A Japanese bulbous bronze vase with a shiny patina and three elegant white egrets in inlaid silver with golden beaks and feet. Period: Meiji, late 19th century. Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 cm. Condition: Excellent.

This candlestick, of exceptional dimensions, was part of the decoration of the altar of a temple or a palace. It is made of cast lead and partially gilded on red and green lacquer. Exagonal shape. The partly openwork decoration mainly represents flower vases, but also stylized dragons, bats, flowers and coins. Some friezes of the upper edges are unsoldered, but the candlestick is complete, only a vase motif is missing from one of the 24 panels. The top shaft, candle holder is twisted and cracked...

Antique Chinese large lacquer cabinet. Decorated all over with designs of mountain landscapes and lakeside pavilions. Painted in gold and color lacquer on a black lacquer ground. Large doors with a round lock plate open to a single interior storage compartment.

Age: 19th century

Dimensions: 76 1/2" high x 49 3/4" wide x 24" deep

Important Guanyin in hard Chinese biscuit porcelain of an exceptional size. The deity is represented sitting on a lotus flower. The porcelain is covered with a thick colorless glaze. The deity has a gentle benevolent expression, the finishes are neat, note the presence of details, fingers, nails, toes, and jewelry. There was excellent chiselling work attesting to the double-fired biscuit technique. The unglazed underside became orange during firing, which is typical of some 19th century Chinese ...

A Chinese celadon jade carving of a mandarin duck, with small russet inclusions, it's head turned back to the stylised wings. Qing dynasty, 18th/19th century. 5 cms. Fitted perspex stand. Formerly the property of a lady who was given the jade as a 70th birthday present in 1996. PRICE REDUCTION. Must be sold to clear an estate.

Ivory okimono from the Tokyo school, depicting a character holding a rooster in his hands, while gently stroking its wattles. Signed Masakazu under the base with a Shin seal. Period: Meiji, late 19th century. Dimensions: 29.5 x 10.5 x 7 cm. Condition: Excellent.

Wonderful distorted grey shoe shaped (kutsugata) Shino-Oribe Chawan made of light, fine, unrefined Mino clay. Shape and style make it appear contemporary with the late Oribe bowls. The expertly thrown body is covered with the typical feldspatic Shino over an iron oxide based engobe.

It was made in the early stage of the Edo Period (1603-1868). Clay and rough glaze with some large pin holes indicate a rather early manufacturing date and firing in an anagama.

The decoratio...

This a rare silk summer hand yuzen dyed ro kimono is original from the taisyo period(1911-1923). There are some stains, but they are not noticeable. it is in very good condition. Recommended for your collection. Size:Length:150cm(59inch) / Cuff to cuff, across the back: 128cm(50.3inch)

A pair of circa 20th century, good Indonesian keris knives. Both blades are hand forged iron with very sharp edges and tropical wood handles and hilt cups. The sheaths are copper alloy with intricate patterns. The blade with the gold dragon motif is referred to as the Nogo style and is quite thin, and the second one has a beautiful “pamor”- the striations are called “blarak sineret” style- like someone dragged a palm leaf across the surface. Although there is no breakage on the...

This is a Japanese antique Boro textile old indigo dye soft hemp patched. It has been washed in water. Size::Length::203cm (79.9inch) / Width::102cm (40.1inch)

Good Cizhou type black glazed bowl with russet highlights throughout, circa Jin Dynasty circa 1115-1234CE. Excellent condition- no chips or cracks- typical iron oxide paraffin patina. D: 16cm/6.3in and H: 7cm/2.8in. Please note a very similar piece sold at Christie’s July/24/2020 from the FROM THE LINYUSHANREN COLLECTION lot# 57. for $9,375.USD.

Hemp bag with age, Meiji 24 (1892) and the owner's name, Sahiko (佐彦）、whose warps and wefts are hand-plied. It has very well-done mending and reinforcement stitches, and also a mending patch. It has letters "25 sheets", but it is not clear what was put in. It is from Niigata prefecture. In good condition. W:29.5cm, L:52cm

Han-juban (short under kimono) made of handspun cotton with shibori (tie-dye), which is ai-gaeshi Miura Shibori. Ai-gaeshi is dyeing twice with indigo. Both sleeves are removed. In good condition, but some brownish stains around neck in spite it is washed. Late 19th to early 20th century. W:62cm, L:72cm

A very fine and extremely rare, stone-carved image of Vajrapani (Acala) in sexual union (yab-yum) with his consort. The deity has curling snakes around his ankles. Remains of colors.The brownish stone, probably a type of soapstone, has been partly polished. Tibet, 17–18th cent. H 13.2 cm. Condition: Very good all-over with a few minor chips. No re-stuck parts or repairs.

Chinese Neolithic Siwa Culture Burnished Pottery Jar (c. 1350 BC)

This attractively-shaped pottery vessel was made over 3,000 years ago by peoples of the Siwa Culture (c.1350 BC) from present day Gansu or Qinghai province. It is quite "heavily-potted" and fairly highly-fired. It has high handles, a saddle-shaped mouth and a wide body that tapers down to a small circular flat base.

The surface is finely burnished making this jar a real pleasure to handle as well as to look at! The varyin...

Chinese Neolithic Siwa Culture Burnished Pottery Jar (c. 1350 BC)

This attractively-shaped pottery vessel was made over 3,000 years ago by peoples of the Siwa Culture (c.1350 BC) from present day Gansu or Qinghai province. It is quite "heavily-potted" and fairly highly-fired. It has high handles, a saddle-shaped mouth and a wide body that tapers down to a flat base.

The surface is finely burnished making this jar a real pleasure to handle as well as to look at! The unusual and varying s...

Chinese Yuan / Early Ming Dynasty Underglazed Cover (for a "Yuxi" jar)

This impressive cover for a large jar, probably a granary, was made during the Yuan Dynasty (AD 1279 - 1368) or possibly the Ming Dynasty. It has an underglazed decoration and was made at the kilns at Yuxi in Yunnan province, one of the first places in China where underglazed blue & white ware was produced. It is decorated with a basic floral pattern.

Maximum diameter 18.5 cm, height 18 cm. Some surface wear, a couple...

A boxwood okimono depicting a group of monkeys climbing a rock trying to escape the tentacles of an octopus. Signed Jigaku under the base. Period: Meiji late 19th century Dimensions: 20.6 x 10.3 x 10.2 cm Condition: Excellent. There are some natural grains in the wood.