Egyptian Faience Wadjat Eye Ring 2,3 cm.
NEW KINGDOM, 18TH DYNASTY, 1550-1295 B.C.
Turquoise faience finger ring, with openwork Wadjet- eye.
The wadjet-eye or eye of Horus was considered to be both protective and healing. The right eye represented the sun; the left the moon. This powerful amuletic symbol with human eye and falcon markings of the sun-god Horus represent regeneration...
Attractive Djet pillar amulet in green faience, late period, c. 7th.-3rd. century BC.
Size: 28 mm. tall.
Condition: Very fine, small loss at the top right.
Provenance: Formerly in the private collection of Eberhard Hanfstaengl (1886-1973). He was a famous German Art director and head of the Berlin National Gallery as well as other higher positions. Educated as Art Historian. Comes with COA.
Chinese white jadeite coupe, carved into a large, cupped lotus leaf with reticulated stems running around a seated goose, sporting extremely detailed feathers with tiny etchings, neck craned upwards with open beak and a vine running through it.
20th Century
Size: 6.5" length, 2" height, 4.5" width
A very fine and fantastic Qing dynasty 19th century enamel and gilt on blue ground large vase, rounded side with tall neck and glazed base, vase decorated with very fine drawing of over glaze enamel large fish motif, gilt decoration on a fine blue ground glaze, five large fish red, green, yellow, and brown color swimming on blue ground with gilt sea plantation motif. very fine decorated vase.
Vase is in very good condition, no chip, no crack, no restoration>,br>
Size: 45 cm height.
Bronze figure of a nude male with mask and wings. Signed by Jorge Marín
Antifaz (mask), outstretched arms and wings bound between two rings. Sitting atop a pyramid shaped base.
Dimensions: 19" Wide x 17" Deep x 27 1/2" High
Jorge Marín (born September 22, 1963) is a Mexican sculptor and painter. He has been an active figure in the contemporary art world for the last 25 years. He began to sculpt ceramic in the early 1980s...
This porcelain tea cup and saucer was produced in England by Royal Worcester in 1878. The date letters in the mark indicate this year. The saucer has a diameter of 5 1/4 inches and the cup is 2 1/4 inches high. The saucer is shaped and molded like a lily pad and the cup is the flower. The porcelain is smooth and creamy imitating ivory. The decoration is Japanese inspired. There are hand gilded butterflies, a heron bird, branches and foliage...
Found in the Philippines.
The kendi is a well-known form in the Southeast Asian repertoire of vessels, and it has played a significant role in the rituals and daily life of the region since the first century CE. The kendi appears to be a variation of the kundika, an ancient holy vessel holding water from India’s sacred rivers...
Unusual pottery bowl with hand molded snake handle. I cannot find any pieces similar in style to this although the reddish clay and heavy potting are reminiscent of Hongshan pottery. This came out of China and has a good petrichor and water absorption on the base, very old- at least 2000 to 3000 years old but probably older. W: 14cm/5.5in and H: 12cm/4.7in.
Turn-of-the-century Germany sterling silver box. Made by B. Neresheimer & Söhne in Hanau, and imported to England in 1914 by Berthold Hermann Muller in London. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover hinged and raised. Squashed ball corner supports. Engraved naif ornamental borders and, on cover top, Renaissance scene with mounted hunter and hounds in pursuit of a stag. With key. Marks include maker’s and importer’s stamps. Very good condition...
This is tsutsugaki horse Cover textile of the Edo era. It is made of hand-spun and hand-woven and natural indigo dyed cotton. It has a thin stain. It has several small holes and repair traces. However, it is in a very good state.
size:67cm x 586cm (26.4" x 19.3ft)
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”).
Bright red bowl covered by a dense, smoothed and highly glossy slip.
Deep bowl with shallow floor, steep wall and simple lip. Standing on a ring base.
Roman African red slip ware pottery is characterized by an orange color and a shiny surface.
By the third century AD, fine African red slip pottery wares became the most popular type of tableware in the Roman Empire.
Ceramic
Roman, North Africa, 375-400 AD
D. 12.1 cm (4.8 in)
H...
Beautiful hand carved Japanese wood panel with stylized openwork carvings of various scrolling chrysanthemums and peonies. Each flowing one to the next layer out longitudinally on a single slab of wood. Hand chisel marks visible on the reverse of the panel. Ready to be wall mounted. Very good original condition. Natural finish consistent with age.
Early Meiji Period (1868 - 1912)
Dimensions: 39" L x 4" x 6" H
Important pair of French Miniature Glass Candlesticks Eighteenth Century/early 19th century measuring 5 1/2 inches tall with a beautiful fluted design.
Height: 20 cm (8 in)
Width: 11.5 cm (4.6 in)
Rare Chinese porcelain arrow vase; depicts figures in a rural setting; calligraphy present (possibly a poem); Kangxi six-character mark; one small rim chip (5mm x 2mm); good condition; email for additional photos
Detailed Japanese colorful silk obi. Pre-1920.
Size: 12" width x 157" length
Cup and saucer, both with a flower border in underglaze blue and a peony in the center. The exterior with a light Café-au-lait variation of the brown “Batavia” glaze (Batavia being the Dutch name for the VOC shipping harbour, today's Jakarta). Yongzheng, early 18th century, the base with a shop mark. Diameter of saucer "4 ½ / 11.5 cm, height of cup "1 2/3/ 4.3 cm. Condition: the cup with three chips to the rim and foot rim, two of them with old repairs (cf. pics).
Fine Japanese Arita Teabowl and Saucer decorated with a scholar and attendant in a landscape. C1700. Diameter of saucer 11.5 cm. Condition: perfect.
Antique Korean three section chest with beautiful inlay on black lacquer. The top section has three small drawers along the top, decorated with inlay in a geometric pattern. The cabinet doors are decorated inside with scenes of birds on branches. The other panels are decorated with landscapes, scenes of birds, and other animals. Choson period, circa 1900. It measures 20" deep 68" tall 40.25" wide.
This porcelain bowl was produced in Germany by the Richard Klemm Dresden studio around 1900. The bowl measures 9 1/4” in diameter and 2” deep. The bowl has a frilly molded border that has a scalloped edge. Three large sprays of hand painted flowers accompanied by little buds and sprigs decorate the inside of the bowl. They are realistically painted and very colorful. The border has double gold trim. It is a charming piece you will love to display or serve with...
Shabti for Undjebauendjed
Wearing a round wig covering her ears, this funerary statuette is of proportions balanced despite its small size...
Three Tantric paintings on paper representing various celestial beings in the Tibetan Tantric Buddhism. On the first painting are shown a cross-legged character holding a staff, surrounded by clouds and riding a chimera, and below, a group of four female characters. On the second painting, a male character riding a horse and holding a lotus, and below a female character in formal attire. The third painting represents two female characters, each in formal attire and holding a lotus flower, and ...
A Very Rare Korean Silver Inlaid-壽- Copper Rectangular Box-19th C.:
Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century.
A rectangular copper tobacco box with push button bar ball on butterfly platform, that causes the door to slide open and a rare bat shape handle, with an auspicious character “壽-longevity” in silver inlay on the top cover and it’s set on four yellow brass supporters.
It’s in very fine condition with a dark-copper patina over the surfaces overall,
it measures 10cm long x...
Antique Chinese hardwood folding chair decorated with beautifully incised metal accents. The chair has a leather string that laces through the bottom legs to secure the chair open or closed. It measures 44" tall (folded), 20.5" at widest.
A rare edo period Japanese choba (merchants) tansu from the Niigata perfection in Japan. Made of solid keyaki hardwood (including the back). Finely detailed hand forged iron of a flying crane and longevity turtle seen amongst the pine and bamboo. The lower two drawers depict a lock and drum. Stunning original finish with warm tones. 8 drawers in total each of there own size. Two small drawers with unique pull rings tucked securely behind the locking bar.
Locking bar has functional lo...
This porcelain bowl was produced in Germany by the Royal Berlin Porcelain Manufacturer, or
KPM, in 1918. The markings include the iron cross used for that year. The bowl measures
11 1/2 inches in diameter and 6 1/4 inches high. It has a wonderful shape, not round but blown out in four corners, although the bowl is basically round. It stands on an impressive pedestal base. The body of the bowl is hand cut with a basket reticulation. There are large reserves in four areas with realisticall...
Chinese monochrome porcelain brush pot in a Turkish blue color underglaze, with reticulated carved scenes of cranes and pine branches against a ground of stylized lingzhi clouds and ocean waves. The base with six character Qianlong cartouche.
Republic Period
Dimensions: 7 1/2" w x 7 3/4" h
A Spanish Brass Candlestick, circa 1700. Dimensions; 8.0" high x 5" square base. Weight, approximately 2 pounds. Very fine condition. Note, although not a pair, it may be used in conjunction with item 1849.
Eye-catching gold gilt Meiji Period C.1900 sake shop sign. Kanji characters read `Kiwami no Kotobuki` sake or Ultimate Happiness sake. The carving is in the shape of a sake keg. Excellent condition with minor lacquer wear. Old iron clamps were added in the back. See pictures. Size is 15" tall and 13" wide. Ask for shipping quote.
Korean Joseon Dynasty 19th Century Polychrome Painted Wooden Oil Lamp Stand with attached original cut out Tin type gallery rim Metal top to hold the 19th Century White Porcelain Oil Pot, 7 1/2" high, 4" wide for Hexagonal shape Base, this is the Korean Shamanistic style Polychrome painted Oil Lamp. The condition is as found condition, White Porcelain top of oil pot has hairline on the side, some Polychrome paints are rubbed off and Tin Top is somewhat rusted inside the cut out gallery rim.
Antique Japanese 2-section mizuya tansu (chest on chest for kitchen storage) from the Kyoto area. Made with hinoki (Japanese cypress) wood frame and sugi (cryptomeria) wood interior. The top section has two compartments; the upper most with four sliding panels of beautiful burl wood; below this is a compartment for food storage with sliders made of pierced carved hinoki wood and wire mesh for ventilation. Four kayaki (elm) wood drawers are positioned side by side towards the middle portion ...
A fine small Chinese silver-inlaid bronze censer for the scholar's table modelled as an archaic ding. Early Qing dynasty, 17th/early 18th century. Height 11.5 cms. 471g.
Private collection, USA.
A unusually large and massive 17th. century lock, possibly German.
A complicated lock with what looks like two keyholes and mounted on a studded iron plate, very heavy!
Size: 36 cm. wide and 31 cm. tall - which makes it the largest lock in the collection of European decorative ironworks that we're currently handling.
Provenance: Danish Private collection of Grethe Pedersen, Ledøje, Denmark, ca. 1950-1997. Purchased at Ole Jensen, Antique Dealer, in the late 19...
Handled circular ikebana basket (hanakago) in Chinese style, in vanished bamboo and rattan. Inside in copper alloy.
Ikebana or Ka-do (the way of flowers) is a traditional Japanese art of flower arrangement. Unlike Western floral art, ikebana does not aim to emphasize only the beauty of the flowers and the harmony of colours. This art wants to enhance the vase, the stems, the leaves, the branches as much as the flower itself.
The structure of the ...
A superb and exceptionally large pottery bowl with torquoise glaze, black markings and a finely decorated pattern on the interior. Seljug period, 11th.-12th. centuries, Near East.
The finest bowl we've seen of the type. With silvery iridescence on the surface of both the interior and the exterior. Very beautiful colours. The patina and fine glass like gloss is difficult to grasp in our pictures but is very visible in hand.
Size: 23,7 cm. in diameter and 11 cm. tall.
Hohokam Frog Head Shell Bracelet with extra shell bracelet, ca. 1250 ad., big bracelet is approx: 3.5"wide and the small bracelet is approx: 2"wide
A delicate and finely hand painted Chinese export Famille Rose porcelain tea bowl of ogee shape.
Qianlong period (ca. 1780). Top rim decor is blue under glaze with a tiny colored flower in the center of the tea bowl and the outside has famille rose enamels depicting a fawn/deer and delicate pastel flowers with branches. Size: 3" (7.4 cm.) x H. 1 3/4" (4.3 cm.) Condition: good with some minor rim frits.
Antique American Federal Octagonal Tea Caddy, in mahogany the hinged top with satinwood stringing and banding opens to an interior well with a “floating” lid.
Circa 1800.
See #10802 for another caddy by the same unknown maker
Height: 5”
Width: 6.5”
Height 7 cm
Excellent conditions, no chips, cracks, or hairlines and free from restorations.
Large framed Indian picchavi painting on cotton.113 x 76 cm. Undated, estimated to be early 20th cent or earlier.
Some surface stains and creases. Can be viewed in central London. Can be deframed and sent folded worldwide.
A fine pair of antique late 18th century pair of Spanish flintlock pistols signed on the barrels “PERESTEVA.”
Each with a two-stage steel barrel, ended with stepped muzzle ring. Faceted, breach, heavily inlaid in silver along the top flat ‘PERESTEVA’ with in a rectangular cartouche with silver inlaid borders adorned with scrolls.
Figured Mahogany full stocks with bag shaped butts, top of the stock carved in relief with a shell behind the barrel tang, and characteristic step beh...
Ming Dynasty Chinese Wood Sculpture of Emperor and Empress. Purchased from Askenasi in Paris in 1978 by Irwin Hersey, renowned author on Asian and primitive art, and publisher of the Primitive Art Newsletter in the 1970s. Irwin Hersey was an advisor to museums and prominent collectors, and vetted pieces for many of the international tribal art fairs and Asian art fairs. 8.5 x 5 x 2 inches, 21.5 x 12.5 x 5 cm.
This rectangular grayish jade (nephrite) plaque is 1 ¾” long, 2 3/4” wide and 3/16” thick. It is a late 19th century product. It is carved as a dragon in the center, two flower blossoms and two leaves are on the four corners and a curly pattern swirls around the dragon. Though it is a thin piece, it was carved very skillfully and carefully into a two layered object. Aside from a tiny chip on one side, it is in great condition.
From our Chinese Polychrome Collection, a very rare and seldom seen Peranakan Chai Hup or ceremonial vegetable box, 19th century, used for food offerings to Tiangong, the God of Heaven, during traditional Baba Weddings.
The terms "Peranakan" or "Baba Nyonya" or "Straits Chinese" are often used interchangeably to describe the descendants of Ming Dynasty Chinese immigrants who settled along the Malay Peninsula, which encompasses parts of Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore. But the ethnograp...
Fukagawa 4 7/8 inch diameter ice cream bowl with everted rim. Iris decoration from Chuji Fukagawa's own 19th century design book. Blue underglaze and red, yellow and gold overglaze enamel decoration. Mt. Fuji mark in underglaze blue inside the foot ring. Late Meiji or early Taisho. Good condition. Priced for each bowl. There are now five available (the traditional number for a small Japanese set.) We are happy to quote a group price or entertain an offer for all available service pieces we have ...
This Noshime hira-ori silk -kasuri samurai kimono is Edo period(1800-1850). HIra-ori is wonderful beautiful lustrous silk. This kimono is samurai's clothes. When entering the castle, it put it on. It puts on the hakama and the old ceremonial dress on this kimono. It is the one at the end of shogunate of Edo period.This family coat of arms was able to use high samurai of the rank who assumed a person of court noble and Imperial a representative.It has slight damage around a thin stain and colla...
Chinese Famille Rose Mandarin Canton Qing Dynasty Large Server 14x17” very rare work with 15 different figures
Antique Japanese samurai doll of the epic hero Yoshitsune Minamoto. Seated with one foot forward, wonderful suit of armor, fantastic face with glass eyes and wonderful heroic expression, long hair gathered in the back.
Size: 25" high
Shabti for Psusennes II (Pasebakheniut II) Overseer
Excavated in 1940 by Pierre Montet in Tanis, tomb III
Cairo Museum, overseer JE 86959, worker JE 86958
Photo: Tanis, L’or des pharaons pg. 136-137
Origin: Egypt
Period: New Kingdom, 21st Dynasty
Date: 959 – 945 BC
Material: Fayence
Dimension: 7,0 cm.
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Small Song Dynasty celadon plate with foliated edge. Olive green color with crackling in the glaze. Some wear to glaze. Diameter: 4.50 inches, Height: 1.25 inches.
Antique Indian miniature painting of a Maharaja on horseback with attendant and flywhisk, drawing in ink and sepia tones with gold highlights. Rank of rider shown by jewelry worn and on red footed white horse. Long pleated white clothing. Horse rearing up, rider sitting effortlessly and regally. Condition toned and worn.
Provenance from Los Angeles estate
Age: mid 1800s
Size: 8 1/8" High 6 1/4" Wide
A Rare Spirit Stone (Ishikami), Natural Rootwood Embracing Stone.
A unique creation of Mother Nature with minor modification to the root wood grown around a stone to emulate a standing Daruma, the Patriarch of Zen Buddhism wrapped in his robe. These kind of quite rare “spirit stones”are always been highly appreciated by the Japanese. Very good, old patina; it has a very pleasant feeling to the touch. Edo, 18-19th century. H 10,5 cm. Condition: Perfect.
A large and attractive stone jar, Mesopotamia, Sumer c. 2800-2400 BC.
With the finely concave walls, similar to a jar found in the Royal tombs of Queen Puabi, 2600-2450 BC and jars from Jiroft in this period, dates this jar to the Sumerian period.
The stone used is a rare and very lovely pink calcite, some of the colour probably patina. the stone is banded in clear bands and semi-transperant when lighted. With cream inclusions.
Size:13,8 cm. wide and 9,6 cm. tall, ...
Pair of hard porcelain vases, enamel decoration of butterflies, birds and flowers. Dragons chasing the sacred pearl surround the collar inside and out. Golden details. The flared shape is elegant and very rare, the enamels are of excellent quality, the patterns are well drawn and the presence of dragons is also rare on this type of porcelain which, almost always, was intended for Europe.
Good general condition, no restoration. However one vase has a crack and the other a small chip, 2 photos sh...
This beautiful Olmec true light green translucent jade (specific gravity tested at 1.66) axe-god is 3 3/4" long and 1 1/4" wide. The back shows no evidence of modern repolish. This piece is ex. Keith Finello. Authenticated by a forensic laboratory, Orenda Labs. Comes with a custom made gold-plated cage so it can be worn. Please view my video of this item at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVv0z3Bhvr4.
Chinese painted pottery figures, wearing hat and tunic, with red, black and white pigments remaining.
Age: China, Tang Dynasty, A.D. 618 - 907
Size: Height 20.5 - 21.3 C.M. / Width 5 - 5.4 C.M.
Condition: Well-preserved old burial condition overall with some amount of soil adherings (some abrasions and wearings on the pieces due to the long burial time underground). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thail...
Description : A Qing Inkstone was in big size and was in hefty weight.
It was hand-carved and shaped in bridge-type.
Well preserved in perfect condition, this Inkstone owned the original mood of scholarship.
Date: Qing Dynasty, 18th-19th Century.
Material: Limestone.
Dimension: 27cm x 17cm x7. 3cm.
Weight: 4800g.
19th century netsuke of cut vegetables, tofu and rice cakes inside a wooden pan with handle. Superb elegant design in Japanese taste with perfectly captured mood of happy anticipation of a good meal, excellent carving, beautiful patina. Signed MITSUHIRO on the bottom of the pan. For a lengthy discussion of this first rate distinct artist see NETSUKE & INRO ARTISTS AND HOW TO READ THEIR SIGNATURES by George Lazarnick, page 775. Clever and unusual object by the master carver. Length with handle 2 ...
A Rare Jewelry Box in Shape of Blanket Chest with
a Heavily White Grass Mounted-19th C.
Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century.
A very unusual blanket "Bandaji" shaped
jewelry box with heavily decorated with white
brass in various forms and incised decorations
around the whole outsides with an original lock and
key, its drawers mounted
with silk. It's in very fine condition,
measures 19cm h. x 20cm w. x 9.5cm d.
Appealing stone neoclassical head on top of a partially preserved pilaster.
The round head shows arched eyebrows, eyes with defined lids, a straight nose, and a sensuous mouth. The wavy hairdo is covered by a band of serrated ivy leaves and corymbs. Tight curls frame the forehead and the temples. Inspired by classical ideals.
The remaining pilaster with striped lines on the front and tongue bars on the sides.
Early neoclassicism knows herm-like figures in gardens or as side...