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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #660492 (stock #0113)
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Ca. early 1800s

Glazed overall with a blue-tinged clear glaze with underglaze iron oxide coloring the peach and portions of the monkey. The base is unglazed. Molded with a large opening for brushes and two smaller apertures for holding flower stems. Very good condition, minor wear but no damage or repairs.

Height: 2 3/4 in.; Width: 3 in.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1910 item #606161 (stock #0056)
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Noh drama performer, dated ca. 1900

Underdrawing for a woodblock print or a study for a painting

Ink on mulberry paper portraying an actor wearing a mask, painting details are noted in Kanji and Katakana characters, description of painting is written in Kanji characters on reverse and showing through on front, backed with old mulberry paper, centerfold, good condition

Shita-e: 10 ½ x 15 in.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1920 item #1299003 (stock #0355)
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Ca. early 1900s

This vase is decorated in overglaze enamels over an imperial yellow enamel ground. The base has an apocryphal six-character Kangxi mark in underglaze blue. Two stylized handles glazed in coral enamel decorate the neck. The base and interior are glazed white. The footring is unglazed. It is in good condition. Acquired from the collection of Evangeline Johnson of the Robert Wood Johnson family.

Height: 14 ½ in., Width: 11 in.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #742762 (stock #0162)
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1700s or earlier

This solid porcelain water pot fits comfortably in the hand and its size and heavy weight indicates dual use as a paperweight for the calligrapher’s table. The form is that of a Chinese drum with bosses encircling the perimeter of the top and bottom imitating nail heads. The underglaze blue decoration is hastily painted with floral-like flourishes around the side. The top is painted with four Chinese characters around the central opening for containing water. The piece has seen considerable use as evidenced by a number of small chips, nicks, scratches and general wear, though no serious damage is apparent. The base in unglazed and although the porcelain paste is visible, it is fairly soiled from years of use.

Height: 1 5/8 in.; Diameter: 3 5/8 in.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1700 item #1166175 (stock #0276)
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Ming Dynasty, ca. 1600s

This Tang-style camel is glazed overall in a transparent turquoise and stands on a rectangular base, the bottom of which is unglazed, showing the terracotta clay body. The right ear is mostly missing. The neck has a clean break about midway and has been restuck. There is a glaze flake on the left nostril, and an old glaze chip to the base beneath the left rear foot. There are remnants of burial clay, particularly in the hollow interior of the camel's body.

Height: 3 7/8 in., Length: 3 3/8 in., Width: 1 ½ in. over the saddle

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Glass : Pre 1900 item #619465 (stock #0105)
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Late 1800s

White glass made to imitate jade, good condition.

Diameter: 3 3/8 in. ext., 2 5/8 in. int.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1920 item #686680 (stock #0131)
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Late 1800s / early 1900s

The shape of this lobed dish with three sides was likely inspired by ceramic forms said to be based on the shape of Mount Fuji. The shallow tri-lobed dish is set on a raised foot with its circumference painted in a continuous fretwork pattern in underglaze cobalt blue. In the center of the glazed base is a square seal-form fuku mark. The edge of the flaring rim is enameled brown. A basket of flowers in the standard Kakiemon palette is painted to one side of the interior making a pleasant asymmetric effect against the clear-glazed white porcelain background.

Height: 1 1/8 in.; Width: 6 ½ in.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Hardstones : Pre 1900 item #1173332 (stock #0300)
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1800s

This shallow dish is well-carved translucent green jade with bands of blackish coloring with speckles of gray and white. Two handles carved as butterflies extend from the rim. It is evenly carved inside and out with the base raised on a low footring, also very well-carved. The overall pattern in the jade suggests a landscape or cloud effect. A section of the well was broken and restuck in the past, and is reflected in the price. Except for the break, the condition is good. This dish was originally in the Ira and Nancy Koger collection and was acquire from one of the heirs.

Height: 1 in., Diameter: 6 3/8 in., Width across handles: 8 ½ in.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #1163108 (stock #0269)
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Qianlong mark, but late 1800s

This bowl is very well-painted in overglaze enamels with the nine ripe peaches showing gradations of color from yellowish-green to deep rose-red on each. The peach leaves are enameled in two tones of green. Contrasting with this colorful pallet is the tree trunk which is well-rendered in tones of brownish grey. The bowl is covered overall in a clear glaze that stops evenly at the foot, exposing the fine white porcelain paste on the footring. There is a hairline crack that extends vertically from the lip down the side for about 2.5 inches. There are a number of very tine nicks on the rim, which was originally gilded but most of the gold has now worn off. The interior has a very small glaze pits from the firing. No repairs or restorations.

Diameter: 7 ¾ in., Height: 3 in.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Ceramics : Pre 1700 item #613456 (stock #0083)
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Choson period, 1400s

Rare and large deep bowl with an everted rim set on a fairly tall and slightly tapering foot. On the interior, the deep well descends to a shallow circular depression about 2 ½ in. in diameter. The entire bowl is covered with a clear glaze of bluish-grey cast except for a portion of the footring. A short, uneven portion in the rim is due to a potting flaw that was repaired by the potter before firing as was also a small gouge to the lower foot. Fine white granules remain on the footring from the firing. The condition is good--no cracks or damage from age or use.

Diameter: 7 in.; Height: 4 ¼ in.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #684420 (stock #0124)
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1700s

Jar or bottle vase has a low neck with a flaring mouth and a spherical body supported on a footring. The mouth’s edge is clear glazed, showing the buff-white body. Glazed with a russet-brown rust glaze suffused with silvery-black flecks, that depending on the light, can yield tones from a metallic red-brown to silvery-purple. The footring is unglazed revealing a warm, buff-white porcelain body. Good condition, with no damages. Small flaw in the trimming on the foot is visible on the inside of the footring.

Ceramic articles with glazes imitating other materials and various special effects, such as the well-known tea dust glaze were popular in the 1700s. Rust glaze monochromes fit in this category though perhaps not seen as often as tea dust glaze pieces.

Height: 4 ½ in.; Diameter: 4 3/8 in.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1150714 (stock #0222)
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1700s

An example of “Kenjo” Imari presentation ware, having high quality enamel decoration in reds, green, aubergine and gilding surrounding underglaze cobalt blue. There is a fine, lightly stained crackle to the interior and exterior base. This piece was made for domestic use in Japan and was not intended for export. Overall good condition. Purchased in Kyoto ca. 1974.

Diameter: 7 ¼ in., Height: 3 in.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Lacquer : Pre 1900 item #1263722 (stock #0338)
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Ca. early 1800s

These bowls with matching inset lids are crafted from turn wood, and are lacquered black and red in the folk art tradition. They are intended for everyday use for soup and rice. Each has a kanji character painted in red lacquer on the lid and centers of the base. There is minor lacquer flaking here and there and usual evidence of use, but overall the condition is good. The sizes, though similar, are not exactly the same. Acquired in Kyoto around 1973.

Diameter: 4 5/8 in., Height: 3 3/4 in.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1900 item #605690 (stock #0003)
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Two young women caring for silkworm cocoons

Signed Kunitoshi Ga in a red cartouche with date: 1881 and publisher’s information in yellow cartouche, good impression, excellent color, very light soiling, upper corners thin with remnants of paper attachments, not backed, margins trimmed right and bottom.

Oban tate-e: 9 ½ x 14 in.

All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1960 item #1334845 (stock #0385)
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Ca. 1950s

Original Japanese black lacquer and brocade frame. Postcard size print with borders likely trimmed. Print in good condition, but not examined outside frame.

Print: 3 ¾ in. x 5 ½ in., Frame: 9 in. x 7 ¼ in.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Snuff Bottles : Pre 1900 item #660488 (stock #0112)
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1800s

Large flatten-formed snuff bottle carved from translucent agate having various smoke-like inclusions ranging from dark brown to a light brownish-ochre. The two narrow sides are carved with a stylish mask motif with a pendant handle. A low, shallow carved foot forms the base. The stopper is a large cabochon of aventurine quartz. Few very small chips to the mouth edge from use and wear, otherwise very good condition.

Overall height: 3 ¼ inches; Width: 2 ¼ in.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Ceramics : Pre 1700 item #613458 (stock #0084)
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Choson period, 1400s

A stamped design of repeating flower heads laid out in concentric bands covers the interior. The exterior sides have a similar band between incised lines. The depressions are filled with white slip which is then wiped clean off the surfaced, leaving the white clay in the impressed design. A clear glaze covers the design and most of the body. The footring, base, and a portion of the lower body are unglazed. There are two small chips on the footring probably from firing spurs.

Diameter: 4 ¼ in., Height: 1 ½ in.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1910 item #995373 (stock #0211)
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Guangxu marks, 1875-1908

The exterior of each bowl is decorated with nine butterflies in flight in brilliant funcai enamels. The lower portion of the bowls just above the footring is encircled by a band of lappet panels, and below the rim of each is a Greek key band all in the same enamel palette. The interiors are undecorated, and glazed with the same even, white glaze as the exteriors. The bowls rest on a raised footring. The bases are glazed and marked in overglaze iron-red enamel with six-character Guangxu marks. Both bowls are in excellent condition.

Diameter: 4 7/8 in., Height: 2 ¼ in.