Becker Antiques | since 1969
Chinese Antiques | Japanese Antiques | Asian Art | Chinese Art | Chinese Pottery Funerary Figures from the Han through the Ming Dynasties | Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art | African Art | Tribal Art | Haute Époque
This Is Our Story
Becker Antiques is one of the most leading reputable antique dealers in the Netherlands. Becker Antiques is a name and place that speaks of excellent antiques and art, superb service and worldwide expertise. Founded in 1969 by Jan Simon Becker, Becker Antiques is based in Museum quarter, Amsterdam Old–South (Oud-Zuid), in a magnificent five-floor townhouse build 1891, at a few minutes from “Rijksmuseum” (National Museum of Art), the Van Gogh Museum and the famous “Royal Concertgebouw”.
Becker Antiques main field covers ceramics – pottery funerary figures (dated from the Han through the Ming dynasties), Buddhist sculptures and other Chinese works of art. Our other sections are Asian works of art – concerns objects from Japan and South East Asian countries including bronze, stone and wooden sculptures, Chinese furniture from the Qing Dynasty and of course occasional other items.
For the last 52 years we have been selling antiques to museums, private collectors and dealers all over the world.
Our Work
We are proud to announce that from this moment a set of Qingbai cup and stand of Chinese Song Dynasty purchased from the Becker Antiques Gallery is now in The Norton Museum of Art collection.
Recent Acquisitions
Ming Dynasty Foo Dog
Ming Dynasty Foo Dog Ming Dynasty Foo Dog. A Fine Ming Stone Figure of Foo Dog. The muscular Lion powerfully modelled seated on its haunches on a large rectangular base, his forelegs outstretched and long tail curled up over its back. The head nicely carved with...
Tang Dynasty Prancing Horse
Tang Dynasty Prancing Horse Tang Dynasty Prancing Horse, the spirited figure shown standing on a rectangular base with right leg raised and head upwards the arched neck, the long mane swept to one side and the divided forelock curved under the pricked ears, the tail...
Sculpture of Aizen Myo-o
Sculpture of Aizen Myo-o S O L D Sculpture of Aizen Myo-o, The Wisdom King Aizen Myo-o, wearing 'shishi' head-dress and seated on lotus throne; with six arms, each holding one of his attributes: bow, arrow, vajras (only two missing). Made of lacquered and pigmented...
Anthropomorphic Sarcophagus Lid
Anthropomorphic Sarcophagus Lid Anthropomorphic Sarcophagus Lid, he is dressed in a long wig and a false beard; the background is tarred and has a rosette ornamentation at the level of the usekh collar. In bituminized wood, the face is painted in yellow and the eyes...
Gilt Bronze Yamadharmaraja
Gilt Bronze Yamadharmaraja Gilt Bronze Yamadharmaraja, cast in two parts with the Lord of Death standing in pratyalidhasana on a recumbent bull crushing a man lying on his back, his head is that of a ferocious bull with bulging eyes, snarling mouth and flared...
Gilt Wood Guardian Lions
Gilt Wood Guardian Lions Gilt Wood Guardian Lions, each lion is carved from a single piece of wood, their manes and eyebrows are painted in green and blue pigments with gilt highlights over the rest of the body, their eyes are detailed with black irises outlined in...
Gilded Sculpture of Seated Shakyamuni
Gilded Sculpture of Seated Shakyamuni SOLD Seated Shakyamuni, sculpture in lacquered and gilded wood, Burma,serene expression, sketching a slight smile, right hand adopting the bhumisparsa mudra, his robe covering both shoulders, seated on a stepped pedestal adorned...
Gilt Bronze Figure Guanyin
Gilt Bronze Figure Guanyin China, Ming dynasty, 17th Century Height: 32 cm. A Gilt Bronze Figure of Guanyin. The bodhisattva Avalokitesvara is shown seated in padmasana on a blossoming lotus base, crowned with an ornate headdress, the face with serene expression with...
Thangka of Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara
Thangka of Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara SOLD Eastern Tibet, 19th century Distemper on cloth; the all-seeing Lord with eleven heads wearing silks of gold detail, standing atop a lotus blossom and before an aureole of extending multicolored lotus bulbs, his thousand...
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