Bamboo brush pot with a seated Sage being visited by a small boy, accompanied by a old man. Mountain scene in the back. Age: Ching - 19th Century. Condition: No repairs.
Size: H.16cm Diameter:10.5cm.
Taisho period (1920s) lacquered wood kogo (box for incense during tea ceremony), its top decorated with two roundels, one containing bamboo and the other cherry flowers. Elegant object in Japanese taste, the body is made out of kiri (Paulownia tree) wood, perfect lacquer work, two parts fit perfectly, beautiful surfaces, in excellent condition. Diameter 1.82 inches.
A Victorian Rosewood Lap Desk or Writing Box with an Satinwood Inlay on Top; from the mid-19th century (circa 1860). Dimensions; 14" wide x 9.5" deep x 4.5" high. Condition is good except for internal crack under the top. The base lining is more recent
Fabulous hard paste porcelain inkwell in the form of a lady's head. Nicely decorated in overglaze enamels with gilt accents. 19th century. Origin: Probably France. Size: 2-5/16" tall. Condition: Mint.
A Birks sterling silver baby food implement from 1900-10. This spoon has a 1-3/4" x 5/8" blade. It is stamped BIRKS STERLING in raised script, it has an EHK monogram, and it weighs 17.4 grams. The handle is securely attached to the back of the blade, as this piece was made as a baby food pusher originally, it is not a conversion...
A rare chinese crackle glaze Yue Kiln jar with four lugs of late Tang to Five dynasties period
A Ming Inkstone was in simple rectangular form and was in decent look.
In characteristic Ming scholar mood, the inkstone was made from the unique Pudding stone.
Date: Ming Dynasty, 15th Century.
Dimension : 26cm x 16cm x 5cm
A beautiful 19th C. Chinese amber snuff bottle, with two playful squirrels chasing each other motif. In very good condition. H:3"
A nice round stamp seal with handle, with precise finding place near the ancient city of Antioch, and dating to the Mesopotamian late Halaf-early Ubaid period, Late Neolithic - Early Chalcholite, c. 5th. millenium BC.
Nice early hemispheriod stamp seal with low handle.
Size: 26 mm wide, 12 mm...
A Late Ming dynasty Wanli period blue and white large Kendi / pouring vessel with rare galloping Horse and flower motif.
Condition: Top part and near spout part has been damage and restored, please see picture for detail, Size: 19 cm height, 13 cm diameter.
Antique 19th century Tibetan Buddhist ceremonial solid silver cup stand with cover (Dhakya), fitted with 13th century Blue and White Yuan dynasty porcelain teacup, hand-painted in the center in cobalt blue with a Chinese character within a circle and four Chinese characters on the exterior wall...
Chinese Western Han Dynasty Painted Pottery Ding Tripod
This pottery tripod vessel, or "ding", was made during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8). It is made from a relatively highly-fired grey pottery. The body stands on three sturdy integral feet. On opposite sides at the waist are two square-cut handles. The cover has been decorated with cold-painted brown and creamy-white pigments. On top of the dome-shaped cover are three equally-spaced protrusions...
With green and ochre glaze and red and black pigments. H. 18 cn. No damage or repair.
China, Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
Rare ancient Egyptian opaque blue glass pendant in the shape of a pomegranate with yellow and white details.
For comparable amulets see:
Louvre Museum, Paris, E 2284 ; AF 2600 and N 1850 ; AF 2312
British Museum, London, EA48064 and EA68538
Petrie Museum UC22890
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 11.215.446
Date: Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th - 20th Dynasty, ca. 1570 - 1070 B.C.
Material: Glass
Size: ca...
A nice design of blue and white bowl, Ming dynasty late 15th century. Condition with a hairline and slight warped. Diameter: 15cm.
An early 19th century box, probably an eyeglass case. Made of cardboard, the top decorated with a pearl embroidered flower and owner’s initials in wool, all surrounded by gilt paper ribbons, so-called Dresden trims. Germany, c 1830-40. Width 6"/ 15.5 cm, height 1 ½" / 3.5 cm. A pair of antique eyglasses, damaged, to go with the box. Condition: wear consistent with age, the interior reinforced with a paper strip. Price: $80, including worldwide SH
Antique Japanese cloisonne jewelry/treasure box, made from bronze, with deep navy blue sides decorated with gold cloud shapes. The lid has a beautiful cloisonne landscape with overhanging cherry blossoms on tree branches, a tower and building with blue roofing, and a red bridge crossing over a running river. The inside of the box is inscribed "Kyoto" and has the mark of artist Inaba Nanaho of The Inaba Cloisonne Company, established in 1887.
Size: 1.75" height, 3.75" width
Japanese bronze statue of a horned oni with long, curly hair, sharp fangs and claws. He wears a capelet with gilded puffs of smoke and yingyang, and a gilded harness across his chest. His trousers are shaped like tigers' heads biting into his legs, with a gilded belt and tiger stripes. He holds a lotus flower high above his head, supporting a bronze singing bell bowl with gold gilded flowers, butterflies, and vines all around it and raised dots all along its bottom half...