A rare solid porcelain of Qinghai elephant sitting statue, nice impressive expression of the face of the elephant. Condition is perfect, with no any chip, no crack and free from any restoration except tiny firing crack to the tail. Song/Yuan Dynasty Jindezhen Qingbai ware. Acquired 15 years ago. Long: 15 cm.

Rare vase with a nice Qingbai ( Yingqing ) glaze over a well potted porcelain body. H : 9cm. Jingdezhen or Fujian ware, Song - Yuan Dynasty. Condition : Some faint glaze crackles - nice original condition.

Very rare to founded of superb thinly Qinghai near like egg shell small bowl with transparent under the light, decorated to the interior centre with carved incised a plum flower head. Unglazed mouth rim and base with full of glaze. Condition is perfect, no any chip, no crack and free from any restoration. Song/Yuan Dynasty Jindezhen Qinghai ware. Diameter: 9,5 cm.

A rare large jar with drum shaped, covered overall with smooth creamy white Ivory glaze. Song/Yuan Dynasty. Possibly Cizhou type in perfect condition. Mouth Diameter: 21.5cm and Height: 18cm.

A Song Dynasty Yaozhou celadon bowl with well balance and thinly potted, decorated to the interior with carved of large bloom flower. Exterior with fluted lines. Condition is very good, no any chips, no any cracks and free from any restoration. Yaozhou celadon ware found at Indonesia archipelago is very rare. Diameter: 15 cm and Height: 3,3 cm.

A Southern Song Dynasty Mallet shaped vase, covered overall with bluish glaze and purple splashes to the body. These shapes is very rare in Song dynasty, found in Ru, Guan, Longquan and Junyao as well. Condition is very good, no any chip, no any crack and free from restoration as well, excepted major firing imperfection unglazed to the neck, mouth rim and body because found at the kiln site of Junyao Henan province long times ago or at least a decade, so this one is survives with good glaze, but...

Ewer of gourd form and curving spout. Porcelain body covered with transparent, finely crackled glaze, tinted slightly bluish-green. Jingdezhen or Fujian. Song to Yuan Dynasty, twelfth to fourteenth centuries. H: 11,3 cm. Condition: Broken at the outermost end of the spout. Otherwise in absolutely perfect condition ( please have a look at the images ). IMPORTANT AND HIGHLY UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION REGARDING ALL OUR ANNOUNCED PRICES FOR CHINESE CERAMIC ITEMS : SINCE I`M NOW ENJOYING MY RETIREME...

From our Early Chinese Collection, a rare glazed buddhist offering vessel with Oxford TL test from Yunnan Province, Song Dynasty China (960-1279 AD). The reddish-tinged and heavily potted buff body is decorated with a carved lotus leaf pattern in high relief, signifying “purity,” with the entire vessel covered in a rich emerald-green glaze with a few areas of slight iridescence from burial.

This offering vessel is one of the best examples we have seen from a group of highly obscure a...

A VERY RARE SONG PERIOD, SAWANGKALOKE-SISACHANALAI, SIAMESE-THAI, IRON BROWN GLAZED SMALL MEDICINE BOTTLE. 14-16th Century. Has 2 intact loops as well as incised ringed ribbing. Good overall condition, no cracks, hairlines nor restorations. One inconsequential nick on the lip. Size: height 8cm. VERY RARE ITEM!

A Very Rare Korean Silver Bar Hairpin/Enameled Bamboo, Bird, plum -19th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century. The long terminal cast with bamboo leaves, flying cranes and plum flower head with a roundel coral inserted into the plum flower-head on the either side of the bamboo head-end, and enameled in blue, red, green, and yellows, the cylindrical silver bar ends with a point tip. It’s in good condition but some enamels gone due to age and use, and two small coral jewels missing, ...

The body of pear shape with a faux bois ground. The front face and the reverse – medallion superbly enamelled. The interior and the base of the vase white glazed. Iron-red Shengdetang – Mark to the base of the vase. Exactly written iron red Shengdetang – marks were common during the Daoguang period ( 1821 – 1850 ) and were used until the Republican period. The Shengdetang marks of the Republican period. were written in a poor quality. This vase is probably from the Republican altho...

In Asian folklore, the peach is said to represent long-life for mortals and immortality for the gods. According to legend, the moon goddess—a powerful alchemist—can make an elixir from peaches that grow in the garden of the western paradise with miraculous revitalizing properties. Here we have an exceptionally rare set of sake cups by Suwa Sozan, one of only 5 Imperial Court Artists from Meiji. Sozan spent his life perfecting techniques for celadon production first used in the Souther Song D...

Description:A beautiful and rare imperial famille-rose crane-medallion porcelain bowl and saucer, the bowl decorated to the exterior with seven roundels of crane-medallions in purple red enamel, between bands of crosshatched pattern around the rim and blue and green breaking sea waves above foot rim, centre of the bowl finely painted with a single peony flower and leafy branches enclosed within blue-circles. The interior of the saucer was decorated with the same patterns of the roundles. Both of...

A rare set of early celadon cup with spout handle and decorated with brown spots, the dish with incised design of petals surrounded by brown spots as well, base unglazed. Five Dynasty to Northern Song period Zhejiang Yue ware in perfect condition. Dish diameter: 11.5cm, Cup high maximum; 7.5cm.

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Rare stone bust from the Sui Dynasty (581-618 CE). Piece is in fine condition, with its original whitish coating preserved. The bust depicts a solemn image of a devoted pupil or perhaps a slave, with head dress. Facial features are well carved and very effective in communicating the mood of the piece.

Minor wear and abrasion caused by age, but these do not distract from the beauty of the piece. These are, if anything, exaggerated by the shadow in the phot...

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A wood mountain alcove was carved from a block of precious sandalwood.
Nice aroma is the characteristic of this rare wood.
By great patina and well-shaped form, this wood mountain can be the focusing view on your desk.
The small cave can be an ideal alcove for a figurine of about 5-6cm in height.

Date: Qing Dynasty, 19th century.

Height: 17.8cm

A CUSTOM-MADE SILK BOX IS INCLUDED.

A rare Sancai ewer with figurine of the fish and a small aubergine glaze fish among lotus, waves, covered overall with typically Sancai color of green, yellow, aubergine glazed. Condition is very good, no any chip, no any crack and free from any restoration after examination. Possibly 18th century or earlier, found at Indonesia 25 years ago. Height: 26,2 cm.

An attractive and rare group of rootwood ducks. Partly carved from the natural root with the legs attached. The gander with a natural stone around which the root has grown. Meiji, ca. 1850. Size: . H 15 cm, H 12,5 cm., H 10 cm . Condition: Excellent and with great age patina.