A BROWN-GROUND SILK EMBROIDERED NINE-DRAGON ROBE, JIFU, QING DYNASTYChina, 1800-1850. Finely couched in gold-wrapped threads with the prescribed n...

A BLUE-GROUND KESI SILK 'NINE DRAGON' ROBE, JIFU, QING DYNASTYChina, 19th century. Finely woven with the prescribed nine five-clawed dragons chasi...

AN IMPERIAL BLUE KESI NINE-DRAGON SUMMER ROBE, JIFU, QING DYNASTYChina, 19th century. Finely woven, the royal blue silk gauze ground decorated wit...

AN UNFINISHED CHESTNUT-GROUND EMBROIDERED 'DRAGON' LADY'S ROBE, JIFU, QING DYNASTYChina, 19th century. The rich brown ground finely worked on the ...

A BLACK SURCOAT (BUFU) WITH TWO KESI RANK BADGES (BUZI), QING DYNASTYChina, mid-19th century. The square rank badges identify a seventh degree civ...

AN EMBROIDERED SILK LADY'S WEDDING ROBE AND MATCHING SKIRT, MANGAO, QING DYNASTYChina, 19th century. Finely woven in silk and gold-wrapped threads...

A WOMAN'S RED-GROUND KESI SILK INFORMAL ROBE, CHANGFU, QING DYNASTYChina, 19th century. The bright red robe woven with three roundels on the front...

A WOMAN'S JADE-GREEN-GROUND KESI SILK 'CHRYSANTHEMUM' INFORMAL ROBE, QING DYNASTYExpert's note: The colors jade-green and turquoise are usually re...

A WOMAN'S PINK-GROUND KESI 'CHRYSANTHEMUM' INFORMAL ROBE, QING DYNASTYExpert's note: The classical tailoring of the current robe with its narrow l...

AN EMBROIDERED SILK PINK-GROUND SHORT ROBE, CHINA, LATE 19TH - EARLY 20TH CENTURYFinely woven with floral roundels of peony, prunus, chrysanthemum...

A THANGKA FRAGMENT DEPICTING VAJRAPANI, TIBET, 16TH-17TH CENTURYThe wrathful deity stands in pratyalidhasana on a prostrated figure who wears a he...

A THANGKA OF EKADASHAMUKHA AVALOKITESHVARA, EASTERN TIBET OR YUNNAN, 17TH -18TH CENTURY, CIRCLE OF CHOYING DORJE (1604-1674)Expert's note: In 1645...

A RED-GROUND THANGKA OF BHAISAJYAGURU, THE MEDICINE BUDDHA, TIBET, 17TH - 18TH CENTURYDistemper and gold on cloth. Seated in dhyanasana on a lotus...

A THANGKA OF RED AMITAYUS, TIBET, 18TH CENTURYDistemper and gold on cloth, with a silk brocade mounting. The red-skinned deity seated in dhyanasan...

A THANGKA OF BUDDHA AMITABHA IN SUKHAVATI, TIBET, 18TH CENTURYDistemper and gold on cloth with a silk brocade frame and mounted as a hanging scrol...

A THANGKA OF CHATURBHUJA AVALOKITESHVARA, TIBET, 18TH-19TH CENTURYDistemper on cloth. Seated on a lotus pedestal in dhyanasana with his primary ha...

A THANGKA OF USHNISHA SITATAPATRA, TIBET, 18TH-19TH CENTURYThe thousand-headed Goddess of the Victorious White Parasol stands atop a myriad of pro...

A THANGKA OF CHATURBHUJA AVALOKITESHVARA, TIBET, 18TH - 19TH CENTURYDistemper and gold on cloth, mounted as a hanging scroll. Seated in dhyanasana...

A THANGKA OF A BUDDHIST STUPA, TIBET, 18th-19th CENTURYGold and distemper on cloth with a silk brocade mounting. Finely painted with Buddha Shakya...

A RICHLY GILT THANGKA DEPICTING PADMASAMBHAVA, TIBET, 18TH/19TH CENTURYDistemper and gold on cloth. The Great Master is seated in lalitasana on a ...

A RARE POTTERY FIGURE OF A FULLY ARMORED CHINESE CATAPHRACT, SIX DYNASTIES PERIODExpert's note: Comprehensive armor for horses made of metal might...

A RARE PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A PIEBALD HORSE, TANG DYNASTYChina, 618-907. Well modeled standing foursquare, its head raised high and neighing ...

A PAINTED AND GILT POTTERY FIGURE OF A PRANCING HORSE, TANG DYNASTYChina, 618-907. Standing foursquare with its mouth open, the ears pricked, and ...

A RARE PAINTED POTTERY HORSE WITH A 'PHRYGIAN' RIDER AND TIGER CUB, TANG DYNASTYChina, 618-906. The horse standing foursquare on a rectangular bas...

A LARGE PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A BACTRIAN CAMEL, TANG DYNASTYChina, 618-907. Well modeled standing foursquare, the long neck arched with the he...

A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A DANCING LADY, TANG DYNASTYChina, 618-907. Well modeled, depicted in an animated pose with the body swaying and head ...

A SANCAI GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A FEMALE MUSICIAN PLAYING THE PIPA, TANG DYNASTYChina, 618-907. Well modeled standing and strumming a pipa held ...

A COMPLETE SET OF TWELVE PAINTED POTTERY 'ZODIAC ANIMALS', SONG TO YUAN DYNASTYChina, 960-1368. Comprising the twelve zodiac animals of the Chines...

A BLACK POTTERY AMPHORA WITH APPLIED COPPER BOSSES, LIFAN, HAN DYNASTYChina, 206 BC-220 AD. Elegantly potted, the lozenge-form mouth rim tapering ...

A GREEN-GLAZED POTTERY EAR CUP, HAN DYNASTYChina, 206 BC to 220 AD. Of oval shape, the robust vessel is covered overall in a vibrant green glaze w...

A SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY TEA SET, TANG DYNASTYChina, 618-906. As part of funerary rituals, the seven cups and central jar are fixed to the circular...

AN IRON-SPLASHED AND AMBER-GLAZED EWER, TANG DYNASTYChina, 618-906. The ovoid body rises from a broad foot to a flaring neck, set with a short spo...

A WHITE-GLAZED JAR, TANG DYNASTYChina, 618-907. Of globular form, the body rising from a narrow foot to voluminous rounded shoulders with a short ...

A RARE YUE BOWL AND COVER, FIVE DYNASTIES PERIODChina, 907-960. Finely potted, the gently flared sides supported on a short foot and surmounted by...

A GREEN, AUBERGINE, AND YELLOW-GLAZED TRIPOD CENSER, LIAO DYNASTYChina, 907-1125. Of circular form, the straight sides covered in dark green, aube...

A GREEN-GLAZED POTTERY FLASK, LIAO DYNASTYChina, 907-1125. Of saddle shape with stiff, seamed edges, a short cylindrical neck, the top flap is not...

A BROWN-GLAZED FOLIATE-RIMMED DISH, LIAO TO EARLY SONG DYNASTYChina, 11th-12th century. Finely potted with flaring sides neatly divided into ten l...

A HENAN RUSSET-SPLASHED BLACK-GLAZED JAR, NORTHERN SONG TO JIN DYNASTYChina, 960-1234. The globular body rising from a short straight foot to a cy...

A PAIR OF BLACK-GLAZED CUP STANDS, YAOZHOU, NORTHERN SONG DYNASTYChina, 11th-12th century. Each finely potted and supported on a tall spreading fo...

A CARVED CIZHOU SGRAFFIATO VASE, NORTHERN SONG DYNASTYChina, 960-1127. The ovoid body supported on a spreading foot and surmounted by a tall waist...

AN UNUSUAL LOBED DING WARE 'HIBISCUS' BOX AND COVER, NORTHERN SONG TO JIN DYNASTYExpert's note: A distinctive aspect of the Ding kiln in Hebei pro...

A LONGQUAN CELADON CARVED 'LOTUS PETAL' BOWL, SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTYChina, 13th century. Heavily potted with deep rounded sides supported on a shor...

A JIZHOU PAPERCUT RESIST-DECORATED 'PRUNUS' BOWL, SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTYChina, 1127-1279. The rounded conical body detailed to the interior with tw...

A JIZHOU TORTOISESHELL-GLAZED TEA BOWL, SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTYChina, 1127-1279. The slightly curving sides flare out from a tapered foot and rise t...

A JIZHOU PHOSPHATIC-SPLASHED DARK BROWN BOWL, SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTYChina, 1127-1279. The bowl is potted with conical sides rising to the finger-gr...

A CIZHOU SILVER-DECORATED AND BLACK-GLAZED TEA BOWL, SOUTHERN SONG OR JIN DYNASTYChina, 12th-13th century. The deep conical sides rising from a sh...

A BLACK-GLAZED 'OIL SPOT' BOWL, JIN DYNASTYChina, 1115-1234. Well potted with deep rounded sides supported on a short, broad and characteristic fo...

A JUN-GLAZED TWIN-HANDLED JAR, JIN DYNASTYChina, 1115-1234. The globular body rising from a slightly flared foot to a short cylindrical neck set w...

A CARVED DINGYAO WHITE-GLAZED 'LOTUS' BOWL, SONG DYNASTYChina, 960-1279. Of stepped conical form, raised on a short spreading foot. The interior d...

A LARGE LOBED QINGBAI GLAZED PORCELAIN BOWL, SONG DYNASTYChina, 960-1279. Of conical form supported on a short straight foot rising to a gently ev...

A QINGBAI LOBED CUP AND STAND, SONG DYNASTYChina, 960-1279. Delicately potted, the cup with deep sides rising from a short flared foot to an evert...

A PAIR OF QINGBAI 'CHRYSANTHEMUM' MINIATURE DISHES, SONG DYNASTYChina, 1127-1279. The shallow and lobed sides encircling a slightly concave base, ...

A RARE YAOZHOU BLACK-GLAZED FOLIATE STEMCUP, SONG DYNASTYExpert's note: The lobed mouth and the high foot, according to Peter Lam in Layered Beaut...

A CIZHOU RUSSET-SPLASHED BLACK-GLAZED PILLOW, SONG DYNASTYChina, 11th-12th century. Massively potted in elegant ruyi form, the concave top with a ...

A SMALL LONGQUAN CELADON PHOENIX TAIL VASE, YENYEN, SOUTHERN SONG TO YUAN DYNASTYChina, 12th-13th century. Delicately carved around the upper body...

A CELADON-GLAZED BRACKET-LOBED 'TURTLE' WATER DROPPER, JOSEON DYNASTYKorea, 19th century. Well modeled with the head of a turtle forming the spout...

A SMALL JUNYAO FOLIATE VASE AND SAGGAR FRAGMENT, SONG TO YUAN DYNASTYChina, 12th-14th century. The globular body surmounted by a narrow neck with ...

A SMALL LONGQUAN CELADON-GLAZED PHOENIX-TAIL VASE, YENYEN, YUAN DYNASTYChina, 1279-1368. The ceramic vessel is elegantly potted, the baluster body...

A GESSO AND STUCCO FRESCO DEPICTING TWO CELESTIAL MAIDENS, YUAN TO MING DYNASTYChina, 13th-16th century. The rectangular panel fragment finely pai...

A LONGQUAN CELADON 'ROOSTER, HEN AND CHICKS' TABLE SCREEN, YUAN TO MING DYNASTYChina, 14th to 16th century. The molded, carved and neatly incised ...