A fine and beautiful gold leaf and enamel vase of Satsuma measuring 10” x 6”

A rare antique Japanese Tansu chest called Kodansu. Its purpose was for use as a merchant's side chest where trade records, documents, papers and business tools were stored. The front and case were made using burl Keyaki (Zelkova) wood with Hinoki (Cypress) wood completing the rest of the chest. Constructed using straight dovetail joinery with hardened wood nails...

LARGE POTTERY BOWL WITH GREEN GLACE, WESTERN-CENTRAL ASIA, 10TH-11TH. CENTURY AD.

A very high bowl, almost cone shaped and particularly large for the type. Eastern part of the ancient Samanid Empire, around the Bamiyan region.

Size: ca 23 cm. wide and 12 cm. high!.

Condition: Choice for type with much original glaze, hairline cracks restored and almost invisible...

Unusual Japanese small gyosho bako (merchant's box) made with Kiri (Paulownia) wood in all original finish. The box holds four drawers, with decorative black iron plating and handles. The top 3 drawer interiors have been lacquered in black while the bottom drawer has also been lacquered in red. With original keys included.

Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 16" L x 9.5" W x 10.5" H

Pair of Small Blue and White Ko Sometsuke Dishes. Decorated in the centre with two birds and branches, the rim with butterflies. Chinese Tianqi C1621/27. Diameter 14.6 cm. Condition: very good, some fritting to rims, chip 1.5 cm to inside footrim of second dish. No other chips, cracks or restoration.

A Tang dynasty Changsha large ewer, rounded side with small neck, round handle and two lugs on the side, ewer decorated with brown glaze molded palm leaves on front and sides, ewer covered with milky white glazed.
Ewer is in good condition with damage part at the rim and neck restored, good glaze condition.
Size: 21.5 cm high.

Luxurious and heavy Korean Amamori (leaking rain) Incense Burner Kōro from Edo period.

The irregular shape and the base resemble Japanese Wabi Sabi tea bowls which tells that this piece was made specifically for Japanese market.

Amamori means the surface stained with spots that look like rain leaks on a wall creating beautiful complex scenery.

Size
Height 9.6 cm
Width 7.7 cm
Weight 1046 g


Condition
Scratches due to age, kiln scra...

A dish of square form with slightly upturned corners decorated with a central motif of a Shochikubai mon. Here an interwoven symmetrical arrangement of the three elements of the Three Friends of Winter, rather than the more common ring format. This style of shochiku-mon appears to date from the Kyoho to the Horeki era. The remainder of the dish decorated with stylised dragons set against a ground of lightening and auspicious clouds and cash...

Wonderful Japanese antique two panel byobu screen painting in ink and mineral colors on silk, Nihonga School, depicting a scene of a group of seven crows and a single magpie near a waterfall and hot springs possibly Onsen Baths, beautifully painted churning water and falls, signed and with hanga of artist Aizu Katsumi: born Fukushima Prefecture.

Exhibited Teiten and Bunten Exhibitions during prewar period.

c. 1900.

Size: 76 3/4" high x 90" wide

A set of 10 lidded Hirado Japanese porcelain bowls decorated in underglaze blue with mountain landscape on one half and prunus on the other. The interior has a central floral roundel and wave design on the rim. Each marked Hirado, Kasho. The tomobako (original box), inscribed "Hizen Hirado yaki", Kodai (ancient), Prunus, Sansui ga (oriental style painting of mountains and water). Late Meiji/Taisho period, early 1900s...

An impressive large shallow dish of foliate form decorated with a pair of auspicious Hoo birds with Kiri (Pawlonia) painted principally in underglaze blue which trail over the rim on to the reverse of the dish; an “over the wall pattern”...

Good conditions Vietnamese dish. 22,5 cm diameter.

18th Century Chinese Export Nanking design Porcelain Spoon Rest, Spoon Tray, later part of Quinlong period, late 1700's, 4 3/4" x 3 3/4" wide, 5/8" high, Tall building along the river bank with trees and rocks within typical wide high gallery fluted rim. Gilt finish on the rim area is worn in some areas.

The Bodhisattva Guanyin, executed in fragrant camphor wood. Made in two parts. H. 32 cm. China, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Remains of lacquer and gilding.

Beautifully symmetrical granite stone buddhist stupa. Late Taisho Period Ca. 1920. excellent condition. Ask for shipping quote. H: 17" by W: 41/2".

A beautiful 19th C. Chinese blue and white jars with cover and string handle holes on each side. In excellent condition H:5" D:6"

Costa Rica Pre Columbian Nicoya group lot, nice group of standing figures with classic paint work , losses as pictured . Sizes 3.5-5" tall

Chinese double sided carved woodblock for printing. 45x23 cm, undated, estimated to be late 19th century, some insect damage as shown. Can be viewed in central London and shipped worldwide

It is gosyo-katsugi(imperial palace katsugi) in the Edo age of this.This katsugi is a museum class. Please add to your collection. It is katsugi of Kyoto. This is a rare very valuable excellent article. Daimon in surroundings of the neck is tsutsugaki(frieehand paste-resist decoration). It is a dye of the indigo dye and the Indian ink. Katazome(paste-resist stencil decoration) of komon is made from dangawari. The katazome part near the chest uses the dye of thin yellow on...

A large brown glazed bowl to the interior and just a bit glaze to exterior rim, big portion is unglazed. Tang Dynasty possibly Henan ware. Condition is very good, no any chip, no crack and free from restoration. Diameter: 21,5 cm.

Antique Chinese wooden box lacquered red and gold with designs of palace life. Noble figures and scholars stroll through gardens with fine pavilions and trees. The lid lifts to reveal a continuation of the theme.

Dimensions: 2 1/2" high x 13 1/4" long x 7 1/2" wide

A very beautiful matching pair of Maya Jade ear ornaments from the classic period CA 500 AD to 800 AD. Both measuring 3 1/2" by 3 1/4".The form is Semi round having a large central opening and wide flare. Both have double perforations for attachment. A small amount of red pigment on each. One repaired from two original pieces, along with a few minor rim chips otherwise both are intact

An antique Japanese Funa Tansu (Captain's Chest) made entirely of Kirinoki (Paulownia) wood. All original finish and hand made iron fittings. It was constructed using straight dovetail joinery and hardened wooden nails. The base has an original cross beam support that adds strength and durability to this chest...

Carved wooden tray decorated with two dragons.

Indochina – First half of the 20th century
Height: 1 in (2.5 cm) – width: 13.4 in (34 cm) – length: 23.6 in (60 cm)

Kano School painting depicted Inkwash landscape/Suiboku Sansui. Painted with ink on paper. Signed Naonobu and sealed. It is attributed to Kano Naonobu.

Kanō Naonobu (1607–1650) was a Japanese painter of the Kanō school of painting during the early Edo period...

The Kanzashi hair accessory has been the main jewelry for Japanese women. This antique comb and hair pin set has a wonderful design of turtles in the bay area on one side and landscape on the other side. It is a classic design in gold makie on tortoiseshell with coral inlay. Hair Pin is 5 3/4" long, comb 3" long and 1" in width. Meiji period (1868-1912).

A Westerwald Stoneware Tankard. The body with incised and impressed decoration. The neck with applied masks. Westerwald C1600/20. Height; 7" (17.5 cm). Condition;  chip to upper upper rim, minor small chips to rim. Slightly distorted in the firing. A similar example is in 'The American Pilgrim Museum' Leiden. Fragments of this type have been excavated in Plymouth Massachusetts at the site of the colony founded by the Mayflower Pilgrims in 1620. Also at the slightly ea...

This is a 2 section antique Japanese Kansai Mizuya (Kitchen) tansu made of Hinoki (Cypress) and Keyaki (Zelkova) woods. Both original hand forged iron hardware and rare copper hand twisted door netting.

This chest was made for the Japanese kitchen to store jars of water, chopsticks, utensils for cooking and dishes. Its elegant design would suit any home decor as well as add storage functionality.

Meiji Era (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 45 3/4" Wide by 64" High by 16" Deep

This is a nice piece. It's a large, weathered limestone button scarab which dates to the Late Period in Egyptian history (circa 600 B.C.). Measures: 1.2" in length. Condition: Intact with obvious water abrasion to the surface. Provenance provided to purchaser.

Antique Chinese jade archer's ring. The edges are hand-carved with the image of a chimera over a crosshatch ground.

Dimensions: 1.25" x 1.25"

Beautifully carved and gilt pair of QING Dynasty woodcarvings depicting Birds and Flowers from China, 19th Century, very minor wear due to age. Fine details, Size: H. 11.5" x W. 48" x D. 3.5" (29 cm. x 122 cm. x 9 cm.). Suitable as headboards! Price $ 2600 for the pair.

This is a wonderful but plain little copper alloy or bronze axe head from the ancient middle East. Types like this are often associated with either the Amlash or Luristan cultures. This piece has three raised ridges on the socket. It is intact, solid and stable with no repair or restoration. It weighs 230 grams and measures 12.5 cm across. This is a fine example of ancient craftsmanship at a very low price. Don't miss it!!!!

Antique Japanese iron tsuba (samurai sword hand guard) decorated on both sides with cresting waves. Unusual octagonal form and detail to each wave.

Age: Edo Period (1603-1867)

Dimensions: 2 3/4" wide

Delightful 18K hand over heart fede ring. - the word fede means faithful. The Victorians were fond of such romantic sentiments. The ring has a tiny diamond set on the ring finger of the gold hand, a lovely and surprising detail. The ring is a US size 8 1/4.

A rare bronze censer cast in Song dynasty shape and finely decorated with silver wire inlay in late Ming "Transitional" style...

Antique Regency Sarcophagus Form Tea Chest in rosewood having a hinged lid inlaid with a classical scene with griffins flanking an urn and opening to a fitted interior with two removable lidded caddies and a later sugar bowl and spoon, and the whole mounted with brass lion and ring handles and feet.

English,Circa 1800

13" x 6.5" x 7.5" tall