All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1427284 (stock #LS202009)
Ancient Artifacts
$30,000.00
Sale Pending
This outstanding Olmec jade standing figure is 5 3/4" long. The jade is high quality and opaque. There is no restoration or repair. Very rare and beautiful. It has excellent provenance and comes with a COA from Bill Breckinridge. There are many modern fakes on the market of Olmec standing figures. If it does not come with a COA from a reputable authenticator and is low priced, it is most likely fake. The last picture is for size reference only. This sale is only for the one piece pictured...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Metalwork : Pre 1900 item #1427211 (stock #460)
A small bronze figure of a rat. Qianlong period ( 1736 - 1795 ) L : 9,4 cm...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1900 item #1427193
An antique Japanese Choba Tansu (merchant chest) made of a rare Keyaki root burl (Zelkova Tamo), Kirinoki (Paulownia), and Suginoki (Cryptomeria) woods. All original hardware including Gumbai drawer pulls and sliding door handles featuring a gold inlay flying dragon amongst the sea and clouds. Multiple merchant drawers are hidden behind the sliding doors with an open space storage area where merchant books and records were stored...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Jewelry : Pre 1837 VR item #1427163
Antique 19th century Berlin Iron necklace with a Berlin Iron heart and cross. Berlin Iron jewelry is highly prized for its intricate work and rarity. During the Napoleonic Wars wealthy Germans gave their precious jewels for the war effort and substituted them with iron jewelry. Some of the pieces were inscribed, "Gold gab ich fur Eisen"; meaning "I gave gold for iron". Today these pieces are as desirable as in the early 1800's...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Jewelry : Pre 1837 VR item #1427159
This romantic amethyst 18k necklace has a smooth and sultry snake chain that feels as good as it looks. The glittering large five amethysts fall symmetrically about the chain and always fall perfectly on the neck, with the central largest amethyst positioned exactly at the center. The clasp is hidden in the chain and remarkably easy to attach as it slides right in and holds firmly and securely. The necklace can easily be clasped by the wearer...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Metalwork : Pre 1492 item #1427070 (stock #1-1208)
A delicately cast miniature statue of a Buddhist monk, standing on a circular base, holding his robe with both hands. Gilt bronze. China, Tang Dynasty period. Height: 66 mm. The statue is nicely mounted on a custom plexi stand. Very good condition.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #1427029
Diameter approximately 16.5 cm. There are some hairlines.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #1427028
Diameter approximately 17 cm. There is a hairline at the bowl. There are some hairline at the cover. There is a soft chip at the cover. More pictures are available.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Textiles : Pre 1700 item #1427023 (stock #CMZ15W11)
Beautiful Chinese fragment of a dragon robe, Kangxi period, Qing dynasty. Decorated with 3 five-clawed dragons. A front faced dragon located at the chest area while the other two dragons holding fire pearl looking upward and flying above the sea waves. The last enlargement illustrates the relevant piece at its original appearance. P.S. in 2012 or 2013, a similar fragment with only the lower half part sold at USD 11,000. Dimensions: 130 x 62cm...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1900 item #1427022
Meiji period (1868-1912) Antique Japanese Pink Raku Ware Tea Bowl Chawan with Poetry. The bowl bears Ryosen mark which can be attributed to Ryōsen-ji Buddhist temple in the city of Shimoda, Japan...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #1427019
Diameter approximately 13.5 cm. There is a hair line at the cover, only 1 cm. There are 2 soft chips at the covers. More pictures are available. In good condition.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1426958
Diameter approximately 38 cm. In good condition.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1426957
Diameter approximately 38 cm. Some very soft chips at the rim and base. In good condition.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Lacquer : Pre 1700 item #1426914
Antique Chinese large 12-panel Coromandel screen with sweeping scene of palace life. Inside the palace the emperor attends to royal business while he and other noblemen are waited on. To the far left, the empress sits in her pavilion while court ladies attend her and children play in the gardens. Outside the palace walls on the far right, a procession and military exercises are observed by noblemen...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1920 item #1426910
A two section antique Japanese Isho Biraki Tansu (stacked clothes chest with hinged doors) made entirely of Kirinoki (Paulownia) wood. Original bronze hardware and a center Kuwanoki (Mulberry) wood door decorative overlap. Very well constructed with thick wood, straight dovetail joinery and hardened wooden nails. The doors open to four removable kimono trays.

Originally used for kimono and clothes storage, the classic design works well in any home decor...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Stoneware : Pre 1492 item #1426882 (stock #BZ28R087)
A classic Chinese Liao dynasty green glaze pottery flask. Ht. 24cm. Condition: small chips to mouth rim and the top edge, no restore in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platform, please ask before ordering.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Lacquer : Pre 1900 item #1426878
Chinese antique 8-panel Coromandel screen depicting palace scenes of noble men and women. In one pavilion on the far right, a group of courtiers sit at a table and enjoy a game. In the central pavilion, a emperor or high nobleman sits on his throne. Two young servants stand behind him with large fans. Behind them is a large painted screen of mountains. Beautiful ladies dance and pay music for his entertainment. To the far left, the noble wife or empress sits on her throne and is attend...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : Low Countries : Pottery : Pre 1700 item #1426832 (stock #TBD00352)
A Dutch delft tile from between 1625 and 1650 showing a snake’s head flower in the center enclosed in an oval of three blue lines. The single blossom is yellow and brown. The green leaves on a blue stem grow out of a yellow bulb on the ground. The oval with fleur-de-lis on the sides that correspond with the tile edges that are also decorated in blue with scroll work and vegetation (?). 5 inches (12.5 cm) square and slightly less than ½ inch (slightly more than 1 cm) thick. Beveled edge.

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