All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Pre 1930 item #1108289 (stock #WA 1104)
Rare child-sized mannequin from France; circa 1920's or earlier. Marked "26" on the front; hand-sewn linen covered body has some minor staining; overall a wonderful decorative piece. Approximately 44" tall on stand (can extend up). Body is 22" long, waist is 23-1/2" around, bust 26", hips 29". Very charming dress form!
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Pre 1900 item #349033 (stock #R029)
This beautiful footed plate or "compotier" has a fantastic art deco pattern in a beautiful violet blue color. There are no chips, but there is crazing & browning throughout. There are two small hairline cracks (see photos), but the piece is solid & definitely usable. Measures approximately 9 inches across & stands 1-1/2 inches high. Marked on the bottom, "Service Tolga, H.B.C.M., France" and the number 2, there is also what looks to be "D2"...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #647751 (stock #lot286)
Description: A Jun bowl with intriguing purple splashes inside and out of the bowl was molded in unique straight-wall type. In absolute Zen spirit, it was an ancient prototype of Chawan. Without exaggerate addition of purple glaze, the subtle purple strokes yielded by firing effects and the beautiful proportion exemplified the true beauty of the wares of early periods.Other than that, the introspective luster was convincing for a real Jun ware...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Modernism : Pre 1940 item #1327246 (stock #7184)
An Art Deco period Industrial style 10K white gold genuine blue topaz ring circa 1930. This elegant vintage size 4 ring features a lovely emerald cut genuine blue topaz stone (including the setting, it measures 5/8 x 1/2") and it weighs 2.6 grams. The gem stone measures ~3 carats (calculated). It has a clean shape and design, with the simple geometric lines in keeping with Industrial modernist design ethos...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1920 item #1456023 (stock #TCR8292)
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A young girl, her hair loosely bound, drifts off into a fond memory with a smile as she brushes a letter, the reem of paper draped from her left hand, the bamboo brush idle in her right. Incredible detail from the Kinkozan Kiln in Kyoto stamped on the pale clay of the base. It is 18 cm (7 inches) long, roughly the same height and in excellent condition. Better known for Kyo-satsuma style pottery works, this is a rarity.
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Costume : Unsigned : Pre 1900 item #352679 (stock #T 1160)
1800's Oval Pierce Carved Bone Brooch Pin "Sainte Anne" with "C" catch and a small tube hinge. Super condition! For the Anne in your life who has been a 'Saint'. 2" X 1/2". 05. Sold, no price, no info
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1837 VR item #1098399 (stock #444)
An exquisite antique Burmese Mandalay style gilt bronze Buddha c. 18th century. measuring approx. 13 inches or 33 cm. tall . A fine example would in good antique condition some losses and wear.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Pre 1920 item #1462705 (stock #WN368)
A pair small statues of a woman and a man in traditional costume, cast and cold-worked in bronze and fixed on the original wooden stand. The woman is rolling cheroot cigars and the man is smoking one. Such small bronze figurines were souvenirs and gifts from British Burma. Condition: the man's cigar is bent, the woman's bronze base with a tiny dent (please see photo no. 7), traces of usage. Dimension: total height: c. 11.3 and 11.5 cm, base: c...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #1378949
Massive late Qing dynasty Chinese ancestor portrait executed in ink and color on paper depicting a civil official seated on a draped armchair over a floral rug decorated with Buddhist swastikas and dressed in formal attire. A Mandarin rank badge showing the official’s rank in the civil bureaucracy is on the center front of his cobalt-blue fur surcoat. The bird appears to be a silver pheasant, indicating an official of the 5th rank...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1339662 (stock #7399)
An early Victorian 18k Socrates carnelian intaglio signet ring. This antique size 7-3/4 or 7.75 rose gold mid-19th century ring is completely hand made. It and it features a deeply carved carnelian intaglio portrait of Socrates. It is simply executed but stylish with subtle design flourishes. It measures 7/8 x 5/8" across the bezel-set intaglio gem stone. It has a full set of stretched and now obscured hallmarks - it tests as 18K...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Deco : Pre 1930 item #272512 (stock #T 704)
Color and Translucency of Chalcedony, but alas it is glass! Pendant with 1 1/4 X 1" blue glass cab bezel set in an Art Deco 1.5 X 1.2" frame and marked Sterling in 3 places. This one is SOLD! If you like this you may want to search: 676787 in this www.mimideeartwear.com catalog to view a super delish necklace (& bracelet) with same blue cab!
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Pre 1920 item #579858 (stock #240)
Chinese Ivory carved reclining beauty or doctors model circa 1900 measuring approx. 6.5 inches in length 16.5 cm. In excellent condition yellowing from age this piece would make a fine addition to any Ivory collection.
All Items : Archives : Pre 1900 item #488885 (stock #tiger668)
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Mix Metal Komai Style Cigarette Case Signed, Meiji Period (1868-1912)

The cigarette case is 3.5 inches (9 cm) tall by 2.75 inches (7 cm) wide.

It is in good condition with no repairs, chips, dents, or cracks, except minor rubbing of gold.


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All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Pre 1800 item #953735 (stock #26C10 1952)
A rare George III sterling silver set of caddies: including a pair of tea caddies and a larger matching sugar caddy. London, 1771, by the silversmith William Vincent, who specialized in wares for the tea table, especially tea caddies. Each is of a rectangular form with serpentine shaped sides, decorated with a repousse floral design, and with acanthus capped feet and floral finials, and each bears an engraved family crest of a dove holding an olive branch in its beak...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1910 item #1039392 (stock #lot799)
Description:

Nuan-Shou, Hand Exercisers were used for palm massage by practicing in one hand. Rolling it to make Qi running through the nerve endings.
The pairs were made from tiger bones.
Enduring old patina was yielded when bone tissues were obviously observed.

It is really fun when practicing them in your hand and hearing the tingling sound.

Date: Qing Dynasty, late 19th century.

Measurements: 4.6cm x 4.2cm x 2.7cm, each.
Weight: 42gram, each. .
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1920 item #1411447
Large late Meiji to Taisho period Japanese Arita porcelain cylindrical form hibachi decorated in underglaze blue, white, and celadon with mirrors and auspicious symbols. Scattered bisque incised signature seals accent the decoration. 12 1/4" high x 17" diameter. Early 20th century. Very good overall condition with no chips, cracks, or repairs. From the collection of an elderly woman in Sun City West, Arizona.
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Ceramics : Chinese Export : Pre 1920 item #1239367
Painted to depict lotus blossoms and tendrils, having a seal mark in underglaze red to underside, interior and foot ring glazed turquoise, raised on carved hardwood stand, measures 6.5"Dia. x 2.75"H, circa late 19th-early 20th century. Condition Report; Very tiny chip to the exterior, not all the way through, of the rim.