Pua kumbu woven on cotton to represent chimeras, birds together with foliage and geometric design. Natural red, brown, white and blue colours. This pua kumbu is made of two parts stitched together. Sarawak (Eastern Malaysia), Iban peoples. Length: 228 cm. Width: 107 cm. Very good condition. Acquired in Singapore in 1978.

Pua kumbu woven on cotton to represent chimeras, birds together with foliage and geometric design. Natural red, brown and blue colours. Sarawak (Eastern Malaysia), Iban peoples. Length: 220 cm. Width: 117 cm. Very good condition. Acquired in Singapore in 1978.

Burmese bronze bell with clapper inside with stand.

Age: Burma, 19th Century
Size: Height 15.2 C.M. / Width 8.8 C.M.
Size including stand: Height 32 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.

LARGE WOODEN TRAY FROM JEJU ISLAND

Korea, early 20th century, approx. D 45-34 x H 2cm (17.71-13.38 x 0.78in). Such folksy and rough form as its particular highlights. Aged deterioration as is. Stable.


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A woodblock print on washi with 29 ways of wearing tenugui which is the Japanese hand towel made of cotton. It has been using as hand towel as well as hat or scarf. In good condition except for a break in one of the corners. Printed by "Isetatsu which was founded in 1864, very late Edo period in kanda in Tokyo. The second half of the 19th century." 25cm x 37.5cm

Chinese Song dynasty longquan celadon lotus bowl. 13 cm diameter. Bowl has hairlines. please see on the pictures. (free from any restoratios).

This is yosegire Patchwork silk katazome kimono textile in Edo period(1603-1867). All are originals from the Edo period. There are four kinds of itajime-katazome, and seven kinds of katazome is included. The part of the sleeve is yuzen-dye that is drawn by the hand and dyed. The lower side is stripes of the silk in Edo period.The lining is red silk and has discoloration. There are no damage on the surface. There is a very slight faint stain, but it is not noticeable.It is a very beautiful kimon...

This is japanese antique kihada nature colour katazome sodenashi hanjyuban in Edo period(1603-1867). Katazome of kihada ground is very rare. Textile seems to be hand spun and woven and and has soft touch . The collar is yuzen and shibori of silk. There is neither stain nor damage. It is very beautiful. size: Length: 63cm (24.8inch) / Shoulder width 43cm (16.9inch)

This is a Japanese antique indigo stencil dyed thick cotton kimono from the Meiji period (1868-1912) with a rare weave. It is a very beautiful indigo stencil dyeing. There is a thin stain. It has one small hole, but is in very good condition. Made from hand-spun cotton and naturally dyed. Size: Length 140cm (55.1inch) Sleeve to sleeve: 123cm ( 48.4inch) Box.2

Pair of parakeets resting on a rock. White hard porcelain, yellow enameled spouts and legs, black enamel details. The body of the birds is covered with a transparent glaze, however the unglazed rock which is covered with a layer of brown lacquer. I don't know of any other other same parakeet listed so it is difficult to date them with certainty.Probably Chinese work from the Qing period. Good condition, lacquer worn in places. Height:123mm Technically the bird is molded in 2 parts assembled wit...

Hard porcelain vase decorated with famille rose enamels depicting landscapes, antiques and flowers. Chinese work made for export, the style of the particularly slender drawn vases as well as the color palette lead us to think that it is a porcelain executed during the first part of the 18th century, during the reign of Yongzheng (1722-35) but it is not excluded that it was created earlier, indeed the significant presence of green enamels does not make impossible an earlier dating, either at the ...

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Sparrows
Publisher: Doi. Issued by Odawara Shoten.
Date: 1940. This edition likely post-2000.
Print size: Koban. 8 x 5.75 inches.
Koitsu catalog no.: Similar to TK-DH-90.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

A wonderfully well-carved jade, dating to the 19th century and done by hand. Most likely an attachment to a sword scabbard. Please examine the photographs as they are part of the description. This is not a modern piece, so often described as "Qing." This is the genuine article and is guaranteed to be such to the original purchaser.

Fine Chinese Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Horse with Female Rider

This pottery model of a horse and equestrian was made during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). Although many examples of horses with riders are known from the Tang Dynasty, few are as attractive and elegant as this particular example. It is made from a creamy-coloured pottery that has been "cold painted" in various coloured pigments. The female rider sits upright with her hands together in a demure posture; note the details of ...

Fine Chinese Song Dynasty Qingbai Glazed Porcelain Bowl

This fine porcelain bowl was made during the Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279). The inner surface is decorated with an incised scrolling stylised floral pattern. There are five "V"-shaped notches spread equidistant around the rim. Its best feature, however, is its translucent pale blue qingbai glaze of such good colour, the glaze also being attractively crackled. The flat recessed base remains unglazed showing the white body, the black firin...

Chinese Song Dynasty Qingbai Glazed Porcelain Bowl

This fine-quality porcelain bowl was made during the Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279). Its thin body is particularly translucent when held against a light source. The inner surface is decorated with incised floral patterns and it is coated in a pale blue translucent qingbai glaze of very good colour. The small recessed circular base remains unglazed where part of the white body has fired to a reddish-brown, this where the bowl stood on a firing ...

This piece had been imported to Japan in 14th century by "Tenryu-ji ship", and so called "天龍寺青磁 Tenryu-ji celadon" in Japan. It has peony pattern carved at the inner and outside surface, and fretwork pattern at the inner rim. Certification: by Noriki Shimazu the famous researcher with Asian antiques in Japan. YouTube movie/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynYiOqpdoVE Size:15.7cm(D) 8.7cm(H) Publication time limit : Feb.28

Japanese antique black and gold lacquered kanban (shop sign). Decorated with unusually beautiful calligraphy advertising cosmetics with words like 艶 tsuya "luster/gloss/sheen" and 白粉 Oshiroi which literally means "white powder"; the powder foundation worn by kabuki actors and especially by geisha and their maiko apprentices. The area of the nape of the neck was covered with oshiroi white powder leaving only a swallow-tail area near the hair line bare, an erotic feature specific to geish...