Hints of the finest powdered gold gleam on the edges of this ghostly white tea bowl dating from the early Edo period. Iron-like freckles pepper the surface which is subtly clouded with soft color. The base is almost entirely covered in glaze, the glimpses of earth worn dark with age and use. It comes wrapped in a silk bag with an age darkened kiri wood box titled Hagi Chawan and named within Kan-no-yuki annotated by Yabunouchi Chikusojochi (1864-1942) 11th head of the Yabunouchi school of tea...

Antique Japanese album with 12 pages of paintings depicting one large scene of rural life. A woman with a child carries lunch to workers in rice paddies. A man and ox plow a field of grain. Two men chat as they peddle an irrigation apparatus while a child looks on. At a mill, men sift and grind grain. Many other charming vignettes, including a man with a monkey. Painted in mineral pigments and sumi ink on paper with gold leaf and square flecks. Bound in silk with dragons. Signed on the ...

Antique Tibetan repousse plaque depicting a flying Kinnara or Apsara, celestial beings similar to the Western concepts of angels. The high relief image is done with gold gilt over copper with natural patina from oxidation.

Late 18th Century

Dimensions: 17 1/4" L x 6 1/2" H

Chinese Canton faceted vase of a hexagonal form, copper with enamel of yellow ground with green vine scrolls and bright pink peonies. The vase interior done in light green enamel, and the flared foot down in white enamel.

Dates 19th c Dimensions: 5" W x 12" H

Very unusual Japanese silk and gold thread hand-embroidered triptych of the Buddhist deity Kannon, the bodhisattva of compassion, in eight armed form seated in meditation upon an open lotus. In her eight arms she holds a staff, a trident, a bow and arrows, a Dharma wheel, and a wish granting jewel held out in front of her body. To the left and right of the central deity are large embroidered Sanskrit characters for meditative purpose. Professionally framed with reverse side of each textile visib...

Antique Chinese pair of fu-dog (or fu-lions) hand made of Shiwan stonewear ceramic. Shiwan ware (Chinese: 石灣窯; pinyin: Shíwān yáo; Cantonese Jyutping: is Chinese pottery from kilns located in the Shiwanzhen Subdistrict of the provincial city of Foshan, near Guangzhou, Guangdong. It forms part of a larger group of wares from the coastal region known collectively as "Canton stonewares".
The area has been producing pottery since the Neolithic, and over 100 kiln-sites have now b...

An unusual Sui to Tang dynasty celadon or white glaze yuhuchun vase. Unglaze to the top of the mouth rim. Ht. 28 cm, Dia. 20 cm. Condition: a few chips to the mouth rim, no restore, minor firing faults as shown overall in good condition. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platform, please ask before ordering.

Description: A black-glazed, narrowed-neck bottle vase was squeezed and applied on shoulder with four small looped handles.
Well applied on the surface with dark glaze which was in greasy feel and was yielded with immensely spread crackles due to age, it was sat on a flat bottom from which the grayish white-tinted body clay was revealed.

Date: Southern Dynasty南朝, 5th-6th century.

Provenance: Deqing kiln德清窯, Zhejiang Province.

Height: 24.8c...

A 12/13th Century LOPBURI KHMER STANDING BUDDHA PACIFYING THE OCEAN. Size: height 29.5 cm x width 10 cm x depth 5 cm. Origin: From a vast, private collection of a Thai family (3 generations).

An unusual 17th Century crowned JAMBUPATI BRONZE SHAN BUDDHA. Good condition. Size: height 34 cm x depth 9.5 cm x width 12.5 cm (13.5" x 3.75" x 5"). Origin: From a vast, private collection of a Thai family (3 generations).

Chinese Export Porcelain flower pedal shape and Scalloped edge Tea Bowl and Saucer, Ca. Kangxi, 1720, 4 3/8" diameter and 7/8" high-saucer, 2 3/4" diameter and 1 7/8" high-tea bowl, with underglaze blue Leaf mark in blue double circle on the bottom, overglaze red of floral and long leaves design with soft gold touch within scalloped edge rim for the tea bowl and saucer. Some tiny frits around the raised rim area.

Very unusual largeJapanese rope embroidery on silk, the image is a pair of phoenixes, male and female, with the moon waxing and waning (full and crest). This is a privileged image made specially for the court. The pagoda shrine is central to the image centered around the imperial Tokugawa crest symbolizing the divine rule from heaven.

Meiji period (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 40" W x 62 1/4" H (entire frame), 36 1/2" W x 58 1/2" H (embroidery without frame)

1920's Japanese Jungin Silver Repousse Bag Shaped Vase with Flowers Konoike zo (of Yokohama)

It is 3.5 inches (9 cm) tall by 4.25 inches (11 cm) wide. It is 201.8 gram.

It has tarnished silver and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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Meiji (1868-1912) Japanese Shofu Katei Studio Moriage Porcelain Vase with Mt. Fuji

It is 9.25 inches (23.4 cm) tall by 5.5 inches (13.9 cm) wide. It is 2.25 Lb.

It has manufacture defect of dark spots at the inside and inner rim and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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Massive Meiji period Japanese Satsuma globular form tripod jar or “koro” (incense burner) in the form of a gathered pouch (Daikoku's bag), the bulbous body elaborately decorated in overglaze enamels and gilt highlights with “karako” (Chinese children) and other figures engaged in various leisure and scholarly activities in a garden setting. Late 19th century. 17” high x 16 1/2" diameter. Good overall condition with some typical rubbing of the enamels and gilt. Fine quality profess...

Japanese 3 section kimono tansu, made with Kiri (paulownia) wood in its original, natural finish. The top unit has three medium size drawers underneath two sliding panels. The left upper compartment with single shelf and the right upper compartment with the two smallest drawers below a shelf space. The two lower sections are comprised of 3 drawers each.

Taisho period (1912-1925)

Dimensions: 45 3/4" L x 16" D x 61" H

Mirrored pair of Chinese late Qing to early Republic period porcelain reticulated marriage lamps. Each of the six-sided shades is painted in famille rose enamels with mirror image floral roundels set against perforated panels which are bordered with a yellow enamel ground decorated with scrolling leaves and flowers. Horizontal bands with perforated flower head silhouettes surrounded by scrolling foliage and flowers set against a blue background border the top and bottom of the panels as well a...

Chinese yixing zisha teapot with enamel decorations. 15,3 cm wide. 13 cm high. good conditions.