A wonderful example of a carved an painted mid 18th C. Mongolian storage cabinet with flat table top surface. Still retains its original pigment with floral motif seen along with the floral handcarved drawer fronts. Footed base support legs float the chest off the ground. Very sturdy and strong in construction. All original hand forged iron is there and complete.

Mid 18th Century C. 1740's

Dimensions: 44" Wide x 33 1/2'' H X 20" D

An antique Chinese country side chest in the Ming style made of Pine wood. Lacquer finish with two doors and two drawers. Nickel/brass hardware featuring a round medallion representing a coin which symbolizes wealth and prosperity. A removable shelf behind the doors. Constructed using double through mortise and tenon joinery for strength and durability.

It would make an elegant side table in any room decor.

Age: 19th Century

Dimensions: 34 1/2" Wide by 40 1/8" High by 16...

A contemporary Chinese buffet chest in a red lacquer. Constructed using up cycled reclaimed wood of Pine and Elm providing a green footprint for the environment. Two sets of double doors with removable shelves. In a Ming style with vermillion lacquer, it would make the perfect sideboard or liquor cabinet for entertaining.

Age: Late 20th Century

Dimensions: 72 1/4" Wide by 36 1/4" High by 17" Deep

A large and imposing bronze image of the Songzi Niangniang (‘The Lady who Brings Children’), a primary Daoist deity. Fine expression and details. Covered with a dark brown patina all-over. Ming dynasty, most probably Wanli period (1573–1619), a time when it is known that large number of Daoist images were made. ****H 38 cm. ****Condition: Generally very fine. Minor remains of cold gilt and colouring. One tip of a finger broken off.

Bertha Boynton Lum (1869-1954)
Kites
Date: 1913
Size: 14.375 x 8 inches.
Pencil signed and copyrighted 1913 by the artist.
Edition: "197" noted at lower right.
Reference: Gravalos/Pulin No. 29.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Wrinkle in lower margin. Paper at a back margin.
"..the wind fills them up till they look like fish" - Bertha Lum: American Printmakers, (Smithsonian)

Antique Japanese byobu screen painting in six panels depicting a scene of a pair of pheasants sitting on the branch of a weeping willow tree. Ever feather is painted with care as is every leaf on the cascading willow. Lichen grows on it's gnarled trunk and a river flows calmly by. New shoots of bamboo peek over a low lying gold mist and pink azaleas spring from the rocks near the water.

Paired pheasants are a symbol of imperial elegance and are associated with Amaterasu-Omikami, g...

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Five pieces set of cotton thread wound around the cores of several materials (as bamboo or sort of straw? And, iron-like stuff), unused and stored for long years in deadstock condition (but with some expected stains due to aging), late 20th century, Korea, approx. 13.5-18.0 x H 5.0-6.5cm (5.31-7.08 x 1.96-2.55in).


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An antique Japanese bamboo Ikebana basket in a free-form cocoon style with a twisted bamboo rope foot. Flat split bamboo slats of smoked chestnut color in a vertical weave with a multi-node bamboo handle intertwined with a twisted bamboo rope. Artist signed at the base, Chiku Shusai.

Age: Meiji Era (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 12" Wide by 23" High by 10 1/2" Deep

An absolutely wonderful Japanese antique doll of child. Each piece independently moving head , angles feet, arms and hands. Very finely hand carved and painted with stunning original pigment. Realizing and original glass eyes with sweet expression, wearing beautiful silk kimono Edo Period kimono (in great condition).

Mid Edo Period (1603 - 1868)

Dimension: 18" high (standing)

An antique Japanese 2 panel Byobu screen of a mounted Kimono from a Noh play. Embroidered picture of flying Phoenix birds with Paulownia and scrolling vines they use to build a nest. The Kimono is that of a young female character of high aristocratic nobility wearing it as a surcoat in summer. The double Paulownia would represent a marriage as its theme. It is shown hanging on a Tazuna rope. The background is a silver leaf with a vermillion lacquer frame. Most likely worn by a famous Noh act...

A four panel Japanese Byobu (hand painted screen) of Wisterias over a gold/bronze-ish ground leaf painted with a Rimpa gnarly Wisteria branch. Mounted with silk border.

Age: Mid Century

Dimensions: 78 3/4" Wide by 36 1/4" High by 22" Deep

An antique Chinese wardrobe cabinet made entirely of Jumu wood. Large circular nickel/brass plate door hardware representing a coin which symbolizes wealth and prosperity. It was originally commissioned and made for part of a woman's wedding dowry. Two large doors open to reveal a spacious storage area with a removable shelf which can adjust to two levels. Below the doors are three drawers with looped handles and a hand carved foliated apron.

Age: 19th Century

Dimensions: 42 1/2...

Chinese Tang dynasty Sancai bowl Changsha from Belitung wreck. Glaze degradations. 14,8 cm diameter. (please see on the pictures).

A great hammered silver vase with small knobs around the shoulders, soft hammer marks covering the surface of the vase. Signed on the bottom with a chiseled signature by the artist, Shiro, together with Mitsukoshi stamp, Silver and Sterling. Enclosed in the original tomobako, the original box, inscribed Silver vase on the exterior of the lid and signed and sealed on the inside. Size: H 20 x W 22 cm. Condition: perfect, with good silver oxidation patina. **** Sekiya Shiro (1907-1994) was b...

100.00 Rare 1787 British East India Penang half cent coin, Balemark series. D: 17mm, weight 4 grams. Free shipping.

Sarawak, one cent coin 1896, H (Birmingham mint). D: 28mm, weight 9 grams.

One Cent coin, British North Borneo- an independent kingdom founded by the legendary Rajah Brooks. 1890- love the dayaks holding a parang and shield. D: 27mm, weight: 9 grams. Free shipping.

2 Pice copper coin, Straits Settlements- British East India Company. D: 29mm, weight 19 grams. Free shipping.