All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1451393 (stock #1008)

Most beautiful rare larger size example of the very beloved Kestner Googly in all perfect condition with fine bisque and painting , original body and sweet costume !!

11,5" ( 30 cm ) funny Darling with fine bisque socket head , has funny large brown glass sleep googly eyes with side glancing , dark eyeliner and painted upper curly lashes . She has short feathered brows , a funny round nosewith accented nostrils ...

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1920 item #1451457 (stock #TCR8217)
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A full 7 piece Steeped Tea Sencha Tea Set by Kiyomizu Rokubei enclosed in the original age darkened wooden box titled Seika Sansui Chaki. There are five cups, a teapot with lid, and a cooling dish. Each piece is decorated with a unique scene and poem, no two are alike. They show the mastery of brushwork this important potter, originally trained as a painter, possessed. The cups are 8 cm (3-1/4 inches) diameter and all is in excellent condition...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1920 item #1451461 (stock #L061)
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A voluminous ink landscape built around two scholars viewing the cascade dropping into the canyon on this huge scroll by Tanaka Hakuin enclosed in the original signed wooden box dated Meiji 45 (1912). Performed with rich black ink against the sheer white paper, the mountainous crags and leafy forms built up in layers of gray and black. The scene is mounted in patterned silk with white piping in the Mincho style popular among literati painters in the era, and features huge bone rollers...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 2000 item #1451503 (stock #lot1198)
Description : A Jadeite Pendant was in great quality.
In clear green and transparent tint, this Jadeite piece was in elegant mood used as a hanging piece.

Date:Modern.
Dimension:4.5cmx2.8cm

It is a collection from an elegant lady now retired from collection field.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1451504 (stock #lot1199)
Description : A Houtian jade Bead was in slender olival shape...
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1451567 (stock #1009)

A most beautiful 1900 century antique white Muslin cotton dress with matching bonnet of lovely broderie Anglaise with fitting underdress !!

To this most beautiful three piece outfit belongs a dress and underdress and a matching high brim bonnet which would fit well for one of your favorite French or German doll about around 17" / 19" ( 44 - 46 cm ) and you will never find such the same outfit again.

A fine sewn Muslin outfit ornate with pale pink with silk ribbons , fully or...

All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1960 item #1451610
Aguilar uses turquoise cabs in this unusual example of his braided wire bracelet which is most often seen with silver domes at the bracelet's ends. Also unusual is the petite size of the cuff. The inside measures 4 3/4" end to end with a one inch gap opening. It is 3/8" wide at the center front and 3/4" high at the turquoise cabs. The wire design is somewhat flexible allowing for a bit more length. The patina is excellent. The stones are rich in color. One stone has a pinhead size nick...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Pre 1492 item #1451806 (stock #MB610)
Rare Thai 14th - 15th Century Sawankhalok Celadon Stem Bowl (repaired)

This rare stoneware stem bowl was made at the Sawankhalok kilns around the 14th - 15th century. Both inner and outer surfaces have been profusely decorated with incised bands and lines, with a floral pattern to the inside centre. It is coated with a finely-crackled translucent celadon glaze.

Diameter 16.5 cm, height 10 cm...

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #1451830 (stock #MB611)
Chinese Yuan Dynasty Jun Bowl

This stoneware junyao bowl was made during the Yuan Dynasty (AD 1279 - 1368). It is heavily-potted and coated in a thick jun glaze. The colour of the glaze varies from a pale mauve to a yellowish-grey. The glaze falls short of the foot that remains unglazed and has fired to a pale yellowish-brown. Within the recessed base is a Chinese character in fired-on black pigment.

Diameter 18 cm...

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1451842 (stock #MB523)
Rare Vietnamese 13th / 14th Century Lotus Petal Bowl

This attractively-shaped bowl was made during the 13th - 14th Century. Very similar in form and style of Chinese celadons of this period, this example is Vietnamese. The outer wall has a carved or moulded lotus petal pattern with the tips of the petals finished with incised decoration. The bowl is coated in quite a thick crackled olive-green glaze...

All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Geological item #1451858 (stock #MB616)
Genuine Dinosaur Egg Nest Fossil (4 eggs) - Hadrosaur

This partial nest comprising four fossilised dinosaur eggs is from the Hadrosaur species, dating to the late Cretaceous Period (c...

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre AD 1000 item #1451862 (stock #MB617)
Chinese Neolithic Cord-Impressed Pottery Amphora - Banpo (Over 6,000 Years Old)

This fine and incredibly old pottery vessel was made over 6,000 years ago during the Banpo phase (c. 4800 - 4300 BC) of the Yangshao culture in present-day Shaanxi province...

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1940 item #1451926 (stock #TCR8223)
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A stunning large bowl decorated with overlapping palm leaves by Kiyomizu Rokubei V enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 24 cm (9-1/2 inches) diameter, 11 cm (4-1/4 inches) tall and in excellent condition. It certainly expresses the design skil and painting abilities of this important artist.
Kiyomizu Rokubei V (Shimizu Kuritaro, 1875-1959) initially studied painting and decorating technique under Kono Bairei, one of the foremost painters in Japan in the Meiji era...
All Items : Archives : Lost Art : Asian Art : Japanese : Pre 1920 item #1451993 (stock #TCR8228)
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An exquisite koro by Kiyomizu Rokube V with solid silver lid enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled: Censer engraved with flowering Paulownia. This style is called Taireiji, developed by and unique to the fifth generation Rokubei. The most famous work in this style is undoubtedly a vase decorated with parrots in a tree held in the collection of the Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art. This piece is more subtle, the imagery soft and delicate, breathtaking in person. The paulownia ...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1940 item #1452198 (stock #TCR8227)
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A delicate white flower blossoms on the pink surface of this exquisite vessel by Kiyomizu Rokubei V which comes wrapped in the original stamped cloth sack and enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Taireiji Kabin. The vase is 22.5 cm (9 inches) tall and in excellent condition. Taireiji was the most important development by this innovative artist, and pieces are exceedingly rare.
Kiyomizu Rokubei V (Shimizu Kuritaro, 1875-1959) initially studied painting and decorating techniq...
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1452200 (stock #1012)

Outstanding elegant French one of a kind couture silk costume ... would fit well for French or German doll about around 22" / 23" ( 56 - 59 cm ) !! One of a kind and never to find such the same outfit again , has generally excellent silk fabric and trim condition from around 1880 !

Most hand sewn silk gown lovely colorfull and light brown silk in combination with rose silk and silk cord , fully ornate with lovely French details.

Has hand made ruffles and pleated front a...

All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1452201 (stock #1012)

Most beautiful one of a kind most hand sewn French silk and lace outfit of fine pale blue silk satin and cream netting and lace . Would fit well for French or German doll about circa .... 22" ( 56 cm )... like Jumeau , Bru , Steiner and other pretty of your doll´s !!!

All complete with matching silk bonnet in generally excellent silk fabric condition from 1885 and never to find such the same outfit again.

Most hand sewn ecru and light blue silk dress with small inset l...

All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1452224 (stock #1013)

Rare to find first period Polichinelle Poupee in all original condition from France at 19th. century .....Has unusual character face of an classic Polichinelle features with lovely painting and original silk sateen outfit .

The first Polichinelle character doll´s was offered in France and they was the most popularity character guys in France at end of 19th. century . Often too find in France advertising Etrennes catalogs and publicity posters .... as typical symbols for the world o...