Calm and serene gilded wooden Buddha subduing Mara with his right hand in the gesture of touching the earth, the left in meditation.
19th Century. Good condition. Size: H. 15 cm. x W. 13.5 cm. x D. 6 cm.
Chinese bronze censer or incense burner with cover. Xuande Mark. 14 cm diameter, 1384 gram weight. Good conditions.
A Chinese bronze hu-form vase with tubular handles and a cast band around the shoulder. Late Ming, 17th century. 24 cms.
(shallow dent to lower part of one side)
Elegant silver cigarette case, the lid decorated with bamboo. Inside marked "Tackhing", "90% silver" and a Chinese character mark. This silversmith was active between the late 19th century and early 20th century in Hong Kong. With original blue silk lined paper box, the lid with glass. Condition: few traces of usage, glass with breakage. Dimension: 8.2 cm x 11.7 cm, weight: 128 g.
A rare, very decorative, Celadon glazed Alms Bowl, 18th - 19th century with its original wooden stand. Very nice Celadon glaze. The rim of the bowl covered with a dark brown wash, the unglazed footring covered with a pale brown wash.
Diameter : 23,8 cm. H : without wooden stand : 13,5 cm ( With wooden stand : 22 cm. )
Condition : The bowl in perfect condition. The old wooden stand broken and re - glued.
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Earthenware celadon kendi with four lugs, unglaze flat base. MEASUREMENT : 21 cm height, 20 cm wide. PERIOD : Tang Dynasty (618-906 AD) CONDITION: chips on the spout, no cracks or hairlines and free from restorations.
Antique Japanese tsuba (hand guard for samurai katana) decorated with a monkey peeking though the bamboo rails of a cage or gate. Often occurring in Japanese folk tales, the monkey generally symbolizes a trickster. Since tsuba were often a warrior's source of personal expression, it is likely this monkey held specific significance to the blade's owner.
Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Dimensions: 3" high x 2 7/8" wide x 1/8" thick (1/4" thick including monkey).
Pair small Japanese blue and white porcelain dishes. Hawthorne style decoration of prunus branches in bloom. Verso with three prunus branches. Blue underglaze mark centered within the foot rim. Fair to decent condition with a few frit like flea bites to the glaze along the rims. No cracks and no hairlines. Diameter each about 7 1/8 inches (18.1 cm)
This rare and interesting ceramic work was done by one of the most renowned and loved waka poets of the 19th century, Ōtagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875). In fact, if you look closely at the attached images, you will see her finger imprints clearly preserved in the molded clay.
Born into a Samurai family but soon after adopted by the Ōtagaki family, from the age of seven to sixteen Rengetsu was a lady in waiting at Kameoka castle where she was trained in the arts and courtly graces...
The Chinese ethnic minority Miao are very fond of silver and would use any festival to display their ornate silver jewelry. This dragon necklace was used by a young girl child from one of the many Miao villages around the hills of Kali. The pendent is 6.5 inches wide, childs' size, but the decorative chain is long enough for an adult to wear. Because the pendent is hollow, it is comfortable to wear. As one moves, the necklace makes a soft tinkling sound.
This is an excellently carved Antique Zitan Wood Ruyi Scepter with Celadon Jade Gourds
A peculiar but very charming Chinese made Zitan wood Ruyi Scepter with Celadon Jade carved as Gourds that have been placed along the length and back of the Scepter. Not a very familiar design, although very charming and attractive...
This is a Japanese antique indigo dye cotton asamai-shibori Charming & Rare design of edo.
Very handy and thick handspun & natural indigo dye cotton.
This is an indigo-dyed cotton squeezer made in Asamai during the Edo period. The pattern is a four-step change pattern. The "Hat" and "Umbrella" patterns that are familiar to the general public in Western civilization were adopted from the city.
I think it caught the eye in the Asamai area of Akita Prefecture...
Antique Japanese Sakata Funa Tansu (safe chest), made of Keyaki (Zelkova) wood with reddish orange translucent Urushi lacquer finish, single locking panel can be removed to reveal 5 interior drawers of different sizes, iron hardware including bamboo shaped exterior lock and Chrysanthemum shaped interior lock, bronze interior drawer pulls, Sakata area, late Edo Period (c. 1850).
Size: 13" high x 21 1/2" wide x 14 1/4" deep.
Finely worked in satin stich in highest Imperial quality, in different colours with five bats and sound stones . These stand for the five blessings : old age, wealth, health, goodness and natural death.
This work of the Imperial Qianlong workshops is most probably a part of an Imperial Qianlong throne cushion cover, later bordered with modern high-quality adornments.
Qianlong Period ( 1736 – 1795 ) . The gold adornments 19th/20th century.
37 x 46 cm. Condition : Very good.
A rare bamboo chado tea caddy for powdered green tea, the interior covered with black lacquer. The exterior carved with the four gentlemen of winter: plum, bamboo, chrysanthemum and orchid. Subtly embellished with silver wire. Condition: lower part with a crack, silver wire partially lost, a bit dusty, traces of age. Dimension: height: c. 6.3 cm, diameter: c. 5.7 cm.
A beautiful & cute small 19th C. Chinese filigree sterling silver & enamel lion play with a ball. The lion head & ball is movable, very intricate workmanship. In excellent condition. W:2"x H:1-3/4"
A Japanese white glazed studio porcelain model of a water buffalo. Hirado type though the eyes are not left unglazed to the biscuit as is typical. Holding sculpted form and details well, the biscuit base smooth to the touch and bearing an imprint from the fabric it sat upon. Except for a clean break to one horn, in otherwise good condiiton. A line of separation of the glaze under the buffalo's neck due to "crawling" in the kiln. Length, about 14 inches horn tip to tail...