Rare centaur-like creature with a male torso merged to an equid body.
The bearded man is holding a pile of dishes with his right hand and a phial (?) with the left.
His head was taken from a mold and shows good detail to the beard and face...
A nicely moulded votive terracotta figure, Roman, early imperial style, c. 1st.-2nd. century AD.
A nice votive, quite detailed, depicting a mature and stately woman with headdress and wearing a dress.
Size: 10,3 cm. tall.
Condition: Choice, Nice Very Fine and basically intact with greyish deposits.
Old German collection of the Nordrhein-Westfallen, before 1980.
A very rare of Yuan dynasty blue and white yuhuchun vase with horse motif, rounded side with pear shape body and glazed base, vase decorated with under glaze blue of reverse blue base white horse in three different style motif , vase is excavated from trowulan east java.
Vase condition is broken into several big pieces, re glued / taped, missing upper part, very good sample for any one who interested into early Chinese porcelain.
Size: 22 cm height, if complete would around 29cm.
Porcelain hand painted figure of a musician playing a lute(?). The original by Bustelli was modeled in the mid-18th century. This is a later copy, after 1887 when the factory was taken over by Albert Baumi and the old models revived. Nymphenburg shield and the numbers 59 and 0 impressed on the underside. 4 5/8 inches (11.7 cm) tall and 5 3/8 inches (13.5 cm) across the base.
Condition: undamaged except for three of the four tuning pegs and part of the red bow on his left shoe missing.
Antique Chinese Qing dynasty 17th- early 18th century blue and white porcelain incense burner - censer, finely potted, with convex exterior walls rising to an everted lip, supported on a short foot.
The exterior is painted in underglaze cobalt blue with a central band of scrolling pattern divided by four archaic two headed kuilong heads and bordered by bands of stylized flames.
MEASUREMENTS:
Diameter of the rim: 20.5 cm (5.7 inches)
Height: 10 cm (4.33 inches)...
From the Lumiere Collection by Galerie L'Enfant. A beautiful English early 19th century silver plate chamber lamp with snuffer.
Set of 5 graduated Bronze Opium Weights, early 19th Century,all with asterix marking, good condition,
the largest measuring 3.5 cm high and the smallest 2 cm. high. Total weight
243 gr. Octagonal base.
A “Salopian” pearlware coffee service: nine cups and saucers, coffee pot, cream jug and slop bowl. Transfer printed decoration and underglaze painting in yellow, light red, blue and green of flower borders and a romantic view of a farm house with cows, meadows and wanderers. The cups of generous bute shape with "London” handles, and inside each cup a very small cottage is to be admired. There is a blueish tone to the white glaze...
A finely polished and fully symethric Egyptian stone jar made of hard black stone, 3rd.-2nd. mill. BC.
The jar was used to hold cosmethics in the 3rd.-2nd. millenium BC.
Size: 43 mm. wide and 35 mm. tall.
Condition: Good Very fine, fine quality jar.
Ex. Old European collection, Ex. Liveauctioners.
A beautiful three-piece cameo glass set, made by Bohemian master, Moser, around 1920. The vases are signed with the Moser insignia and also with a conjoined 'MK' (for Moser Karlsbad). The vases are in good condition. There is a fabrication flaw (see last picture)
Pre-Columbian
Columbia Gold and Lapis Necklace. 25”L. Circa 500 A.D. – 1200 A.D. Restrung with modern hasp. Very stunning.
Provenance: Charles G. Moore, Howard S. Rose Gallery, NY, NY.
A rare Xing yao ewer covered with high quality white glaze. Tang - Liao dynasty. 23,6cm high. Ewer have two small chipped at the rim,one hairline from the rim to the neck,and one fine hairline at the spout. Free from any restorations.
Gorgeous American Art Nouveau sterling silver picture frame, ca 1900. Rectangular window in flat surround. On front acid-etched iris flowers with floppy, irregular petals and scrolled and whiplash tendrils. At top trapezoid (vacant). Sides plain. With glass, silk lining, and velvet back with hinged easel support for portrait (vertical) display. Fully marked including retailer’s (Black, Starr & Frost) and no. 1845/4. Very good condition.
Dimensions: Frame: H 10 x W 8 1/8 in...
A Silver Plated Revolving Bacon or Breakfast Warming Dish or Tureen with a Roll Top and an Ivory Button on the Handle. Two removable liners, one solid and one pierced. Made by Mappin & Webb, circa 1890, and marked "Triple Deposit", "Princes Plate" and "London & Sheffield". Dimensions; 13" long x 8" deep x 7.5" high. Excellent condition.
Silberiris glass vase by historic Loetz with engraved silver overlay. Globular with pinched shoulder and ruffled turned-down quatrefoil rim. On front overlay in form of loose and fluid blooms on entwined and whiplash stems. Back plain. Glass iridescent yellow, green, blue, and purple. Shimmering turn-of-the-century Art Nouveau. Pontil mark. Excellent condition with nice patina.
Dimensions: H 5 1/4 x D 4 3/4 in. #BX856
A rare ancient gold ring with a natural quartz stone from Southeast Asia.. This ring is over 1,000 years old.
Weight: 2.15 grams
Unusual longquan celadon jar decorated with two dragons chase each other. 6,5cm high. 14th-15th century. Good conditions.
Fine 19th Century Perfectly Matched Pair of Oiled Paper on Wood Wedding Chests with a Beautiful Surface. Only very old oiled paper that has aged for many years can give you this warm, deep, dark hue. A rare perfect pair that is guaranteed to add warmth and beauty to any room. Dimensions of each chest: 30w x 17.5h x 14.75 inches, 76w x 44.5h x 37.5 cm.