A high quality and truly massive pottery Horseman, dating to the Ming Dynasty (1364-1644 AD).

The largest type of Tomb pottery horsemen we've ever handled or seen on the market. A massive warrior on horseback in realistic proportions and of a sculptural quality that is rarely seen from this period.

The figure is glazed in beautiful dark blue and torqouise colors.

The figure in armour is equipped with a fine style helmet and boots. He carries a bowcase and an arro...

Shoki(Chang Kuo)and demons in bronze stained with gold. Edo Japan. The terrible divinity is represented standing preparing to kill a demon child that he holds firmly by the collar. The sculpture is superb, Shoki is theatrical his face is caricatured, the child is panicked and wriggles desperately as for the demon mother, she falls to her knees to implore the pity of the god. Despite being an evil demon this tense, offered, imploring mother is moving. The three characters are cast in lost wax se...

This exceptionally large brush pot is carved "au naturel" to imitate a tree trunk. The sculpture is very well executed with a perfect natural rendering. The wood is very heavy, shaded with dark brown, black and red, naturally, without having been stained. The grain is fine and tight. Rosewood or Sandalwood? The trunk was hollowed out with a small "hole saw". This pot was purchased in the 90s. A photo shows it "in situ" in 2016. We do not know if it was created in the 18th century or if it is a 2...

Bag made of shina-fu (textile woven of the bast fiber, Japanese linden) with two mending patches and reinforcement seams. Shina trees are seen many in the Japan Seaside areas in Tohoku district, such as Niigata, Yamagata, Sado Island, Akita etc. It is used for grains. It has a hole in the top (fourth image) Early 20th century. W:30cm, L:87cm

A heavy Kurinuki Tsubo hollowed out from a block of clay by Kato Tsubusa enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Hai-yu Tsubo. It is 21 cm (8-1/4 inches) diameter , 23.5 cm (9 inches) tall and in perfect condition.
Kato Tsubusa was born in Tajimi city, the home of Shino, in 1962, graduating the municipal Pottery Design and Technical Center in 1979. From then to 1983 he worked as a decorator at the Otai Kiln moving out on his own in 1984. In 2007 he was selected for the Paramita ...

The Famous Mad Monk Jung Kwang Sunim's Largest Zen Crane Painting. Ko Chang Nyul aka Jung Kwang Sunim aka the Mad Monk (1935-2002) of Jeju Island. This is the largest painting by Jung Kwang we have ever seen. The third photo here is from a prominent dealer's "sale" going on right now on Jung Kwang paintings, where you will see the prices for even smaller paintings are several times higher than our price for this largest of his works. This other gallery has been in business for over forty years a...

An antique large bronze Laotian rain drum. Beautiful detailed relief work. Twelve pointed star in the top center of the drum. Four pairs of playful frogs decorate the rim. Two pairs of side handles to each opposing side. Age patina acquired over its very long age of use and display.

Age: 19th Century

Dimensions: 26 1/4" Diameter by 21 1/4" High

Japanese Meiji period Satsuma earthenware cabinet vase in the form of a flattened round moon basket on four legs decorated in overglaze enamels and gilt highlights on a cream-colored crackle glaze ground. The two prominent sides feature seated male figures on one side and female figures on the reverse. The narrow sides and handle are decorated with geometric forms. The base bears a gold on black rectangular Kanzan mark. 3 1/8” high by 3” wide. Circa 1880-1910. Very good overall conditi...

Chinese Low Rectagular Keyaki Table. Made of 100% keyaki (elm) hardwood. Stury and well built.

Age: 1920's

Dimensions: 30" x 18" x 10" high

Antique Tibetan painted low chest with four pull out drawers. Each drawers has a leather pulls. Hand painted over leather with a solid wood framework. Forged hardware is complete. Beautiful patina and ware. Solid and sturdy.

Age: 18th Century

Dimensions: 32" wide x 9 1/2" high x 10 1/2" deep

It is rare to find a pair of jars from this period in good condition. The decoration is in the continuity of the Ming Dynasty, likewise the clay still containing iron oxide turning orange during firing is typical of this period. However, the presence of the double circle mark in cobalt blue leads us to believe that these jars were made in the middle of the 17th century, as soon as the Manchus invaded during the pivotal period of the takeover. One of the two lids is different and may have been ...

Chinese late Ming (16th/17th century) Zhangzhou (Swatow) porcelain deep charger decorated in iron-red, green, and black overglaze enamels on a cream-colored crackle glaze ground with a central degraded floral spray within a black accented green ring surounded by four ogival floral medallions alternating with a striated red background holding a single plant. Undecorated reverse and unglazed base. Circa 1580-1640. 11 3/4" diameter x 3" - 3 1/4" high. Two significant production cracks extend dow...

Chinese Orange Silk Ground Elephant Panel
"Taiping Youxiang" - Peace motif of an elephant carrying a vase.
Date/Period: Late Qing Dynasty
Medium: Silk and gold threads.
Size: 23.5 x 21.5 inches.
Condition: Fabric damage at upper left. See photo. Attached to board.

A fine woman's ceremonial sarong from Lampung Sumatra, woven in two parts, the striped cotton fabric decorated with couched gold-wrapped thread work and mica sequins. The four blue stripes embroidered in white and red silk threads. Condition: traces of age and usage, wear, missing mica sequins and threads, uncleaned, thin areas, few small holes. Dimension: c. 116.5 x 133.5 cm

A Takatsuki stand of wood covered in black lacquer decorated with scrolling vines among which are randomly placed crests in the design of the Daruma Wheel on the stem, and the heraldic Mitsuba-aoi hollyhock crest within the tray. Slightly warped and worn with the centuries, finding a piece from this era in such good, original condition, is exceedingly rare. Early Muromachi, 14-15th century, it is 30 x 30 x 28.5 cm (12 x 12 x 11-1/2 inches).
The Mitsuba Aoi crest is associated in modern ...

A delicate Blue & White Bowl with 5 different Fish adorning the inside and a Deep Yellow Sgraffito Dragon on the outside. KANGXI Marking surrounded by Cobalt Blue Double Rings on the Base. Flawless condition. Size: 5" diameter (12.3 cm).

A Stunning Blue and White YONGZHENG Charger (1723-1735) with Cobalt Blue Characters inside a Double Ring Marking on Base. Size: 8.7" Diameter (22 cm.). Flawless Condition.

A miracle bowl in thick white glaze by Murakoshi Takuma enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shizuku Chawan. Shizuku is a natural, unplanned and unpredictable kiln event when built up ash, usually on the ceiling of the kiln or on a kil shelf, melts and falls onto a piece, creating a droplet or drip. Highly sought, this white bowl was struck perfectly on the rim by a flow of liquid green ash which has pooled in the center, and runs perfectly down both inside and out. It is slightl...