Fine Chinese Ming Dynasty Blue & White Kraak Porcelain Dish - Wanli

This very attractive "Kraak" porcelain dish was made at the Jingdezhen kilns during the Wanli reign (1573 - 1620) of the Ming Dynasty. The pattern, in underglaze blue of good colour, features in its centre a tasselled double-gourd vase and an artemesia leaf (one of the "eight treasures"). Surrounding this are ten roundels containing peaches and flower blossoms. The underside is more simply decorated with basic floral patter...

A beautiful Chinese Ming dynasty Cizhou painted peach dish. Dia. 21.5cm. Condition: short line and minor chipped mouth rim please refer to last enlargement, no restore, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platforms, please ask before ordering.

Chinese Ming dynasty blue and white bowl, foliated body shape. 22 cm diameter, 12 cm high. Bowl have small chipped at the rim on restoration.

Chinese Ming dynasty celadon dish decorated with "KILIN" motive. 25 cm diameter. Dish has been broken, on restorations (not missing part).

Chinese Ming dynasty blue and white dish with fish motive at the centre. 26 cm diameter. broken condition on restorations (not missing part).

Early Edo Myochin Signed Nimai Do with Nanban influence featuring gilded kusazuri and sode laced with blue chord dated Genwa 3 (1620). There are rows of Prominent rivets all about with nobori-kiri crests on the top of the munaita. Comes with an old wrapping cloth dyed with the same crest. The Hon-kozane Kusazuri are removable, attached to two leather belts suspended from iron tongs about the waist. The takahimo shoulder straps are wrapped in leather. The shaped horn clasps are extant but on...

An original Edo period kōsatsu public proclamation dated Tenwa I (1681) detailing the laws against Christianity, rewards for turning in a Christian to the authorities, as well as punishment for the offenders. Of cypress wood with sumi ink, and a hand-forged iron loop for suspension from a post or gate. The signboard has a shallow peaked “roof” to protect the calligraphy from the rain. However decades in the weather have caused the original surface to wear and bake away the surface, leavi...

17th Century Chinese Gilt Bronze Buddha Immortal

It is 11 inches (28 cm) tall by 3.9 inches (10 cm) wide. It is 1542 gram.

It has minor rubbing of gold, casting chips and hole at the at the base and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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A fine Chinese Ming dynasty tea dust glaze pot. Dia. 30cm. Condition: no restore, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platforms, please ask before ordering.

A very rare Japanese lacquer cabinet made for the Dutch export. The quality of this model is very good and surpasses the usual cabinets of this period. The landscape decorations are very finely and artistically painted, notably the trees whose foliage is swayed by the wind. The frames of the panels are painted in the honeycomb style which requires a lot of work and precision and can only be found on high quality lacquers, to my knowledge there are only 2 other known "honeycomb" models of which I...

Extremely rare Sage jubako in wood covered with basketry applied with flowers and plants in lacquer, gesso, mother-of-pearl and pewter (or lead). The box is composed of several stacked parts. The interior is lacquered in red. In the top compartment there are two Chinese characters which are perhaps an artist's signature. Underneath one can see the weft of a strong lacquered fabric ensuring a good solidity. The basketry is not glued to the wood but covers it, making it fragile and it is surprisin...

Length: 6.1 cm (1.5 in)
Height: 2.1 cm (0.8 in)
Depth: 2.7 cm (1.1 in)
Weight: 120 gms

Chinese bronze Ming Period scroll weight of a reclining individual holding a bowl; well modelled and cast; dark patina with minor wear; good condition

Chinese Kangxi Blue & White Porcelain Box - Eight Treasures

This fine quality blue & white porcelain covered box was made during the Kangxi reign (1662 - 1722) of the Qing Dynasty. Both cover and box are attractively decorated in underglaze blue. The cover pattern features a spray of chrysanthemum, representing friendship and a life of ease, surrounded by "eight treasures", all representing good fortune. Interestingly, the lower box shows only seven "treasures" suggesting they were not spac...

Height: 17.2 cm (6.9 in)
Width: 10 cm (4 in)

Chinese porcelain ‘bird in bamboo’ vase; fine depiction of birds amongst bamboo and other florals over rocks; inscribed pattern within double borders below rim; a light celadon glaze overall; good condition; email for more pictures

A beautiful Chinese Ming dynasty Wucai jar painted with continuous floral and leaf pattern and modern made wooden cover. Ht. 6cm. Condition: small chip to the mouth rim, no restore, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platforms, please ask before ordering.

17th Century Chinese Ming Gilt Bronze Official Figurine

It is 10 inches (25.4 cm) tall by 3.7 inches (9.5 cm) wide. It is 4 Lb.

It has rubbing of gold, peeling of lacquer, oxidation and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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17th Century Chinese Kangxi Blue & White Plum Blossoms Baluster Jar with Wood Cover

It is 17.4 inches (44.2 cm) tall by 10.6 inches (27 cm) wide. It is 14.7 Lb.

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

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Third son of the director of the Kano School of painting, Yasunobu was appointed head of the Kyoto branch at a young age after his father’s death. Meanwhile, his two older brothers went to Edo to take up prestigious positions painting for the Tokugawa Shogunate. In 1662 Yasunobu gained the honorific title of “Hogen,” and near the end of his life in his 70s he wrote a treatise on the art of painting that would server as a central doctrine for later generations of painters. Here we see a str...