Very sweet 21" ( 53 cm ) all original condition antique incised DEP market Bisque Bebe from Jumeau .... has Jumeau stamp on head and body ....
With pretty bisque socket head and well work deep blue glass sleep eyes with very long mohair lashes and fine painted lashes. Dark eyeliner and fine modeled and painted feathered brows . Open mouth with row of porcelain teeth between her outlined lips...
A fine vintage Ivory netsuke of a tiger and cub masterfully carved signed Hiroaki in excellent condition.
A rare b/w bowl, decorated at the exterior with chrysanthemum spray. Interior centre with a flaming pearl motif and a classic scroll border to the inner rim. Yuan dynasty 14th century Jindezhen or Fujian wares. Condition with minor re-touched to the rim area, but the pieces is not broken. Diameter: 12 cm and High: 5.9 cm.
Painted Hollyhocks by Vermont artist Corliss Blakely (American, 20th/21st century). Circa 2001. Oil on canvas. Size: 18 inches x 24 inches. Signed in lower right. Offered in a contemporary plein air gilt wood frame. Excellent condition. Corliss Blakely is a native Vermonter, who is known for her still life, landscape and miniature paintings. She was born in St. Albans and studied at the Vesper George School of Art and at the Museum School of Art in Boston...
A hand wrought sterling silver cake knife by the American California Arts and Crafts silversmith Porter Blanchard. Size: 11.25 inches.
A pottery whistle in the form of an unusual face with its lips puckered as if whistling. The top of the whistle has green and brown glazes (sansai glaze) - the bottom is unglazed. The glaze has a very fine crackle. Under magnification, tiny pits can be seen on the fine crackle, which is consistent with the appearance of glazes for pieces of this period.
Period: Tang (618 - 907 AD)
Size: Height = 3.9 cm
Condition: Good condition. No breaks...
a great shamanic phurba, with exceptional carving
H 29 cm
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Sweet small size original condition 11 " ( 36 cm ) mystery French Bebe with cute childlike shy expression , original wig , body and beautiful antique clothing all complete in generally excellent condition ......
A fabulous repousse decorated sterling silver water pitcher by S. Kirk & Son Co., Baltimore. Circa 1900. This ewer is adorned all-over in an unusual repousse pattern with cat tails, ferns and roses. Excellent condition with no dents or repairs. Stamped under base "S.Kirk&SonCo. 925/1000 184". Size: 10 inches high x 8 inches across handle/spout. A superb example of Baltimore silver.
A Song longquan celadon unusual shape dish, rounded side with deep center and glazed base, bowl decorated with raising lotus petal motif at exterior, covered with bluish green glaze. Condition : restored to the chip on the rim. Size: 23.5 cm diameter.
This is a sterling link bracelet by Hans Hansen ,(1884-1940),Denmark. It is an early piece signed with the superimposed double "H" mark, so pre- 1930. It measures 6 3/4" around in the inside and is 3/4" wide. It fastens with an ingenious screw bolt and weighs 70 grams. Fine original condition and signed as shown. A great early Hansen piece.
The Matl Taller signed properly Turkeys is one of those outstanding designs by Matilde Poulat. A tulip in it's center is truly gorgeous. There is approximately 19 in. of wearable length that lays perfectly all the way around the neck. The center is 2 1/8th inches tall. I would classify the size as being a firm mid size necklace with an impressive presence. The weight is 82 grams of quality workmanship. No damage or welds, just LOOK AT THAT NECKLACE!
Rare Chinese Han Dynasty Glazed Pottery Milling Shed
This rare and very interesting pottery model of a milling shed was made during the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 25 - 220). The building has a doorway at the back and a gabled roof. Inside is the rice pounder and mill. It is made from a fairly high-fired red pottery...
A well crafted Montagnard hardwood crossbow with subtle attention to detailing and with oxbone release mechanism...
A rare and elegant form of celadon fluted sides jar with lotus shape lid, covered overall with olive green glaze. Southern Song-Yuan dynasty Longquan ware, collected from central Sulawesi. Condition is good excepted two tiny flake chips to the cover and to the foot rim also, minute glaze lines appears to base. High maximum: 12 cm and Wide: 14cm.
A beautifully embroidered and tassled multi colored cloth from the hilltribes of Southern China. Age: 1930's. Size: L 54cm. W. 27cm. Condition: Very good. No repairs.
Blue & White small dish, thinly potted and decorated in Kraak style with panels filled with sprays, the angled centre filled with a landscape featuring a bird. The exterior is divided into eight panels, each filled with a simple spiral and dot motif. Ming dynasty 16th-17th century. Condition: damaged in several pieces and restored. Diameter: 14 cm.
Symbols of hope for fresh, new beginnings swallows are an integral part of the advent of Spring in my home country and I grew up waiting for a glimpse of their bifurcated tails and soft, white bellies as a sign that the end of the school year and the fun-filled days on the beach were not far away. In Victorian symbolism the birds express enduring love and loyalty and the promise of a safe return back home and it is these hopes the set of Mexican silver earrings at hand encapsulates...