large wood broad Palm Leaf and Gold trimmed Wall Bracket or Shelf for display object, 16 1/2" high, 16 3/4" wide and 8 1/2" deep-shaped top, I have another bracket is available to make a pair, please inquire. The condition is good, some scratches in wood.

Federal period Gilded on Wood Pier Mirror or Looking Glass, 53" high-top crown, 27" wide-top maximum, 24" wide-side, with thin mercury darkened original mirrored finish plate, except upper mirror plate maybe replaced long time ago, relief decoration of Eagle in the center on top between gold balls attached hanging from the top, and original wooden backing boards in the back. There are some missing gilt specially lower center area and some missing gesso gilt area, all original condition except upper glass section.

Pair French 18th century Louise XV pier mirror, gilt and patinated Polychrome pale green painted on wood, 40" high, 15" wide, 1 1/2" deep, with carved low relief gold fluted decorated frame on top. Mirror plate is one(1) piece with blackened spots(picture shows horizontal line near the bottom area which is reflection of the room background), and backing is original wooden boards with square steel nails. There are some gesso chips off from the original finish. The condition of the both mirrors are about the same, no restoration was done.

Chinese carved Hardwood Display Stand, 2 5/8" diameter-inside top rim, 3 7/8" side-widest part, 1 1/4" high, nicely carved, no damages.

Chinese carved Hardwood Display Stand, 2 1/8" diameter-inside top rim, 3 1/4"-widest width, 1" high-with small feet, the condition is good. Two(2) more stands are available, please inquire.

Chinese small carved Hardwood Display Stand, made in "Hong Kong", 1 7/8" diameter-inside top rim, 3" wide-widest width, 1" high with small feet, the condition is good.

Japanese Pottery Gray and White Tea Bowl, 5" diameter-top rim, 2 3/4" high, with impressed mark on the bottom, 2" long glaze hairline on the side of the bowl.

Chinese carved Ivory Ram's Head clasp, consisting of Ram's Head and oval ring, 2 long 7/8" wide, 3/8" deep-Ram's Head, and 7/8" x 5/8" wide, 1/8" thick-oval ring, made in "Hong Kong" label, imported to US prior to 1980. The oval ring goes over the Ram's Head to close the necklace, connect with string to other side of Ram's head, there are two(2) holes to connect together and string the oval ring next to beads of your choice. The condition is good.

Four(4) pieces of Chinese Black glazed Pottery Artifacts, Song Dynasty, 13th to 14th century, taller vase-2 7/8" high, smaller jar-1 5/8" high, dish-3 1/8" diameter, 1" high, bead-2" long, 7/8" wide. Very small frits on taller vase, no other damages.

Chinese Song Dynasty black glazed Pottery Jar, 13th to 14th century, 3 1/2" high, 5" wide-widest part in the middle, 2 7/8" diameter-top rim, with dark brownish black glaze. The unglazed bottom section is rounded and smooth and has incised small marks and drawings-see photos. there are few frits on the bottom.

Japanese Keyaki wood with beautiful bold grain two(2) section Tansu with movable Brass Turtle and Eagle decoration on Black Iron Round Back Plate with Brass rim, heavy weight, Meiji period, 1890-1900, 46" high, 48" wide, 17 1/2" deep with two(2) graduated long drawers in upper section above one(1) shorter drawer next to two(2) small secret drawers inside the heavy black iron mounted blind door on the bottom right side. The secondary wood is Cedar and Cypress mixed on the side and inside the drawers. All the black iron lock plates are decorated with Brass Turtle and black iron Eagles with Brass beak, Brass Turtles are swing around to cover the key holes. All the handles and corners are also black iron. Some of the black iron corners on the bottom area shows sign of old age, small pieces are broken off, couple small dents and old age wood separations are on the top, otherwise the condition is good.

Japanese carved Bone standing Okimono on black carved wooden stand, all one piece, Ca. 1930, 5" high, condition is good, no damages.

Tibetan Himalayan low grade large Hard Silver Belt Buckle, Ca. 1930's, 11 1/2" wide, 3 3/4" high, 1 3/4" deep, slightly curved to fit the shape of the front part of the waist, and high relief deep hand hammered and impressed design of double goats in the center with three(3) inlaid turquoise stones, large loose ring is attached on the bottom and two(2) hooks are located on the back inside. The condition is good, no damages.

Chinese Beautiful Cobalt Blue Monochrome Porcelain Chrysanthemum Flower bud shape Water Coup or Brush Washer for Scholar, Ca late Qianlong or Early Jiaqing, 1786-1822(old paper sticker inside the coupe), just opening up to a beautiful full bloom Chrysanthemum flower, very finely carved flower petals lined up from the bottom to the top, top rim is like teeth, end of pedal tip-1 1/4" diameter, 2 1/8" high, 2 1/2" wide-widest part in the middle, just opening up to a full bloom. The quality is nice and very well carved. The bottom area worn out. One(1) tiny kiln mark smaller than 1/16" wide. The condition is good, no damages.

Two(2) Chinese Hardwood Display Stand, round brown and nice open work stand, 2 7/8" diameter-inner top rim, 4 1/2" wide-widest middle area, 1 5/8" high, the condition is good.

Chinese Hardwood round brown color Display Stand, 2 1/2" diameter-inside top rim-your object must be smaller than 2 1/2" diameter, 4" wide-widest area, 1 5/8" high, made in "Hong Kong" . The condition is good. I have one more same size stand, will make as a pair, please inquire.