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Antiquities For Sale
Large Chinese Neolithic Period Banshan Painted Clay Pottery Handled Water Jar Hu
Located in Forney, TX
A rare Chinese Neolithic period Majiayao culture / possibly late Yangshao culture, Banshan type, Gansu Province, Northern China, 3rd-2nd Millennium B.C., large earthenware water jar ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Primitive Antique Antiquities
Materials
Clay
Song Dynasty, Antique Chinese Pottery Flute Player Musician Panel
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Antique Chinese pottery flute player musician panel with stand.
Age: China, Song Dynasty, 10th - 12th Century
Size of panel only: Height 40.5 C.M. / Width 20.3 C.M.
Height including...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
Japanese Antique Black Lantern Box /1896s Objet d'art WabiSabi
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is a lantern box from the old days of Japan.
The box is pasted with Japanese paper and painted with black lacquer.
There is a description of "Meiji 29" on the back.
The lante...
Category
1890s Japanese Meiji Antique Antiquities
Materials
Wood, Cedar, Paper
Early 19th Century, Early Mandalay, Antique Burmese Wooden Sitting Boy
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Antique Burmese wooden sitting boy.
Age: Burma, Early Mandalay Period, Early 19th Century
Size: Height 54 C.M. / Width 31 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degra...
Category
Early 19th Century Burmese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Wood
19th Century Kanzashi: Elegance Entwined
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Step into the world of Meiji-era grace with this pair of Kanzashi, traditional Japanese hair ornaments (SKU: ZD8). Crafted in the 19th century,...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Antiquities
Materials
Copper, Silver Leaf
Pair of Small Jarlet with arabesque design, Late Ming Era(16-17th century)
Located in seoul, KR
Pair of jarlet from the late Ming dynasty cargo. An identical piece is included on page 145 of the Bin Thuan catalog titled 'The Age of Discovery: Asian Cera...
Category
16th Century Chinese Ming Antique Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Antique Liberty's London Art Nouveau Style Chinese Export Mahjong Complete Set
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely original circa 1920 Chinese Mah-jong set which is totally complete with original counters, the case having a super rare Art Nouveau Lib...
Category
1920s Chinese Art Nouveau Vintage Antiquities
Materials
Wood, Bamboo
Pair of Rare Important Estate Emperor and Empress Chinese Porcelain Figures
Located in New York, NY
The Following Item that we are offering is A Rare Pair of Estate Chinese Porcelain of a Seated Emperor and Empress. Handpainted beautifully with Outstanding Detail and Beautiful Arra...
Category
20th Century French Antiquities
Materials
Porcelain
ANTIQUE SOLiD BRONZE JAPANESE KOI CARP STATUE OF A WONDERFULLY ELEGANT FISH
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning circa 1920 solid bronze Japanese Koi Carp statue
A wonderfully original find, this...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
19th Century, Mandalay, Antique Burmese Wooden Fan with Gilded Gold and Glass
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Antique Burmese wooden fan with gilded gold and glass.
Age: Burma, Mandalay Period, 19th Century
Size of fan only: Height 68 C.M. / Width 30.1 C.M. / Thickness 2.6 C.M.
Height inclu...
Category
19th Century Burmese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Wood
18th Century, Antique Burmese Wooden Seated Figure of Lady Holding Lotus
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Antique Burmese wooden seated figure of lady holding lotus.
Age: Burma, 18th Century
Size: Height 55.4 C.M. / Width 18.5 C.M. / Depth 16.5 C.M.
Condition: Some expected degradation ...
Category
18th Century Burmese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Wood
16th C., Ava, Rare Antique Burmese Wooden Seated Buddha on Double Lotus Base
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Rare antique Burmese wooden Buddha sitting in Mara Vijaya (calling the earth to witness) posture on double lotus base.
Age: Burma, Ava Period, 16th Century
Size: Height 49.5 C.M. / ...
Category
16th Century Burmese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Wood
18th Century, Mon, Antique Burmese Wooden Seated Buddha
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Antique Burmese wooden Buddha sitting in Mara Vijaya (calling the earth to witness) posture on a base.
Age: Burma, Mon Period, 18th Century
Size of Buddha only: Height 38.5 C.M. / W...
Category
18th Century Burmese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Wood
A Fine Gandharan Head of a Buddha
Located in London, GB
A Fine Gandharan Head of a Buddha
Stucco with ‘earth pigment’
Some old ‘restoration’ to the nose
Afghanistan
3rd Century AD
Size: 26cm high, 14.5cm...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Afghan Antique Antiquities
Materials
Stucco
Swatow Lidded Boxes in the shape of Waves and Flowers, Late Ming Era(16-17th c)
Located in seoul, KR
Small green-glazed boxes from the late Ming dynasty cargo. Identical pieces are included on page 142, 143 of the Bin Thuan catalog titled 'The Age of Discove...
Category
16th Century Chinese Ming Antique Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
19th Century, Mandalay, Antique Burmese Soapstone Reclining Buddha Statue
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Antique Burmese soapstone reclining Buddha.
Age: Burma, Mandalay Period, 19th Century
Size: Length 43.3 C.M. / Width 6.8 C.M. / Height 19.3 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (s...
Category
19th Century Burmese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Soapstone
Japanese Lacquered Wood Bowls 19th Century Asian Antiques 中国古董
Located in London, GB
Fine Pair Japanese Lacquered Wood Bowls 19th Century Meiji
Beautiful and elegant example of Japanese lacquer ware with and gold gilt, Rice bowls ...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Japanese Antique Katana Tansu / Paper Pasted Drawer / Meiji Period WabiSabi
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is an old box for storing Japanese swords called "Katana Tansu".
It seems to be around the Edo period to the Meiji period.
Paulownia is used as a material, and a number of Jap...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Antiquities
Materials
Wood, Paper
18th Century, Mon, Antique Burmese Wooden Seated Buddha
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Antique Burmese wooden Buddha sitting in Mara Vijaya (calling the earth to witness) posture on a base.
Age: Burma, Mon Period, 18th Century
Size of Buddha only: Height 40 C.M. / Wid...
Category
18th Century Burmese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Pair 19th Century Chinese Carved Zitan Elephants Bronze Cloisonné Palm Fans
Located in Houston, TX
A pair of hand craved zitan wood elephants, gallery plinths and poles with towering bronze cloisonné Chinese fan palm leaves.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
Two Chestnut-glazed Pottery Figure of Sacred Bulls, Tang Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
Naturalistically modelled, standing on a rectangular base with head facing forward and short tail curled to one side, incised details and covered overall in a rich chestnut glaze sav...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Antique Antiquities
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Pair of Victorian Pierced and Etched Brass Radiator Covers/Doors
Located in Riverdale, NY
Pair of Victorian Radiator Covers or Doors ready for repurposing. Hand cut and chased with torch designs on each panel from the late 19th Century in heavy gauge brass. Heavy decorati...
Category
1880s American Victorian Antique Antiquities
Materials
Brass
Pair of Small White porcelain Cup, Late Ming Era(16-17th Century)
Located in seoul, KR
Teacup from the late Ming dynasty shipwreck. An identical piece is included on page 141 of the Bin Thuan catalog titled Asian Ceramic Found along Maritime Si...
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Sancai-Glazed ‘Floral’ Dish, Liao Dynasty(916~1125)
Located in seoul, KR
Well potted with shallow sides rising from a short foot, the interior molded with a single chrysanthemum surrounded by peony blossoms picked out in amber and with green leaves agains...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Antique Antiquities
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
19th Century, Mandalay, Antique Burmese Wooden Standing Buddha
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Antique Burmese wooden Buddha standing on a lotus pedestal, with lacquered, gilding and inlay of colorful glass pieces on the headband and borders of the robe.
Age: Burma, Mandalay...
Category
19th Century Burmese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Wood
STUNNING SiGNED ANTIQUE CIRCA 1870 JAPANESE VASE DEPICTING A BIRD ON A BRANCH
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning circa 1870 signed to the base solid bronze Japanese bronze vase depicting a large b...
Category
1870s Japanese Japonisme Antique Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Porcelain Sake Cup Ochoko Leaves 1960s Kutani ware
Located in Paris, FR
This is a small cup for drinking sake. It is called Ochoko in Japanese.
It was made in showa era around 1960s. It is made with porcelain and all hand painted.
This is Kutani ware.
...
Category
1960s Japanese Showa Vintage Antiquities
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century, Shan, Antique Tai Lue Burmese Wooden Seated Buddha
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Antique Tai Lue Burmese wooden Buddha sitting on a base.
Tai Lue is a tribal people living in Burma, it is difficult to find Buddha from this ethnic group.
Tai Lue Buddhas look more...
Category
18th Century Burmese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Wood
19th Century, Antique Lanna Thai Wooden Seated Buddha
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Lanna Thai wooden Buddha sitting in Mara Vijaya (calling the earth to witness) posture on a base.
Age: Thailand, 19th Century
Size: Height 29.2 C.M. / Width 11.5 C.M.
Condition: Nic...
Category
19th Century Thai Antique Antiquities
Materials
Wood
17th Century, Shan, Antique Burmese Wooden Seated Lotus Buddha
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Antique Burmese wooden lotus Buddha sitting in Mara Vijaya (calling the earth to witness) posture on a base.
Age: Burma, Shan Period, 17th Century
Size: Height 33 C.M. / Width 19 C....
Category
17th Century Burmese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Wood
17th - 18th Century, Shan, Antique Burmese Wooden Seated Buddha
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Antique Burmese wooden Buddha sitting in Mara Vijaya (calling the earth to witness) posture on a base.
Age: Burma, Shan Period, 17th - 18th Century
Size of Buddha only: Height 64 C....
Category
17th Century Burmese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Wood
19th Century, Mandalay, Antique Burmese Wooden Seated Lotus Buddha
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Antique Burmese wooden lotus Buddha sitting in Mara Vijaya (calling the earth to witness) posture on a base, with gilded gold.
Age: Burma, Mandalay Period, 19th Century
Size: Height...
Category
19th Century Burmese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Japanese Silk Haori Jacket Shibori Red 1980s Showa
Located in Paris, FR
This is a silk jacket which was made in Japan.
It was made in Showa era around 1980s.
The haori is a traditional Japanese hip- or thigh-length jacket worn over a kimono. Resembling ...
Category
1980s Japanese Showa Vintage Antiquities
Materials
Silk
Japanese Antique Pottery Vase Flowerpot 1850s-1890s Wabi-Sabi
Located in Chiba-Shi, JP
This is old Japanese pottery.
It has a very beautiful shape.
It is recommended as a vase as it can be filled with water.
There are some kiln scratches here and there, but I think it's in good condition considering it's quite old.
Weight 6 kg.
We will always suggest the best shipping method.
Please contact us first.
We also introduce many other Japanese antique furniture...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
Cizhou Rectangular Pillow with Carved Decoration, Yuan Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
Cizhou ware is known for its robust forms and freely applied decoration, often featuring a white slip under clear glaze. The pillow is rectangular, with a slightly curved top surface to accommodate the head of the sleeper. The decoration on this pillow features an incised design, delineated with fine lines to create a clear and simplistic representation. The motif includes floral elements, likely peony or chrysanthemum, and foliage, which were popular during the Song and Yuan periods. The carving is subtle yet skillful, showing the artistry and aesthetic preferences of the era.
Period : Yuan Dynasty, 13th-14th Century
Type : Pillow
Medium : Cizhou Ware
Provenance : Acquired in late 1990s from Hongkong
Reference :
1) Datong Museum - Cizhou Pillow...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Antique Antiquities
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Japanese White Silk Haori Jacket with Colourful Flowers 1980s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a silk jacket which was made in Japan.
It was made in Showa era around 1980s.
The haori is a traditional Japanese hip- or thigh-length jacket worn over a kimono. Resembling ...
Category
1980s Japanese Showa Vintage Antiquities
Materials
Silk
Samurai Helmet "Zunari Kabuto" - Early Edo (circa 1610)
Located in Paris, FR
Samurai Helmet "Zunari kabuto" with 3 black lacquered iron plates.
Japan, early EDO period, circa 1610.
Neck protector (shikoro), 5-strip hineno, laced brown, beige and green.
Central ornament (maedate) in gold and silver lacquered wood. Triple tomo with 2 maple leaves. 2 rounded horn-shaped side ornaments (wakidate) in black and gold lacquered wood.
Black-lacquered iron mask...
Category
Early 17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Antiquities
Materials
Iron
A boxwood netsuke depicting a snake wrapping around a pumpkin
Located in Milano, IT
Boxwood netsuke depicting a snake wrapping around a pumpkin.
The snake is a symbol often associated with rebirth, transformation while the pumpkin is a symbol of fertility, abundanc...
Category
19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Antiquities
Materials
Boxwood
Standing Green Glazed Pottery Attendant Figure
Located in seoul, KR
This standing attendant male figure is dressed in a front-closing green robe, cinched at the waist with a sash tied in a knot. Atop his head sits a red hat. He adopts a formal pose o...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Antique Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
Japanese Antique Block Wood 1950s-1960s Object Primitive Japandi
Located in Chiba-Shi, JP
This is an old Japanese wood block.
I think a square object would be good as an art object or as an exhibition stand to put something on.
Weight 7.4 kg
We will always suggest the best shipping method.
Please contact us first.
We also introduce many other Japanese antique furniture...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Lacquer Board Folk Art Object 1930s-1940s Wabi-Sabi
Located in Chiba-Shi, JP
This is an old Japanese work board.
This board is used by lacquer craftsmen to dry their bowls after applying lacquer.
Therefore, there are countless traces of lacquer.
It is an acci...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Antiquities
Materials
Wood
19th Century Rare Chinese Imperial Gold Yellow Peals Bracelet
Located in 景德镇市, CN
This 19th Century Chinese Imperial Gold Yellow Peals Bracelet is very rare and special, in ancient time, this kind of bracelet was called Shi Ba Zi in Chinese 十八子 which was composed ...
Category
19th Century Antique Antiquities
Materials
Shell
Han Dynasty, A Pair of Antique Chinese Pottery Granary Jars
Located in Sampantawong, TH
A pair of antique Chinese pottery granary jars with bear-shaped legs, cylindrical shape, decorated with bands of incised lines, and supported by three legs.
Age: China, Han Dynasty...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
Japanese Silk Haori Jacket Red-Orange Hanaguruma 1970s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a silk jacket which was made in Japan.
It was made in Showa era around 1970s.
The haori is a traditional Japanese hip- or thigh-length jacket worn over a kimono. Resembling ...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Antiquities
Materials
Silk
Han Dynasty, Rare Antique Chinese Pottery Amphora Decorated with Bronze Ornament
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Rare antique Chinese pottery amphora decorated with bronze ornament.
In the past, this kind of vessel was used for wine container.
Age: China, Han Dynasty, B.C. 206 - A.D. 220
Size...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
Japanese Silk Haori Poppy Multi Colours 1980s Showa
Located in Paris, FR
This is a silk jacket which was made in Japan.
It was made in Showa era around 1980s.
The haori is a traditional Japanese hip- or thigh-length jacket worn over a kimono. Resembling ...
Category
1980s Japanese Showa Vintage Antiquities
Materials
Silk
19th Century, Mandalay, Antique Burmese Wooden Standing Buddha
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Antique Burmese wooden Buddha standing on a lotus base, with gilded gold and inlay of colorful glass pieces on the headband.
Age: Burma, Mandalay Period, 19th Century
Size: Height 5...
Category
19th Century Burmese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Wood
18th Century, Shan, Antique Tai Yai Burmese Wooden Seated Buddha
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Rare antique Tai Yai Burmese wooden Buddha sitting in Mara Vijaya (calling the earth to witness) posture on a base.
Tai Yai is a group of tribal people living in Burma. It is diffic...
Category
18th Century Burmese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Wood
12th Century Indian Carved White Marble Figure of a Jain Tirthankara or Jina
Located in Austin, TX
A well carved Indian white marble Jain temple relief fragment featuring an image of a Jina, circa 12th century, Rajasthan or Gujarat, India.
The Tirthan...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Indian Antique Antiquities
Materials
Marble
Rare Medical Agarwood bracelet, passed down from the Imperial Palace Hospital
Located in 景德镇市, CN
This 19th Century Chinese Imperial Gold Yellow Peals Bracelet is very rare and special, in ancient time, this kind of bracelet was called Shi Ba Zi in Chinese 十八子 which was composed ...
Category
19th Century Antique Antiquities
Materials
Shell
Epitaph for Quirinia Felicia
Located in London, GB
A rectangular marble slab carved with the Latin inscription ‘QVIRINIAE C(retr.) L / FELICLAE / OLLAM DAT / C VALERIVS PYLODAMVS’, which translates as ‘Gaius Valerius Pylodamus gave the burial urn to the freedwoman Quirinia Felicia’. This is a tablet to the memory of Quirinia Felicia, who had been born a slave and later freed by her owner.
The vast majority of surviving Roman inscriptions date from the imperial period – between the reign of the first emperor Augustus (27 B.C. – 14 A.D.) until the third century A.D.. Although it is impossible to estimate the number of surviving Roman inscriptions, it must run into the hundreds of thousands, with archaeologists continuing to uncover more. Epigraphic material such as this provides information about many different aspects of the Roman world, including political, social, and economic features of people’s daily lives. Funerary monuments make up the largest group of Roman inscriptions. The specific details recorded about the deceased, often including their age, occupation, and life history, provides key insight into Roman society.
Exhibited
Writing and Lettering in Antiquity, Folio Fine Art Ltd., London, 9-20 October 1970, no. 52.
Published
Guilelmus Henzen, Johannes Baptista de Rossi, Eugenius Bormann, Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, vol. 6, part 4, fasc. 1, ed. Christianus Huelsen (Berlin, 1884), p. 2537, no. 25338.
Writing and Lettering in Antiquity, Folio Fine Art Ltd., London, 9-20 October 1970, no. 52.
Heikki Solin, ‘Analecta Epigraphica’, Arctos: Acta Philologica Fennica, XVI (1982), p. 202.
Alessandro Teatini, I Marmi Reksten e il Collezionismo Europeo di Antichità tra XVII e XIX Secolo (Rome, 2003), p. 128.
Adelina Ramundo, ‘Caratteri e trasformazioni del paesaggio urbano delle vigne intorno a S. Cesareo’, PhD thesis (Roma Tre University, Rome, 2012), p. 242.
Epigraphic Database Roma, EDR129669.
Trismegistos Database, no. 587590.
Provenance
Reportedly found during excavations at the gardens of the Collegio Clementino, Rome, 1731-1733.
Previously in the Private Collection of Francesco Ficoroni (1664-1747), Rome, circa 1733-1735.
Private Collection of William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough (1704-1793), Parkstead House, Roehampton.
Private Collection of William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale (1787-1872), Lowther Castle, Lowther, Penrith, acquired from the above, most likely between 1842 and 1872 and recorded in the c. 1879 catalogue Ancient Sculpture at Lowther Castle, by W. Atkinson.
Most likely sold at: Egyptian, Western Asiatic...
Category
15th Century and Earlier European Classical Roman Antique Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
Pair of antique Shell Bracelets from South-East-Asia
Located in Schellebelle, BE
An exceptional pair of South-East-Asian Bracelets made of Shell,
from the Thailand Region , Bang Chiang Period,
prehistoric period,5000-7000 years old,
the hand-carved bracelets have...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Thai Antique Antiquities
Materials
Shell
Japanese Antique Sashiko Banten FireFighter Jacket Ariake 1960s
Located in Paris, FR
This Sashiko b(h)anten was made around 1960 in Showa era in Japan.
On the front, it is written 'Member of Vigilance Committee Ariake ' in Japanese. On the back, it is written 'ariak...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Antiquities
Materials
Cotton
Apsara Carved Limestone Stele with Extremely Rare 'Oolitic silica', Wei Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
The small dots apparent on the surface of this stone stele are indicative of an oolitic silica structure or oolites formed in what is known as "Oolitic chert." This formation occurs gradually over the course of thousands to several hundred thousand years within the soil or sea. Similar structures are commonly found in ancient fossils or arrowheads. Ancient peoples chose certain types of stones for tool-making, preferring materials that were easier to work with and could be sharpened effectively. This predilection is believed to be the reason why oolitic silica structures are frequently found in ancient arrowheads.
The development of these oolitic silica structures is a very slow process involving the accumulation of siliceous layers around particulates. This phenomenon, where silica reacts with water to form layers around a nucleus, occurs under specific chemical and physical conditions. Typically, it takes thousands to hundreds of thousands of years for silica to gradually accumulate in layers through contact with moisture, a process that requires a precise harmony of many variables, including chemical conditions, temperature, pressure, pH, and biological activity.
It is known that no other stele with such a silica structure has been identified to date, serving not only as evidence of its authenticity but also significantly enhancing the rarity of this piece.
This stele appears to be a stone sculpture of an apsara, a celestial nymph from Buddhist and Hindu traditions. Despite its fragmentary state, the sculpture conveys grace and movement. The apsara is captured in a dynamic pose, perhaps once part of a larger tableau, playing a flute-like instrument.
The black stand was made in Hong Kong at the time of the acquisition.
Date : Northern Wei/Eastern Wei Dynasty(386~550)
Size : 22cm (Height) x 16cm(diameter)
Condition : Good (oolites dots on surface)
Provenance : Acquired in late 1990s from Hongkong
Reference :
1) Sotheby's New York 20 March 2018 - Jingyatang Treasures Of Chinese Buddhist...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Antique Antiquities
Materials
Stone, Limestone
'Three Friends Of Winter' Motif Jar, C 1725, Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng Era
Located in seoul, KR
"Three Friends of Winter" motif: pine (song), bamboo (zhu), and plum (prunus or mei), which are known for their ability to thrive during the winter months. The pine and plum blossom in cold conditions, while the bamboo remains upright under the weight of snow, collectively representing steadfastness, perseverance, and resilience. This motif became a popular auspicious design by the 17th century, not only in ceramics but also in wood carvings and paintings of the period.
An example of this motif can be seen in a saucer-dish from the Qing dynasty, specifically from the Qianlong period (1736-1795). The dish features the "Three Friends of Winter" in underglaze cobalt blue, centered within a medallion. This design reflects a combination of aesthetic beauty and symbolic meaning, illustrating the high level of craftsmanship and cultural significance embodied in Qing dynasty ceramics...
Category
1720s Chinese Qing Antique Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Antique Wooden Bowl 1910s-1930s Primitive Wabi-Sabi
Located in Chiba-Shi, JP
This is an old Japanese wooden bowl with legs.
The wooden bowl is dyed black.
It is likely that this was made as a manger.
However, there is no evidence that it was ever used, so I ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Primitive Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Lacquer Board Folk Art Object 1930s-1940s Wabi-Sabi
Located in Chiba-Shi, JP
This is an old Japanese work board.
This board is used by lacquer craftsmen to dry their bowls after applying lacquer.
Therefore, there are countless traces of lacquer.
It is an acci...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Iron Block 1920s-1940s / Object Wabisabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is a very old iron block.
It is from the early Showa period (1920s-1940s).
Weight: approx. 50 kg.
It was used as a tool for steel workers.
They buried it in the ground and pound...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Antiquities
Materials
Iron
