17th Century Chinese Gilt Lacquer Wood Carved Kwan Yin Buddha with 1900's Wood Seat

It is 6.3 inches (16 cm) tall by 4.5 inches (11.5 cm) wide. It is 255 gram.

It has rubbing of gilt, flea bite chips, peeling of lacquer, surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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Early 18th Century Chinese Bronze Duck Shaped Incense Burner

It is 10 inches (25.5 cm) tall by 7.2 inches (18.2 cm) wide. It is 1474 gram (3.3 Lb).

It has hairline crack and chips at the feet, pitting, oxidation and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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Jade brush rest in the shape of a creature.Between the front legs there is a hole to hang it as a pendant. Celadon colored stone stained with rust. Jade old ,Song dynasty. Good condition, the stone slightly crumbled has rare places. Long about 9cm.

17th Century Chinese Bronze Old Sage Riding Horse

It is 3.3 inches (8.5 cm) tall by 3.3 inches (8.5 cm) wide. It is 208.5 gram.

It has rubbing patina and surface scratches (as seen in the photos).

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An Arita porcelain whistle in the form of a reclining Chinese boy. Decorated in Kakiemon-type overglaze blue, green and iron-red enamels. Circa 1680 ~ 1700.

A similar whistle is illustrated in Christiaan J. A. Jorg’s ‘Fine & Curious, Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections.’

Approximately 7.6 cm long. Perfect condition.

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A shaped Arita blue & white porcelain dish in the form of Mt. Fuji, circa 1680 - 1700.

A similar but smaller example is illustrated in The Complete Catalogue of the Shibata Collection, item 2276.

Approximately 16.5 cm wide. Perfect condition.

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An Arita small dish in ai-Kutani style decorated with a bird beneath a tree, all within a dog-tooth border. The plain back with an apocryphal four-character Ming Wanli reign mark. Circa 1700.

Approximately 16.9 cm diameter. Perfect condition.

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A Very rare an extraordinary antique Japanese Kuruma tansu (wheeled chest) made of kirinoki (paulownia) wood. Extremely rare design, Most possibly a tansu from the Akita Castle.
All original including the finish and hand forged iron fittings. Top hinged lid over a thin flat compartment, sliding door compartment locked door reveals inner drawers, bottom sliding door compartment has key that reveals small drawers. There are iron rope rings on each corner to help roll this chest form pla...

Chinese ming dynasty blue and white dish. Hongzhi period. Dish has single hairline (please see on the pictures) free from any repair. 25 cm diameter.

Chinese Ming dynasty blue and white dish. 13,8 cm diameter. Dish has small chipped at the rim on repaired.

17th Century Kangxi Chinese Blue & White Porcelain Vase with Flower

It is 7.1 inches (18.1 cm) tall by 3.7 inches (9.5 cm) wide. It is 1.3 Lb.

It has dark spots, skip glazes, chips at the bottom, and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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Rare lacquer box with nashiji background. Gold lacquer decoration in relief of pavilions in a lake landscape. Kirikane gold and silver, pine needles in yellow metal inlaid in high relief blackened by oxidation and dirt. Early Edo period, late 17°or earlier. Inside there is a tray. 18 x 10 x 8cm. A broken and badly glued interior edge (visible on photo). Sold as is, never restored nor cleaned. No lack. Very good condition considering the venerable age.

Chinese 17th Century Dehua / Blanc de Chine Porcelain Lion-Mask Censer

This censer was made in the 17th century (c. 1650 - 1700) at the famous Dehua kilns in Fujian province. It is "heavily-potted", the outer surface and inner mouth coated in an ivory-coloured glaze. The inner surface and base remain unglazed.

Diameter 15 cm. There are a couple of firing fissures to the thickly-cut foot, no doubt caused during firing due to the thickness of the clay. There is a small filled chip to the r...

Probably Tibet. Miniature Buddha in cast bronze gilded with the mercury technique. Under the base curiously we can see a Vajra cast in relief. The sculpture is simple rustic, the details are little or not chiseled, however the gilding is of the best quality, very thick and tends to flake.Traces of pigment on hairs and eyes. The style of the base with elephant and Buddhist Lions in front and crosses at the back, makes me think of the 15th century style. No restaurations. Very nice patina real...

Antique Chinese Jun ware bowl. Made of earthenware and glazed a light blue color with a purple splash that is dripping toward the center. The rim is a brown color where the glaze is thinest and the foot is left unglazed as was the tradition with Jun ware. The blue and purple colors are made with straw ash in the glaze. Looking closely, a subtle crackle, pitting and rivulets of mixing colors can be seen. Jun ware is from one of the Five Great Kilns of the Song Dynasty and produced over sev...

Antique Chinese Qingbai porcelain ewer. Delicately potted with very thinly walled construction. Dramatically lobed ovoid body. Trumpet neck with foliate rim. Curving strap handle incised lengthwise and with 5 raised round dots. Long curving and subtly tapered spout. The body and lower neck are incised with horizontal striping. While the foot remains unglazed, the rest of the ewer is covered with a transparent white, blue-green glaze exemplary of the Qingbai name.

Age: Northern ...

Unmarked bronze seal or scholar's weight? It represents a fantastic animal firmly camped on its legs. The artist has given it an interesting mischievous expression. It is in cast bronze, the finish is of the highest quality as well as the chasing. The perfection of the line of the hairs is the work of an excellent chiseller. The movement of the head which turns to the right makes the body tilt to the left while the tail compensates to the right only an excellent sculptor can make such a realism....

Over the years we have taken a special interest in Raku-ware and especially in works produced by the Tamamizu kiln, such as the 300+ year old ceremonial tea bowl seen here. The first in this line of potters was Yahē (1662 - 1722), an illegitimate son of Kichizaemon Ichinyu (1615 - 1768) who studied under his father and then left to open his own kiln in the village of Tamamizu (known today as Ide-cho). Though he is the first potter of this branch, he is sometimes referred to as Tamam...