ANCIENT ART, ANTIQUITIES & COINS

Ca. 600-500 BC. A pottery vessel of alabastron type with elongated, narrow body and rounded bottom. It was typically used for storing oil, perfume...

Ca. 100-200 AD. A terracotta oil lamp featuring a large, rounded concave body, a short nozzle, a small handle, and a filling hole slightly off the...

Ca. 2300-2200 BC. A nice grey stone cylinder seal from the Akkad III period. It depicts a bullman, a worshiper and a deity. Studied by PD Dr. habi...

Ca. 1800-1600 BC. A nicely carved Old Babylian black stone cylinder seal from the first half of the second millennium BC. It depicts a divine hero...

Ca. 1st millennium BC. A stone block fragment with incised characters in ancient South Arabian script to the top edge and below are two standing f...

Northern Wei Dynasty, Ca. 386-534 BC. An exceptionally well-formed stele, carved with six registers that depict a scene from the life of Buddha. T...

Ca. 202 BC - 220 AD. Rectangular in form, modelled with a stylised woman with delicately inscribed broad lips, long aquiline nose, heavy eyes, hol...

Ca. 300-400 AD. A seated schist figure of Buddha seated upon a square platform ornamented with motifs. The facial features are carefully modelled,...

Ca. 549-577 AD (or later). A grey stone torso of a standing Buddha. The torso stands upright, and wears a light, billowing robe gathered by a belt...

Ca. 700 AD. A well carved and very rare white marble Sui or Tang Dynasty figure depicting standing Bodhisattva on a plinth. The facial features ar...

Ca. 1368-1644 AD. A green-glazed pottery model of a well formed as a deep vessel with a broad, flat rim with an applied water jug. Atop the rim pr...

Western Zhou Dynasty, Ca. 1045-771 BC. A beautiful bronze ritual wine vessel with a slightly domed cover. The broad spherical body stands on a spl...

Ca. 202BC-220AD. A beautiful bronze figurine of a bull standing alert on all four legs with nicely detailed hooves. The animal is naturalistically...

Warring States period, Ca. 475–221 BC. An S-shaped curved gilded bronze belt hook surmounted by a small dragon head with a long slender neck that ...

Ca. 1045 - 771 BC. Western Zhou Dynasty. A beautiful bronze ritual food vessel, ‘gui’. The broad rounded body stands on a splayed foot and is deco...

Ca. 618-907 AD. A beautiful hollow-moulded terracotta horse, modelled in a standing pose atop flat and integral base. The animal features an elega...

Ca. 618-907 AD. A beautiful ceramic "Fat Lady" figure. The lady stands facing forward, with one foot angled to the side. She wears long-sleeved, l...

Ca. 618-907 AD. A beautifully hollow-moulded court attendant figure, featuring distinctive characteristics of an imperial court attendant of the T...

Ca. 202 BC-220 AD. A terracotta ram figure that stands atop four slender legs with nicely outlined hooves. The animal features a slightly arched b...

Ca. 618-906 AD. A cast mingqi terracotta sculpture, shown seated upright on a square base, with large muscular forepaws together, depicted with la...

Ca. 618-907 AD. A beautiful terracotta free-standing horse with a long neck artistically turned up. The animal has a white-coloured body, short ma...

Ca. 202 BC-220 AD. An attractive, hollow-formed terracotta rabbit figurine with a white pelt and coral-pink pigmentation on the nose, around the e...

Ca. 618-907 AD. A mold-formed pottery tomb attendant figure in the form of a female musician playing cymbals. She is wearing a long robe with uppe...

Ca. 618-907 AD. A terracotta female musician figure playing paixiao - the wind instrument, made of edge-blown bamboo pipes, which are mounted in o...

Ca. 1368-1644 AD. A beautifully shaped Hetian jade stem cup comprising a deep wide bowl with outturned rim, all resting on a carved footed base. F...

. A nice pair of large Chinese porcelain vases, embellished with elaborate garden scenes with beauties and caligraphy inscription to the rear. Pai...

. A porcelain vase richly decorated with a garden scene containing multiple characters in a procession. These vases were popular during the period...

. A baluster-shaped porcelain blue and white ginger jar with a cover, decorated with prunus flowers and court ladies. The prunus flower symbolizes...

. A jade-carved teapot with a domed lid with a knob. It comes with a stand and a box. This is a particularly striking example of the art form, wit...

. The dish is moulded in the form of chrysanthemum and decorated in the centre with a dragon and phoenix, two of the most important symbols in Chi...

. A beautiful Chinese Jun Ware porcelain vessel with a floral-shaped body, covered in a rich glaze. Jun wares are known for their bright and color...

. A group of hardstone artifacts including a rhyton and two zoomorphic carvings. Chinese hardstone animal carvings are ornamental artifacts crafte...

. A group of hardstone artifacts including a seated Buddha, two bi discs, and a chilong carving. Bi is a flat, circular disc composed of fine ston...

. A carefully crafted and intricately decorated group of four hardstone snuff bottles. These tiny bottles were used to hold a type of powdered tob...

Ca. 20th C AD or earlier / Qing style. A fantastic collection of four Shoushan stone seals of a warm brownish-orange colour carved with various Ch...