A striking oil on canvas portrait of an attractive young woman painted by William Matthew Prior. The woman is sitting in front of a window draped with red fabric, trees seen through it in the background. She is holding a book and sits on a chair which has a red shawl over the back...

Ming blue and white dish decorated with a pheasant standing on the rocks and pheony motive.Hongzhi~Zhengde period. 31,4cm diameter. Dish in good conditions with just found crackled glaze on the back side and some at the front.

A superb and rare lead metal antique English Georgian period composite stem wine glass. The round funnel bowl is beautifully engraved with a wide band with a foliate and scroll motif. Directly below the bowl are two knops on a plain stem section, below which is a knopped double series opaque twist stem comprised of a central gauze surrounded by two heavy spiral threads...

A striking Newcastle Light Baluster (NLB) drinking glass, featuring a round funnel bowl finely engraved with the arms of George III. The stem has 3 knops leading into a central tear-filled knop followed by an additional 3 knops. Conical foot with rough, snapped pontil.

The glass stands a goodly 7 1/2" tall, with a bowl diameter of 3 1/8" and a foot diameter of 3 1/16". Good color and tool marks, in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, or repairs.

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A scholar and stylized boxwood brush-rest was in a fine form of Taihu scholar rock.
Chinese scholars seemed to have greatly prized objects from nature that mimic other known forms and textures in nature and art.
This one was a fine example.
By a miniature form, the aesthetic mountain view was displayed in full-scale.
Owning the plausible function, this scholar object was an ideal item of both utility and contemplation.
The slow-growing boxwood has always b...

Japanese woodblock print by Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka (1839-1892) entitled "The Fever of Taira no Kiymori". A triptych print, the scene is of the tyrant Taira no Kiyomori as he writhes in fever just before death. According to legend, the evil Kiyomori burned down a temple and is fetched for retribution by Emma-o the King of Hell, Kiyomori's wife and son kneel and pray for his salvation while demons and the souls of Kiyomori's victims surround him. Print date: 1883...

A Fine White/Apple Green Jadeite Carved Cluster of Grapes: China, early 1900s. This is a quite large and very finely deep carved jadeite cluster of grape with two children under grape leaves. Depicting a deeply undercut grapes, old grapevines, leaves and two boys under a cluster of grapes carved in bright white-apple green matris mottled with emerald green, lavender and resset of Jadeite, it’s in very fine condition without any chips or cracks at all, with silver inlaid wood carved stand...

A rare huanghuali stationary box with it's original iron hardware and original finish. China, 18th/19th century. Dimensions: 33,5x17x9 cm. Condition: small repair top left front side, a few chips.

A lovely folk art Buddha, made of painted teak wood, with detachable ushnisha. Sri Lanka, late 19th-early 20th century. H. 33cm W. 26,6 cm. Condition: traces of old repainting.

A fine rare Pennsylvania German folk art brides box c. 1830 in very good antique condition with all original antique paint. Old german script reads, "SCHAU ES NUR AN WIE DU WILLST EX IST DES VATERS EBENBILD". ROUGHLY TRANSLATES TO "SEE IT THE WAY YOU WANT IT IS YOUR FATHER'S LIKENESS. Measuring approx. 19 x 12 x 7 inches a Museum quality American folk art piece.

These very well carved and designed ivory statues are an early 20th century product. The emperor wears a court necklace and dragon robe. He holds a Ru Yi sector in his right hand and sits on a tall back chair carved with dragon and cloud patterns. The empress wears a court necklace and lucky cloud robe. She sits on a tall back chair carved with phoenix and cloud patterns. She has a royal seal in her left hand...

Rare sample yuan dynasty blue and white dish decorated with pair of phoenix at the center and "three friend of winter" motive as a border at inner wall.Lotus petal at back side. Conditions : Please see on the picture. 24,5 cm diameter.

Rare Example yuan dynasty blue and white stem cup decorated with Chinese character and flowers. Conditions please see on the picture and please contact us for more large picture. 8 cm high...8,5cm diameter.

Yuan dynasty double gourd shape ewer decorated with iron red spoted and moulded sea dragon as a handle. Ewer has damaged at the bottom and spout on restorations. (Please contact us for more large picture). 14 cm high.

Chinese pair of Famille Verte porcelain plates with blue glaze and color overglaze on white ground, design of fish and underwater plants, each plate has delicately scalloped surface radiating outward, Kangxi Period, mark on bottom, circa 1700. Size of each: 5 1/8" diameter x 7/8" high

A celadon vase with design of bamboo, flowers and ruyi in blue and red Qing Dynasty, period of Qianlong. Height approximately 41 cm. Perfect condition.

A Chinese bronze censer, Qing Dynasty. With a pair of chilong-form handles. Diameter 12.5 cm across handles, 15 cm across heads of chilong. In good condition.

Beautiful walnut carved dining set by Tobey Furniture Company. Consists of table with carved aprons and legs, along with 5 leaves, 6 side chairs and 2 arm chairs, a server with black marble top and a bar completely lined with copper. This set is extraordinary and in fabulous condition. The Tobey Furniture Company of Chicago was founded in 1856 and became a leader in handmade furniture production by the last decade of the 19th century. The set is complete, 11 pieces in all...