Han Dynasty, Chinese Pottery Duck

Chinese: Sculpture Pre AD 1000: item #1120324
AC119

Chinese pottery duck with traces of original remains in good condition.

Age: China, Han Dynasty, 206 B.C. - A.D. 220
Measurement: Height 18 C.M. / Width 10 C.M. (size excluding stand)
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age... Click for details

Han Dynasty, Chinese Pottery Duck

Chinese: Sculpture Pre AD 1000: item #1120322
AC118

Chinese pottery duck with traces of original remains in good condition.

Age: China, Han Dynasty, 206 B.C. - A.D. 220
Measurement: Height 15 C.M. / Width 11 C.M. (size excluding stand)
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age... Click for details

Han Dynasty, Chinese Pottery Duck

Chinese: Sculpture Pre AD 1000: item #1120321
AC117

Chinese pottery duck with traces of original remains in good condition.

Age: China, Han Dynasty, 206 B.C. - A.D. 220
Measurement: Height 17 C.M. / Width 9 C.M. (size excluding stand)
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age)... Click for details

boxwood figure of a seated luohan

Chinese: Sculpture: Wood Pre 1800: item #1120319

Nice boxwood carving of a luohan represented seated, with a book in hand, serene expression. Hairs attached in a chignon. Small loss to a foot. Tiny crack on the head. Nice brown honey patina. 17/18th century. Size: 17cm high.

Old Chinese Wood Carving of Fasting Buddha.

Chinese: Sculpture: Wood Pre 1960: item #1118213
4485

Expressive woodcarving of a sitting ascetic Shakyamuni, revealing his thin chest and pronounced ribs. With inlaid eyes and teeth. Bottom with label. Condition: rear head and lotus flower with crack. Dimension: 30.6 cm high, weight: 948 g.

Old Chinese Boxwood Carved Figurine of Wang Xizhi.

Chinese: Sculpture: Wood Pre 1950: item #1117719
3872

Fine boxwood carving of the Chinese calligrapher Wang Xizhi, depicted as a long bearded scholar. Back with signature in cartouche. Condition: few traces of usage, base lost. Dimension: 17.3 cm high, weight: 184 g.

A finely cast gilt bronze image of Akshobya Buddha

Chinese: Sculpture: Bronze Pre 1700: item #1117321
643

A finely cast gilt bronze image of Akshobya Buddha seated in lotus posture with the right hand in the earth-touching gesture. The vajra on the seat indicates the Buddha’s identity. Finely, engraved details and attractive wear. Not sealed. Sino-Tibetan, 17th century. H 15 cm. Condition: Very fine. Minor rubbing to gold.

A Beautiful Sandstone Head of a Lohan – 18th/19th Cty.

Chinese: Sculpture: Stone Pre 1900: item #1115471
ICHI 2206

This handsome stone carving of the head of a lohan dates from the middle of the 18th to the early 18th century. It is mounted on a custom wooden stand - probably rosewood. We believe the stone to be sandstone. The head is in excellent condition – a tiny frit on the bottom lobe of the right ear is the only thing we could find. The carving is beautiful with the face of the lohan showing great wisdom and serenity. The head measures 2 ¼” high by 1 ½” deep by 1 ¼” wide. As mounted on its stand, it is... Click for details

Flute-playing boy riding on a water buffalo. Bronze

Chinese: Sculpture: Bronze Pre 1900: item #1112589
632

A small but attractive image of a small, flute-playing boy riding on the back of a water buffalo made of bronze with a dark, brown lacquered patina. The depicted theme has been taken from the series of Ox-herding Pictures, a popular didactic account of the adept’s progress towards enlightenment according to Chan (Zen) Buddhism. Qing, first half of 19th century. H 13.5 cm, L 13 cm. Condition: Very good with slight rubbing due to handling. The flute, which was cast separately is missing.

Pair of Polychromed Wooden Chinese Boys

Chinese: Sculpture: Wood Pre 1900: item #1112469

A rare set, these Chinese boys. Carved in wood, then gessoed and painted. Very fine facial expressions and detailed decorations on the clothing. China, early 19th century. The figures are fixed on the later black stands. H. 27 cm. (excl. stand) Condition: one hand broken and repaired, some fingers missing, chips and flaking to the gesso and painting.