Chinese Qing Tongzhi Mark Famille Rose Porcelain Bowl

Chinese: Ceramics: Porcelain Pre 1900: item #1091177

Chinese Qing dynasty porcelain bowl decorated in brilliant famille rose enamels with a bird and flower motif. A four-character iron-red square Tongzhi mark is on the base. The bright enamels suggest this bowl is of the period (1862-1874), but it could date as late as the Guangxu period (late 19th century). Measures 6 5/8” diameter x 2 ˝” high. Very good overall condition with no chips or cracks. There is some typical wear to the gilt on the rim. This bowl is from a Tucson, Arizona estate.

Burmese Lacquer Bowl

Southeast Asian: Lacquerware Pre 1960: item #1091164
2373

Fine old Burmese red lacquerware bowl with quatrefoil “ku-nan-kan-yat” motif which is one of oldest and more common designs, according to Sylvia Fraser Liu: Burmese Lacquerware. This one dates to circa 1950 to 1960; there are some cracks in the lacquer which is one of the few reliable determining any significant age besides minute detailing in the design. Unless a piece of lacquer is hermetically sealed, it will crack even if it is not used due to oxidation caused by exposure to air and ... Click for details

Japanese Woodblock Print Kuniyoshi Samurai 1849

Japanese: Woodblock Prints: Historical Pre 1900: item #1091159
b5795

A Japanese Woodblock Print by Kuniyoshi from the famous Taiheiki Series. 1848/49 14 1/4 x 9 5/8 ins. (36.3 x 24.5 cms) This dramatic and vigorous design, numbered no. 20 in the block (no. 45 in Robinson), is from one of Kuniyoshi's most celebrated series, Taiheiki Eiyu Den (Heroic Stories of the Taiheiki). The series was published by Yamamoto-ya Heikichi from 1848 to 1849. The scene shows Tatsugawa Sakon Katsumasa pointing angrily to his right attended by two retainers in armour. The pr... Click for details

Antique Chinese Dragon Jade Belt Hook, 18th / 19th C.

Chinese: Antiquities: Hardstones Pre 1900: item #1091153
SK 367

A small belt hook carved from pale celadon colored jade with white and grayish mottling. One side ending in a dragonhead with bulging eyes, the underside with an oval disk for attachment. Condition: one eye chipped. Dimension: 7.1 cm long, weight: 30 g.

Japanese Bronze Vase with Slender Neck, Turtle

Japanese: Metalwork: Bronze Pre 1920: item #1091151
T-Z705

Japanese fine casting bronze vase ornamented in relief with a turtle swimming in the water. It has a mottled pattern of rusty red-colored. Overall condition is very good except two places of a dent. But,these dent are a part of rustic charm of this vase too. Artist name on the base.
Dating from early 20th century, Taisyo period.
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Lao Wedding Token

Southeast Asian: Metalwork Pre 1900: item #1091149
2373

Very rare and eclectic Lao copper wedding token in the shape of a lat, also referred to as a tiger tongue coin. This was the form of money used in the Kingdom of Lanchang/Lanxang in what is now Laos and Northeast Thailand, late 16th to early 18th century. This piece was collected in Huay Xai, in northern Laos along the Thai border. The presence of the Bodhi leaf symbol as well as auspicious sacred Khom script lettering is associated with Buddhist amulets in Thailand and Laos, the primitive d... Click for details

Dai Blanket

Chinese: Folk Art: Handicrafts Pre 1960: item #1091144
2371

Rare two paneled wedding blanket with stylized confronted birds and flowers (ref. Hali Magazine, issue, 155, pg 67, Eric Boudot, Chinese Minorities Textiles) from the Dai minority, Dehong, Yunnan, China. The Dai are members of the greater ethnic group usually referred as Shan, the majority of who live in the Burma, Shan State. This type of textile however is unique only to the Daizu and is composed of all natural dyes and hand spun cotton, with the exception of some the brown warp threads whic... Click for details

Antique Chinese Trade Beads

Chinese: Peking Glass Pre 1900: item #1091138
2370

Fine and rare ensemble of crystal and Chinese trade beads. The emerald green beads are quite unusual in their large size and color, made in China in the 19th century, these were specifically created for the diverse ethnic groups of Southwest China and their neighbors who employed them in jewelry making and textile fringe designs. Some of the beads are fused together and were originally part of a much longer “tube”. These were intentionally made this way so they could be easily snapped of... Click for details

Japanese Porcelain Kutani Beauty

Japanese: Ceramics: Earthenware Pre 1910: item #1091091

Beautiful porcelain kutani beauty, geisha in training. She reads a poem, possibly a love poem. She wears a robe that is tied in front, miko, indicative that she is not yet a geisha. The outer robe is blue decorated with white, red, green, and gold colors. Overall excellent condition. She measures 13.5" tall. Meiji Period (c1900).

Antique Stone Chinese Dragon in Clouds

Chinese: Antiquities: Hardstones Pre 1900: item #1091088

Beautifully carved stone pocket miniature of a dragon in clouds. The dragon writhes in the clouds and seems to be inhaling a vapor. It measures 2.5" long, .25" thick, 1.7" wide. 18th century.