All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Retro : Pre 1910 item #931844 (stock #01616)
A 10k enamel heart charm with Canadian provinces circa 1900. It has crests of the (then 7) Canadian provinces and this lovely antique yellow gold pendant was made the George H Lees jewellery company of Hamilton ( Ontario Canada) and is stamped 10K with the maker's mark. This piece dates to the pre-1905 era since Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland are not shown...
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Glass : American : Pre 1900 item #931779 (stock #6247)
A true rarity of vintage American pressed or pattern glass. This is the 5-1/4" long and 4-5/8" wide wall pocket in the Elephant or Jumbo pattern in amber glass, issued by the King Glass Co. in 1890. Variously described as a match holder, match striker, wall pocket or vase, this item has vivid and crisp detail. It is 2-3/4" deep and is guaranteed to be antique glass...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #931726 (stock #lot624)
Description: What an artistry it is indeed for this 800-years-old Minyao bottle vase which full of strong Zen spirits.
With four leaf-like handles, the vase was mold in oval shape and was applied with buff-tinted glaze on the surface.
Being decorated with circular lines around the body which like the halos around the stars, it was in simple form and owned with serene atmosphere.
Had been produced in one of the Cizhou kilns of northern China in 12th-13th centuries, the bottle was done...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #931207 (stock #3349)
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All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #931179 (stock #3347)
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All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #930874 (stock #3346)
A circular celadon box, decorated to the top with lotus blossom. Southern-Song dynasty 12th-13th century Longquan ware. Condition is very good near perfect, only with minor flake glaze to rim (visible on enlargement 4) and tiny dull to glaze considered excavated from sea water, further in perfect shape. Diameter: 7.5cm and High: 3cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #930865 (stock #3348)
A rare and hard to survive white glaze Kraak type flower shape bowl, fine and thinly potted near egg shell porcelain, decorated with moulded lotus flowers to inside and outside cavetto, encircled ruyi head pattern to everted rim side. Ming dynasty 17th century in perfect condition, no any chip, no crack and free from restoration. Found in South Sulawesi. Diameter: 14.6cm and High: 4.7cm
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1700 item #930742
A finely blue & white dish with abstract phoenix on the center, underside decorated with Emblems and continuous floral spray. Condition is excellent, three tiny frits on the rim, no any chips and cracks, well balance potted with good bright blue tone and free from any restoration as well. Dating Ming dynasty late 15th century, Wanli period. Diameter: 19 cm
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1700 item #930544
Bronze tripod censer with six character mark on the base (Da Ming Xuande Nian Zhi). Diameter : 16 cm Condition : no damage or restoration Ming Dynasty
All Items : Archives : Instruments and Implements : Scientific : Pre 1900 item #930450 (stock #M1014)
Offered is an extraordinarily decorative pair of late 19th century, English, Arsenic and Opium, apothecary shelf bottles.

The amethyst glass poison bottle is labeled "LIQ:ARSEN: or ARSENIC, and the cobalt bottle is labeled "EXT:PAPAV:LIQ" - the abbreviation for the Latin PAPAVER which is an OPIUM alkaloid...

All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Memorabilia : Pre 1950 item #930358 (stock #BA761)
Measuring 7 inches wide by 11 inches long by .25 inches thick, this wonderful wooden 1940's Mammy grocery memo board retains fourteen of its original multi-colored wooden pegs which, today, are very often found to be missing.

The graphic of Mammy remains in very fine condition as are the painted list of groceries...

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #930012 (stock #lot622)
Description: A green-glazed Longquan Meiping was mold in a decent size of 31.5cm in height.
Being decorated on the surface with flowing motifs of floral, this Meiping bottle was shaped with broad shoulder, narrowed neck and small mouth rim.
The bottle vase was stand firmly with the well shaped foot ring which was revealed with firing red tint in the unglazed body clay...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1920 item #929415 (stock #ANR2648)
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A quintessential Taisho style painting of a boy in a mystical forest of flowers, pigment on silk by Hoson Reisui (b. 1897). The ethereal image seems not so much to be drawn on the silk, but to eminate from it. The boy too seems as if a sprite living in some fantastical reality. There is a minor water streak opposing on the bottom outside of both panels (near the signature) and some loss to the white gofun petals. Each panel is 34 x 59 inches (86.5 x 149.5 cm) and is in overall fine condition...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1800 item #929101
Blue and White dish, decorated with a pair of Phoenix on flight among flower scroll, all painted under rich and strong cobalt-blue tone, fine glazed also. Character Mark to the base within double circle. Early Ching Kangxi period. Condition : a chip to rim, rim fritting, further in good condition. Diameter: 15 cm and High: 4.5 cm. Shipping cost : USD 30
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #929100 (stock #lot621)
Description: A bronze Karmapa Lama figure was finely cast.
Being preserved rarely with original gilding, this strikingly depicted statue was in sitting posture on a square pedestal.
Fine carving craftsmanship was well rendered in depicting the deity's facial expression in a natural way.
The bottom cover was a later restoration which was not unusual for Tibet bronze pieces.
Date: 16th Century.
Height: 11.9cm, Width: 8.5cm Depth: 6.4cm.
A FITTED SILK BOX IS INCLUDED.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #929050 (stock #lot620)
Description: A Zitan wood carving of a sitting figure was well rendered.
Depicted as a long robed scholar official wearing a an official hat and leaned against a stool, the figure was vividly carved in the features and on the costumes.
In perfect condition, the wood piece was reflected on the surface with enduring old patina.
Date: Qing Dynasty, late 19th century.
Height: 9.5cm. Width: 7.0cm.
A CUSTOM-MADE SILK BOX IS INCLUDED.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1700 item #929042
A blue & white foliated dish with Qilin on the center, exterior decorated with continuous floral spray. Condition is good, with a star cracks, one tiny chip on the rim but free from any restoration as well. Dating Ming dynasty late 15th century, Thiansun to early Chenghua period. Diameter: 20.8 cm Shipping Cost : USD 35
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1800 item #929014
Blue & White dish, decorated at interior with two Cabbage. Dating as early qing (1664-1795). Found in Kotabaru, South Kalimantan Indonesia. Condition is perfect, no chips, hairlines, cracks or restorations. Porcelain ware. Diameter: 23 cm