All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1910 item #1326797 (stock #JHpinkTeaCad)
June Hastings
$300.00
A lovely Japanese Kutani porcelain tea caddy with bird and floral motif accented with gold gilt on a pink ground. Measures 4.5 inches high and about 3.75" diameter.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1492 item #1107544 (stock #TR 1849)
A rare Song - Yuam dynasty longquan celadon blue green large bowl, rounded side with deep center and unglazed base, bowl has very rare rim shape and covered with good bluish green glaze, good porcelain with high ping sound with finger tip.
Bowl is in good condition with small chip and asociate hairline covered / restored, very rare rim shape.
Size: 21.5 cm diameter.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #1182345
Antique Chinese porcelain monochrome brushwasher. Period: 19th century, Qing Dynasty. Height: 1.75" and Diameter 6.625"
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Sculpture : Pre 1800 item #1457566 (stock #C416)
Antique bronze incense burner - censer in the form of Laozi riding a buffalo, 17th-18th century (Qing dynasty), China.

The bronze depicts the philosopher Lao Tzu on his famous journey away from civilization to find simplicity; he sits on the animal's back with his robes flowing around him.

Lao Tzu or Laozi, or Lao-Tze, was an ancient Chinese philosopher and writer. He is the author of Tao Te Ching, the founder of Taoism, and a deity in religious Taoism...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #1355078
WHITE JADE QILONG BELT BUCKLE (QHJ111606)
Date: 19th century | Qing dynasty
Material: Khotan (Hetian) jade of a greenish white hue
Length: 10.6 cm
Width: 2 cm
Depth: 2.1 cm
Weight: 60.1 grams
Provenance: From a Chicago, IL estate

A classic 19th c Qing dynasty white jade belt buckle, in qilong form with the larger dragon supporting a smaller reticulated qilong dragon perching above. The tone of the jade is a creamy greenish-white...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1492053
A nice hemispheric stamp seal of the gable form engraved in the base with a Cruciform design and pierced through, Mesopotamian, Ubad, c. 5th. millenium BC.

Size: c. 18 mm...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1700 item #1352474 (stock #EW 2993)
A good Arita vase of bulbous ovoid form decorated with three panels featuring traditional kacho-ga motifs, birds and flowers, including Chrysanthemums, Camelias and Peonies. The neck and shoulder of the vase decorated with horizontal bands of palisade like vertical stripes and stylised overlapping petals. Each panel divided by a stylised Lotuses with kara kusa scrolls, and the base decorated with a simple saw tooth pattern...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1700 item #751091 (stock #0076)
A blue and white Small Bottle Vase, early qing dynasty.found from shipwreck in Indonesia.good glaze, has small chip mouth. size: 12cm high. 4cm body diameter.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1490839 (stock #M7712)
Large Chinese Neolithic Caiyuan Pottery Jar with Oxford TL Test

This large and impressive pottery jar was made by peoples of the Caiyuan Culture (c. 2600 - 2200 BC) and has been excavated from the Ningxia Autonomous Region in the north of China. It is quite "heavily-potted" and has been fired to a very pleasing pale yellowish-brown with the surface colour becoming more red in places. The upper surface has been burnished and is very smooth to the touch...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Textiles : Pre 1900 item #1489328
This is an original Japanese antique silk children's kimono from the Meiji period (1868-1911). It has a lovely bamboo leaf design. There are no noticeable stains. It is in good condition. At that time, children wore cotton kimonos as their everyday clothes. A luxurious silk kimono that could only be worn on special occasions. Size: Length: 73cm (28.7 inches) / Cuff to cuff, entire back: 65cm (25.5 inches)
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Lacquer : Pre 1837 VR item #1475305 (stock #2023-1105)
Gold lacquer suzuribako (writing set) representing a pine tree in a rocky mass in takamaki-e on a kirigane background.

The inside of the lid and the writing case is decorated with an interlacing of hiramaki-e foliage on a dense nashi-ji background.

Accompanied by its original box with partially identified inscription, "Suzuribako with lid - gold nashi-ji [...]" (金梨地 [1 unidentified kanji]画 [2 unidentified kanji] 硯筥覆).

Japan – Edo era (160...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1248506 (stock #ES840)
Relics of the Nile
$1,500.00
Relics of the Nile is pleased to present this very large Egyptian granite ceremonial spear head. Spears in ancient Egypt were primarily used for hunting, however the spear never surpassed the bow and arrow. Spear heads like this one were attached to long wooden shafts by means of a tang and were often used in the military as auxiliary weapons used by charioteers once their arrows were expended. Many scenes depict military processions where the army presents large spears in succession...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Pottery : Pre 1492 item #1435343
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$295.00
West Mexican pre Columbian Pottery Fragments and Large Arm. The arm in grey clay from a good sized figure holding an orb as well as a pottery flask section with small hole at top and a solid grey clay disk. The arm L 5.5"
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900 item #1463987 (stock #BW977)
Victorian Modern sterling silver cigar box. Made by Joseph Braham in London in 1897. Rectangular with straight sides. Flat top with double hinged end covers. Center has scroll bracket handle; open rectangles at ends inset with detachable cutters. Also, detachable lighter and strike. Interior cedar lined and partitioned. Box underside leather lined. Fully marked. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 4 3/4 x W 9 1/8 x D 6 3/4 in. Heavy gross weight: 40.4 troy ounces. #BW977

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1837 VR item #1467574
Rare Kenjo Karatsu Chawan decorated with inlaid cranes and clouds design made in the mid Edo period (1603-1868).

Kenjo Karatsu refers to the Karatsu ware that was officially presented to the Tokugawa Shogun family by the lord of Karatsu Castle in Hizen.

The mouth is wide and gently narrows from the edge to the bottom. The body is covered with a glossy white glaze, and the base is unglazed...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Metalwork : Pre 1800 item #1062903 (stock #0707)
One-Of-A-Kind 18th Century Korean Staff Sword, Changpogeom, a style of sword unique to Korea, with seven gold inlay dots on each side representing the Seven Star Spirit (Chilseong), an ancient Daoist deity that controls fortune. Antique Changpogeom are rare. It's a staff with a fighting blade inside. And a Chilseong Changpogeom (Seven Star Staff Sword) is so rare that this may be the only surviving example...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Stoneware : Pre 1492 item #1221755 (stock #531)
Dark grey stoneware body covered with a very nice and glossy, fine Guan - crackled, quite uncommon brownish celadon glaze. Song – Yuan Dynasty ( thirteenth to fourteenth centuries ) Longquan ware, Zhejiang. Diameter : 6,4 cm. H : 6,7 cm. Condition : Perfect.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1700 item #1461434 (stock #gy6556)
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17th Century Kangxi Chinese Blue & White Soft Paste Crackle Censer

It is 6 inches (15cm) tall by 8.5 inches (22 cm) wide. It is 4lb.

It has hairline cracks, stain and surface wears (as seen in the photos).


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All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Pre 1900 item #1282793 (stock #OI-002)
A beautiful three-piece antique French clock garniture set, made by F.Marti. Made of metal and marble, the set consists of a clock and two accent pieces. Overall, the set is in very good condition (the top-filial on the clock is a little loose). The clock-works is marked, 'S. Marti Medaille d'Or Paris 1900' - see last picture. The clock is approximately 15 inches (37,5 cm) tall and 10 inches (25 cm) wide. Each of the accent pieces is approximately 11 inches (27,5 cm) tall.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Pre AD 1000 item #1488873
A very thick and massive gold ring with clasping right hands, Roman Imperial Period, 2nd - 3rd century AD.

Typical high shoulders and compressed design. 22+ carats gold.

The depiction of the dextrarum iunctio (handclasp) was highly popular in Roman art. In the Roman world, the right hand was sacred to Fides,the deity of fidelity...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Pre AD 1000 item #1300465
what pdx
$165.00
Egyptian Amarna New Kingdom 18th-19th Dynasty Fiance highly detailed molded bead in green , good condition c 1300 BC. Size over 1/2"
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Pre 1800 item #1374128
Thangka of the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, Manjushri, the central figure holding her flaming sword. Depicting the five peaceful manifestations of Manjushri, including the wrathful Mahakala as protector deity of the thangka. There are five monasteries depicted in the painting, each with title describing their identity. WuTai-shan, the five-peak mountain, is shown which contains the five monasteries...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : Italian : Pre 1920 item #1396177 (stock #BNJglasFloSa)
June Hastings
$320.00
Rare glass master salt cellar in the shape of a flower with a matching spoon in the shape of a shovel. It is in excellent condition. Besides being used for salt, it would be good for powdered sugar or any powdered substance that you would want to dispense. A terrific piece for the collector, it also make for an unusual and noticeable stand alone decorative item. Measures about 4.25" long, 1.75" high, 3.25 inches across.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Prehistorical item #1482243 (stock #CII.17)
A.v.d.B Egyptian Artefacts
Price on Request
Meretamen / Amenmeret – imn-mrt Typ 1

Bab el-Gasus Shabtis - Cache II - Tomb of the Priests of Amun.

Also known as Meretamon, Meretamun, Meretimen, Imenmeret, Amenmeret

The name means ‘The beloved of Amen’

Mistress of the House, Chantress of Amen-Re, the king of the gods, Musician of the choir of Mut, great lady of Isheru, Nurse of Khonsu the child. Daughter of HPA Menkheperra A and Isememkhebit C and (half-)sister of Pinedjem II, Ankhefenmu...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1900 item #1246735
Antique Japanese print of Fudo Myoo seated on a rock surrounded by swirling water, printed on thin rice paper, prints like this were made to sell to pilgrims as they came to visit a shrine or temple, c. 1800. Size in frame: 18 1/4" high x 18 1/4" wide Size of print: 10 1/4" high x 5" wide
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Folk Art : Pre 1900 item #1072701 (stock #890)
A Very Fine/Rare Pair of Papier Marche Wedding Ducks: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th Century, This pair of male and female weddding ducks created with details of the wings’ feathers realistically,these ducks formed in wood, covered many layers with Korean traditional paper from the wood (the paper mulberry) and then oiled on it. This pairs were made for wedding ceremony in Choson (Yi) dynasty (19th century). It could be made only skilled crafted shipman. The Korean wedding ducks are one of ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Metalwork : Pre 1900 item #1362775 (stock #1149)
Chinese Qing dynasty bronze censer or incense burner. 15,5 cm wide from ear to ear. 10,8 cm mouth diameter. 6 cm high. 904 gram weight. good conditions.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1422381 (stock #5980)
C.P.Sheffield
£310.00
A Blue and White Tea Bowl and Saucer. Decorated with a flowering plant growing from among rockwork. Lowestoft C1770. Diameter Saucer: 4 9/16"(11.7 cm). Condition: excellent
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1900 item #1443622
Zentner Collection
$1,800.00
An antique Japanese Sendai Tansu made of Keyaki (Zelkova) and Suginoki (Cryptomeria) woods. Original natural Urushi lacquer with hand forged iron hardware including the lock plates featuring Peonies and a door lock plate featuring a large radish. Four large drawers for spacious kimono storage with two smaller visible drawers for accessories and two small drawers behind the hinged security door for valuables.

Age: Meiji Period (1880-1890)

Dimensions: 47" Wide by 34 1/4" High by 16 ...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Lacquer : Pre 1900 item #787947
A very fine Imperial Russian lacquer box by Vishniakov. The lid is decorated with a winter scene showing an empty troika, still tethered to its horse, located just outside a snow-covered log building. The scene is beautifully detailed. The interior is lacquered in the dark rust shade characteristic of Vishniakov.

Origin: Russia, ca. 1880. Condition: the top shows considerably alligatoring, but no paint loss; two of the top corners have flakes (visible in photos); the interior has wear to t...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Textiles : Accessories : Pre 1900 item #1414769 (stock #3011)
This is what I call a down home or servicable antique pot holder. It looks like a odd apple with a tummy sash. It is sewn nicely but with a childish feeling to it. I am sure it was used but care was taken with it. The loop at the top looks original. It is a very nice naive pot holder from the 1840's. It is 4" by 5". I love seeing these hung.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1910 item #1480711 (stock #4104)
Mastromauro Japanese art
EUR €1,900.00
Rectangular rounded netsuke manju, made of ivory and depicting the mighty Shoki with horn eyes. Shoki is a Japanese mythological figure, also known as the demon hunter, who symbolizes protection from evil forces. Adding a touch of sophistication to the manju the sword, with which he fights demons, in mother of pearl and the details of Shoki's robes in tortoiseshell. Origin: Japan Period: Edo 19th century Dimensions: 3.7 x 4.5 x 1.5cm. State of conservation: Very good
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : German : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #1487851 (stock #T143)
This 3 piece porcelain tea cup, saucer and dessert plate was produced in Germany by the Helena Wolfsohn Dresden studio in the 1890s. The plate is 7 1/2 inches in diameter, the saucer is 4 7/8 inches in diameter and the cup is 1 3/4 inches high with a diameter of 3 1/8 inches. The fluted porcelain blanks were made in Bohemia by Ohme. The porcelain is highly translucent, delicate and scalloped on the edges. Bright panels of yellow alternate with panels of tiny colorful flowers. Lacy gold bord...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1389891 (stock #1-1108)
Steatite bowl, with an elaborate decoration carved in relief representing bearded and winged characters, in formal attire, standing and holding a disc, maybe a cymbal, in each hand, alternating with two circular symbols and surmounted by a geometric design around the rim. Indus Valley Civilisation (2600-1900 BC). Height: 7 cm. Diameter: 12.2 cm. Old, small sized accidents, otherwise very good condition. IMPORTANT: owing to the rather heavy weight of the object, please consult us about the ship...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Jewelry : English : Pre 1900 item #1452949
This is an original nineteenth century sterling watch chain with a round interlocking link. Close-up photos reveal the interlocking nature of the links. A great deal of ingenuity went into making chains, and there is nothing like an original long Victorian watch chain that retains its original length. Watch chains of the nineteenth century served the function of allowing the watch to be retrieved from the pocket without losing grasp of the watch itself. If you favor chains that are fu...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1800 item #1436273 (stock #20210103-02)

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Offered is a lovely and extremely rare example of the Old English pattern in the first few years of its development. The first moves away from the Hanoverian pattern were with the larger serving pieces, such as this soup ladle, and with some forks. The primary reason for this shift was the discomfort of using pieces like soup ladles with the turned-up handles of the Hanoverian pattern; the turned-do...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1330806 (stock #6701)
A Fine Quality Chinese Imari Jar. Decorated with a continuous Lotus scroll. C1720/30. Height: excluding wood cover, 6 7/8" (17.6 cm). Condition: excellent, no frits, chips, cracks or restoration. Wood cover not included.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1920 item #1354913 (stock #1135)
Rare Chinese Yixing teapot for southeast asian market. Size 23 cm wide. 9,5 cm high. Conditions: Small chipped at inside the lid and very short lines at the rim ( Almost can't see it with eyes) Free from any repair.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : French : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #866915 (stock #E3)
This set of 6 porcelain demitasse cups and saucers was produced in France by M. Redon Limoges between 1882 and 1896. The saucers have a diameter of 4 1/2 inches and the cups are 2 1/8 inches high. They are decorated with a factory transfer of bright pink roses and garlands of foliage. The handles and rims are trimmed with gold. Condition: There is barely visible wear to the gilded rims of a couple of the cups. Considering their age, it is very slight.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1700 item #1427449
A fabulous and rare Jiajing/Wanli kraak plate, made for the Japanese market. Plate with flattened barbed slightly upright everted rim painted with a figure on a bridge to an island, Crossing a bridge towards a house beneath overhanging tree from rockwork. In the distance on another island stands a thatched viewing pavilion, all within a band of nine cranes in water with flowering lous, the underside with a fruiting peach branch repeated on the other side below a band of sketchily drawn prun...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1900 item #1473571
19th century netsuke in kagamibuta (“mirror lid”) with cinnabar lacquer top carved with the character FUKU (fortune) among peony flowers. Essentially the netsuke is a wish for wealth. Very nice work, beautiful patina, compressed dust in crevices, nice old wooden bowl, with rotating peg that serves as himotoshi. Bowl diameter 1.72 inches.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Hardstones : Pre 1920 item #1273892
Antique Chinese grey and white jadeite carving of two fish swimming opposite each other, one of them spouting a stream of water out of its mouth. The fish are delicately carved over the darker grey area of jade, while the rest piece is a lighter grey/white jade. Size: 2.5" length, .75" thickness
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1700 item #1100466
Celadon Art Gallery
USD 450.00
Finely porcelain decorated with flower on the center, and floral on the outside, glazed base. PERIOD : Middle Ming 16th Century MEASUREMENTS: 10,5 cm wide, 5.5 cm tall. CONDITION: no chips, cracks, hairlines and free from restoration. Good ping sound when tapping by finger tips.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : French : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #1001834 (stock #F71)
This porcelain perfume bottle with stopper was produced in France in the mid 19th century. It has some impressed letters and numbers but they are not legible. The style of the gilding and the lady’s dress are typical of the mid 19th century and so this would be considered “Paris Porcelain.” It is similar to porcelain produced by Sevres. The porcelain is very fine and thin. The ground color is rich cobalt blue. The reserve has a portrait of a lovely young woman dressed in jewels and f...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : American Indian : Handiwork : Pre 1900 item #1044350 (stock #D002)
Rare, beaded hide, sinew sewn, miniature Sioux Blanket Strip circa 1880. Decorated with four central medallions with geometric designs. It is attached to a red textile. This may be one of the smallest blaket strips known. The strip measures 30 1/2" Long x 1 1/2" Wide, and the medallions are 2 1/8" in diameter. The red textile measures 43" Tall x 40" Wide.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1377901 (stock #1161)
An unusual Pith / 'Rice' paper picture, delicately painted with a scene from a dramatization of "The Death of Ma Su" who was a famous General under the command of Scholar, Inventor and Political and Military Strategist Zhu Ge Liang (181-234 AD). This story is to be found in the historical novel the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and also in the Peking opera "Loss of Jieting". This picture was painted in China during the 19th Century, probably as one of a series of pictures, and is now mounted i...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Scholar Art : Pre 1900 item #1465505
Unusual 19th century Chinese soapstone double seal of rectangular section with two sides carved with sunken characters. Third catalogue photo includes images of both printing surfaces flipped left to right to show what the imprint of the seals will look like. Nice buff colored stone, crisp carving of the characters, old traces of red seal paste in the grooves of the characters, in excellent condition, very nice scholar’s object. Seal size 1 1/4 x 5/8 inches.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1920 item #1264378 (stock #3A2)
Japanese large Imari Porcelain Punch Bowl, 4 1/2" high, 12" diameter-top, early 1920, with typical Imari colors of red, green and orange overglaze enamel on top of the underglaze blue, and highlighted in gold. Very delightful Japanese garden scene just outside the door or window in divided cartouches. There are some scratch marks on the bottom inside the bowl, no cracks, no restoration, no damage.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900 item #1491152 (stock #BZ615)
Victorian Classical sterling silver water pitcher. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1877. Globular bowl with drum-form neck, small lip spout, and c-scroll handle. Bowl has vertical ornament in form of applied acanthus leaves alternating with embossed gadroons. Neck has applied harps in wreaths between leafing scrolls. Handle has applied rosette and leafing stem. Fully marked including maker’s stamp, pattern no. 4706 (first produced in 1877), and director’s letter M (1873-91). Very good ...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : American : Art Glass : Pre 1930 item #1489803 (stock #24024877)
Private Stock
$1,300.00
Wonderful blue Cluthra M-handled vase standing 10 inches tall and 7 inches in diameter at its widest point. The vase is shape 8508 and is entirely mixed blue and white from top to bottom. It does not shade to white at the bottom. The bubbles in the Cluthra are small (1/4 inch diameter or less) and are well distributed. There is no damage to this unsigned vase.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1900 item #1490933 (stock #BZ551)
Pair of Antique Russian Classical Silver Candlesticks, ca 1888. Each: Round socket; flared rim mounted with pierced and scalloped border. Baluster spool socket with floral garland knop and leaf flanges on domed foot mounted to square base. Chased and tooled leaf-and-dart ornament. Marks include assayer’s stamp (Josef Sosnkowski) dated 1888, city stamp (St Petersburg), and 84 alloy stamp (that is, 84/96 or 875 silver). Very good condition.

Dimensions (taller): H 14 x W 4 5/8 x D 4 5/8 in. To...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1700 item #1223666 (stock #0078)

Our Kutsu / gutsu gata ( shoe shaped ) tea bowl is made of iron bearing Karatsu clay.

Its fastly but expertly thrown body is glazed inside and outside, with the exception of the bottom including the roughly cut foot ring with an ash glaze which has some Feldspat mixed in glaze. The decoration under the glaze is painted in dark brown iron bearing clay directly on the body - flying birds.

To prevent the glaze from flaking off at the rim, iron oxide was painted under the gl...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1800 item #1447832
Japanese Antique Raku Teabowl (Chawan) made during Mid-Edo Period (1603-1868).

Raku pottery is traditionally used in Japanese tea ceremony since as early as the 16th century.
The seal of the potter is stamped at the bottom.

Size
2.613in. (6.7cm.) high;
4.212in. (10.8cm.) diameter;
230g weight.

Condition
Good considering the age.
There is a chip at the rim. Please see the photos for details.
No cracks.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Folk Art : Pre 1900 item #911958 (stock #619)
A Fine Korean Zelkova Wood Cosmetic Box (Kyung Dae): Korea, Joseon Dynasty, 19th Century Of rectangular shape set on four bracket feet, fitted with a flat lid hinged in the midsection and at the back which covers the mirror compartment, the mirror now aged crack, also constructed with a single rectangular drawer below, fitted with buckle-shaped metal hings and double-U shaped drawer pull, this box made with a zelkova wood with a natural granes. It’s in very fine condition except a mirror...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : India : Pre 1900 item #1470883 (stock #AH11)
An antique Hindu Indian bronze ceremonial bell handle from the 18th -19th century, India. It is made up of two back-to-back statues. One statue is of Hanuman, who represents friendship, loyalty, and service and is known as the monkey god. The other statue is of Garuda, a mythic half-man, half-bird who is said to fly everywhere to protect humankind.

CONDITION: Showing its age and use, the surface has a dark patina and is worn out on exposed areas.

MEASUREMENTS: Height: 11 cm (4.33 i...

All Items : Antiques : Furnishings : Lighting : Ceiling Fixtures : Pre 1920 item #1321039 (stock #be101rh)
Beautiful cranberry hobnail American Victorian Gone with the Wind fixture in beautiful original condition. The shade measures 13 1/2" in diameter x 7 1/2" tall, and the whole fixture measures 32" from top to bottom and 16" wide
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Pre 1920 item #1443263 (stock #WN323)
Galerie Hafner
$480.00
shipping included
A gunpowder horn dating to the 19th / early 20th century. The curved body is made from water buffalo horn, the wide end with a wooden stopper, the suspension area with a Singha head and a bronze chain. The gunpowder was stored in the Batak house in large gourds, the chief carried his own personal supply in such containers, which he wore suspended from a chain around his neck. Condition: the spout was originally with a closing mechanism now partially lost, some small losses and lost pins. Dimensi...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1920 item #1455799
An antique Japanese Tansu chest called Kotansu made entirely of Kirinoki (Paulownia) wood. All original bronze and iron hardware including the Warabite handles. Locks feature a Chrysanthemum motif and the door handles display stylized clouds. Two sliding doors open to a spacious storage area and five drawers used for additional storage and organizing. Constructed using straight dovetail joinery and hardened wooden nails.

Age: Late Meiji-Taisho (1910-1920)

Dimensions: 23 7/8" Wid...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Jewelry : Pre 1900 item #909770 (stock #G0096)
A beautiful large piece late 18th C. Chinese Jadeite brooch, mounted on sterling silver. In excellent condition. H:1-3/4" x W:1-1/2".