Unusual Japanese okimono of an ant with lifelike rendering made out of leather hide. Mounted on custom metal base for display.
Dimensions: 16.25" H x 4.5" W x 6" D (on base)
A fine Japanese ikebana basket hand-woven from bamboo, cane, cedar root, and urushi lacquer. Signed by artist Jiro Yonezawa (b.1956).
Jiro Yonezawa attended the Beppu Vocational Arts Training Center in 1981 and spent a year as an apprentice to Masakazu Ono. Later on, he continued his training at the Oita Prefectural Beppu Industrial Art Research Institute. He lived and worked in the United States from 1989 to 2007...
A fine Japanese ikebana basket hand-woven from bamboo, cane, cedar root, and urushi lacquer. Signed by artist Jiro Yonezawa (b.1956). Jiro Yonezawa attended the Beppu Vocational Arts Training Center in 1981 and spent a year as an apprentice to Masakazu Ono. Later on, he continued his training at the Oita Prefectural Beppu Industrial Art Research Institute. He lived and worked in the United States from 1989 to 2007. In 2008 he returned to Japan and built a new studio in Oita Prefecture...
This is an excellently and intricately carved boxwood very charming netsuke,made by the native of Ukraine Alexander Derkachenko. It depicts a seated Okame who is laughing as she holds a large Cucumber. Signed in seal form.
Netsuke is stained in tan and brown colors. It measures 1.21 inches (3.1cm) wide, and 1.52 inches (3.8cm) tall. It is in outstanding condition, as may be seen in the posted photos.
Alexander Derkachenko is a contemporary artist born in Sambor, Ukraine, in 1964...
Hardwood stand made of white nara. Dramatic white rind with natural finished top.
Contemporary
Dimensions: 19 3/4" high x 24" wide
Japanese copper 10-pronged antler shaped meadate from a kabuto (samurai helmet). On custom stand.
Heisei Period
Dimensions: 9" total height (6 1/4" high meadate only)
Of terracotta or earthenware, this lovely sculpture depicts a pug dog lying down, has glass eyes and a red collar.
Painted surface over tan body.
With big jowls and black ears, he is quite endearing, and is in good condition for its age.
Condition is good overall, with no breaks or chips, just minor loss to paint surface, all visible in photos.
Most dog figures like this were made in Germany, and were imported all over the world to dog fanciers.
Sometimes it is difficult to be sure of the ...
Beautiful Chinese antique porcelain turquoise and gilt baluster vase and flared neck with red overglaze markings. Body with floral design done in gilt. with markings on body and inset bottom. Perfect condition.
Size: 9.25"H x 5.5"D
Age: Republic Period
Chinese horseshoe back lady's folding chair made of elm wood with brass mounts. Back splat and other details are carved with an archaic chimera motif. Reinforced seat is very comfortable and strong. Classical and elegant design.
Age: 20th Century
Dimensions: 35 1/2" high x 26" wide x 25" deep. Size of seat: 19" wide x 15 1/2" deep.
GUNTHER EAGLE PRESENTED TO GENERAL POWELL BY LISLE-WOODRIDGE FIRE DISTRICT, 2006 14 1/4 X 12 In.
Hans Müller was born in 1873. He was a sculptor, and the son of Francis Xavier.
Muller studied at the School of Applied Arts and Academy in Vienna under Edmund von Hellmer and Karl Ludwig August Kuehne. He worked from 1900 to 1905 in the studio of Friedrich Christoph Hausmann Frankfurt am Main. Since 1909, he has been a member of the Viennese artists cooperative.
From our African Collection: An African Songye Mask, 11" x 24" h.
The Songye people, sometimes written Songe, are a Bantu ethnic group from the central Democratic Republic of the Congo...
Mercury tying his talaria by Jean Baptiste Pigalle Pigalle was born in Paris, the seventh child of a carpenter. Although he failed to obtain the Prix de Rome, after a severe struggle he entered the Académie Royale and became one of the most popular sculptors of his day...
Papua New Guinea Indigenous Tribal Mask Circa 1960s measuring 8 1/2“ x 8“ Polychrome ceramic
A beautiful original vintage Art Deco French bronze statue of a seated panther by Max Le Verrier Paris artist signed c.1930 measuring 11.75" W x 10.5" H x 4.75" D...
Franco-Italian Sculptor Amedeo Gennarelli 1881-1943, “Ecstasy” Bronze , 17” ….
Amedeo Gennarelli was a French/Italian sculptor. He was born in 1881 in Naples, Italy, but emigrated to Paris in 1913 and worked there until 1930, exhibiting at numerous Salons of the Societe des Artistes Francais. He is known for his work in the art deco style and for his depictions of the female nude, working in bronze, terra-cotta and wood. He died in Paris in 1943.
Polished cast brass American Eagle perched on a branch. Unsigned sculpture from 1920-1930, measuring 18” high,22” wide.
Southeast Asian Siam Thailand Figure in Bronze circa 1900
A beautiful patinated bronze sculpture measuring 20” wonderful piece at an attractive price
20th century copy of an earlier sculpture of Washington by J.A. Houdon 1741-1828. Jean-Antoine Houdon 25 March 1741 – 15 July 1828) was a French neoclassical sculptor.
Large toad in Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica, in Japanese sugi). Black and gold painted glass eyes.
In the Japanese bestiary, the toad has a special place, carrying positive values. The toad as well as the frog, both called Kaeru (蛙) return every year and regardless of the distance to the pond where there were born. The word kaeru is a synonym for "coming home". It is the protective animal for travelers and the symbol of hospitality...
A beautiful vintage bronze suclpture titled "The Bather" by Ernesto Tamariz signed and dated 1974. Bronze on black marble base.
Artist Biography
Born on January 11, 1904 in the Villa de Acatzingo, Puebla, Ernesto Tamariz Galicia was a Mexican sculptor who found in Greco-Latin art the elements to exalt his nationalist vision...
SIno-TIBET Silvered Bronze seated Sculptures consisting of a Lama, and a silvered sculpture of Alaokitesvara , both late 19th century the seated monk with stylized flowers to each side, wearing a robe with patterned borders, seated on a lotus base, later sealed with copper under base with stamped floral designs, h: 6.5 in.; the seated goddess wearing a six-leaf crown and a very high chignon, wearing elaborate robes and jewelry, seated cross-legged with a stylized cobra in her hands...
Charles Lindbergh Bronze Plaque.Early Twentieth Century …..more information coming soon
A beautiful three dimensional portrait of Washington in Bronze, mounted on a wood base for wall mounting, done for the United States Centennial of 1876
A majestic sculpture of an Indian Goddess in bronzed porcelain 20th century measuring 43 inches high
Southern India Bronze Sculpture male royal figure riding a leopard, on rectangular base, height : 5.5 in
A magnificent cobalt blue cameo cut acid etched blue Crystal vase depicting George Washington measuring approximately nine. 8 inches with a diameter of 6 inches. The vase inscribed George Washington , done for the Philadelphia Centennial in 1876.
A beautiful and unique Pre-Colombian Possibly Vera Cruz , classic period,Massive Figure 17 Inch height, 7” depth,10” width
A beautiful and very rare work in abstract style of a Bull or Ox in Patinated Bronze mounted on a matching bronze base measuring 24” in length,base measuring approximately 16“ x 6 3/4“, 11 inches in height
Itzik Benshalom, the man and the artist, is larger than life, an artistic Israeli with a remarkably gentle disposition...
Contemporary Art Glass Sculpture Signed Glasshouse And Dated 1989..measuring 6” diameter Berlin Estate possibly attributed to Zweifel
Italian Travertine Pedestal Circa 1980 in a modernist design measuring 34” height and 12” x 12” top (Berlin Adler)
Japanese porcelain vase approximately 9” in height depicting a flying crane in flight done in a variety of rare glazes Berlin Estate
African wood mask measuring approximately 16”x8” , the mask in exotic balsa wood Berlin Estate
Chita Lovemode ,Zimbabwean Stone sculpture 10” signed 2677 Verdite Shona Peoples Berlin Estate
A Magnificent Handmade Copper and zinc Metal weathervane made into the shape of a galloping horse by Harris & Company, Boston. Mounted on a custom wooden plinth The weathervane measuring 19 inch in height by 32 inches in length. The stand measures H: 3”, L; 33”, D; 8”
The body is composed of two phoenixes, the heads of the birds naturally forming the handles. The stone is very hard, green speckled with translucent white. The cover is also formed of 2 birds, it is not pierced so it is possible that it is not a censer, although it can be used without a cover. It is placed on a finely carved hardwood base. There are some numbers stamped inside, probably so as not to mix up the bases. China 20th century around the 70s...