The vase features a relief decoration based on ancient models and is typically made from a light bronze alloy with a dark patina. It includes silver inlays and intricate patterns like waves or mythological beast motifs. It is adorned with two distinct dragon-head handles that appear to be breathing stylized fire. This style represents a 14th-century reinterpretation of much older bronze designs, blending traditional shapes with newer artistic flourishes like elongated necks inspired by Song cera...

The vase is decorated with polychrome medallions depicting dragons, phoenixes and butterflies on dark and red background. It has a bulbous body elevated on three small feet. Overall, very good condition 7.25" x 5 / 18.5 x 12.5 sm

The figure is a Hakata Doll (Hakata Ningyo), a traditional Japanese clay doll from Fukuoka. This statue depicts Bodhidharma, also known as Daruma in Japan. He was a 5th or 6th-century Buddhist monk credited as the transmitter of Chan Buddhism to China and the first Chinese patriarch. In this iteration Daruma is depicted with eye lids cut to aid his meditation. The statue includes traditional iconographic elements like a thick beard and exposed chest hair, reflecting his South Indian origins as d...

The 19th C vase features a detailed, raised relief of rooster and chickens. The bottom is signed with what was translated as Ryūkō (龍高) next to a stamp featuring a dragonfly. Good condition with an old restoration on a side. 11.5" x 4.5 / 29 x 12 sm

An antique Japanese Tokoname "Dragon" bottle vase, typically dating from the late 19th-century Meiji period. Redware (unglazed red clay) pottery vase with a bulbous body and a tall, slender neck. It features a highly detailed, raised relief carving of a dragon winding around the body and neck of the vase. Produced in Tokoname, Japan, one of the country's Six Ancient Kilns known for its high-quality red clay ceramics. Translation • 大日本 (Dai Nippon): Great Japan • 常滑製 (Tok...

Fine Large Chinese Western Han Dynasty Painted Pottery Horse

This attractive and unusual pottery model of a horse was made over two thousand years ago during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8). It is quite heavily-modelled and made from a dense pale grey pottery. The horse stands upright and alert, mouth open and ears pricked. The surface has been cold-painted in a pale reddish-brown pigment with additional decoration on top in a creamy-white pigment. The tail is detachable and fits int...

Fine LARGE Chinese Ming Dynasty Longquan Celadon Dish - Peony

This impressive and large example of Longquan celadon ware was made during the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644) at the Longquan kilns in Zhejiang province. It is coated in a crackled celadon glaze of very good colour. To the base within the foot ring the unglazed body has fired to a yellowish brown with also signs of the pale grey body. The inner surface is attractively decorated with an incised peony design, the surrounding cavetto wit...

Fine Large Chinese Song / Yuan Dynasty Glazed Pottery Buddhist Jar

This large and impressive pottery jar was made around the 13th / 14th century, during the Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279), the Yuan Dynasty (AD 1279 - 1368) or possible the early part of the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644). Until recent years, this type of jar was almost unknown in the west with some people initially attributing them to the Liao Dynasty (same general period but in the north of China). These jars are now known to have...

Fine & Rare Large Chinese Warring States Impressed Pottery Jar with Birds

This impressive and very interesting pottery jar was made during the Warring States period (475 - 221 BC). It is made from a high-fired pottery, the surface colour of which varies in places from orange to a greyish-brown. The jar has a wide body, wide flat base and a wide mouth opening with a flared rim. The outer surface has been attractively-decorated with repeated impressions of two different geometric patterns. The...

Fine Rare TALL Chinese Liao Dynasty Stoneware Jar (AD 907 - 1125)

This rare stoneware jar was made during the Liao Dynasty (AD 907 - 1125). It is particularly "heavily-potted" and coated with a thick and uneven olive-green glaze, both inside and out. The upper surface of the small mouth as well as the flat base remain unglazed revealing the pale pinkish-brown body.

Height 47 cm (18.5 inches). It is in fine condition with no sign of restoration or repair.

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Fine Chinese Neolithic / Bronze Age Xindian Culture Painted Pottery Jar

This pottery jar was made around 3,000 years ago by peoples of the Neolithic Xindian culture (c. 1200 - 500 BC). The Xindian culture is a relatively late Neolithic culture and overlaps with the Chinese Bronze Age. Xindian pottery is quite distinctive and rarer than pottery from some earlier Chinese Neolithic cultures: the painted designs are quite different and the pottery has different characteristics.

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Fine Chinese Neolithic / Bronze Age Xindian Culture Painted Pottery Jar

This pottery jar was made around 3,000 years ago by peoples of the Neolithic Xindian culture (c. 1200 - 500 BC). The Xindian culture is a relatively late Neolithic culture and overlaps with the Chinese Bronze Age. Xindian pottery is quite distinctive and rarer than pottery from some earlier Chinese Neolithic cultures: the painted designs are quite different and the pottery has different characteristics.

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Fine Rare Chinese Neolithic / Bronze Age Pottery Jar (Xindian)

This rare pottery jar was made around 3,000 years ago by peoples of the Neolithic Xindian culture (c.1200 - 500 BC). The Xindian culture is a relatively late Neolithic culture and overlaps with the Chinese Bronze Age. It is fairly "heavily-potted" and quite highly-fired. The surface colour of the pottery varies considerably due to uneven conditions during the firing process. The entire outer surface is covered with lightly incise...

Chinese Neolithic / Bronze Age Pottery Jar - Siwa Culture (c. 1350 BC)

This pottery jar dates to the Siwa culture (c. 1350 BC), one of the later Chinese Neolithic cultures overlapping the Bronze Age. It is quite "heavily-potted" and made from quite a "gritty" clay with small pieces of white grit visible in places. The surface colour varies, a result of uneven conditions during firing, from pale grey to orange. The two loop handles join the shoulder to the mouth which is of the form sometime...

Chinese Neolithic / Bronze Age Pottery Jar - Siwa Culture (c. 1350 BC)

This pottery jar dates to the Siwa culture (c. 1350 BC), one of the later Chinese Neolithic cultures overlapping the Bronze Age. It has quite a tall body for its type with a small flat circular base. The pottery is fairly highly-fired and the surface has fired to a verity of colours, mostly pale grey but also dark grey, yellowish-brown and almost orange. The two loop handles join the shoulder to the mouth which is of th...

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Anonymous vintage abstract painting. Oil on canvas. Japan, circa 1970s (one related work from the same source bears a handwritten date of “1973” on the reverse). Approx. 38 × 45.5 × 2 cm (15 × 17.9 × 0.8 in). Age-related wear is present, including surface grime, scuffs, fine cracking, and areas of paint loss or lifting—creating a one-of-a-kind presence shaped by time beyond intention.


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Anonymous vintage abstract painting. Oil on canvas. Japan, circa 1970s (one related work from the same source bears a handwritten date of “1973” on the reverse). Approx. 32 × 41 × 2 cm (12.6 × 16.1 × 0.8 in). Age-related wear is present, including surface grime, scuffs, fine cracking, and areas of paint loss or lifting—creating a one-of-a-kind presence shaped by time beyond intention.


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Chinese necklace created by the well-known California jewelry artist, Pat Tseng. The necklace, skillfully made with yarn-stuffed hand-dyed silk tubing for a modern effect. Combined with traditional Chinese knot work to highlight special antique jade beads. The central bead is a piece of jade carved in the form of a fu-lion and cub. Other round beads and bi-shaped rings are made of jades in a variety of greens and yellows.
Pat Tseng was featured in "Ornament Magazine" in 2015 where her ...