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Antique Chinese Peking glass vase. Baluster form with a low, rounded foot. Made of layers of rich yellow color glass.

Age: Early 20th century

Dimensions: 9 1/2" high x 5 3/4" wide

Antique Chinese Peking glass vase. Oval form made of white glass with red glass overlay carved with a pair of dragons. The dragons fly over waves of water in a sky with wisps of flame and cloud.
Among Chinese symbols, the dragon represents the most powerful symbol of good fortune, the symbol of cosmic Chi (energy).

Age: early 20th century

Dimensions: 9" high x 5 1/2" wide

Antique Chinese Peking glass bowl in a brilliant yellow color. Foliate form with six sides. Each lobed section is carved with a different type of flower ranging from lotus to narcissus.

Dimensions: 3" high x 7 1/4" wide

Antique Chinese blue and white Peking glass vase. Made with carved blue glass overlay of blossoming lotus and butterflies on a white glass ground. Carved cartouche on the bottom.

Age: Early 20th century

Dimensions: 10" high x 4 1/4" wide

Antique Japanese bronze Buddhist temple lantern. The finial is a flaming jewel and the corners of the roof are hung with bells. A dragon is coiled around the lower portion of the lantern stand. Many areas are decorated with colorful cloisonné clouds, flowers and cranes. Electrified.

Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 25 1/2" high x 13" wide

Large Chinese yellow Peking glass vase. Dramatic baluster form with tall neck and rounded foot. The rim displays how many layers of glass it took to create this vase. The color is a vivid golden/yellow color previously reserved for imperial use.

Age: Mid 20th century

Dimensions: 13 3/4" high x 7" wide

An antique Chinese altar table made of Huanghuali wood with a work surface incorporating a cloisonné insert. Cabriole legs with claw feet each holding a ball leading up to the mitered corners profiling the Fu Dogs. Central carved image on the front and back shows the Fu Dogs. Scrolling vines throughout the apron with an archaic Ching dynasty key fret below which are lotus petals surrounding the table. The Cloisonne surface features the 7 Buddhist symbols among an arabesque design of lotus ...

Antique Chinese pair of recumbent deer. Made of copper and cloisonné of multiple colored enamel. Each deer has a round opening and lid on it's back. They sit with hooves folded under and heads looking back over shoulders. Minor losses.

Age: 19th century

Dimensions: 8 3/4" high x 12" long x 4 1/2" wide (each)

Antique Japanese cloisonné vase decorated with various types of blooming chrysanthemums from a large white variety to purple then small red and yellow flowers. The ground is a deep blue. The interior and bottom are covered in green enamel.

Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 7 1/4" high x 3" wide

Antique Chinese Peking glass snuff bottle. Overlay glass in red, yellow and dark blue on a white glass ground. A bird sits on a branch heavy with fruit. Lovely continual scene, beautifully carved with great detail and depth. Four small cartouches in red glass overlay. The lid is made of quartz and has a bone spoon.

Age: Qing Dynasty

Dimensions: 2 1/4" high x 1 3/4" wide x 1 1/4" deep

Antique Chinese Peking glass snuff bottle. Made of black glass overlaid on a pink glass ground. It is carved with a man on a horse on one side and the other with a scholar's attendant walking with a large blossoming branch slung over his shoulder. Large flowering branches sprout from the ground on either side. The lid is made of rose quartz and the spoon is bone.

Age: Qing Dynasty (turn of the century)

Dimensions: 2 5/8" high x 1 3/8" wide x 7/8" wide

Antique Chinese cloisonne vase. Globular form with long, straight neck. Decorated with designs of phoenix birds and flowers in yellow, green, blue, red and white enamel on a turquoise blue enamel ground. With a cloisonné four-character mark on the bottom.

Age: 19th century

Dimensions: 12 1/2" high x 8 1/4" wide

Antique Japanese small and exceptionally fine cloisonné vase. Four sided shaped body with a flower reserve on each side including irises, wisteria, chrysanthemums, daisies and maple. More fine details on the neck and sides.

Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 6" high x 2 1/8" wide

An antique Japanese 2 section store glass display Tansu made of Kurinoki (Chestnut frame) Kirinoki (Paulownia drawer fronts) and Suginoki (Cryptomeria for the balance of the chest) woods. Most glass panes are original showing their wavy characteristic when viewed at an angle. Original hand forged iron Hikute handles. Constructed using double and single through mortise and tenon Japanese joinery. The interior shelves visually line up with the supports for the panes of glass so as not to distr...

Single section Hinkoki (Japanese Cypress) and Sugi (Cryptomeria) wood merchant glass display tansu. Originally used in a merchant shop to display the stores wares for sale.. Shallow in depth with countertop height. Two shelves are located inside for storage needs with the glass support panes in line with the shelves preventing visual distraction of items being shown. Beautifully finished with natural blond tones. Overall in very good condition.

Age: Meiji period (1868 - 1912) ...

Antique Chinese seated Guanyin made of bronze and beautifully decorated with bright colored enamel. She hold a water jar in her right hand. In her crown sits a small image of Amitabha, her spiritual teacher. Her robes are decorated with raised auspicious objects and swirling clouds. Guanyin is short for Guan Shi Yin which means "Observing the Sounds of the World". As she is the Goddess of Compassion, she is constantly listening for the pleas of those in need.

Age: 19th century

Antique Japanese single section tansu with pair of sliding glass doors. Four uniform drawers sit symmetrically at the bottom of the chest. Overall simple modern design with functional use. Natural finish, over hinoki (Japanese cypress) wood.

Would make for a great low media cabinet.

Age: Meiji Period (1868 - 1912)

Dimensions: 59 1/2" long x 14 1/2" deep x 26 1/2" high

Antique Chinese blue Peking glass water coupe. Small and round in form with a highly raised design of a chimera with the head of a bird. Incised Yongzheng mark on the bottom.

Age: Early 20th century

Dimensions: 2" high x 2 1/2" wide

Beautiful blue colored Chinese cloisonné tripod censor decorated with motifs of lotus, clouds, scrolling vines, chrysanthemums, with a gilt bronze fu dog on the top cover, stylized cloud handles on sides, gold gilt over bronze. Old collectors mark inside lid.

Age: 18/19th century.

Size: 9.75"H 9.25"D

Lovely pair of Chinese jade and agate peony floral arrangements, flowers in various colors of pink, yellow, orange and cream with dark green leaves of jade, cloisonné planter base with scholar motif design. Good condition.

Republic Period

23"H x 18" Diameter for each

Lovely mustard yellow body and black peking glass container with Shou symbol of good fortune and happiness and five bats encircling the edge of the lid. Well carved and with Chinese reign mark on the base's incised bottom.

Age: Late Republic Period Size: 4.5" Diameter, 2" High

A round thick glass top sitting atop a space grade aluminum kinetic table frame. Infinitely adjustable via a electric motor, this design allows the user to raise or lower the height of the table by a simple press of the foot. Incredible patented design also the glass to float and yet be 100% balance and stable at all times. The Unidirectional wheels (seen on the bottom) allows small adjustments to be made easlily. Weather you like a taller raised table or wish to lower to a low coffee table ...

Chinese cloisonné and bronze figure of a standing cockerel. Flourishes of elaborate plumage are decorated with scrolling vines and tiny circles of colorful enamel on a turquoise blue ground. The feet of the rooster are connected to the lid of an oval shaped box which is decorated to match the cloisonné on the body of the rooster.

Age: Circa 1900.

Dimensions: 9" high x 6 1/2" long x 4" wide

Antique Chinese cloisonne incenser in the form of a standing duck. Vermillion tones with white, yellow and black feather details. well models with detailed lift of lid (seen on back of duck). Lid has a floral pattern with wild vines finding the correct shape. Incense flows from in side the body chamber and through the florida open lid.

Ducks are knows as winged diving birds as are regarded as a symbol of conjugal affection and fidelity.

Early 19th Century

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Asian neolithic pottery, bulbous top with a top flange over a trumpet base, soft weathered red designs of swirling patterns on the upper areras and a spade design on lower area, shows patina marks and ware, a dramatic piece.

East Bay Collector
Dates Approximately 1500BC
Size H 11 1/2" x W 9 1/2"

Antique pink peking glass scalloped edge cup, with molded inset base. Flared out rim Attractive color. Size: 2.5" H x 5" Diameter. Good condition. Republic Period.

Chinese Yellow Peking Glass Bowl, embossed with a floral motif. Cylindrical lip over a bowl shape body over a recessed foot. Imperial Yellow. Dates from early 20th century.

Collection of Ming Gallery
Dates c1920
Size H 1.5" W 3"

Imperial peking glass snuff bottle, beautifully formed with recessed foot.

Provenance Howard Capland "Jade Collector"
Dates from 19th century
Size H 2 3/4" x W 1 3/4" x 1"

Unusual Japanese Cloisonne Vase, combined with decorative scrolling bronze vine panels with enamels overlay, the cloisonne panels have delicate floral designs.

Provenance McIntrye Collection
Dates from Meiji age c1920
Size H 7.5"

Antique Chinese large cloisonne censer. Standing on 3 legs, the round body of the censor has two large wing like handles, a tall neck, and is topped with a domed lid. 4 pierced characters around the lid allow for incense smoke and a seated fu-dog acts as a finial and lid handle. Everything but the fu-dog finial and parts of the side handles is covered with cloisonné enamel. The most dramatic portion of the design is the large fu-dogs amidst exuberant peony blossoms. The bottom of the cen...

Antique Japanese large cloisonne vase decorated with a blossoming white hydrangea. Detailed flower petals with pale blue gradated centers and large leaves are rendered with great naturalism and contrast dramatically with a very smooth rose/taupe background. A band just below the mouth of the vase is decorated with a tiny, subtle leaf motif. Silver wire used throughout.

Meiji period (1868-1912)
Dimensions: 14 1/2" high

Antique Chinese snuff bottle made of mottled yellow glass. Squarish body with rounded shoulders and thin carved oval shaped foot. Green Agate stopper with crazed surface.

Provanonce: The Caplin Collection

Republic Period (early 20th century)

Dimensions: 2" (total height)

A celadon colored Chinese Peking Glass wine cup. It is molded glass, cut/grinded with a short carved foot. Chinese glass was largely used to imitate more precious materials such as white jade, lapis lazuli and other valuable minerals.

Republic Period (early 1900's)

Dimensions: 2 1/2" high x 3 1/4" diameter

A lustrous monochromatic powder blue Peking Glass bowl with a carved short foot. Chinese Overlay Carved Glass, also known as Peking Glass (Tao Liao Ping in Chinese), is a traditional form of art that starts with a one-color glass base, dipped into contrasting colored glass one layer at a time. The artist then carves away portions of the overlaid glass to reveal layers of other colors underneath, following certain designs. It is a lengthy and tedious process that is time consuming and labor inte...

An antique aubergine Peking Glass wine cup. It is molded glass, cut/grinded with a short carved foot. Chinese glass was largely used to imitate more precious materials such as white jade, Lapis Lazuli and other valuable minerals.

An antique luminous white Chinese Peking Glass wine cup. It is molded glass, cut/grinded with a short carved foot. Chinese glass was largely used to imitate more precious materials such as white jade, lapis lazuli and other valuable minerals.

Date: early 1900's

Dimensions: 3.5" diameter X 2.75" high