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All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Contemporary item #1490131
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A Chinese scroll painting of a dramatic scholar's rock surrounded by mist by the artist Li Yong (b. 1966). Painted in ink on paper. Large painting with signature and two seals. Age: Dated 2014

Dimensions: Size of scroll: 72" high x 39" wide (42 1/2" including rollers). Size of art: 37 1/2" high x 37 1/2" wide
All Items : Vintage Arts : Furnishings : Furniture : Pre 1960 item #1490547
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A set of 6 mid century modern (MCM) double cane back dining chairs with overstuffed seats. Made by Rachid Ismael Assan through his company Fabrica de Moveis Brasil. The beautiful carved side supports for the seats combined with the perfectly arched backs to these very comfortable chairs will elevate any dining experience.

Age: Mid Century

Dimensions each: 17" Wide by 37 1/2" High by 19 1/2" Deep
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1960 item #1490548
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A bronze peacock figure with fine incised detail to the feathers with rich enamel colors providing visual allure. Beautiful casting provides for its heavy weight.

Age: Mid Century

Dimensions: 22" Long by 20" High by 8" Wide
All Items : Vintage Arts : Furnishings : Furniture : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1980 item #1490590
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A vintage Chinese coffer altar cabinet in the Ming style made entirely of Huanghuali wood including the back and the interior shelves. All original brass square plate and loop handles with a pair of double hinged doors and 3 side by side drawers above. With classic spandrels and apron for the feet. The maker spared no expense using the finest quality materials and joinery craftsmanship in producing this piece.

Age: 1970-1980

Dimensions: 82" Wide by 35 1/2" High by 20 1/4" Deep
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Ceramics : Pre 1900 item #1480594
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Antique Korean porcelain moon vase (dalhangari). Round form with wide mouth and narrow foot. White glaze with drips.
Korean white porcelain was prized by members of the royal court during the Joseon Period. Special kilns were established by the court to exclusively produced these beautiful white porcelain vessels.

Age: 19th century

Dimensions: 14" high x 15 1/2" wide
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1405196
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A rare pair of original Japanese six panel screens depicting the four seasons of Ginza. The panels are painted in the traditional Kano school. Using exceptional technique, the images are hand painted with natural rimpa paint and ink and gold leaf ground on gofun paper. The six panels depict the seasonal landscape of a Ginza garden. Excellent overall condition.

Date: Edo Period (Early 19th Century)

Dimensions:41 1/2” high X 110 1/2” wide (Each screen)
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1800 item #1405168
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A truly stunning Japanese six panel screen hand painted with raised rimpa paint on gold ground leaf gofun paper. The subject matter is a view of a natural overgrowth of hollyhock, sweat peas, and morning glories cascading and creeping over the bamboo fence.

The Hollyhock flower in Japan represents is fertility and fruitfulness. During the end of its life cycle when the leaves and stem begins to droop, the hollyhock produces a round disk that encompasses many different seeds so th...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1405189
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An unusual Japanese six panel screen of Ducks, Egrets, and Pheasants. Painted with rimpa paint on an unique mix of gold and silver leaf gofun paper, which gives the screen an incredible look and balance of cold and warm tones, depending on lighting. The painting composition shows influences of natural history and the importance of empty space.

Date: Meiji Period (early 19th Century)

Dimensions: 67” high X 147 1/2” wide
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1900 item #885832
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Japanese antique Funa Tansu (merchant's safe), all made of very heavy quarter sawn Keyaki (Zelkova) wood. The door opens to 3 interior drawers also with Keyaki wood fronts (interior of each drawer made with Kirinoki (Paulownia) wood, wooden bracing on the bottom, heavy iron hardware including double locks on the outer doors and each of the three interior drawers has a large lock as well, two handles on top of safe, 2 iron reinforced holes at the bottom of each side to allow the safe to be...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : India : Pre 1492 item #1407735
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A rare Jain Indian sandstone Stele with carved image of the 11 Jain disciples from the Gujarat or Rajasthan regions. Seated figures of Jain teachers are always sculpted with hands folded in meditation. Thie central Mahavira Swami has an auspicious diamond-shaped mark on his chest. The Swami is seated on a lotus with a halo above his head. Underneath the Swami are two mythological lions. Provenance: Purchased from Spink Brothers, London by Handley Estate.

Date: 11th-12th C

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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1405177
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An antique Japanese 4-panel screen painting. Each of the flowers shown has a meaning known as the Language of Flowers, depicting Love, Loyalty and Family. Painted with mineral pigments and raised gofun on gold leafed paper.

Date: Taisho Period

Dimensions: 67 1/2” high X 96” wide
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Hardstones : Pre 1900 item #1392872
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Exceptional thinly carved pair of Nephrite jade of opaque and translucent chromophore composed of a dark green and mottled matrix indicative of spinach jade. The Gu shaped vase is a rectangular form (viewed from the top) with its splaying profile delineated on all terminating four corners with a flaring trumpet neck and mouth opening. The central polygon body contours down to a flared base fitted on a carved wooden stand.

Provenance: Estate of Reynold Tom of Oakland, California.

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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Lacquer : Pre 1900 item #1405366
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A Japanese gold lacquer Inro with five compartments. A relief of a pair of silver horses dominates the landscape scene of a seaside village with drying racks of fish and pines and clouds in the background. The horses are galloping over a creek with foliage. The reverse side shows a lone horse under a fruit tree and thatched cottage. The inside compartments are covered with dense nashiji lacquer (fine gold flecks). The cord has an agate ojime. Inro (seal basket) are small decorative containers ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #1457406
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Antique Chinese pair of porcelain cups finely painted with detailed scenes of rural landscapes. A fishing village and people near the water's edge with birds flying overhead. All delicately painted with great detail. 6-character Yongzheng (1723-1735) mark on the bottom. Provenance: Prominent Marin County Collection

Dimensions: 1 1/2" high x 3" wide
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Metalwork : Pre 1920 item #1457714
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Antique Japanese Art Deco bronze and silver figure of a parrot sitting on a holly branch. Elegant simplified lines and form with swooping tail and copper color eyes. In two sections. Signed by the artist, Tanshо̄ Inoue. He was famous for his Art Deco bronze work during the Taisho Period and a member of Tokyo Chukinkai (Tokyo Cast Bronze Craftman's Association).

探勝作 Tanshо̄ saku "Made by Tanshо̄"

Age: Taisho Period (1912-1926)

Dimensions: 15 3/4" hi...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Middle Eastern : Pre 1900 item #1395068
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Antique Caucasian Azeri runner rug, hand-woven all wool in repeating Shirvan motifs in navy blue and rust colors.

late 19th century

Dimensions: 4' 7" x 16' 8"
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Sculpture : Pre 1900 item #1464067
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Antique Japanese tall Kasuga-dōrō 春日灯籠 stone lantern. Carved of granite with beautiful lichen and age. The large gem-shaped finial (Hōju/hōshu 宝珠) sits on a lotus Ukebana (請花) atop a hexagonal umbrella (Kasa 笠) roof with upward curling corners. The central light box (Hibukuro 火袋) is carved with openwork lattice windows, an opening in the front and one in the back. Highly raised fu-dogs, flowers and birds decorate the fire box platform (Chūdai 中台) as well as the...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Furniture : Pre 1920 item #1331567
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Beautiful Chinese hardwood altar table in black lacquer finish, with highly intricate and ornate gilt lacquer designs all over. The front and back are carved to look like coins held together by ropes. The very top has three hand painted panels depicting gorgeously detailed ocean landscape scenes. The end panels are painted with peonies in gilt lacquer. Feet are carved with spirals. Early 19th Century Size:34" H x 49.5" L x 16" D
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1900 item #1399871
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Antique Japanese choba tansu made of solid quartered sawn keyaki (zalkova) wood with burl wood front. The upper portion of the tansu has a large full-width drawer and another full-width drawer on the bottom. The right hand side has three small exterior drawers. The middle section has sliding panels with unusually fine vertical slats. The interior has 3 small drawers in a vertical row. All original lacquer finish and iron hardware including square drawer pulls and elaborately cut out lock pl...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Contemporary item #1481689
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A Chinese scroll painting of a dramatic scholar's rock surrounded by mist by the artist Li Yong (b. 1966). Painted in ink and light colors on paper. Large painting with signature and seal in the center of one of the rock's openings.

Dimensions: Size of scroll: 87" high x 38" wide. Size of art: 47 1/2" high x 36 3/4" wide
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Hardstones : Pre 1920 item #1191012
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Chinese jade carved container in the style of archaic bronzes, with fitted lid, square form with flanged handles on either side, carved all over with archaic motifs, a total of ten pierced carved handles in the form of lions heads each with a freely carved ring in it's mouth, beautiful translucent green jade with pale green and white striations, Republic Period. Size including wooden stand: 9 1/4" high x 5 1/2" wide x 3 1/2" deep.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Lacquer : Pre 1900 item #1160510
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An antique six panel Chinese coromandel screen with motif of birds and flowers inlaid with mother of pearl and semi precious stones. This style of screen emerged during the Ming dynasty in China and has been favored in Europe for centuries. Each element of detail has been masterfully rendered. The lacquer is in wonderful original condition showing a lusterious rich finish.

Age: Early 19th century

Dimensions: Height: 68" Width: 90"
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Textiles : Pre 1900 item #1240156
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$10,000.00
Beautiful antique Chinese robe in deep blue silk with light blue lining, decorated in various pink and blue thread butterflies, fruit, and flowers with forbidden stitching. The sleeves rolled reveals beautiful forbidden stitch flowers and butterflies with golden accents and are bordered by deep blue flowers. Size: 45.75" top to bottom, 67.5" across shoulder
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Metalwork : Pre 1800 item #1249817
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Antique Chinese bronze Ding on three feet. Formed with sloping lines and dramatic spikes, Ming Period jade finial in the form of a seated dog. The bronze has a large Xuande mark on the bottom.

Spurious mark made in the 18th Century

Total size with stand: 16 1/2" high (15" high bronze only) x 8" wide diameter (9" wide including spikes)
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1920 item #1373499
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$10,000.00
Historically, fusuma were often painted with scenes from nature such as mountains, forests, or animals. The traditional scale of the door is 5'7". The Hinoki wood panels are painted with Rimpa paint and flecks of gold, creating a mist. The floral composition is with camellia, cherry blossom, hollyhock, and chrysanthemums.

The camellia flowers symbolize young sons and daughter. Tsubaki (camellia) symbolizes the divine, faithfulness and longevity. The next flower is the cherry blossom,...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1980 item #1388970
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Large Original Japanese framed print by Toko Shinoda (born 1913), entitled "Reminiscence". Color lithograph with sumi-e ink brushwork in black, light blue and gold ink. Signed in pencil and numbered "ED 30AP 7/10". Floated in frame under UV acrylic.

36 1/2" high x 46 3/4" wide x 2" deep framed. Artwork: 28 3/4" high x 39 1/2" wide
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #1401869
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Chinese large porcelain vase with light blue jun ware underglaze. The body is pear shaped and slightly lobed, with dramatically fluted neck and rim, and short foot.

The Jun glaze is a complex blue glaze which was developed in Henan province during the the Northern Song and Jin dynasties, occasionally with red streaks. Jun wares have their name after Jun zhou from where it originated. The old kiln site is located in the present Yuzhou City (Yu county) of the Henan province, which was ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Central Asian : Metalwork : Pre 1800 item #1408656
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$10,000.00
An antique Nepalo-Tibetan White Tara cast in bronze with gold gilt and a ruby stone mounted on the crown. White Tara is seen as a protective deity. This is a fragment to a large shrine which included a Green Tara, central Buddha and White Tara.

Date: 18th C

Dimensions: 8.75"
All Items : New Century : Sculpture : Contemporary item #1414955
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A modern sculpture from one solid piece is Acacia wood entitled "Whimsical Dancing Ballet of Ribbons." It is a free form standing object of art with its foot stem mounted in a custom made iron stand. Originating from Southeast Asia, this beautiful statue was made in Thailand.

Age: Contemporary

Dimensions: 82 1/4" High x 70 1/2" Wide x 35" Deep
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Paintings : Pre 1930 item #1488564
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$9,975.00
Antique Chinese scroll painting of a mountain landscape. Rolling hills spotted with trees. A scholarly figure looks out from his hut. A stream flows down the hillside and under a small bridge. All around is a lush growth of various types of plants and trees. A painting with seal of Zhang Daqian (1899–1983) inspired by a landscape painting by Kun Can (1612–1674). Age early 20th century.

Dimensions: Scroll size: 90" high x 21 1/2" wide (25" wide including rollers). Artwork: 3...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Sculpture : Pre 1900 item #1464066
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$9,875.00
Antique Japanese tall stone ishidourou. Made with an elegantly simplified rounded form in 6 sections. Carved of granite with natural form base. The tall domed umbrella section (Kasa 笠) covers a squat and rounded light box (Hibukuro 火袋) which is carved with a sun shaped opening in the front through to a crescent moon shaped opening I the back.

Age: Meiji/Taisho (circa 1900's-1920's)

Dimensions: 66" high x 34" wide x 26" wide (base)
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1900 item #1467234
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$9,750.00
Antique Japanese kaidan (step tansu). Made in two stacking sections and consisting of 7 steps with storage on one side. The top section has two drawers, a small compartment with a drop-in door on the very top and a compartment opened by sliding panels with vertical slats. The lower section has two drawers and a large compartment opened by sliding panels also with vertical slats. Made of sugi (cryptomeria) wood with reddish lacquer finish on the front. The steps have a natural finish. Hardw...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Sculpture : Pre 1900 item #1102875
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$9,600.00
Large and beautiful Burmese dry lacquer seated buddha, black lacquer with gold gilt, decorated all over with inlaid mirrors and colored glass, compassionate expression.

A mudra in Buddhist statues is a gesture and body posture holding special meaning and commemorating a few of the important moments in the Buddha’s life. One of the most common and popular mudra found depicted in Buddha statues is the Bhumisparsha, translated as the "touching earth gesture". The gesture represent the ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #1203911
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A mille fleur porcelain dish decorated with various types of flora. Extreme care and detail is given to each flower and fruit painted on the dish. The dish contains an inscription on the bottom reading: Jiaqing Nianxing. Age: Late 19th century. Size: height 2.5" diameter 9.3"
All Items : Artists : Contemporary item #1217585
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$9,500.00
Japanese 20th century print of the Treasure Ship on the River of Our Mind 32/50 by Mayumi Oda. Mayumi Oda is a contemporary artist who studied fine art and traditional fabric dying at the Tokyo University of Fine Arts. She is known by many as the Matisse of Japan. A young maiden, playing a stringed instrument, rides on a dragon shaped ship loaded with treasures. The ship floats along orange waves. The print has red and orange pigment with golden clouds and other gold accents. Signed an...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Paintings : Pre 1920 item #1218817
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$9,500.00
A refined Chinese framed landscape painting showing a view during the evening. The tradition began during the Song Dynasty with literati landscapes. In the succeeding centuries, different artists produced these landscapes echoing poems by Li Bai or Guqin tunes. The landscape painting was done by an artist named, Tzuyue. Age: 20th century Size: length 26.6" height: 22.75"