A nice pair of Chinese Tang Dynasty Yue ware celadon glaze medicine bottles. Ht. 8.5. Condition: glaze deterioration, no chip, no restore, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platforms, please inquire before ordering. Duration of shipment may take up to a month due to the pandemic.

A good Chinese Jin to Yuan Dynasty Cizhou brown glaze tea bowl. Dia. 11.9. Condition: a glaze bust, no chip, no restore, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platforms, please inquire before ordering. Duration of shipment may take up to a month due to the pandemic.

This piece was fired in "Anagama" small kiln with red pine fire woods for 10 days and 2 times. Ancient Shigaraki works was made of clay that was consisted weathered granite, it has very high fire resistance, 1300 Celsius degrees. Ashes of red pine tree turned to green glass ,it is called "bi-doro" at high temperature, and fierce fire made spectacle scene on the surface. Sugimoto is famous for not only remaking old Shigaraki, Iga pieces but also an authority in tea ceremony pottery ware. Size:...

A fine quality water pot for use on the scholars desk. The porcelain is very white and translucent. The fine blue art work shows two five toed dragons chasing the flaming pearl. There is a six character Guangxu Dynasty mark on the base, but it is not the mark used by the Royal Kiln. As the pot is not Imperial Ware we believe it was made during the Republic Period in Guangxu Style. The pot measures about 4 1/8" in diameter x 2 7/8" high. The condition is excellent with little or no wear, and...

This Japanese antique tsutsugaki textile fireman coat Sashiko Edo era(1800-1867), has a beautiful and dynamic drawing of a hawk that spreads its wings and flaps powerfully on the bold waves. This powerful hawk movement is a painting that is rarely seen in the firefighter Sashiko. And the sharp eyes of the hawk are very impressive. There is a light stain on the bottom wave, but it is not noticeable. There is no damage. The letters on the lining of the collar are the names of the owners stabbed ...

Suzuribako in roiro lacquer decor of a setting sun behind the waves in red and gold lacquer. Inside a couple of gold lacquer cranes on a nashiji background. Edo period 19th century or before. Good condition, no repairs. Normal use wear for this period. Very interesting subject. Dimensions about 21x21 cm

This is an authentic nephrite jade huang carved, as one would expect, entirely by hand, done in a translucent pale greenish-gray jade with russet inclusions. It measures some 5-1/2" (14cm) end to end and is in excellent condition given its great age. This is not a modern, or later, copy, but is genuinely ancient and is unconditionally guaranteed to be such to the original purchaser.

A rare Burmese book with paper (made from mulberry tree bark) pages, the front and back covers with lacquer relief decoration with small inset glass spangles. The central panels showing the title of the book in Burmese script. Approximately 280 pages, handwritten in black Burmese script, edges gilt. Condition: covers are dusty (one is dirty) and with some wear, some corners with small losses. Pages with few stains, but wormholes. Dimension: 39.4 x 17.6 x 9.5 cm, weight: 2.4 kg.

Diameter approximately 46 cm. Few soft chips at the rim. All colors are original, still intact and nothing extra. Good handwriting and different from the same type. Very special and rare. More pictures are available. In good condition.

Antique Izumo-Irabo Tea Bowl named "暁の月" (Akatsuki No Tsuki) with 7th Iemoto (grandmaster) of Edosenke tea school signed box.

Akatsuki No Tsuki means yellow moon which shines in the dawn.

Edosenke tea ceremony school was originated by renowned tea master Kawakami Fuhaku (1719-1807) who studied under Joshinsai Tennen Sosa (1705–51), the 7th-generation head of the Omotesenke tea school. After his training, Fuhaku went to Edo (former Tokyo) where he promoted the Omote...

A stunningly and intricately carved genuine QING DYNASTY WOODEN CHINESE WEDDING BED HEADBOARD. Good condition. Size: height 150 cm x width 227 cm (59" x 90").

Overall height, including stand: 92.5 cm
Height of figure only: 78.5 cm
Width of stand: 23 cm
Depth of stand: 20.5 cm
Packaged weight: 10 kg.

A striking, genuine 19th Century THAI CARVED WOODEN HEADBOARD with remnants of original gilding. Good condition overall. Size: height 200 cm x width 165 cm. RARE ANTIQUE ITEM !

Uchishiki which is one of temple decorations put under the altar. This one is made of "hangiri" (pants), which is one of No costumes. It is made of blue ground silk satin with "hiun and uroko" (flying cloud and fish scale) design with gold treads. It has kanji letters "Meiji 5 (1873)"in the back, however it is the date when it was dedicated, so the age of the cloth might have been from late Edo period. Real gold thread is woven for the design. In good condition except for some whitish stains in ...

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Pair of traditional Korean pine wood carving gooses given to the newly-married couple when the ceremonious greetings to their parents after wedding. Mid 20th century. approx. 23 x 6.5 x H 12cm (9.05 x 2.55 x 4.72in), approx. 23 x 7 x H 12cm (9.05 x 2.75 x 4.72in). One neck is removable. Some expected flaws due to aging as is as seen.


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Standing Bato (Horse-Head) Kannon Bosatsu, the hands forming the gassho-like Bato-in mudra and a small horse-head lying horizontally across the figure's head, sculpted figurally from tuff, an igneous stone composed primarily of volcanic ash. Clearly dated on the back to the ninth year of the Kansei imperial reign period (1797), late-Edo Period.

Height: 39.5 cm
Width of base: 16 cm
Depth of base: 16 cm
Packaged weight: 11 kg.

A fine carved boxwood figure depicting Avalokitesvara, Guanyin Pusa in Chinese, the Bodhisattva of Compassion reclining on an armrest, holding a scripture roll in one hand. Well carved from a single piece of boxwood, good details and fine patina. H 20 x L 13 x W 9 cm ca. Condition: minor repairs/filled and minor losses as well as a few thin drying cracks. China, Qing Dynasty 18th cent.

Shomen Kongo (Blue-Faced Vajrapani) with six arms, three eyes, snake-form arm and ankle bracelets, and a monkey head atop the head, standing upon a jaki (demon) and rock form dais. Yosegi-zukuri joined-block wooden construction, finished in natural-pigment polychrome and gilt. Early-Edo Period ca. 1650. Loss of all attributes originally held in the hands, old loss to the polychrome finish, and old repairs.

Height, including dais: 78.5 cm
Height of Shomen Kongo figure only: 68.5 cm
Width ...