A Fine Straits Chinese Turquoise Ground Vase. Enamelled in famille rose with a pair of pheasants perched on a rock, among flowering peony and other flowering plants. Chinese 19thC. Height: 10 1/8" (25.7 cm). Condition: very good, two frits on rim. This is an early and very well painted example of Straits Chinese porcelain.

A Set of Five Japanese Hirado Bowls. Each decorated with a single blossom. The shaped indented rim echoed in the decoration. Hirado 19thC. Diameter; 18.0 cm. Condition: four dishes excellent, one dish has a 1.5 cm fine hairline from a small firing fault in the rim

A very nice, decorative and rare Fahua Ware hoop pended pot with three coloured Scroll Pattern. Ming Dynasty, 15th century. H: 23,2 cm. Diameter: 21,8 cm. Condition: Very nice original condition. Extraordinary well preserved, glossy glaze. On two places there is a glaze split off ( please look the images ) which most probably did happen during the burning of the jar or shortly later - in any case hundreds of years ago. IMPORTANT AND HIGHLY UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION REGARDING ALL OUR ANNOUNCED PRICE...

A small lovely stem cup with a very rare shape. Well potted white porcelain body, covered with a nice white glaze. Southern Song Dynasty ( 1127 - 1279 ) ( " White Song " ) H : 5,1 cm. Diameter : 7,9 cm. Condition : Perfect. IMPORTANT AND HIGHLY UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION REGARDING ALL OUR ANNOUNCED PRICES FOR CHINESE CERAMIC ITEMS : SINCE I`M NOW ENJOYING MY RETIREMENT PENSION NOW IT IS A MATTER OF SELLING OFF MY STOCK OF CHINESE CERAMICS. FROM NOW ON A DISCOUNT OF 50% APPLIES TO ANY OF MY PRICES FO...

Very well potted sugary white porcelain body, covered with a nice Qingbai glaze. Southern Song Dynasty ( 1127 - 1279 ) ( " White Song " ) H : 5,9 cm. Diameter : 7,6 cm. Condition : There is a short hairline to the rim-area ( please look at the closeups.) IMPORTANT AND HIGHLY UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION REGARDING ALL OUR ANNOUNCED PRICES FOR CHINESE CERAMIC ITEMS : SINCE I`M NOW ENJOYING MY RETIREMENT PENSION NOW IT IS A MATTER OF SELLING OFF MY STOCK OF CHINESE CERAMICS. FROM NOW ON A DISCOUNT OF ...

Heavy porcelain crackle glazed bitong with simple cobalt blue and copper red underglaze pattern. Usual rectangular shape. Excellent condition. Republic period or earlier. H: 11.8cm/4.6in and W: 5.5cm/2.2in.

A Satsuma Tokkuri. Of double gourd form very well decorated with flowering Morning Glory. The base with a three character Satsuma mark in green enamel. Japan Meiji. Height: 7" ( 17.7 cm). Condition: excellent

An antique Japanese 2 section Isho Biraki Tansu (Kimono Chest with hinged doors) made entirely of Kirinoki (Paulownia) wood. The two doors open to a spacious storage area that houses 2 removable shelves with compartment separators. The bronze and iron fittings are original to the chest. Each section has recessed side handles. The ones on the lower section protrude slightly at act as a locking system when connected to the upper half. Construction includes straight dovetail joinery and harde...

A good Tang - Five dynasties Yue ware celadon large bowl, good condition small glaze fritts inner rim please see picture for detail, good glaze size: 16 cm diameter, 7.5 cm height.

Two Chinese miniature wood carvings showing scenes of daily life in old China, a court official with his wife and a couple at the dining table. Made in the Tushanwan Workshop in Xujiahui, an orphanage opened 1864 by French Jesuit priests near Shanghai. Hosting an art school, producing wood-carving, stone sculpture, silversmith, embroidery and painting. Please refer to the book (last photo) "Scènes de la vie en Chine. Les figurines de bois de T'ou Sè Wè" by Christian Henriot and Ivan Macaux in...

A fine and very rare bat-shaped porcelain censer with what are apparently bat head feet. We believe that there would originally have been a wood cover secured into the two outer holes and that the incense smoke would have escaped through the three central holes.

This item was made in China for the domestic market as a temple or home alter piece in the early 18th Century, probably during the reign of the Kangxi emperor (1662-1722).

Condition - excellent - no damages and no restoration.

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Old (1930's) Japanese Satsuma Lobe Shaped Censer with Geisha & Samurai Marked Nambe

It is 5.1 inches (13 cm) tall by 5.5 inches (14 cm) wide It is 1.7 Lb.

It has chips at the lid's inside rim, rubbing of golds, crazing and glaze crack at the bottom, and surface wears (as seen in the photos).

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A wonderful pair of Chinese Han dynasty pottery figures. Male figure(husband) with right hand on his heart meanwhile pregnant wife(extremely rare) rise her hand probably try to stop her husband's leaving. Ht. 25cm. Condition: no restore in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platform, please ask before ordering.

Delicate white “Mountain Priest Flowers”, called Yamaboshi in Japanese (Kousa Dogwood) decorate this vase by Shimada Fumio enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Saiji Yamaboshi-mon Hishigata Bin. It is 25 x 9.5 x 35 cm (10 x 4 x 14 inches) and is in excellent condition. br> Shimada Fumio is undoubtedly one of the greatest artists working in porcelain in Japan today. He was born in Tochigi prefecture in 1948, and his work was accepted into the 21st Nihon Dento Kogeiten Nationa...

Here is a pair of high quality Japanese Satsuma vases is fabulous condition. They look like they have been in storage since they were made. They are highly detailed and are only 4 3/4 inches tall. Signed Kizan.

This depiction of the eternal “ensō” on a backdrop of pearly white feldspar signifies enlightenment, the eternal, the nothingness, and the freedom of the mind to envision and to create. Wood-fired in a small-batch ana-gama, the techniques used to produce such works stretch back over 500 years and were only recently revived in the first half of the previous century by a dedicated group of artists.

The potter who created this piece (Kato Kozo) was born in 1935 in Gifu prefecture ...

Japanese Edo to Meiji period bronze mirror (kagami) with handle, decorated in relief with palm leaves and flowers. Inscribed with the Fujiwara Shigeyoshi maker’s mark. Measures 8 1/8” long x 5 3/4" diameter. 19th century. Very good overall condition. There is a tiny nick at the bottom of the handle. From the Sahuarita, Arizona collection of former expatriates to Okinawa in the 1970s. Stand not included.

Pair of ancient paintings on paper, with polychrome colours and gold. The first painting represents a noble lady, in formal attire, sittings on an elevated platform. Two characters are painted at the back. This painting is partly folded, the paper is stained due to age and has suffered three insect attacks. The second painting represents a noble man in formal attire and sitting on an elevated platform. Two characters are painted at the back. This painting has suffered three insect attacks and th...