An antique Tibetan storage trunk with center dragon motif surrounded by an intricate textile pattern. Stylized Vajra metal clasp on cover with two iron ring hinges securing the top to the body.
Age: 17th-18th C.
Dimensions: 34 1/4" Wide by 20" High by 15 1/4" Deep.
A rare antique Japanese Kusuri Tansu (pharmacy or medicine chest) made entirely of Kiri (Paulownia) wood. All original hand forged iron Warabite handles. Original drawer labels left intact. 20 drawers total. Great chest for filing papers and documents. Unusually wide drawers compared to the ubiquitous tiny drawers of the typical Kusuri Tansu.
Age: Edo Period (1750-1800)
Dimensions: 29 3/4" Wide by 36 1/8" High by 15 1/8" Deep
An antique Tibetan storage trunk with hard mounts and a hand painted dragon that appears to be dancing holding sacred jewels in each claw. A magnified textile pattern surrounds the dragon design. Hinged cover opens to a spacious storage area. Natural wear and marks on the cover over its long history of use.
Age: 17th to 18th Century
Dimensions: 34 1/2" Wide by 19 3/8" High by 13 1/4" Deep
The pair of Louis XVI ETAGERE Circa 1790 in cherry with Satinwood trim and brass piecework galleries, each matched pair measuring 32” in height and 9 3/4” width. Would make wonderful bedroom bookshelf libraries
An antique Japanese scholars table with inlaid mother of pearl (Raden). The top features a landscape scene with blooming Wisteria, a tree with flowers, birds, water side huts, borders and rippling waves of water. The scene is surrounded by a checkerboard design with a raised lip. Gold makie lacquer highlights the designs on a chestnut brown hardwood.
Age: Meiji Period (1870-1890)
Dimensions: 23 3/4" Wide by 7 3/4" High by 15 1/2" Deep
A beautiful and fine German Dresden porcelain vase in a rare form with hand painted portraits done in the 1880s. The vase measuring 9.5” in height
The signed and numbered English Coalport vase with original lid, measuring 10.5” hand decoration of floral patterns highlighted with applied gold leaf decorations.
An antique Japanese Ko Tansu (personal storage chest) made entirely of Kiri (Paulownia) wood. Hand forged iron hardware including the Warabite style handles. Features 6 drawers of varying sizes, a lift-out door and a hinged door behind which 2 small drawers are hidden...
An antique Japanese Gyosho Bako (street peddler's chest) made of Kiri (Paulownia). All original hand forged iron hardware. Hinged door opens to 5 inner drawers of varying sizes where special wares were stored. 4 upper rings were used in conjunction with rope to provide back pack support. Unusual back handle was used to assist in lifting the Tansu onto ones back.
Age: Edo Period (1750-1800)
Dimensions: 12" Wide by 25 3/4" High by 21 1/2" Deep
This is beautiful hand painted Japanese 1000 flower Satsuma stand 5 in diameter 3 5/8 in height is in very good condition with no damage
Only minor gold wear and original pin hole from 1920-1930
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Medallion representing Napoleon Bonaparte wearing the laurel wreath. The emperor is represented still young. This must be one of the earliest depictions of the emperor, arround 1800-1805. On the edge is inscribed in french "Napoleon the great Emperor and King", the medallion is mounted on a horn box. The medallion is in bronze or gilded copper with a beautiful slightly greenish mercury gilding, it is framed by a strapping of pink metal which must be pink gold. Good condition, no restoration...
A leaf-shaped sundries tray with insect and snail decoration.
France – ca. 1900
Lenght: 9.84 in (25 cm)
This fine small yellow enamel box is beautifully painted with a floral medallion on a white ground, interior with orange and blue floral sprays, base is signed with a crossed pair of blue crossed pointless arrows.
Age: mid-late 1880’s.
Condition: Signs of age
Size: ¾” high x 2-1/2” x 1-3/4” (1.9 x 6.35 x 4.44)
The rectangular carved wood with dragons and border with carved bamboo, legs with reticulated dragons and symbols, tabletop border with Shou symbols on each corner with dragons, side panels with carved dragon in high relief with an alternate border of bats and floral motif. The table folds up and the photos show it folded.
Age: Late 19th - Early 20th Century
Condition: some writing on the tabletop, and rest of table is in good condition...
CHINESE LATER QING DYNASTY ZEBRA WOOD CHILD’S CHAIR , the chair back measuring 30” tall circa 1810
A magnificent American drop leaf Philadelphia Queen Anne solid plank cherrywood breakfast table, 18th century. Exceptional condition measuring 31” x31” top and when down, the height is 27”
Plate in cast bronze, hot gilded with mercury, representing an antique chariot drawn by 2 horses guided by a female Greek deity. The chariot flies in the clouds and in front of the horses a child pours water from his watering can. The quality is exceptional, designs of sublime elegance, perfect casting, excellent carving and finitions a very thick mercury gilding. We see on the back of the plaque the remains of two prominent iron fixings...
Unusual black lacquer and gold papier-mache tobacco box with scenes featuring the preparation of cured tobacco leaves used for wrapping cigars. Measures:
5.5" long, 2.5" wide, 2" high