All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1434478 (stock #855)

Especially beautiful and very cute 13" ( 33 cm ) rare first period Bebe by Schmitt et Fils , has round face with dramatic eyes and painting , finest quality of pale pressed bisque, original wig and body with crossed hammer by Schmitt et Fils !!

From first period circa 1880 .....

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 2000 item #1434459 (stock #MOR8009)
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Bonji Buddhist characters in five rings of silver, gold and brass damascene decorate this Incense burner by Izumi Ryoichi enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kin-do Gorin-mon Koro. We see the number five in Buddhism and Bushido, With the elements Earth, Water, Fire, Wind and Air, as well the famous treatise on fighting by Miyamoto Musashi is called the Book of Five Rings, and the stone stupa seen all over Japan called the Gorinto (Five part tower)...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1920 item #1434419 (stock #MOR8006)
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A gorgeous Jubako stacking box of lacquered wood decorated with burgeoning grape vines in powdered gold maki-e dating from the 19th century enclosed in the original wooden storage box. Inside oxidized vermilion grants a sense of celebration, while the outside covered in polished black is the perfect back drop to the shimmering gold decoration. Assembled it is 24 x 26 x 31 cm (9-1/2 x 10-1/4 x 12 inches). Overall it is in very good condition, with some minor dings in the edges typical of use...
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1434383 (stock #854)

Very beautiful and rare to find early German bisque toddler twin girls 24" ( 62 cm )each for the French market!

Both comes from a private familie house in France preserved in his Paris department store box where they was safely be kept in a cabinet in the basement of the house for the confusion of the outside world !!

Very sweet girls in all perfect condition and wearing very beautiul clothing.

Each doll has beautiful bisque socket head of excellent and fine quality ...

All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1434267 (stock #853)

One of a kind french Bebe sea green and red silk costume with special elegant look included matching silk velvet bonnet.

Fit perfect for French or German doll about around ......

All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1434131 (stock #851)

Beautiful 4 " ( 10 cm ) Lorgnette in box for French Poupee with pretty hand painted handle and silk cord. A Lorgnette were a very popular fashion accessory in 19th. century !

From around 1868 very nice fashion doll Lorgnette with fine hand painted brown colored handle with silk cord trim , has hinged gold framed style of glasses which fold and hidden inside the lovely handle.

Contained in lovely boutique box which ornate nice litho scenes of little child ......

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1800 item #1434127
SUZURIBAKO Rare and important writing box. Japanese lacquer urushi. The exterior is decorated with two shishi carefully patterned. The interior of the lid is decorated with a steep rocky coast with a temple, in gold and silver takamaki-e, the craggy cliffs are enhanced by cavities carved. Techniques of takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, kirigane, uchikomi, kimetsuke and tsukegaki. On a nashiji ground. The rims are fundame. Empty. Size : 23 x 21,2 x 4,6 cm...
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1434120 (stock #850)

Wonderfully preserved French bisque Poupee attributed by " Louis Doleac " with sturdy original body , superb bisque and painting , wearing wonderful antique two piece costume with bonnet and cape !

The lovely woolen winter cape belongs to the pretty doll for the Winter season so that she is all around a luxury poupee model with distinctive presence !!!

16" ( 42 cm ) rare fashion doll with lovely bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulder plate of pale quality and very b...

All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1980 item #1434062 (stock #15238)
It is not often that one finds an Enrique Ledesma ring and this modernist beauty is made even more desirable by the big color-change sapphire that adorns it. The gem has a table-cut type of shape and mimicking the behavior of alexandrites, it changes color under different light conditions traveling from deep amethyst to steely purple. I love the highly stylized setting - to my eyes it reads like silver fingers holding on to the stone as it rests on a willing palm...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1980 item #1434059 (stock #15249)
Maestro Rivera is one of those contemporaries of Matilde Poulat’s who created jewelry in her manner and whose work I am always on the look-out for because of its quality and attention to detail. Based on a Matl original, the “palomas” (or “doves”) necklace at hand combines Mexico City style repousse with beading, wirework and oxidation...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1980 item #1433931 (stock #15302)
Housing a polished obsidian cabochon with warm, shimmering golden depths this vintage Mexican silver bracelet bears the signature of Sigi Pineda, one of Taxco’s foremost modernist designers. A prolific creator, Sigi was at his best when he worked within the confines of minimalism - the bracelet presented here, a hinged bangle, is just such an example...
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1433916 (stock #849)

Most beautiful French silk and lace costume of pretty rose and cream , most hand sewn and fine ornate with hand made laces and fine details. Would fit perfect for Jumeau , Steiner , Bru , FG .... or other pretty French or German doll about around 21" ( 55 cm )

Pretty dress has lace ornate front part with rose silk ribbon and hand made lace decoration at both sides...

All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1960 item #1433829 (stock #02027111)
This lariat solid silver rope necklace is extremely elegant with a width of .25 inch. There is a clamp also hand made to fit this necklace and lock it in place where ever you wish it to hold. The tassels have the fine strands of chain with satin finish balls. With a weight of 93 grams it displays great beauty. The length with the tassels is approximately 42 dramatic inches. Also this jewel has no damage of any kind...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1990 item #1433759 (stock #15303)
Modernist sterling ring by Erika Hult de Corral (Ric), this rather rare to find design combines silver in two finishes with richly colored malachite and two small, deep blue lapis cabochons...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #1433733 (stock #MB466)
Chinese Ming Dynasty Glazed Horse & Rider

This impressive and detailed pottery model of a horse and rider was made during the Ming Dynasty (AD 1368 - 1644). It has been coated in green, amber and black glazes. The rider's head has been made separately and has been "cold-painted" in black and white pigments: the head fits into a slot in the neck of the rider. Note the detail to the rider's clothing, the various fittings and especially the horse's mane. This horse comes complete with its own c...

All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1433701 (stock #847)

It´s an very beautiful antique outfit for your French or German doll about around 25" ( 64 cm ) in lovely ecru cotton wool with fine details and lace decoration , included a nice light blue silk collar and a bonnet.

It look´s like as an pretty winter gown , is all most hand sewn dress with nicely made puffed sleeves and rounded neckline. Has small pleated front decoration and two row skirt with lace decoration all around.Finally ornate with silk bows at wrist and a very nice silk c...

All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1433699 (stock #846)

Most beautiful one of a kind French silk costume with matching bonnet , most hand sewn of very beautiful and rare to find checkered and light chocolates brown silk !

It would fit perfect for an doll about around 14" ( 36 cm ) special forJumeau , Bru , Gaultier , Eden Bebe or other French or German Doll.

Lovely dress with elegant style with pretty silk front fully of pleats and fine ruffles , both sides of checkered silk ornate with fine hand embroidered lace. Back are ...

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre AD 1000 item #1433679 (stock #MB463)
Rare Small Chinese Han Dynasty Bronze Ding (Published)

This bronze ding was made during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). Its form, that of a three-legged covered cooking vessel, is well-known amongst Han Dynasty bronzes. However, most examples are larger; this is a rare small example. The body stands on three legs that are in the form of bears. On either side of the vessel are square handles. The round cover is surmounted by three decorative animal-head handles, designed so that it can be ...

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #1433614
Three small Chinese Guangxu mark and period ogee form bowls with lobed rims, each exquisitely decorated on the exterior in famille rose enamels with a quail standing on rockery below bamboo wrapped with leafy vines sprouting flowers and double gourds that extend over the wall to the interior well. A single bird flies above. The base of each bowl holds a six-character kaishu form iron-red Guangxu mark and of the period (1875-1908). 4” diameter x 1 3/4" high. Very good overall condition with...
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1433613 (stock #845)

Very cute factory all original tiny all bisque Mignonette from the series of " Lilliputains" in her cradle .... which were offered at the 19th. century in French Department store catalogs !!

A tiny doll for your doll or doll house .... special beautiful with distinctive complexion or facial painting , still preserved in her factory lace costume and with her sweet wickerwork cradle !

The tiny 2,5" ( 6 cm ) doll has bisque swivel head , lovely painted facial features and l...

All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1433612 (stock #844)

Very cute factory all original tiny all bisque Mignonette from the series of " Lilliputains" .... which were offered at the 19th. century in French Department store catalogs !!

A tiny doll for your doll or doll house .... special beautiful with distinctive complexion or facial painting , still preserved in her factory silk costume !

The tiny 2,5" ( 6 cm ) doll has bisque swivel head , lovely painted facial features and curled blonde mohair wig . With bisque torso and pe...

All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1433611 (stock #843)

Very rare early period bisque Bebe by Jules Steiner .... circa 1875 / 77 ... with most beautiful light blue eyes , best quality of pale bisque and painting , rare two row of tiny teeth in her smiling open mouth , has unusual pate cut . Original body and in all complete generally excellent condition with original clothing !

Special lovely early 17" ( 44 cm ) Bebe has pale pressed bisque rounded socket head with pretty light blue inset spiral eyes encircle of dark eyeliner , nice...

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1433609 (stock #MB437)
Fine Chinese Song Dynasty Qingbai Porcelain Bowl in Kiln Saggar (Study Piece)

A rare opportunity to acquire a Northern Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1127) kiln saggar still containing its Qingbai porcelain bowl, excavated from a kiln site in the Jingdezhen area of Jiangxi province. 

Northern Song Dynasty Qingbai porcelain was fired individually in saggars (the fireproof clay case) that were stacked on top of each other in the kiln. Firing in kilns was then, of course, not the exact science tha...

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #1433501
Chinese late Qing dynasty porcelain bowl with a slightly flared rim decorated around the exterior in two shades of underglaze blue with four stylized lotus blossoms among leafy scrolling tendrils set against a smooth, translucent white porcelain ground. A double blue line encircles both the rim and foot. The interior of the bowl is undecorated. Late 19th to early 20th century. 6 1/4” diameter x 3” high. Very good overall condition with no chips, frits, or cracks. The rim feels a bit rough ...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : African : Pre 1930 item #1433407
Large bowl from the island of Biak in the Geelvinkbay in the Indonesian province Papua. The handle in the shape of a Korwar figure. L. 57 cm. Very good patina. Provenance: Lempertz, Brussel, 2017
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : African : Pre 1950 item #1433400
Anthropomorphic figure ‘Lagana’. H. 51 cm. First half 20th century. Old repairs to the arms and the left leg. Van Rijn: ao-0156590-004. Provenance: Private collection Antibes, France, Private collection Belgium. Exhibited: Paris, France, ‘Parcours des Mondes’, Joshua Dimondstein, 2019.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : African : Pre 1930 item #1433381
Early 20th century. H. 14 cm, diameter 31 cm. Good condition with age related wear. See pictures. Provenance: Joris Visser, Brussels Srdjan Sremac, The Hague Published: Hans Witte - Ifa and Esu (1985)
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1433359 (stock #842)

Rare early French bisque Poupee from Huret era around 1860 with beautiful expression having best quality of bisque and painting included complexion with gorgeous blue enamel eyes , very clean and sturdy kid body. Wearing very beautiful antique enfantin winter gown with muff !

This pretty 17" ( 44 cm ) poupee comes from the same time era like an Huret poupee and she is an rare found with her lovely facial expression on shoulder head with plump round face . Has beautiful blue ...

All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1990 item #1433343 (stock #15145)
I don’t usually venture into the 1980s with vintage Mexican silver jewelry but Erika Hult de Corral is one of the few instances in which the general rule is broken. A Paris-educated, talented modernist with a distinct brutalist strain in her designs, Ric (as she signs her pieces) worked with Sigi Pineda and Enrique Ledesma before she opened her own workshop. She kept making jewelry into the 1980s, past the demise of most of Taxco’s early talleres, and the dangle earrings at hand are such an ...
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1433307 (stock #841)

Beautiful one of a kind French dress with bonnet which would fit well for your French or German Doll about circa 24" / 25" ( 62 - 64 cm ) Perfect for Jumeau size 12 , Steiner , Bru , Gaultier or other pretty Doll....

A most hand sewn dress of cream netting fully ornate with light blue silk ribbons . Has lot of small ruffled rows at middle of front and both sides similar in vertical optic. Similar style of back upper side ........ The dress has 3/4 long inset sleeves with ruffl...

All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1940 item #1433283
7.5 inches long Vintage William Spratling bracelet made in first phase of the Mexican Silver Renaissance and projects a timeless design. .75 inches tall and constructed with the open backed repousse technique. There is glare in the photos but this jewel has no dents or damage with some patina. It closes with a fold over clasp that is firm. The weight is 39 grams of higher than 925 silver and strength is given to the bracelet with the bending to the silver. A pleasure to wear. The hallmark is cl...
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1433282 (stock #840)

Most beautiful French 25" ( 64 cm ) Bebe by Rabery and Delphieu with superb deep modeling with dimpled chin on excellent quality of pressed bisque and painting , from France circa 1888 .

Beautiful doll with lovely blue inset eyes , fine painted features , original early massive body , original curled wig and wearing very beautiful antique clothing .

She has the special look of complete dreamy expression !!

Pressed bisque socket head of first period with engraved block lett...

All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1433261 (stock #839)

Beautiful one of a kind French Bebe costume with matching ornate antique straw bonnet from Paris department store " Grand Magasin du Louvre " , would fit for French or German Doll about around 20" ( 50/52 cm ) ...for Jumeau , Steiner , Bru , Gaultier or other pretty doll .....

Of sea green silk sateen is this elegant costume most hand sewn and fully ornate with gorgeous hand made French lace , trim and buttons.

The dress has pleated sleeves with hand embroidered lace ruff...

All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1433259 (stock #837)

Very nice antique silk top hat from France around 1885 in generally excellent condition . All hand made original antique one of black silk satin ornate with lovely feather like a little bird

The cone shaped hat has stiffened sides and flat wire-framed brim covered with fine black silk satin , small around brim self-edged.Has matching braid encirles the bands and is decorated with fine feather and silk ribbon.

Underbrim matching covered with black silk and has fine ecru muslin l...

All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Period : Pre 1930 item #1433238 (stock #RN12232)
Here is an elegant sterling silver fancy-link chain which comes from the era of the Titanic, but could be as late as the Art Deco period (Downton Abbey! The Great Gatsby!). It is interesting enough to be worn on its own, or you could hang a pendant or watch from it. The clasp is stamped “Sterling”. It measures 26”, and the links are 1/4” or 4mm wide at the widest point. It weighs 5.6g, and is in excellent condition. The photos are part of the description; please examine them carefully. T...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1433088 (stock #MB445)
Very Rare Chinese Yuan Dynasty Inside-Glazed Qingbai Porcelain Zodiac Jar

This extremely rare and unusual jar was made during the Yuan Dynasty (1279 - 1368). It has a splayed foot and is quite "heavily-potted" with the whole of the outer body profusely decorated with what are most likely religious (Buddhist) motifs. The lower body is covered in repeated carved lotus leaves. Around the waist is a band of "pie crust" decoration on top of which stand twelve human-like figures, the bodies moulde...