Buncheong ware in a flattened ovoid form with a raised foot finished with a wide flared rim. It is decorated with a creamy colored slip and the faces are painted with a leafy plant in brown slip, all beneath a clear glaze with a faint celadon tint where pooled in drips along the shoulder, the creamy slip and the glaze are also applied within the recessed base...

Dalton 4-1/8"long X 1"wide X .25"thick Burlinton Chert, found in Pettis County, Missouri, ca. 9,500 B.P. Ben Stermer C.O.A., the ear the is redish from heat treatment has a modern break approp: .25 up and is reglued back on if you didn't know you can't tell it has been. If you are interested in this item please email me Tim @ tejones0433@msn.com for all offers, shipping priceing and payment.

Chinese Imari Teapot decorated in typical palette with an unusual design of two ducks below stylised plants. C1740/50. Height 12.7 cm. Condition; excellent, frit to side of spout and shallow chip 0.4 cm to underside of spout, small bruise to base of lid.

Pair of Famille Rose Soup Plates, the centre decorated in bright enamels with two figures in a landscape within a leaf shaped panel. The border with flowers, storks and landscapes. C1730/45. Diameter 22.7 cm. Condition: excellent, the first with two small shallow chips to underside of rim, the second with a 0.4 cm shallow chip to underside.

Korean Buncheong bowl from the Joseon period (15th century). A wide mouthed bowl is supported on a narrow foot ring. The flared rim is decorated with a grass pattern on both sides...

Antique Chinese silk kesi tapestry depicting a scene of pheasants and flowers in rocky setting with pine tree, beautifully woven with painted details, framed, Ching Dynasty (mid 19th century). Size: 60 3/4" high x 32 1/4" wide

Unfortunately the images are not able to show the strenght resp. the richness of the really superb and glossy turquoise glaze which covers a very nice moulded floral decoration with all in all 10 boys. This really extremely nice vase is displayed in its exactly fitting old wooden stand. Kangxi period 18th. century. H :( with stand ): 32,6 cm. ( Without stand ) : 28,2 cm. Condition : Perfect. Provenance : Old south German collection.

A definitely lvely pot with an extraordinary rich floral decoration with birds. The glaze and the deep cobalt blue blue strongly reminds on Chinese Jingdezhen ware pieces of the Ming Dynasty. Annamese ware ( Vietnam ) 15th - 16th century . Diameter : 7,4 cm. Condition : Perfect ( the glaze a little bit eroded, some fine glaze cracks, but no cracks in the body of the piece. )

This is a beautiful Japanese Imari bowl. It is not only rare to see a bowl of this size but the enameled crane design is also rare. Overall the bowl is in outstanding condition. It measures 12 1/4 across and 4 3/4 tall.

A very rare and important sample of Yuan blue and white large jar with cover, rounded side with globular body and small mouth, base is unglazed. the jar is decorated with very bright under glaze Persian blue of watery Horse and fine flower scroll motif. jar is found from excavation site in Trowulan east java.Size:

Similar jar in complete condition has been sold in Sothebys Hongkong auction house for over HK$ 22.725.000 in 2007.

Kangxi mark, possibly of the period, 1662-1722

This pair of soft paste porcelain ovoid jars are decorated in underglaze cobalt blue of a strong sapphire tone. Both jars are decoarted with identical designs of foo lions at play with various stylized cloud elements filling in the background. Surround the neck is a thin line design that forms a six-pointed star when viewing straight down from the top. The necks of both jars are unglazed and originally would have had dome-shaped lids...

Meiji Period, late 1800s

This bronze sculpture of a ram is rather heavy cast and has well-delineated features in both face and coat. It is in good condition and it has its original applied reddish-brown patina overall. No signature is present. This particular subject is not often seen among Japanese bronze sculptures, and it is likely from a set of twelve zodiac figures...

Aweidah Gallery is pleased to offer this extremely rare Roman painted pottery wine amphora known by the Jerusalem pottery (PSEUDO -NABATAEAN) dating to the first Century AD.

They became known as Pseudo-Nabataean Ware because of their resemblance to the fine Nabataean painted wares which are characteristic to the Nabataeans...

Figural Vase with Elephant Handles
mid-late 19th century
Tongzhi Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose enamels
H: 33.7 cm D: 15 cm
Single hairline from mouth-rim, visible only in the vase's interior. Damage to glaze in a thin, short area perpendicular to hairline.
From a Laguna Beach, CA estate


Description & Notes

This vase is very typical of vessels made in the mid to late 19th century...

Octagon Jardiniere with Floral Panels
19th century
Likely Guangxu Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose
enamels on a celadon glazed ground
W: 37.3 cm L: 36.5 cm H: 25 cm
Perfect Condition
From a Berverly Hills, CA estate


Description & Notes

This large eight-sided jardiniere is both rich and gorgeous: a thick celadon glazed ground is decorated with a resplendent parade of flowers, all done in the Chinese floral paint...

Larger Charger with Figural Central Cartouche
mid-19th century
Tongzhi Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose enamels
D: 38 cm
Perfect Condition; age wear to enamels
From a Beverly Hills, CA estate


Description & Notes

While the 19th century is considered a period of decline by most scholars of Chinese ceramics, the best late Qing wares are nonetheless romantic and lively portrayals of Chinese life...

Square Dish with Narrative Scene
Early 19th century
Jiaqing period, Qing dynasty
Porcelain with Canton famille rose enamels
L: 23.9 cm W: 23.9 cm H: 4 cm
Perfect condition
From an old Brunswick, Maine estate near Bowdoin college


Description & Notes

It's increasingly rare to find very early “Canton rose” pieces of this quality and in perfect condition.
In many ways this piece helps us understand the transition between famille ros...

Platter with Fish
19th century
Jiaqing - Guangxu period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze enamels
W: 33.5 cm L: 26.5 cm
Perfect condition; age wear to enamels commensurate with age
From a Pasadena, CA estate


Description & Notes

The construction and sturdy potting of this platter is consistent with 18th century export platters made for the European market...

Unusual Antique Japanese choba tansu (merchant's chest) with kannon biraki doors (hinged doors), made of kiri (paulownia) wood, safe box on right side has another single hinged door and two small interior drawers, 5 drawers, beautiful iron hardware with chrysanthemum shaped lock plates on doors and warabite shaped drawer pulls, Edo Period, mid 19th century. Size: 31" high x 31 3/4" wide x 13" deep.

Comprising 20 figures: 4 carriers with a sedan chair, musicians and figures carrying objects. Made of pottery with purple and turquoise glaze, red and black pigments. The figures 19,5 cm tall, the sedan chair 22,5 cm tall (including the detachable roof knob). This group was excavated in the southeast of the Shanxi Province. It is very hard to find big groups like this...

Ca. 1500s - 1600s

This incense-burner was cast with Mongolian script encircling body and has two handles with lion masks. It is raised on a slightly flaring footring and a slightly convex base showing wear and an old original surface with a mottled brown patina. The Bombay form rises to end in a flattened rim displaying evidence of long, continued use. The grayish-bronze interior shows its use as an incense burner. An old crack is visible to the head of one handle.

Width: 5 in...

An intricately carved soapstone wine (or tea) pot with attractive "Chicken Blood" red inclusions. This item was made in China, circa 1870-1900, during the late Qing dynasty. Condition - the spout has been broken and re-glued; there are minor chips to the prunus branch decoration and to the tip of the spout 19cm (7.5 inches) long; 10cm (4 inches) high...

Xuande mark, but ca. 1600s

This incense-burner was originally lacquered a reddish brown tone with traces remaining, and has small areas of verdigris on the base and handles...

A blue and white kraak dish
Late 16th century – early 17th century
Wanli period, Ming dynasty
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue; Jindezhen ware
D: 14.5 cm
Perfect condition; some typical rim fritting
From a New Canaan, Connecticut private collection


Description & Notes

This particular dish features underglaze cobalt blue painting that is swift, confident, and well-done. Overall, I'd consider this dish to be a superior example of late Min...

Punchbowl with pheasants and flora
Mid-18th century
Late Yongzheng - Qianlong period, Qing dynasty
Porcelain with famille rose enamels; Jingdezhen ware
D: 26.2 cm H: 11 cm
Three repaired hairlines in the back unpainted section of the bowl
From an old Brunswick, Maine estate near Bowdoin college


Description & Notes

Punchbowls such as this would have been status symbols for wealthy society wives in America and Europe during the 18th century. A...

Imari-Verte Plate
Early 18th century
Kangxi period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze enamels; Jingdezhen ware
D: 22.2 cm
A star shaped hairline radiating from the center, but rather invisible and displays fine
From a Sandwich, MA estate

Description & Notes

Jingdezhen's monopoly on porcelain production was broken in 1616 when Japanese potters at Arita figured out how to produce their own porcelain wares. Exported to the outside world from the ...

Famille Rose Bowl in millefleur pattern
Late 19th century
Guangxu Reign, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose enamels, Jingdezhen ware
D: 10.7 cm H: 6.1 cm
One tiny & faint hairline in bowl interior; no further damage
From a Columbus, Ohio estate


Description & Notes

This bowl bears a six-character Qianlong seal mark in iron red, but its shape and pattern suggests that it was made during the late 19th century Guangxu period. Famil...

Canton enameled vase
Mid 19th century
Daoguang-Tongzhi period, Qing dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose enamels
H: 18 cm
Chip and old repair at rim; no other damage
From a Columbus, Ohio estate


Description & Notes

Decorated in Canton, “rose medallion” wares were made strictly for export. The use of purple, pink, green, and various famille rose enamels in combination with gilt overglaze decoration lent these pieces a bright, lovel...

A Korean Very Fine Copper/Blue Decorated Peach-Form Water Dropper-19th C. Korea, Choson period, Early 19th Century, This is a very finely modeled/carved as a large peach formed water dropper with two upright leaves carved in relief to the body and incised with short lines to delineate veins with underglaze blue, the thick stem of the peach also molded in relief to the body and arranged in a rough round stem to serve as the base support, two floral spots in underglaze copper-red on the b...

A Korean Very Fine Iron-Black Painted Koryo Celadon Bottle-13th C.: Korea, Koryo period, 13th C. This is very fine and tall tapered neck celadon wine bottle with cup-shape mouth painted in iron black with three-three leafy floral spray designed under smooth and clear bluish celadon glaze, and also two ring band incised around the neck, it bears kiln adhesive on the bottom. It is very fine condition except a tiny gold repair on the mouth rim It measures 26cm h. x 14cm d (10 ¼” x 5 ...

Of elegant pear shaped form. 18th. century, unmarked. Unfortunalely on all the images of the piece the blue color of the vase is much too light. In nature the vase has an wonderful very intensive blue tone. H : 18,8 cm. Condition : Perfect. Provenance : Old German collection.

This tripod censer has an extremely well potted rare shape. The censer is covered with an superb opaque glaze of finely mottled turquoise and purplish-blue tone. A piece of superlatives. The Mark on the piece is the Mark of the legendary Imperial Supervisor Tang Ying but the piece probably is from the nineteenth century. Diameter : 14,8 cm. H : 7,4 cm. Condition : Perfect. Provenance : Old south German collection.

Ca. 1800s

This jade pendant is well-carved with a design of peony flowers and leaves in low relief. The carving extends to the back, though simpler and flatter. It is a deep green with areas of lighter mottling, but when held to the light, it shows a brilliant translucent apple-green. It has an old probably 14k gold jump ring for attachment.

Length: 1 ½ in., Width: ¾ in., Thickness: 1/16 in.

This porcelain chocolate cup and saucer was produced in France in the late 19th century. The blank was manufactured by Tressemann and Vogt Limoges and the decoration was done by an unknown decorator using a spurious Sevres marking. The saucer has a diameter of 5 1/4 inches and the cup is 3 1/4 inches high without the handle. The ground color is deep cobalt blue. The cup features a figural handle in the shape of a peacock. There is a reserve on the front of the cup containing a hand painted ...

1700s / early 1800s

This white jade is of an even pale celadon-white tone with a few small veins of light russet. It is carved in the form of a six-lobed melon standing upright and supported by four large leaves that emanate from a vine that runs beneath it. The vine is carved all the way through and flattened on the bottom to provide a stable surface for the stone to stand vertically. This white jade has an overall soft, even polish and is in good condition. Acquired in Charleston, South ...

Xuande mark, but ca. 1600s

This incense-burner has a flaring rim form raised on three ogee feet and has its original patina and considerable carbon incrustation from many years of use. Two lion's head handles embellish the body and the cast Da Ming Xuande mark is centered on the base. The interior is darkened from use and the exterior shows small areas of darkened bronze where not obscured by blackish patina. There is a slight dent to the rim. The condition overall is very good. Purchased ...