Chinese Celadon plate with Even coloring and glazing overall. Ming Dynasty 16th century. Dimensions: 11 3/4'' Wide X 2" Tall

Ca. 1700-1720, early 18th century
Kangxi period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille verte enamels
D: 20 cm, h: 8.6 cm
From an English private collection

A large and gorgeous Kangxi famille verte / wucai bowl, of lobed shape, and decorated with panels of seasonal flowers to exterior, while floral sprays cover the interior. The quality of the enamels is bright and intense, while the glaze is a nice creamy white. An excellent example of Kangxi famille ver...

ca. 1860-90s, latter half of the 19th century
Tongzhi-Guangxu Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose enamels
H: 36 cm
From a Greenwich, CT estate

This vase is lavishly painted with a young wife and nine sons in a garden, and flanked with landscape scenes, dragons in relief, and faux cloths.

The number of boys painted–nine in total–symbolizes “eternity” or “everlasting-ness”. Indeed, such image of domestic bliss and abu...

A slip inlaid olive drab celadon stoneware pottery pear form bottle vase. Decoration of fish in black inlaid slip over a ground of white slip inlaid punched flowerheads. Possibly Japanese (see Korean legacy wares from provinces in Kyushu [Hizen, Higo, Satsuma] illustrated in Morse) and possibly Korean Joseon era punchong ware. Signed on bottom. Excellent condition. Indeterminate age (capped conservatively with this listing and likely at least a little earlier.) This strongly potted piece (1.01 k...

Ca. 1880 – 1900
Late Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with transmutation flambé glaze
H: 28.7 cm
From an English private collection

An elegant late Qing “Hu” vase, tight and compact in form, and covered with flambé glaze of an intense red. The archaic “hu” form is based on Shang bronze prototypes, which were originally ritual vessels used in the heating and pouring of wine.

The Qing flambe glaze is rooted in the antiquarian revivals of the Yongzhen...

Ca. 1700-1720, early 18th century
Kangxi period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue
D: 27.6 cm, h: 4.7 cm
From a Dutch collection

A Kangxi blue and white charger, of lobed form, with floral panels encircling a central field featuring a scene from The Romance of the Western Chamber. This piece illustrates the illicit love affair between Zhang Sheng and Cui Ying Ying, as the former (robes askew, lamp in hand) leads the latter into his bedchamber unde...

Ca. 1750-60s, early 18th century
Qianlong period, Qing dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose enamels
D: 22.7 cm, h: 3.8 cm
From a NYC area estate

A charming matched pair of Qianlong export soup plates, with scalloped edges decorated with fleur-de-lis like border, and carefully enameled with floral sprigs in the Meissen fashion. Though made by Chinese potters, these plates reflect late Baroque Rococo design with their attention to naturalism and curvili...

Japanese Kamakura-Bori lacquer box on tray. The cover with bold, high-relief carving of bird in branch - the almost black surface rubbed to a soft, coral-red toned burnished finish. The softly irregular honeycomb textured ground with leathery texture continuing to the sides of the box bottom and into the rim of the tray with edges also rubbed to the underlying coral-red and burnished smooth. Signed under the tray. Surfaces with some distress from use including minor rubbing and scratching with ...

ca. 1890-1920s
Late Qing - Republic period
Porcelain with overglaze famille verte enamels
H: 31 cm
From a Northern California estate

Condition report: a nearly invisible 8.5 cm hairline from rim, otherwise very good.

19th century
Late Qing dynasty
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue
H: 35.7 cm
From a Bedford, Ohio private collection

A wonderful 19th century blue and white vase, painted fully with continuous landscapes of mountains and pavilions, with the cliffs and trees rendered in bold calligraphic strokes.

Condition report: tiny chip to mouth rim, bottom drilled (with two glazelines radiating from hole). [Please examine all photos carefully; they are part ...

Late 19th century
Guangxu period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with ge-type glaze and famile verte enamels
H: 29 cm
From a Denver, Colorado estate

A late Qing zun of elegant "guanyin" form, pairing overglaze famille verte decorations of birds, flora, and rockwork against a creamy ge-type glaze. Two springs of slip-covered Prunus branches compliment the neck.

Condition report: perfect antique condition. [Please examine all photos carefully; they are part ...

Adorable and whimsical antique baby's hat in the image of a Chinese lion, made of teal silk with golden stitched flowers and swirled designs, side panels in black silk with stitched koi fish in bright multicolors, black back panel with embroidered butterflies, a beautiful, deep purple back flap with gold stitching and an embroidered bird sitting under flowers. The hat's interior is bright red silk. The lion has a wide, silly grin with accordion-like teeth and its tongue sticking out, and has bri...

Exquisite Chinese Huanghuali alter tables. Gorgeous grain with "eyes" seen in the hardwood. Finely carved all throughout with round Jade wrapped in the wood apron. Overall perfect condition with a wonderful color to the wood.

circa Early 20th Century

Dimensions: 33" High X 43 1/4" Long X 14 1/4" Deep

Of semi-conical shape. With a hand carved and combed decoration of fish between waves. Diameter 19,2 cm. H. 7 cm. Very good condition without cracks or repairs, only some minor flea bites to the rim and foot rim. Song Dynasty (960-1279).

A dark blue satin woman's garment, dating to the late Qing dynasty, with center opening fastened with a gilt metal ball button and two ribbons. The four lobed collar, terminating in ruyi heads, and all wide hems extravagantly embroidered with romance figures in Peking stitch and little gold thread couching. Trimmed with different woven borders, the straight sleeves with embroidered outer cuff bands. Later figured blue silk lining. Condition: very good, only partial little staining. Dimension: cu...

Here is a rare japanese pottery Sculpture of Seven Lucky Gods, perfectly made during the Meiji period in the late 19th. century.

Best antique condition with no chips. The bottom has some original natural surface cracks aka inborn kiln cracks, which occured during the firing in the kiln.

The Seven Gods of Fortune, commonly referred to in English as the Seven Lucky Gods, are the seven gods of good fortune in Japanese mythology and folklore. They are often the subject of nets...

A lidded vessel of diamond form decorated with a circle and square viewed through vertical blinds of changing colors beaded with silver dew by Kondo Takahiro. It comes enclosed in the original signed wooden box enclosed inside a red lacquered outer wooden box (Niju Tomobako) dating circa 2002. The piece measures 7-1/2 x 4 x 10 inches (19 x 11 x 25 cm) and is in perfect condition.
Takahiro (b. 1958) was born the grandson of Living National Treasure Kondo Yuzo. However he graduated Hosei...

Fine little green Song dynasty celadon fish plate. A line marking within glaze at top rim and chips at base, noticeable in images. Diameter: 5 inches.