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...
Magnificent Kifwebe Masculin Mask
Magnificent Kifwebe Masculin Mask Height 70 cm. SONGYE “Kifwebé” mask (Dem. Rep. of Congo). Mask of an exaggeratedly abstract shape, the forehead overhung by a pronounced central ridge leading to the triangular nose, mouth in the shape of a rectangular orifice...
Han Female Musicians and Dancer
Extremely Rare Set of Female Musicians and Dancer S O L D Superb and Most Rare pottery "mingqi" representing a set of (total 5) female musicians and dancer. Grey earthenware coated with white slip and remains of white, red, black and brick-red pigment. High 23 cm.,...
Tang Dynasty Mounted Hunter
Tang Dynasty Mounted Hunter. Tang Dynasty (618-907)Earthenware with pigmentsHeight 35 cm., Wide 29 cm.Excavated from the tomb in Qianxian, Shaanxi province. Note: A Certificate of Authenticity from Becker Antiques (antique dealers since 1969, Amsterdam) will accompany...
Thangka Eleven Headed Avalokiteshvara
Thangka Eleven Headed Avalokiteshvara S O L D TIBET, 18TH CENTURY Distemper on cloth; recto with identifying Tibetan inscriptions below each figure; an old label at the frame's lower left corner possibly identifies the previous owner: "John R. Muir Jan 4, 1912"...
Painted Pottery Figures of Male Musicians
Extremely Rare Set of Four Painted Pottery Figures of Male Musicians S O L D Superb and Most Rare pottery "mingqi" representing a set of four (4) male musicians and singers. Grey earthenware coated with white slip and remains of white, light and dark blue, pink,...
Fabulous Pottery Equestrian Musician
S O L D A Fabulous Painted Pottery Equestrian Musician. The spirited horse covered in a yellow slip and standing foursquare. The rider seated solidly in the saddle with feet stretched forward in the stirrups, her body twisted to the left at the waist and dressed in a...
Gilt Lacquered Nio Guardians
Gilt Lacquered Nio Guardians Gilt Lacquered Nio Guardians, each depicted standing in action above a rocky base, clad in billowing robes and beaded armour revealing muscular bodies, the faces bearing gruesome fierce expressions with highly arched brows and coiffed...
Magnificent Painted Figure of Idaten
Magnificent Painted Figure of Idaten Magnificent Painted Figure of Idaten. Rare and large wooden standing Idaten (Sanskrit: Skanda) with folded hands in front of him with traces of gilding and polychrome, clad in an ornate suit-of-armour with tiger skin at the back...
Rare Gilt Bronze Suryabraha
Rare Gilt Bronze Suryabraha A Rare Gilt-Bronze Figure of Suryabraha with Sun Disk. Seated in vajrasana on a shaped base, both hands supporting a sun disk incised with a character, wearing various garments including a wide-sleeved mantle, its border incised with...
Sui Dynasty Mounted Warriors
Sui Dynasty Mounted Warriors S O L D Sui Dynasty Mounted Warriors. The warriors are masterpieces and very rare regarding its style, details, original pigment and period (Sui dynasty). China, Perfect condition Original colour! Very important. An Extremely Rare Pair of...
Rare Han Dynasty Horse
Rare Han Dynasty Horse Rare Han Dynasty Horse. The solidly built horse standing foursquare with head tiled upwards, the eyes alert, ears pricked and mouth agape, short ducked tail, painted overall with brick-red pigment. China, Perfect conditionWith the original...
Zitan Floral Libation Cup
Zitan Floral Libation Cup Zitan Floral Libation Cup. Finely carved in openwork with a lobed rim, supported on a network of knotted branches with buds and flowers. Note the neatly incised single circumferential line just below the rim. China, 19th century. Provenance:...
Huanghuali Document Box-Xiang
Huanghuali Document Box-Xiang Huanghuali Document Box-Xiang. China, 17th-18th century. The rectangular box is fitted in brass with a two-part lock plate and cloud-form hasp on the front, bail handles at the sides and ruyi-form corner mounts on the cover. The...
Huanghuali Seal Chest- Guanpixiang
Huanghuali Seal Chest- Guanpixiang A HUANGHUALI SEAL CHEST, GUANPIXIANG, 17TH CENTURYChina. Of rectangular form, the domed and hinged cover lifting to reveal a separate compartment above a pair of doors, opening to the interior with four drawers of varying sizes with...
Special Large Caparisoned Horse
Special Large Caparisoned Horse S O L D Special Large Caparisoned Horse. Outstanding pottery "mingqi" representing a painted pottery model of a caparisoned horse Red earthenware coated with white slip and remains of yellow, green, orange, white, black and red pigment....
Chinese Gilt-Bronze Mangushri
Chinese Gilt-Bronze Mangushri S O L D Chinese Gilt-Bronze Mangushri. The bodhisattva sits in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base, holding aloft a flaming sword in his raised right hand and a lotus stem in his left. He is clad in a voluminous dhoti and adorned with...
Huanghuali Inkstone Box & Cover
Huanghuali Inkstone Box & Cover Huanghuali Inkstone Box & Cover. Of sleek, rectangular design, the sides of the cover edged with flat wide beading where it meets the base and rounded corners of the box, set on low flush corner feet, traces of ink remaining in...
Magnificent Bronze Vase Hu
Magnificent Bronze Vase Hu, The faceted pear-shaped body, raised on a slightly spreading square foot, is applied to either side with a taotie mask handle suspending a loose ring. S O L D China, Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)Height 31 cm. Literature comparison: Compare...
Ming Dynasty Stone Foo Dog
Ming Dynasty Stone Foo Dog S O L D 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 fierce...
Large Standing Caparisoned Horse
Large Standing Caparisoned Horse S O L D Extremely Rare Large Standing Caparisoned Horse with Bridle & Blanketed Saddle The horse is a masterpiece and very rare regarding its style, details, pigment and period (Eastern Wei dynasty 534-550 A.D.) Outstanding pottery...
Three Tang Pottery Musicians
Three Tang Pottery Musicians S O L D Three Tang Pottery Musicians. All three musicians seated, with one leg raised, wearing same long sleeved robes above black boots. The softly modelled faces detailed in red and black pigment on a white slip beneath the black hair...
Magnificent Blue White Dish
Magnificent Blue White Dish S O L D A Magnificent Blue and White Dish. Decorated with birds in a pond. Ming dynasty (1368-1644).Diameter 27,5 cm. Condition: Wear consistent with the age, fritting to rim. No repair, no broken, no hair lines. Perfect condition for its...
A Baule Mask
A Baule Mask S O L D Mask, "goli kple kple" Baule, Côte d’Ivoire Wood. Size: D: 15 cm. W: 52 cm. H: 95 cm. Provenance: - Lynn University, Boca Raton. - A.B. Levy's Palm Beach (2018) - Swiss private collection This buffalo mask called "kplekple bla" was part of the...
Northern Wei Dynasty Horse
Northern Wei Dynasty Horse S O L D A Magnificent Painted Grey Pottery Figure of a Caparisoned Horse Outstanding pottery "mingqi" representing a painted pottery model of a caparisoned horse. Grey earthenware coated with white slip and remains of orange, black,...
Extremely Rare Lacquer Box
Extremely Rare Lacquer Box A very rare mother-of-pearl and gold foil inlaid lacquer box. Early Qing dynasty, ca. 17th Size 40,5x22x23 cm. Provenance: Old distinguish Dutch private collection, acquired in 1990’s. This splendid polychrome box represent the best of its...
Straw-Yellow Glazed Horse
Straw-Yellow Glazed Horse Extremely Rare Straw-Yellow Glazed White Pottery Figure of a Caparisoned Horse The horse is a masterpiece and very rare regarding its style, details, pigment and period (Sui dynasty). The horse had been molded and modeled from white...
Large Gilt-Bronze Vajrasattva
Large Gilt-Bronze Vajrasattva Large Gilt-Bronze Vajrasattva. Gilt bronze group of Vajrachatuhpitha with three heads and six arms holding in vajrahumkara two vajra, the bell, axe, arrow and snake, sitting in vajrasana in yab yum with its parèdre on a lion on the lotus...
Pottery Figure of a Reclining Bactrian Camel
Pottery Figure of a Reclining Bactrian Camel S O L D Pottery Figure of a Reclining Bactrian Camel. The lively camel well modelled. With head raised in a bray and kinked tail swished to one side. The tufts of hair on his head. Neck and body simply indicated with combed...
Monumental Gilt Bronze Buddha
Monumental Gilt Bronze Buddha Monumental Gilt Bronze Buddha. The buddha is shown seated in a meditative pose, eyes cast down on a high double lotus throne. The figure is cantered on a large raised throne flanked by two Buddhist lions. To the centre a carved image of...
Chinese Gilt Wood Buddha
Chinese Gilt Wood Buddha S O L D Chinese Gilt Wood Buddha. A Chinese gilt and lacquered wooden figure of Buddha. Tall, standing Buddha painted in red, blue and gilt, wearing a dhoti and shawl draped over the shoulder, the face with a serene downcast expression. 18th...
Fine Samurai Armor
Fine Samurai Armor S O L D Fine Samurai Armor. Myochin Munemasa Kuro Urushi Nuri Mogami Dou Gusoku Armor Early Edo period, ca. 1650 A.D. Signed by Myochin Munemasa. The Myochin school has been the most active family of samurai armor makers. Thank to the wide...
Shagreen Lacquered Wood Saddle
Shagreen Lacquered Wood Saddle S O L D Shagreen Lacquered Wood Saddle. Of typical shape, the core wooden structure lacquered in red on the base and lined with white shagreen leather on the front and back, the profiles enhanced by steel borders, each inlaid with...
Figure of Bodhisattva Fugen
Figure of Bodhisattva Fugen S O L D Figure of Bodhisattva Fugen. With finely carved and gilt Buddha atop carved and painted elephant, all above a rock form wood stand Height: 37 cm. From Japan Edo period, first half of the 19th century AD The bodhisattvas Fugen...
A Hemba Prestige Stool
A Hemba Prestige Stool A Hemba Prestige Stool, Caryatid seats symbolized the eternal power of kings. The women depicted played a mediating role between the forces of this world and the afterlife as well as between the power of the king, the ancestors and the spirit...
Fine Chinese Boxwood Guanyin
Fine Chinese Boxwood Guanyin S O L D A Fine Chinese Boxwood Figure of GuanYin 17th/ 18th century, Kangxi/Yongzheng. Height 21 cm., wide 10 cm. Provenance: From the Collection of Clärenore Stinnes. Clärenore Stinnes (21 January 1901 - 7 September 1990) was a German car...
Gilt Carved Figure of Amida Nyorai (Amitabha)
Gilt Carved Figure of Amida Nyorai (Amitabha) S O L D Gilt Carved Figure of Amida Nyorai (Amitabha). gilt carved figure of Amida with applied jewels with cloud mandala (detached), Edo period (1615 - !868), Japan, high 37 cm. Provenance: From the unique collection of...
Unique Ebonised Shrine with Izuna Gongen
Unique Ebonised Shrine with Izuna Gongen S O L D Unique Ebonised Shrine with Izuna Gongen. The zushi in the form of a gong, the interior carved with a figure of Izuna Gongen standing on a fox, with two armed attendants, door missing, Meiji period, Japan, 26cm wide...
Rare Polychrome Wood Figure Taishakuten
Rare Polychrome Wood Figure Taishakuten Rare Polychrome Wood Figure Taishakuten. Standing carving of a warrior Taishakuten, using the yosegi zukuri technique, gofun, lacquer and pigment with mother-of-pearl inlay, on an associated stand. Muromachi period (1336-1573),...
Ibo Mwo Mask Nigeria
Ibo Mwo Mask Nigeria Height 27 cm. P R O V E N A N C E: Private collection, Paris Ibo Mwo Mask Nigeria, of deeply hollowed form. And pierced around the edge for attachment. The coiffure consisting of black pigment. The face covered with white kaolin. And with...
Superb Angkor Figure Indra
Superb Angkor Figure Indra S O L D A Superb Sandstone Figure of Indra Cambodia, Khmer Kingdom, Angkor period, Bayon style, 12th/13th century Superb Angkor Figure Indra,A triangular shaped stele with the depiction of Indra in the center of a flamed niche. Seated in...
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