All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Okimono : Pre 1900 item #1479693
Helen M Edwards
$1,250.00
Height: 6 cm (2.4 in)
Width: 5.3 cm (2.1 in)
Depth: 6.3 cm (2.6 in)

Wonderful Japanese wooden okimono of a seated monkey searching for fleas; exquisite workmanship throughout; inlaid horn eyes; signed Ryomin
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1700 item #1479694 (stock #MA017)
Chinese Ming Dynasty Painted Pottery Mandarin Tile

This attractive pottery tile depicting a mandarin (Chinese official) was made during the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644). It is made from a dense, quite highly-fired grey pottery. The mandarin wears a flowing robe, belted across his waist, with his badge of rank in the centre of his chest. In his right hand is what appears to be a hu (audience tablet). On top of the object held in his left hand sits a rabbit (or hare)...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1700 item #1479695 (stock #MA018)
Chinese Ming Dynasty Painted Pottery Mandarin Tile

This attractive pottery tile depicting a mandarin (Chinese official) was made during the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644). It is made from a dense, quite highly-fired grey pottery. The mandarin wears a flowing robe, belted across his waist, with his badge of rank in the centre of his chest. In his left hand is what appears to be a hu (audience tablet). Note also the mandarin's hat and long beard & moustache...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1479696 (stock #M8144)
Rare Chinese Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Jar, Stand & Cover (AD 618 - 906)

This tall and impressive pottery set comprising stand, jar and cover was made during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). They are made from a relatively high-fired grey pottery and have been decorated with "cold painting" designs featuring flower blossoms and geometric patterns in red and white pigments...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1900 item #1479715
19th century lacquered wood netsuke of standing Jurojin (one of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, that of longevity and wisdom) with a length of cloth in his hands supporting two scrolls. The netsuke is essentially a wish for long life and learning. Excellently carved, superb detailing, extraordinary quality lacquering. Wonderful face with a slight smile, finely done cloud patterns on his robe. Beautiful patina, in superb condition. Height 2 inches.
All Items : Antiques : Furnishings : Pre 1837 VR item #1479720 (stock #3423)
L'Enfant Gallery
$12,000.00
PHILADELPHIA FEDERAL EAGLE CLAW FEET 88” x 21” deep,
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1837 VR item #1479723 (stock #464)
Kyoto ceramic statuette of Guanyin. The clay is not earthenware, but rather stoneware fired at low temperature. An enamel decoration, applied to a cracked glaze, covers the entire statuette. The rock-base is enamelled in green and blue, stained with gold. The dress of the deity is enamelled with stylized flowers and scrolls in blue, green and red, but the whole is dominated by gold. This statuette is of excellent quality, elegant and rare...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1920 item #1479730 (stock #JHseatMan)
June Hastings
$650.00
19/20th C, finely rendered Chinese Shiwan (Shekwan) pottery statue of a seated man holding a bamboo pipe traditionally used for tobacco. Some nice crazing in the high gloss glazes on his shirt and pipe. This is a very good piece with excellent detailing, you won’t be disappointed. Measues 5.75” across, 7.5 deep, 6” high
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Prehistorical item #1479732 (stock #DG060223-15)
AntiqueTica.com
$2,700.00
Ancient Luristan bronze sword with green patina.

Luristan bronze comes from the province of Lorestan, a region of nowadays western Iran in the Zagros mountains.
With its rich and long history, Luristan culture is well-known for its fascinating bronze artifacts from the Early Iron Age.

Age: Iran, Luristan culture, 1000 - 600 B.C.
Size: Length 53.5 C.M...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Metalwork : Pre 1930 item #1479733 (stock #DJ36)
AntiqueTica.com
$1,600.00
A pair of Japanese old bronze Hibachi brazier pots.

Hibachi is a traditional Japanese heating device.

Age: Japan, Showa Period, Early 20th Century
Size: Height 26 C.M. / Diameter 25.2 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to their age). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1920 item #1479735 (stock #4069)
Mastromauro Japanese art
EUR €1,500.00
A Japanese boxwood netsuke depicting a scene from Japanese mythology of a warrior called Nitta No Shiro riding a wild boar. Nitta No shiro holds firmly in his hand a tanto, a traditional Japanese sword, with a sure and determined grip...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1910 item #1479737 (stock #4079)
Mastromauro Japanese art
EUR €1,200.00
A Japanese dark patina boxwood netsuke depicting an articulated lotus flower. The lotus is a symbol of purity and rebirth, as the flower emerges immaculate from the mud of the lakes...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Pre 1700 item #1479738 (stock #DG082422-15)
AntiqueTica.com
$1,350.00
Sukhothai pottery jar with natural shell and barnacle from shipwreck.

Age: Thailand, Sukhothai Period, 14th-16th Century
Size: Height 31.6 C.M. / Width 16.8 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1479740 (stock #MB459)
Chinese Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Soldier Figure

This pottery figure was made during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). It is "heavily-potted" and made from a buff-coloured pottery that has been "cold painted" in a creamy-white pigment. It represents a warrior wearing armoured clothing and a hooded cloak.

It is of a good size with a height of 30 cm (12 inches)...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Ceramics : Pre 1492 item #1479748
Spoils of Time
$1,150.00
A rare late Koryo dynasty Punch’ong bottle vase. Olive toned green ware glaze simply but finely decorated with off-white skip within carved pattern. Height, about 3 5/8 inches. Excellent condition and conveying with Japanese collector’s box. 14th century
All Items : Antiques : Furnishings : Furniture : French : Revival : Pre 1900 item #1479751
Spoils of Time
$675.00
A finely made and carved Louis XV style side chair, 19th century. Upholstered with fragments from an 18th century hunt themed tapestry. A charming and atmospheric interior accent. The chair in good, serviceable condition with expected wear. The upholstery simply divine - showing it’s age with conservation preserving its decorative impact. Seat height, about 18 inches. Back height about 38 1/2 inches.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1800 item #1479752 (stock #BY060)
George III sterling silver salver. Made by Ebenezer Coker in London in 1765. Round with molded scrolled rim interspersed with alternating large and small shells. Armorial with lion rampant in lozenge frame with leafing and flowering branch surround. Three hoof supports. Fully marked. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 1 1/4 x D 12 1/4 in. Weight: 23.6 troy ounces. #BY060

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1930 item #1479753 (stock #BY199)
Plique à jour enamel and gilt sterling silver bowl. Made by David Andersen in Norway, ca 1925. Inspired by Viking longboat with dragonhead stempost and tail sternpost, and rim comprising warrior’s shields. Stylized plant and geometric ornament. Well has radiating green guilloche enamel. Oval form for stealthy gliding. Fine craftsmanship and rich colors. Fully marked including maker’s stamp. Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H 2 5/8 x L 4 7/8 x W 1 1/2 in. #BY199

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1920 item #1479755 (stock #BY198)
Set of 3 plique à jour enamel and gilt 930 silver open salts. Made by Marius Hammer in Norway, ca 1910. Each: Inspired by Viking longboat with dragonhead stempost and tail sternpost, and rim comprising warrior’s shields. Stylized plant and geometric ornament. Well has radiating guilloche enamel; each in different color (blue, red, and purple). Oval form for stealthy gliding. Fine craftsmanship and rich colors...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1900 item #1479757
19th century netsuke of four monkeys trying to contain three huge fogs that they caught and put in a tied bundle of lotus leaves. Very unusual (possibly unique) subject, beautifully carved, excellent faces of both types of creatures, eyes of the frogs are inlaid with light brown horn, wonderful hairwork, great patina. Signed cursively on the bottom - it appears to read ROSEI, but I am not entirely sure. Length 1.59 inches.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1479766
Spoils of Time
$495.00
A set of six Spode porcelain Imari pattern coffee cans with saucer dishes. Late 18th century, reign oh George III. Excellent condition. Cans height, about 2 1/2 inches. Saucers diameter, about 5 5/8 inches.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1900 item #1479773
19th century lacquered netsuke of an actor in a role of Kiyohime beginning her transformation into a demon, a bell striker in her hand. Kiyohime was a daughter of an innkeeper whose advances on a monk were not reciprocated, so her love turned into wrath, and she trapped him under a temple bell, turned into a demonic dragon and melted the bell killing the monk...
All Items : Antiques : Furnishings : Furniture : Continental : Early : Pre 1700 item #1479775
Spoils of Time
$1,900.00
A German, domed top chest with ornamental hand wrought iron hardware, heavily oxidized and worn original surface and paint, and marked in white “T Adam Schuch reifst nach New York”. The chest looks like 17th century work. The name and destination likely added in the 18th century upon immigration. Reasonably good decoration considering the history. Length, 35 inches. Height, 17 1/2 inches. Depth, 18 1/2 to 19 inches (varying due to movement of the wood at the joinings).
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900 item #1479777 (stock #BY284)
Japonesque mixed metal copper tray. Made by Gorham in Providence in 1882. Lobed and rectangular with curved sides. Applied copper and silver ornament: Tree with blossoming branches and sinuous irregular trunk rooted in granulated soil; above a butterfly and bird. Ground engraved with wild grass in foreground and hills in background. Fully marked including maker’s stamp, no. B75, and date letter. Good condition with some spotting to copper.

Dimensions: H 7/8 x W 12 x D 9 1/8 in. #BY284

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Sculpture : Pre 1900 item #1479789 (stock #TR3096)
pigura art shop
$1,500.00
A Qing dynasty 19th century gilt bronze seated Guanyin, good condition please see the picture, size: 23 cm height.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1800 item #1479790 (stock #TR3097)
pigura art shop
$1,500.00
A late Ming - Qing dynasty gilt bronze seated Guanyin, good condition please see the picture, size: 23 cm height.
All Items : Antiques : Furnishings : Accessories : Boxes : Pre 1900 item #1479830 (stock #JHBryonSnuf)
June Hastings
$650.00
Antique French cow horn snuff box with a scene from Lord Byron's Mazeppa. On this box Mazeppa is tyed naked to a wild horse that was set loose as punishement for having an affair with Countess Theresa. Measures 3.5" long, 2" wide, .75" high

"Mazeppa is a narrative poem written by the English Romantic poet Lord Byron in 1819...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : American : Art Glass : Pre 1930 item #1479849
J S Antiques
$223.25
Fenton Art Glass made Acorn. There are no chips or cracks in the glass. Thanks for looking.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1837 VR item #1479850 (stock #465)
Netsuké representing a squirrel, perhaps a dormouse...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Scholar Art : Pre 1920 item #1479851 (stock #JHsmLotusBW)
June Hastings
$1,750.00
Superb little agate lotus design brush washer. Hand carved and polished natural color stone, it has russet/orange skin in the areas carved with curling edges and the design is complete with an incised center area and fully worked underside showing stems, pods, leaves and flowers. The surface polish is first rate and this is a very desirable piece. Includes original fitted hardwood stand. Dates late Qing to early Republic. Brusher measures 3.75" x 3". Height 1.5", On Stand Height 2.25"
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1700 item #1479854 (stock #TR3102)
pigura art shop
$1,500.00
Ming dynasty gilt bronze figure of seated Buddha, good condition please see picture for detail, size: 25 cm height.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Textiles : Pre 1900 item #1479855 (stock #13894)
Haruko Watanabe
$300.00
Hemp cloth for child's ceremonial kimono with katazome (stencil-resist-dye) and hand-painting, the technique is called Kata-Yuzen. The weft and warp are hand plied. Both long cloths have cuts in the center for the neck and front cloth is narrower than back cloth. Generally, in good condition except for a bit of color fading. 19th century. Two short pieces, W:35.6cm, L:49cm, A short piece, W:35cm x 134cm, Two long pieces for a body part, W:35cm &27.5cm, L:236cm
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Metalwork : Pre 1492 item #1479857
A massive bronze figurine from the medieval period, Islamic, Seljuq Empire, 10th.-11th. century AD.

The lion stands erect on 4 legs and incised details of the mane and head. A particularly charming specimen with finely made features of the head of the Lion, heavy body and seperate legs. Would have been quite expensive in the medieval period with it's high weight of solid bronze and nice workmanship.

Size: c. 53 mm. long and 47 mm. tall, weighing 134,5 grams

Con...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1700 item #1479858 (stock #465)
Hard porcelain dish decorated in underglaze cobalt blue. The scene represents a pavilion in a garden raised on the edge of a lake, several characters animate it. Probably scholars. The designs are artistically stylized in a very Japanese spirit. In the sky the clouds are drawn in a style typical of this period. The edge is glazed in brown. On the reverse appears the mark "Fuku". The quality is excellent, the blue is bright, the designs precise and the firing perfect. The style and quality are th...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1479860
A lovely intact stone wig of exceptional quality for type, BACTRIA-MARGIANA, late 3RD- early 2ND mill B.C.

Separately-made hair and hat? of brownish chlorite or steatite for the famous composite figures which are often missing the wig / hair actually!

A particularly well-carved hair with a dome or crown and spiral-twisting indicated by grooves. Fine brownish stone.

Size: 32 x 25 x 12 mm.

Ex. Old Danish Private Collection
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1700 item #1479865 (stock #467)
Hard porcelain dish from the Arita kilns. Decor painted in cobalt blue underglaze high-fire. A couple of fallow deer are represented in an autumnal landscape. It would seem that the female is reluctant to fall mating because she is lying down while the male at her side rears up desperately to attract attention. In the background clouds (erotic symbol of the "game of clouds and rain") and a maple tree for autumn. On the right a weeping willow tree symbol of lovers. The small building on stilts se...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1479880
A fine intact stone wig / seperate hair, BACTRIA-MARGIANA, late 3RD- early 2ND mill B.C.

Separately made hair of brownish chlorite or steatite for the famous composite stone figures which are often missing their wigs / hairs actually!

A particularly well-carved hair with spiral-twisting indicated by grooves. Fine brownish stone.

Size: 20 x 20 mm.

Ex. Old Danish Private Collection
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1479881
A fine intact stone wig / separate hair, BACTRIA-MARGIANA COMPLEX, late 3RD- early 2ND mill B.C.

Separately made hair of green chlorite for a large composite stone figure. These have often lost their hair, since they were not tightly fixated and would have fallen off and cracked.

A very detailed and elaborate wig or hair carved with groves.

Size: 32 x 25 mm.

Ex. Old Danish Private Collection
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Pre AD 1000 item #1479884
JFF Ancient Art
€780.00

Nice ancient Egyptian cartonnage fragments with column of hieroglyphic text. These three cartonnage fragments have an interesting and old provenance. They come from the Commandeur Marius Cazeneuve (1839-1913, he was a French stage magician,
who became a close friend of the queen of Madagascar, Ranavalona III) collection;
he got a lot of antiquities from his friend, the noted Egyptologist and Director of the
Cairo Museum, Gaston Maspero. Some time after that it was in the colle...

All Items : Antiques : Furnishings : Furniture : Asian : Pre 1910 item #1479886
Zentner Collection
$2,500.00
An antique Korean Bandaji chest with book matched Ash and Red Pine woods. Nickel hard mounts with bat Thandles symbolizing good fortune and luck. Two small side drawers with key. Straight dovetail construction with a beautiful original patina.

Late 19th -Early 20th Century

Dimensions: 38 1/2" Wide by 34" High by 17 5/8" Deep
All Items : Antiques : Furnishings : Furniture : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1900 item #1479887
Zentner Collection
$2,250.00
An antique Japanese Funa Tansu (ship chest) made of Keyaki (Zelkova) wood. All original hand forged iron fittings and finish. Top handle in the Warabite design for carrying. Safe door opens to reveal 5 drawers where important documents, papers, writing brushes, an inkstone and valuables were stored. A trick secret storage box was used to hide important trinkets.

Age: Edo Period (1800-1850)

Dimensions: 13" Wide by 14 7/8" High by 16 5/8" Deep ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1479902
A fine cylinder seal carved in an attractive beige-orange stone, probably jasper or coral, Mesopotamia under the Achaemenid Empire, c. 7th.-5th. century BC.

High relief provincial depiction of the Great King wrestling with stags.

Size: c. 23-24 mm. tall.

Condition: Nice VF or better, the seal dirty and will improve when cleaned.

Ex. Danish Private Collection, this seal aquired in the early 1990s.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Devotional Objects : Pre 1900 item #1479914
19th century Japanese bronze for an altar of a Buddha seated in lotus position with his hands in anjali mudra - a gesture of greeting, prayer and adoration - in front of him. Very nicely cast, beautiful patina, good devotional object. Height 2.72 inches.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Devotional Objects : Pre 1900 item #1479917
19th century Japanese wooden nyoi - a Buddhist scepter - in a form of a branch with bulbous head. Nyoi, or Ruyi scepter is a traditional symbol of scholarship and transmission of knowledge. Natural tree branch with a growth forming the head of the scepter, no carving as such, wonderful patina to the surface from being handled, very pleasant to hold. Excellent subtle piece for a scholar’s desk, or a practicing Buddhist, and is indispensable for hitting acolytes who have fallen asleep during med...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Scholar Art : Pre 1900 item #1479918
19th century Chinese scholar’s brush rest in a shape of a violently swirling tree root. Works as abstract sculpture as well. Beautiful and unusual black inky finish, wonderful patina, very pleasing shape. Excellent piece in scholar’s taste. Length 7 3/4 inches.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Scholar Art : Pre 1900 item #1479919
Very unusual 19th century Chinese wooden scholar’s rock / object resembling a mountain surrounded by violent waves, and with an eery skull at its base. Probably meant to represent Mount Meru surrounded by a cosmic ocean: the mountain is considered to be the center of all physical, metaphysical and spiritual universe. Heavy weathered wood without any carving, which makes the presence of the skull even more stunning as it was formed naturally by the tree, and upon its demise by the sun and the r...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Metalwork : Pre 1837 VR item #1479921 (stock #469)
Pair of cast bronze cranes. The birds are fixed on rectangular bases, they carry a vase on their back and a ball in their beak. Sometimes these birds hold in their beak a flowering stem which ends in a candle holder, but here, examination with a magnifying glass reveals neither fracture nor grinding, it would seem that they are simply balls.Is this related to the funerary practice of placing a ball in the mouth of the deceased? A scholar must surely know what it is. Similarly, the vases are not ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Lacquer : Pre 1900 item #1479922
Zentner Collection
Price on Request
Antique Japanese makie lacquer suzuri bako (writing box) and matching large stationary box signed with bold signatures on the bottom reading: 光琳 青々Kо̄rin Seisei, an artist name used by Ogata Kōrin (1658 – 1716).
Both boxes have domed lids and are decorated entirely in gold lacquer with highly raised designs of flowers and silver pine branches. The flowers are further embellished with inlaid shell. Inside the boxes are motifs of swirling water.
The larger box was u...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Textiles : Pre 1930 item #1479936 (stock #2020)
t a t a m i
$500.00


DECORATIVE HORSE ROPE

Tied-up rope made of twisting white and organic indigo dyed cotton once used for ritual horse-decoration, early 20th century, Japan. Tied as seen: approx. 30 x 90 x D 18 cm (11.81 x 35.43 x 7.08 in), Untied: approx. 1000 cm (393.70in). Slight discoloration due to aging as is.


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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1479937
Interesting black stone cylinder seal, Western Mesopotamia, Hittite / Provincial Assyrian style of the mid 2nd. millenium BC.

The seal is carved with a large bird and the Tree Of Life.

Condition: Nice VF, basically intact with much uncleaned dirt on the surfaces.

Comes with COA and imprint!

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection of seals between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1479942 (stock #MC187)
Fine Tall Chinese Western Han Dynasty Painted Pottery "Stick" Girl

This fine and rare painted pottery figure of a nude girl was made during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8), more specifically, the 2nd century BC. It is one of a variety of Han Dynasty "stick" figures. The vast majority of "stick" figures represent males; female figures are particularly rare. It is made from a dense fine-grained grey pottery that has been "cold painted" after firing in a pale brown / flesh-coloured pi...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1837 VR item #1479946
Late 18th to early 19th century glass ojime (slide bead for tightening the cord going from netsuke to inro) in ball shape with multicolored streaks. Beautifully made, wonderful feel of age, very pleasant patina. Diameter 0.75 Inches.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1920 item #1479949
Late Meiji to early Taisho (1910s)) netsuke of himono (dried fish, this one appears to be salmon) on top of a woven bamboo basket. Well captured essence of the objects, beautifully realistic desiccated texture of the fish. Cursively signed on the bottom - possibly reads KAWAYUKI. Excellent sense of volume, wonderful patina. Length 2.3 inches.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Metalwork : Pre 1900 item #1479954 (stock #2023-1120)
Japanese bronze representing two mice, one of them pulling a treasure bag.

The mouse or the rat (both called nezumi in Japanese), one of the zodiac signs, is a symbol of fortune. This bag can be compared to the treasure bag of Hotei, one of the seven gods of Happiness. A figure of prosperity, he is also the god of joy, abundance and the guardian of children. His bag contains everything a person needs in his daily life.

Unidentified seal below.

Japan - M...
All Items : Antiques : Furnishings : Lighting : Ceiling Fixtures : Pre 1920 item #1479957 (stock #3429)
L'Enfant Gallery
$5,800.00
A beautiful French Nineteenth Century Bell Époque Crystal Chandelier Circa 1890, decorated with rosette shaped crystals, as well as bi-color Amber color and clear cut crystal , and incredible cut crystal roundels. The chandelier measuring 36” x 24”
All Items : Antiques : Furnishings : Pre 1800 item #1479960 (stock #3430)
A fine Chinese Qing Dynasty “Tobacco Leaf” design plate circa 1740, measuring 9” in diameter. .
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Trade Arts : Pre 1920 item #1479966 (stock #BNJtortIvBox)
June Hastings
$395.00
Antique Chinese tortoise shell box with inset carved ivory plaque. Measures 3" x 2.5" and 1.75" high.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Earthenware : Pre 1920 item #1479969
E & M Perez
$775.00
Matched pair of Satsuma vases with cobalt ground, each depicting two large panels with Japanese women and children in a landscape with a lakeside village and mountains in the background, flowering trees on outcroppings, gilding highlights over clothing of women and children, both signed with Shimazu crest and Kinkozan mark. Measure 12" high, 7" wide at shoulder, and 4 3/8" at base. Well painted and detailed vignettes of lovely women and children in an idyllic landscape, the images very similar...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre 1900 item #1479971
E & M Perez
$325.00
Large bright sampler, Latin American, likely Mexico or Guatemala, in wool yarn over loosely woven white backing, dated 1890, alphabets, numbers, multiple images, very densely embroidered. Measures 22 1/4" x 16 3/4" x 3/4" framed, fabric is roughly 15" x 20 1/4". Sampler is behind glass in a gilded wood frame, and is backed with a teal colored board, framing appears to be modern. The entire surface of the sampler is covered in design, with multiple examples of the alphabet, geometric bands, Gr...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Lacquer : Pre 1900 item #1479972
Zentner Collection
$7,500.00
Antique Japanese rectangular box decorated with gold and silver dragonflies on a black lacquer ground. The lid is fastened on by a green chord. Inside is a removable tray lacquered with gold and silver crickets in wisps of golden grass. This box comes in a cedar tomobako.

Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 5 1/8" high x 7 3/4" long x 5 1/2" wide