On offer is this exquisite old Chinese bronze Buddha, made in the early 19th century during Qing Dynasty.
Good expression, great details! Most of the original gilt is still conserved.
A real good addition to any Asian collection. Marked on the bottom.
Size: 8 3/4'' height, 2,8 lbs weight.
Gorgeously hand carved out, this antique peking glass has a beautiful egg yolk colored background that is hand polished with deep aubergine, and delicate visible brush strokes, modeling the fine craftmanship. Washer is covered with two stylized bats, a good fortune Shaou design, and Chinese coin design wishing good wealth. Top banding has a ringed chinese key design in aubergine color and base banding shows a ring of lotus petal...
Height approximately 25 cm. Gold splashed & carved. In good condition.
A good Song dynasty longquan celadon large bowl with carved lotus petals motif, rounded side with deep center and glazed base, decorate with carved lotus petals motif at the exterior, covered with good green celadon glaze color, good condition no chip no crack no restoration, good solid high ping sound with finger tip, slightly wrap, size: 21 cm diameter.
A beautiful late 19th C. Chinese cloisonne charger with lion motif in excellent condition. D:38cm
Statue of Buddha sitting on a double lotus throne, his hands in "bhumisparsa mudra". At the center front and back of the throne, a small niche contains a relief representing what seems to be a Green Tara in regal repose posture. Inscription at the bottom of the front of the throne. Bronze with green and reddish patina. Laos, early 18th century, maybe earlier. Height: 6 3/16" (15,7 cm). Very good condition.
Song - Yuan dynasty longquan celadon large bowl with bluish green color, rounded side with deep center and glazed base, decorated with carved flower petals at the exterior, covered with good bluish green glaze color, good condition with glaze line on the rim goes to the other side but when tap there is solid high ping sound with finger indicate no crack line exsist, small area on the exterior has different color tone, size: 21 cm diameter.
Ancient Buddhist book of sutras comprising of two thick lacquered and gilt cardboard covers decorated with 16 Buddhas sitting on a throne with their hands in bhumisparsa mudra posture. The central Buddha is flanked by two smaller buddhas, and at their feet are two small praying monks. The book has 42 X 2 pages (written on two sides) written in black characters. Burma, 19th century. Length: 15 1/2" (39 cm)...
A large Saxon (German) hunting glass with a thistle bowl, beautifully engraved with a castle, a mounted horseman, 4 dogs, and two geese and with a facet cut lower section. The stem is facet cut with a large facet cut stepped angular knop. Folded foot.
Despite what it might seem in the poor photos, the glass is in excellent condition, with no chips, cracks, clouding, or restoration. The height is 8 1/4", with a bowl diameter of 3 1/8" and a foot diameter of 3 5/8".
Chinese Song dynasty longquan celadon dish with twin fish decorations. 20,5cm diameter. Good conditions except chipped on the foot rim (please see on the picture).
This Chavin 23-24K pure gold hammered pendant or nose ornament depicts the Chavin Monster/Dragon swallowing some poor sap whole with his head sticking out of the monster's mouth and blood spurting out of the top of his head. It is paper thin and 1 5/8" in diameter. This grizzly macabre scene is a true masterpiece of pre-Columbian art. It has been verbally authenticated by a forensic laboratory specializing in pre-Columbian gold that uses 10 steps to pass authentication...
Antique Japanese single section tansu with a lacquered keyaki front and top, black lacquered sides and front frame. It has round iron lockplates, decorated with a large kiri leaf, warabite handles, and a side lockbox.
Size: 35" height, 42" width, 16.5" depth
A lovely, thinly potted porcelain dish covered with an smooth, ivory white glaze.
Middle Ming Dynasty, fifteenth century. Jingdezhen ware.
Diameter : 11,7 cm. Condition : Perfect ( nice "ping" tone when tapped )
Lovely archaeological fragment of a Buddha. Tang Dynasty (618-907). The head restuck, remains of soil. H. 16 cm excl. stand and 28,5 cm incl. stand.
16-17th century
Late Ming Dynasty
Khotan jade of grayish white or light celadon
Width: 7.2 cm / 2.83 in, length: 4.6 cm / 1.8 in, depth: 0.7 cm / 0.3 in
Weight: 35.2 g
From a Frida estate, brought to the United States in the 1910s by a couple that had been missionaries in China...
Early 20th century
Art deco period
Natural Baltic amber of opaque egg yolk / butterscotch coloring
Weight: 33.3 g
Number of beads: 35
Length (clasp to clasp): 49.5 cm / 19.5 in
Beads measure from 24 mm by 19 mm (largest) to 11.4 mm by 7.5 mm (smallest)
From a German private collection
Condition: Great antique condition, with no obvious flaws to the beads. Near the thread holes, some beads show small fleabites/chips...
19th / 20th century
Natural untreated jadeite
Length: 9.6 cm, width: 5.3 cm, depth: 0.7 cm
Weight: 101.5 g
From a English private collection
A nicely carved jadeite plaque, featuring all three colors of the jadeite palette: light green, brown, and hints of lavender. Both sides feature a Qing-style landscape of a deer traversing a mountainous landscape. Can be worn as a necklace pendant.
Condition: perfect...
Antique Chinese hardwood table, intricately carved all over with swirling lingzhi mushrooms, beautiful dark hardwood, very heavy and solid, Republic Period.
Size: 33" high x 64 3/4" long x 25 3/4" deep.
16th century
Ming Dynasty
Cast iron (or maybe bronze?) with lacquer and gold
Height: 48.1 cm / 18.9 in
Weight: 19.6 lb / 8.9 kg
From the estate of Sir Cecil Nixon
A huge and tall figure of Ananda, partially gilded and covered with lacquer. One of the ten disciples of the Buddha, Ananda is typically portrayed as a handsome youth with closed eyes, tranquil features, and drooping ears...
Early 19th century
Jiaqing - Daoguang Period, Qing Dynasty
Woven silk
Length: 163.4 cm / 64.3 in, Width: 82 cm / 32.3 in
From the estate of Mrs. Joseph E. (Catherine Abbot) Johnson, of Lynchburg VA. This banner was brought back from a 1917 business trip to China by Mr...
Ca. 1890-1910s
Late Qing Dynasty - Republic period
Bone with ox horn
Seal measures 5 cm by 1.7cm by 1.7 cm
Carrying case measures 8.1 cm by 3 cm by 2 cm
From an Italian private collection
Condition: Staining to the seal, chips long the edge of the carrying case, otherwise excellent. [Please examine all photos carefully, as they are part of the condition report.]
This is very rare Shibori Kimono produced in Akita Asamai area for Edo period.
This is dyed with a natural indigo plant carefully.
As for this, a pattern is Eba-gara. Three carps swim in the water like a brick.
In the Hanada-colored ground, three bold carps and waterweeds with the force are expressed in indigo dyeing Shibori.
This cotton is spun by hand...
Ca.1710-50, early 18th century
Kangxi - Yongzheng Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with high-fired celadon glaze
Height: 33.8 cm / 13.3 in (with lid); 28.6 cm / 11.3 in
From a Palm Beach, FL private collection
A very rare early 18th c Jingdezhen monochrome celadon jar, of a well-proportioned baluster form nearly identical to those seen on Kangxi period blue and whites...
Ca. 1850-1900s, late 19th century
Late Qing Dynasty
Hardwood (possibly huali rosewood), and porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue
Diameter: 40 cm / 15.7 in, height: 40.9 cm / 16 in
Weight: 17.6 lb/ 8 kg
From the estate of Mary McGrory, of Lone Jack MI
A gorgeous and meticulously crafted 19th century stool or tea table, of circular form with curved concave legs. The wood, densely grained and richly hued, is possibly huali rosewood...
19th century or earlier
Genuine natural carnelian / red agate
Weight: 156.3 g
Length (clasp to clasp): 98 cm
Number of beads: 68
Beads measure from 25 mm by 17 mm (largest) to 10 mm by 8 mm
From an English collection
Condition: Excellent antique condition. Many beads exhibit age surface wear, as well as some pitting and chipping (especially along the thread hole). [Please examine all photos carefully, as they are part of the condition report.]
A Very Fine/Rare Small Jewelry Box Inlaid with Mother of Pearl,Tortoise Shell, Shagreen-19th C...
This is a very nice and very old Buddha statue from Lopburi depicted with royal attire such as crown, ear rings, belt , necklace and more. The Buddha is sitting in a position of calling the earth to witness.
This statue was originally found in a property of Lopburi civilian which was buried under earth about 24 inches deep. The overall condition of the statue is very good, just only a few spots of oxidation reaction...
Early - mid 20th century
Genuine natural Baltic amber of semi-translucent cognac coloring
Weight: 143.6 g
Number of beads: 81
Bead diameter: 18 mm (largest) to 13.5 mm (smallest)
Length of necklace (end to end): 118 cm
From a New Jersey estate
A rare find! A magnificent string of 81 large Baltic amber beads of matched coloring, strung together on a real silk chord. Together the beads weigh 143.6 g!
We guarantee this necklace to be of genuine, natural,...
Height approximately 54 cm. Few part broken and have glued especially at the rim, neck, and one of the ear. The other parts perfect.
A Song dynasty longquan celadon blue green dish with rare two different fish motif, rounded side with deep center and glazed base, decorated with two different fish motif and covered with good blue green celadon color, good condition no damage no chip no crack no restoration, size: 13.5 cm diameter.
Chinese carved stand made from huanghuali wood, with carved and pierced bottom edges in a simple, flowing design, with circular central carving in the front and back center, and legs carved to appear as clawed feet. Has a beautiful, shining grain with eye-catching contrast.
Size: 3.25" height, 8" length, 5" width
An underglaze blue with overglaze orange and gilt Chinese export plate with plants flowering out of rocks in the center. On the border the panels of flowering branches alternate with stylized trellises. The edge is brown. The back is plain with an unglazed foot rim. This style of decoration is from the first half of the 18th century. 9 1/8 inch (22.5 cm) diameter.
Condition; no chips, cracks, hairlines or repairs. There is a significant firing flaw above the plants on the left, toward the...
An interesting blue and white hand pained porcelain plate of two scholars(?) greeting each other and a boy carrying a load in front of water with a rising moon in the far distance. There is an elaborate border including scholar’s roles on the side of the well between the rim and the center and at the outside of the rim leaf and flower border. I suspect that there is a very good version of this scene that was the model for this quickly done one that has a kind of folk art charm. Brown painted e...
A underglaze blue hand painted blue and white export plate depicting three sprigs of flowers enclosed in a lobed border with fleur- de-lis and on the outer border a loosely painted fence. The outer edge is painted brown. Given the vague Western references in the decoration the plate is probably after 1750. 8 7/8th inches (22.5 cm) diameter.
Condition: No chips, cracks, hairlines or repairs. Very minor stacking wear. Minor firing flaws.
The influence of Meissen and perhaps other European...
This piece comes with a whole set of superlatives. Quite large size, the lid is still there, excellent condition, excellently potted, excellent Celadon glaze, excellent blue-green resp. sea-green color - the most admired color among Longquan ware.
Song - Yuan Dynasty, Longquan ware.
Outstanding quality !
Diameter : 13,6 cm. H ( with lid ) : 11,7 cm. ( without lid ) : 8,7 cm.
Condition : Perfect.
Large and heavy Chinese antique Bronze Guanyin buddha statue, Qing dynasty, c. 18th century. Really impressing. The Guanyin buddha is sitting on a lotus base, the clothes are so graceful and elegant and the details of the figure are magificent.
Good "Xuande" mark on the back.
Size: 15,1'' height, weight 15 lbs!!
Shipping included
Beautiful bronze flower vase, long and cylindrical. Has a gorgeous boss relief of carp emerging from water in a delicate sweeping motion around the vase.
From Meiji Period (1860-1912)
Dimensions: 12" High X 4.75" Diameter
Ca. 1800s or earlier
The stone is a creamy tone with pale russet flecking mainly seen on the back. A darker brown veining can be seen on the lower leg. It is carved overall, including the underneath showing one leg folded under. The polish is an even soft gloss like that produced from years of handling. Good condition, with no chips or restorations.
Length: 1 ¾ in., Width: 1 3/8 in., Height: ¾ in.
An oblong shaped dish, a kaku-nagazara, decorated in sometsuke style with a delicately painted dense vine, hagi karakusa, and Lotus arabesque, with a stylised representation of the auspicious ‘Three Friends of Winter’ shochikubai, in the central reserve mikomi of the dish. The reverse painted with the same arabesque pattern has used on the front of the dish, and the interior of the foot-rim with a four character fuki-chosun mark. The dish dates to the early 18th century.
The dish measures 2...
A Ko Imari Arita tea bowl and saucers decorated with a Lotus arabesque karakusa pattern in underglaze blue incorporating auspicious Lotus and Aoi. The tea bowls date to the Genroku Kyoho periods. Blue and white tea bowls tend to be both earlier and rarer than their coloured counterparts.
The tea bowl measures 6cm or 2.5 inches in diameter and is 3.5cms, approximately 1.375 inches in height. The accompanying saucer measures 10cms in diameter or just under 4 inches in diameter, and is in excell...
This is Shibori Kimono produced in Akita Asamai area for Edo period.
As for this, a pattern is Eba-gara. A carp swims in spray like a brick.
The lower part is expressed in dark indigo dyeing Shibori in Shirakage-Shibori at the upper part.
This cotton is spun by hand. And it is a smooth good-quality texture item.
The Eba-gara Shibori kimono was a great high-quality item ordered in particular for Nishimonai-Bon dance.
The Bon festival dance is enlivened wonderfully by a high Shibori technolog...
Charming Kiri (paulownia wood) lacquered Japanese Container. Inlaid on branches with mother of pearl. Decorated elegantly with blooming cherry blossoms, with bird perched on a branch. Has a pleasing deep mahogany-like lacquer finish.
Taisho Period (1912-1926)
Dimensions: 7.25" High X 3.25" diameter
A medium size porcelain bowl with a lattice impressed border at the top and blue hand painted flowers. On the underside are the three waves and the number two, both hand painted in underglaze blue. Additionally there is a hand incised three in the body. This piece must have been early to have escaped the factory with the fairly dramatic warping that must have occurred during firing. The rim feels unglazed, so it may have had a cover. 3 inches (8cm) tall, 5 ½ inches (14.5 cm) diameter.
Condi...
Antique Chinese table, made from huanghuali with a beautiful, glowing grain. Around its sides are carved spirals designs over a large border panel. The front and back panels are carved with the calligraphy symbol for double happiness in between two dragons with clouds of billowing smoke around their bodies and two phoenixes flying on either side. The table's side panels are without dragons but otherwise the same with carved double happiness symbol and smoke detailing. The tops of each table's le...
A finely crafted three piece Altar garniture comprising two bronze Chinese "Gu" form flower vases and a small bronze Koro (incense burner).Condition: excellent.Vases : 9.8cm (3.9 inches) high.Censer: 4.5cm (1.75 inches) high.Total weight: 1.08kg (2lb 6oz)
This is Sashiko Hanten which the leader of certain occupation group of Edo period wore.
A technique to be called very high Sagara embroidery is used for this. This embroiders all by hand. The cotton thread used for embroidery is spun by hand. The thread is dyed with plant dye. It is clothes to identify social position promptly even if anyone looks. The part of the collar has a kanji of Toudori. Toudori meant the president of bank in the present age, but was used for a name of the head of variou...
From our European Collection, an absolutely marvelous Victorian sterling silver two-handled oval serving platter by Mappin & Webb, London, 1897, fully marked, with superb chasing and casting featuring floral scrolls and phoenix, open-work gallery lions, basins and ancient mask heads, and with curled serpents for handles. An extraordinary tour de force in silver workmanship, definitely one of the finest trays of its type we have encountered in awhile.
Size and Condition: 30 inches wide a...
We offer this fine antique Japanese Meiji Satsuma Kyoto lidded teapot decorated with a dragon curled between eleven Immortals and dating around 1880. This well decorated earthenware teapot stands on a narrow rounded unglazed foot with a recessed base and is of rounded shape with the dragon tail forming the handle and the neck and head forming the pouring spout. The teapot has a further smaller dragon forming the finial to the cover. The body of the teapot has a textured stipple finish and is ...
Antique Chinese carved jadeite with hues of white and light green, with apparent areas of bright apple green. It is carved into a smooth cylindrical shape and would have been used as a thumb ring in archery. 19th century, Qing Dynasty era
Size: 1" height, 1.25" width, .25" thickness
The exterior of the deep rounded sides carved with a band of petals rising from the foot to the flat everted rim, and the interior decorated in the center with two molded fish, covered overall with a glaze of guan type sea-green tone except for the foot rim burnt reddish-brown in the firing 12 cm diam. 1 cm crackline on the rim No chips or cracks and free from restoration.
These extremely decorative pair of food containers are beautifully ornamented. A turquoise background, these cloisonne containers model a beautiful array of blue, yellow, and red shades of swirling chimera and flower design. Made of bronze, The containers have one compartment each. Lid opens at top. The "shou" symbol on lids represent longevity.
Turn of the 19th century.
Dimensions: Height 12 in. 13.5 in. Long 7.25 in. Wide
Used antique Chinese calligraphy inkstone in the shape of a melon, with carvings of vines and leaves at its top near the most shallow point. It comes with a hardwood box with a light reddish-brown tone and darker areas. Early 20th century.
Size: 5.25" length, 4" width, 1" thickness
A pair of Ironstone plates with Chinese style decoration of a willow tree, a Chinese fence and flowers. With a lobed edge they have an elaborate border between the rim and the center of the plate. The blue is underglaze decoration while the colors and gilding were applied after the glaze. The underside with the Royal Warrant, “STONE CHINA/No. 7.” 8 ¼ inch (21 cm) diameter.
Condition: Neither have chips, cracks, hairlines or repairs. One has some gilding wear and slight scratching. Thi...
Diameter approximately 10 cm/each. Height approximately 7 cm/each. In good condition.
Ca. 1800
This porcelain bowl, molded in chrysanthemum form, is decorated in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze enamels in red, green and gold. The center of the interior is painted with a 16-petaled flower in underglaze blue, and the well is painted with various plant and landscape scenes. The exterior is surrounded with an underglaze blue floral pattern, and the base is painted with a Chinese “Chenghua” mark, as is often seen on 18th and early 19th Century Imari dishes. The bowl is ...
A lovely, small, rare, middle Ming dish ( fifteenth century ) decorated in underglaze blue with a bird. The representation of the bird very attractive and swinging. The extraordinary strong resp. deep Cobalt blue of this dish is very nice.
Diameter : 9,7 cm.
Condition : No chip, no crack, the glaze of this excavated piece slightly degraded by aggressive soil.
Diameter approximately 25 cm (across the masks). Old repaired. In good condition.
Pair of Japanese antique abumi (horse riding stirrups), made of iron with silver inlay all over in beautiful designs of vines and leaves, the bottom of each stirrup is decorated with a bamboo motif, the foot areas are lacquered black, each abumi is inlaid with writing: Kaga Ishikawa Prefecture, Mori Hei Saku (artist's name and "signed by") lived in Komaki. Edo Period (18th century).
Size of each: 9 1/2" high x 11 1/2" long x 5" wide.
A Very Fine and Old Korean Painting of Grass and Insects (õ®õùÓñ-ÃÊÃæµµ)-18th -19th C.:
Korea, Joseon dynasty, 18th to early 19th century. signed.
This painting paited by a literary painter on the cloth in ink color in early period,
with beeds, a big frog, autumn plants and flowers on silk? or cloth,
has a red seal on the lower right but unfortunately unclear.
It¡¯s in very fine condition with some painting fained associated with its age,
matted with cloth and framed la...
15th Century Gilded Tibetan Manuscript Cover. 28 x 11 inches.