AN IRON 'BULL' FITTING, DIAN KINGDOM, CHINA, 8TH-2ND CENTURY BCModeled as a young bull, its rounded ears behind short, growing horns, large bovine...

A SILVER-INLAID BRONZE 'BIRD' FINIAL, EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTYChina, 4th-3rd century BC. Well cast and finely decorated with neatly applied silver inl...

A BRONZE TRIPOD RITUAL VESSEL AND COVER, HE, LATE WARRING STATES TO WESTERN HAN PERIODChina, 3rd-2nd century BC. Finely cast, the globular body ra...

A GOLD-, SILVER- AND TURQUOISE-INLAID BRONZE 'DRAGON' GARMENT HOOK, WARRING STATES PERIODChina, 475-221 BC. Superbly cast with a dragon-head hook ...

A SILVER-INLAID BRONZE CROSSBOW FITTING, WARRING STATES PERIODChina, 475-221 BC. Of rounded rectangular form, the hollow fitting has a square base...

A PAIR OF GILT-BRONZE TAOTIE MASKS WITH RING HANDLES, WARRING STATES TO HAN DYNASTYChina, 5th century BC to 2nd century AD. Each well cast and fin...

A GILT-BRONZE 'FIGHTING DRAGONS' SWORD FITTING, WARRING STATES PERIOD TO HAN DYNASTYChina, 5th century BC to 2nd century AD. Finely cast, the roun...

A SET OF BRONZE SWORDS, EASTERN ZHOU TO EARLY HAN DYNASTYChina, 3rd-2nd century BC. Each with a scalloped cross-section and edge, the swords are s...

A BRONZE BOWL, LATE EASTERN ZHOU TO HAN DYNASTYChina, 4th century BC to 3rd century AD. Thinly cast with deep rounded sides supported on a short f...

A BRONZE OIL LAMP, HAN DYNASTY, EX MICHAEL GOEDHUISChina, 202 BC-220 AD. Finely cast with a circular drip pan with a straight rim and flattened cu...

A BRONZE GARLIC-HEAD BOTTLE, SUANTOUHU, HAN DYNASTYChina, 206 BC-220 AD. Finely cast, the compressed globular body raised on a short spreading foo...

A RARE BRONZE MINIATURE GARLIC-HEAD VASE, SUANTOUHU, HAN DYNASTYChina, 202 BC-220 AD. Finely cast, the compressed globular body supported on a sho...

A BRONZE EAR CUP, HAN DYNASTYChina, 206 BC to 220 AD. Of oval shape, the wine vessel is cast with two thick, ear-form handles on either side and s...

A BRONZE 'HILL' CENSER AND COVER, BOSHANLU, HAN DYNASTYChina, 206 BC-220 AD. Raised on a stem foot with an openwork foliate motif against a cross-...

AN INSCRIBED HALF OF A BRONZE TIGER TALLY, EASTERN HAN DYNASTYExpert's note: According to Ch'i-kuo k'ao, pp. 366-67 (Chapter 12, 'The Penal Law of...

A GILT-BRONZE 'TORTOISE' WEIGHT, HAN DYNASTYChina, 202 BC-220 AD. Boldly cast, the tortoise raises its head, looking up, and curls its tail to one...

A GILT-BRONZE PAIR OF 'DUCK' MAT WEIGHTS, HAN DYNASTYChina, 206 BC-220 AD. The pair of avian creatures cast in a recumbent position seated atop a ...

A GILT-BRONZE VOTIVE PLAQUE DEPICTING THE MAITREYA, JIN DYNASTY, CHINA, 5TH CENTURYScientific Analysis Reports: 1.A technical examination was cond...

A PARCEL-GILT AND SILVERED COPPER-ALLOY REPOUSSE COMB TOP, TANG DYNASTYChina, 618-907. The gilt upper section of the comb is decorated in repousse...

A SILVERY BRONZE SQUARE 'LION AND GRAPEVINE' MIRROR, TANG DYNASTYChina. 618-907. The central lion-shaped knob surrounded by lions with raised head...

AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE ARROW VASE, LATE SONG TO EARLY MING DYNASTYExpert's note: The patina on this vessel is predominantly artifical, as expected f...

A BRONZE POURING VESSEL, YI, LATE SONG - EARLY MING DYNASTYChina, 12th-15th century. The deep rounded sides supported on four feet cast with archa...

A PAIR OF HEAVY BRONZE FIGURES OF QILIN, MING DYNASTYChina, 1368-1644. Boldly cast with animated proportions, the heads of the qilins glance over ...

A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE TOOL VASE BY HU WENMING, MING DYNASTYChina, 17th century. Of cylindrical form with a waisted neck and base, supported on a fl...

A BRONZE FIGURE OF THE INFANT BUDDHA, MING DYNASTYChina, 16th to early 17th century. Heavily cast standing atop a dais supported on a base, each w...

A RARE AND IMPORTANT MONGOLIAN 'LONG LIFE AND BOUNDLESS TERRITORIES' GILT-BRONZE SEAL, DEPICTING A BIXIE, YUAN DYNASTYExpert's note: The seal face...

A SMALL BRONZE TORTOISE SEAL, MING DYNASTY OR EARLIERExpert's note: Tortoise seals are known from as early as the Qin dynasty and increased in pop...

A GILT-BRONZE 'XINIU' WEIGHT, MING DYNASTYChina, 1368-1644. Finely cast, the legendary beast seated in a recumbent position with its head turned b...

A BRONZE 'BUDDHIST LION' SCROLL WEIGHT, LATE MING DYNASTYChina, 16th-17th century. Well cast, the recumbent animal seated curling towards its tail...

A SILVER-INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF A TORTOISE AND YOUNG, ATTRIBUTED TO SHISOU, LATE MING DYNASTYChina, 17th century. Well cast as a mother tortoise ...

AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE 'DUCK' PAPERWEIGHT, EARLY QING DYNASTYChina, 17th-18th century. The recumbent bird is boldly cast with its wings tucked to it...

A BRONZE 'MYTHICAL HOUND' WEIGHT, EARLY QING DYNASTYChina, 17th-18th century. Finely cast, the recumbent animal rests its front paws with its larg...

A SILVER- AND GOLD-INLAID 'MYTHICAL BEAST' BRONZE, CHINA, 17TH-18TH CENTURYWell cast, standing foursquare with its head turned to the left, with l...

A BRONZE 'DEER' WATERDROPPER, LATE MING TO EARLY QING DYNASTYChina, 17th to 18th century. Naturalistically modeled as a deer seated on its haunche...

A SILVERED AND GILT BRONZE 'SHOULAO AND DEER' INCENSE BURNER, QING DYNASTYChina, 17th-18th century. Well modeled, with the god of longevity shown ...

A LOBED BRONZE 'CHILONG' VASE, CHINA, 17TH CENTURYOf elegant baluster form, the eight-lobed vase heavily cast with a spreading foot, rounded shoul...

AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE VESSEL, FANGDING, CHINA, 17TH CENTURYThe rectangular body raised on four tall legs issuing from beast masks, the flat everted...

A GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE BOMBE CENSER, CHINA, 17TH-18TH CENTURYHeavily cast, the compressed globular body supported on a gently spreading foot risin...

AN UNUSUAL BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER, EARLY QING DYNASTYChina, late 17th to 18th century. The bulbous body supported on three short legs with pronounce...

A BRONZE CENSER, YUE SHANG MARK, QING DYNASTYChina, 1644-1912. The heavily cast compressed globular body with lobed sides modeled with beast mask ...

A BRONZE CENSER, YUTANG ZHENWAN MARK, EARLY QING DYNASTYChina, late 17th-18th century. The compressed globular body rises from a short foot to a f...

AN ARCHAISTIC SILVER AND GILT-INLAID BRONZE VESSEL, POU, CHINA, 17TH CENTURYThe large apple-shaped vessel supported on a short stem raised on a fl...

A SMALL QUATREFOIL 'ELEPHANT' BRONZE INCENSE BURNER, EARLY QING DYNASTYChina, 17th - 18th century. Elegant yet heavily cast with four bulbous lobe...

AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE GUI-FORM CENSER, 17TH-18TH CENTURYChina. Boldly cast, each side with a pair of confronted kui dragons with coiled bodies rese...

AN INSCRIBED ARCHAISTIC BRONZE CENSER, GUI, CINA, 18TH CENTURYThe gently rounded body flanked by a pair of stylized kui dragon handles with penden...

A SMALL BRONZE CENSER WITH A ZITAN COVER, QING DYNASTYChina, 1644-1912. The compressed body supported on a short spreading foot and rising to an e...

A MANCHU OFFICIAL'S BRONZE SEAL, QIANLONG MARK AND PERIOD, DATED 1747 BY INSCRIPTION, THE SEAL FACE INSCRIBED IN MANCHU AND CHINESEOf rectangular ...

A PAIR OF LARGE BRONZE 'DRAGON' CENSER AND COVERS, QING DYNASTYChina, 19th century. The body is well-cast with aquatic creatures against rolling w...

A LARGE GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE 'BUDDHIST LION' CENSER AND COVER, QING DYNASTYChina, 1644-1912. Finely cast, the removable head raised with the mout...

A RARE WHITE MARBLE CARVING OF A PHALLUS, WESTERN HAN DYNASTYChina, 206 BC-8 AD. The realistically carved elongated phallus is decorated with ring...

A MARBLE STELE FRAGMENT OF THE BUDDHA, EASTERN WEI DYNASTYChina, 532-546 AD. The finely carved fragment depicts the Buddha, with his serene face, ...

A LIMESTONE FIGURE OF A TWO-HORNED MYTHICAL BEAST, GAZING AT THE MOON, TANG DYNASTYExpert's note: The pose of this mythical beast reflects depicti...

A LIMESTONE HEAD OF BUDDHA, TANG DYNASTY, CHINA, 7TH - EARLY 8TH CENTURYExpert's note: The present monumental Buddha head, carved from the hard, d...

A CAST-IRON HEAD OF A LUOHAN, SONG DYNASTYChina, 960-1279. Finely cast with a serene expression and heavy-lidded eyes below raised arched brows, a...

A COPPER-ALLOY FIGURE OF MANJUSHRI, WESTERN TIBET, 11TH-12TH CENTURYStanding on a circular pedestal in a slight tribhanga and brandishing the wisd...

A GILT-BRONZE AND TURQUOISE-INLAID FIGURE OF VAJRASATTVA, KASHMIR STYLE, WEST TIBET, 12TH CENTURYFinely cast seated in dhyanasana on a lotus base ...

A BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRAPANI, TIBET, 13TH-14TH CENTURYFinely cast striding in alidhasana, trampling on a prostrate figure atop a lotus pedestal, h...

FOUR TIBETAN SUTRA PAGES WITH POLYCHROME ILLUMINATIONS, 13TH-14TH CENTURYTibet. Opaque watercolor, silver, and black lacquer on parchment. Each fo...

A GILT HARDWOOD MANUSCRIPT COVER, TIBET, 14TH CENTURYFinely carved in relief with a central Buddha seated in dhyanasana with his right hand lowere...

A LARGE BRONZE HEAD OF BUDDHA, YUAN - EARLY MING DYNASTY, CHINA, 14TH-15TH CENTURYExpert's note: The head of the Buddha reflects profound contempl...