Desription:A water scoop or water basin was made from a natural burl wood.
Full of artistic form from mother nature, it can be used in a pracyical way or a display item on your modern cabinet.
The item was preserved in original condition in good patina eventhough being well cleaned. The original black and red pigment were still kept well inside the basin.
Width:21cm, Height:11.5cm.
Condition:Perfect.
A large Ming Dynasty Celadon charger with a lovely green color. This plate is large & heavy & nicely balanced and in overall good condition without cracks or chips. Diameter is 13+ inches. High resolution images may be emailed to you on request.
A quite large Chinese silk purse with outstanding embroidery. One side showing a deer looking at a crane on a pine, on the left four Chinese characters. The other side with a flock of swallows near a flowering tree. Edged with a black and white woven band and a silvery rim, the silk tassels having gold and silver wrapped threads. Silk lining. Condition: faded, small stains, little wear to rim. Dimension: purse: c. 17 cm x 15.5 cm, tassels: c. 18.5 cm long.
A lovely green celadon Song Dynasty jar. There is some chipping to the rim. High resolution images on request.
A rare pair Chinese chair strips with the typical four register design, showing bamboo, lingzhi fungus and scholar rocks. The ground fabric is a steel blue silk with black silk embroidery in satin stitch and little Peking knot. Trimmed with gold-wrapped thread border, cotton lining. Condition: good used condition - no restauration, particularly one cover with more traces of usage...
A Southern Song Longquan celadon dish, excavated found from the deep sea at South Sulawesi area. The surface is dried but if touched to the water is become a bluish green glaze. Condition is very good only with minor fritting to rim side, no chip, no crack and free from restoration. Diameter: 22 cm.
A beautiful nineteen century woven temple carpet with nice design. The center pattern features 3 large multi-colored abstract florals against a black background that is surrounded by a blue & white keyfret design frame. The center florals include stylized lingzhi fungus combined in the design. The outer edge features abstract cloud and water patterns. These designs symbolize longevity, fertility and good luck.
Size: L.163cm. W. 85cm. (5.4ft X 2.19ft)
Condition: no repairs.
A Blue and White bowl, Ming Dynasty 16th-17th century. Good condition, except tiny chip to foot rim and a glaze hairline visible on last enlargement. Diameter: 12 cm.
A Jun ware tea-bowl with very good condition excepted minor chips to foot rim, no crack and free from restoration. Yuan Dynasty. Diameter: 12,3 cm and Height: 5,6 cm
Charming antique Chinese Child's silk top from Qing Dynasty.
Manchu style "cross body" closure with side "tie"
Embroidered both front and back with images using satin stitch embroidery outlined with couching stitch metallic wrapped thread
good condition...no stains, no rips,..
piece spans 27 inches wide and 16 inches top to bottom
A well balance potted of Song Dynasty Longquan celadon bowl. Condition with a tiny chip and an area with firing distorted in colour. Diameter: 12,5 cm.
A good Ming Dynasty Chenghua/Hongzhi period blue and white saucer dish, with simple but elegant design. Very good condition, with no any chip, no crack and free from any repaired, except minor crackled glazed. Diameter: 10,2 cm.
Chinese Song / Yuan Dynasty Pottery Buddhist Zodiac Jar
This very rare and attractively-shaped pottery jar was made during the Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279), or possibly the Yuan Dynasty (AD 1279 - 1368) and has been excavated from a Buddhist site in Yunnan province.
The jar has been decorated with four large lotus leaf panels within which are moulded and applied human figures and zodiac animals. The pottery is quite “brittle” and there are minor losses to the vulnerable edges...
A carved wood figure of a Daoist Immortal, probably a depiction of Confucius or Laozi, sitting on a separate stool-shaped base, his hands raised before his chest. Remnants of paint. Condition: old losses, cracks. Dimension: total height: c. 37. 8 cm, 17 cm wide x 8.8 cm deep.
Chinese late Qing dynasty Guangxu period porcelain crocus vase with five lobes around a central cylindrical neck terminating in a bulb, decorated in the Hawthorn pattern with white branches of prunus blossoms set against a cobalt “cracked ice” ground. The base bears an apocryphal four-character Qianlong mark. Late 19th century. 10” high x about 7” diameter. Heavily potted...
A rare and finest early celadon covered box, decorated to the top with vividly carved incised flower spray. Covered overall with olive green glaze. Northern Song dynasty Yueyao. Condition is excellent, no any chip,no crack and free from repair. Diameter: 12 cm.
A rounded form bowl with slight inverted lip rim, covered overall with sky-blue glazed and a reddish splashes to interior. Condition with tiny flaked chip visible on the last enlargement, no crack and free from any restoration. Henan province Jun ware, possibly Yuan to Ming period. Diameter: 18 cm and Height: 8 cm.
A Chinese brush stand made of Huanghuali wood, staying true to it's natural shape. Used as a calligraphy brush stand.
Size: 4-1/2" high
Condition: Good overall condition
Age: Qing Dynasty