A Famille Verte porcelain plate with a central decoration of a bird in flight and a grasshopper perched on a chrysanthemum. The border is decorated with butterflies in cartouches against a cross-hatch[...]
A set of two knives, the handles decorated in Famille Verte enamels; one handle is decorated with flowers, the other with birds among flowering branches.China, 18th century for the porcelain – Kangxi [...]
Ivory okimono depicting a winegrower perched on the shoulders of a woodcutter. The smiling winegrower overturns a basket full of grapes and carries a rabbit on his shoulder; the woodcutter also holds [...]
The barrel and all the metal parts are inlaid with silver. These are not simply damascened applications but true, deep inlays that required carving into the steel. All the silver motifs are very thick[...]
Antique ritual glove puppet. Carved wood with traces of red ochre polychromy. Very significant brown patina from use. Tharu culture, Middle Hills, Nepal - 19th century. Sold with a custom-made patinat[...]
A ceremonial float decoration depicting a chimera. Carved wood. Brown patina from use. Burma - 19th century. Sold with a custom-made patinated brass base. Inv. # 2663
Lacquer panel in the Far Eastern style. Some losses, stains, and wear. 40 x 56 cm. Shipped via Colissimo with signature required upon delivery. Carefully packaged. Unless otherwise stated, items liste[...]
BUDDHA HEADChina, Sui dynasty, late 6th–early 7th centuryMarbleH: 9; W: 5 cm(burial patina and restorations) This Buddha head is particularly elegant: its half-closed, slanted almond-shaped eyes conve[...]
An ivory netsuke depicting Fukura Suzume, signed Komin. The netsuke is carved with compact forms that enhance the natural luster of the ivory and its warm tonal variations. The incised signature appea[...]
A pair of six-panel folding screens painted on silk with a gold ground, featuring a composition of bamboo leaves extending across the entire surface.
Both screens bear the artist’s signature and seal[...]
A boxwood netsuke depicting a seated monkey in the act of putting on an inverted Okame mask, which it holds up before its face, signed Shinzan.
Incised signature to the reverse.
Period: Meiji period[...]
A beautiful patinated and gilded bronze okimono depicting a peasant standing near a tree stump, a bucket at his feet, carrying a barrel on his back and holding a dog mask in his right hand, Japan, cir[...]
A Japanese wooden sculpture in the form of a sphere, featuring a dragon carved in high relief and fully in the round, wrapping entirely around the surface. The sphere may be interpreted symbolically a[...]
A beautiful and large pair of Chinese temple doors, adorned with imposing wrought-iron dragon heads and numerous spectacular iron fittings and hinges. They are made of solid elm with inscriptions (Chi[...]
A beautiful set of four red wax tins in blue and white porcelain from Vietnam, dating from the 19th century. Note: one of the tins has small chips. Diameters from largest to smallest: 5cm, 4.5cm, 4cm,[...]
Sri Lanka Sculpture of an Elephant and Tigers, 20th Century Wood. Black wood sculpture depicting an elephant being attacked by two tigers. Label underneath reads "Souvenir of Ceylon," present-day Sri [...]
A rare and large statue with a horse's head and human body, representing Kalki, the last avatar of the god Vishnu. Made of wood with traces of polychromy, it is displayed on its original base (a table[...]
Two baluster-shaped vases in Chinese porcelain. Blue decoration on a celadon ground. Necks adorned with two Foo dogs. 19th century. Height 43 and 42 cm. Good condition, minor color variations.
JAPAN - Edo Period (1603-1868). Samurai Wakizashi. FUSHI and KASHIRA in a set, in chased, patinated, and gilded copper, decorated with five monkeys perched on a nanako background. TSUKA in wood covere[...]
This exceptional netsuke, carved from walrus ivory, depicts a festive Japanese procession with remarkable finesse. The work portrays a group of animated figures carrying a portable shrine (mikoshi). E[...]
A beautiful rosewood box with mother-of-pearl marquetry, finely decorated with butterflies, aubergines, and other floral motifs. Vietnamese work from the early 20th century. Dimensions: Length: 32cm W[...]
Superb sorbet and saucer, in blue and white porcelain, decorated with flowers and birds, with a flowing shape, the rim adorned with a blue cross-hatched frieze, in good condition, there is a tiny chip[...]
JAPAN - Edo Period (1603-1868). Samurai Tanto. Patinated copper kashira, inlaid, gilded, and silvered, decorated with bamboo branches on a textured background. Wooden tsuka covered with purple-dyed st[...]
JAPAN - Edo Period (1603-1868). KABUTO composed of 22 wrought iron strips, four of which are adorned with conical rivets. THEHEN NO ANA (opening at the top) in patinated and gilded copper with three t[...]
JAPAN - Meiji Period (1868-1912). Noh theater mask depicting the character Fukai, carved from monoxide-treated hinoki wood. Oval in shape, with a smooth, high forehead, half-closed eyes, and high eyeb[...]
JAPAN - Meiji Period (1868-1912). Circular kagami mirror in cast bronze, the reflective surface silvered and polished, the reverse decorated in bas-relief with a pine tree with a gnarled trunk, two cr[...]
JAPAN - Edo Period (1603-1868). Samurai Wakizashi. KASHIRA and FUSHI in a set, made of engraved iron inlaid with gilt and silvered copper, decorated with a lobster and aquatic plants. Wooden TSUKA enc[...]
JAPAN - Momoyama Period (1573-1603). KABUTO composed of 62 strips of matte brown lacquered wrought iron, assembled with small raised rivets. THEHEN NO ANA (opening at the top) in patinated and gilded [...]
Representation of the Chinese God of Happiness Fu Xing - China or Indochina, 19th century. Red and gold lacquered wood sculpture. As is often the case, Fu Xing (the Chinese God of Happiness) is depict[...]
JAPAN - Meiji Period (1868-1912). Noh theater mask depicting the character Fukai, carved from monoxide hinoki wood. Our mask, formerly polychrome, has been stripped, revealing the wood grain, but it r[...]
Small covered bowl in 19th-century Chinese porcelain. Enamelled, polychrome and gold decoration with butterflies, flowers and plants, very finely executed. Stamp on the underside of the bowl and on th[...]
This remarkable Japanese netsuke in carved ivory, dating from the late Edo period (19th century), depicts an Oni, an emblematic demon of Japanese folklore, shown in a crouching, hunched posture. This [...]
Refined, large Satsuma vase in painted polychrome porcelain. The vase has an ovoid shape and features decorative paintings running the length of the object, including figurative, geometric, and phytom[...]
From the series: Twelve Themes of Kyoto. A beautiful, signed, and numbered print with lovely colors. Shin Hanga (Nishiki-e) Ginkaku-ji (or "Temple of the Silver Pavilion," officially named Jishō-ji, [...]
A matcha tea caddy (natsume) for the Japanese tea ceremony. Made of black lacquered wood decorated with snowflakes ("yukiwa" in Japanese, which is the title of this piece) in gold and silver makie lac[...]
A finely carved ivory netsuke (katabori) depicting a man holding a gourd and a flat fan, with a movable head (which turns right and left), signed on the fan, from Japan, Edo period (1615-1868), 19th c[...]
These Japanese vases are made of bronze, with bird and plant motifs in high relief. They each contain a single-flower vase. We note a patina from use, scratches from handling, and small dents. Our pho[...]
This ironwood panel features a beautiful battle scene inlaid with mother-of-pearl in the center, finely executed. Regarding its condition, please note some mother-of-pearl loss and some shrinkage of t[...]
Set of ten bird-shaped opium weightsBurma18th-19th centuryThese small bronze objects, commonly called opium weights, actually belong to a weighing system used in Burma from the 16th to the 19th centur[...]
Statuette representing the Maravijaya BuddhaBurma19th centuryThe Buddha is depicted seated on a high pedestal, legs crossed in the vajraparyanka position, his right hand resting on his knee in bhumisp[...]
A biscuit‑enamelled ‘Brinjal’ porcelain bowl, of conical form with aubergine glaze. The exterior is decorated with incised sprays of flowers in enamelled white, yellow and green. The interior is adorn[...]
Pair of Imari porcelain covered pots – Japan, 19th century An elegant pair of Imari porcelain covered pots, richly decorated with stylized floral motifs, enhanced with cobalt blue, iron red, and gold [...]
* [Asia - BING (Siegfried)]. S. Bing Collection. Paris, Durand-Ruel, 1906. Rare first edition of this catalogue from the sale held in May 1906 at the Durand-Ruel gallery. Siegfried (known as Samuel) B[...]
Ivory okimono depicting an immortal perched on a crane placed on the ground, one hand resting on the animal's head, missing the gourd, signed Gyokuichi under the rounded base Japan, Meiji era (1868-19[...]
A patinated bronze cachepot decorated with birds and branches, from Meiji period Japan (19th century), in good condition. Diameter at top: 25 cm; Height: 24 cm; Total width: 30 cm
A very important Satsuma ceramic egg, finely glazed and richly gilded. The body, entirely decorated, presents magnificent, lively palace scenes depicting elegantly dressed figures in kimonos, likely c[...]
Asia, 19th century: A signed Japanese terracotta vase from the Meiji period, with a golden-brown patina, richly decorated with high-relief scenes that demonstrate meticulous craftsmanship and exceptio[...]
Large antique Chinese porcelain vase, dating to the Republican period (1912–1949). The body of the vase is finely hand-painted in polychrome enamels, depicting a wise scholar accompanied by children w[...]
A Japanese porcelain dish with a scalloped rim, richly decorated in blue and white on a celadon green ground. The hand-painted design depicts a Japanese sparrow perched on a woven basket suspended fro[...]
Multi-strand garnet bead necklace with a double Medusa head clasp in brass, mid-20th century, Rangoon, Burma. Reassembled with a matching cable necklace. The Romans were very fond of Medusa heads; leg[...]
KABUTO Helmet composed of two plates welded together and lacquered.This shape, very fashionable in the 18th century, was inspired by the influential Portuguese morions of the time. The two Fukigashi b[...]
World War II sake set. Four sake cups shaped like military helmets representing different branches of the armed forces, and one bottle. Additional shipping charges apply.
Charming small Chinese high-relief in carved, painted, and gilded wood, dating from the 19th century. Note: there is a chip in the upper right corner. Height: 13 cm Length: 7 cm Width: 4.5 cm
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