Asian Art & Antiques

Japan, an ivory netsuke, ca. 1920, carved as a westerner dressed in western dress and hat and with a dog by his side, signed 'Koshun' (yellowed, m...

Japan, collection of woodblock prints Uit de nalatenschap van Clemens Merkelbach van Enkhuizen [ds]

Japan, an ivory netsuke, Edo period (1603-1868), early 19th century, carved as a simplified form of a bat, the eyes of ebony (yellowing and old na...

Japan, an ivory okimono, Meiji period (1868-1912), late 19th century, intricately carved as a peeled satsuma, the skin partly peeled away to revea...

Of cylindrical form, on a splayed base, decorated with narrow bands of scrolling palmettes and floral arabesques, the neck with a central band com...

A Chinese bronze buddha figure seated in vajraparyankasana with hands in dhyanamudra, wearing ample robes opening at the chest to reveal a wan sym...

Text in English, with limited parts also in Chinese. 255 pages with 130 pieces beautifully illustrated and described on the facing pages, preceded...

87 by 163 cm

Japan, an ivory netsuke, Edo period (1603-1868), late 18th/ 19th century, carved as a shishi lion with powerful exposition, its paw resting on a b...

Japan, an ivory netsuke, Edo period (1603-1868), 19th century, carved as nine icho nuts with natural himotoshi (natural cracks) l. 5 cm Uit de nal...

Japan, an ivory netsuke, Meiji period (1868-1912), 19th century, depicting Onna Daruma seated enveloped in robes, signed Kokei, inscribed to the r...

Japan, an ivory netsuke, Edo period (1603-1868), ca. 1800, carved as an Immortal holding a double gourd (yellowing, some natural cracks, small nic...

Japan, woodblock print, Nagasaki-e, Dutchmen travelling from the island of Decima to Edo (Tokyo), ca. 1850 chuban, good impression and condition, ...

A large six-panel byôbu ?? (folding screen) covered with six separate hanging scroll paintings ??? (kakejiku) depicting different taka ? (hawks) p...

A Khurasan twelve-sided box with lid applied with three hinged handles, decorated with silver-inlaid figures, zodiac signs, horsemen and animals w...

Of rounded shape, on flat base, the exterior incised with twelve circular interlaced medallions, three of which filled with bold thuluth calligrap...

The spherical body is superbly enamelled with four lotus blossoms interspersed with smaller lotus blossoms above gilt wan emblems, all reserved on...

With rounded base and sloping shoulder rising to a triangular-section rim, the body decorated with a band of poetry in thuluth reserved against ar...

Decorated with silver floral motifs and arabesque decoration. Diameter: 13 cm.

Of round form with curved rim, inlaid with leaf and floral sprays interspersed, around a central rosette, the rim with scrolling flowers. A s...

Japan, an ivory netsuke, Edo period (1603-1868), late 18th/ 19th century, shaped as a reclining stag carved with its head turned over its back, it...

Japan, an ivory netsuke, Edo period (1603-1868), late 18th/ 19th century, carved as a kannushi reclining over a drum (yellowing, natural cracks, n...

A pair of six-panel hinagata byôbu ???? (doll festival folding screens) with a continuous painting on gold leaf showcasing flower carts ?? (hana’g...

Of faceted waisted octagonal form extruded to points at the corners of the flat shoulder with slightly sunken centre, the tubular neck with rounde...

A mid-size four-panel byôbu ?? (folding screen) by Sagawa Kakoku ???? (1867-1946) featuring a vivid painting of fowl in action. It portrays a scen...

Elegant lacquer low two-tiered display table, known as a ‘kanmuri’shoku’ ?? (crown display table) adorned by intricate design of autumn flowers ex...

A life-size wooden statue (height 172 cm) of a Buddhist deity in his manifestation of a warrior, clad in armour and standing on a rock. The eyes o...

Great, tall two-panel byôbu ?? (folding screen) adorned with two separate hanging scroll paintings ??? (kakejiku), each depicting a taka ? (hawks)...

A large six-panel byôbu ?? (folding screen) covered with six separate hanging scroll paintings ??? (kakejiku) depicting different taka ? (hawks) p...

A fine bronze inkwell with a domed lid, round body and lotus-bud shaped ribs each engraved with interlaced geometric pattern. The rim of the lid w...

Cast bronze with engraved and punched decoration with niello, knop-head lid with central vertical aperture, carved with foliate Kufic band on lid ...

WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619) Of an impressive size, sturdily potted with broad rounded sho...

Seated on an undecorated pedestal in the cross-legged yogic posture of satvaparyankasana, the right leg placed over the left. His right hand is lo...

An octagonal brass incense burner, rating on vase shaped legs, each side is decorated with a floral pierced panel and silver inlaid inscriptions, ...

With rectangular body on small four feet, the cover and the four sides inlaid and engraved with different figural scenes, a king in his court, the...

With rounded base and sloping inverted sides leading to a thickened rim, engraved to the interior with the genealogy of the prophet tracing the li...

Cast with both hands raised in abhaya mudra along the body, face with serene expression and elongated earlobes, head topped with a flame usnisa, s...

Of rectangular shape, resting on four animal head shaped feet, each side carved with multiple columns of gilt engraved inscriptions, bordered with...

The vase is decorated with two stylised beast handles to the neck, the pear-shaped body is decorated with iron-red phoenix birds flying amidst lot...

Decorated with dragons chasing flaming pearls. Height: 46 cm. CONDITION Appears to be in good condition

A brass bowl with rounded base and sloping inverted sides leading to a lipped rim, the shoulder engraved with a band of bold thuluth inscription o...

Rising from flat base to oval shaped body with slightly flaring rim, open slightly curved spout also with flaring rim, the body decorated with car...

An Ottoman tombak door knocker pierced with interlacing openwork of floral leafy sprays. Diameter: 13 cm.

Title: Chinese Porcelain Collections in the Near East: Topkapi and Ardebil Publisher: Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong Publicat...

Of rectangular shape, the surface in the form of a lobbed cartouche, finely pierced with gilt interlocking floral scrolls. 11 by 7.3 cm.

Gouache colour heightened with gold on paper, depicting Iskander watching the mermaids bathing, above and under Persian inscriptions of poems in n...

134 by 152 cm.

Diameter: 22 cm.

A Chinese porcelain plaque decorated with an immortal with two kids in mountainous landscape. 24.5 by 37.5 cm.

Japan, koloniaal satijnhouten reiskabinet met deksel en twee deuren. Op ondertafel met lade. Het geheel rijkelijk versierd met messing beslag br. ...

Japan, an ivory okimono, Meiji period (1868-1912), 19th century, carved as a farmer carrying a bundle of branches on his back, school of and signe...

Japan, an ivory netsuke, Edo period (1603-1868), 19th century, carved as a pair of conjoined mushrooms (yellowing) l. 5,5 cm Uit de nalatenschap v...

Leporello illustration book filled with polychrome shunga paintings. Shunga ?? (literally “spring pictures”), is an erotic artistic tradition that...

Arabic manuscript on paper, each folio with 15 lines of elegant black naskh script, diacritics and vowels in red, marginal occasional notes indica...

Persian manuscript on paper, each page with a central panel enclosing 15 lines in nastaliq black script, surrounded by diagonally written scripts,...

A complete Quran, Arabic manuscript on paper, each folio with 17ll. written in black bihari script, the word 'Allah' picked out in gold. Firs...

A medium-sized six-panel byôbu ?? (folding screen) showcasing a delicate Rinpa School-style painting that captures a tranquil gathering of four cr...

A tall two-panel byôbu ?? (folding screen) featuring a painting on shiny golden silk portraying a pair of cranes ? (tsuru) perched on a jutting ro...

Of rectangular form with recessed gold fundame edges, bearing a superb gyobu nashiji ground finely decorated in gold, brown, and red hiramaki-e an...

A large bowl of deep rounded form decorated around the rim with an elegant benedictory inscription separated by eight floral leafy roundels each c...