All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #966041
Large and heavy mirror pair of Chinese bronze Mandarin duck-form censers, or incense burners, with lotus stems trailing from open beaks and bodies decorated with molded lotus flowers and etched feathers. A removable pierced cover in the form of lotus flowers and stems is integrated into the feathers of the back. Each duck rests on a custom wood stand carved with water ripples. The incense smoke can exit through the opened beaks, a vent in the tail, and the pierced cover...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1920 item #965930 (stock #4004)
Small tea ceremony incense container in the shape of a recumbent Buddhist lion. Molded of brown stoneware, the exterior surface with ash glaze. Condition: fine. Dimension: approx. 6 cm long, weight: 68 g.
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Metals : Pre 1990 item #965718
Louis Vuitton brass paperweight, produced by Louis Vuitton in the early 1980's, was made to resemble a Louis Vuitton trunk right down to the locks and handles. This heavy (4.5 ounce) solid brass weight measures 2 inches (5 cm) Long, 1 inch (2.5 cm) Wide and 5/8 inch (1.6 cm) Tall. There is a scratch on the bottom that is visible in the photographs, which can be buffed out, but otherwise this is in excellent condition. Comes with a Louis Vuitton box...
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Ceramics : Italian : Pre 1960 item #965711
Piero Fornasetti porcelian dish of the advertising poster for Arturo Toscanini's Concert at La Scala. The dish is gold trimmed and measures 5.25 inches (13 cm) wide and is 8.5 inches (22 cm) and 1 inch (2.5 cm) in height. There is some wear to the gold trim but there are no chips, cracks or repairs. This is an original Fornasetti not a later Rosenthal re-issue. Marked on back with Fornasetti Logo, FORNASETTI-MILANO/MADE IN ITALY, followed by a small gold letter "P". Circa 1951
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Nostalgia : Pre 1970 item #965699
Lucille De Paris calf leather handbag in black with gold plated fittings, two loop handles with an 8 inch drop. Interior compartment has two zippered pockets, two slide pockets and one coin purse type snapped pocket. This is a very roomy bag measuring 12 9/16 inches (32 cm) Long, 9 13/16 inches (25 cm) Tall and is 3 inches (8 cm) Wide at the base. The bag sits on four small metal feet...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1900 item #965618
Japanese sagemono (hanging object) tobacco pipe set consisting of a wood kiserutsuzu (pipe holder), kiseru (pipe), and wood tonkotsu (tobacco box) in the form of a humorous yawning Daruma with arms overhead grasping the two cords with his fists. The cords hold an ojime (sliding bead), which is attached to the pipe holder. Daruma’s body is kiri (pawlonia) wood and his eyes are inlaid with mother of pearl. His face lifts and functions as a cover for the tobacco box...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1910 item #964978 (stock #lot671)
Description:
A Blanc De Chine statue were uniquely in a subject of the praying Catholic pupils.
Obviously made for the western market, this porcelain pieces was a product of Dehua county, Fujiang province of Qing Dynasty, 19th century.
It was in a perfect condition without any defects.
It was an amusing piece too especially in this holy season.

Date: Qing Dynasty, Late 19th century.

Height:10.5cm, Width: 8.9cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1900 item #964564 (stock #3902)
Large candlestick with bell-shaped foot, knobbed stems and round drip pans ending in a pricket. Decorated with scrolling lotus and a band of ruyi heads in polychrome cloisonne enamel against a turquoise ground. The gilt rims embellished with key pattern in champleve enamel. Made up of several parts. Condition: The upper parts a little bit loose, slightly warped, minor wear to gilding, one small area with tiny loss, one small area with cracks, both hardly visible...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #964406 (stock #3451)
Finely potted octagonal vase with tapering body and four loops applied to the high shoulder. White clay with a transparent glaze of beautiful pale blue tone, the partially unglazed base with some oxidation. Condition: missing cover, the neck with a chip and cracks. Dimension: 15.1 cm high, weight: 206 g.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1920 item #964322 (stock #MOR2752)
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An unusual chato (tea room sword) in the shape of an octopus, its 8 legs stretched out in uniform with one curled back exposing the suckers. Eyes are intimated on one side, with an old chip where the breathing hole is opposite. About the neck is wrapped a faded silk chord. It is 22 inches (56 cm) long. It is said that these wooden swords were produced from the mid to late Edo period, in lieu of swords for those not allowed to carry weapons (all but samurai)...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #964089
A very nice example jar decorated with lines of splashed iron spot. Qingbai glaze over a porcelain body. Jingdezhen ware, Song Dynasty 12th. century. H : 7.5 cm. Diameter : 12.5 cm. Condition : excellent glazed and splashed iron spot, 2 crack on the base, restoration to chip on the mouth rim.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #964088
A very nice example of a splashed iron spot decorated Jar. Qingbai glaze over a porcelain body. Jingdezhen ware, Song Dynasty 12th. century. H : 8 cm. Diameter : 11.5 cm. Condition : very good, two tiny frittings glazed on the body, no chips, cracks, hairlines and free from restorations.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #964081
A good small vase in pear-shaped form, decorated incised to the body with floral sprays motif. Southern Song dynasty Jindezhen ware. Condition is good excepted one crack to the rim but free from restoration. High: 11 cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #964080
Spouted ewer covered with olive-green crazed glaze falling well short of flat base exposing burnt red. For comparison please look at Chinese Celadons and Other Related Wares In Southeast Asia, by South East Asian Ceramics Society, June 1979, plate 5 , page 108 and plate 10 page 110. Height = 22 cm Yue ware, 10th Century Condition : loss to part of spout and one of lugs, no cracks, hairlines and free from restoration. If needed can be restored with USD 50 for professional restoration cost.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1800 item #964077
Blue and White jar decorated with two kind of eight precious things : the mirror (zhing) to counteracts evil and lozenge as a symbol of victory, lotus interlocking, lotus petal scroll to the foot and prêt patern on the shoulder ; . Kangxi 1662-1772. Height = 12.5 cm, Width= 11.5 cm. Condition : perfect, no hairlines, cracks, chips or restoration.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1700 item #963939
An Arita Kraak style dish painted with a scene within bands of eight lappets of flowers. Five spur marks on the base. circa 1700 Diamater = 22.5 cm. Condition : perfect, no chips, cracks or hairlines and free from restoration.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1700 item #963936
An Arita Kraak style dish painted with an insect among flowers and rockwork within bands of Buddhist emblems. A spur mark on the base. circa 1700 Diamater = 20.5 cm. Condition : a hairline (4 cm), no chips, cracks and free from restoration.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #963931
Foliated small dish with crackle celadon glaze covering foot rim and unglaze on the center. Unglazed base. Diameter = 12.5 cm Period : 14 th-15 th Century Longquan Kilns, Zhejiang Excellent condition, no chips, cracks, hairlines and free from restoration