Height: 16.5 cm (6.8 in)
Width: 7 cm (2.7 in)
Chinese Kangxi Period polychrome porcelain vase; made for the European market; some gilt wear; good condition
This set of cup and saucer show a theme of a lady and a boy.
Very good condition, except for some paint loss.
A classic Chinese Jin dynasty brown glaze meiping vase with string patterns. Ht. 36cm. Condition: minor chips to both mouth and base rims, no restore, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platforms, please ask before ordering.
A Chinese, Jizhou kiln, bowl with an abstract ash-splashed decoration to the interior. Southern Song; C12-13th. The variagated, brown glaze stops above the well-cutt foot, exposing the pale-buff coloured paste.
Diameter, 11 cm.
Provenance: from the deceased estate of a North Yorkshire collector; acquired in China in the first half of the C20th.
Condition: There is an old area of repair to the inner rim; approx 2 cm long...
This antique Tibetan purse would have been used as a costume ornament during festival. It is decorated with silver and bronze fittings and coral and turquoise stones. Passed from generation to generation, and used extensively, this piece shows it age. Such purses would have held precious coins and the occasional flint but would not be considered as a Tibetan "strike a light" because of the lack of the striker plate.
Chinese Blackwood and Natural gray Mottled Marble top round Stool/table, later part of 1800's, 18" high, 13" diameter, interesting design of open carved apron with X cross stretchers are connected to the curved legs and also stretchers in the lower area also strengthen the legs, no nails were used, very solid and heavy piece of stool, can be used as a table, there are some joint separation in the wood.
Antique Japanese small lacquer tebako (accessory box) decorated with a design of wildflowers that wraps around the sides of the box. Gold maki-e lacquer with fine detail and a mist of gold flecks on a black lacquer ground. The entire interior as well as the underside of the box is covered in a dense gold nishiji.
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Dimensions: 1 1/4" H x 2" W x 2 3/4" L
Chinese export dish or flattened bowl, Yongzheng c 1730. Enameled decoration of birds, flowering peony and a garden rock in the Famille rose palette with some accents in gilt. Diameter 8 2/3 " / 22 cm, height 1 1/3 "/ 3.3 cm. Condition: two hairlines and an old repair with rivets (= without any adhesives or other additions).
Height: 17.2 cm (6.9 in)
Width: 10 cm (4 in)
Chinese porcelain ‘bird in bamboo’ vase; fine depiction of birds amongst bamboo and other florals over rocks; inscribed pattern within double borders below rim; a light celadon glaze overall; good condition; email for more pictures
Antique Chinese densely rutilated quartz snuff bottle. Simply oval form with low foot. Subtle flashes of rainbow. Coral lid with bone spoon.
Provenance: Howard Capland Collection
Age: Republic Period (c.1920)
Dimensions: 2 5/8" high x 1 5/8' wide x 1" deep
The great god with mace in front of lesser interceding goddess. UR III, late 3rd millennium BC.
Attractive larger two-coloured white stone, probably a sort of marble.
Size: 26 mm. tall and 14 mm. thick.
Condition: Nice Very fine, completely intact with fine wear.
Provenance: The Karl Müller collection, Germany 1950-1977. Comes with original imprint and COA.
Set of 4 Victorian Classical sterling silver candlesticks. Made by Hawksworth, Eyre & Co. Ltd in Sheffield in 1880. Each: Gadrooned urn socket with detachable bobeche mounted to stepped top of tapering and fluted pillar on raised square base. With one 4-light inset comprising central socket on wax pan to which are mounted 3 scrolled and reeded arms each terminating in same. Central socket has domed cover with vasiform finial. Low relief pendant flowers and garlands with ribbon and paterae...
Rare Large Chinese Tang Dynasty Pottery Ox / Bull (AD 618 - 906)
This rare and unusual pottery model of an ox, or bull, was made during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). It is made from a pale pinkish-coloured pottery that is quite highly-fired, having an almost "metallic" ring to it when tapped...
1900's Chinese Powder Blue Porcelain Scholar Ink Box with Figure Marked
It is 0.98 inches (2.5 cm) tall by 3.1 inches (8 cm) wide. It is 77.8 gram.
It has dark spots, skip glaze, small chips and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).
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An outstanding pair of studio quality candlesticks from the hands of famed ceramicist Clement Massier of free form with fully modeled frogs and snails. The glaze is a complex interplay between faintly iridescent gold and hollandaise yellow. Signed C(lement) M(assier) Golfe Juan AM on underside. Excellent condition.
Dimension: 8 1/4" h
A beautiful Tibetan temple carpet.The center with a beige background features flowers and leaves that bloom in joyful colors throughout the center. The stems of these flowering plants emanate from the abstract mountains at the 4 corners of the central frame. The floral center is framed in a large blue & white keyfret pattern that features 4 large pairs of abstract colorful flowers within the frame. The design is represented in happy colors of pinks, oranges, reds, and blues.
Size: L.164cm...
Interesting stamp seal from the Urartu Kingdom of the bell-shaped type, in translucent Alabaster, very attractive! Seal is carved with a complicated pattern.
Size: 16 mm. tall. and 9 mm...
This extremely rare 6 1/2" angular owl effigy pipe was found by Dr. Allen Heflin in 1958 at the Tzintzuntzan, Michoacan site in Mexico. It is type 3A. The pupil of the right eye is missing. This is truly a fabulous pipe of which only a few exist in private collections.