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Haruko Watanabe
$280.00 Boro sodenashsi (vest) made of cotton stripes for outside and hand-spun and vegetable indigo dye cotton inside. It has 2 layers indigo cloth with sashiko and 3 layers with stripes parts. The first half of the 20th century from Tohoku district. Shoulder W:36cm, Hem W:53cm, L:69cm
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1950
item #1462707
(stock #YoshidaH063)
Era Woodblock Prints
$1,275 Hiroshi Yoshida
Tansui (Danshui, China) Date: 1941. Print size: Chuban. 10.625 x 8 inches. Brush signed and sealed in the image. Titled and signed in pencil in lower margin. Jizuri seal at upper left margin indicating a first edition self-printed by the artist. Publisher: Hiroshi Yoshida Medium: Japanese woodblock print. Reference: Abe catalog #244. Condition: Some toning and fading. Tape at top back margin.
Galerie Hafner
Sold A pair small statues of a woman and a man in traditional costume, cast and cold-worked in bronze and fixed on the original wooden stand. The woman is rolling cheroot cigars and the man is smoking one. Such small bronze figurines were souvenirs and gifts from British Burma. Condition: the man's cigar is bent, the woman's bronze base with a tiny dent (please see photo no. 7), traces of usage. Dimension: total height: c. 11.3 and 11.5 cm, base: c. 11 x 8.5 cm, figure: 7.3 and 7.8 high, weight: 1'10...
A pair of large Chinese pottery standing court men.
Age: China, Tang Dynasty, A.D. 618 - 907
Zentner Collection
$950.00 Antique Japanese tall ikebana basket made of wide and flat strips of split bamboo. The mouth and overall shape is an elongated square with a curved handle made of two pieces of bamboo woven together. The corners of the basket are reinforced with bamboo and knot work. The bamboo has a dark, rich finish. On the bottom is a signature in loose calligraphy that reads either: work by 城山: Jōzan or Shiroyama or work by 城正: Jōsei or Shiromasa.
Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Zentner Collection
SOLD Antique Chinese hardwood bitong (brush pot) container for holding the brushes used by scribes for Chinese calligraphy. Made of dense and dark hardwood. Simple form with thick walls that taper inward slightly in the center. Soft to the touch with original buttery like finish.
Age: early 20th Century Dimensions: 8 1/4" high x 8 1/8" wide
Zentner Collection
$2,600.00 Antique Indian bronze figure of Krishna. Standing in a relaxed pose with his flute in hand. He is bejeweled and wears a pleated dhoti. Long strands of hair fall to his shoulders. Behind his tall headdress is a sun disk. Krishna and his consort, Radha together represent the ideal relationship of love between god and soul. Beautiful original patina and hand rubbed finish.
Age: Early to mid 19th century Dimensions: 11 7/8" high x 4" wide x 4" deep. Chinese Ming Dynasty Blue & White Kraak Porcelain Dish (Deer & Birds)
This attractive porcelain dish was made during the Wanli reign (1573 - 1620) of the Ming Dynasty. It has a foliate rim and has been very attractively decorated in underglaze blue of very good colour featuring a variation of the "two deer in a garden" pattern. Although this pattern is well-known, in addition, around the rim, are various leaf & foliage patterns as well as three birds, a rare feature on such dishes. The under... Rare Large Chinese Western Han Dynasty Bronze Cauldron / Jar
This domestic bronze cooking vessel was made during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8) or possibly earlier. The bottom half is semi-spherical, designed to sit in a fire; indeed there are still remains of carbon deposits to the base. It has two handles on opposing sides at the shoulder. Across the base and up the sides is the mould casting line. There is malachite (green) corrosion particularly to the inner surface, with a few ...
Zentner Collection
$350.00 Antique Japanese small ceramic teapot in the form of lotus leaves. Buff color clay with light brown glaze and glossy speckles. Leaves sculpted with naturalistic details. The spout is a folded leaf and a small round leaf functions as the thumb rest. The underside of the teapot is sculpted to match.
Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912) Dimensions: 2 1/2" high x 3 1/2" wide x 4 1/2" long
Forestangel Asian Antiques
$7,500.00 This is an impressively preserved Terracotta Tomb Pottery, Sancai-Glazed figure of Lu Dongbin, one of the Eight Immortals. He is one of the most widely known of the Eight Daoist Immortals and considered to be the leader of the group. He is thought to have lived during the Tang Dynasty (618-906) and he is depicted as a scholarly gentleman. He appears sitting on a stool, holding a fan. The glazed remains on most of the figure's body, except on its head and skirt of the stool, and the figures ...
Chinese : Snuff Bottles : Pre 1900
item #1462677
(stock #343)
Forestangel Asian Antiques
$675.00 This is a rare and unique (one-of-a-kind) Snuff Bottle made from Gourd. I HAVE HAD AND HANDLED THOUSANDS OF SNUFF BOTTLES, AND I HAVE NOT SEEN A SIMILAR BOTTLE BEFORE). Is is shaped in the form of an old Chinese Wine Storage Canister. It has a square slightly raised footing with a raise oval pad in the middle. It is molded and shaped into squares and similar height rectangles to form a canister with a long cone shaped neck, and wide mouth. The material has also been carved all around in imit...
Forestangel Asian Antiques
$975.00 This is a very fine pair of Spinach Jade Birds perching on a tree branch that is nested on a carved wood stand. The artisan has taken advantage of the jade skin to highlight certain areas, such as the lightest (celadon) color for their peaks, the darkest (spinach) for their body, and mottle portion of the stone for the birds tails. This very detailed and realistic version of the birds are in excellent preserved condition.
Figure Measurements
Height: 4.25 inches (10.5cm), without stand
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Fine Tall Chinese Western Han Dynasty Pottery Attendant Figure
This pottery figure of a male servant or attendant was made during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8). It is quite "heavily-potted" and made from a dark grey pottery that has been relatively highly-fired. The tall slim figure stands in attendance with hands clasped together beneath a long robe. It has been coated in a greyish-white pigment with details picked out in black and red pigments. All of the pigment is original and ... This is a very large, very seldom seen, antique, Buddhist Temple Mokugyo.
A Mokugyo is a wooden percussion instruments that is used by monks at Buddhist Temples (in Japan, China and Korea) during Buddhist ceremonies that involve the recitation of sutras or mantras to maintain rhythm during chanting. It is made from mostly KUSU (Camphor) wood. For large temple Mokugyos such as this one, the wood must be at least 100-years old. This is the size of Mokugyos used in Buddhist Temples (photo 11...
Fine Large Chinese Western Jin Dynasty Warrior with Oxford TL Test (AD 265 - 316)
This impressive and very rare pottery model of a warrior was made during the Western Jin Dynasty (AD 265 - 316). It is quite "heavily-potted" and made from a fine-grained grey pottery that is relatively highly-fired, having an almost metallic ring to it when tapped. The surface has been "cold painted" in a base coat of white pigment. The facial features, head and hair have been painted in a black pigment on to...
Forestangel Asian Antiques
$3,500.00 This is a unique, one-of-a-kind, an excellently carved Antique Zitan Wood Ruyi Scepter with Jade Plaques - Good Fortune Theme
A extremely rare, unique, Chinese made hardwood Ruyi Scepter with Mother of Pearl and single Spinach Jade Plaques. There is not another Ruyi Scepter like it anywhere. The curving hardwood Scepter, like Zitan, of a dark brown wood color extensively carved all throughout with Lingzhi, a type of mushroom whose head resembles a stylized cloud and is associated with long ...
Fine Large Chinese Western Jin Dynasty Armoured Warrior (AD 265 - 316)
This impressive and very rare pottery model of a warrior was made during the Western Jin Dynasty (AD 265 - 316). It is quite "heavily-potted" and made from a fine-grained grey pottery that is relatively highly-fired, having an almost metallic ring to it when tapped. He is wearing an armoured jacket, belted at the waist and an elaborate helmet whilst standing legs apart to steady himself, in the act of throwing a spe... |
