10,5 cm wide. 10,5 cm high. Good conditions.

This is a finely hand-carved Ebony Netsuke attributed to Jikan Ganbun, depicting a Tree Stump. Nicely detailed rendering of a tree stump with its rough textured exterior contrasting with a smooth top and bottom that are styled in a star shaped manner. The concave stump is slightly hollowed out, with a smaller stump on its side. There is a tiny ant looking figure that has been carved inside the stump. Netsuke is unsigned. It measures 1.25 inches in diameter and 0.50 inch tall...

Interesting and quite attractive stylized feritility figure, South European stoneage settlements, Iberian Peninsula, c. 3rd.-2nd. millenium BC.

Interesting small female idol of the fertility type, that was widespread in Europe in the neolithic period. A female deity with large breast and her left arm curving over the left breast. Beige-white sandstone

Size: 9,3 cm. tall.

Condition: Very fine and intact, with some wear and corrosion.

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An antique, Japanese boxwood lacquer comb with two kanzashi hair pins decorated with niello silver & mokoume-gane etched cat on gilt. The fine toothed comb is hand carved with floral motifs and a man walking over a bridge. The reverse side shows a house surrounded by mountains. Wooden combs in Japan were once believed to have shamanic qualities. Women would brush their black hair thinking that the combs would gather each strand’s spiritual energy...

Chinese Qing dynasty "GE" type bowl. 18,5 cm diameter. Free from any repair. possible found two short hairlines.

Chinese late ming swatow dish decorated with incised fish motive. Good conditions. 32 cm diameter.

19th century netsuke of baying spotted deer standing on a base carved with a seal on the bottom. Image of the characters on Enlargement 1 is flipped left to right, so it shows the way an imprint will look. Elegant carving with pure clean lines, wonderful depiction of volume of the deer body, beautiful depiction of its spotted coat, eyes inlaid with light horn, painted pupils. Cord openings are formed by natural openings between deer’s legs...

From our Chinese Polychrome Collection, a very good Qianlong Period (1736-1795) Famille Rose porcelain dish, depicting a domestic scene of a husband, wife, and child sitting upon a bench, while their servant plays fetch with the family dog, all well-painted and better than average for typical export ware. The skill of the painter is evidenced here by amongst other things, the skillful use of shading in the blue, green, and pink enamels of the folds of the clothing to create depth and texture...

19th century wooden netsuke of hibachi (portable charcoal-burning brazier) on 3 low legs and filled with short pieces of wood and charcoals. Unusual and clever subject in Japanese taste, perfectly caught “wabi-sabi” essence of the object with its elegant simplicity. Beautiful carving, wonderful depiction of wood structures in the logs, excellent wear and patina...

Sensational Late Meiji Period Ca. 1910 bronze flower vase. Used of Ikebana flower arrangements. Featuring two round mythical kirin handles and a unusual textured bronze finish. 23cm tall x 32cm wide x 29cm deep. Great condition. Ask for shipping quote.

Finely white smooth glazed, Chinese porcelain, Ming Period porcelain. Marked with a rectangular blue under glaze mark. Condition: Very good condition. Two very small glaze hairlines and a small manufacturing glaze defect. Measurement: diameter 6 cm = 2.4 in

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A FINE THAI GENUINE AYUTHYA BRONZE BUDDHA HEAD MOUNTED. Good condition. Naturally formed Patina. Size: H. 3" x 2" x 2" Head alone (excluding stand). Provenance: From a Scandinavian Private Collection.

Antique Japanese small round hibachi carved of kiri (paulownia) wood and lined with copper. It is decorated with a still-life display of a fishing basket, fisherman's rod and the catch of the day. Beautifully captured in raised gold maki-e lacquer, the fishing basket and fish have a life-like appearance. The large fish that has just been caught glitters with inlaid shell...

Chinese Export Blue and White Porcelain Canton design covered deep serving Tureen or Dish, Ca. 1800-1820, 5 1/2" high, 9 1/4" x 8 1/4" wide, with cut corner shape, Pine Cone knob on top, very nice soft underglaze blue decorated with Pavillion on lakeside, Sampan floating next to bridge, willow tree and pagoda on the other side of the lake. Inside the underglaze blue decoration is slightly darker than top of the cover, all hand painted underglaze blue design...

Distorted shoe shaped (kutsugata) tea bowl with a flaring mouth made of light, coarse, unrefined Mino clay. The expertly thrown body was trimmed with a potters knife in its lower part and its brim. It dates back to the early Edo Period (1603-1868).

It is covered with a very deep black iron oxide glaze inside and outside. A 'window' on the side has been left unglazed and is decorated with two fish nets hung for drying.

On the other side w-shaped and was left unglazed and w...

Chinese Export Blue and White Porcelain covered Vase with Foo Dog knob on top, Ca. 1720, Kangxi underglaze blue leaf Kangxi mark on the bottom, 6 1/2" high with top on, 3 3/4" wide-widest part, 2" diameter-top rim, 2 1/8" diameter-bottom rim, Crispy underglaze blue designs representing various floral branches inside indented vertical lines of panels. The Dome top shape cover has Foo Dog knob on top and some Chinese symbols in underglaze blue on dome top cover. There are some very shallow flat ...

Chinese Export Blue and White covered deep serving Tureen or Dish, Ca. 1800-1820, 5 1/2" high, 9 1/4" x 8 1/4" wide, with cut corner shape and Pine Cone Knob on top, very nice soft underglaze blue with sampan floating in the lake, pavilion and pagoda under willow tree next to bridge. Underglaze blue is just right for the type of Canton ware for early period. The condition is good.

19th century wooden netsuke carved as seated Tanuki (badger) with its mouth wide open, beating with his paws on his extended belly as on a drum. In Japanese folklore tanuki is a notorious trickster: he drums with his paws on his large belly (tanuki no hara tsuzumi), imitating the sounding of gongs in temples and inns, and leading tired travelers astray in the darkness. Superbly carved, great sense of volume, extraordinary face with well captured insidious expression and crisply carved individual...