many years ago this elaborate fan would have been common place among the wealthier class in the Indonesian Islands...definitely a relic from the past. The frame is made from heated and formed tortoise shell, and the fan section is from cut and decorated donkey hide. Rare and left over from another time....

1930's Chinese Blue & White Porcelain Happy Buddha Marked "Wei Hong Tai Zo" 魏洪泰造

It is 10 inches (25.4 cm) tall by 10.8 inches (27.5 cm) wide. It is 5.5 lb.

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

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Chinese Qing dynasty ink and color on paper scrolled painting signed Tang Yifen 湯貽汾 (1778-1853) featuring a small figure and crane riding in a boat surrounded by water, hills, trees, and bamboo. Three red seals by the calligraphy at the upper right include his alternate names Zhou Weng 粥翁, Qin Yin琴隱, and Yu Shan雨山. Cream colored silk mounting with wood scroll ends. Scroll: 93” x 22 1/4” (painting: 29” x 15”). Overall in intact condition. There is wear to the painting ...

19th Century Chinese Tibetan Gilt Silver (tested silver with acid silver test kit) Teapot Embellished with Coral & Turquoise & Ruby Beads

It is 8.4 inches (21.3 cm) tall by 6.5 inches (16.5 cm) wide. It is 459.9 gram.

It has bent at inner rim of the lid, small holes and hairline cracks at the spout, wobbling base, rubbing golds, surface wears and scratches. Some of the beads have inclusions (as seen in the photos).

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18/19th Century Chinese Cloisonne Enamel Vase

It is 6.3 inches (16 cm) tall by 3.7 inches (9.5 cm) wide. It is 0.5 lb.

It is tarnished and has loss of gilding, enamel cracks, loss of enamel, bent at the bottom rim, and surface wears and scratches (as see in the photos).

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Vintage Chinese Spinach Jade and Agate Carved Loop Rings Beaded Necklace

It is 37.8 inches (96 cm) in circumference. The bead is 8 mm-8.29 mm. The agate ring is 10.2 mm-11.1 mm in diameter by 4.62 mm-5.72 mm thick. It is 60 gram.

It has inclusions, and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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19th Century Japanese Kyoto Satsuma Incense Burner Koro Signed

It is 5.2 inches (13.2 cm) tall by 10.4 cm) wide. It is 1 Lb.

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

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A rare and nice one of Meiping with rich black glazed , decorated with sgraffito plum blossoms to the body. very good condition, with no any crack, no any chip and free from any restoration. Southern Song Dynasty Jizhou Ware. Height: 24,6 cm. Mouth Diameter: 5,4 cm. Base diameter: 8,9 cm.

This is an jyuban made in Kyoto during the Edo period.(1800-1867) The body is dyed indigo using tsumugishi silk tie dyeing. The sleeves are dyed indigo using chirimen silk stencil dyeing. There are no stains or scratches. size: Length 67cm x Sleeve end to sleeve end 127cm

A nicely celadon saucer dish, decorated with carved incised of flower scroll to interior, plain to exterior. Found at East Java Island. Very good condition, with no any chip, no any crack and entirely free from restoration. Northern Song Dynasty Yaozhou Ware. Found at East Java Thousand Island. Diameter: 12,2 cm.

Chinese Han Dynasty Burnished Pottery Cocoon Jar

This wonderfully-shaped pottery jar of very good proportions was made during the early part of the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8) or possibly as early as the Qin Dynasty (221 - 206 BC). This type of jar is often referred to as a "cocoon jar" due to the shape of its body. Its function was that of a grain storage jar.

It is quite "heavily-potted" and the body has been decorated with ten bands of triple-incised lines vertically surround...

This is a precious Yosegire Kimono made with silk fabric from the Genroku period (1688-1704) using Yuzen dyeing. The perfectly refined Itome glue-resist dyed Tsutsugaki lines on the green silk are as thin and delicate as threads. Furthermore, Shoenji (pink-like colors), the most important color in Yuzen, is used abundantly to depict the crane. This Yuzen-dyed painting is beautifully rendered in the most delicate Tsutsugaki of the Genroku period. There is some discoloration and thinning of the fa...

Camellias and Doves – Two-Panel Screen

A refined two-panel folding screen depicting vivid red camellias blooming beside a pair of doves resting quietly on mossy ground.
The artist captures the life of early spring with meticulous attention to texture—the weathered bark and soft moss on the tree trunk contrast gently with the luminous petals and the smooth feathers of the doves.
Painted in the elegant Nihonga tradition on a softly shimmering gold ground, the work conveys ...

The dark wood netsuke depicts a grinning boy pulling down his eye lid in a teasing gesture in a game of “bekkako”. His left arm behind his back holds a mask of a fox. Typical for Miwa, eyes are double inlayed from the inside. In addition, teeth are also inlayed with some lighter material. Signed Miwa. Very good condition, no damage or restoration. 1 ½ ” x 1 ½ ” x 1 ½ ”

This small piece of furniture is made of very hard and heavy precious wood with a very fine grain. The mounts are cut from bronze or brass, some of which are inlaid into the wood, which is a beautiful dark reddish-brown color with dark, almost black veins (see photos of the cleaned wood). The piece is completely disassembled, but it is almost complete. A photo of the whole piece shows the two small missing crosspieces, and another photo shows the remains of one of the four bronze mounts (now mis...

Both panels are in black lacquer. The first is decorated with gold powder, depicting scholars gathered in a pavilion amidst a lakeside landscape. On the reverse are written Chinese characters, probably depicting the scene and indicating the artist's identity. The drawings are meticulously executed, with some details drawn with an exceptionally fine brush. The decoration of the second panel, also powdered with gold, but much simpler, is nevertheless very interesting because it depicts the celesti...

Bronze Vase by Hasuda Shugoro, Showa Period

Finely crafted ikebana bronze vase by Hasuda Shugoro (1915–2010), one of the leading modern metal artists of 20th century Japan. Born in Kanazawa, Hasuda studied at the Tokyo School of Art and became highly acclaimed, receiving numerous awards including the Hokuto Prize (1953). He was a founding member of the Creative Crafts Association (1961) and established the Japan Metal Sculpture Institute (1976). In 1991, he was honored with the Orde...

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Oil on canvas by Korean artist Paik Sang Jin. 2022. Approx. 53 × 40.5 × 2 cm (20.9 × 15.9 × 0.8 in). Paik Sang Jin is known for combining traditional Korean motifs—hanok houses, hanbok garments—with contemporary imagery, and still continues to paint at the age of 95. The original Korean title is 'Yeoreum' (Yearning Heart).


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