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Click here to subscribeCa. 20TH c AD or earlier /Ming Dynasty Style, Xuande Period mark. A nice bronze footless incense burner with a slightly asimmetrical globular body. Three indentation working as a support for the incenses on the rim; adorned with a gilded dragon rapresented with powerful eyes and the body twised around the edge.Good Condition; Size:50mmx110mm;257g; Provenance: Private Somerset Estate collection of Asian, Ancient and Oriental Art, acquired 1980-2010.
Ca.19th Century AD; An exquisite bronze figure of Goddes Tara, feminine counter part of the bodhisattava of compassion Avalokiteshvara. Depicted with her right hand raised and the left hand holding a full blown lotus; the serene face is framed by an intricate headdress and the body embelled with precious jewelry and beads; the figure is surrounded by an arch with flames symbolizing awareness. She is also known as the "mother of liberation", and represents the virtues of success in work and achievements. Good Condition; Size:200mmx130mm;900g. Provenance: London Estate collection of Asian and Oriental Art.
Ca. 20th C or earlier/Ming style. A pair of nice wucai and doucai tea bowls; each decorated with vibrant colors featuring dragons surrounded by clouds and ribbons and roosters. Very Good Condition; Size:45x80/35x85; 168g; (Six character Chenqhua marks on the base) Provenance: Private Somerset Estate collection of Asian, Ancient and Oriental Art, acquired 1980-2010.
Ca. 3000 BC ; This is a superb example of Chinese Neolithic pottery, a tapering body rising from a flat base to rounded shoulders; a short flaring neck, looped handles; painted on the shoulder with a chessboard-pattern and abstract zigzag designs.Very Good Condition;Size:H:370mm/W:300mm;2705g; ACCOMPANIED BY A TL TEST FROM RALF KOTALLA LABORATORY, GERMANY. Provenance: From an old British collection of Asian Art formed in the 1990 on the UK and European art market.
Ca.20th C or earlier / MIng Style. A fantastic famille verte vase with a bulbous body surmounted by a columnar neck; adorned with scenes of a woman and two man in a Chinese traditional garden surrounded by various types of animals and flowers. The neck and foot are also decorated with a band of up-right leaves and clouds.Good Condition; Size:250mmx150mm;631g; Chenqhua siz character mark. Provenance: Private Somerset Estate collection of Asian, Ancient and Oriental Art, acquired 1980-2010.
Late 20th C AD or earlier. A beautiful bronze Buddha decorated with turquoise and coral appliques. The "awakaned one" is showing a peaceful expression; sitted in a lotus position holding a typical prayer bell in the left hand and a dorje in the right hand. The two objects were the most important ritual items in buddhist tradition; both respectevely symbolizing the sounds of Buddha's voice and the "thunderbolt" of enlightenment. Very Good Condition; intact.Size:330mmx230mm;3920g; Provenance: Private Somerset Estate collection of Asian, Ancient and Oriental Art, acquired 1980-2010.
Ca.20 Century AD or earlier / Ming Dynasty style. An interesting example of Chinese porcelain; a small barbed-rim charger decorated with alternating pomegranade flowerheads and leafy scrolls finely painted in vivid cobalt tones; a central medallion depicting a goeat or a ram. The exterior is decorated with a band of pomegranate flowerheads and geometric motifs. Very Good Condition; Size:45mmx207mm;661g; Tianqi six character mark. Provenance: Private Somerset Estate collection of Asian, Ancient and Oriental Art, acquired 1980-2010.
A very attractive jadaite snuff bottle; hand carved with vertical ribs or flutes with cross cuts on the ribs giving a bamboo style effect. It has a lovely light green / beige celadon color. The stopper has a top of a different material, possibly a different type of red stone and is fitted with a bronze spoon inside the lid. Very Good Condition;Size:77mmx46mm;170.7g; Qing dynasty or earlier. Provenance: Private Somerset Estate collection of Asian, Ancient and Oriental Art, acquired 1980-2010.
Rare Chinese, Qing dynasty, 18th/19th C Nice Chinese porcelain plate with blue underglaze decoration of a landscape with hunters on horseback. Marked with four-character signs within concentric circles.. Interesting object. In very good condition, with some signs of age. Size: 210 mm. Provenance: Dutch Estate collection of Asian and Oriental Art.
Qing dynasty; Kangxi period (1662-1722AD); A pair of two thinly potted blue and white saucers found in the "Blue Chrysanthemum" shipwreck; eight panels with floral patterns adorning the cavetto and small sprigs and petals in the central medallion. The style of decoration and the quality of the porcelain are typical for the wares produced in China during the reign of Kangxi. Very Good Condition; Size:130mmx130mm;221g; Provenance: Dutch Estate collection of Asian and Oriental Art.
Ca.20th C AD and earlier. A set of Chinese snuff bottles in three different styles of decorations. A beautiful bronze enamelled snuff bottle with blue and white coloured glass; adorned with lotus blooms and scrolls; A white raisin and a lacquered bronze example. Very Good Condition;Sie:60mmx73mm;110g; Provenance: Private Somerset Estate collection of Asian, Ancient and Oriental Art, acquired 1980-2010.
A pair of beautiful jian-type tea bowls; the deep, rounded sides are covered inside and out with a thick iridescent black glaze suffused with a dense pattern of variegated iridescent ‘oil spots’, showing white, dark and light blue irregular stripes. Good Condition; Size:40x85/42x91;217g; Song Dynasty style. Provenance: London Estate collection of Asian and Oriental Art.
This is a beautiful example of Chinese snuff bottles; the square body sits on a low oval foot finely carved on both sides with inscriptions and lotus flowers; a red colored stone or glass original stopper to complete the bottle. Widely used by Chinese and Mongolians during the Qing dynasty to contain powedered tobacco. Very Good Condition; Size:58mmx43.5mm;79.2g; Qing Dynasty or earlier. Provenance: Private Somerset Estate collection of Asian, Ancient and Oriental Art, acquired 1980-2010.
Late 20th C AD or earlier. Antique Chinese celadon jade snuff bottle with stopper. Taoie, the Chinese mythical beast, are carved on both side of the bottle. Widely used by Chinese and Mongolians during the Qing dynasty to contain powedered tobacco. Good Condition; Size:65mmx58mm;105g; Provenance: Private Somerset Estate collection of Asian, Ancient and Oriental Art, acquired 1980-2010.
A fantastic example of Shoushan stone seal; finely carved with scenes of a Chinese traditional landscape. Since ancient times, the Chinese literati have been using these stones seals to stamp on various artworks. The seals do not only add value to the artworks, they are also frequently used to authenticate the genuineness and value of the art pieces. Good Condition; Size:85mmx70mm;155g; Provenance: Private Somerset Estate collection of Asian, Ancient and Oriental Art, acquired 1980-2010.
Ca.20th C AD or earlier /Qing Dynasty Style. A beautiful Chinese bronze incense burner, footless with slighty compressed globular body; single handle and open-work design lid, decorated with incised stylized dragons; surmounded by a spherical nob pierced with a bronze loop. Good Condition; Size:65mmx100mm;658g; Provenance: Private Somerset Estate collection of Asian, Ancient and Oriental Art, acquired 1980-2010.
Ca.1368-1644; Ming dynasty or later; The tripod stands on three taotie-shaped legs, a slightly supressed globular body nicely adorned with gold splashes; two dragon heads handles on the shoulders; original lid with openwork key-fret design, completed with a dragon-shaped tall nob. Very Good Condition; Size:150mm;157mm;1200g; four character Xuande mark. Provenance: Private Somerset Estate collection of Asian, Ancient and Oriental Art, acquired 1980-2010.
Ca.1800-1911 AD; Late Qing Dynasty; China. The bowl is finely painted in inky-blue tones to the interior with a central medallion containing two lotus borne on leafy sprigs; around it, a composition of floral scroll blooms, including lotus, peony and camellia below a border of chrysanthemum scroll around the rim. The design of the exteriors comprise a series of upright lappets below a key-fret border around the rim. Good Condition; intact.Size:90mmx170mm;518g; Provenance: Private Somerset Estate collection of Asian, Ancient and Oriental Art, acquired 1980-2010.
Ca. 20th C or earlier/ Ming style, Chenqua Mark. A nicely decorated bell-shaped tea cup; painted in the wucai palette depicting two animals running on a green lawn. Good Condition; Size:50mmx85mm;58g; Provenance: Private Somerset Estate collection of Asian, Ancient and Oriental Art, acquired 1980-2010.
Ca.20th Century or earlier; Qing Style. Beautiful pair of Chinese porcelain swans covered overall with a crackled glaze of soft white, yellowish tone. Very elegant and nice details, on a custom made stands.Size:135mm100mm;476g; C. Provenance: Private Somerset Estate collection of Asian, Ancient and Oriental Art, acquired 1980-2010.
Ca.20th C or earlier; A fine Ming style blue and white pear-shaped vase; a globular body nicely painted in vivid blue tones depicting a five-clawed dragon; a band of upright leaves and demi-florette encircling the nect and foot and lotus scrolls adorning the neck and shoulder of the vase. Very Good Condition; Size:375mmx220mm;3205g; Xuande Six-character sealmark (1426-35), Provenance: Private Somerset Estate collection of Asian, Ancient and Oriental Art, acquired 1980-2010.
Ca.20th century AD or earlier /Qing Dynasty style. A nice example of Chinese craftsmanship; an elaborately carved hair pin made of celadon jadeite; an open-work spiral design surmounted by a dragon-shaped terminal. Good Condition; Intact. Size:240mm;18g; Provenance: Private Somerset Estate collection of Asian, Ancient and Oriental Art, acquired 1980-2010.
Ca.20th Century or earlier/ Ming Style. Beautiful large blue and white lidded jar with bulbous body decorated with figural scenes, featuring two ladies with young boys/attendants; below a band of floral motifs incircling the cover with a central medallion depicting a lady with two young boys. Condition: good with old repaired crack.Size:330mmx230mm;3840g; Provenance: Private Somerset Estate collection of Asian, Ancient and Oriental Art, acquired 1980-2010.
Ca. 6th-5th Century BC;NORTHEAST CHINA; Rare gold gilded bronze plaque; finely cast in openwork as a stylised stag; nearly flat and undecorated on the back with two vertical loops for attachment; Good Condition; Size:65mmx50mm;40g; Provenance: From an old British collection of Asian Art formed in the 1990 on the UK and European art market.
A fantastic set of three celadon jade bracelets. Regarded as the most precious stone in ancient China, it symbolizes purity and moral integrity and it was believed to provide it wearer with enhanced clarity and even access to the spiritual world. Bright and light green jade in particular was thought to rapresent the five virtues of humanity, which are courage, modesty, justice, compassion, and wisdom. Very Good Condition;Size;75mmx200g; Provenance: Private Somerset Estate collection of Asian, Ancient and Oriental Art, acquired 1980-2010.
Rare Chinese, Qing dynasty 19th C AD blue and white porcelain bowl decoarted with a fishreman and floral patterns. . Interesting object. Guangxu Marked Bowl - China - Guangxu (1875-1908) In good condition, with some signs of age. Size: 155 x 75 mm. Provenance: Dutch Estate collection of Asian and Oriental Art.
Ca.20th C AD or earlier. Three beautifully carved jadeite ornaments rapresenting Chinese mythical beasts; a grey colored jade, mostly used to reject negative influences depicting a "dragon turtle" (??, Lónggu?) symbolizing courage and determination; a light brown jade carved into a "foo dog" or dragon dog, used as a protection from harmful influences; a brown colored figurine of a tiger, also known as "the king of all beasts", it rapresent powerful energy, the spirit and drive to achieve and make progress. Very Good Condition;Size:50mmx112mm;538g; Provenance: Private Somerset Estate collection of Asian, Ancient and Oriental Art, acquired 1980-2010.
Ca.20th C AD or Earlier / Archaic style. A beautiful collection of three jade figurines; a pale green jade rapresenting Bìxié (??), the female counterpart of the Chinese mythical beast with dragon head and lion body (Pixiu); a green with red layers jade carved into a tiger, ultimate symbol of power and energy. The third example is a brown jadeite depicting a ram rapresenting solidarity, harmony and calmness. Very Good Condition; Size:60mmx120mm;400g; Provenance: Private Somerset Estate collection of Asian, Ancient and Oriental Art, acquired 1980-2010.
CA. 100 BC Fantastic example of Ancient Indian Shunga period terracotta plaque; West Bengal Area; depicting Yakshi holding a crowned child; similar example in the Metropolitan Museum New York, 2002.253. Condition: Very good / repaired.Size:255mmx145mm; 700g Provenance: From an old British collection of Asian Art formed in the 1990 on the UK and European art market.
Ca.19th Century AD; An attractive gilt bronze seated Buddha Shakyamuni in Bhumisparsa Mudra, with its righten hand touching the lotus trone and the left hand resting on its lap holdin an alms bowl; this position, also called "touching earth" symbolizes the moment of the Buddha's enlightment. The broad face with serene, downcast expression and flanked by long earlobes beneath the tight whorls of hair surmounted by a tall usnisa; dressed in loosely draped decorated robes. Very good Condition.Size;225mmx165mm;1800g. Provenance: London Estate collection of Asian and Oriental Art.
Ca.20th C or earlier / Ming Style. A beautiful example of celadon glazing, the tea bowl is exquisitely potted with rounded sides supported on a short foot, rising to a slightly tapering mouth. It is covered overall with a subtly crackled glaze of soft, attractive soft sea-green tone, thinning at the rims to reveal the ashen body underneath. Very good condition; Size:50mmx133mm;200g; Provenance: Private Somerset Estate collection of Asian, Ancient and Oriental Art, acquired 1980-2010.
Qing dynasty; Kangxi period (1662-1722AD); A nice blue and white sall saucer with scalloped rim to imitate the shape of a flower; finely painted with two birds on a flowery sprig in the central part, the cavetto radiating with layered panels of seasonal flowers and butterflies. Good Condition,Size:115mmx155m;67.5g; Provenance: Dutch Estate collection of Asian and Oriental Art.
Ca.20th C or earlier. Nice lot of three Chinese porcelain bell-shaped vessel adorned with the doucai palette , depicting intricate floral motifs and birds, including a rooster, one of the ultimate symbol of luck in Chinese tradition. Good Condition; Size:70mmx83mm;166g; Provenance: Private Somerset Estate collection of Asian, Ancient and Oriental Art, acquired 1980-2010.
ca. 1000 AD. A finely made terracotta jug with rounded body and flaring conical mouth on short foot, a simple handle linking the mouth and body, the body painted in black with a band of elegantly foliated kufic above a strapwork line; body with a band of very sparse calligraphy; glaze chips, otherwise intact; Good Condition;Size:145mmx130;407g; Provenance: Private Somerset Estate collection of Asian, Ancient and Oriental Art, acquired 1980-2010.
Ca. 3000 BC; Chinese Neolithic terracotta funerary jar; a tapering body rising from a flat base to rounded shoulders; a short flaring neck, looped handles; painted on the shoulder with four circular medallions decorated with cross-hatched lines and abstract zigzag designs. Good Condition; ACCOMPANIED BY A TL TEST FROM RALF KOTALLA LABORATORY, GERMANY. Size: H:370mm/W:350mm;3373g Provenance: From an old British collection of Asian Art formed in the 1990 on the UK and European art market.
Ca. 1700 AD or earlier; Superbly modeled and richly gilt, seated in dhyanasana with hands folded in lap holding a dorje, wearing a dhoti incised with floral motif and ornate belt, adorned with anklets, armbands, necklaces and earring; the elegant face in meditative expression, with heavy-lidded elongated eyes and raised urna, with hair pulled back into a high chignon and secured by a five-pointed tiara. The figure is seated on a lotus base, sealed and engraved. Condition: Very good with some wear; Size:154mmx98mm;600g; Provenance: From an established British collection of Asian art; formerly acquired in the 1990s on the UK art market.
Ca.20th C or earlier / Ming Style. An interesting and unusual Huluping shape blue and white porcelain vase with some pale pink tones. The vase is well potted with two pronounced bulbs, painted in Ming style with birds, clouds and lotus scrolls; short elegant neck; inscribed with Chenqhua six characters at the base. Good Condition; Size:345mmx170mm;1093g; Provenance: Private Somerset Estate collection of Asian, Ancient and Oriental Art, acquired 1980-2010.
Ca.20th C or earlier / Ming Style. An interesting, Chinese porcelain lidded jar finely painted with the wucai technique; The globular jar is exuberantly painted around the sides with a continuous scene of three five-clawed dragons in different positions; the vessel is completed with the original lid finely painted with colorful birds surrounded by clouds. Good Condition; Size:250mmx180mm;1990g; Provenance: Private Somerset Estate collection of Asian, Ancient and Oriental Art, acquired 1980-2010.
Ca.20th Century AD, Qing Dynasty Style; A pair of two nicely decorated ceramic snuff bottles. A beautiful blue and white porcelain rectangular bottle decorated with birds and cherry blossoms; a piriform jun glazed snuff bottle with splashes of bright blue and purple pigments and a high relief of a lizard on one of the shoulders. Good condition; Size:70mmx100mm;150g; Provenance: Private Somerset Estate collection of Asian, Ancient and Oriental Art, acquired 1980-2010.
ca. 1700 AD or earlier; A fine Buddha seated in vajrasana on a lotus, his body in slight tribhanga, beautifully rendered fingers holding the vajra with his right hand in front of his breast, while his left rests on his lap and holds the ghanta, wearing pleated dhoti, scarf with both ends curled over the arms and falling on the pericarp of the lotus, many body ornaments, his face with serene expression, urna, smiling lips, elongated earlobes with circular ear rings, five-leaf crown in front with three-leaf similar shaped elements at the backside, pattras, the hairdress buttoned in a chignon. Size:150mmx100mm;586g. Base sealed and engraved. Condition: Very good with some wear. Provenance: From an established British collection of Asian art; formerly acquired in the 1990s on the UK art market.
Ca.20th C AD or earlier. Three beautiful examples of the Chinese craftmanship; a pale green celadon carved jade of a "dragon turtle" (??, Lónggu?) symbolizing courage and determination; two brown carved jades rapresenting Pixiu (??; P'i-hsiu); resembling a lion, it was considered a powerful protector of pratictioners of Feng Shui. Very Good Condition; Size:95mmx100mm;930g; Provenance: Private Somerset Estate collection of Asian, Ancient and Oriental Art, acquired 1980-2010.
A bronze gilt statue of Shakyamuni Buddha in a meditation pose seated on a double-lotus base; it is showing a Dhyana Mudra with both hands resting on its lap holding an alms bowl. The gilded face shows a quiet and serene expression; an urna is depicted on its forehead symbolizing the third eye and its ability to see past our mundane universe of suffering; the eyelids are lowered as if in meditation , the ears are large and the earlobes elongated; its hair showing the charateristic snail-shell curls. Very Good Condition;Size:310mmx220mm;2313g; Provenance: London Estate collection of Asian and Oriental Art.
Ca. 6th-5th Century BC.NORTHEAST CHINA; Rare gold gilded bronze plaque; finely cast in openwork as a stylised dog; nearly flat and undecorated on the back with two vertical loops for attachment; Good Condition;Size:65mmx47mm;40g; Provenance: From an old British collection of Asian Art formed in the 1990 on the UK and European art market.
Ca.1644-1911; Qing dynasty or later. A superb underglaze blue and white bangchuiping-type vase; a cylindrical body with slightly rounded shoulders; a cylindrical flanged neck and lobed rim; elaborately decorated with a dense pattern of lotus flowers and leafy scrolls with high relief design of sprigs on the shoulders. Two applied lion-shaped handles on the neck. Very Good Condition;Size:259mmx96mm;four character mark. Provenance: Belgian Estate collection of Asian and Oriental Art.
Ca. 20th C AD or earlier/Qing style. A beautiful Chinese porcelain figure of Guanyin; the bodhisattva is depicted seated with one leg raised, holding a ruyi sceptre and a necklace; draped in loose robe, the head and shoulders covered by a long scarf, below a beautifully decorated headdress. Very nice details; Good Condition.Size:200mmx120mm;631g; Provenance: Private Somerset Estate collection of Asian, Ancient and Oriental Art, acquired 1980-2010.
Ca. 20th C or earlier/Qing style. This white porcelain figurine shows the bodhisattva of compassion, seated with the right knee raised and the left leg crossed before the body. The chest is luxuriantly adorned with beads and jewels, the head with a tall chignon behind a bejeweled crown, a long loose robe is covering the head and shoulders. Very Good Condition.Size:120mm;326g; Provenance: Private Somerset Estate collection of Asian, Ancient and Oriental Art, acquired 1980-2010.
Ca.1644-1911; Qing dynasty or earlier. An interestic example of Chinese export porcelain; a small teapot with the original cover, vividly painted with the blue and white palette depicting a dense pattern of scrolling tendrils and chrysanthemum flowers.The style of decoration and the quality of the porcelain are typical for the wares produced in China during the reign of Kangxi.very Good Condition; Size: 107mmx92mm;260g; Provenance: Dutch Estate collection of Asian and Oriental Art.
Qing dynasty; Kangxi period (1662-1722AD); This fantastic set of two blue and white small plates with scalloped rims is embellished with peonies, chrysanthemums and birds resting on leafy branches. In Chinese tradition peonies are considered a flower of ‘wealth and honour’, and was traditionally a token of love and exchanged as a farewell gift; Chrysanthemums are associated with longevity and wealth, because the name sounds similar to the word ? jiu, meaning ‘long enduring’. Very Good condition;Size:131mmx131mm;176g; Provenance: Dutch Estate collection of Asian and Oriental Art.
Ca.20th C or earlier / Song Style. An interesting Longquan celadon kinuta vase; robustly potted with a mallet-shaped body with angular, sloping shoulders, rising to a tall neck flanked by a pair of handles in the form of dragon-headed fish, below the widely flared, dish-shaped mouth. The vase is covered overall with an even glaze of soft sea-green color, leaving the greyish foot ring unglazed. Good Condition; Size: 260mmx110mm;1368g; Provenance: Private Somerset Estate collection of Asian, Ancient and Oriental Art, acquired 1980-2010.
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