Antique chinese bronze vase with a wide oval moon shaped body and short, small neck. On either side is a small raised design. Stunning original natural aged patina finish.

Han Dynasty (206BC-220AD).

Size: 10.25" height, 11.75" width

Chinese Gilt Silver Enamel & Jadeite Bangle Box with Coral & Turquoise Beads Marked "Silver"

The box is 4.65 inches (11.6 cm) tall by 3.15 inches (8 cm) wide. It weighs 365.1 gram.

The jadeite bangle has inclusions. The box is tarnished and missing minor enamels. It also has surface wears and scratches. (as seen in the photos).

PROVENANCE: Bonhams & Butterfields in San Francisco.

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This rare fine brass vessel with cover is From the late 19 th or early 20th century era , a heirloom piece of some straits chinese family, made by the south east Asian region's local Chinese brass-works artisan, specially made for the baba nyonya community, it is called kamcheng , normally porcelain type but also have these brass type and the silver works type

Antique Chinese bronze Ding on three feet. Formed with sloping lines and dramatic spikes, Ming Period jade finial in the form of a seated dog. The bronze has a large Xuande mark on the bottom.

Spurious mark made in the 18th Century

Total size with stand: 16 1/2" high (15" high bronze only) x 8" wide diameter (9" wide including spikes)

Antique bronze pot with a flared back used for heating surfaces, with small raised diamond patterns and large oriental designs on its front and sides. It has a handle topped with skillfully carved bone in the shape of a court official with a long beard, which he twirls in his fingers. He wears long robes topped with heavy armor and a helmet. 17th/18th century Size: 2" height, 9.5" length, 4.5" width

Antique Chinese opium container made from copper with silver, with a cloisonne lid, decorated with pink flowers on a deep blue background. Its front is engraved with a beautiful seated princess, and its back is engraved with Chinese characters reading " The best medicine of the West comes to the great East. Consume this opium and float like a celestial princess." Dated 1820-1850 Size: 2" height, 1.75" width

Set of two (2) gilded metal court fans with dragon head handles biting the bottom of the fan and an open-mouthed dragon head at its tops. The fans mirror each other with their elaborate pierced designs of two fenghuang (phoenix) birds flying with a sun between them and lucky bats flying above their heads. Swords, staffs, vases, lotus pods, and other objects adorn each fan's outer edges...

17th Century Chinese Gilt Lacquered Bronze Temple Guardian

It is 11.75 inches (30 cm) tall by 5.7 inches (14.6 cm) wide. It is 8.7 Lb.

It has chips at his hat and arm, manufacture defect of firing holes at skirt, oxidation, corrosion at the base, missing lacquered gilding, and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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Chinese Republic period rectangular form traveling scholar's white brass "paktong" (baitong) ink box with rounded corners finely incised on the top lid with five vertical lines of calligraphy encircled by a band of archaic form characters all centered over a background of blossoming branches. The inscription addresses the appreciation of fine quality calligraphy...

Antique Chinese bronze hanging bell with beautiful casting and patina. It hangs by a hook shaped as a two-headed serpent, and its sides are decorated with phoenixes (fenghuang in Chinese, ho-o in Japanese) flying with their head downwards and their long, beautiful tail feathers floating up and over their bodies. The phoenix is a bird of the Sun, so a small Sun adorns two sides of the bell, along with curling motif running along the bottom. Size: 6.5" height, 4.75" width

Chinese bronze tea kettle, Its body decorated with raised dragons within beautifully shaped borders. Its spout has the form of a dragon's head with a ball in its mouth, with a nice green patina formed around the opening. Its handle has the form of a dragon's body, its tail and neck curled inwards, and the lid has a cute dragon with spindly legs within a triquetra shape, decorated with raised designs. Marked on the bottom of the kettle...

This intriguing bronze Daoist vase is decorated with chinese taotie, circling the top and bottom slender areas of the cylindrical vase. Symbols circling around middle part of vase are from the "I Ching" Prophesy, one of the oldest Chinese texts. The solid lines representing the Yang, the creative principle. The open lines represent the Yin, the receptive principle...

16th century
Ming Dynasty
Cast iron (or maybe bronze?) with lacquer and gold
Height: 48.1 cm / 18.9 in
Weight: 19.6 lb / 8.9 kg
From the estate of Sir Cecil Nixon

A huge and tall figure of Ananda, partially gilded and covered with lacquer. One of the ten disciples of the Buddha, Ananda is typically portrayed as a handsome youth with closed eyes, tranquil features, and drooping ears...

A rare and delicate QING Dynasty Silver and Paktong Opium Pipe with beautifully detailed metalwork, which because of its size probably belonged to a Lady. The damper is held by a hand and decorated with a fine Peony flower. Good condition. Size: Length 6.5" (16.5 cm.) Origin: China. A very nice custom made wooden stand as shown in photograph # 1 comes with this opium pipe (included)...

A small Chinese silver box with a hinged lid displaying a bird amongst flowers. This lovely box features open cut work in broken ice pattern on all sides. In very good condition, it measures 1.75 inches wide, 1.75" deep, and 1" high. Circa 1900.

Antique Chinese bronze censor, with a hardwood lid with reticulated carvings of spirals in a plantlike form, topped with a nephrite jade finial of vibrant green, dark forest green, and white. The sides of the censor have spiral carvings with green, red, yellow, blue, white, and gold cloisonne serpents. The body of the censor sits atop three long legs, coming out of the mouths of beasts, and resting atop of a carved hardwood stand with pierced center designs...

Large 19th c Bronze Handwarmer with Reticulated Cover (LQB061402)
19th century
Mid - late Qing Dynasty
Bronze
Diameter: 27.9 cm / 11 in (at widest point)
Height: 28 cm / 11 in (handle extended upright), 16 cm / 6.3 in (handle down)
Weight: 9 lb 15 oz / 4.5 kg
From a Seattle, WA estate

A rare and unusually large 19th c bronze handwarmer or incense burner, with a circular ribbed body, leather covered handles, and a magnificent reticulated cover feat...

Small and gorgeously made antique chinese censor. Made of bronze with varying shades of brown and reddish tint. Side handles are elaborate Fu-dog faces placed just under lip of bronze opening. Marked on bottom with Inscription. Ching Dynasty Dimensions: 5" Diameter, 3" Tall