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Description: A rare sandstone sculpture of Luohan of The Five Dynasty was reserved perfectly before excavation. Some original paint left on the surface can be seen obviously...
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Description: A gilt-bronze Buddha figure was casted in 10th-12th century at northern China. Small but delicately carved with good quality bronze , this item has dark shining patina which yields the enduring age. The typical facial expression of Liao Dynasty further makes us to believe the date is for sure. The last picture shown is a grand piece from Shang-hai Museum of China.
Condition: Between the robe's pleats, traces of gilt gold is still revealing.
Height: 8cm
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Description: A scholar bronze water basin was in lovely pumpkin shape. Covered with typical old patina on the surface and left pigment between the lobes, the item was kept in very good condition except some minor dents which was not unusual to an old piece.
One later made dip was accompanied with this piece as a perfect match. Date: 18th/19th Century. Width: 5.3cm, Weight: 51gram.
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Description: An elegant round basin was subtly made to imitate the famous Song’s Ge ware. By a decent profile of a round mouth rim and the steep but slightly curved wall, the scholar water basin was applied with light yellowish glaze on the surface. In the glaze which was reflected with retrospective reflection, charming crackles were yielded immensely all over the surface. It was the unique esthetics for treasuring the rare Ge ware of 11th-12th century...
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Description:
A handled bronze censer was in good shape and had preserved with very fine crabshell-green tint on the surface.
By enduring old patina, the metal ware was well proportioned in shallow form and was stand on the slightly everted foot ring.
Clearly defined inscription-Da Ming Xuan De Nien Zhi was cast and carved at the bottom underside. A blurred ink print was at the bottom too. It was undecipherable.
Date: Qing Dynasty, 1644-1911...
A handled bronze censer was in good shape and had preserved with very fine crabshell-green tint on the surface.
By enduring old patina, the metal ware was well proportioned in shallow form and was stand on the slightly everted foot ring.
Clearly defined inscription-Da Ming Xuan De Nien Zhi was cast and carved at the bottom underside. A blurred ink print was at the bottom too. It was undecipherable.
Date: Qing Dynasty, 1644-1911...
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Description: A decent bronze censer was cast in a simple form and by a great size of 15.2 in width(between loops) and 14.7cm in height. In a perfect condition, the bronze censer was inscribed with a date inscription of Da Ming Shuan De Nien Zhi(MADE IN SHUAN DE PERIOD OF GREAT MING DYNASTY) at the bottom...
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Description: A beautiful scene describes a pair of fowls playing in a garden amid flowers and weeds. With flouring brush strokes, this blue and white porcelain plate reveals the true spirits of traditional Chinese paintings.
Date: Early Qing Dynasty (18th Century)
Material: Porcelain
Width: 10.4cm
Condition: perfect except one minute chip on the rim.
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Description: An ancient stone piece was depicted finely as a Bodhisattva head. Obviously came from a standing or sitting torso, the head was broken off by natural cause or due to the religious chaos in the ancient time. It was carved from the sandstone which in beige color-- a typical stone material usually found in northwest China...
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Description:
A soapstone Lohan was in sitting posture.
Holding in the left hand with a rosary, the fairy saint hold a Ruyi in his right hand.
Smiling and in amiable mood, the stone figure was well depicted and was in warm yellowish tint due to enduring old age.
Date: Qing Dynasty, 18th/19th Century.
Height:7.3cm, Width:7.3cm, Depth: 5.8cm. Weight: 270gram.
Condition: very good except one defect at the mouth of the bag...
A soapstone Lohan was in sitting posture.
Holding in the left hand with a rosary, the fairy saint hold a Ruyi in his right hand.
Smiling and in amiable mood, the stone figure was well depicted and was in warm yellowish tint due to enduring old age.
Date: Qing Dynasty, 18th/19th Century.
Height:7.3cm, Width:7.3cm, Depth: 5.8cm. Weight: 270gram.
Condition: very good except one defect at the mouth of the bag...
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Description: A Fine Yue bowl was intriguingly mold in the center with a sculpted animal. By good metaphor of prosperity of a pig or a pigsty for riching the family, the bowl was a characteristic type of the Jin periods. It was well applied with charming greenish glaze when grayish and foggy incursions were happened to some portions of the surface. The bottom was revealed with the grayish body clay...
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Description:
A Blanc De Chin piece was well mold and carved to depict a boy sitting on an ox with flute.
It was well preserved with only one minute defect on tip of the ox's right horn.
Date: Late Qing to early Republic, 19th/20th Centuries.
Height: 10.8cm,
A CUSTOM-MADE COTTON BOX IS INCLUDED.
A Blanc De Chin piece was well mold and carved to depict a boy sitting on an ox with flute.
It was well preserved with only one minute defect on tip of the ox's right horn.
Date: Late Qing to early Republic, 19th/20th Centuries.
Height: 10.8cm,
A CUSTOM-MADE COTTON BOX IS INCLUDED.
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Description: A rare bronze figure of a bear was in a cute squatting position. By unique image, the bronze figure was probably served as one of the legs of an archaic bronze vessel when hollowed bolt was found on the reversed side. Spread all over the surface with charming verdigris and the darken red patina which was caused by long time of oxidization, the figurine was authenticated as an archaic piece from ancient time for sure...
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Description:
A Qingbai ewer was well mold in decent look.
In rice-white tint of the glaze from which infiltration of incursion was observed, the ewer was applied with arched handle and two loops.
Whitish body clay was revealed at the bottom when darken firing tint was yielded along the rim.
Minute incursions were happened to the mouth rims.
It was rarely found a Qingbai ewer with a melon-shaped body.
Date: Southern Song/Yuan periods, 12th,13th century...
A Qingbai ewer was well mold in decent look.
In rice-white tint of the glaze from which infiltration of incursion was observed, the ewer was applied with arched handle and two loops.
Whitish body clay was revealed at the bottom when darken firing tint was yielded along the rim.
Minute incursions were happened to the mouth rims.
It was rarely found a Qingbai ewer with a melon-shaped body.
Date: Southern Song/Yuan periods, 12th,13th century...
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Description: A stone inkstone was in a simple and plain form. By a characteristic “Chao-Sou” form which was named after its easy-handle type, or “Lu-Xin”-shoes like form, the inlstone was carved from solid stone and was shaped regularly in a rectangular form. Starting from the wider side, the grinding surface was sloped slowly to the other side and being as an ink pool...
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Description:
A Longquan jarlet was mold with two looped handles nearing to the short neck.
By retrospective celadon tint, the jarlet was yielded on the surface with enduring old crackles in the glaze.
Characteristic firing red was rendered at the body clay underneath.
Being added with a wooden plug, the ancient jarlet can be a fine tea caddy for a practical use.
Date:Yuan Dynasty,13th century.
Height: 7.0cm
A Longquan jarlet was mold with two looped handles nearing to the short neck.
By retrospective celadon tint, the jarlet was yielded on the surface with enduring old crackles in the glaze.
Characteristic firing red was rendered at the body clay underneath.
Being added with a wooden plug, the ancient jarlet can be a fine tea caddy for a practical use.
Date:Yuan Dynasty,13th century.
Height: 7.0cm
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Description:
A Jianyang tea bowl was applied with rarely-seen white slip.
Nicknamed as "Butter Bowl" by local collecters by it's yellowish white tint, the bowl was revealed with black-tinted body clay at the bottom.
It was preserved very well when all the necessary characteristics were owned for authentication.
Not easily seen in the documentation, but some are in the Museum of Fujian Province.
It was really a museum piece especially for collection and study of Jiany...
A Jianyang tea bowl was applied with rarely-seen white slip.
Nicknamed as "Butter Bowl" by local collecters by it's yellowish white tint, the bowl was revealed with black-tinted body clay at the bottom.
It was preserved very well when all the necessary characteristics were owned for authentication.
Not easily seen in the documentation, but some are in the Museum of Fujian Province.
It was really a museum piece especially for collection and study of Jiany...
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Description: A pair of wood figures were depicted as civil official and military official separately. With obvious contrasted facial expression, the military official held a hammer-like weapon when the civil official holding a Hu board ( Hu board was used by an official in a court meeting). Kept in very good condition-only with some decay at the bottom of the base of the military figure, the paired figures were used to be the guardians for a master deity. Now standing in their own way by stout p...