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...

Japanese Edo period woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) depicting the 12th century woman warrior Tomoe Gozen galloping on horseback in the snow. A poem by the Emperor Koko Tenno reads: "It is for your sake that I walk the fields in spring, gathering green herbs, while my garments' hanging sleeves are speckled with falling snow." This image is number 15 from the series "Ogura Imitations of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets" published by Ibaya Senzaburo between 1845-1848. Pap...

Japanese Edo period woodblock print by Kunisada, also known as Toyokuni III (1786-1864), depicting the actor Ichikawa Danzo VI in a kabuki performance, published by Kagiya Shobei in 1861. This is one of an untitled series of half-length portraits of actors with poems and still life scenes at the top. Signed at the left "Toyokuni ga" in a red cartouche with yellow snow. Paper: 14 1/8" x 9 5/8" (image: nearly 13 1/2" x over 9 1/8"). Very good color and overall condition with margins evident. T...

Japanese Meiji period woodblock print by Kono Bairei (1844-1895) titled "Sasanqua (camellias) and Grey Herons" from "Bairei's Album of Birds and Flowers" (Bairei kacho gafu) dated in the left margin Meiji 16 (1883). The series title is along the top edge and the publisher's information is along the bottom edge. Bairei's red seal is in the sky at the upper right side. 14 3/8" x nearly 9 1/2." Very good color and overall condition with only minor soiling evident. Japanese paper album backed...

Japanese Meiji period woodblock print by Kono Bairei (1844-1895) titled "Lily and Keu Birds" from "Bairei's Album of Birds and Flowers" (Bairei kacho gafu) dated in the left margin Meiji 16 (1883). The series title is along the top edge and the publisher's information is along the bottom edge. Bairei's red seal is in the sky at the upper left side. 14 3/8" x nearly 9 1/2." Very good color and overall condition with only minor soiling evident. Japanese paper album backed and with two tiny ...

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

This large and impressive pottery jar dates to the Siwa culture (c. 1350 BC) from Qinghai or Gansu province. It has a relatively small flat base and a wide saddle-shaped mouth. There are two loop handles that join the shoulder to the rim. The surface colour of the pottery has interesting variations in places, from an attractive deep orange to grey, a result of uneven conditions during the firing process. The clay i...

Exceptionally LARGE Chinese Neolithic / Bronze Age Impressed Pottery Jar with Oxford TL Test

This extremely rare and imposing pottery jar dates to the around the 1st millennium BC, the late Chinese Neolithic / Bronze Age period. It is, without doubt, the largest and most substantial pottery jar we have ever encountered from this period. It has a rounded base and the whole of the outer surface has been decorated with repeated coarsely-woven cord impressions. Interestingly the inner surface be...