The patterns seems to be somewhat faded.

Hagi-isho juban (under kimono) made of silk in many kinds such as silk crepe, figured silk, pongee silk and wild silk. The patterns are: komon (stencil-dyed small pattern), stripes, checks, kasuri (ikat) and solid color. The lining is indigo dyed pongee silk and floss silk in the hem. All the dyes are vegetable such as benibana (safflower), indigo, purple grass root and so on. In excellent condition. Mid 19th to early 20th century. 127cm x 138cm

PERSIAN BRONZE TORQUE
NEAR-EASTERN, 800 - 600 BC

Heavy solid bronze torque of thick rounded form, the terminals tapering to a curve point

Dimensions:
Diameter: 16 cm
Height on stand: 20 cm

Condition: Left tip of terminal is missing in antiquity otherwise intact and enjoys a beautiful patina

Nicely mounted on an acrylic "Plexi-glass"display stand of high quality

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Late 19th to early 20th century Chinese porcelain figure of a mythical beast crouching on a rock above cresting waves with its head lowered as it laps the water with its tongue. Wonderful potting, excellent face, beautiful use of turquoise and aubergine colored glazes. Great patina, compressed dust on the surface, few spots of losses to the glaze, the body stamped with 2 characters on the bottom. Height 2 11/16 inches.

This is Katazome kimono of Edo period. This is the Silk pongee that a face was spun by hand. The lining is cotton cloth. As for this, a pattern of Katazome is a design of a Japanese pampas grass and the ivy. The Japanese pampas grass pattern of Edo period is very rare. As for this, the material of the kimono is silk. The part of the collar is cotton of twill fabrics. It is unusual for two material to be used for the same kimono in the same Katazome pattern...

Genuine turquoise stone. The overall condition is good, except for an unnoticeable chip on the left side of the boy’s robe. In Chinese Fengshui, “Drum” symbolizes good reputation and social status. Size: 2.5 inches (65mm) tall.

Chinese purple clay yixing large teapot. with mark at the base and the lid. 25cm wide. 17cm body diameter. 9cm high. Good condition with view chipped at inside the lid. small chipped at the spout has been Repaired.

Antique Tibetan long, colorful necklace, comprised of many different shapes of beads of amber, turquoise, coral, Dzi beads and silver.

19th century

Size: 23" total length

A pair of Japanese Edo Period scroll paintings by the painter Sumiyoshi Hiroyuki (1755-1811) , one of a dragon in the clouds and another of a tiger in a bamboo thicket, skillfully painted in sumi ink on silk and signed by the artist. The painter, Hiroyuki was as disciple of the painter, Hiromori and a of successor of the Sumiyoshi School which worked primarily for the Shogunate of Edo Period...

The russet iron menpo depicts an older man's face with wrinkles and a long hair mustache (missing). The removable nose plate has small perforated holes for the insertion of horse hair for the mustache. The rivets are rendered in a plum blossom configuration, and the strap posts holder is in the form of petals and stems. The ears are pierced with plum blossoms. The yodare has four plates laced with blue, calico, and pale orange silk cords...

This late Meiji white molded ceramic netsuke is 1 5/8” long, 1” high and 1 ¼” wide. It depicts a reclining Shi Shi (lion) with its mouth wide open and a loose ball inside. Aside from some tiny black spots due to the firing, it is in very good condition.

German sterling silver lady’s shoe. Imported to England by Theodor Hartman in 1902. Shoe has pointy upturned elf toe and open bands. Exterior decorated with scrolls, flowers, and tassel in low relief. Heel plain. German hallmark and English import marks with London city stamp and date letter. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 4 1/8 x W 2 7/8 x D 9 in. Weight: 8.3 troy ounces. #BH552

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Antique 18th century Japanese charming small scroll painting of a beautiful maiden riding a kirin (in Chinese, qilin). The mythical creature is part lion with the body of a dragon and the hooves of a deer. It represents good fortune, protection, prosperity, longevity and fertility. Beautifully painted in sumi ink and light colors on paper. Mounted on paper. Signed by the artist. (pvt...

Rare ceremonial rice cutter from the Karen people (this particular one is from Northern Thailand). This knife would only be used on the first cutting of the season and as with most all of the rice cultivators in Asia there is a great deal of ritual and importance given to this act, regardless of the religion i.e. Buddhist, animist, Hindu etc. The animal bone handle has a wonderful original patina and the blade is still quite sharp. Circa 60 to 100 years old...

This flag is a very superior item produced by a bold line of Tutugaki, the delicate line of the sumi painting. The image of red Kintarou is an item to keep off an evil and smallpox. And the people prayed it in hope of the growth of the child. There are 22 places of embroidery marks of the flag. It is the embroidery that it is very unique, and is charming. 22 embroidery has each meaning. This has a thin stain...

Burmese bronze Buddha sitting in Mara Vijaya (calling the earth to witness) posture on double lotus base, with gilded gold.

Age: Burma, Shan Period, 16th Century
Measurement: Height 21.8 C.M. / Width 11.3 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.

An unusual balustroid short cordial (rarer than a standard wine) glass with a round funnel bowl; an annular knop under the bowl, a central annulated knop above a hollow stem section, and a basal knop; 5.2" tall

A rare small Longquan celadon washer with well balance potted, covered overall with grayish green near bluish green glazed. Southern Song Dynasty in perfect condition, no any chip, no any crack and free from any restoration. Diameter: 9,8 cm and Height: 3,2 cm.

Antique Tunbridge Ware Dome Top Box, in satinwood, inlaid with other exotic woods in a leaf and berry pattern. Circa 1830.

Height: 3.5”
Width: 7.5”
Depth: 4.5”
(warp to lid)

Wonderful to wear as a pendant this retractable pencil slides into an enameled gilded mummy. In the 1870s-1880s, the Egyptian Revival styles were in vogue as archaeological digs discovered ancient tombs that brought to light rare finds. Their motifs were incorporated into jewelry, objects, furniture, glass and pottery.

Antique Korean Koryo bowl with celadon glaze and tight crackling. Very charming, small size. Size: 5.5" diameter, 1.25" height

Beautiful Victorian two-weight wall clock of burled walnut trimmed in black. Has second hand, and chimes on hour and half hour. This lovely clock measures 17 1/2" wide x 53" tall and is in perfect working condition.

Diameter approximately 14.5 cm. Few soft chips at the rim. In good condition.

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.

1800s

This circular box is well-carved with cranes and clouds in low relief on the lid and covered with an even, sea-green, translucent celadon glaze that highlights the carving. The bottom half of the box is incised with lines radiating from the base and representing the petals of a chrysanthemum flower. The base is glazed and the footring is unglazed exposing the white paste – somewhat soiled with use. The interior of the base and lid is also glazed with an even sea-green celadon tone...

Burmese wooden seated figure.

Age: Burma, Late Mandalay Period, Late 19th Century
Size: Height 43.5 C.M. / Width 23 C.M. / Length 27.5 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.

An important and beautiful larger pottery bowl with musician, Near East, ca. 12th.-13th. century AD.

A very rare and impressive conically shaped pottery bowl with green-yellow decoration on a cream-white ground. A musician seated in the center with a string instrument and 6 other figures seated on the fan with halos, marvelous dotted decoration.

Size: 25 cm. wide and 10 cm...

Guangxu mark, ca. 1875-1908

Both finely potted bowls are covered with a lustrous clear glaze, then painted in a broad palette of overglaze enamels. The thousand flowers design, known in Chinese as jiacai (mingles colors), covers the entire exterior of each bowl from the foot to the rim. The flowers include lotus, peony, hydrangea, chrysanthemum and more. The small spaces between the leaves and blossoms are filled with gold enamel. The interior of each bowl is decorated with five bats (wufu...

A beautiful 19th/20th C. Chinese copper hand warmer,it is all hand made in excellent condition. W:12cm x H:9cm

Very Fine/Rare Korean Silver Inlaid with Symbols of Longevity Box and Cover-19th C.: Joseon period , late 19th century. The rectangular tobacco box inlaid in silver with double happiness on the cover, 10 symbols of longevity on the 4 sides surround by bands of key-fret work and floral diaperwork, the cover appied with a large auspicious character, “double happiness”, rounded within a matching border, a red lacquered panel added in the interiors, raised on four foot surporters. It...

Chinese Qing Dynasty Gilt hairpin with very green burma Jadeite, it is rare and fine gilt hairpin ornament worn by chinese courtesan or noble lady, just like the Kingfisher jewelery from Qing era

Japanese large seated gosho-ningyo doll, a boy child holding a silk scarf in two hands, he is seated with one chubby leg in front and one in back, he wears a little silk bib embroidered with a tortoise in gold thread, he has a hat on his head tied with a cord around his chin, Edo Period. Total size including hat: 13 1/2" high x 10" wide x 8" deep.

Antique Chinese Jade belt hook carved in the form of a duck or a goose. The artist who carved the jade piece utilized the dark inclusions to carve the bill and feet. Age: Song Dynasty Size: height 0.75" width 0.9" length 2.1"

13"H buff-colored earthenware Yangshao type funerary urn decorated on the shoulders with bold black and red geometric designs. The symbolic significance of this decoration is apparently unknown. Ovoid form with a wide body extending to its widest girth at the mid-section and tapering to a narrow base. Two strap handles at the sides. Neck ending in an everted rim with evenly spaced tiny holes. Machang type (circa 2200 B.C.) of the Majiayao culture, Gansu Province. Machang type wares are nam...

A wonderful example of a creamware dish made by Sewell and Donkin of Newcastle (St. Anthony's until 1819). The painted central scene shows a dying patient receiving his unction above the motto "T Oliesel" (Last Rites), and is surrounded with a colorful floral border. The reverse of the dish has the partial impressed manufacturer's name.

The condition of this 10" diameter piece is excellent, with good color, no cracks, chips, or restoration. Normal very faint, non-intrusive and expected cra...

Chinese celadon bowl with a peony motif embossed on the interior section of the bowl. The peony motif is often used in Chinese celadons since the wares were developed during the Song Dynasty. Age: Late Ming Dynasty. Size: height 2.75" diameter 7.3"

Black Hematite seal with nice carvings, dated late in the Babylonian period, c. 18th-16th. cent. BC

Scene with intercessory goddess before God in ascending posture, male, crescent moon, fox, monkey, lion standard.

Size: 30 mm. tall and 13-14 mm. wide.

Condition: Nice Very fine, attractive seal and fully intact.

Provenance: The Karl Müller collection, Germany 1950-1977. Comes with COA and hard imprint.

From the Lumiere Collection by Galerie L'Enfant. Majolica dog with a top hat form.

Pair of antique Chinese monochrome porcelain vases. Ox-blood glaze with white rim. Period: 19th century, Qing Dynasty. Size: Height 7.625"

Antique Chinese tassels from the 18th centur, Sino-TIbetan. The tassels are inlaid gilt and lacquered iron with red horse hair, probably used as ornaments on a horse for the saddle. The decoration has fret key bands and an endless knot pattern. The tassles are displayed in a plastic case. The top of the tassle measures 4" long(10.2 cm).

Unusual 19th century Persian brass betel box with hinged cover and chiseled designs: the top with equestrian lion hunt, the bottom with a scene of a person with long scimitar slaying a man with several figures and a dog watching, the sides with friezes of various animals: lions, dogs and birds. The scenes must be a reference to some literary story. The box is in great condition, very nice earnest chiseling, the exterior with traces of lime that was part of the betel quids (a mixture of areca nut...

Thai wood carving, carved as Naga under leaf-shape, painted with lacquer and golden colour, decorated with mirror-tiles, used for temple decoration.

The middle is carved as Dharmacakra surrounded by flowers and leaves. Dharmacakra (eight-sided pillar or the wheel of doctrine) is the symbol of Buddha's first sermon.

Age: Thailand, 19th Century
Size: Height 59.8 C.M. / Width 36.8 C.M. / Thickness 2.3 C.M.
Height including stand: 67 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overal...

Important Aesthetic Movement Settee Original William & Morris Style Fabric circa 1870s/1880s. measuring 55” in length 34 inches in height, 22 inches deep. Beautiful original condition finally card medallion of a peacock and ornate patterns.

Interesting cylinder seal, slender type of the Western Mesopotamia area, Late Pre-Dynastic c. 2600 BC.

Finely engraved for the type with a 4-leged plant-eater attacked by another animal from the back and above, deity standing behind.

Size: 20 mm. tall and 7 mm. wide.

This seal was aquired 1993 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and impor...

A male dancer dressed in massive and splendid Noh attire. The painting is attributed to Iwasa Matabei (1578–1650), a renowned Japanese painter who is often considered originating ukiyo-e genre painting. As is often the case with this artist, these two paintings do not bear his signature or seal, however the depiction of the figures with rich cheeks and long jaws shows typical expression of people of high social rank during medieval periods, which he exaggerated the expression was originated fr...

Antique Mayan large celt axe from the Post-Classic era (900-1500 AD) is a true masterpiece of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican craftsmanship. Carved out of black-grey hard stone, possibly serpentine, this axe features a massive expanding form with a sharp cutting edge, making it an impressive and formidable weapon.

CONDITION: Shows its age and use, some minor chips to the cutting edge, otherwise in good condition.

The stone appears darker in real life than in the pictures due to the use of...

Unusual Pottery sweets dish in soft green glaze by the 11th generation head of the Raku Family Keinyu, enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Chagata Kobachi. Covered in crackled pale green glaze, it is 11.5 cm diameter, 8 cm tall and in excellent condition.
The 11th generation head of the Raku family, Keinyu, was born a second son of Ogawa Naohachi, a sake brewer from Tanba, the present Kameoka city in Kyoto, he was adopted in the Raku family as Tannyû's son-in-law, assuming...

A Japanese Buddhist temple wall carving / transom, with red and gilt lacquer pigments. Carved with the image of an instrument against a ground of heavenly clouds. Professionally framed to be mounted and displayed on the wall.

Dimensions: 32" L x 27" H

Lovely example of later Cizhou ware with a rather naïve painting of birds and deer. H. 9 cm, diameter 8 cm. Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Excellent condition.

This is a wonderful Japanese covered tea cup of Kutani Ware. It was made 150 years ago.

It has a vivid and strong granular hand painting called 'ao chibu'.

The cup has painted kanji letters on the inside. No chips, cracks or repairs.

The tea cup will be sold together with its antique wood box.

Size: 3,8'' height x 3,2'' width.

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Japanese 2-section isho tansu (clothing chest of drawers), from the Kyoto area. The chest is made with Sugi (cypress) wood in the original glossy red lacquer finish a lacquering process know asiro-urushi (色漆), literally "color lacquer"and has 11 drawers with charming heart-shaped keyholes and black iron warabite pulls. The top section houses a large open compartment behind two Keyaki (elm) sliding panels in a dark finish, with black lacquer frames.

Meiji Period (1868-1912)
...

Pre Columbian Veracruz Terracotta Fragment with a Celt and oil lamp . Group lot the terracotta has beautiful mold work depicting an arm and braided hair likely from a censor the celt from an unknown source and the terracotta Holy land style piece . The largent 4.5" by 3.75"

A rare and most unusual 17th Century excavated Burmese Bronze Buddha with elaborate Crown and Décor subduing Mara, seated on a pedestal. Naturally formed patina. Good condition, no damage or restoration whatsoever. Size: 12 cm x 7.5 cm (4.75" x 3").

This porcelain plate was produced in Germany in the late 19th century. It has a maker’s mark under the glaze we do not recognize. The plate is 8 1/2 inches in diameter. It has a beautiful reticulated border that is quite elaborate. The center of the plate is painted with a garden scene with lovers under a tree. The painting is expertly done. There is lacy gold trim around the inside of the plate. The reticulated border is painted with vivid flowers and outlined in gold. Condition: T...

Wooden netsuke representing a frog whose eyes are inlaid with horn. It is lying on a water lily folded on itself.

The frog (kaeru) is associated with luck and wealth. Kaeru means both "frog" and "coming home" in Japanese. This extension of meaning is due to the ability of the frog to return each year to the pond of its birth. A frog-shaped gong can thus sometimes be used as a door hammer or to protect a house.

Signature near the holes for passing the cord, unid...

Khmer bronze mirror with nice patina.

Age: Cambodia, Angkor Vat Period, 12th Century
Size: Height including stand 49.8 C.M. / Diameter 22.3 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall. Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.

3 embroidered silk panels. Birds and butterflies flying among bamboos are embroidered in colored silk on a yellow background. In the 1970s in Nice (south ofFrance), the saleswoman claimed to be the granddaughter of an imperial concubine who had been able to bring back only these 3 panels as a memory when she left China at the fall of the Qing. I don't think it was an invented story because in the 70s Chinese objects had little interest and their price was low, but above all, the story was told t...

A large porcelain barbed bowl decorated with flowers, birds, fingered citrons, bamboo and other motifs with famille rose enamel and gilt in Imary style. 18th century, Kangxi period. Condition: glaze scratches, enamel and gilt losings; rim glaze bursts as commonly seen on Kangxi wares, plus a few small glaze chips on the rim and one very short kiln crack. Please study photos for condition details. Additional photos will be provided upon requested. Diameter: 11-1/2".

This exciting little piece is a grey pottery urn from the Han Dynasty of ancient China (206 BC - 220 AD). It has a plain but elegant shape with incised line decoration. The surface has light soil encrustations and traces of root fibers from extended burial. There are no signs of repair or restoration. It measures just under 13 cm in height and weighs 618 grams. Don't miss this opportunity to pick up a wonderful piece of our world's Priceless Past!

Dramatic Japanese Boy's Day Banner depicting the warrior Kashiwade no Hanoshi defeating a tiger. Colorful paste resist dyed and painted cotton. Tall banner with two mon (crests) at the top. One mon is the fuji (wisteria) of the Fujiwara family or possible of a family expressing devotion to the Kumano Shrine also associated with the wisteria motif. Meiji Period. Size: 16 feet high x 32 inches wide (including tabs)