A Fine, delicate and genuine SONG Period, SAWANGKALOKE-SISACHANALAI, SIAMESE-THAI GREEN CELADON VASE/JARLET,14-15th Century, with 2 intact shoulder loops. It also has distinct incised ringed ribbing towards, and especially on the neck. Very good condition, no chips, cracks, hairlines, restorations nor repairs.
Size: height 13 cm x width 8 cm (5.26" x 3.25").
A Chinese SONG YUAN DYNASTY (960-1297) Celadon Bowl swiftly incised with a rare butterfly-like design/pattern. The foot of the bowl remains unglazed and has some original soil deposit as this is a river find. Very fine condition, no chips, hairlines, restorations nor repairs.
Size: 17 cm diameter (6.75"diameter). Nice collector's piece!
Antique Japanese large tsuba (samurai sword hand guard). Cast in iron with an intentionally uneven surface to suggest a sandy beach or rock and further decorated with mixed metal inlay in the form of a variety of sea shells. Shakudo and gilt copper stand out against the dark iron. With collector's kiri wood box.
Age: Edo Period (1603 - 1867)
Dimensions: 3 5/8" x 3 1/2"
Antique Japanese iron tsuba (samurai sword hand guard) decorated on both sides with cresting waves. Unusual octagonal form and detail to each wave.
Age: Edo Period (1603-1867)
Dimensions: 2 3/4" wide
Antique Japanese small zushi (traveler's shrine) with unusual scene of Buddha seated on a lotus throne which rises out of billowing waves. Below him, two lords stand on top of the water while smaller lotuses bloom around them. Carved of wood with painted and lacquered details.
Age: Edo Period (1603 - 1867)
Dimensions: 5 1/2" high x 4 1/4" wide (9 1/4" wide when open) x 2 5/8" deep.
Antique Japanese cotton yogi, sleeping kimono for a woman. Thickly padded and decorated with a paste resist and red family crest. More paste resist characters on the front collar. Lined with a dark indigo-dyed cotton.
Age: early 20th century
Dimensions: 50" high x 50" wide
Japanese cotton hanten made of indigo-dyed cotton for a child. Decorated with a paste resist design of joyful, spinning pinwheel-like motifs. A large red character on the back and four more in white on the front collar.
Age: early 20th century
Dimensions: 25" high x 38" wide
Antique traditional robe of the Ainu people of northern Japan. Attush (attusi) fabric was made of the inner fibers of elm tree bark (ohyo). The bark was harvested by the men but refined and woven by the Ainu women. This robe is edged with dark indigo-dyed cotton cloth. The back of the neck of the robe is sewn with a bit of lighter blue cotton fabric with a white paste resist pattern.
Age: late 19th/early 20th century
Dimensions: 54" high x 58" wide
Antique Japanese Satsuma ware ceramic incensor. Cylindrical form standing on 3 rounded feet and with a flat, round lid. The lid is opened with a decorative tassel design with a pierced design for the incense smoke to escape. Overpainting is done in orange, green and gold over a delicately crackled cream color glaze. With antique collector's adhesive number.
Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Dimensions: 4 1/4" high x 3 1/2" wide
Antique Japanese small and exceptionally fine cloisonné vase. Four sided shaped body with a flower reserve on each side including irises, wisteria, chrysanthemums, daisies and maple. More fine details on the neck and sides.
Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Dimensions: 6" high x 2 1/8" wide
A rare Antique Thai Cinnabar/Black lacquer offering tray. 19th Century, Northern Thailand. Condition overall good. Size: Height 11" x 16.5" diameter on top (28 cm x 42 cm).
Length: 6.1 cm (1.5 in)
Height: 2.1 cm (0.8 in)
Depth: 2.7 cm (1.1 in)
Weight: 120 gms
Chinese bronze Ming Period scroll weight of a reclining individual holding a bowl; well modelled and cast; dark patina with minor wear; good condition
Late 19th century Chinese scholar jadeite seal of oval section with narrower finial with a hole for hanging. The impression of the seal is shown on the first photo (image is flipped left to right to present the image as it will actually print on paper). Natural untreated jadeite of very light green. The bottom is carved with raised characters, traces of red seal paste in the grooves. Wonderful piece appropriate for a scholar’s desk, excellent finish to the stone...
This a rare yosegire patchwork kimono is original from the Edo period. The safflower-dyed board pattern is cherry blossoms. The safflower dyeing on the sleeves and waist is a pattern of squeezing, butterflies and waves. The hem has a very impressive ichimatsu and goose pattern. Very high tech shibori and stencil dye. All are dyed with natural dyes. There are some stains, but they are not noticeable. There is one small hole. it is in very good condition. Recommended for your collection...
Netsuke in fine-grained wood representing a toad. The sculpture is powerful, the animal is very well represented, the movements of the body and the volumes are perfect. The eyes are encrusted with a very beautiful blond horn striped with brown for the most beautiful effect. Signature of the artist below. I haven't researched the name, but I can do it on request.
Edo period. Himotoshi 2 holes.
Good condition, excellent patina. No restaure. Usual wear for a century-old wood.
Length about 6cm.
An attractive larger pottery flute with human bust of a female holding hans to her breasts.
Size: 70 mm. tall and 76 mm. deep.
Condition: Intact with minor old lossses.
Provenance: Inger and Ebbe Gotzche Frederiksen, Espergærde, Denmark. The couple lived years in South America, in Ecuador in 1958, Columbia from 1964-1966 and later in 1976 in Peru and Bolivia, and in all of those places they bought the collection...
Black lacquer box decorated with butterflies and flowers in red, green and yellow lacquer. Detail in powdered gold lacquer and kirikane (small gold square.) Curiously there are only 2 elements in yellow lacquer, a butterfly and a flower. No signature.
Good condition, no restoration...
A large and massive thinbutted Danish neolithic offeraxe, dating to Time of the Great Burial Mounts, c. 3500-3000 BC.
A unpolished axe, made with defined seams on the edges. Well proportioned design and attractive.
The thinbutted axes were introduced along with the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture. The axes were used to clear the woods and prepare the ground for crops...