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Antiquities For Sale
5/6thC Chinese Bronze Buddha - 9585
Located in Ukiah, CA
Amazing personality to this very early (pre-Tang) bronze Buddhist "angel" from a huge and elaborate back-plate from a Buddhist altar from 5th/6thC. The quality and face are superb. Close to 2 3/4 inches tall and 2 5/8 wide. 4 inches tall on custom stand. This and all the other parts would have each been individually cast and attached by loops (its loop is still there, being used to attach to stand) on back of angel to back-plate. This piece is small, but extremely rare, early, finely done, and loaded with personality. One of the rarest and most museum-worthy Chinese pieces...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
Two Pottery Kneeling Figures of Attendant, Han dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
The statuette shows traces of the original red, black, and white pigmentation. Ceramic statuette from the han Dynasty, depicting two court people, probably a musician. They are dress...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Hong Kong Han Antique Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
Pair of Bronze Age Spiral Pendants
Located in Vosselaar, BE
Pair of Spiral pendants, bronze age, Europe, circa 1000 BC, 3 and 3 half inches 7 9 cm, mounted on custom stands.
Provenance: From a private European collection; formed in the 1980s.
Category
15th Century and Earlier European Antique Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
Dutch Silver Plate Trinket Box Casket 1930 Hallmark
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Dutch silver plate trinket box and cover
Circa 1930
This pretty piece is embossed with figures and animals
We can ship to anywhere in the wor...
Category
1930s Vintage Antiquities
Materials
Silver Plate
18th Century, Shan, Antique Burmese Wooden Seated Buddha
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Burmese wooden Buddha sitting in Mara Vijaya (calling the earth to witness) posture on a base.
Age: Burma, Shan Period, 18th Century
Size: Height 59 C.M. / Width 25.3 C.M. / Depth 1...
Category
18th Century Burmese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Kamakura Period Japanese Shinzu Sculpture
Located in Hudson, NY
Kamakura Period Japanese Shinzu sculpture. Shinzo is a representational figure of a god or spirit in the Shinto religion. This sculpture was carved fro...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Japanese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Sculpted Terracotta Gandhara Head
Located in Atlanta, GA
A lifesize terracotta head in Gandhara style. Based on the style, it is likely from Kushan period Northern India, circa 4th-6th century. The expres...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Indian Other Antique Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta, Wood
Antique Asian Decorated Storage Bowl with Lid, Carved Out of Coconut Shell China
Located in Leuven , BE
Old Chinese carved bowl with Lid, made of Coconut Shell and decorated with Auspicious Symbols.
French Private Collection.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Metal
Japanese Antique Table, Early 20th Century
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
This is a compact round table that flares out at the end.
It has tapered legs that become thinner towards the base, giving it a delicate and elegant appearance despite its neat, una...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Qing Dynasty Terracotta Pagoda in the Style Of Tony Duquette.
Located in Brussels, BE
Qing dynasty terracotta pagoda.
The pagoda comes in six separate pieces.
In the style of Tony Duquette.
Category
1890s Chinese Qing Antique Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta
Antique Chinese Ceramic Headrests 'Opium Pillow', Early 20th Century, Pair
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This pair of Chinese ceramic headrests feature a green, brown and blue glaze as well as floral motifs. They also feature pierced sides with sy...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic
Prehistoric Stargazer Marble Head
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A small, Prehistoric Anatolian marble head of the kiliya type. Of highly stylized geometric form, the marble head is elliptical, with a faintly defined nos...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Turkish Prehistoric Antique Antiquities
Materials
Marble
Tibetan hand beaten trumpet (kingling)
Located in FITZROY, AU
Rare hand beaten Tibetan tantric ritual instrument.
It is Jade and Silver (low grade) with insert of coral & turquoise. It comes with an antique custom-made wooden stand.
It is hand...
Category
Early 1900s Tibetan Tibetan Antique Antiquities
Materials
Silver
Tao Kuang, China. Antique porcelain incense burner.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Pre-owned goods are exempt from import duties for U.S. customers.
Therefore, no import tariffs will be applicable to your purchase.
Tao Kuang (1821-1850), ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Antique Display Stand, Bonsai Stand, Wooden Object, Wabi-Sabi
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
This is an attractive antique display stand made from old wood from the Taisho era. This stand has been used in Japan to display Bonsai.
The surface is finished with lacquer.
It is made with a particularly rare burl grain, and the patterns created by the natural burl that occurs during the tree's growth process give it a sense of vitality that cannot be expressed artificially. This unique beauty is highly valued in furniture and crafts.
This display stand can be used not only as a decorative stand, flower stand, or Bonsai stand...
Category
Early 20th Century Taisho Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Chinese turquoise glazed porcelain water pot, 19th c.
Located in New York, NY
crackle decorated
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Porcelain
Superb Example Antique Japanese Gilded Statue of a Shinto God, Momoyama Period
Located in Prahran, Victoria
A Japanese statue of a Shinto god from the Momoyama period. Hand carved from wood with a layer of gesso and hand painted flowing robes with delicately wroug...
Category
16th Century Japanese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Gesso, Wood
'Peacock in Splendour' Pattern Dish, c1725, Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng Era
Located in seoul, KR
A representative piece of Ca Mau ship. With a tall peacock standing on a rocky outcrop displaying his feathers to a peahen who crouches on the ground before him...
Category
1720s Vietnamese Chinoiserie Antique Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century a Unique Gilt Chinese Lacquer Tea Caddy
Located in Brea, CA
19th century golden black lacquer Chinese tea caddy with pewter and a key, the special shape body decorated with hand paint courtyard, a very beautiful piece. See more pictures, meas...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Antiquities
Materials
Lacquer
Three Annamese Small Blue Lidded Boxes, 15th century, Le Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
These are three small lidded boxes from the Vietnamese period, specifically from the 15th century during the Le Dynasty.
Dates : 15th century Le Dynasty
Region : North Annam, Viet...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Vietnamese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Cloisonne Enamel Vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Cloisonne Enamel Vase
The spherical body with a long cylindrical neck, on a raised circular foot, decorated with cranes and foliage on a green ground.
Height 15.5 in. Diamet...
Category
20th Century Antiquities
Materials
Enamel
Japanese Antique Display Stand, Bonsai Stand, Wooden Object, Wabi-Sabi
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
This antique display stand was made from old wood from the Taisho period in Japan. In Japan.
It was used as a bonsai stand. It is finished with red lacque...
Category
Early 20th Century Taisho Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Ethnographic Fish Scale Hat Handmade Molucca, Indonesia.
Located in Leuven , BE
Ethnographic Fish Scale Hat Handmade Molucca, Indonesia.
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Antiquities
Materials
Animal Skin
Japanese Primitives Antiques : Hearth Tools Fish-shaped wood Hook Farmer Life
Located in Niiza, JP
A tool used to hang a kettle from the ceiling above a hearth is called a Jizai-kagi(自在鉤).
This is a part called a Yokogi(横木) that is used to adjust the length of the hook.
It has bee...
Category
18th Century Japanese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Hunting eagle sculpture japanese with kintsugi
Located in MEAUX, FR
Aware : Exceptional piece !
This large Japanese stoneware sculpture, over 75cm high, depicts a majestic eagle with outstretched wings chasing a seagull over the waves.
In Japan,...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Antiquities
Materials
Gold
Console table with round legs made in mahogany wood from 1920s
Located in Lejre, DK
Console table or hall table from the 1920s, made of mahogany with round, elegantly turned legs. The table's slim design makes it ideal as a functional piece of furniture in the hall ...
Category
1920s Danish Empire Vintage Antiquities
Materials
Mahogany
Momoyama Namban Chest
Located in PARIS, FR
Namban chest with a semi-cylindrical lid made of black lacquered wood (urushi) with gold lacquer (maki-e) and inlaid with mother-of-pearl (raden).
Decorated with three main bands o...
Category
17th Century Japanese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Lacquer
Ming Dynasty, Antique Chinese Painted Pottery Immortal
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Chinese painted pottery immortal.
Age: China, Ming Dynasty, A.D. 1368 - 1644
Size: Height 23 C.M. / Width 11.9 C.M. / Depth 8.5 C.M.
Condi...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
pair of Japanese cloisonné vases, 19th c.
Located in New York, NY
decorated with bird & floral motif on turquoise ground
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Antique Chinese Han Dynasty-Style Lidded Bronze Ritual Wine Vessel
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese Han Dynasty-style bulbous form verdigis bronze ritual wine vessel with an archaistic raised banded pattern, a domed lid with four zoomorphic-shaped loops, two decorat...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Antique Table, Early 20th Century
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
Introducing an exceptional round table that can be said to be the culmination of Taisho-era craftsmanship.
It features tapered legs that narrow towards the base, giving it a delica...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Chinese Neolithic Qijia Culture Red Pottery Vessel, 2200 BC - 1600 BC, China
Located in Austin, TX
An attractive Neolithic Chinese burnished red pottery vessel, Qijia Culture (2200 BC - 1600 BC), modern day Gansu Province, China.
The vessel of compressed globular form set on a short, pieced pedestal foot, and featuring two ear handles, a short, wide neck, and slightly everted mouth. A simple incised band decorates the otherwise plain body.
The red pottery with a beautiful rich terracotta hue. The slight burnishing makes the vessel glow.
The Qijia Culture was a late Neolithic...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
Large 24" 19th Century Japanese Cloisonne Vase - Antique Oriental Decor
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique 19th Century Oriental Japanese Cloisonné Vase - Impressive Large Piece!
This stunning cloisonné vase from the 19th century boasts remarkable craftsmanship and intricate deta...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Stone, Brass, Bronze, Enamel
Antique Chinese Elm Wood Stool, Early 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This antique elm wood stool comes from China's Hubei province. It was crafted using only wooden joints. The elm wood has aged beautifully over its more than 100 years of life.
Dime...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Other Antiquities
Materials
Elm
Antique Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain 9 PC Dishes Set
Located in Brea, CA
Qing dynasty an antique important Chinese famille rose porcelain 9 pieces sweetmeat dishes set with very beautiful box, hand painted. excellent condition, every piece with meirenruyu...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Antiquities
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Decorative Wall Plate with Birds
Located in Milano, IT
Round plate made of bronze and cloisonné enamel designed in China in the 20th century.
This plate is made of bronze and cloisonné enamel, a goldsmith technique originally applied to...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Antiques Tanaka Kosai Striped Flower Basket Bamboo Basket
Located in Niiza, JP
φ360× 105(H) [mm]
Box size:Box size: φ370×140mm 2kg
The Oita Prefectural Art Museum also has similar collections of woven baskets by Kosai.
The unique design makes it immediately re...
Category
20th Century Japanese Antiquities
Materials
Bamboo
19th Century Blue and White Japanese Porcelain Dish Meiji Period
Located in Brea, CA
19th century blue and white Japanese porcelain dish Meiji period decorated with prunus on the cobalt blue ground, inscription to base, Ex Bonhams lot 268 diameter 12 inch.
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Antiquities
Materials
Porcelain
Rare Antique Sumba Comb
Located in New York, NY
Worn by adult noblewomen high on the head, like a crown. These hand cut combs from Sumba are usually hand carved from mottled tortoiseshell or occasionally from buffalo horn. These t...
Category
20th Century Indonesian Primitive Antiquities
Materials
Metal
Rare Blue and Red-Copper Peacock Yuan Dinesty
Located in Newmanstown, PA
Rare Blue and Red-Copper Dish Yuan Dynasty Painted to the interior with a peacock in a lively garden and seal mark, repeated on exterior. Height: 2.5 in, Width: 16.5 in, Base Width: 10.25 in
During the Yuan dynasty (1271-1368), blue and white porcelain developed in Jingdezhen of Jiangxi province became increasingly popular, earning Jingdezhen the recognition of China’s ceramic metropolis. The cobalt ore used in the blue pigment for Yuan dynasty blue-and-white wares were originally imported from Persia. While a formative influence in Yuan blue...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Porcelain
Old Rare Afghan Musical Instrument like a Sculpture
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Lovely old "Saranji", rare Afghan musical instrument. It's an oriental lute from Naxçivan, the town which owes its origine to the tribe Nakh. In Your home it may be like a sculpture ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Afghan Other Antique Antiquities
Materials
Fruitwood
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." The same phenomenon can also be observed in the Tang Dynasty Limestone Stele at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. 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 Hong Kong Han Antique Antiquities
Materials
Stone, Limestone
Two Blue and White Miniature Vases, C 1725, Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng Era
Located in seoul, KR
During Yongzheng era, such miniatures were appreciated for their craftsmanship and aesthetic value. They were also often used in scholars' studios as part of the 'wenfang', or study ...
Category
1720s Vietnamese Qing Antique Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Huanghuali Chinese Opium Scale
Located in Atlanta, GA
Beautifully carved scale box from the much desired Huanghuali wood.
These scales were originally used to weigh herbs, medicines, and precious metals, but are known as opium scales...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Brass
Green-Glazed Pottery Elephant, Han dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
This piece is an elephant statue made of green-glazed pottery. During the Han Dynasty, artworks depicting elephants were quite rare. However, such representations did occasionally appear. For example, the bronze vessel from the Han Dynasty housed in the Shanghai Museum is one of the notable examples of this type of craftsmanship. The existence of elephants in ancient China is attested both by archaeological evidence and by depictions in Chinese artwork. Long thought to belong to an extinct subspecies of the Asian elephant named Elephas maximus...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Hong Kong Han Antique Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
group of 6 Chinese porcelain bird feeders, 19th c.
Located in New York, NY
each decorated with a copper red foo lion/dog; 2in(D) x 2in(W) x 2.5in(H) are the dimensions of the tallest porcelain bird feeder
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Porcelain
Amber-Glazed Pottery Figure of Dog, Tang-Liao Dynasty (7-12th Century)
Located in seoul, KR
A Dog sitting on his haunches, covered in an amber glaze. Naturalistically modeled, the figure follows the artistic style of the period. It remains uncertain whether the glaze has wo...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Hong Kong Tang Antique Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
Portuguese-colonial Japanese Namban lacquer Vargueno Cabinet, circa 1600
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A Portuguese-colonial Japanese Namban lacquer vargueno cabinet
Momoyama period, circa 1600
H. 43 x W. 64.5 x D. 36 cm
Wood, black lacquered and deco...
Category
Early 1600s Japanese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Gold, Brass
A Japanese Bronze Ceremonial Samovar with Cover Meiji period, late 19th century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Japanese Bronze Ceremonial Samovar with Cover
Meiji period, late 19th century
of round section with wide shoulders tapering towards the tall, splayed foot, the neck with foo-dog h...
Category
19th Century Antique Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic
pair of Chinese porcelain plates, 19th c.
Located in New York, NY
decorated with Chinese characters on yellow ground
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Tang Dynasty Dancing Figures, China '618-907AD'
Located in Dallas, TX
Period: Tang Dynasty (618 – 907 AD) terra-cotta over lead clay
A pair of delicate Tang Dynasty dancers with long sleeves. Both ladies are wearing a long flowing dress with flared ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta
Green Crackled Porcelain Table Water Pipe with Metal Strapping from Vietnam
Located in Leuven , BE
The bowl of the Vietnamese water pipe is jar-shaped. The metal handle allows easy carrying and moving of the object. The pipe stem that is normally places in the water tank, is missi...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Porcelain
Satsuma Earthenware Vase and Cover, Japanese, Meiji Period
By Satsuma
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Satsuma Earthenware vase and cover,
Japanese, Meiji period, (1868-1912)
decorated in polychrome enamels and gilt over a clear, crackled glaze, delicately painted with samurai on ...
Category
1890s Antique Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century 3 Antique Victorian Gold Topped Canes or Parasol Handles
Located in Brea, CA
19th century 3 antique Victorian gold topped canes or parasol handles, some monogrammed, one with mother of pearl, see more pictures.
Category
19th Century American Victorian Antique Antiquities
Materials
Silver
Three Annamese Small Yuhuchunping, 15th century, Le Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
These 15th-century Annamese ceramics from Le dynasty, are notable for their rarity and refined design. The Yuhuchunping vases, with their elegant pear-shaped bodies and delicate blue-and-white motifs, showcase the sophisticated craftsmanship of the time. They offer a glimpse into the vibrant maritime trade networks of Southeast Asia during the 15th century, making them valuable artifacts in the study of East Asian ceramics...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Vietnamese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Small Chest of Drawers from Edo period 19th Century, Japan
Located in Tokyo, Tokyo
Antique small chest of drawers from Edo period (1603-1868), Japan.
If you look closely at the top surface, you can see writing on it.
...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Iron
19th Century Two Shell Inlaid Black Lacquer Big Chinese Storage Boxes
Located in Brea, CA
19th century pair of shell Inlaid black lacquer big Chinese storage boxes with bail handles two sides, each with hinged lid reversing to a mother o...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Antiquities
Materials
Lacquer
Green-glazed model of a Haitai, Han dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
This Han Dynasty green-glazed Haitai sculpture, though worn over time, retains its dynamic form.
Period : Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD)
Medium : Earthenware with Green glaze
Provena...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Hong Kong Han Antique Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
