A pair of Ellis-Barker silver plate 7" candlesticks with bobeches circa 1910. These finely detailed candle holders have their original removable bobeches, and they have the Ellis Barker EPNS pineapple mark in use from 1906-12. These table decorations are in excellent condition with no dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs other than the loss of the bottom felt, which can easily be replaced...
Carved from animal horn this eyeglass case dates to the Qing Dynasty. What appears to be the original cord allows the case to be hung on a belt...The original toggle was replaced sometime (probably in the 50's) with current blue toggle...
A Set of Ten Fiddle Handle Coin silver Spoons from Baltimore, c. 1815-1825. Each 6" in length and a total weight of 9.6 Troy ounces. Excellent condition.
Large Chinese embroidered silk badge of a three toed dragon. The 3-toed dragon is the symbol of government ministers and public officials. This piece could have been from a wall hanging or off of a room screen. Color of badge is even; glare from the glass is making it look darker or lighter in areas. This badge measures 20.5" high and was placed on a cream colored closely cropped brushed velvet material, then framed. Framed measurements are: 26.5" wide x 33" high.
There have been decorative textiles sewn into squares or rectangular shapes since the Edo period in Japan. The small squares are made for tea ceremonies; the medium to larger sized ones (called fukusa) are used to cover seasonal and ceremonial gifts. This old Chinese panel was acquired in Japan mixing into our fukusa collection.
A dragon and phoenix together symbolize the emperor and empress in China...
Black-patina bronze hare standing on its hind legs.
In Japanese, the hare and the rabbit are designated by a single word: usagi. The hare occupies an important place in the legends and superstitions of Japan. Like many other animals, it is supposed to reach a fabulous age and become blue at five hundred years.
Japan - Meiji Era (1868-1912)
Height: 5.7 in. (14.5 cm) - width: 2.8 in. (7 cm) - depth: 4.3 in. (11 cm)
A very unusual dish decorated in somenishiki-de style with a fanciful landscape featuring a Namban figure, a Portuguese perhaps rather than a Dutchman, accompanied by a servant with parasol, walking to and from some sort of compound in the background with a curious barrel shaped tower. The well of the bowl and the exterior decorated in underglaze blue with a Shou symbol, Kotobuki, and three pussy foot Dragons to the exterior of the bowl...
Japanese pair of 2 panel byobu screens, with hand-painted scenes of small flying birds, a pond with foliage, a blossoming plum tree branch with gold flecks.Applied gold clouds and pigment on silk. enclosed in a black lacquered frame dating circa 1930.
Yamashita Chikusai (1885-1973) was born in Kyoto and studied under the important turn of the century master Yamamoto Shunkyo (1871-1933) from the age of fifteen, becoming one of his highest ranking pupils...
This is a Japanese antique indigo dye cotton Boro noragi old Farmclothes Thick of patched and sashiko stitch Meiji (1868-1912).
It was repaired many times, and the boro rag that were used became wonderful folk art by themselves.
The patchwork & sashiko stitch of the indigo dye cotton for the repaired is very beautiful.
The string of the repair is also charming. This noragi can enjoy both sides.
size: Length 90cm (35.4inch)
sleeve to sleeve 90.5cm (35.6inch)
A Victorian Silver Plated Mounted Green Opaline Creamer. Height 5". Circa 1860. Plating is worn, but in very good condition.
Terracotta Oil Lamp
Holy Land – Late Bronze Age;
Canaanite; 1550 – 1200 BC
“Time of Moses”
Biblical pottery saucer type oil lamp with "Soot" burning marks at the nozzle
Measurements:
Length: 14.5 cm
Width: 13.5 cm
Condition: Good condition with minor chip on the rim as shown
Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel
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Description: This is a Liao dynasty waterpot in the form of a lotus bud. It is gobular in shaped with a narrow mouth rim and a bulbous body.
Dimension: the dimension of the water bud waterpot height is 10.9cm and the width is 12.1cm.
Condition: Generaly in good condition with execption of minor abrasion and imperfection. No repair, restoration, chip or crack.
This is a very fine early Japanese plique-a-jour bowl. The bowl measures 4 3/8 inches across and stands 2 1/4 inches tall. The bowl has two short lines in the yellow/red mums on the side that are hard to see. Look for them in the images. They can not be felt with a fingernail and are probably not all the way through. It is mounted with silver rims.
A fine and impressive large stamp seal with wide loop handle on the back and deeply carved with a cruciform pattern in drill style. Mesopotamia, Uruk period, 3300-2900 BC
Size: 33 mm. in diameter.
Condition: Very fine, sharp seal with minor ancient loss to the rim...
19th century Japanese Asakusa school staghorn kiseruzutsu - tobacco pipe case - carved with a scholarly landscape with a temple among hills and rocks by a pine tree, and a village in the distance. Clever carving incorporating porous texture of its center as element of design, nicely chunky. Beautiful wear and patina, in great condition. Length 8 inches.
Gorgeous Chinese untreated jadeite bangle with spinach green with coloring of apple green. Stunning white colors blend the green coloration. Early 1900's.
Size: 3 1/8" outer diameter, 2.5" inner diameter
A Very Fine, Rare and Large Korean Sea-Dragon Painting-19th C.:
Korean, Joseon dynasty, 19th century, framed with plexi glass
This sea dragon is leaping out with a big water-waving in sea under thick clouds in sky
with lightening, exquisitely painted in ink and light color on paper,
It’s in very fine condition with small parts repairs...
This antique Islamic footed cosmetics makeup kohl jar dates back to the 11th-12th century (Medieval). It is made of bronze and comes from Khorassan. The jar is designed in the form of a small bottle, with a compressed body and a long-tapered neck. It is adorned with two incised rings and a wide flared lip and rests on four legs with bent feet. Bronze kohl vessels of this shape were widely used in the Near East from ancient times, specifically the Luristan Bronzes...