Japanese folk art, farmer's clay doll: 13"h x 13 1/2"

This type of clay dolls are somehow all originated from the Fushimi clay doll of the Kyoto area. Fushimi dolls were originally sold as souvenirs to the pilgrims on the road of Fushimi Kaidou from Kyoto to Fushimi Inari Shrine in the early Edo period (1600-1868). By the end of 19th century, these dolls were made all over Japan...

This is an old Japanese towel rack, sometimes called a children’s kimono stand. The metal work is in traditional style and the mounts have been used on many different kinds of lacquer pieces throughout the Edo period. The chrysanthemum mons (family crests) on each end of the mount, were used by the Emperor, royal princes and others outside the Imperial family, in a variety of forms. Although the 16 petal mon was designated for use by the Imperial family, others were entitled to use it...

Extremely nice Chinese silverwork artefact. A so called lock pendant. My field is porcelain and unfortunately I am not so familiar with silverwork. Although I am confident, that it is Quing dynasy, this extremely nice work looks a littlebit like it would be a Yuan Dynasty piece. Excavated at Sangihe Island north Sulawesi Indonesia. Please look the photos to see the condition. B : 3,4 inc.

Dong Son ( 500 - 100 BC ) lime container. Bronze. Excavated in east Java Indonesia. H : 7 inc.

Ming Dynasty 16th century brown glazed dragon-jar for the trade with Borneo. This nice not to big jar was found in a Borneo longhouse. H : 9 inc. Small chip to the rim but still very nice condition.

Extremely decorative and rare Fahua Ware hoop pended pot with three coloured Scroll Pattern. 15th century. H : 12,5 inc. Very nice condition, small chip to the rim ( look photo )

Early Ming Dynasty Yongle period ( 1403 - 1424 ) blue and white jarlet. D : 3 inc. Original condition .

Early Ming Dynasty Chenghua period ( 1465 - 1487 ) blue and white minyao ( peoplesware ) bowl. Very nice watery cobalt blue and waterplant design, all typical for this period . D : 4,1 inc. Perfect condition !

A early Ming Dynasty Chenghua ( 1465 - 1487 ) period blue and white minyao bowl. Very nice watery cobalt blue which is typical for this period. D : 5,2 inc. 2 short hairline to the rim and some rim fritting.

Rair large Tl - tested Cizhou painted stoneware jar with underglaze ironoxyd decoration. Song - Yuan Dynasty ( 12th - 13th centuries ) H : 11,7 inc. A Thermoluminescence Analysis Report ( Nr. 990830 ) of the German labor Ralf Kotalla confirms this date ! Please look also under : Umezawa Kinekan Museum, Tokyo, illustr. in " Sekai Toji Zenshu ", vol. 13, Tokyo 1976 plate 98 - Krahl " Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol.I, Nr. 506...

Yuan Dynasty ( 1271 - 1368 ) brown glazed bowl. D : about 5 1/4 inc. Very good condition !

Yuan Dynasty ( 1271 - 1368 ) brown glazed bowl. D : 5 1/4 inc. Very good condition !

Qing Dynasty blue and white bowl with fish decor . D : 5,75 inc. Mint condition !

Big Qing Dynasty slip - painted Celadon vase. H : 13,5 inc. Some age cracks in the glaze and one short hairline to the rim, but still nice condition !

Possibly Arita ca. 1700 underglaze blue and red decorated bowl. A very unique and extraordinary piece . D : 7,5 inc. Perfect condition !

Ming dynasty Wanli period ( 1573 - 1619 ) blue and white bowl. Rabbit design ! Very nice glaze and a very nice cobalt blue ! Very good condition with no crack and one single very minute restored chip ! D : 14,8 cm.

Rare bowl with overglaze enamel ( polychrome ) decoration . Dehua ware from Fujian. Late Ming period. D : 3,4 inc. Minute rim fritting no chrack !

Nice Quing dynasty blue and white jarlet. H : 2,7 inc. Mint condition !

Jar of squat bulbous form. Buff stoneware body covered with a dark brown glaze . Sawankhalok ware. Thailand fifteenth to sixteenth centuries. D : 4,5 inc. Very good condition !

Extraordinary and big Song - Yuan Dynasty ( 12th - 14th centuries ) bowl in Temmoku form. Soft stoneware body with a dark brown glaze. D : 11 inc. Good condition !

Extraordinary and big Song - Yuan Dynasty ( 12th - 14th centuries ) bowl in Temmoku form. Soft stoneware body with a dark brown glaze. D : 10,7 inc. Good condition !

Big brown glazed bowl Yuan Dynasty ( 1271 - 1368 ) D : about 8 1/4 inc. Very good condition !

Big brown glazed bowl Yuan Dynasty ( 1271 - 1368 ) D : about 8,2 inc. Good condition !

Big brown glazed bowl Yuan Dynasty ( 1271 - 1368 ) D : about 8,5 inc. Very good condition !

Big brown glazed bowl Yuan Dynasty ( 1271 - 1368 ) D : about 8,7 inc. Very good condition !

Big brown glazed bowl Yuan Dynasty ( 1271 - 1368 ) D : about 8 1/4 inc. Very good condition !

Brown glazed bowl Yuan Dynasty ( 1271 - 1368 ) D : about 5,5 inc. Very good condition !

Brown glazed bowl Yuan Dynasty ( 1271 - 1368 ) D : about 5,5 inc. Very good condition !

Brown glazed bowl Yuan Dynasty ( 1271 - 1368 ) D : about 5,5 inc. Very good condition !

Brown glazed bowl Yuan Dynasty ( 1271 - 1368 ) D : about 5,5 inc. Very good condition !

Brown glazed bowl Yuan Dynasty ( 1271 - 1368 ) D : about 5,5 inc. Very good condition !

Brown glazed bowl Yuan Dynasty ( 1271 - 1368 ) D : 5,5 inc. Very good condition !

Brown glazed bowl Yuan Dynasty ( 1271 - 1368 ) D : 5,5 inc. Very good condition !

Temmoku glazed Song Dynasty 12th century stoneware bowl. D : 4,25 inc.

Tang Dynasty Changsha ware bowl.( 9th century ) Stoneware body decorated with a calligraphic floral motive in brown and green under a yellow ash glaze. Changsha type Henan. Found in a shipwreck near Belitung island, Palembang, Sumatra. D : 6 inc. Some glaze corroded.Tang

Tang Dynasty Changsha ware bowl.( 9th century ) Stoneware body decorated with a calligraphic floral motive in brown and green under a yellow ash glaze. Changsha type Henan. Found in a shipwreck near Belitung island, Palembang, Sumatra. D : 6 inc. Some glaze corroded.

Tang Dynasty Changsha ware bowl.( 9th century ) Stoneware body decorated with a calligraphic floral motive in brown and green under a yellow ash glaze. Changsha type Henan. Found in a shipwreck near Belitung island, Palembang, Sumatra. D : 6 inc. Some glaze corroded.

Tang Dynasty Changsha ware bowl.( 9th century ) Stoneware body decorated with a calligraphic floral motive in brown and green under a yellow ash glaze. Changsha type Henan. Found in a shipwreck near Belitung island, Palembang, Sumatra. D : 6 inc. Some glaze corroded.

Tang Dynasty Changsha ware bowl.( 9th century ) Stoneware body decorated with a calligraphic floral motive in brown and green under a yellow ash glaze. Changsha type Henan. Found in a shipwreck near Belitung island, Palembang, Sumatra. D : 6 inc. Some glaze corroded.

Tang Dynasty Changsha ware bowl.( 9th century ) Stoneware body decorated with a calligraphic floral motive in brown and green under a yellow ash glaze. Changsha type Henan. Found in a shipwreck near Belitung island, Palembang, Sumatra. D : 6 inc. Some glaze corroded.

Tang Dynasty Changsha ware bowl.( 9th century ) Stoneware body decorated with a calligraphic floral motive in brown and green under a yellow ash glaze. Changsha type Henan. Found in a shipwreck near Belitung island, Palembang, Sumatra. D : 6 inc. Some glaze corroded.

Tang Dynasty Changsha ware bowl.( 9th century ) Stoneware body decorated with a calligraphic floral motive in brown and green under a yellow ash glaze. Changsha type Henan. Found in a shipwreck near Belitung island, Palembang, Sumatra. D : 6 inc. Some glaze corroded.

Large Tang Dynasty Changsha ware bowl.( 9th century ) Stoneware body decorated with a calligraphic floral motive in brown and green under a yellow ash glaze. Changsha type Henan. Found in a shipwreck near Belitung island, Palembang, Sumatra. D : 8 inc. Some glaze corroded.

Song Dynasty ( 11th - 12th centuries ) stoneware bowl. D : 7,25 inc. Very good condition.

Song Dynasty ( 11th - 12th centuries ) stoneware bowl. D : 6,75 inc. Very good condition !

A Cizhou pottery vase with brown and beige glaze. China Yuan Dynasty 14th century. A Thermoluminescence Analysis Report ( Nr. 990830 ) from the German labor Ralf Kotalla confirms this date. H : 11,4 inc.

A fine Cizhou Ware pottery figure of a seated boy. China Song Dynasty ( 11th - 12th centuries ) A Thermoluminescense Analysis Report ( Nr. 991064 ) of the labor Ralf Kotalla in Germany confirms this date. H :8,75 inc. Perfect condition !

Ming Dynasty Chenghua period ( 1465 - 1487 )minyao blue and white rider bowl. Nearly perfect condition, there is only minute rim fritting at one part of the rim. D : 5,9 inc.

Ming Dynasty Chenghua period minyao ( 1465 - 1487 ) blue and white rider bowl. This is a very nice example, because normally the riders on such bowls are much smaller painted. D : 5,8 inc. Nearly perfect condition, there are only 2 minute age - chracks, but only in the glaze, the piece is not broken.

Extremely rare Song - Yuan Dynasty glassvase. But this rare and extraordinary piece also might be earlyer, because it has been excavated together with some broken Tang Dynasty sancai items. Unfortunately I am not very familiair with early chinese glass. I would be very grateful for more informations about this item. H : 9 inc. Very good condition !

Sawankhalok ware covered Box. Fifteenth to sixteenth centuries. Grey stoneware body with a underglaze kobalt blue and iron brown painted direct to the biscuit. Bluish transparent glaze. D : 3,9 inc. H : 3 inc. Very good condition with no chip or chrack .

Annamese blue and white covered box in a circular form with a flattened cover. Stoneware body decorated in underglaze cobalt - blue with a peony spray on the cover. Late fifteenth to sixteenth centuries. D : 2,9 inc. Perfekt condition !

Yuan dynasty ( thirteenth century ) Dehua ware, Fujian . White milky glaze with a bluish tinge over a white porcelain body . D : 7,5 inc. Very good condition with no chip or chrack .

A early Ming Yongle ( 1403 - 1424 ) blue and white jarlet in a for this time typical design. Perfect condition. D : 2 3/4 inc.

Very nice early Ming blue and white jarlet in a typical Yongle period design. ( 1403 - 1424 ) Perfect condition ! D : 2,75 inc.

Kangxi blue and white dish in a wonderful mint condition. D : 4,5 inc.

Rare early Ming dynasty blue and white dish. Xuande - Chenghua period. ( 1426 - 1487 ) Nice original condition with no demage ! D : 4 3/4 inc. The leaf design of this nice collector piece reminiscence to the design of some well known museum quality dishes from the same period.

Extremely nice Ming dynasty Yongle period ( 1403 - 1424 ) blue and white bowl. Well potted porcelain body with a wonderful cobalt blue. Very good condition - there is only a very short nearly not visiable hairline to the rim ( please look closeup ) D : 4,85 inc. This rare bowl together with the Chenghua " ducks " dish, which we also offer in our gallery might be the best Ming dynasty Minyao ( peoplesware ) pieces, ever offered at Trocadero .

A very good Ming dynasty Wanli period ( 1573 - 1620 )blue and white bowl. Very fine potted porcelain body with a wonderful kobalt blue . Perfect condition ! D : 4,2 inc.

Extremely nice Yuan dynasty ( 1271 - 1368 ) qingbai bowl . Porcelain with molded decoration. Very good condition with no chip and no chrack . D : 2,8 inc. A rare and nice kollector piece !