A rare green glazed, delicate and beautiful Dog of Fo porcelain incense burner from the Qing dynasty, late 19th century. The Dog of Fo is a Buddhist guardian dog, always seen  More »

A rare green glazed, delicate and beautiful Dog of Fo porcelain incense burner from the Qing dynasty, late 19th century. The Dog of Fo is a Buddhist guardian dog, always seen playing with a brocaded ball. The Dog of Fo is sitting on top of a huge brocaded ball. Standing on the left and right corner of the pedestal are two pairs of baby Dog of Fo, with tiny spikes on their backs, and seen trying to climb up the brocaded ball. The cover of the incense burner is delicately potted. In most instances, such incense burner would come without the cover because the cover is mostly broken. There are minor firing faults, with one seen on the tail of the brown baby Fo. No chips or cracks. One of the green support from the Dog of Fo is broken and re-attached. The tail of the green baby Fo is also broken and re-attached. All these faults are not visible unless upon close inspection. The measurement of the incense burner is: Height 16.6cm, the Length is 11.5cm and the Width is 7.0cm. Please refer to our stock # Q50021012 when inquiring.   « Less

A Ming carved wooden figure of a women that represents a female deity. Age:1368-1644 AD. Size: H. 20.5cm. Base W. 10.5cm. Condition: Some loss of the wood through the ages.  More »

A Ming carved wooden figure of a women that represents a female deity. Age:1368-1644 AD. Size: H. 20.5cm. Base W. 10.5cm. Condition: Some loss of the wood through the ages. The hair has been covered with some type of cement like substance. Please refer to our stock # WD-063 when inquiring.   « Less

A beautifully decorated famille rose/verte hexagon shaped tazza with 5 different brightly colored gold fish swimming in a hexagon shaped pond surrounded by water lilies,  More »

A beautifully decorated famille rose/verte hexagon shaped tazza with 5 different brightly colored gold fish swimming in a hexagon shaped pond surrounded by water lilies, lotus and water plants. The underside of the tazza is decorated with iron red bamboo leave. The base of the tazza bears the four-character minyao reign mark of Tongzhi (1862-1874) and of the Qing Dynasty period. The gold fish tazza is in good condition with no restoration. There are no hairline cracks, rim or glaze fritting or any sign of damage. Only minor firing faults and the inner side of the tazza stand base has sand grits adhering to it (picture 5). The measurement of the gold fish tazza : Width is 17.5cm and the Height 4.0cm. Please refer to our stock # Q50021009 when inquiring.   « Less

A beautifully and well shaped Ming Dynasty (1368-1643A.D) rice bowl with blue splashes that looks like the shape of a heart. This piece is retrieved from the sea. The bowl is  More »

A beautifully and well shaped Ming Dynasty (1368-1643A.D) rice bowl with blue splashes that looks like the shape of a heart. This piece is retrieved from the sea. The bowl is a common household ware likely to be used for eating rice or drinking water/wine. It is an export ware for the South-East Asian market. It is also likely that this blue bowl can be dated toward the end of the Ming Dynasty - 17th century. The glaze, although is thin and smooth, is still in relatively good conditions. No deteriorating or flaking of the glaze except around the centre of the bowl. The bottom of another bowl is shown attached to the centre of the bowl. Some firing faults, expected degradation, chips & minor losses, abrasions, as a consequence of long period of burial under the sea and subsequent cleaning. The measurement of the bowl is: Height 5.0cm and the diameter is 12.5cm. Please refer to our stock # M050210005 when inquiring.   « Less

A beautifully and well shaped Ming Dynasty (1368-1643A.D) rice bowl with a simple blue splashes of cloud like motives all the way to the bottom. This piece is retrieved from  More »

A beautifully and well shaped Ming Dynasty (1368-1643A.D) rice bowl with a simple blue splashes of cloud like motives all the way to the bottom. This piece is retrieved from the sea. The bowl is a common household ware likely to be used for eating rice or drinking water/wine. It is an export ware for the South-East Asian market. It is also likely that this blue bowl can be dated toward the end of the Ming Dynasty - 17th century. The glaze, although is thin and smooth, is still in relatively good conditions. No deteriorating or flaking of the glaze except around the centre of the bowl which has flake off by the sea water. Some firing faults, expected degradation, chips & minor losses, abrasions, as a consequence of long period of burial under the sea and subsequent cleaning. There is a visible white hairline crack on the glaze as shown in picture 2, both inside and outside of the bowl. The measurement of the bowl is: Height 4.6cm and the diameter is 12.2cm Please refer to our stock # M050210004 when inquiring.   « Less

A very beautiful green funerary vase potted from earthenware. It is slightly heavy as there is earth harden on the inside of the vase, due to the long period of burial. The  More »

A very beautiful green funerary vase potted from earthenware. It is slightly heavy as there is earth harden on the inside of the vase, due to the long period of burial. The center part of the body appears to be molded in two parts and probably lute together by a clay liquid slip that acted like glue. Little attention was given to the finishing of the lute line, which exhibited as protruded line on the surface. There are crack lines on the body No repairs or restorations. The mat green glaze shows an iridescent whitish colour. There are degradation, cracks on the body, chips, losses and abrasions, as a consequence of long period of burial and subsequent cleaning. The measurement of the funeary vase is: Height 29.5cm and the diameter (base) is 13.8cm. Please refer to our stock # M050210003 when inquiring.   « Less

Yuan dynasty (1277-1367) cizhou style iron brown floral motif stem cup. Some repair works. Possible re-attachment between the cup and the stem and at the mid-section part  More »

Yuan dynasty (1277-1367) cizhou style iron brown floral motif stem cup. Some repair works. Possible re-attachment between the cup and the stem and at the mid-section part of stem (refer to photograph number 5). There are also some firing faults, expected degradation, chips & minor losses, abrasions, as a consequence of long period of burial and subsequent cleaning. The measurement of the stem cup is: Height 9.1cm and the diameter is 9.0cm. Please refer to our stock # Y051001001 when inquiring.   « Less

A very thinly potted small blue and white Ming dynasty saucer. It is so thinly potted that if held against the light, we can see through it. The center of the saucer has a  More »

A very thinly potted small blue and white Ming dynasty saucer. It is so thinly potted that if held against the light, we can see through it. The center of the saucer has a flower that looks like a lotus pod in a double circle. The porcelain is slightly grayish in color. It has the Cheng Hua (1465-1487) six character mark and of the period. There are minor firing faults with frittings and chips along the rim and base. No hair line crack. Generally in good condition. The measurement of the bowl is: Diameter 9.8cm and Height 2.8cm Please refer to our stock # M050210001 when inquiring.   « Less

A large and beautifully potted blue and white ginger jar. It is a scene of a dragon and phoenix chasing after the "Pearl of Fire" between heaven above and the sea below. Both  More »

A large and beautifully potted blue and white ginger jar. It is a scene of a dragon and phoenix chasing after the "Pearl of Fire" between heaven above and the sea below. Both the dragon and the phoenix are elaborately drawn with much details. The ginger jar also has the original porcelain cover as well. There are some minor firing faults, expected degradation, chips and minor losses, abrasions. No repairs nor restorations and in fine condition. The measurement of the ginger jar is: Height 22.5cm, Diameter (base) 15.6cm.   « Less

Price on request.A rare lacquered elmwood 18th century classical folding stool. The rattan seat has been professionally restored and all the hardware and wood is original.  More »

Price on request.A rare lacquered elmwood 18th century classical folding stool. The rattan seat has been professionally restored and all the hardware and wood is original. Size: H. 36cm. W. 35cm x 45cm. Age: Early Qing Dynasty. Please refer to our stock # FURN-003 when inquiring.   « Less