Beautiful Japanese blue and white imari charger depicting Sho Chiku Bai or the "Three Friends of Late Winter" namely the plum, the pine and the bamboo. Includes metal stand. Age: Meiji Perido (c.1900). Size: 21.25" diameter.
Antique Japanese, three section kiri or paulownia wood, stackable tansu. Each section has wrought iron fittings and hardware to stack the tansu and protect the tansu from damage. Each section is distinct in its design. The first section has a short cabinet with two sliding doors and five small drawers beneath it. The second section has a cabinet with three shelves. The shelves have cut outs so that one can pull the shelves out...
A hibachi contructed into the form of a table known as Edo Naga-hibachi. These hibachis were often seen in the daily life of the Japanese since the late Edo period. The hibachi contains two drawers often used to store tobacco accessories and items to maintain the fire.
Age: Meiji-Taisho Period
Size: height 11.5" width 14' length 23.25"
A rare thinly potted and extremely well painted deep dish with exceptionally fine porcelain body. The base carries the six character reign mark of the Jiajing emperor (1522-1566) enclosed within a double circle but this item was probably made later, in the 16th/17th Century, during the reign of the Wanli emperor (1573-1619). Condition: there is production glaze loss (fritting) to the rim but no cracks or damages and no restoration...
Yue yao small jar, Five dinasties. Jar in good conditions except glaze degradations. 8cm high, 10cm body diameter.
A small famille verte dish decorated with flowers, Kangxi period. The dish is in very good condition, the only flaws are the chips on the foot rim. Diameter: 5-1/4".
Antique Japanese hanging silk scroll from the 19th century, Meiji 1868-1912. There is a beautiful scene of a courtesan and pair of Kamuro order, attendants, walking under a blossoming cherry blossom tree. The screen is signed by Koryusai with seal. It measures 18.25" wide by 24.5" long.
A very fine example of Burmese lacquer ware, dating from the Mandalay period, ca. late 19th/early 20th century. Apart from sone minor chips to the lacquer and normal age wear, this offering bowl is in excellent condition. H. 58 cm. Diameter 31 cm.
H. 23 cm. Original painting, good condition. Tang Dynasty (618-906).
H. 25,5 cm. Original painting. Good condition, no traces of repair. Tang Dynasty (618-906)
Heavily potted but very elegant pottery figure with the original painting still intact. H. 23 cm. Good condition. Tang Dynasty (618-906)
An archaic style vase with crackle-glaze and simulated metal mounts. On the base is the apocryphal mark of the 15th Century (Ming) Chenghua emperor but this item was made much later , in the 19th Century, probably during the reign of the Tongzhi emperor (1862-1874) when this style was first introduced. Condition - excellent no damage and no restoration. 30cm (11.75 inches) high. Weight - 1.1kg (2lb8oz)...
Rare Yuan dynasty blue and white square jar with 2 dragon on the top, good condition with restoration on the base, no damage at the upper part, size: 8 cm diameter, 7 cm height.
A Very Rare and Fine Korean Old Silla Musical Libation Cup-6th C.:
Korea, Three King Domes Periods (Silla period), 5th-6thcentury,
This is a so called a “Jingle bell” musical cup-vessel...
A beautiful late Qing dynasty Chinese Canton enamel ladle in very good condition, just with some normal wear on the bottom. L:17cm
A very rare tall Dehua, Blanc de Chine, figure of the Madonna and Christ Child, Sancta Maria, such figures are extremely rare and this version with the Buddhist Lion base is probably the rarest and most desirable. For an identical figure see the British Museum collection, formerly part of the Patrick Donnelly Collection. The figure stands approximately 38 cm high. Dating late Kangxi period, 1690-1720...
Perfectly potted body in the shape of a Bronze age Hu vase, excellent Celadon glaze with a top bluegreen colour.
A excellent piece of the Qing Dynasty Qianlong period ( 1736 - 1795 ).
H : 15,3 cm.
Condition : The glazed areas in an absolute perfect condition. 2 small from the outside invisible chips to the inside of the unglazed footrim .
A late Edo iron tsuba with chisled decoration of a pine trunk and boughs on one side and flowering prunus blossom with bamboo on the other side. The three representations comprising the "Three Friends of Winter". The simplicity of the chiseled smooth surface successfully imitating sumi-e painting. Good condition - presenting more nicely than in the lighting used for our photography. Emits a clear tone when tapped. A pleasing piece that would add character to a prospective blade...