17th Century Chinese Bronze Censer Marked with Wood Stand
The censer is 18.9 inches (48 cm) tall by 16.5 inches (42 cm) wide. The wood stand is 13.8 inches (35 cm) tall by 12.2 inches (31 cm) wide. It is 42.2 Lb. The stand is 7.2 lb.
It is tarnished and has rust, casting imperfection and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).
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An antique Japanese 3 section Isho Tansu (Kimono storage chest) made entirely of Kiri (Paulownia) wood. Original hand cast bronze hardware including the Warabite style handles. Top section has two sliding doors behind which lies a half split level shelf with three side by side drawers below. The center section features 3 drawers and the bottom section has 2 larger drawers for spacious clothes storage...
1900's Chinese Silk Embroidered Military Rank Badge with Lion
It is 11 inches (28 cm) long by 11.75 inches (30 cm) wide.
It has loose and missing threads, frayed edges, stains, discoloration, toning, and wears (as seen in the photos).
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A very rare and impressive SOLID BRONZE WINDHOUND DOG SCULPTURE mounted on a base. Elegant and flowing features enhance this artistic sculpture of the hound. Naturally formed patina,19th Century. Good condition. Size: L. 13 cm. x H. 12 cm. x D. 3 cm. Weight: 413 gr. including plexiglass stand.
Height: 12 cm (4.8 in)
Length: 20.1 cm (8.1 in)
Width: 6.5 cm (2.7 in)
Weight: 1.5 kg (3.3 lb)
Excellent quality bronze elephant from the Meiji Period; produced by and signed Seiya; good condition
Japanese Meiji Era bronze incense burner with playful shishi dog scenes in high relief depicted on each side. Handles have a twisted rope design. On the lid sits a Buddhist lion or shishi dog. Remains of incense on inside lid. Featuring a beautiful chocolate red patina on outside, this koro is in excellent condition and measures 10.5 Inches high. Seal mark on bottom.
Small statue of Buddha wearing a diadem, in a meditative posture ("dhyana mudra"), holding a stylized beggar bowl in his hands, sitting cross-legged on a double lotus throne. Bronze, with thick encrusted green patina. Tibet, 16th century. Height: 5 1/2" (14 cm). Diadem partly chipped, a few tiny casting defects, otherwise very good condition. A rather unusual aspect of the Buddha image.
S.B. Champlin Company
Providence, RI
1872 - 1934
A sharply angled, almost-triangular-plan 5-story brick industrial building, this was constructed by the S.B. Champlin Company (established 1872) to house its manufacturing of gold rings and gold-filled chains as well as provide rental space for other jewelry manufacturers, an own-and-rent practice then common in the jewelry industry and characteristic of neighboring contemporary buildings in the Jewelry District...
A fine greek ritual figure of Cybele Playing Tympanum, Greek, c. 4th.-3rd. century BC.
She is standing in fine romes with the mural crown headdress and veiled, playing on a tympanum.
Size: 15,4 cm. tall.
Condition: Intact with minor chips, uncleaned with encrustations and remnants of pigments.
Ex. Private collection, aquired before 1980.
Chinese painted pottery court man wearing tunic, with red, black and white pigments remaining.
Age: China, Northern Qi Dynasty, A.D. 550-577
Measurement: Height 26 C.M. / Width 6.8 C.M.
Condition: Well-preserved old burial condition overall with some amount of soil adherings (some abrasions and wearings on the piece due to the long burial time underground). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details...
Blue faience Shabti for General Padybastet son of Padyhormedenit
Material: Faience
Height: - ca. 14,0 cm - c. 5,51 inches
Late Period, 27th/30th Dynasty, 554 - 332 BC - Egypt
Condition: look picture and video
Provenance:
German private collection previously Swiss art trade...
Our keeper ring once had hallmarks but they are worn off, so we are estimating this ring to be from the late 1890's. Our ring has plaited gold work on the underside, a work of art of itself. A "Keeper" ring is a snug fitting ring worn to prevent the loss of a more valuable ring by keeping the larger ring from sliding off.
Keeper rings were also known as magic, or illusion rings, because of the illusion created by rotating the band causing it to appear to widen, to narrow, then to widen again...
A CHARMING TERRACOTTA FEMALE BUST
Greek period, 300 - 100 BC
Measurements:
Height: 14 cm
Width: 13 cm
Height on stand: 18.5 cm
Nicely mounted on a plexi-glass “Lucite†display stand of high quality.
Condition: Good condition, untouched as found.
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Japanese candy apple red under-kimono with a simple, yet beautiful shibori style design of flowers. Shibori is a method of fabric dying in which bits of cloth are tied, sewn, folded, twisted, etc. to create patterns, similar to the Western method of tie-dye. It is lined with red cotton and has a white cotton collar and sleeves. Taisho period (1912-1925)
Size: 46.75" height, 45" width
Extr. Rare/Fine Royal Princess ’s Embroidered Flower Shoes:
Korea, late Joseon dynasty
This pair is an one of a kind of silk embroidered colorful multi-flower heads (so called (꽃신) and sprays design
on the surfaces that is a very unusual and extremely rare shoes from the Joseon dynasty, the pair of shoes were considered the use for a Royal family’s princess at the Royal Palace.
They’re in almost mint condition with a rarely use.
It measures 22.5cm x 7cm (8.75” x2.25”).
A Fine South African headrest in good condition .The inscription along the seat reads " KAFFER HEAD REST P.M.BURG NATAL 1904 J.W.R.de la Poer. R.Garrison .Regt". Zulu/Swazi. Length 44.5cm, Height 19cm
An early Thai, Sukhothai period Celadon-glazed stoneware figure of a mother, shown chewing an ancient form of Narcotic drug known as Miang.
The figure dates to approximately 1400 A.D. and was produced in Thailand's Ancient Si Satchanalai Kilns. The depiction is one of a woman, shown seated with her left leg internally rotated and her right leg to the side. She has large protruding breasts and clutches a stylized child close to her body...
Antique Japanese wood ranma (transom) with a black lacquer frame. The center panel is carved with a crane flying through pine trees. The crane, as well as the pine, are both symbols of a long and healthy life.
Dimensions: 73" L x 1" D x 14 3/4" Height