A striking antique wine glass with a solid base bell bowl engraved with a grape vine, leaves, and bunches of grapes. The stem has a multiple spiral air twist (MSAT) extending into the base of the bowl, and features a medial bladed collar. Conical foot with rough, snapped pontil. Fine color, striations, and tooling marks.
Condition is excellent with no problems, flaws, or restoration...
Pair Hepplewhite Mahogany carved Eagle inside Shield back Side Chairs, Ca. 1800, 39" high back, 19" wide, 19" deep seat, carved spread Eagle's wing within Shield back, straight legs with dovetailed stretchers and upholstered seats. The condition is good.
American Federal style Mahogany with Satinwood inlaid Display Table or Vitrine table, Ca. 1920, 36" high, 22" x 25" wide with chamfered corner. This Vitrine table is very delicate and stylish Hepplewhite style. Lift up glass top, and four(4) sides supported by graceful Hepplewhite style curved legs, small chamfered rectangle shape shelf connected to curved cross stretcher which will make another display shelf at lower level...
A good Arta dish of awabigata form decorated in somenishikide style with a pattern of various shellfish and plants with a seascape of waves and plovers above. A brocade band of Karakusa scroll in iron red and gilt inset in a “pea green” enamel ground framing the composition combined with gilding to rim. The exterior painted with waves and boats...
A good Arta dish of awabigata form decorated in somenishikide style with a pattern of various shellfish and plants with a seascape of waves and plovers above. A brocade band of Karakusa scroll in iron red and gilt inset in a “pea green” enamel ground framing the composition combined with gilding to rim. The exterior painted with waves and boats...
A votive prayer container in silver with the a Tibetan bronze character in relief on the front. The silver is incised with leaf and flower patterns. The inside has a votive tablet bronze tablet of a Tibetan god astride a makara. There are also 2 prayer sheets, one hand-lettered, the other block printed.
Period: 19th Century
Size: 12.75 centimeters high
Condition: Very good. Natural patina.
A very nice Chinese QING DYNASTY, FAMILLE ROSE, TONG-ZHI (1862-1874) Polychrome Porcelain Bowl of the Period adorned with 4 Buddhist auspicious Symbols. Good condition overall. Size: 5.25" diameter x H. 2"
Two antique bone thread winders one in the shape of a fish and the other with to concave ends. Both measure just shy of 1 1/2". These would be nice to add to a sewing collection. Mid to late 1800's.
A russet colored Chinese Bronze Censer with 4 legs and 3-Character "Shui Yun Ju" Marking on Base. Rectangular shape with 2 Handles. Overall condition good. No damage, loss nor repairs. Size: H. 2.55" x W. 2.25" x L. 2.95
This doll was bought in the mid west and had to have been made by an older child or a mother doing the best she could with what she had. She is firmly straw stuffed. Her face is stitched with heavy thread. Her mouth is stitched with the use of many "xxx"s and it looks great. Her nose is pinched raised with overcasting thread. Her eyes are framed with red stitches and her eyes and eyebrows are brown thread. Her red bonnet is sewn on as are her clothes...
Japanese pair of bronze candlesticks with lotus pod shaped bases, and smaller lotus pod candle holders.
Size: 5.5" L x 20" H
A large drawn trumpet bowl leads to a double series opaque twist (dsot) stem comprised of a pair of heavy spiral threads outside of a central gauze. The bowl is engraved with a rising sun, a well-known masonic symbol. In all, this item has a wonderful and strong presence to it. Thick firing foot with a rough snapped pontil.
The glass is in excellent condition, with no chips, cracks, other flaws, or restoration. The height is 4 5/8", with a bowl diameter of 3" and a foot diameter of 2 3/4".
Burmese wooden standing peacock.
Age: Burma, Mandalay Period, 19th Century
Size: Height 54.7 C.M. / Width 27 C.M. / Length 49 C.M. (size excluding stand)
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.
Burmese wooden standing peacock.
Age: Burma, Mandalay Period, 19th Century
Measurement: Height 60 C.M. / Width 34 C.M. / Length 62 C.M. (size excluding stand)
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.
A striking and nicely painted oil on canvas pair of American portraits. The sitters (by family repute) are Hendrick Henry Lasher (1788 - 1843) and Hannah Sharp (1793 - 1851) of New York.
Painted in a straightforward, stark style, the artist has deftly used dark tones for the clothing the background, focusing the light and the viewer's attention on the faces.
Condition is very good, with no holes or large amounts of restoration...
A 17/18th Century Chinese Polychrome Painted Stucco Figure of an Immortal, superbly modeled with flowing robes and wearing a necklace with a pendant. Statue is attached to a Pink Base with backing. Some traces of gilding remain. Item in left hand is missing. Good overall condition, natural aging/wear over the period. Size: 28.5 cm. height. Weight: 2.3 kilos. Provenance: From the Private Collection of MARGARETE
SIEMENS, Germany (L. Bretschneider, Munich).
An antique Georgian balustroid drinking glass featuring a bell bowl over a shoulder annulated knop. Further, there is medial teared inverted baluster knop and a basal knop. The foot is domed and folded with a rough snapped pontil.
No condition issues and standing 5 3/8" tall, with a bowl diameter of 2" and a foot diameter of 2 1/4".
A relief-moulded lacquer receptacle from Mandalay with a finial insert of a Brahmani bird duck,lavishly gilded and glass inlaid.
Size: H. 51cm. W. 20cm.
Condition: No repairs. An small age crack on the base. See last photo.