Unknown Asian Art and Furniture

Pair of Moroccan dark brown with crackled lighter beige ceramic plates chiseled in with Arabic calligraphy writing in ivory on brown background. These plates could be displayed on a ...

This is an old Japanese Carp Streamer.("Koinobori") This item is from the Meiji era (1860s-1900s). Jaoanese people hang up the carp streamers called ...

Forest scene painting by Danish painter and ceramist Nis Stougaard (1906-1987) in beautiful colors. Signed lower left 'Nis Stougaard'. Frame included and measures accordingly. Pai...

A vintage bronze urn vase with handles by Toyo. Patinated (verdigris) bronze in an urn shape, narrow neck with decorative formed lion head handles with rings, sculpted crane-like bir...

The Binh Thuan shipwreck was first discovered in 2001 by Vietnamese fisherman while trying to unravel a trawl net caught in the wreckage. The wreck is belie...

A Chinese export porcelain shipwreck soup dish from the Hatcher Porcelain Cargoes, made in the early to mid-18th century. This Chinese porcelain soup dish was created specifically for export to the European market. It was used for soup or broth courses, which had become a dinner staple in Northern Europe following the influence of French table customs. This piece features an underglaze blue floral decoration, here comprising chrysanthemums, peonies, and a pomegranate. The floral sprigs appear to grow from a rock formation, partly obscured by the marine incrustations. On the border of the dish, three arrangements of lotuses balance the composition. The swiftness of the painter’s hand is evident in the strokes forming leaves and petals, as well as in the bleeding of some of the lighter cobalt washes coloring the flowers. Dimensions: 9 in. Dm x 1 1/4 in. H (22.9 cm Dm x 3.2 cm H) Condition: Salvaged condition. A few hairlines extending from the rim to the center, the longest about 6cm. We do not recommend cleaning or restoration, as the current condition speaks to an important stage in this object’s life. Provenance: Collection Mrs Marianne L. Dreesmann-van der Spek, Laren, inv. no J002; Collection Mrs Hetti T.G. von der Gablentz-Blanche Koelensmid, Amsterdam; Amsterdam, Christie's, The Hatcher Porcelain Cargoes, before 1987. Christie’s Amsterdam, Fine and Important Late Ming and Transitional Porcelain...

Highly textured portrait of a jewish man. This piece is fascinating, original and signed. Moshe Katz was born March 2, 1937 in Bucharest, Romania. With his parents, he fled the Nazis...

A Chinese six-panel lacquer painted Coromandel screen, ca. 1760, during the Kangri period of the Qing dynasty. Features an intricately painted island scene of gilt pagodas, with a co...

A fine Japanese cloisonne enamel vase. Decorated with white (stylized morning glory) flowers throughout. The morning glory - Asagao in Japanese - signifies the bonds of love. With a trapezoidal opening and base along with conforming wooden plinth. Simply a great Japanese enamel vase...

A fine Canton Chinese Export porcelain pitcher. Decorated with blue underglaze throughout depicting a Chinese village near the wate...

A fine old or antique Japanese stoneware vase. In a squat vase form with ribbed decoration throughout. In the style of Bizen ware. ...

A pair of Chinese porcelain fish bowls, second half 20th century. The sturdily potted bowl with deep sides gently curving up to the lipp...

Bhutanese silk woven Kira Textile, Purple. From the royal weavers of Bhutan, this kira textile is a rectangular weaving worn as an ankle length dress by B...

Famille rose antique hunt bowl painted in Famille-rose overglaze enamels. Made in the Qianlong period, circa 1770. Bowl depicts a hunting scene typical of Chinese Export pottery. On the outer sides of the bowl, are scenes of hunting dogs with black and white spots preparing for a hunt. In the background are trees in green, pink and brown. As well as brown barns or hunting lodges and mountains. Throughout the outside, as well as inside, are gold swirls on a blue background. Inside, is a painted scene of a man and woman on horseback riding during the hunt. The woman wears a pink overcoat, hat and horsewhip. The man, on a gray horse, is riding in a brown overcoat and red hat with Horn and a whip. In the background is a church, mountain and floral bushes in green, red and pink. This scene is on the bottom of the bowl and surrounded by a gold swirl medallion. The base of the bowl is decorated in a gold leaf print which seems to be ferns or some other type of flora. The shape is traditional: raised on a short foot with steep sides. The top rim is in a scallop shape. Made in the Qianlong period, circa 1770. The strong color palette and rich decoration are hallmarks of Chinese export hunt...

Vintage Kalamkari blue with flowers textile from India. Hand blocked vegetable and iron oxide dyes on cotton. The fabric is printed using pattern...

Handcrafted in Kashmir by the nomadic Kuchi tribe of Central Asia. The large silver triangular-shaped pendant is a traditional motif in Kashmir. The upper portion has the traditional...

Rare silk Sivas, circa 1870-80. Silk pile on a cotton foundation featuring a delicate combination of floral and geometric designs with a cream center medallion with a small rosette on a rusty red field set inside a secondary green medallion with blue and yellow corners...