WHITE JADE QILONG BELT BUCKLE (QHJ111606)
Date: 19th century | Qing dynasty
Material: Khotan (Hetian) jade of a greenish white hue
Length: 10.6 cm
Width: 2 cm
Depth: 2.1 cm
Weight: 60.1 grams
Provenance: From a Chicago, IL estate

A classic 19th c Qing dynasty white jade belt buckle, in qilong form with the larger dragon supporting a smaller reticulated qilong dragon perching above. The tone of the jade is a creamy greenish-white.

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QING GILT LACQUER OFFERING BOX
Date: 19th century | Qing dynasty
Materials: Pine wood with lacquer
Length: 40.5 cm
Width: 12 cm
Height: 23.5 cm
Provenance: From a Dallas, Texas private collection; originally purchased from Hong Kong in 1982 (sales receipt available)

An interesting 19th century Qing dynasty wood offering box, lacquered throughout in black, red, and gilt gold, featuring a carved reticulated stand with a rectangular cover and a red o...

Monochrome Blue 'Zun' Vase
Date: 19th century | Qing Dynasty
Materials: Porcelain with cobalt based monochrome blue glaze
Height: 20 cm
Width (at widest point): 24 cm
Provenance: From a York, Maine estate

Description: A charming 19th c late Qing medium sized 'zun' type vase, covered with a thick bubbly glaze of powdered cobalt sky blue, and slip-decorated with a ruyi-collar and archaistic shou characters.

Condition: Excellent antique conditi...

19th century
Mid – late Qing dynasty
Porcelain with cobalt blue glaze
D: 37 cm, H: 5.6 cm
From a Long Island, NY area estate

A huge 19th century monochrome charger, glazed in cobalt blue of a intense hue. This piece is thickly potted and quite heavy.

Condition: great antique condition, with only minor flaws at the rim (fleabite chips and glaze fritting) [Please view all pictures carefully, as they are part of the condition report.]

Qing Flambe Tianqiuping Vase
Date: 19th century | Qing Dynasty
Materials: Porcelain with flambe transmutation glaze
Height: 33.5 cm
Diameter (at widest point): 22.5 cm
Provenance: From an Ambler, Pennsylvania estate

Description: A beautiful 19th century Qing flambé glaze vase, of bottle form with a straight cylindrical neck paired with a globular body. The deep, intense glaze is of a oxblood sang debouef tone paired with subtle streaks of blue, and has a co...

19th century
Qing Dynasty
Clear rock crystal and copper/nickel alloy
Seal: 4 cm height, 2.6 cm diameter
Paste box: 4.6 x 3.3 x 2 cm
From a Philadelphia collection

A nice 19th c scholar's seal and paste box set, along with a silk-lined vintage presentation stand. The seal, carved from clear rock crystal, features a well-rendered foo lion finial. The paste box is crafted from a copper and nickel alloy (sometimes considered "paktong"), and is carved with a calli...

19th century
Mid – late Qing dynasty
Porcelain with teadust glaze, underglaze cobalt blue and copper red
H: 34.7 cm / 13.7 in, W: 22.4 cm / 8.8 in (at widest point)
From a Dutch private collection

This gorgeous is quite rare due to its technical sophistication: in manufacturing this vase, Jingdezhen potters would have had to fire it twice; first, to complete the raised appliqué decorations in underglaze blue and copper red (which had to be coated with a transpar...

c. 1860-75
Tongzhi Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose enamels
Height: 38.4 cm / 15 in
Width (at widest points): 18 cm / 7 in
From a Trenton, New Jersey estate

A large 19th c Tongzhi period square section vase, painted with famille rose enamels to depict a large traditional family gathering in its main hall to present ancestral offerings, while servants and guards gather outside, and a distant visitor or relative approaches on horseback...

Blue & White Underglaze Red 'Dragon' Bottle
Date: c. 1890 - 1900s | Late Qing Dynasty - Republic period
Materials: Porcelain with underglaze copper red and underglaze cobalt blue
Height: 8 cm
Width: 6 cm (at widest point)
Provenance: From the estate of a Maryland antiques dealer

Description: An interesting and unusual antique Chinese snuff bottle or miniature vase, powerfully painted with two five-clawed dragons writhing amongst clouds and rolling ocean wav...

19th century
Mid Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with white glaze & overglaze famille rose enamels
Height: 12 cm
Width: 11 cm
From a northern California estate

An unusual and rare 19th c white glazed porcelain libation cup, modeled almost entirely after rhinoceros horn carvings of the same form. The square sides are molded with 9 kuilong dragons in high relief, while the center is relief-decorated with taotie masks.

Condition: There are signs of a very go...

ca. 1900
Late Qing Dynasty - Republic period
Silver plated bronze, khotan/hetian white jade, jadeite, tourmaline
Length: 24.5 cm / 9.6 in
Width (at widest point): 13.2 cm / 5 in
Dimensions of jade belt buckle: 11.3 x 3 cm
Diameter of circular jade plaque: 6 cm
From a Chicago, IL estate

A gorgeous late Qing silver plated bronze hand mirror, mounted with a finely carved mid-Qing white jade belt buckle for its handle. The mirror's reverse side is inse...

A set of Thai wood carving panels with flower.

Age: Thailand, Rattanakosin Period, 19th Century
Size per panel: Height 61.5 C.M. / Width 30.7 C.M. / Thickness 3.6 C.M.
Size for all: Height 61.5 C.M. / Width 92.1 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to their age). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.

A set of Thai wood carving panels with flower.

Age: Thailand, Rattanakosin Period, 19th Century
Size per panel: Height 95 C.M. / Width 21.4 C.M. / Thickness 1.8 C.M.
Size for all: Height 95 C.M. / Width 64.2 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to their age). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.

Thai bronze crowned Buddha standing on a base, with gilded gold.

Age: Thailand, Rattanakosin Period, 19th Century
Measurement: Height 61 C.M. / Width 13.2 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.

Thai wooden finial, used for decoration on top of temple's roof.
(Chofa is a symbol of bird which located on the center-top of temple roof, and used to protect from bad spirits)

Age: Thailand, Rattanakosin Period, 19th Century
Size: Height 202 C.M. / Width 31.5 C.M. (size excluding stand)
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age including natural wears from age). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: W...

Thai wooden lower table with lion legs design, gilded gold.

Age: Thailand, Rattanakosin Period, 19th Century
Measurement: Height 24.2 C.M. / Width 46 C.M. / Length 61 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall. Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.

19th c
Qing dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze enamels and gilt-work
Height: 42.5 cm / 16.7 in
Width: 23.5 cm / 9.3 in (at widest point)
From an American Midwest private collection, acquired in the 1980s

A magnificent and unusual figure of Buddha in dhyanasana on a cloud enveloped plinth covered with a robin’s egg glaze, dragons near the base; the gilt figure wearing a voluminous cofe-au-lait robe decorated in gilding with phoenixes and flowers, and an elabor...

The golden orb shines out like the light of Buddhism from between the dark clouds on this exquisite 19th century image by Wada Gozan, priest of Jinko-in Temple. Ink and gold-pigment on silk in a patterned silk border with wood rollers in a period kiri-wood box titled Tsuki no ga Yokomono Ippuku (1 wide painting of moon) Wada Gozan koto (of Wada Gozan), annotated by Kuten. It is 25 x 48-1/2 inches (63.5 x 123.5 cm) and is in overall fine condition, with a minor wrinkle in the lower border. Wa...