A Rare Tang Dynasty Bronze Mirror with Archaic Shanzi Motifs Diameter: 7 5/8 inches (20 cm)
Condition Report: Good Condition
Provenance: Property of a MA Collection
A Chinese Yixing Teapot, Qing Dynasty. Length approximately 14.8 cm (the tipspout to handle) and height approximately 9.7 cm. The teapot has few chips at the rim. Good condition.
王雲為王翬(清)所製 蟠龍鈕雞血紅石套印 印文:松風、竹影、盒底刻:石谷所有。 Two Chiken-Blood Red-Stone Seals in a Dragon Box Made by Wang Yun (1652-1735) for Wang Hui (1632-1717) Qing Dynasty The seal set was made for Wang Hui (1632-1717), the leading master of "Four Wangs of Early Qing" and "Painting Sage of Early Qing". Since Wang Hui's courtesy name is Shi Gu, the seal box bears a carved mark of Shi Gu SuoYou, meaning Property of Shi Gu...
This is an excellent hand-carved Japanese Netsuke depicting Shoki, the demon queller, in his usual standing position, with his sword drawn. Although he appears to have captured one of them, the other Oni is playfully standing on his shoulders while pulling one of Shoki's ears.
Outstanding detail and form symmetry characterizes this miniature sculpture...
A Rare Bronze Mirror with Archaic Motifs Diameter: 7 inches (17.8cm)
Condition Report: Good Condition
Provenance: Property of a MA Collection
A Chinese Yixing Teapot, Qing Dynasty. Height approximately 8 cm and length 12.3 cm (tipspout to handle) and diameter approximately 8 cm. A soft small chip inside the cover rim. Theres a 2 cm hairline at the rim (not appeared from inside teapot). Good condition.
Antique Chinese low cabinet. The upper portion has two drawers over a compartment opened by two cabinet doors. The doors swing on wooden dowel hinges which seat into small decorative carved peony flowers. The interior of the cabinet has one shelf. The front is finished with a rich red lacquer while the sides and top are a dark, distressed reddish brown lacquer finish.
19th century
Dimensions: 33 1/4" high x 31 3/4" wide x 19 1/2" deep.
Kobayashi Kiyochika
Taro Inari Shrine in the Asakusa Ricefields
(Asakusa Tanbo Taro Inari Mae)
From the series, Famous Places of Tokyo (Tokyo Meisho).
Date: 1877-1879.
Signed by the artist at lower left above the grasses.
Publisher: Fukuda Kumajiro.
Size: Oban. Approximately 14.25 x 9.75 inches.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent color. Bumped corners. Margin lightly creases.
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)
Moon and Smoke (Fire)
No. 22 from the series "One Hundred Aspects of the Moon"
Date: 1886
Size: Oan. Approximately 14.75 x 10.25 inches.
Signed and sealed by the artist
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Publisher: Akiyama Buemon
Carver: Yamamoto
Condition: Slight toning and fading.
- Rival fire brigade standard-bearers stand on opposite rooftops...
Very Rare Edo Period (1603-1868) Ki-Seto Tokkuri Sake Bottle.
Seto pottery, dated as early as the 13th century, produced around Seto city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
It is also considered as one of the Six Ancient Kilns of Japan.
Size
Diamter 10cm
Height 16cm
Weight 470g
Condition
Good, used.
No chips, no cracks.
A magnificent aesthetic movement Taurean era bookcase Mahogany measuring 33” square and 31” tall. Very fine quality
元釉里紅鴛鴦蓮池螭龍耳扁方瓶 A Rare Yuan Dynasty FLask with Underglaze Red Motifs of Mandarin-Ducks in Lotus-Pond and Four Chi-Dragon Ears The flask boasts of both its ingenious design and superb workmanship.
Dimensions: Height: 8 7/8 inches (22.23 cm)
Medium: Porcelainware
Date: Yuan Dynasty
Condition Report: Good Condition
Provenance: Property of a LA collection
Offered is a very handsome apothecary MORTAR & PESTLE from the 19th century made from lignum vitae wood.
This stunning example measures 11.5 inches high with the pestle in place and is 5.5 inches in diameter...
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)
The Moon on Musashi Plain
No. 91 from the series "One Hundred Aspects of the Moon"
Date: Published April 1892.
Size: Oban. Approximately 14.375 x 9.5 inches.
Signed and sealed by the artist.
Publisher: Akiyama Buemon. Seals in margin.
Carver: Yamamoto.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Left margin partially trimmed. Backed with paper...
This is a Chinese Transitional blue and white porcelain jar painted with figures on a continuous mountainous landscape below a band of flowers,on carved wood stand; Marked with lucky symbol figure of a rabbit in underglaze blue on bottom; late 17th century.
Condition: lacking cover, hairline crack, rim chip Measurement: 7 _" h x 6 _" dia.
Size: 7.5cm in diam.
Condition: Very good. Minor scratches and wears because of aging.
This is a lovely rosewood music box with a cylinder that plays six tunes. The cylinder can be replaced and others added, but we only have this one for the box. There is no list of the songs it plays, but it has one of the loveliest sounds of any music box we've had. It measures 27 1/2" long x 11 3/4" wide x 8" tall.
H: 4 ½ inches (11.43 cm)Length:7 inches (10.78 cm) Depth: 4 inches (10.16 cm)The artistically shaped teapot is carved on its bottom with a seal mark of Gongchun, the ingenious Ming Dynasty master of zisha craftsmanship. Four and half inches in height and Seven inches in length, it bears two famous lines composed by an ancient Chinese poet on the Buddhist tea ceremony. The teapot is exceptional in both its design and workmanship (A tiny chip on the inner mouth-rim).
A Chinese Yixing Teapot, Qing Dynasty. Length approximately 12.2 cm, height approximately 7.4 cm and diameter approximately 7.8 cm. A 0.7 cm hair line inside the rim of the cover and few brown color at the cover and the body. Good condition.
A Chinese Yixing Teapot, Qing Dynasty. Length approximately 15.6 cm (the tipspout to the handle) and height 11.2 cm. The teapot has chip at the tipspout. Good condition.
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)
The Ghost of Kohada Koheiji
From Hyaku Monogatari (One Hundred (Ghost) Stories)
Published by Tsuruya Kiemon ca. 1833. This edition Meiji 19th century.
Size: Chuban. Approximately 10 x 7.25 inches.
Condition: Very light creasing.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
This rare print depicts the murdered Kohada pulling back a mosquito net as he returns to haunt his wife and her lover.
Hard paste decorated Meissen porcelain cup and saucer made in Dresden, Germany in the late 19th Century. The overall decoration is of springtime floral bouquets and garlands with gold leaf decoration around the lip of the cup as well as the rim of the saucer. The fact that the gold is not worn away or chipped indicates that this cup and saucer is in near mint condition. The handle of the cup is fashioned in the form of a swans neck and beak...
A Chinese Yixing Teapot, Qing Dynasty. Height approximately 8.8 cm. Length approximately 15.6 cm (tipspout to handle) and diameter approximately 9.3 cm. Few chips inside the cover and the cover rim. The cover not freely when rotated. Good condition.
Charming Jadeite carving of three bamboo reeds, trees, and little bear eating leaves. Excellent detail with fine carving.
Circa 1910
Dimensions: 8.5" Tall X 4" Wide
Stand Dimensions: 8" Long, 2.5" Tall, 6.5" Wide
Antique Chinese low rectangular table (kangshuo). Made of huanghuali wood with dramatic grain. The apron is carved on all sides in a rounded scrolling vine motif.
19th century
Dimensions: 11" high x 30 1/4" long x 16 1/4" wide
A Chinese Yixing Teapot, Qing Dynasty. Length approximately 20.7 cm and height approximately 13.3 cm. Good condition.
Indian drawing, double sided. 19th century. Inks on paper. 33x26cm. framed. Can be viewed in central London by arrangement. shipping worldwide.
Kobayashi Kiyochika
Shrouded Moon Over Takanawa, Ushimachi.
From the series Famous places of Tokyo (Tokyo Meisho).
Date: 1879. This edition 1896.
Signed by the artist in black at lower left.
"Shiba" collector's seal on verso.
Publisher: Fukuda Hatsujiro (successor to Fukuda Kumajiro).
Size: Oban. Approximately 13.25 x 9.25 inches.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Very good color and condition...
This is a 19th century Chinese shallow curved plate featuring a lively grouping of eight spotted blue and white horses, depicting a wedding story from Chinese mythology; unglazed footrim; greige coloration; a four-character mark on the underside; condition: several minor chips on the rim; SIZE: 5" diam.
元青花一把蓮紋龍雲如意碗 A Rare Yuan Dynasty Blue-White Bowl with Dragon-Lotus Motifs. The bowl is characteristic of refined Yuan Dynasty porcelain-making craftsmanship. Diameter: 5 1/2 inches (12.2 cm) Height: 2 1/2 inches (6.35 cm)
Condition Report: Good Condition
Provenance: Property of a CT Collection
An antique Chinese seal chop of soapstone with an image of Hotei. Chinese seals are used with red ink or cinnabar paste (zhusha). A seal in an East is a general name for printing stamps and impressions which are used in lieu of signatures in personal documents, office paperwork, contracts, art, or any item requiring acknowledgement or authorship. The process started in China and soon spread across East Asia.
Date: Early 20th Century
Dimensions: 2" tall X 1" square
清 王鑑 仿梅花道人吳鎮水墨山水圖 水墨紙本立軸 1657年作 款識:乙酉春仿梅道人筆似舜翁老年臺詞宗正,王鑑。鈐印:王鑑之印、湘碧。王鑑是與“初清四王”,即王翬、王原祁、王時敏畫名並重的有清一代山水大家。他明末時曾任廉州府知府,世称“王廉州”。他早年由明代畫家董其昌親傳畫技,董其昌對其畫作評價曰“學畫唯多仿古人”。 Ink-Painted Landscaped in Style of Yuan ...
Antique Japanese pottery Kiyomizu bowl made by the 3rd Rokubei Kiyomizu (1820-1883).
The seal of the potter is stamped on the bottom.
The Rokubei family is one of the most influential pottery clan from Kyoto leaded by 8th generation now with over 240 years of history.
Rokubei III became the head of the family business in 1838 after his father, Rokubei II, retired.
He is known to revive Kyoto ceramic industry after 1868 when the capital moved to Tokyo.
In 1879, he was...
清 光緒皇帝(傳) 五蝠靈芝圖设色纸本立軸 1892年作 款識:光緒壬辰五月中浣御筆。鈐印:天清玉潤...