All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Handiwork : Hardstone : Pre AD 1000 item #1292186
Antique Chinese Grey-green carved openwork jade Bi rendered in alternating rings of incised rope pattern. The center disk features burrowing chilong carved in bas-relief. Diffuse calcification with slight erosion are visible. Size; Diameter of carving is 5.5 inches, condition is consistent with age.
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre AD 1000 item #1292185
Antique Chinese white jade Yue axe with russet suffusion, smooth surface and well worn grooves. Size: Measurements are 5"H x 2.75"W, condition consistent with age.
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Ceramics : Chinese Export : Pre 1900 item #1291799
Chinese sgraffito ground enameled porcelain plates, with a pink ground, late 19th century period, dark pink floral pattern on a textured pink ground, exterior with bamboo decoration and the base bears Jiaqing mark. Size: Diameter of plate is 7.75 inches, very good condition with no imperfections.
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Ceramics : Chinese Export : Pre 1930 item #1291637
Very well crafted Chinese Lidded famille rose porcelain covered bowl, from republic period, 7 1/2 inches in height and 13 inches in diameter, no condition issues.
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Pre 1900 item #1291624
Antique Chinese silver marriage box; of rectangular form with hinged cover, repoussé phoenix and dragon amid clouds with flaming pearl at center, outlined with small celadon jade ring; the paneled sides of mushroom and floral motifs; hallmark (some typical wear); approx. total weight 110.5 g (including jade). Size; Width of silver box is 3 3/4 inches.
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pre 1900 item #1291559 (stock #02506)
A set of four 8-1/2" English porcelain fluted edge or scalloped breakfast plates in the Rome pattern, made by Copeland Spode. Each has an impressed 80 year date (1880), and these plates have the grey/black colourway. They have the early impressed Copeland mark, and two have the printed Copeland mark; each has impressed pattern and month marks...
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1920 item #1291528 (stock #7109)
A Dutch sterling silver tea strainer and stand made in 1918 by Fa Dahlia. This ornate antique 2 piece tea strainer on its original claw-foot stand measures 5-1/4" x 3-1/4" and it features birds and flowers. The stand has a repousse foliate design. Each is fully hallmarked for Amsterdam, Holland 1918, and they bear the maker's mark for Fa. Dahlia. This strainer and stand weighs 99.5 grams, and it is in excellent condition with no dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs...
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Ceramics : Chinese Export : Pre 1900 item #1290876
Finely crafted Chinese antique blue background famille rose porcelain bowl, decorated with circular flowers, from mid 19th century period, base bears Chinese seal mark. Size; Diameter of bowl is 6.5 inches. Condition report; Condition is consistent with age, minor age hairline to interior of rim.
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1950 item #1287973
Exquisite sterling silver box designed and signed circa 1940's by American & Taxco, Mexico artist William Spratling (1900-67). The top of the box is designed to open by lifting the top section. Box weighs 284 grams, 10 oz. and measures 4 1/2" tall X 3 1/4" X 2 1/2" deep. Beautiful condition with no dents, dings or scratches to the box or top finial. Pictured on spratlingsilver.com where it is described as a cigarette box but the design is also referred to as a tea caddy or keep sake container...
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Pre 1900 item #1284746 (stock #680)
Antique Bronze horse and trainer after Guillaume Coustou's famous marble created for Louis XIV's chateau at Marly, and that now stand at the entrance to the Champs-Élysées in Paris. It depicts a dramatic scene of a fiercely rearing horse being restrained by a struggling groom. 19th century measuring 9" L x 18" W x 20" H. Good antique condition.
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Pre 1920 item #1284569 (stock #676)
Fine Antique Austrian miniature Bronze Dachshunds mounted on green marble base. Finely detailed solid bronze castings. Measuring 5.5"L x 3.5"W x 2.5"T. In excellent condition.
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Pre 1970 item #1283088 (stock #423vd)
Very finely modeled in blanc de chine porcelain, this figure depicts a fish seller, seated next to his basket of fresh fish. Measuring 10" high x 8 1/2" wide, with a stamped mark of Sandizell, Hoffner & Co, Dresden, West Germany, it dates to the 1960's and is also signed in script, S. Matt, which is probably the artist. Excellent condition, with only a tiny loss to a leaf on the base.
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Pre 1920 item #1283067 (stock #422fs)
Of cold painted bronze, this sculpture was created by Franz Xavier Bergman (1861-1936) in the Vienna foundry that was opened by his father in 1860. The figure depicts a Chinese Golden Pheasant, and is one of numerous bronzes of birds by Bergman. This bronze is large, measuring 18 1/2" x 8 7/8", and is signed on the tail with the Bergman monogram of a B withing an urn, with "Gesch.5714" above...
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Ceramics : Chinese Export : Pre 1920 item #1282169
Very well crafted Chinese enameled porcelain vase decorated with bird on a branch with yellow blossoms accented by peonies, base with an apocryphal Hongxian mark, late 19th/early 20th century period. Size; Height of this fine vase is 9 inches tall, in very good condition, small flake to the interior of the vase due to firing process.
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Ceramics : Chinese Export : Pre 1930 item #1282161
Chinese enameled porcelain stick neck vase, featuring five children at play in front of rock work and prunus, backed by a colophon, inscribed with Hongxian first year date, base with an apocryphal Hongxian mark. Size; Height of vase is 11.5 inches. Condition Report; Great condition.
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Ceramics : Chinese Export : Pre 1492 item #1280216 (stock #ET-028)
Yuan Dynasty green celadon jarlet with embossed floral motifs and two ears. In good overall condition apart from some wear to high points of glaze embossment and slight roughness to inside rim mouth in one area. Additional images on request. Height: 2.50 inches; Diameter: 3.50 inches
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Pre 1492 item #1279522 (stock #ET-021)
Song Dynasty two fish celadon plate with lotus leaf pattern to the underside. In good condition overall. Note, one fish embossment appears slightly voided during the making process of plate. Coloration difference from green to more olive on one side. Higher resolution images upon request. Diameter: 7.50 inches; height: 1.75 inches.
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Pre 1837 VR item #1279388 (stock #412ad)
Of gilt bronze, this fine snuff box is likely a master or table snuff box, as its dimensions are larger than one usually carried in a pocket. It measures 3 1/16" x 2 3/8" across the lid, and is 1 1/2" high. The base is slightly smaller, as the lid overlaps and fits tightly on the base. The scene on top depicts a man seated in a chair, surrounded by others, including a man in Chinese clothing. It appears that the man in the chair has his arm over a keg, and seems to be a bit tipsy...