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Antiquities For Sale
19th Century Antique Chinese Inlay Tin Coconut Big Bowl
Located in Brea, CA
Antique 19th century Chinese tin coconut big bowl with mark, diameter 8.5inch, high 3.5 inch.
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Antiquities
Materials
Coconut
19th Century, Mandalay, Antique Burmese Wood Carving Panel with Animal Tigers
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Burmese wood carving panel with animal tigers.
Age: Burma, Mandalay period, 19th century
Size: Length 88.5 cm / Height 25.8 cm
Size including stand...
Category
19th Century Burmese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Wood
$800 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Carved/Painted Story telling Table Screen, Original Mid Century Modern
By Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
A story telling Chinese carved and painted table screen.
Category
1970s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Beautiful Chinese Gourd Vase in White and Blue Porcelain
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Beautiful Chinese gourd vase in white and blue porcelain.
Good quality porcelain for this pretty decorative object.
Two decorations on either side...
Category
20th Century Antiquities
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Big Rare Oriental Coffer, Treasure Chest, Wedding Trousseau
Located in Cesena, FC
Rare Chest, wedding trousseau chest, oriental (Indian) from 1800s, of important measure, with opening on top base and large locks.
The wood is carved and with breathable openings on each side, and the 4 turnings located at the top corners are equally worked.
Description: Fabulous chest, antique Indian dowry chest...
Category
Mid-19th Century Indian Antique Antiquities
Materials
Metal
Chinese Rock Crystal "Ladies" Snuff Bottle Qing Dynasty, 19th Century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Chinese rock crystal "Ladies" Snuff Bottle
Qing Dynasty, 19th Century
of rounded rectangular form, carved in relief with calligraphy to one side, the other delicately carved, sto...
Category
19th Century Antique Antiquities
Materials
Glass
Japanese 14/15thC Wood "Baby Buddha" Pointing Toward Heaven and Earth, 5561
Located in Ukiah, CA
This is an extraordinary and very early "baby Buddha" pointing toward heaven and earth as witness to his birth. In amazing condition for 600+-year-old wood...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Japanese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Wood
$3,500 Sale Price
21% Off
Large Chinese Incense Burner Bronze or Copper Straits SE Asia, 20th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very finely made piece for the SE Asian market.
Additional information:
Primary Material: Bronze & Cloisonne
Material: Bronze & Metal
Decoration Type / Colour : Polychrome, SE Asi...
Category
20th Century Chinese Qing Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
$5,146 Sale Price
23% Off
Early 20th Century, Showa, Japanese Bronze Vase with Artist Sign
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Japanese bronze vase with artist sign, used to decorate single flower arrangement in Japanese traditional tea ceremony.
Age: Japan, Showa period, early 20th century
Size: height ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
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
$1,336 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century, Mandalay, Antique Burmese Wood Carving Panel
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Burmese wood carving panel.
Age: Burma, Mandalay Period, 19th Century
Size: Length 56.8 C.M. / Width 44.7 C.M. / Thickness 3.2 C.M.
Condition: Nice condi...
Category
19th Century Burmese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Wood
$720 Sale Price
20% Off
20th C., A Set of Japanese Bronze Animal Sculptures of Mouse, Ram and Rabbit
Located in Sampantawong, TH
A set of Japanese bronze animal sculptures mouse, ram and rabbit with artist sign.
Age: Japan, Showa Period, 20th Century
Size: Height 10.3 - 11.7 C.M. / Width 8 - 8.5 C.M. / Length...
Category
20th Century Japanese Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
$1,920 Sale Price / set
20% Off
18th Century Chinese Sculpture of a Dignitary in Carved and Lacquered Hardwood
Located in Brescia, IT
Big hardwood figure of a dignitary lacquered in original patina. Signs of age-related wear on the base, but all of excellent quality, China, 18th century.
Category
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Antiquities
Materials
Hardwood
15th Century, Ava, 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, Ava Period, 15th century
Size: Height 67.5 C.M. / Width 37.8 C.M. / Depth ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Burmese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Wood
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Enamel and White Jade Mounted Silver Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Enamel and White Jade Mounted Silver Box
Late 19th/early 20th Century. The underside marked silver. The rectangular silver box with a hinged lid set with a jade panel pierce...
Category
20th Century Antiquities
Materials
Enamel
Inside Painted Glass Snuff Bottle by Ye Zhongsan, Dated to Late Qing Dynasty
Located in Tainan, TW
Ye Zhongsan (1869-1945) was born in the late Qing Dynasty and lived in Beijing his entire life, and the generations in Ye Family were officials at that time. Among the traditional in...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antiquities
Materials
Glass
Early 20th Century, Antique Burmese Wooden Standing Old Man
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Antique Burmese wooden standing old man.
Age: Burma, Early 20th Century
Size of figure only: Height 111 C.M. / Width 34 C.M.
Height including stand: 115 C.M.
Condition: Nice conditi...
Category
Early 20th Century Burmese Antiquities
Materials
Wood
18th C., Shan, Antique Burmese Alabaster Seated Buddha on Double Lotus Base
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Antique Burmese alabaster Buddha sitting in Mara Vijaya (calling the earth to witness) posture on double lotus base.
Age: Burma, Shan Period, 18th Century...
Category
18th Century Burmese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Alabaster
$2,720 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century, Mandalay, Antique Burmese Alabaster Marble Seated Buddha Statue
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Antique Burmese alabaster Buddha sitting in Mara Vijaya (calling the earth to witness) posture on a base, with inlay of colorful glass pieces on the headband.
Age: Burma, Mandalay P...
Category
19th Century Burmese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Alabaster
$2,080 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century, Antique Burmese Wooden Animal Elephant Head with Stand
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Antique Burmese wooden elephant head with stand.
Age: Burma, 19th Century
Size excluding stand: Length 46 C.M. / Width 29.3 C.M. / Height 29 C.M.
Height including stand: 88.2 C.M.
C...
Category
19th Century Burmese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Console Light Table Ryosuke Harashima Contemporary Zen Japanese Craft Mingei
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Console light table designed by Ryosuke Harashima.
Name: How deep the dark.
Collection: Stillife
A low table by morphing a wooden box lid that stores two Japanese gold folding screens...
Category
2010s Japanese Minimalist Antiquities
Materials
Brass
A Rare Moulded Dingyao 'Cranes And Fishes' Bowl, Northern Song - Jin Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
This bowl stands out for its detailed depiction of two fish amid soft spiral waves, bordered by two cranes within the bowl. The design's depth and clarity, from the lifelike portrayal of the landscape to the cranes' meticulously detailed features, render this piece exceptionally unique and rare. Such complex designs on bowls were achieved using a mold, a method initiated at the Ding kilns in the late 11th or early 12th century, enabling heightened precision. These molds, akin to those for metal vessel casting, reflect a shared design aesthetic with contemporary metal objects.
Period : Northern Song-Jin dynasty(960~1234)
Type : Dingyao
Provenance : Acquired in late 1990s, Hongkong
Dimension : 19 cm(Height) x 8cm(Diameter)
Reference :
1) Sotheby's Hongkong 29 April 2022 - Important Chinese Art including Jades from the De An Tang Collection and Gardens of Pleasure - Lot 3695, Lot 3603
(Price : 1,890,000 HKD / Type : Closely related)
2) Sotheby's Hongkong 08 October 2019 Important Chinese Art - lot 3612
(Price : 3,000,000 HKD / Type : Related)
3) Sotheby's Hongkong 22 April 2021 - Monochrome III - Lot 30
(Price : 6,000,000-7,000,000 HKD / Type : Related)
4) The MET - Accession Number: 14.40.155 - Bowl with Peonies
(Type : Closely Related)
* Song Dynasty Ding-Yao Ware
Song Dynasty Ding Yao porcelain holds a significant place in Chinese ceramic art, specifically as a type of white porcelain produced during the Song Dynasty. Produced predominantly during the mid to late Song Dynasty, Ding Yao ceramics are renowned for their delicate and intricate features.
Ding Yao ceramics were primarily crafted from clay rich in white minerals and fired at high temperatures to achieve a durable and lustrous surface. One distinctive characteristic of this serene white ceramic is the presence of silver or gold-colored splashes of glaze, often created using a mineral called galena. Galena, with its lustrous appearance, was suitable for creating fine patterns and intricate decorations.
These ceramics frequently feature delicate carvings, floral motifs, or subtle decorations. While commonly used for utilitarian purposes such as tableware, Ding Yao porcelain also served as a medium for artistic expression, producing many artworks. The production of Ding Yao ceramics was relatively limited, and surviving pieces are considered rare and valuable art pieces...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Hong Kong Antique Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
16th Century, Shan, Antique Burmese Bronze Buddha Sitting on Double Lotus Base
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Antique Burmese bronze Buddha sitting in Mara Vijaya (calling the earth to witness) posture on double lotus base.
Age: Burma, Shan Period, 16th Century
Size: Height 31.7 C.M. / Widt...
Category
16th Century Burmese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
$2,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Porcelain Dollhouse Miniature Blue and White Kangxi Vase '1662-1722'
Located in Delft, NL
Chinese Porcelain Dollhouse miniature blue and white Kangxi vase
Kangxi (1662-1722), ca 1720
With a scene of floral decor and long Eliza
The porcelain vase...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Porcelain
Early 20th Century, Showa, Japanese Bronze Vase with Artist Sign
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Japanese bronze vase with artist sign, used to decorate single flower arrangement in Japanese traditional tea ceremony.
Age: Japan, Showa Period, early 20th century
Size: height 24...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
$792 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century, Mandalay, Antique Burmese Wooden Seated Figure
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Antique Burmese wooden seated figure.
Age: Burma, Mandalay Period, 19th Century
Size: Height 34.3 C.M. / Width 17 C.M. / Depth 15.5 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expe...
Category
19th Century Burmese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Early 20th C., Showa, Large Japanese Bronze Vase in Gourd Shape with Artist Sign
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Large Japanese bronze vase in gourd shape with artist sign.
Artist signature is on the last photo.
Age: Japan, Showa Period, Early 20th Century
Size: Height 32.8 C.M. / Width 14.5 C...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique 18th Century Chinese Fencai porcelain plate, Kangxi
Located in Delft, NL
Antique 18th century Chinese Fencai porcelain plate, Kangxi
With decoration in the middle of a vase with flowers surrounded in octangle line with flo...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Porcelain
Early 20thC Bronze Jambahala-Nepalese-Buddhist - 10257
Located in Ukiah, CA
This is a delightful sculpture of Jambahala. It is from Nepal, early 20th century. You see numerous Ron's Buddhas and bodhisattvas and Tara statues from this period. Jambahala howeve...
Category
20th Century Thai Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
$975 Sale Price
22% Off
18th Century, Shan, Antique Burmese Wooden Top of Buddha Head with Stand
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Antique Burmese wooden top of Buddha head, with gilded gold.
Age: Burma, Shan Period, 18th Century
Size of the top only: Height 40.4 C.M. / Width 8.5 C.M.
Height including stand: 55...
Category
18th Century Burmese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Wood
$320 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Ancient Blue Terracotta Vases, by Oriental Manufacture, 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
These pair of blue vases is an original decorative terracotta object realized in the second half of the 19th century by Oriental manufacture.
A beautiful couple of terracotta vase...
Category
Late 20th Century Asian Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta
19th Century Chinese Nyonya Ware Porcelain Vase Mounted as a Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
Chinese, 19th century.
A Peranakan porcelain or Nyonya ware vase decorated with flowers and a flying bird.
Approx: 17.5" H x 4.25" W (vase measur...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Antiquities
Materials
Porcelain
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair Of Antique Chinese Incence Burner Table Lamp
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Pair of elegant Chinese Antique incense burner. It shows very detailed hand craft works of Chinese calligraphy and dragon etching on copper ....
Category
20th Century Chinese Antiquities
Materials
Brass, Copper, Bronze
17th-18th Century, Shan, Antique Burmese Wooden Seated Monk / Disciple
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Antique Burmese wooden seated disciple on double lotus base, with gilded gold.
Age: Burma, Shan Period, 17th - 18th Century
Size: Height 51.5 C.M. / Width 23.7 C.M.
Condition: Nice ...
Category
17th Century Burmese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Wood
$4,000 Sale Price
20% Off
14th-16th C., Sukhothai, Antique Thai Glazed Stoneware Hunchback Water Dropper
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Sukhothai glazed stoneware hunchback water dropper.
Age: Thailand, Sukhothai Period, 14th - 16th century
Size: Height 6.1 C.M. / width 4.2 C.M.
Size including stand: height 11.3...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Thai Antique Antiquities
Materials
Stoneware
$288 Sale Price
20% Off
pair of Chinese porcelain cover jars, 18th c.
Located in New York, NY
each jar decorated with a phoenix and flowers in gold on blue ground
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Porcelain
$8,000 / set
Chinese Han Dynasty-Style Patinated Bronze Lidded and Footed Pot
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese Han Dynasty-style copy of a patinated bronze pot carved with raised geometric patterned bands wrapping its form, sitting atop three feet, fitted with two handles and ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antiquities
Materials
Metal
Antique Carved Wood Fire Screen with Winged Griffons and Tapestry Center
Located in Stamford, CT
Beautiful late 19th century carved wood fire screen with a center crest of winged griffons and the original needlepoint tapestry center. The carved wo...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Antiquities
Materials
Tapestry, Wood
19th Century, Antique Rustic Thai Ox Cart Wooden Wheel with Stand
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Rustic Thai ox cart wooden wheel with stand.
Age: Thailand, 19th Century
Size: Diameter 58 C.M. / Thickness 4.7 C.M.
Size including stand: Height...
Category
19th Century Antique Antiquities
Materials
Wood
$1,280 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique 1880s Persian Kermanshah Rug with Safavid Dynasty Design, 11' x 15'
Located in New York, NY
This Persian Kermanshah carpet features a Safavid Dynasty design and was created with a cotton warp and thread, hand-knotted handspun wool pile and nat...
Category
19th Century Persian Kirman Antique Antiquities
Materials
Wool
1920s Traditional Middle East Dress in Shadow Plexi Box Frame
Located in Pasadena, CA
Traditional Antique Middle East Dress In Shadow in plexi Box Frame signed. The velvet is perfect and has a metal wire applique on the edges providing a wonderful design as well as in...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Velvet
Indian Bronze Buddha in a Classic Form, 7605
Located in Ukiah, CA
Very beautiful Indian bronze Buddha in a classic form that goes back a thousand years, this one is t least 18/19th, and likely earlier. 6.25 inches tall, height on custom stand is 8....
Category
Late 18th Century Indian Antique Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
$1,770 Sale Price
27% Off
19th Century, Edo, Antique Japanese Burl Wood Pot 'Hibachi' Vessel
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Antique Japanese burl wood hibachi vessel.
Hibachi is a traditional Japanese heating device.
Age: Japan, Edo Period, 19th Century
Size: Height 32....
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Wood
$1,560 Sale Price
20% Off
Kiriko Candleholder Ryosuke Harashima Contemporary Zen Japanese Craft Mingei
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Candleholder designed by Ryosuke Harashima.
This work is made of antique Kiriko glass plate and brass.
Artist create new style candleholder by combining old kiriko glass and Indust...
Category
2010s Japanese Japonisme Antiquities
Materials
Brass
$350 Sale Price
50% Off
19th Century, Mandalay, Antique Burmese Wooden Elephant and Rider
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Antique Burmese wooden elephant and rider.
Age: Burma, Mandalay Period, 19th Century
Size: Height 44.3 C.M. / Width 16.3 C.M. / Length 30.5 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (s...
Category
19th Century Burmese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Wood
$1,104 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Decorative Wall Plate of Spring
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
$761 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century, Mandalay, Antique Burmese Wooden Seated Lotus Buddha
Located in Sampantawong, TH
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 13 C.M. ...
Category
19th Century Burmese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Wood
$192 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century, Meiji, Antique Japanese Iron Teapot with Artist Sign
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Japanese iron teapot with artist sign.
Age: Japan, Meiji Period, 19th Century
Size: height 24.3 cm / width 16 cm
Condition: Nice condition ov...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Iron
$2,560 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Woven River Basket, circa 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Centuries ago, a woven reed fisherman’s basket such as this would have been common in rural China as an everyday item, used until it became worn through. This hand-woven example rema...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Rustic Antique Antiquities
Materials
Reed, Wood
Japanese Arita, Amsterdams Bont, Tripod Salt Cellars, 1690-1730
Located in Delft, NL
Japanese Arita, Amsterdams Bont, tripod salt cellars, 1690-1730
European decoration on Japanese porcelain.
"Arita" porcelain made in Japan, during ...
Category
17th Century Japanese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Porcelain
18thc Large Antique Solid Cast South Indian Female Deity, Uma 9668
Located in Ukiah, CA
Large antique solid cast South Indian female deity covered with well incised elaborate design. Stands 8.5 inches tall, bottom diameter is 4.5 inches. Heavy. Big beautiful smile. Good...
Category
18th Century Indian Antique Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
$1,365 Sale Price
30% Off
Chinese Famille Rose Thousand Flower Pattern Shallow Porcelain Bowl Centerpiece
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese shallow porcelain bowl with a "thousand flower"" pattern that covers the bowl in such an abundant array of brightly colored florals that neither the branches, nor the porcela...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antiquities
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Dignatary Figure in Gilded and Painted Wood, 18th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Chinese Dignatary figure in gilded and painted wood.
18th century.
On a modern wood base.
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Giltwood
Two Annamese Miniature Covered Boxes with Scenary Motif, 15th century, Le Dynast
Located in seoul, KR
Vietnamese covered boxes with representative scenary designs. Both are made of cream-colored base and blue designs, typical of Annamese pottery. These shared characteristics highligh...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Vietnamese Ming Antique Antiquities
Materials
Stoneware
Chinese Silver Tazza by Tien Shing, Hong Kong, 19th Century
Located in Delft, NL
Chinese Silver Tazza by Tien Shing, Hong Kong, 19th Century
Chinese export silver Tazza , marked by the Chinese silversmith Tien Shing, Hong Kong, (1830-19...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Silver
19th Century Chinese Red Lacquer Box
Located in Brea, CA
Chinese red lacquer box. Measures: 11.5 x 11.5 x 6.5 inch.
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Antiquities
Materials
Lacquer
Monumental 19th Century Chinese Sterling Silver Horse Sculpture Censer 45 Ounces
Located in San Diego, CA
Monumental 19th century Chinese sterling silver horse statue sculpture censer. Weighs 44.95 troy ounces or 1398 grams of .925 sterling silver. Has ...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Antiquities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Important Ancient Chinese Effigy Pug Dog, Ming Dynasty 1368-1644
Located in South Burlington, VT
China, a carving of a canine “Pug”, Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 CE
Dimensions: 38 cm, 15” High
Photographs taken indoors and out of doors for your viewing pleasure.
The hand carved limestone beast shown on its haunches with naturalistic joyful expression and a well defined compact head, ears, noes, eyes, feet, and tail parted to one side on reverse with distinctive collar ornament seated four square on a thick base all-over showing a weathered surface from significant age.
Formerly exhibited “Asia Week” New York City, Fuller Building, Hutton Gallery 2006.
Provenance: ex collection luoyang, Henan Province, China.
Includes custom display base as shown
Catalog reference: 35 years collecting 35 treasures, Number 35, p.76 (photo)
In ancient China, it is a well-known fact that several types of small dogs were bred and were favored pet gifts between emperors and kings including Lion Dogs, Pekingese and Lo-sze breeds. Some Lo-sze are pictured wearing collars with bells a frequent combination fancied by European royalty of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Lo-sze or pugs were prized for their compact body, good bones, flat face, square jaw, short coat, curled tail, side set back ears, and temperate disposition.
History:
Placing stone animals in important tombs can be traced back at least to the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BCE), some two thousand years ago. In ancient times, stone animals and human figures placed before imperial tombs symbolized royal power and privilege in addition to decorative functions.
The first Ming tomb...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Antique Antiquities
Materials
Limestone
$6,800 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Pr, Meiji Period Japanese Gilt Bronze & Parchment Pierced Lanterns Hang Or Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
Japanese, (meiji era 1868–1912).
An absolutely stunning pair of Japanese Meiji period gilt bronze and brass lanterns. Each hand cast bronze oval openwork "vase" form lantern crafte...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Antiquities
Materials
Brass, Bronze
$2,796 Sale Price
20% Off
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