A nice Chinese Tang dynasty sancai glaze water coupe/ dropper. Dia. 8cm. Condition: small chip to foot rim, no restore, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platforms, please ask before ordering.

A large Japanese Meiji Period carved articulated bone/ivory model of a crayfish, with movable claws, feet, antenna and tail, the whole naturalistic-ally rendered, approx. 20 inches long with main antenna & 8in wide.

A very rare stamp seal carved in black stone, Mesopotamia, Early Halaf period, c. 7th.-6th. mill. BC.

A rare elongated irregular form of stamp seal not quite rectangular, possibly in family with the earliest foot-shaped seals, that we know from Mesopotamia. Arched handle, pierced for supension. A Attractive early seal in a substantial size.

Size: 31-32 mm. long.

Condition: Good Very fine, slight wear from use but intact with redish deposits.

Early 19th century Tibetan thangka in original mounts depicting Buddha Amitabha seated on a lotus throne holding an alms bowl in his hands, sun and moon among clouds behind him and a pile of offerings in front of the throne. Amitabha is the Buddha of Infinite Light and presides over Sukhavati (the Western Paradise)...

A substantial large Japanese Imari covered bowl with a tear drop finial decorated principally in underglaze blue with a Chrysanthemum vine arabesque overlaid with poem card, shikishi, shaped reserves of peach and rectangular form. The peach shaped reserves containing leaping Karashishi and rock Peonies and the rectangular shaped reserves a red ground with stylised Chrysanthemums. These rather striking bolder designs, which reflect Japanese contemporary taste, date to the period 1720-50...

18th/19th century small votive Indian bronze sculpture of Nandi - the vehicle of Shiva, or sometimes considered to be a form of Shiva himself. It rests in its usual position wearing rich trappings in front of a Shiva lingam altar, and there is a pile of offerings by his raised foot. Very neat casting and detailing, great patina, compressed dust in crevices and traces of sandalwood paste used during worship. Very good devotional object, wonderful feel of age to the piece. Length 2 1/2 inches.

Antique Tibetan Buddhist tsakli miniature painting, considered to be an important visual aid for monks in training when conferring empowerments. This tsakli painting depicts an alternate form of the fierce deity Mahakala, in which his skin is red and he embraces his consort in a yabyum sutra. Around Red Mahakala's waist is a tiger's pelt and elephant skin is draped over his shoulders...

1900's Chinese Gilt Famille Rose Snuff Bottle with Bird & Flower

It is 2.95 inches (7.5 cm) tall by 2 inches (5 cm) wide. It is 41.3 gram.

It has rubbing of gold, excess clay at the bottom and surface wears (as seen in the photos).

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Cotton cloth with beautiful katazome (stencil-resist dye) with mum motif, which is made of hand spun cotton and vegetable indigo and natural brown dye. In good condition, however colors fades a bit from washing. 19th century. W:35cm, L:168cm

Japanese vase with a scenes of seven sparrows flying among crysenthemums in beautiful hues of purple, orange, green, blues and yellows. Vase contains a signature on the bottom with the name, Kinkosan. Some old repairs. Age: Meiji period. Size: Height: 12" Diameter: 8"

A finely cast pair of bronze vases made in Japan, probably for export, during the Meiji period (1868-1911). Condition - excellent - no damages and no repairs. 24cm (9.5inches) high...

Delightful Victorian "imari" pattern scent bottle with a gilded silver cap which is stamped with the hallmarks for London 1888. The bottle is 2" wide, 2 3/8" hight and 1/2" deep.

A very well hand painted on porcelain dessert plate depicting blackberries with leaves and canes in the well of the plate. A thin band of black and gilt marks the edge of the lip which is decorated with a shaped band of grey, separated from a band of maroon band by thin lines of black and white separated by a slightly thicker band of textured gilding. The rim is gilt...

A rare and very early representation of a Deity, Ancient Near East, 3rd. millenium BC.

The deity likely god from Mesopotamia or Susa, but made in the Southern region and of the mixed intercultural style of Kermanh / Bactria.

The half figure fragmentary with a beak-like nose, large eyes and a small 'sailors' hat, with lumbs of cobber on the body likely representing clothings.

Size: 7 cm.

Ex. Old Private Collection

Signed and unusual incense burner with two cloisonne floral designs mixed with some repousse work. Size: W. 11.5 x 11.5 cm. H. 3 cm. Condition: No repairs. Some loss of enamel on one of the floral patterns from age.

This early 20th century Chinese carved wood statue is 5" tall, 6 1/8" wide and 3 1/4" in depth. The statue presents the legendary Chinese character Liu Hai. This character is an eternally young boy who is always accompanied by a three legged toad. The statue presents a smiling Liu Hai seated comfortably on a rock with a whisk and straw hat on his back and the three legged toad resting on his right foot. Aside from a minor repair on his left toe, it is in great condition.

Very rare pair of pottery bears. The meaning of bears of during Han Dynasty is somewhat enigmatic, as they are “everywhere” in their material culture i.e., bronze, jade and pottery, but what they signify remains unexplained. Usually they are depicted in a friendly almost cute Winnie the Pooh (ish) fashion, lacking in ferocity like dragons and tigers. Only during the Han did they reach such ubiquity. Both have an amber colored vitreous glaze and appeared to be mostly hand carved...

This superb ivory carving of a Chinese legendary figure Tie Gui Li is a late 19th or early 20th century product. It is 11 3/4” tall (including base); without the base it is 10” high, 2 3/4” wide and 2 1/8” in depth. The statue presents a legendary Chinese character who is a member of the eight immortals. According to legend, one day he told his follower that his spirit was going to travel far away. He asked the young follower to watch over his body for seven days while he was away...

Fine Qing dynasty blue and white snuff bottle with a nice over-glaze. A scene depicting a man, likely a gardener on one side and scholar on the other side receiving flowers. No apparent damage. Sold without a topper lid. Height 2.25 inches; widest width: 2.50 inches. High resolution images may be emailed to you upon request.

21.375" blade with a wild midare hamon. Nakago with eight-character signature "Harima Daijō Fujiwara Tadakuni" ( 信濃大掾藤原忠國 ) ; probably 2nd generation (1624). Nagako is possibly ubu (meaning that remains as it is since it was made) with three mekugi-ana. Blade contained in shirasaya attributing blade to Tadakuni. Swordsmith is listed as TA41 from W.M. Hawley, page 368...

An incredible Tibetan gilt bronze dynamic figure of Vajrabhairava, the wrathful form Manjushri. In Tibetan: dor je jig je, pa wo chigpa. In English: The Solitary Hero Vajra Terror. Vajrabairava is part of the practice of Yamataka (of the Gelug tradition). In this sculpture, Vajrabairava is locked in tantric embrace with his female counterpart. He has 9 faces, the central face being of a buffalo and the uppermost head that of Manjushri...

A fine carved Norhern Song ( 960 - 1127 ) Yaozhou bowl. Diameter : 13,3 cm. H : 5 cm. Condition : Perfect !

Really gorgeous antique English silver stirrup and horse shoe letter rack with pen holder and inkwell. Circa 1900, Mint condition. Quite large, measures 7.5 inches tall, 8’” wide and 9” deep. Beautiful walnut wood base on wooden ball feet.

Antique Japanese bronze usubata made of woven bronze. An usubata is a floral arranging container for ikebana. The base is made in the form of an open weave bamboo basket with a six point star pattern. The top is a close weave. The handles are bamboo branches with leaves climbing over the basket. Meiji period 1868-1912. It measures 12" wide 11" tall.

Wonderful Chinese hardwood table with stunning Burl wood. Well rounded legs that have detailed carving of flowers on each of the four sides. Heavy and solid in weight. Very well carved with deep radiant finish. Early 20th Century Dimensions: 12 1/4" High X 36" Wide X 17 1/2" Deep

Fragmentary relief delicately carved to represent a group of three characters, on the left side a yakshi in a niche standing in tribangha posture and holding a palm in her right hand and on the right side two superimposed partly missing characters. Grey schist. Graeco-Buddhist art, Gandhara period, ca. 3rd century. Height: 14 cm. The relief is nicely mounted on a custom plexi stand.

An attractive 18th century English porcelain teabowl and saucer, made by one of the Liverpool factories. Excellent condition with no problems. The saucer is 4 3/4" in diameter, with the bowl being 3" in diameter and 1 3/4" in height.

Exceptionally LARGE Chinese Neolithic / Bronze Age Impressed Pottery Jar with Oxford TL Test

This extremely rare and imposing pottery jar dates to the around the 1st millennium BC, the late Chinese Neolithic / Bronze Age period...

Elegantly decorated vase with a geometric design of 24 facets. Meiji period, late 19th century. Sparsely painted with airy flower sprigs, leaving large parts of the cream-coloured crackle-glazed surface undecorated. The mouth rim with the mon (emblem) of the Itagaki (?) family. Impressed three character mark to the base and painted signature in red. Height "6¼ / 16 cm. Condition: fine.

A Fine Koren Carved Wood Folk Wedding Duck: Korea, 19th Century Carved with a lozenge-form body with a flat, oval base and a fitted with a detachable neck and head which fit into a round hole in the body, painted in black pigment with two eyes, its beak has two holes for fiting laces, it has old rich dark patina on the surface. This wedding duck is superb piece of Korean folk sculpture, warm and compelling in this derectness and naivete. It’s in good condition. It measures 31cm x 20cm (1...

Antique Japanese Shino Ware Chawan (Tea Bowl) Old Shino Pottery for Tea Ceremony Meiji period (1868-1912).
The potter signature is carved on the bottom.
Shino pottery is produced in today's Gifu prefecture since 16th century and it is distinguished by thick white glazes, red marks and the surface of small holes.
Size
Diameter 14cm
Height 7cm
Weight 370g

Condition
Overall good.
No chips, no cracks.

A Japanese Arita dish decorated with scrolling flowers, a central roundel of ( possibly ) passion flowers. The base with four spur marks and an apocryphal Chinese Ming Jiajing reign mark.Circa 1700.

Approximately 19.4 cm diameter. Perfect condition.

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Presented in a frame is the highly colorful, visually-appealing and patriotic cover of an 83 page song book advertising BROMO-SELTZER. Prominently featured is the American flag waving beside the iconic, cobalt blue colored BROMO-SELTZER bottle!

This cleverly-designed image dates to the late 1890s to the early 1900s as it advertises the product as a CURE for all headaches. The passage of the 1906 Pure Food and Drugs Act requiring that foods and drugs bear truthful labeling statements and meet ...

Auspicious painting depicted Jyuseki, Bamboo, and Reishi sacred mushroom. Painted with ink and pigments on silk. Signed Shuseki and sealed. It is dated as in 1922.

Juseki is an abbreviation for landscape stone, which means a stone that is a scaled-down version of the natural scenery, a stone that resembles a certain shape, or an abstract stone that evokes intimacy and an elegant imagination that is difficult to describe. Furthermore, in the painting, a mushroom called reishi, which has bee...

Valuables cabinet circa 1695. . Total height 69”, total width 44.5”, total depth 21”. Two large opening doors each measure 28.5” x 20”. Small internal door 13.5” x 11”. Floor to top of large drawer measures 32.5”. Legs outer dimensions 42.75” x 20” (22” including the ball feet).   Book reference and extract: A History of English Furniture by Percy MacQuoid, R.I, Bracke Books, London, 1988 (originally published in 1904-1908 by Lawrence & Bullen LTD, London. ISBN 1 85170 ...

This porcelain plate was produced in the U.S.A. by Lenox between 1894 and 1906. The plate has a diameter of 9 inches. It was commissioned for the retailer Bailey, Banks & Biddle of Philadelphia. The plate is artist signed W.H. Mosley who was a prominent painter at Lenox. The plate has a soft cream colored ground. The center is hand painted in subtle colors in a rather “Impressionistic” manner. The birds are identified as “Snipe” found in marsh lands. They are painted in fine detai...

"Luang Poh Nguen, Prah Bucha 19 Cho" 19 BUDDHIST MONKS MAKING MERIT, 18/19th Century, BRONZE with natully formed verdigris patina. Good condition. Size: height 23 cm x 10 cm. (9" x 4"). Rare item! Weight: 947 gr. (~ 2.1 lb.). Origin: from an important, vast and ancient Thai Family Private Collection of Period/Original Buddhist Sculptures.

Rare Japanese Iki Ningyo (Living Doll) depicting a man clothed only in a loincloth, showing his perfect physique, with left arm raised and right hand gesturing his strength. Superbly crafted in the latter part of the 19th century for the export market, fulfilling the demand for Japanese “exotica”, following Japan’s opening to the West in the mid-19th century. Fashioned of wood and covered in naturally pigmented gofun, with inset glass eyes, and featuring individually inserted human hair ...

This is the Katazome cotton festival costume used in Edo during the Edo period. It is dyed with natural indigo. Cotton is hand-spun and thick. It has a few repair marks, but it doesn't stand out. The condition is good and there are no stains. Size: Length 142cm / 55.9inch Cuff to cuff, across the back: 122cm / 48inch Box.c

A Black-Glazed Bowl, Song Dynasty. Covered with a brown-black glaze and crackle glaze. Few small glaze lost and chips at the base. Very rarely. Diameter approximately 14.4 cm and height approximately 6.7 cm. Good condition.

A Rare piece of Buddhism relics was found in fine condition.
Only one original defects on the top left, the piece was in great look.

Height: 17.2cm, Width:13.6cm, Depth:5.0cm.(without stand)

An acrylic stand is in clouded.

A Custom-made cotton box is included.

Beautiful antique Tibetan gilt bronze and copper repouse statue of the bodhisatva Avalokeieshvara, modeled with multiple heads protruding from the top of head, and countless arms in a circular nimbus edged with flames, holding prayer beads, a lotus, a conch shell and other attributes, beautifully modeled features, 19th century. Size: 18 1/2" high x 14" wide x 5" deep.

An antique Japanese bamboo basket made for Ikebana flower arranging. Depicts an archaic Chinese bronze vessel with flared open mouth design with side handles. The weave of the body suggests the pattern that would have imbued if this were a bronze form. Base is a six pointed foot with maker's sign that reads Sarihen.

Age: Meiji Period (1880-1890)

Dimensions: 11 1/2" High by 11 1/2" Wide by 9 3/4" Deep

Diameter approximately 31 cm. In good condition.

Large and lidded antique Yixing - I Hsing teapot decorated with enamel floral and bird. The bottom of the teapot signed with the seal mark. PERIOD : late 19th Cenuryt MEASUREMENTS: 22 cm wide, 17 cm height. CONDITION: Perfect, no chips, cracks, hairlines and free from restorations.

Two-handled celadon jarlet; the glaze extending halfway down the body and in a soft green shade. The exposed earthenware is a reddish hue. Two applied strap handles connect the jar's lip to the shoulders. 15th-16th century. Origin: Southeast Asia, possibly Thailand. Size: 2.5" tall. Condition: Excellent.

An exquisite sterling overlay cranberry glass pitcher awarded as a trophy for the Motor Boat Club of America. Measuring 13.5 inches tall in excellent condition.

A 7.5" light olive green silver wire vase, unsigned. Silver rimmed with black counterenamel and bottom, it is decorated with finely executed vines and blue berries.

Imperfections: A small flake directly under the top silver rim, shown in enlargement #1 and one very small light area on the green enamel, 1" above the base, visible in enlargements #3 and #4; both are probably manufacturing flaws. (All other light spots are reflections.)

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Antique Chinese jade lidded box in rectangular form on four cylinder legs. Carved with highly raised relief designs of archaic motifs featuring lion heads, key frets and scrolling chimera. Loose carved ring handles on the sides and large fu-lion finial on the lid. Beautiful coloring ranging from white to green. On carved hardwood base.

Age: Republic Period (1912-1949)

Dimensions: Total size with stand: 10 3/4" high x 10 1/2" wide x 6 1/2" deep. Size of jade box: 8 3/4"...

Antique 9K gold Victorian "message" ring, "Mizpah, symbolizing a bond between two people, comes from a bible quote in the book of Genesis, "The Lord watch between thee and me, when we are absent one from another". Mizpah is the Hebrew word for "Watchtower", a pillar of stones which symbolized the covenant between Jacob and Laban. Mizpah rings were often exchanged between two people in the hope of protecting the two during a period of separation, often by war.

1800s

This shallow dish is well-carved translucent green jade with bands of blackish coloring with speckles of gray and white. Two handles carved as butterflies extend from the rim. It is evenly carved inside and out with the base raised on a low footring, also very well-carved. The overall pattern in the jade suggests a landscape or cloud effect. A section of the well was broken and restuck in the past, and is reflected in the price. Except for the break, the condition is good. This dish ...

Japanese antique choba tansu (merchant's chest) with locking bars and safe box. Made with keyaki (zelkova) wood frame, hinoki (cryptomeria) wood drawer fronts, sugi (cypress) wood top and side panels. The upper portion has three large full-width drawers held into place with a locking bar. The lower portion has two medium sized drawers held in place with another matching locking bar. The lower right hand side has a safe box opened by a hinged door. Inside are four small drawers, one of wh...

A fine quality 19th. century wooden figure of Guanyin, with much laquer and fine filt overall, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912).

An attractive figure of a fine style seated on a double lotus throne.

Size: 24 cm. tall.

Condition: Good very fine to extremely fine for the type with fully preserved colours and gilt and only minor wear and smaller chips to the paint.

Ex. Private collection of Ulf Gudmundsen from the 1950s and onwards. An important collecti...

Chinese Qing dynasty Qianlong period deep dish decorated in underglaze blue on a white porcelain ground with four fish swimming among marsh grasses. Unglazed base. 11” diameter x 2 1/2" high. 18th century. Good overall condition. There is a fine old hairline extending around the outer and inner edge. It is about 1 1/4" long and has a two-prong fork at the end on the inside. It barely catches with a fingernail. Typical surface wear and production imperfections. From the estate of Gerha...

Rare silver-alloy Buddha, Ayuthaya period, Siam, Bhumisparsha Mudra position. 17/18th Century. Natural dark aged patina. Good condition. Size H. 10.5 cm. x W. 7.8 cm x D. 3.7 cm. excluding ancient gilt wooden stand.

A fine Japanese Aka-gashi wood okimono of a recumbent shishi (chinese lion). Pleasant patina and grain. Masaharu engraved signature under the base. Meiji period late 19th century Sizes: 14,4 x 35,5 cm Condition report: Very good condition

Spring Landscape. Painted with ink on silk. Signed Chokugai and sealed. It is dated as painted in 1924 on the painting.

Tanomura Chokugai(1905-1997) was a Japanese painter born in Kyoto. Great-grandson of Tanomura Chokunyu(1814-1907). He studied under Tanaka Hakuin(1866-1934). He was a member of the Kyoto Japanese Painters Association and chairman of the Kyoto Shogain.

Some insignificant marks and foxing are present on the painting itself, and some marks, very light. crease, insect...

This poem, inscribed with Rengetsu’s unmistakeable flowing calligraphic script, is set on a backdrop of colored washi paper decorated with gold flecks and intricate renderings of magical forest spirits. The spirits are drawn using “gofun”—a calcium carbonate powder obtained by heating and grinding oyster shells collected around the Inland Sea coast. Due to the luminiferous properties of gofun, the spirits seem to appear and disappear depending on the light and the angle of viewing—add...

A choice and beautiful bronze signal (table) cannon, dating to the early 18th. century.

The cannon very nicely made and comes with a fine brass patina. Fully functionable cannon made with a bore hole of 16-17 mm.

Size: 22 cm. long and weighing c. 1,1-1,2 kilograms.

Ex. Danish Private Collection

19th Century Japanese Lacquered Wood Buddha Zushi Travel Shrine Box

It is 1.2 inches (3 cm) tall by 2.75 inches (7 cm) wide. It is 54.9 gram.

It has rubbing and peeling of paint and lacquer, wrinkle lacquer, chips to the lacquer at the rim, a small chip at the rim, stains, traces of glue at the bottom of the box, and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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