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Engagement book made by the famous Yamanaka & Co. Inc. in New York. Antique Chinese brocade with dragons in roundels between auspicious symbols and an open-worked white jade plaque, dating from the 19th century, assembled to a diary with mechanical pencil. Condition: edges of the brocade with wear and tears. Dimension: book: 19.3 cm x 15.3 cm, weight: 260 g, jade: 5.8 cm x 5.8 cm.
The Bodhisattva Collection
Free with any Song Dynasty ceramics purchase from our Early Chinese section An excellent pictorial reference book specializing in Song Dynasty ceramics with very good informative text by Rose Kerr. This is an especially well-photographed book with about 120 color photos covering all areas of Song Dynasty ceramics including Ru and Jun wares, Xing and Ding wares, Yaozhou wares, Cizhou wares, Celadon wares, Qingbai wares, and Jizhou and Jian wares...
The Bodhisattva Collection
Free with any purchase from our Early Chinese section An excellent pictorial reference book specializing in Chinese tomb sculptures. There are about 70 high quality, full color photos with text both in Chinese and English. The pieces represented cover mostly the same periods as the Bower book on the Solomon Collection, namely the Han, Northern Wei, Northern Qi, and Tang Dynasties, but this book also goes a little further to cover the Song, Yuan, and Ming Dynasties as well...
The Bodhisattva Collection
Free with any purchase from our Early Chinese section An excellent pictorial reference book documenting the famed Anthony M. Solomon Collection of Chinese Tomb Sculptures. There are about 60 high quality, full color photos plus some very informative text by Virginia Bower. The pieces represented mostly cover the Han, Northern Wei, Northern Qi, and Tang Dynasties This is a very good book for anybody interested in tomb sculptures...
The Bodhisattva Collection
Free with any purchase from our Early Chinese section An excellent pictorial reference book focusing on tomb items from China's Golden Age with heavy concentration on Tang and Han Dynasty items, but Eastern Zhou, Warring States, Spring and Autumn, and Qin Dynasty Periods are covered as well. There are over 120 color photos, most pieces are bronzes and/or gilded bronzes, but there are also some jade and early pottery pieces represented as well. The text is also very informative...
The Bodhisattva Collection
Free with any purchase from our Early Chinese section An excellent pictorial reference book specializing in Neolithic Period / Early Chinese wares with good informative text by Regina Krahl and other contributors. Truly a must-have reference book for anybody interested in Neolithic / Early Chinese pieces. There are about 65 color photos all of which are really quite excellent...
The Bodhisattva Collection
$3,500.00 From our Early Chinese Collection, a fine and large Ming Dynasty lead-glazed pottery ridge (roof) tile, 15th-16th century, Hongzhi through Jiajing Period (1488-1566), depicting a guardian-demon ferociously modeled with bulging eyes, protruding fangs, pointed horns, thick musculature, and standing in defensive posture astride a cloud-swirl with fists clenched around what would have been a weapon made of wood or iron, now since rotted away and lost to time...
Chinese : Antiquities : Pre 1492
item #1009435
(stock #lot199)
Hu's Collection
SOLD Description:
A pair of Jizhou tiger toys were excavated in original condition. It is very hard to find genuine Jizhou wares with tortoisshell glaze. It was unique too to find them in pairs even though they're dolls. And most importantly they were in obvious condition for authentication. The buried deposits were firmly left here and there on the surface. And the glaze were partially crackled due to age. The body clay were light brownish with soft matrix quality...
Zentner Collection
SOLD Chinese white jade rollicking horse animatedly carved with nostrils flaring and lying on back with hooves up in air. Size: 3 inches long 1.5" high.
Standing on hexagonal base, wearing hat and tunic, painted with green enamel, with head detachable.
Age: China, Ming Dynasty, A.D. 1368 - 1644
June Hastings
$185.00 This is a very rare round hole coin known as a Yuan, as identified by the single character on the right. Yuan was a city in the state of Liang in ancient China. This coin has not been acid treated nor artificially aged, it is well worn and has the verdigris that is natural and impossible to scrape off by conventional means. These range in size and weight from 41.2 to 43 mm, and range 8.8 to 10.7 grams). Condition is fine. Date: about 300 B.C.E. Warring states period...
BRIAN PAGE ORIENTAL ART
GBP £295.00 Rare Chinese Neolithic Painted Pottery Jar / Cup - Machang
This small pottery jar, or cup, was made over 4,000 years ago during the Machang Phase (c. 2300 - 2000 BC) of the Majiayao culture, also known as the Gansu-Yangshao culture, from present day Gansu or Qinghai province. Most known Machang jars of this approximate size have two handles; jars such as this with only one handle are particularly rare...
Chinese : Antiquities : Pre 1492
item #998836
Priceless Past
$1995.00 This incredible antiquity is a glazed ceramic offering vessel from the Song Dynasty of ancient China (960-1279 AD). Besides being in near perfect condition, this rare piece has impeccable provenance from the collection of the famous Arthur M Sackler as sold through Christies auction house in NY in April of 2010. Auction #2301, lot #323.. It measures roughly 38 cm in height and shows no signs of repair or restoration. Don't miss this rare opportunity to add such an important piece to your collect...
Zentner Collection
SOLD Chinese antique tomb pottery figure of a portly court lady, Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD), 14.25"H with traces of original red and black pigments on sleeves and crevices of body. Minor repairs to hair and neck. Oxford TL Test results consistent with 9th century dating. Fat lady was depicting the famous concubine, Yang Gu Fei, her asymetric coiffure is Duo Maji, 'just off horse look' with disheveled hairdo. The fat lady image represented the peak of loveliness and was wonderfully popular during the...
Hu's Collection
Sold Description:
Done by top-quality marble stone, a great Buddha’s head was well carved. A typical piece of the early to mid-Tang periods, the marble head was well carved by the hands of the excellent craftsman. The religious piece was well depicted in details: on top, the spiral ushnisa and the features of the face –the full cheek, almond eyelids and well-defined lips, all were meticulously rendered by affluent and sleek carving skills. Due to natural cause or some...
Hu's Collection
Sold($10) Description:
A round-shaped pottery inkstone was well preserved. Supported by three foot which were intriguingly and characteristically in figures as crouching animal, the inkstone was mold with flat surface. The surface was used as grinding pool for inkcake, so it was concaved in the middle. In two-step style on the surface, the outer lower rim was designed for resting the lacquered cover which had been decayed and vanished. Overall it was in newly-excavated condition preserved ...
Zentner Collection
$6,000.00 Wonderful, large ancient Chinese ceramic jar, round shape, stands on three small feet, beautiful blue green glaze has become iridescent with time, dramatic drips
Han Dynasty (206 B.C. - A.D. 220) Size: 10" high x 12 1/2" wide.
Hu's Collection
SOLD Description:
A Changsha ewer was preserved in a very fine condition. Being applied on the surface with low-relief grapevine motifs and highlighted with brown glaze, this ewer pot was presented in a quite decent look. Some degradations and fret were yielded due to long time of age. But the overall condition is stable and firm. Changsha wares have long been appraised and were noticeable for the strong characteristics in authenticating the production date. In cultural findings, ... |