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Ancient Indian Carved Stone Gandharan Shakyamuni Buddha Statue 2nd Century A.D.
Located in Portland, OR
A rare and large ancient majestic carved stone Shakyamuni Buddha Statue, ancient region of Gandhara, Kushan Period, 2nd/3rd century CE.
The figure from Gandhara is deserving of direc...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Indian Archaistic Antiquities
Materials
Schist
Antique 18th Century Cast Bronze Chinese Qing Dynasty Censer Xuande Mark
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique late 18th century Chinese archaic style bronze censer with a Xuande mark.
The censer made of cast bronze is very finely modeled, the flared mouth with a key pattern, t...
Category
Antique 1780s Chinese Qing Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Antique Chinese 19th C Qing Dynasty Inlaid Dreamstone Mother of Pearl Chair 1850
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique 19th Century Chinese Qing dynasty carved hardwood chair Inset with a marble "dreamstone' and mother-of-pearl inlay, circa 1850.
The rosewood chair having an inlaid back crest and an inset panel marble "dreamstone," the grey, ivory, black and brown inclusions in the stone resembling a mountain range. Dreamstones or scholar's stones are highly prized in Chinese culture and are known for their natural patterns that resemble landscapes, very often they were inlaid into furniture & screens.
This panel is in set into carved leaf supports the frame is also inlaid with mother-of-pearl in a floral design, there is corresponding inlay on the chair yolk & also the top of the front legs, the chair is joined with four stretchers.
The chair is very sturdy and condition is very good indeed, this very elegant antique Chinese chair...
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Antique 1850s Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Marble
Pair Large Antique Chinese Style Qing Famille Rose Porcelain Chargers Plates
Located in Portland, OR
A fine & large pair of antique Chinese Qing dynasty style export porcelain Famille Rose chargers, Japan, circa 1880.
Each charger of octagonal shape with borders decorated with panel...
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Antique 1880s Japanese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Antique Japanese Edo Falcon Hawk Birds of Prey Handpainted Screens 1860
By Soga Nichokuan 1
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine pair of antique Edo period four paneled screens (Takagari), hand-painted with tethered birds of prey, in the manner of Soga Nichokuan, circa 1860.
Wonderful pair of...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper, Wood
Pair Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Famille Rose Poetry Porcelain Temple Jars 1890
Located in Portland, OR
A fine & large pair of antique Chinese late Qing early Republic period porcelain covered jars, Circa 1900.
This large pair of antique covered jars are of baluster shape with the original covers, each jar is finely hand-painted with images of archaic Chinese censers...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Japanese Meiji Period Keyaki Wood
Copper Hibachi Brazier Table 1890
Located in Portland, OR
A good quality antique late 19th/early 20th century Meiji Period Japanese hibachi table, made of Keyaki Wood, with a copper liner, circa 1890.
T...
Category
Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Copper
Pair Antique Ming Style Chinese Qing Carved Hardwood Gilt Lacquer Throne Chairs
Located in Portland, OR
A fine pair of antique late 19th/early 20th Century Chinese Ming style carved, lacquered & gilt throne armchairs, Qing dynasty, circa 1900.
This very attractive pair of antique carve...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Ming Furniture
Materials
Hardwood, Lacquer
Pair Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Wucai Glaze Porcelain Double Dragon Fish Vases
Located in Portland, OR
A fine pair of antique Chinese porcelain Wucai glaze vases modeled with leaping dragon fish or Arowana, late Qing dynasty, circa 1890, Ex Sothebys London.
The baluster-shaped vases...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
12th Century Islamic Persian Khurasan Silver Inlaid Bronze Calligraphy Inkwell
Located in Portland, OR
An ancient Khurasan silver and copper inlaid bronze inkwell, Eastern Persia or Herat, 12th-13th century, from an important private Middle East collection.
The inkwell is of cylindric...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Persian Islamic Antiquities
Materials
Copper, Bronze, Silver
Antique 18th Century Islamic Ottoman Iznik Kutayha Pottery Plate Turkey 1750
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique 18th century Ottoman Iznik/Kutayha pottery plate, circa 1750.
The plate with a cream glaze ground, hand-painted with multi-colored floral motifs of under glaze blue, green & red. The plate is decorated with typical stylized tulips, carnations and Ottoman Saz leaves & blossoms.
Iznik & Kutahya are towns in Turkey with an illustrious history of hundreds of years of fine pottery making, this type of pottery is characterized by it's fritware body often containing a high percentage of ground glass & fired at lower temperatures, a type of tin glazed earthenware, which was an attempt to imitate the high-fired glazes of Chinese porcelain.
This plate dates to the middle of the 1700s by around 1800 the production of such pottery has ceased. This plate is in good condition, no cracks or chips, expected small amounts of glaze loss to the edges, the makers mark is on the verso in the form of an under glaze flower head. This very attractive antique Iznik plate...
Category
Antique 1750s Turkish Islamic Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Antique Korean Elm Medicine Apothecary Cabinet Chest 88 Drawers Yakjang 1920
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique elm Korean medicine apothecary chest/cabinet, or Yakjang, circa 1920.
The cabinet is in two sections, the top is fitted with a piece of granite to place vessels and me...
Category
Vintage 1920s Korean Other Furniture
Materials
Granite, Brass, Iron
Antique Chinese Qing Set of Four Hand-Painted Porcelain Plaques "4 Seasons"
Located in Portland, OR
A rare & important set of four large antique Chinese Qing dynasty hand-painted porcelain plaques; of the "Four Seasons", housed in the original Hongmu wood frames.
Each plaque is fin...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain, Hardwood
Antique 18th Century Ottoman Islamic Iznik Kutahya Pottery Bottle Vase Surahi
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique 18th century Iznik Kutahya pottery "Surahi" or water bottle, Turkey, circa 1720.
The body raised on a circular slightly flraed foot rising to a baluster shaped body ri...
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Turkish Islamic Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Antique Indian Mughal Miniature Royal Court Women Shah Watercolor Painting 1900
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique Indian Mughal Miniature painting, in a carved camel bone frame. Circa 1900.
The painting of oval outline is very finely rendered and depicts the seated Shah in the gro...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Indian Islamic Paintings and Screens
Materials
Bone, Paint
Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Cloisonne Censer Ding Lidded Incense Burner 1870
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique 19th century Chinese cloisonne ding shaped lidded censer/incense burner on stand, circa 1870. The twin handled censer having a gilded foo dog finial to the lid, the li...
Category
Antique 1870s Chinese Qing Metalwork
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Pair Monumental Antique Meiji Period Japanese Satsuma Pottery Vases Stands 1900
Located in Portland, OR
A fine pair of monumental antique Japanese Satsuma vases with stands, circa 1900.
The vases having an ivory background and are finely gilded & handpainted with enamels of Samurai wa...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Antique Kütahya Pottery Icon Tile Armenian Virgin Mary
Child Jesus Turkey 1820
Located in Portland, OR
An important 19th century Kütahya pottery icon tile of The Virgin Mary and Christ Child, Turkey circa 1850.
The tile most likely made for the Christian Armenian community in the West...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Turkish Other Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Antique 19th Century Southeast Asian Cast Bronze Buddha Statue Sculpture 1800
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique Early 19th Century Southeast Asian Bronze Buddha statue, Circa 1800.
The Buddha seated upon a triangular shaped base with lotus decoration, the Buddha's hands posed i...
Category
Antique 19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Scholar s Objects
Materials
Bronze
Antique Japanese Lacquer Inlaid Hardwood Meiji Period Shibayama Shodana Cabinet
Located in Portland, OR
An exquisite antique Japanese Meiji period Shibayama Shodana cabinet, circa 1880.
One of the finest antique Shibayama cabinets one will see, ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Gold
Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty 1644-1911 Enamel on Copper Cloisonne Plate Bowl
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique Chinese Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) cloisonne shallow bowl, circa 1880.
The bowl is finely decorated with gold spiral cloisons on a black enamel ground, to the center is ...
Category
Antique 1880s Chinese Qing Metalwork
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Antique Imperial Chinese Guangxu Yellow Glazed Incised Porcelain Dragon Bowl
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique Imperial Chinese Qing dynasty, Guangxu period yellow glazed and incised decorated dragon bowl, mark & period, circa 1875.
The bowl...
Category
Antique 1870s Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
19th C Pair Antique Chinese Qing Carved Jade Scholar
s Table Screens Stands 1850
Located in Portland, OR
A fine pair of antique Chinese Qing dynasty ( 1644-1911) hand carved jade table screens, circa 1850.
The rectangular screens are made of variegated s...
Category
Antique 1850s Chinese Qing Scholar s Objects
Materials
Jade
Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Export Gilt Black Lacquer Table 3 Drawer Desk 1850
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique gilt-wood & black lacquer Chinese Export Qing dynasty table desk, circa 1850.
The table top is finely hand-painted to the top with a gilded landscape scene, depicting ...
Category
Antique 1850s Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Giltwood, Lacquer
Antique Set 3 Chinese Export Gilded Lacquer Dragon Feet Nest of Tables 1890
Located in Portland, OR
A fine set of three japanned & gilt Chinese export tables, circa 1890.
The table are japanned in black lacquer and hand-decorated with gilt designs. The lead table is painted with a ...
Category
Antique 1890s Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique 18th Century Pair Indian Hindu Erotic Kamasutra Miniature Paintings 1750
Located in Portland, OR
A fine quality pair of antique 18th century Indian erotic Kamasutra paintings, circa 1750.
The paintings most likely North-East India or possibly Nepal, are very finely painted with ...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paint
Antique Chinese Export Porcelain Canton Famille Rose Elephant Candlestick 1860
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique Chinese Qing dynasty famille rose porcelain candleholder, circa 1860.
This very attractive antique Chinese porcelain elephant...
Category
Antique 1860s Chinese Chinese Export Scholar s Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Fine Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Cloisonné Double Gourd Vases 1890
Located in Portland, OR
A very good pair of antique Japanese Meiji period cloisonné vases, circa 1890.
This is a very handsome pair of antique double gourd shaped cloisonné vases, one with a blue ground the...
Category
Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Antique Japanese Meiji Period Satsuma Pottery Bowl Imperial Figures Kizan 1890
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine antique Japanese Meiji period Satsuma pottery bowl, circa 1890.
The bowl having a lobed rim and finely decorated & gilt to the outside with a 'thousand flowers' decoratio...
Category
Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Antique 18th Century Tibetan Buddhist Gilded Iron Lama
s Pen Case Derge 1700
Located in Portland, OR
A fine & unusally large antique Tibetan gilded iron pen case, circa 1700.
The cylindrical pen case in two parts & made from gilded iron, with finely pierced openwork and engraved dec...
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Tibetan Tibetan Scholar s Objects
Materials
Iron
Antique 19th Century Indian Hindu Copper Sacred Nandi Bull Water Vessel 1800
Located in Portland, OR
An antique Indian Hindu copper Nandi (bull) lidded and handled water vessel, circa 1800.
In the Hindu faith & culture of India the bull is a sacred animal, the term Nandi means "giving joy" or "delight", the Nandi is the scared bull of one of the most important gods, Shiva, the bull is also Shiva's animal form and also his transport.
This vessel is finely crafted from copper and has a circular lid and hinged handle, the vessel is modeled as a bull by hand hammering using...
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Antique Early 1800s Indian Anglo-Indian Metalwork
Materials
Copper
Antique Japanese Meiji Bronze Censer Insence Koro Hand Warmer Brazier 1890
Located in Portland, OR
A good & large antique Meiji period Japanese bronze brazier, koro or handwarmer, circa 1890.
The twin handled koro having a reticulated lid dec...
Category
Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Antique 16k Gold Chinese Qianlong Cloisonne Enamel Snuff Bottle Mark
Period
Located in Portland, OR
A fine & rare antique Imperial Chinese Qing dynasty solid gold & cloisonne enamel snuff bottle, Qianlong mark & period, 1736-1795, tests as 16k gold.
It is rare to find a cloisonné e...
Category
Antique 18th Century Chinese Qing Metalwork
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Monumental Antique Islamic Ottoman Safavid Astrological Astrolabe on Stand 1720
Located in Portland, OR
An incredibly rare 18th Century monumental palace size Ottoman Islamic astrolabe on an easel stand, Turkey, circa 1720.
This rare palace size Astrola...
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Turkish Islamic Scholar s Objects
Materials
Brass, Steel, Gold Leaf
Four Antique Qing Dynasty Chinese Carved Rosewood Side Dining Dragon Chairs 1880
Located in Portland, OR
A fine set of four antique Chinese Qing dynasty carved rosewood dragon chairs, circa 1880.
Each chair is finely carved crest with two facing drag...
Category
Antique 1880s Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
Antique Blue White Chinese Porcelain Qing Dynasty Kangxi Period Dragon Vase 1680
Located in Portland, OR
A very large & rare antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Blue & White Porcelain Rouleau dragon vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722), the vase dating to the late 1600s.
The vase of slightly tapere...
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Antique 1680s Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Large 19th Century Antique Indian Hindu Ganesha Figural Votive Brass Oil Lamp
Located in Portland, OR
A large antique early 19th century Indian brass votive oil lamp modeled as the Hindu deity, Lord Ganesha, circa 1800.
A finely cast brass figure of Lord ...
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Antique Early 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Antique 16th Century Islamic Safavid Al Jazari Combination Locking Brass Casket
Located in Portland, OR
A highly important engraved Islamic combination locking brass casket, based on a design by the 12th Century Arab inventor & artist Ismail Al Jazari. Circa...
Category
Antique 16th Century Iraqi Islamic Metalwork
Materials
Brass
$24,500 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Dutch Colonial VOC Batavian Tortoise Shell Silver Sirih Casket 1750
Located in Portland, OR
A rare, Dutch Colonial, Batavian (now Jakarta) Dutch East Indies silver and tortoise shell Sirih casket, circa 1750.
The casket was used for storing highly prized betel nut, which was chewed ritually by high ranking Indonesian officials and adopted by settlers from the Dutch East Indies Company...
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Antique 1750s Indonesian Dutch Colonial Metalwork
Materials
Silver
$5,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Bronze Cloisonne Enamel Censer Insence Burner 1900
Located in Portland, OR
A good, large, antique Chinese Qing dynasty bronze and cloisonne censer, circa 1900.
The lidded censer having a Chinese lion (Shi) to the lid, the...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Chinese Qing Metalwork
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Islamic Hispano Moresque Lustre Pottery Mamluk Nasrid Candlestick 1870
By The Cantagalli Workshop
Located in Portland, OR
Incredibly rare/unique & monumental antique Mamluk/Nasrid Islamic pottery copper lustre candlestick, circa 1870.
This incredible pottery candlestick follows the the form of a 14th C...
Category
Antique 1870s Spanish Islamic Candlesticks
Materials
Ceramic
$12,250 Sale Price
30% Off
Ancient Islamic Persian Khurasan Silver Inlaid Bronze Caligraphy Inkwell 1200
Located in Portland, OR
An important Islamic Khurasan bronze and silver-inlaid inkwell & cover, Eastern Persia, Circa 1200.
The inkwell of cylindrical form and having a shallow dome top cover with a tall knopped finial and inlaid with a twin band of scrolled silver. The base of the dome and the rim of the cover having bands on interlaced silver inlay, the inkwell having three loop handles.
The body of the inkwell having two bands of silver inlaid Naskh script, between the bands are twin panels...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Persian Islamic Inkwells
Materials
Silver, Bronze
Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Archaic Style Bronze Enamel Champlevé Censer 1900
Located in Portland, OR
Antique Chinese archaic style bronze enamel Champlevé Censer / Incense Burner, circa 1900.
The lidded censer having a male Foo dog finial, below the ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Metalwork
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
$1,060 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair Antique 19th Century Indian Hindu Carved Stone Temple Guard Statues, 1850
Located in Portland, OR
A large & important pair of rare antique 19th century Indian Polychromed & hand carved stone Dvarpala (temple door guard) statues, circa 1850.
Each statue is hand carved as a male Hindu four armed temple guard, the guards holding a mace (Gada) and one hand on a dagger (Katar), another hand holding a lotus flower to represent spiritual enlightenment. Each guard stands crossed legged on a plinth decorated with an elephant, both statues retaining old and yet brightly colored polychromed decoration, the statues are approximately 3/4 lifesize. They are a true pair facing each other and would have flanked either side of the temple door entrance, they are large and very heavy, each figure weighs about 300lbs. A rare & important pair of carved 19th century stone temple guards...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Sandstone
$11,375 Sale Price / set
35% Off
Monumental Pair Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Famille Rose Porcelain Vases 1900
Located in Portland, OR
A fine pair of Monumental antique Chinese late Qing dynasty period Famille Rose Porcelain vases.
The vases of baluster form with applied handles modeled as dragons, each vase is very finely a hand-painted with polychrome scenes of immortal figures in a garden setting. Each vase having a red Qianlong six character mark to the base. Excellent condition, no damage or retoration.
This monumental pair of antique...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
$3,840 Sale Price / set
20% Off