Calligraphy in the style of or attributed to Lu Yifei a famous calligrapher n painter
A fan painting painted in the style of or attributed to famous Chinese artist Zhu Zhiqan dated 1961
Antique fan painting on rice paper by various Japanese painters
A nicely painted fan painting of waterfall landscape by an unknown japanese artist to me, an old piece taken out of a real fan that was used
Important pair of Taisho Period c. 1921 bronze zen buddhist temple lamps with lacquered wood stands. Inscribed on lamps is date and village of temple. Stands are older from Meiji Period C.1890. Inscribed are parishiners names. Great condition. Stands 31" x 18"; lamps 25" x 11". Ask for shipping quote.
Chinese Han Dynasty Grey Pottery Hu Urn. Reassembled retaining much of its original white and red slip decoration. Size H 17.5" by 9" by 9"
These 8 old Ivory napkin rings may have originally been made for tourist souvenirs. They have hand painted/dyed images of landscapes boats ets...Each has a different Chinese calligraphy saying of well wishing...
priceing $80 purchasers choice of any 2
Japanese wooden round kogo (box for incense during tea ceremony) lacquered with red lacquer on the inside. Material appears to be mulberry wood. Simple classic design, in perfect condition, signed SEIJU on the bottom. Diameter 2 3/8 inches. Part of a small East Coast kogo collection.
In Tibetan Buddhism, the Kartika, or Drigug, is a ritual flaying knife used in burial rituals, with the handle crafted as a dorje. A tool of the wrathful female deities known as Dakinis, the kartika symbolizes the cutting of all things material, symbolized by the human body. The blade is left dull (never sharpened) because it was used in a ritual representing the flaying of flesh and not for the actual purpose.
Mirror imaged pair of Chinese planters with attached bases painted. These tapered square planters have a design of birds and flowers on opposite sides with writing and a red seal and on the adjacent sides a poem along with additional two red seals. Painted in white on the outside with a slightly orange peel ground effect. The insides are lightly glazed. The bases are recessed with the corner mounts left un-glazed...
Chinese antique "Henan" stoneware vase of meiping form with ribbing, with a short collared neck over broad shoulders tapering to a narrow foot. Iron painted deep brown to black glaze. The glaze stopping short of the unglazed rim and base.
Age: Song to Jin Dynasty (960 - 1234)
Condition: Very good, no breaks or cracks
Size: Approximately 8-3/4" high by 4-1/2" diameter
An attractive early 18th century Chinese export porcelain ribbed charger, thinly potted, decorated in famille verte enamels with a central panel of flowers and other foliage with butterflies above, within a segmented border of similar small panels...
Chinese Song style clair de lune glaze peach-shaped water pot, moulded with five flying bats around the upper part of the peach-shaped body and two lotus buds in relief issuing from the bottom, applied exterior overall with clair de lune glaze. Interior glazed bluish-white, the base left unglazed. No markings.
Age: Qing Dynasty
Size: 7-1/4" length
Condition: Part of one of the bat wings has been chipped off...
A Chinese famille-verte enamelled porcelain brushpot, with multiple warriers on horse and feet. Scenes separated by a band around the pot with a ruyi head top border and a wave bottom border. The inside and base glazed white, the rim left unglazed. No markings.
Size: Approximately 14" high by 6-1/4" diameter
Age: Mid 19th century (Qing Dynasty)
Condition: This was once used as a lamp, so the base has a small hole, along with a further small hole at the bottom...
A tilework figure of a female dog of fo and young. The dog of sancai glazes of green, yellow and aubergine. The dog with her young at her feet which climbs around to look at her. The kylin seated on a pierced rectangular plinth mounted in ormolu.
Size: Approximately 12-1/2 cm high
Age: Dog (Kangxi Period - 1662 - 1722), Ormolu - 18th Century
Condition: Very good condition, no breaks or cracks
1970's Chinese Famille Verte Porcelain Vase with Warrior
It is 17.9 inches (45.5 cm) Tall by 8.3 inches (21 cm) wide. It is 7.75 Lb.
It is in good condition with no repairs, chips, or cracks.
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Pair of unusual and strange Japanese seals made out of porcelain in a shape of seated rakans (original disciples of the Buddha recognizable by their long earlobes) in different attitudes and with differently colored glazes. Superb and unique modeling done in ittobori (one cut) style more typical for wood carvings from Hida Province and in that instant producing amazingly modernist sculptures...
Japanese carved Bone standing Okimono on black carved wooden stand, all one piece, Ca. 1930, 5" high,
condition is good, no damages.