Rare Chinese Eastern Jin / Southern Dynasties Celadon Glazed Chicken Head Ewer

This stoneware ewer was made during the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 317 - 420) or possibly the Southern Dynasties period (AD 420 - 589). Its form, body and glaze characteristics suggest it was made at the workshops in Jiangxi province. It is "heavily-potted" with two sturdy loop handles on opposing sides of the shoulder, pouring spout in the form of a chicken's head, and a decorative chicken's tail...

Large Chinese Early Qing / 18th Century Blue & White Porcelain Octagonal Dish - Deer Pattern

This very attractive blue and white porcelain dish, or platter, was made during the Early Qing period (1644 - 1795), more specifically during the 18th century...

Chinese Early Qing / 18th Century Blue & White Porcelain Octagonal Dish - Deer Pattern

This very attractive blue and white porcelain dish, or platter, was made during the Early Qing period (1644 - 1795), more specifically during the 18th century...

Fine Chinese Ming Dynasty Blue & White Kraak Porcelain Dish - Wanli

This very attractive "Kraak" porcelain dish was made at the Jingdezhen kilns during the Wanli reign (1573 - 1620) of the Ming Dynasty. The pattern, in underglaze blue of good colour, features in its centre a tasselled double-gourd vase and an artemesia leaf (one of the "eight treasures"). Surrounding this are ten roundels containing peaches and flower blossoms...

Chinese Song Dynasty Longquan "Golden Celadon" Bowl - Impressed Flower

This bowl was made during the latter part of the Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279), most likely at the celebrated Longquan kilns in Zhejiang province. It is "heavily-potted" and coated in quite a thick finely-crackled celadon glaze that has fired to a golden-yellow colour...

Chinese Yuan Dynasty Celadon Glazed Bowl

This bowl was made during the Yuan Dynasty (AD 1279 - 1368). It is coated in a finely-crackled olive-green glaze, the colour of which varies in places where there are shades of a reddish-brown, a result of uneven conditions in the kiln during firing. It has a wide sturdy foot and inside is a ring wiped clean of glaze, showing that such bowls were stacked on top of each other in the kiln.

Diameter 17 cm...

Chinese Song / Yuan Dynasty Celadon / Qingbai Porcelain Bowl

This bowl was made during the 13th - 14th century, toward the end of the Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279) or the following Yuan Dynasty (AD 1279 - 1368). It is fairly "heavily-potted" and coated in a pale green qingbai type of glaze that is crackled in places. The base remains unglazed revealing the pale grey body.

Quite a large bowl with a diameter just short of 18 cm, height 7 cm...

Large antique Chinese Zhangzhou blue and white charger from the Ming dynasty. Beautiful hand painted underglaze blue flowers in bold and free flowing painting style which is a well known characteristic of Zhengzhou ware. The bottom of the charger with kiln grits.

Age: Ming dynasty 14th to 17th Century

Condition: Glaze wear, scratches, 1 chip on rim. Imperfections, kiln grit...

A Magnificent and rare Longquan celadon large Lotus bowl, well balance potted and overall with olive green glaze tone. Southern Song Dynasty Longquan ware. Condition is very good, no any chips, no any crack and free from any restoration. It's a collector piece and hard to get with the size diameter: 30 cm.

This is a stunning Ruby Red Glass Snuff Bottle, finely carved in relief with the twelve Chinese Zodiac Animals. Rounded body with a leafy lappet border around the neck, and a raised oval footing. Coral and brass stopper.

This wonderful bottle is in outstanding preserved condition.

Bottle Measurements

Height: 2.68 inches (6.8cm), not including the stopper

width: 2.45 inches (6.2cm)

Weight: 3.8 ounces

This is an excellently carved Zitan Wood Ruyi Scepter with Jade Plaques - Qing Dynasty

A hardwood Ruyi Scepter with Jade Plaques made during the Qing Dynasty...

This is a super-clean, excellent example of an Imperial Japan, Military, Type Gunto 1943, or better known as Type 3. It dates back to Word War II, when it was developed as an improvement over the Type 98 sword. It is mounted on a beautiful, heavy, very clean blade, in excellent condition, with a cutting edge that measures 27 inches. It displays a straight hamon and it is very sharp...

Old (100 years or more) leather belt from Tibet with 5 damascened/niello (don’t know what this technique is called) but it appears to be a silver metal patterns on iron fittings with complete buckle. Total L: 118cm/46.5in. I bought this the Barkor bazaar in front of the Jokang in Lhasa about 30 years ago; the leather is rough but serviceable.

Moss Agate (also called a form of Dendritic Chalcedony) Snuff Botle of flattened rectangular shape, supported on a raised oval elongated footrim, the gently slopping shoulders rising to a cylindrical neck, with concave and wide mouth; the stone showing cluster of mineral (iron or Manganese ixide) of green and brown colors on a grayish ground on one side, and muddle ferns and tree branches mostly in green, dark green and some brown patches, on the other side...

FAMILLE ROSE, Molded Enameled Porcelain Snuff Bottle, Guangxu Mark, 1874-1908

This is a fine Famille Rose Figural Molded Porcelain Snuff Bottle, of Bulbous Rectangular with rounded shoulders, with a rounded neck decorated with a Leiwen border, a rounded form green lip, and a raised rounded rectangular base...

FAMILLE ROSE, Molded Enameled Porcelain over a Bronze-based Snuff Bottle, Jiaqing Mark, 1796-1820

This is a fine Famille Rose Figural Molded Porcelain over a bronze-based Snuff Bottle, of flattened Circular form with slopping shoulders, with a waited neck, a flat lip with a wide mouth, and raised feet with a concave base. The bottle following the same form characteristics of similar bottles made during the XVIII century...

Very Fine, Extremely Rare, Double-Gourd Conglomerate Puddingstone Snuff Bottle

This is a extremely rare (chances are that you will not find another double-gourd conglomerate puddingstone snuff bottle anywhere) Snuff Bottle made in the form of a Double-Gourd as the Chinese cloisonne bottles dating to the 18th century. Well-hollowed, a difficult chore on this type of bottles...

An Early Celadon and Russet Snuff Bottle, 1730 - 1780

This is a well-hollowed, Flattened, Circular form, nephrite Snuff Bottle of even Celadon color with wavy russet veins that seem to just appear from the left to form shrub-like forms that serve as its natural decoration; flare neck, wide flat mouth, and an oval rectangular raised footing...