A Rare Mamluk "Veneto-Saracenic" Candlestick, Late 15TH Century

of waisted form with flaring everted rim, engraved with a series of cartouches filled with inscriptions in thuluth interspersed with roundels containing vegetal interlace on a floral...

of compressed globular form on a tapering foot with waisted flaring rim, profusely engraved with a lattice containing vegetal interlace, above and below bands of tendrils and interla...

Japanese bronze Okimono of a rat clutching a chestnut, Meiji period signed on the base.  

This Chinese vase is made of brass with a lovely enamel cloisonné floral design. The elegant vase sits on a narrow round base with a short funnel neck. The cloisonne floral and leaf ...

A heavy and solidly cast, richly gilt, bronze caryatid figure from Densatil Monastery, Central Tibet, early 15th century or earlier. Cast in the form of two four armed figures standing back to back in tribhanga (thrice bent position) on a lotus platform, this piece would originally have served as a pillar for a larger seated deity...

A large and unusual Himalayan bronze and mixed metal nine prong vajra featuring wrathful faces. In the style of the Tangut (Western Xia) Kingdom (1038 to 1227), but probably later, most likely 15th-16th century. The body of the vajra crafted from a copper alloy, with five wrathful faces on either side and gold and silver inlays to the center. The prongs crafted of iron, with each side having eight prongs arcing outwards around a central prong before coming back to a copper alloy point. The vajra is meditational tool...

An exquisite pair of Korean bronze pedestal offering bowls, Goryeo Dynasty, 13th-15th century, Korea. The Goryeo bronze bowls of generous proportions, with high sides and an ever so slightly everted rim. The bowls are supported on a pedestal base with a tall stem and wide, splayed ring foot. The bowls plain, save for a single engraved line circumscribing the splayed foot. The bowls with an amazingly rich and complex patina of mottled reddish browns from cuprite and dark greens from malachite. The bronze heavily cleaned to the European taste, removing most of the encrustations. Some areas of the bowls with rougher areas where the accretions could not be removed. Crafted in two parts in the spun bronze technique, then joined. The bowls are unusually thin for bronze, with the lathe lines still visible to the undersides. An unusual form and size for Goryeo period bronze utensils...

Japanese bronze vase with nice form. Age: Japan, Late 20th century Size: Height 28.8 C.M. / Width 16.2 C.M. Condition: Nice condition overall.