Amazing find! Beautiful vintage double sided school poster from France - was used in classroom for lessons circa 1940's-50's. In good overall condition for its age - some edgewear & light scuffs - nothing major. Also marked "Editions Rossignol Montmorillon Vienne." This is poster #17/18 "La Giroflee" & "Le Coquelicot". Measures 35-1/2" x 29-1/2" (90cm x 75cm).

Wonderful champagne ice bucket, or "seau" circa 1950's/60's, from France. To advertise their product, champagne houses would give these buckets to restaurants as a point of sale item, they were not sold. This bucket was never circulated - it is NOS (new old stock). Marked "Montebello" in enamel, "Champange" & "Chateau de Mareuil s/Ay." Nice grape detail below the handles. Chrome over brass; measures 8" tall 7-3/4" across.

A magnificent Southern Song - Yuan dynasty longquan celadon big censer (incense burner), this barrel shape incense burner stand on three cabriole legs and has a pendant round unglazed base, its sides are decorated with applied molded decoration of peonies and leaves scroll, censer covered with pale blue green glaze, it is very rare to find a large size censer in this type.
Censer is in good condition with two of the legs has damage and restored also there is a crack line at the rim to the ...

A German pink china pigs in champagne bottle whimsy circa 1890. This vintage unmarked hand painted figural whimsy is 5-3/4" long and 2-3/8" high (maximum) and it is in the form of two pink pigs with a champagne bottle - one leaning on the outside and the other sitting on a plinth and peering out from the bottle in the center...

Measuring 6 3/4 inches tall x 3 3/4 inches wide and deep, offered is this rarely found, all-original and vintage, French, BANANIA brand, Chocolate Banana breakfast food tin.

The now empty tin features the Banania brand trademark graphic of a smiling Blackamoor.

Condition is all-original with some wear to tin from use as seen in photos...

Description: A celadon Longquan stem-cup was well molded. By a dark green tint, the glaze was well applied all over the surface except the foot ring. Motifs of flowers and branches were finely incised on the inner wall of the bowl and subtly revealed under the glaze. Authenticating firing red was obvious at the unglazed foot ring and the inside of the looped foot trunk. In quite good size and a perfect condition, the stem cup stands well in a decent look...

Two unusual well carved huanghuali stands. They are almost a pair, but one is slightly larger than the other. Age: Late Ming or early Qing. Size: #1. Diameter 10cm. H. 3.5cm. #2. Diameter 9.5cm. H. 3cm. Condition: No repairs.

Description: A Ming Longquan long-neck bottle was in decent look. When heavily potted, the bottle was inscribed on the surface with pattern of flower scrolls. Immense glaze bubbles were yielded under the celadon glaze like mist. Light incursions were caused to the mouth rim while firing red was obviously found in the body clay at the foot ring. It is a nice Longquan piece from Zhejiang province. Date: Ming Dynasty(AD1368-1644) , Height: 26cm.

Rare pair of sterling silver kinetic earrings by important New York Modernist Sam Kramer, circa 1950s. The earrings are constructed with a biomorphic shape with a raised bar from which another shape dangles freely. Each earring measures 1.25" long. Marked "sterling" and with Kramer's distinctive mushroom shaped hallmark. The earrings are clips, with their original backings. For more photos of this item, please see my website PlanetGlass.net.

A well painted pair of Kangxi style rouleau shaped vases decorated in underglaze blue with branches of prunus blossom. These items were made, circa 1880 - 1920, during either the late Qing or early Republic periods. Condition - each has a small hole drilled 1.5 inches (3cm) above the base. One vase has a chip and associated crack to the footrim. No further damage and no restoration...

An underglaze blue painted jar and cover decorated in 17th/18th Century Kangxi style with prunus blossoms against a "cracked ice" back ground. This item was made later, during the late Qing or very early Republic period, circa 1875 to 1915. Condition - very good. There is a very slight shallow surface chip to the top of the neck. No further chips, no cracks and no restoration...

Description:
A Cizhou pillow was preserved in very good condition.
When decorated on the frontal side with incised motifs of fishes, flowers and water weeds and by a ring-punched ground, the pillow was left being unglazed at the bottom.
Naturally and vibrantly carved, the motifs were rendered in a dated photographic characteristic which we usually seen in the wares of northern regions of early periods.
They were the images of the fishes and the carving strokes of the plants and ...

A Fine Tang Changsha bowl decorated with lotus (Buddhist symbol) motif in green and brown color covered with milky white glaze, bowl is from Batu Hitam shipwreck at Belitung Island. Very Good conditions with minor degradation glaze on the rim.no crack,no chip,no restorations.thick glaze.15cm diameter.

Super rare child-sized mannequin from France; circa 1920's or earlier. Marked "Stockman Paris" on the front and the rare mark of"Au Bon Marche Paris" on the back; size 50. Linen covered body has some minor staining and tears, one of the wooden arm caps is incomplete, overall a wonderful decorative piece. Approximately 4 feet tall on stand (can extend up to approx 4 ft 3"). Body is 21" long, waist is 21" around, hips 30". Slight bustle curve to back.

A Tang Changsha bowl decorated with scroll and fire work motif in green and brown color covered with milky white glaze. bowl is from Batu Hitam shipwreck at Belitung Island. Good condition with minor chip at ouside the rim, no crack, no restoration.Very shine galze. Size: 15.5 cm diameter

A Yuan dynasty white glaze Shufu stem cup, this stem cup has high foot with rounded side, an everted lip and spreading stem, inside the stem cup there is two scaly dragons chasing flaming pearl, the stem cup covered with opaque white Shufu or Luanbai glaze.

A similar stem cup has been excavated from Yuan dynasty Ren family tombs in Qingpu county, stem cup of this type also been unearthed in Yuan contexts at Hutian Jingdezhen, where they were made.

The form of this stem cup has be...

Traditionally the style and shape of these old Tibetan wool boots was used by all Buddhist monks, and were considered part of the monks costume. The specific decorative cut pattern and colors of fabric indicated the area of Tibet and the position of the Monk. I am not able to identity the Tibetan region or station of the monk who worn this particular pair of boots

The sole and vamp of the boot is very ridged and heavy...

Incredible find! This is a beautifully crafted Victorian or Gothic French wax baby girl saint/funeral mourning doll. Stunning girl figure features a white gown, highly trimmed with brass tassels and detailed accents. She is a hard wax figure with glass eyes, fine features and blondish gray hair. She is lying on a faux earthen bed with dried mosses and flowers. Fixed to a footed wooden base, with original glass dome...