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A lovely bronze statue was in legendary subject of Laozi(or Lao-tzu)Riding Ox.
In small size but was well cast and was carved nicely, the statue obtained enduring old darken patina when brownish metal sheen revealed underneath.

Date: Late Ming or Early Qing periods, 16th/17th centuries.

Height: 8.6cm.

An original oil on canvas of a early American trotter horse and buggy by Thomas Kirby Van Zandt oil on canvas signed and dated measuring approx. 24 x 30 in good antique condition.

Biography

Van Zandt, born in New Scotland, Albany County, New York in 1814, was a well-known painter of the horses of wealthy New Yorkers, including Leland Stanford. The Stanford Museum has a half dozen of T.K. Van Zandt's work in its collection...

Rare and fabulous - how often do you stumble upon a massive Graziella Laffi bracelet? - this is a true museum quality vintage Peruvian piece bearing the signature of the country's foremost designer. Its unsurpassed craftsmanship and stunning design explains in the best way possible the reasons for which Laffi is referred to as "the Spratling of Peru". Born in Florence, Italy she lived in Peru and drew inspiration from ancient Inca goldwork to create masterpieces in silver that combined ancie...

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A peach-bloom glazed water basin was in nice shape.
Well glazed in gradient tints, the basin was revealed with finely-grained body clay at the foot ring when darken firing effects was resulted within.
It was used for some time. Crackled wires were yielded inside the basin.

Date: Qing Dynasty, 18th/19th century.

Height: 7.3cm, Body Width: 10cm.

Antique Native American folk art female doll. Size: 10.5 inches ht. A Northern Plains Indian antique doll fashioned from brain tanned buffalo hide with buffalo hair stuffing, a tack decorated leather belt and human hair. It has fully beaded moccasins and beaded fringed garments. Sinew sewn and with colored glass beads. Excellent condition (some thinning to hair). Display stand included. Also available as a separate offering is a male companion doll.

Antique Male Native American folk art doll - Northern Plains origin. Size: 10.5 inches height. This doll is fashioned from brain tanned buffalo hide with buffalo hair stuffing, red trade cloth and human hair. Fully beaded moccasins, leggings and beaded fringed garments. Sinew sewn. Excellent condition. Display stand included. Also available as a separate offering is a similar female companion doll.

Hand crafted of 990 solid sterling silver candle snuffer designed and signed (c.1940) by Taxco, Mexico artist Hector Aguilar(1905-86). Measuring 14 inches long the snuffer weighs 95 grams, 3/03 oz. Detailed design with silver rope and bead trim. Beautiful condition with no dents or dings. Marks read HA 990 TAXCO. Insured shipping included.

A long silk lampas-woven sash, known as hizam, once worn by a Moroccan bride. The beautiful pattern being reminiscent of the fabled textiles of Moorish Spain. The pattern repeat is changing in the middle of the girdle, the ends are decorated with the auspicious eight-pointed star and the hand of Fatima (hamsa). One side with three the other with originally four fringes. Condition: one tear, one fringe missing, traces of usage. Dimension: 221 cm x 21.2 cm without fringes.

An original portrait of a beautiful woman oil on canvas signed lower right and dated 1929 in excellent condition.

Biography

Charles Ward Traver was a painter born in Ann Arbor MI on Oct 10 1880. Traver was a resident of Los Angeles in the late 1890's. In 1927 he was in New York City and visited Los Angeles again in 1932. He also lived in Wuanita Hot Springs, Colorado. He was an illustrator for Land Of Sunshine magazine and did covers for Saturday Evening Post...

Original oil on canvas of cattle in a landscape signed lower left in excellent condition measuring 32 x 36 inches. Provenance: The Closson Art Galleries Cincinnati Ohio

Biography

Thomas Corwin Lindsay, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, was a well-known painter of landscapes, animal subjects and occasional portraits. He studied in Dusseldorf, Germany, in the 1860s, but lived and worked most of his life in his native city where he opened a studio in 1856 or 1857...

1940's handmade sterling silver tea strainer designed and signed by Taxco, Mexico artist William Spratling(1900-67). Strainer measures 5" X 2 1/4". Marks on each handle read: 980 TAXCO WS. 50 grams, 1.07 oz. Beautiful condition with no dents or dings. Insured shipping included.

Pair of c.1950's sterling silver salt dishes or bowls. Each measures 1 1/4" H. Both in excellent condition with no dents or dings. Marks on bottom read WS 925 eagle 30 Spratling Mexico. 49 grams, 1.07oz. Insured shipping included.

Hand made sterling silver ash tray designed and signed(1940's) by Taxco, Mexico artist William Spratling(1900-67). 2 1/4" H. Dish has applied discs decoration and rests on 3 ball feet. 65 grams, 2.03oz. Excellent condition with no dents or dings. Pictured on spratlingsilver.com. Insured shipping included.

Antique Hand Crafted Persian Silver Hookha top, 19th C. The origins of the hookah come from the north western provinces of India along the border of Pakistan in Rajasthan and Gujarat nearly a millennia back. In Persia, before the age of cigar and cigarette, hookha was used for generations and generally they were made from clay. The aristocrats and wealthy had the upper section of their hookha made from silver and the base was porcelain or crystal...

8 3/8" high Japanese treebark vase decorated on the front with a landscape motif. Tree-bark (Jitaisome Jippo) is a form of ceramic cloisonne in which the colors are done using lacquer rather than enamel. Using lacquer to cover the porcelain jar to resemble treebark, the wires are set into the lacquer to form the designs and the cells are filled with lacquer and polished. This lacquer is not fired. Dates from the Taisho to early Showa period...

Description: Lovely and finely executed Indian hand made silver dish Decorated with repousse design exhibiting different animals and plants, on the base showing a bird holding a worm with his beak. This item's measurements are 2"H x 5.5"W x 5"D and in very good condition.

Set of 7 handmade sterling silver buttons and a matching pair of silver cuff links designed and signed (c.1930's). Each of the nine pieces measure 3/4" across. All nine pieces of the set carry the early WS brand. Loops on back in fine condition. No dents or dings to the silver. Pictured on spratlingsilver.com. Insured shipping included.

A Continental parcel gilt silver souvenir demitasse coffee spoon with enameled bowl depicting a view of St. Peter's Square, Rome. Spoon is of unmarked silver with twisted handle and finial with the mitre and crossed keys of the Vatican. Excellent condition. Size: 4.75 inches length.

Silver and enamel souvenir demitasse coffee spoon with enameled bowl, titled - Gibraltar, View of the Rock. German, .800 gilt silver. Circa 1890-1910. Size: 5 inches length. Excellent condition. Marked on back of handle with 800 stamp, 'real silver' and German crown and moon stamp. The view in the bowl portrays the image of the Rock in the background with title, while two steamships are passing in the foreground...

Variously colored momiji leaves in enamel blow past the under-glazed cobalt lattice of manjirushi on this large bowl by Takahashi Dohachi dating from the first half of the 20th century. The bowl is 21 cm (8-1/2 inches) diameter, 9.5 cm (4 inches) tall and in perfect condition, enclosed in a fine custom made kiri-wood box...

A published set of 10 Zen Scrolls by Jikihara Gyokusei and Shibayama Zenkei showing the 10 stages of enlightenment through the parable of the bull and the ox-herd. Ink on paper in blue silk border with wood rollers. Each scroll measures 44 x 188.5 cm and all are in fine condition but for a few tiny holes in the top of one border (see close-up). The scrolls were photographed in the order taken from the box, and are not necessarily in the correct order in the composite photos...

Large Antique Victorian Leather Travel Inkwell, 19th C. Description: Fine Victorian era leather travel dipping pen inkwell, gilt bronze interior, equipped with depress button, snaps firmly, double well, 1-3/4"H x 3-3/4"W x 2-1/4"D. Fair condition with age wear.

Antique Victorian Leather Travel Inkwell, 19th C. Description: Fine Victorian era leather travel dipping pen inkwell, equipped with depress button, snaps firmly, single well, 1.5"H x 1.5"W x 1.5"D.Good condition, age wear.

Antique Victorian Leather Travel Inkwell, 19th C. Description: Fine Victorian era leather travel dipping pen inkwell, equipped with depress button, snaps firmly, single well, 2"H x 2"W x 1"D, excellent condition.

Antique Victorian Leather Travel Inkwell, 19th C. Description: Fine Victorian era leather travel dipping pen inkwell, with depress button, snaps firmly, 1-3/4"H x 1-5/8"W x 3/4"D, excellent condition.

Antique Victorian Era Cut Glass Ink-Well. Description: Wonderful Victorian era cut glass dipping pen ink-well, 2-1/4"H x 2"W x 2D, very good condition.

Early Victoria sterling silver necklace in a design inspired by Mexico's rich pre-Colombian heritage, very comfortable to wear and though true to the "archaeological" style not overwhelming at all. The carefully hand-crafted links that form it remind me of a similar Margot design but then during those years Taxco was a true melting pot of ideas in which silversmiths reflected off of each other and found inspiration in each other's work...

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A Huanghuali wood scholar stand was built in a very fine look.
In simple and plain form, the wood stand was preserved with enduring old patina that darken to be nearing as a Zitan piece.
Whatsoever, under close inspection, the characteristics of the rare Huanghuali wood grains and the ghost-eye-like knarl marks were obviously found.
The Huanghuali piece was structured by traditional craftsmanship of tenoned skill without using any metal nails...

Rare handmade sterling silver and onyx necklace designed and signed (c.1940's) by Taxco, Mexico artist Hubert Harmon. Necklace measures 15 1/2 inches long and 2/3 inch wide at the toes...

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A brush pot was made from the hard-quality and very rare Huangyoungmu's root wood.
In intriguing and natural shape, the brush pot was preserved preciously by generations and have obtained the charming honey-brown patina that the ancient wood piece would only get.
It was in perfect condition.
One original hole was down underside. It was for fastening to a possible base.

Huangyoungmu boxwood piece can always be a good auction item as shown in the la...

A bronze stag and rider. The rider a bearded and robed scholar - silver inlay adorning his attire. The deer with inlaid spotting - "splashes" of silver and copper. The two together forming an incense burner. Ca 1800. Overall height 7 in., Stag only height (to highest point) 6 3/16 in.

The censer having been over cleaned at least once in its history. Two hands detached from the rider and missing. A retaining pin would loosely secure the rider to the stag where the two are sympathetically pier...

A beautiful abstract composition oil on paper by Harold Christopher Davies singed lower center and on reverse. a well listed California modernist Provenance is from the estate of the artist and Hoover Gallery of San Francisco. Measuring approx. 24 x 20 inchesA fine example of this artists work. Harold Christopher Davies was a painter with whom art came first and commercialism last. Though he was a remarkably passionate and somewhat prolific artist, he resisted gallery representation until the ...

A fine quality and vintage hand painted Dresden porcelain 3-1/4" tall lidded mustard pot c1900-20. This lovely German porcelain serving piece features ornate and fine hand painted floral groupings in lush colours as well as gold highlights and trim. It features a crowned H Dresden mark from one of the decorating studios (we haven't been able to definitively identify the studio, although possibly it could be an early Franziska Hirsch mark); it is in excellent condition with no chips, crazing, ...

EMILE BAES "SUR LA PLAGE" oil on board, signed lower right in excellent condition. BELGUIM, C.1935 21.25 X 29 INCHES

Biography

Émile Baes was born in Brussels in either 1879 or 1889. He studied with J. Stallaert at l’Académie des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles. He completed his education with Bonnet and Cabanel in Paris. Baes worked as a painter, illustrator, and writer. He was known for his diverse subject matter including historical paintings, portraits, nudes and landscapes. Most n...

A fine impressionist painting of a soccer game goal save initialed lower right A.P. Oil on canvas measuring Approx. 36 x 40 in excellent condition framed in a quality gilt frame. Provenance: the estate of the artist. Biography SIMONPIETRI, Alfred H. (1916-2001). Painter. Born in Puerto Rico on June 20, 1916. While serving in the Army during World War Two, Simonpietri was in a plane crash. After the war he settled into a home in the Sunset District of San Francisco where he remained until his...

Description: Original oil painting of Queen of Wurtemberg, housed in a fine gilt wood frame in which itself is mounted on another dark wood frame. Superbly done with close attention to every detail. Late 19th to early 20th century, 8.5" x 5.5" (sight) and black frame is 14.5" x 11.5". Good condition and shipping is FREE within the U.S.