An old mythical Dragon Horse necklace with low grade silver engraved balls, carved turquoise beads, natural coral branches accented by white and green jade hoops on a braided silk cord. The back of the chased, repousee silver pendant is open. The necklace measures 25",the pendant, 4 ½" x 3 ½" . Total weight 232 gm. Sorry, no international shipping.
A pair of beautiful early 20th C. Chinese cast bronze stand in excellent condition.D:13cm. Sold to Australia
Good Karen basket waterproofed with natural tree lacquer, good condition- i.e. no damage. Circa 40 to 50 years- purchased in the 1990s in Mae Hong Song, along the Thai/Burmese border. I was back there recently and old baskets have all sold out. See last enlargement for reference.
Signed on the reverse with a chiseled signature by the artist: Keiten (Takahashi Keiten, born 1920). Showa era, circa 1960 – 1970. Born in 1920 in Yamagata Prefecture, Takahashi Keiten first studied metal casting under Nagano Tetsushi in 1950. His work was first accepted into the government-sponsored 7th Nitten exhibition in 1951. In 1963, he won the encouragement prize at the Nihon Dento Kogei Ten (Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition) and from 1972 served as a judge for the exhibition...
Two old hair ornaments from China, made of a gilt silver alloy, with carved leaf-shaped jade top. One marked "14K". Condition: few traces of usage, gilding worn. Dimension: c. 11.8 cm and 9.6 cm long.
The protector is in standing position, hard wood, few recent wounds but overall good condition considering its age and long term exposure to water erosion. H 55cm
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Important statue of a protector of Western Nepal, note the body curves softness with the head slightly inclined, important erosion due to the exposure to the bad weather in spite of the hardness of the wood indicating an important age. H 66 cm
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A simple ghurra but with an great important sign of use, encrusted geometrical carvings. H 25.5 cm
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Large Japanese framed print by Joichi Hoshi (1913-1979), signed in pencil, number 30/99 in its series, dated 1974. Scene of a silvery tree covered in snow with metallic silver on mint green ground.
Dimensions: 29" x 29.5" H (entire frame) , 22.25" x 23" H (print only)
吳雲根獸鈕樹癭流/把梅花紋紫砂壺
高度:4英寸(10.2 cm) 長度:7.5英寸(19.1 cm)
Zisha Teapot with Tree-Gall Shaped Spout/ Handle & Beast-Knot by Wu Yungen (1892—1969)
Dimensions:
Height: 4 inches (10.2 cm)
Length:7 1/2 inches (19.1 cm)
Medium: Zisha
Condition Report: Good Condition
Provenance: Property of a CT Collection
These mall sized ghurras are used to churn small quantity of milk when in summer pasture with sheep, the carving shows 4 separated poles joined with a rope knot and surmounted by 4 milk pots supporting a ram , very nice black patina with important signs of used, at least from mid 20th, from Rukkum district . H 20 cm, wide 3 to 8 cm, thick 1 to 3 cm.
寫意葡萄圖 水墨設色紙本立軸 Hanging Scroll of Grapes on Vine / Qi Baishi (1864-1957) Ink and Color on Paper Inscribed and signed with two artist seals.
Dimensions: 37 1/2 X 12 3/4 inches 95.3 X 32.4 cm
Date: Pre-1957
Condition Report: Hand-Painted, Good Condition
Provenance: Property of a MA collection
徐悲鴻(1895-1953)觀音大士像
水墨紙本立軸
1939年作
款識:己卯二月十九日敬設香花寫大士象一區為中國之抗戰陣亡将士祈福。悲鴻。
鈐印:悲鴻。
Hanging Scroll of
A Portrait of Guanyin (Goddess of Mercy)
in Memory of Souls Lost during War against Japan /
Xu Beihong (1895-1953)
Inscribed & signed with an artist seal...
程十髮祝壽圖 设色水墨纸本立軸 款識:金錡吾姊七秩晋三壽慶以此高松壽石仕女圖奉祝。時庚午程十髮並記帝利市鈐印:程、十髮。Hanging Scroll of Celebration of a Birthday Party / Cheng Shifa (1921-2007)
Dimensions: 52 X 26 1/2 inches 132.08 X 67.30 cm
Artist or Maker: Cheng Shifa (1921-2007)
Medium: Ink & Color on Paper
Date: 1990
Condition Report: Hand-Painted, Good Condition
Provenance: Property of a New York Collection
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Large Ghurra showing a powerful scene involving the founding couple of the family. it is an excellent overview of the primordial symbolism of the churning milk saga. Age is difficult to predict, because this kind of luxurious ghurra might not be used every day, based on its signs of use, it may be from the end of the 20th, but from the point of view of design he is much older.rom late 20 th , from the design point of view it is be much more older...
李可染 觀瀑圖
水墨設色紙本立軸
款識:一九七八年可染于师牛堂。
鈐印:李、可染。
可染以山水畫聞名於藝術界,對中國寫意人物畫亦有深刻研究。其風格影响了頗多後来者,諸如刘大為、陳玉先、馮逺等人。李喜欢畫牛,也是一代書法大家。其山水畫代表作有《漓江勝境》與《萬山红遍》等。
Hanging Scroll of
Watching Grand Waterfalls
Li Keran (1907-1989)
Ink & Color on Paper
Inscr...
俞致貞劉力上 繁花玉鳥圖
設色水墨紙本立軸
1992年作
款識:好鳥鳴高枝,潛魚躍清波。壬申春日俞致貞劉力上。
鈐印:俞致貞。
Blooming Flowers with Singing Birds /
Yu Zhizhen (1915-1995) & Liu Lishang(1916-)
Inscribed & Signed with an artist seal
Dimensions:
51 3/4 X 12 1/2 inches 130.4 X 31.6 cm
Medium: Ink & Color on Paper
Date: 1992
Condition Report: Hand-Painted, Good Condition
Provenance: Property of a Canadian collection
Term...
關山月(1912-2000)古木雲山圖
水墨設色紙本立軸
1987年作
款識:丁卯新春漢陽關山月。
鈐印:漢陽、關山月。
Hanging Scroll of Landscape /
Guan Shanyue (1912-2000) Inscribed with two artist seals.
Dimensions: 34 3/4 X 19 3/4 inches 88.3 X 50.2 cm
Artist or Maker: Guan Shanyue (1912-2000)
Medium: Ink & Color on Paper
Date: 1987
Condition Report: Hand-Painted, Good Condition
Provenance: Property of a Vancour collection
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India Mauryan Empire c. 300-200 BC terracotta deity fragment. Seated deity with pleated pants and large ear pendant. Very rare ancient Hindu figure. H 1.5" w 1"
Provenance: Spink and Son London
India, Uttar Pradesh, Kosham, ca. 200 BCE or earlier, Hindu Terracotta monkey with burnished surface and traces of white slip. losses to lower body with no restoration.Size just under 3" H and 1.5" wide A Similar terracotta figure of a bull can be seen in the Santa Barbra Museum of art . Very rare and large for this period of art. Provenance Spink and Son London.
Tsuchiya Koitsu
Owl
Size: Mitsugiri-ban. Approximately 15.25 by 7.5 inches.
Date: 1930s. This edition ca. 1960s.
Publisher: Doi.
Reference: Koitsu catalog No. TK-DH-75-V1.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.
Japanese Silver Sterling Teapot Marked
It is 8.2 inches (21 cm) tall with handle up and 5 inches (12.7 cm) tall with handle down by 7.5 inches (19 cm) wide. It is 836 gram.
It has surface wear and scratches, stains and tarnished silver (as seen in the photos).
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DESCRIPTION: A complete 29-piece flatware / cutlery set, made in Thailand during the late 1940s to early 1950s. Each utensil is shaped from solid brass and encased between rosewood slab handles, the tips of each with a raised brass figure in court dress and “Siam” stamped at the base. The set consists of dining or dessert cutlery for 8 people (knives, forks & spoons), plus a serving fork & spoon, sugar spoon, and a carving set...
Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki)
In the evening; fishing at Tsukudajima
Size: Approximately 15 x 7 inches.
Date: pre-1936.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. No. 202 in 1936 Watanabe catalog. M-2 in Shotei catalog.
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso.
Condition: Margins edges toned from previous framing.
DESCRIPTION: A handsome ikebana basket, Meiji Period, crafted of smoked bamboo in a diagonal weave with double wrapped handle. Three vertical bamboo strips reinforce two corners, and the basket rests on a square, open weave base. Excellent condition with no breaks or losses. Ikebana ("living flowers") is the Japanese art of flower arrangement. It is also known as Kado ("way of flowers")...
Women’s jacket from the Dong minority in Longsheng Terraces, Guangxi Zhuang, China. The black outer cloth is commercial denim, the lining is handmade indigo cotton with a beautiful purple hand embroidered panels on the back and upper sleeves. Some damage (please examine enlargements) but repairable or very wearable as is. Chest width 50cm/19.5in, total end to end arm length 153cm/61in and shoulder to bottom height 72cm/28.3in...
Small food dish for vegetables, relish etc. of round shape with small indentations in the rim. Thin, light colored stoneware, covered in cream-colored glaze with very fine crackle and pinkish brown swirls. In the bottom a highly stylized kotobuki character (longevity) in iron brown and three green glaze splashes on the rim. Glazes have left a few spots uncovered. Oribe ware, Japan, early Taisho era, 1920s.
H 2 x diam. 4-1/2 in.
Minimal traces of usage, fine condition.
Cyrus leRoy Baldridge (1889-1977)
Peking, 1925
Edition: Numbered 83
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. 6mm seal.
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.25 x 10.5 inches.
Signed in pencil: "C. LeRoy Baldridge".
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.
A strong painted mask likely figuring a tiger, possibly from ramayana Theater . very hard wood with obvious old natural patina, from early to mid 20th. H 35 cm, wide 24;5 cm
rare mask from Indian tribes, hard and heavy wood with an old shinny and encrusted patina , at least mid 20th , H22 cm, wide 16 cm. More information on request
Zitan plaque from the Republican xx
Japanese abstract colored woodblock print - titled "Round About Midnight no. 5", 4/50 in its series, dated 1977, signed Maruyama Hiroshi (b. 1953-) in pencil.
Dated 1977
Dimensions: 21 1/2" x 31 1/4"
Large sized ghurra with two protectors ( H 10 cm) sitting back to back , note the nice small face precisely carved in the middle of rope knot on the front face of the ghurra. H 38;5 cm , wide 7 cm, thick 4 cm.
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Japanese woodblock print depicting a lone leafless tree at dusk set against a gold leaf background titled "Evening View (Dusk)" by Joichi Hoshi (1913-1979). Pencil-signed "Joichi Hoshi" and dated '77 at the lower right, with the artist's square red seal above. Pencil-titled in kanji at the lower left and numbered 43/99. A penciled inscription on the upper back reads "8408 S-1 12/12" and the original price of 100,000 yen is at the bottom of the back...
American artist Guy Diehl, born in 1949 in Pennsylvania, is most famously known for his still life paintings and prints. Diehl's family moved to California in 1960, where he began taking courses in art at Diablo Valley College in 1968. He moved onto study under Mel Ramos, one of the originators of figurative pop art at Cal State University, Hayward. Diehl earned his master's degree from San Francisco State and graduated with honors in 1976...
American artist Guy Diehl, born in 1949 in Pennsylvania, is most famously known for his still life paintings and prints...