All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #819326 (stock #lot512)
Description: A white jade pendant was carved by a Chinese character-Suan Xi( double joys). By another motif in good metaphor-a butterfly being carved as decoration on top, the pendant was an elegant hanging piece in good nephrite Houtien quality. Qing Dynasty. Dimension:7.2cm x 4.2cm x 0.6cm
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #819616 (stock #lot513)
Description:

Zhang kiln was in Fujiang Province.
The products from this kiln were unique by its rice-yellow glaze and the wiry ice-crackles effects resulted from firing.
Another characteristic is the relatively soft body clay comparing to the ones from Jingdezheng...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #819626 (stock #3022)
A finely b/w jar, well potted, decorated with unusual 'ruyi' scrolls intersection by lotus flowers. 'Chang Ming Fu Que' four character mark on base. Middle Ming dynasty Zhengde-Jiajing phase. Condition is perfect, no chip, no crack and free from any restoration. Excavated survive from Borneo site. High: 11.5cm and Wide body maximum: 12.4cm
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1920 item #819654 (stock #MOR2444)
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Everything about this sencha tea implement storage cabinet is top quality; a most unusual box made up almost entirely of worm wood featuring a removable door with an inner panel of antique Chinese origin, possibly an image of a tea salesman with his baskets of leaves. A bronze handle surmounts the lightweight box, with a set of four jade rings attached through a pair of folding fans serving as a handle for the door...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #819928 (stock #3026)
A nice b/w bowl, well balance and thinly potted, decorated to the exterior with phoenix among chrysanthemum scrolls. A peony blossoms medallion inside the center and border with diaper pattern at inner rim. Ming dynasty early 16th century Zhengde phase with 'Xuan De Nien Zhe' four character mark on base...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #820572 (stock #3027)
A definitely fine b/w jar, decorated with cranes on flight among cloud scrolls, nice emblems pattern on the shoulder and key-fret border around the rim. The foot rim surrounded by lotus petal windows, four character 'Chang Ming Fu Qui' coin mark on base. Middle Ming 16th century late Zhengde to early Jiajing phase. Condition is excellent. High: 11.5cm and Wide max: 12.3cm
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #820645 (stock #lot514)
Description: A charming plate owns the crackled glaze was preserved in very good condition. Shaped with broad and flat foot ring which revealed the characteristic soft paste, the plate was justified as a rare piece from Zhang kiln of Ming dynasty. Zhang kiln was in Fujiang Province. The products from this kiln were unique by its rice-yellow glaze and the wiry ice-crackles effects resulted from firing. Another characteristic is the relatively soft body clay comparing to the ones from Jingdezheng...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1920 item #822055 (stock #MBR2461)
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Like an aged boxer, the squat muscular crab takes a stance of readiness, one claw up prepared to defend against a coming attacker. This little fellow is unusual in that it is made of thick bronze, with each joint pinned in a way that allows for some mobility. Legs splayed the creature is 9 inches (23 cm) wide, standing it is 3-1/2 inches 89 cm) tall. There is a repair to the first joint of the 2nd left leg. It dates from the first part of the 20th century.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1920 item #822725 (stock #TIB-014)
A brass four prong dorje from Tibet. The primary symbol and ritual implement used in Tantric Buddhism, also know as a vajra. It can be translated as "diamond" or "thunderbolt". Age: Pre 1920. Size: L. 12cm. W. 4.3cm. Condition: Perfect.
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Pre 1960 item #823551
VERY rare mid-century modern sterling bracelet by Georg Jensen Denmark. I have never come across this bracelet before and although the bracelet number is referenced in the Jensen book by Drucker, there is no photo, which leads me to believe that this piece is extremely rare. It measures 7 1/2" end to end and is 1 1/4" wide. It weighs 79 grams and is in fine original condition with a great patina. Signed as shown...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1920 item #823995 (stock #TCR2468)
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An exquisite large vessel by Seifu Yohei III (1851-1914) enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The mirror smooth surface is lightly tinged pink, a delicate touch only Seifu could create. The Fretwork about the center is absolutely perfect. The vase stands just over 12 inches (31 cm) tall, 5-1/2 inches (13 cm) diameter and in excellent condition. It is signed on the base Dai-Nippon Seifu Zo...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Modernism : Pre 1980 item #824250 (stock #5983)
An elegant pair of vintage fan-shaped or drape shaped 14k yellow gold earrings with a diamond on white gold on the side. These 1-1/2" x 3/8" pierced earrings weigh 3.2 grams, and they are stamped 14K and have an FB maker's mark. They have European style hinged backs, and they have a single cut diamond in each earring. They are in excellent vintage condition with no chips, cracks, dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #824468 (stock #3029)
A good one of Ming b/w bowl, decorated at the exterior with vividly design of lotus among water weeds, the interior center with a vajra pattern within double circle. Ming dynasty 15th century late interregnum period Thianshun-Chenghua phase. Condition with a hairline visible on enlargement 11, further in good condition with no any chip and no restoration. Diameter: 14cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #824474 (stock #3030)
A good found in south Sulawesi area of Ming Longquan celadon with fluted sides to the interior and exterior, incised to the center with a peony blossom, covered overall with banana leaf green, a circular stand scars appear to the unglazed area. Early Ming dynasty 15th century in perfect condition, excepted minor glaze fault to interior. Diameter: 24.3cm.
All Items : Archives : Pre 1492 item #824937 (stock #TR 635)
A rare Ming 15th century Chenghua blue and white hibiscus bowl, rounded side with flared rim and straight foot, bowl decorated with under glaze blue hibiscus flower scroll motif, rim with cross border, center with flower motif.
Bowl is in good condition no chip, no crack, no restoration.
Size: 15.5 cm diameter.
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Edwardian : Pre 1920 item #824979 (stock #TR584)
You’ll be in full bloom with this exceptionally executed 14 karat white gold brooch. This diamond-encrusted Edwardian beauty measures just over an inch in diameter and features a pin back as well as loop, making it convertible into a pendant. The center stone is a 1.55 carat brilliant cut diamond rated a J color and I2 clarity by our in-house gemologist...
All Items : Archives : Pre 1900 item #825016 (stock #ZT134)
A tiny silver flower tops the large turquoise beads on each of these Tibetan silver covers on this pair of weighted calligraphy seals. The silver is fully covered with repousse decorations of animals. Each piece has a small coral bead on one side and a small turquoise bead on the other. The seal bottom symbols are well worn: one is a conch shell and the other is hard to decipher. Sourced out of Tibetan, now part of China, these antique seals are a rare ethnic artifact of a past time...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Period : Pre 1960 item #825313 (stock #TR586)
Wear your sophisticated elegance on your sleeve, or around your neck, with this retro 1940’s-50’s yellow and pink 14 karat gold graduated rope necklace. The twists of this substantial 16” chain alternate in color for a stunning two-tone effect perfect for everyday wear or a special occasion.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #825402 (stock #3039)
A very rare type of Ming dynasty 16th century Jiajing period b/w bowl, covered overall to exterior with monochrome of green glazed and underglazed-blue of chrysanthemum blossom to interior center within double circle as well as the inner rim with diaper pattern border and a seal mark on the base. Condition is perfect excepted green enamel slight degraded, no chip, no crack and free from any restoration. Diameter: 12cm and High: 6.2cm.
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Pre 1980 item #826439 (stock #J373)
These charming earrings were made in Israel of .935 silver; only one is marked. They are decorated in multicolored enamels on a lime green background, with a design of stylized fish defined by applied thin strips of metal or silver. Both earrings appear to have some sort of maker’s mark on each clip back. They measure 3/4 inch in diameter.
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Books : Pre 1492 item #826700 (stock #M3968)
DPRK / North Korean Book: Koryo Dynasty Celadon / Bronze

The great leader President Kim Il Sung said: "The people of Koryo greatly developed the printing industry by inventing metal type for the first time in the world and manufactured the Koryo ceramics which the world values as treasures because of their distinctive colours, patterns and models. All these made our country famous".

Part of the introduction to this book. The Koryo Museum complex is at the foot of Mt...

All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Pre 1970 item #826865
An exceptionally fine sterling and turquoise necklace by Frank Patania. The stones are beautiful and set in saw toothed bezels. Measuring 14" end to end, the center square is 1/1/2" long and 1 3/8" wide. An extender can easily be added to the chain in the back so that this piece can fit a larger neck. Fine original condition and signed as shown. These pieces are highly collectible and heirloom quality.
All Items : Archives : Pre 1700 item #827498 (stock #TR 647)
A good Ming Transitional Chongzhen 17th century blue and white big oviod jar, this jar has short neck with thickened rim and stand on a foot ring, jar decorated with under glaze blue transitional style lotus pond and rock motif, on the shoulder there is three flower motif with leaves.
Jar is in good condition no chip, no restoration, there is star cracks line at the base, no effect on display, still a beautiful piece for collection.
Size: 20 cm height.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1837 VR item #827959 (stock #lot521)
Description:

A Triad Blac De Chine Guanyin Statue was beautifully rendered...
All Items : Archives : Pre 1700 item #828678 (stock #TR 651)
A Ming 16 / 17th century polychrome enamels bowl, rounded side with flared rim and glazed base, bowl decorated with over glaze red and green enamels of flower scroll motif at inner and outer wall, center with two deer among the flower.
Bowl is in good condition with a short faint line at the rim, no chip, no restoration.
Size: 15 cm diameter.
All Items : Archives : Pre 1492 item #828702 (stock #TR 652)
A Yuan Longquan celadon yen yen shape vase, rounded side with ovoid body and trumpet neck, stand on beveled foot, glazed base with unglazed foot ring, covered with green glaze.
Vase is in very good condition no chip, no crack, no restoration.
Size: 16.5 cm height.
All Items : Archives : Pre 1700 item #829097 (stock #TR 656)
A Ming Zhengde - Jiajing 16th century blue glazed ewer, flattened pear shape body with straight spout and curving handle, the ewer covered with blue glaze.
Ewer is in good condition with damage part at the spout re-attach please see picture for detail, no restoration.
Size: 20 cm height.
All Items : Archives : Pre 1492 item #829099 (stock #TR 657)
Pair of early Ming 15th century Chenghua - Hongzhi blue and white bowl, rounded side with mantao shape and glazed base, bowl decorated with under glaze blue of flower scroll and buddhist emblem at the outer wall, center with flower spray, painted in fine quality. Both piece is in very good condition no chip, no crack, no restoration.
Size:
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1910 item #829380 (stock #lot522)
Description: A Zitan lotus-bud water basin was well carved. By a fine quality, the wood piece was preserved with enduring purplish black patina on the surface. Abrasions and minor frits were found on the outer rims. Date: Qing Dynasty, 19th century. Width: 7.6cm, Height: 4.2cm.
All Items : Archives : Pre 1700 item #829469 (stock #TR 659)
A Ming dynasty 16 - 17th century wanli period blue and white bowl, rounded side with bracket lobbed rim and glazed base, bowl decorated with under glaze blue of deer, dragon fly and peaches motif, at center there is running deer motif, inner wall with peaches motif, outer wall with six deer, two dragon fly and two peach tree motif.
Bowl is in very good condition no chip, no crack, no restoration, some minor crackeled glaze at the surface, high ping sound with finger tip.
Size: 15.5 cm ...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Pre 1980 item #829512
Outstanding ,handmade, WIDE 7 band sterling bracelet by Navajo jeweler Allen Kee during his work at the White Hogan Shop in Scottsdale,Arizona. It is 5" around in the inside with a 1" opening and it is 2 3/8" wide. Beautiful incised lines complete the terminals. It weighs 63 grams and is in fine original condition. Signed as shown with the White Hogan Shop mark Handmade Sterling and AK for Allen Kee. Other bracelets like this that I have seen have only had 5 bands. This one is very special.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #830183 (stock #lot523)
Description: A brick oil-lamp was preserved finely. In cylindrical shape and with a hollowed-out cover, the oil lamp was in decent look when radiating out the ancient light. A Chinese character “Fu”-Good Fortune was intriguingly carved within the pattern of the hollowed cover. By an enduring old patina, the oil lamp was in perfect condition and can be used in a practical way. Date: 19th century. Height: 16.5cm, Width of the base: 16cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1920 item #830489 (stock #244)
A large Japanese stoneware koro (incense burner), decorated with coloured enamels on a celadon glazed ground, depicting mythical beings. The cover is surmounted by a Shishi. This item was made circa 1880 - 1920 during either the Meiji or Taisho periods. Condition - two of the three legs have been restored. 10.25 inches (26cm) high, 9 inches (23cm) across.

19或20世纪日本青釉大香炉
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All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Pre 1930 item #831160 (stock #BA732)
Measuring a diminutive 1 5/8 inches in diameter x 1/4 inch high, this circa 1920s, Madam C J Walker "TAN-OFF" tin is a RARE find!

This sample size tin is in very fine condition with minimal surface wear as is evidenced by the photos. The yellow coloring is uniform--any white marks seen in photos are light reflection, not wear or damage.

This product was created by the Madam C J Walker Company of Indianapolis, Indiana, for the purpose of "brightening sallow or dark skin".

It is unknown whe...