Similar to a Japanese netsuke, this miniature sailboat, probably from a recent period, is made of Lapis-Lazuli for contemporary collectors. It is not necessarily an antique object for orthodox collectors, but rather an item for sheer enjoyment. ...
Each of this pair of eggshell-thin bowls bears a wide open mouth and a footring (one of them is seriously broken). Their exterior is decorated with elegant famille rose* floral motifs (such as peonies and chrysanthemums) in various colors on a...
This is a pair of modern eggshell-thin cups primarily decorated with overglaze chrysanthemum spray designs in various colors. The top of each the cup is adorned with cloud collars while the bottom is decorated with hui wen (key fret patterns). Two...
One of a pair of small eggshell-thin soft-contoured mallet vases, this piece has a flaring mouth, a waisted neck, a pear-shaped tapering body, and a footring. The body of both vases is decorated with qianjiang cai (pale umber decoration) landscape...
This pair of foliate-rim oval zhai jie pai (abstinence plaque) contains dark blue cords on both ends. Zhai jie pai became popular in the Qianlong reign of the Qing dynasty. It may be rectangular or oval with holes at both ends so that it can be...
Each of this pair of bodiless (tuo tai) straw hat-shaped bowls (li shi wan) has a wide open mouth, a conical body tapering to the bottom and a footring. The bodiless porcelain, literally meaning 'casting off the body', is a kind of thin-bodied...
This pair of vases bears a flaring foliate-rim mouth, a long and waisted neck, sloping shoulders, and a compressed globular body. Their exterior and interior are in a yingqing* (shadow blue) glaze.
This bowl has a wide unglazed rim, a flaring mouth and a footring. Its exterior and interior as well as the base of the footring are in a bluish-white glaze. According to its glaze color, this bowl is categorized as qingbai (bluish white) ware*....
This is a remarkable set of miniature Han, Tang and Song dynastic specimen. They were formerly in the collection of Mr. S. Yamanaka. 23 in total, they contain: 2 Tang-style green one-handled pottery cups, 2 Tang-style green baskets with overhead...
This is a remarkable set of miniature Han, Tang and Song dynastic specimen. They were formerly in the collection of Mr. S. Yamanaka. 23 in total, they contain: 2 Tang-style green one-handled pottery cups, 2 Tang-style green baskets with overhead...
This is a remarkable set of miniature Han, Tang and Song dynastic specimen. They were formerly in the collection of Mr. S. Yamanaka. 23 in total, they contain: 2 Tang-style green one-handled pottery cups, 2 Tang-style green baskets with overhead...
This is a remarkable set of miniature Han, Tang and Song dynastic specimen. They were formerly in the collection of Mr. S. Yamanaka. 23 in total, they contain: 2 Tang-style green one-handled pottery cups, 2 Tang-style green baskets with overhead...
This is a set of ivory pepper shakers with colorful landscape scenes including willows, bridges, rocks, etc. A line of a poem is inscribed on one side of the pepper shaker, which reads "hao han ru ming yue" meaning "as broad and bright as the...
This is a small eggshell-thin soft-contoured mallet vase with a flaring mouth, a waisted neck, a pear-shaped tapering body, and a footring. It has a specially carved wood stand. On the center of the exterior body are two famille rose* medallions of...
This Tui was among the ritual vessels used for the worship of the ancestors. This practice was deeply embedded into the life of the Chinese people throughout the span of China's long history. The essence of the ancient Sages' and Emperors'...
A pale celadon-toned white Buddhist altar ching. A small round jade ring has suspended from it the ching which is decorated with the grain pattern and scroll design. Suspended from this is the dual dragons design embracing a sphere, and through...
Fine imperial court ancestral altar screen created as oval plaque decorated with the gourd vine and cicadae. The base of the framed plaque is created in fine teakwood and carved in the form of lotus in bud and leaf with crabs amid the water plant...