All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Art Nouveau : Pre 1920 item #1450552 (stock #RN12224)
Here is a sweet little pansy pendant! Pansies have been equated with thoughtfulness, free thinking, and deep contemplation. Shakespeare’s Ophelia said "There's pansies, that's for thoughts." This little pansy is made from (tested) 10k gold, with a modern-looking 14k bale, probably the result of a later change. The enamel on the upper petals is orange, and on the lower petals, it shades from dark yellow through to white, with some darker details, and a (cultured?) pearl center...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1450532 (stock #MB604)
Chinese Song Dynasty Carved Qingbai / Dehua Porcelain Bowl

This porcelain bowl was made during the Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279) at one of the Dehua kilns in Fujian province. The underside is decorated with a carved lotus petal design. It is coated in a very pale greenish qingbai glaze apart from the base where the white body is revealed. Although perhaps a little lower fired than some porcelain, the body is translucent...

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1450528 (stock #MB599)
Rare Finely Detailed Chinese Song Dynasty Incised Celadon Porcelain Bowl

This very attractive porcelain bowl was made during the 12th or 13th century at one of the kilns in Fujian province, where such wares were made for export around south-east Asia; indeed the silky-matt feel and appearance of the glaze suggest this bowl has been recovered from a shipwreck.

The incised pattern is particularly fine and well-executed...

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #1450521 (stock #MB605)
Chinese Kangxi Blue & White Porcelain Box - Eight Treasures

This fine quality blue & white porcelain covered box was made during the Kangxi reign (1662 - 1722) of the Qing Dynasty. Both cover and box are attractively decorated in underglaze blue. The cover pattern features a spray of chrysanthemum, representing friendship and a life of ease, surrounded by "eight treasures", all representing good fortune...

All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1450452 (stock #1003)

From a private familie house in France we could offer a very sweet bisque doll which is preserved in his Paris department store box where they was safely be kept in a cabinet in a beautiful doll collection over decades !!

A 19" ( 49 cm )sweet bisque girl in all perfect condition and wearing very beautiul clothing ,special made for the French market!!

She has beautiful bisque socket head of excellent and fine quality and painting , lovely blue glass sleep eyes which works ve...

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1920 item #1450451 (stock #MOR8197)
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The time of Obon is upon us, the middle of August when the spirits of the dead return to visit their families. A lantern is hung so the wandering souls may find their way. And on the last day of Obon (August 16), in Kyoto, is held perhaps the most famous of all the festivals, commonly referred to as Daimonji-yaki, when 6 massive characters are lit on fire in the mountains surrounding the city to light the way home for the ancestors...
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1450280 (stock #1002)

Most beautiful antique Jumeau red silk dress with matching bonnet ..... one of a kind and never to find such the same outfit again.

Fit perfect for French or German Doll about around ....... 21" / 22" ( 52 - 54 cm )for Jumeau , Bru , Steiner , FG , Eden Bebe or other pretty doll !

This pretty dress is most hand sewn and fine ornate with French lace , silk and cord trim and has parts of turquoise silk ...

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : Himalayas : Pre 1950 item #1450265 (stock #HP/PH844)
At least two stories are forwarded to describe this ritual phurba -1 they are as protector of crops stored in granaries. 2- they are used during funerals , the bird is supposed to take away the souls of dead people during cremation or other burial ceremonies These type of phurba seems peculiar to Gurung priests or shamans. Important soot patina indicative of an important age , at least early to mid 20th. H 28 cm ,
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Period : Pre 1980 item #1450207 (stock #RR12167)
Here is a striking ring centered by a navette-shaped lapis lazuli (traditionally a stone of royalty, also signifying truth and inner strength), with specks of pyrite for a bit of sparkle. The stone measures 3/4” N to S, and 1/4” E to W. The setting is made of 14kt yellow gold, in graceful curlicues. It is stamped 14k, and also has a maker’s mark, which appears to be “KBN” and also a dot in a circle. The size is between 5-1/4 and 5-1/2, and it weighs 5.5g...
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1450168 (stock #1001)

Cute Darling 8,5" ( 21 cm ) tiny Bebe Mademoiselle Belton in her factory original clothing made for French market at the 19th. century ....

Very sweet little one has lovely expression domed bisque socket head with rounded face and beautiful blue inset glass eyes , thick dark eyeliner and fine painted lashes . Brush stroked and feathered brows , close mouth with with rare modeled tiny porcelain teeth between pale shaded and outlined lips ...

All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Period : Pre 1980 item #1450019 (stock #TR1136)
This classic, attractive 14Kt yellow gold, diamond and black cultured pearl ring is centered by a 7.5 millimeter high luster culture black pearl. The pearl is flanked on either side by a prong-set full-cut diamond. The approximate total weight of the two diamonds is 0.12Ct. The ring is a size 7 ¾ and can easily be sized.
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Pre 1940 item #1449986
This vintage, handmade piece was designed by William Spratling in his earliest years in Taxco, Mexico. The tray measures 15" from handle to handle X 11 1/2". The wood is hand decorated with carvings of flowers and stars. The tin frame is also decorated with a design that is repeated along the interior of the wood. The tray is in beautiful condition with minor surface wear. One tiny nail head is missing along the frame but it doesn't affect stability.
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1449896 (stock #999)

It´s a rare found from a house of south-side at France ,a pretty all wooden French poupee body from circa 1868th. .... has good condition to age and is a rare found to complete a wonderful French fashion doll .

A all leather covered wooden body with wooden legs and bisque forearms ...

All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1449786 (stock #998)

A very rare found of autentic Game by Maison Emile Jumeau which was constructed special for the 1889 International Paris Exposition !!

The " Grand Jeu du Bebe Jumeau " was created by Jumeau , a lovely game of conflict between the French and German dolls.

The game featuring the colorful lithography of Eiffel Tower and reference to the Jumeau display at the 1889 international Paris Exposition which featured over 100 different Bebes.

One of the Bebes is larger shown carryin...

All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1449785 (stock #997)

She is one of the most beautiful character face model of Paris Bebe created by Jumeau what I have even seen in the last years !!!

So pretty example of the rare Bebe with very deep face modeling , superb quality of creamy bisque and painting , original body and wearing very beautiful with antique costume !!

22" ( 56 cm ) rare character Bebe with bisque socket head with wonderful large brown glass paperweight inset eyes .

Very thick dark eyeliner and fine painted...

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1920 item #1449680 (stock #ALR8173)
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An ancient pine and youthful bamboo rise in gold against a striking red background on this scroll set by Hirai Chokusui dated Mid-summer of Taisho 2 (1913) an enclosed in the original signed double wood box titled Ro-matsu Fu-chiku (ancient Pine, Wind in the Bamboo) Kindega Kenpon Sofuku (Gold Painted Silk Pair)...
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1449629 (stock #992)

Rare little bisque head Clown Mignonette with special facial funny expression of hand painting and movable tongue , has original compsition body and clothing !

Small 6" ( 15 cm ) funny clown has pale bisque head with long shape and Polichinell facial expression with extreme long nose , blue painted eyes with single stroke and modeled brows ...

All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Period : Pre 1970 item #1449614 (stock #TR1134)
A cleverly made functioning 14Kt yellow gold charm is an hour glass, in a protecting gold frame that is filled with white sand and turns. The white sand flows from the top to the bottom when you turn the glass. The height of the charm is 1” with the bail and the width is 3/8”.