Shien
Pagoda in Snow
Date: 1930s-1950s.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Size: Approximately 6 x 4 inches.
Sealed by the artist.
Print is tipped along its top edge to original holiday card with message inside.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.
Pair of unusual 1930s Japanese sterling silver salt and pepper shakers in a shape of Amida Buddha sitting with his hands in jo-in mudra - hand gesture signifying concentration. Excellent quality work, great faces and textile lines. Sliding door on the bottom, marked STERLING 950. Excellent design, very well made, wonderful table objects. Height 2.1 inches, weight of the two 54 grams.
Chippendale sterling silver serving tray. Made by Gorham in Providence in 1944. Round with flat curvilinear ogee rim. A large and heavy piece in this pattern. Fully marked including maker’s stamp, no. 42613, and date code. Very good condition.
Dimensions: H 1/2 x D 13 3/4 in. Weight: 38.4 troy ounces. #BW956
Modern American Georgian sterling silver bowl. Retailed by Cartier in New York. Tapering with curved bottom and flat gadrooned rim; four hoof supports. Fully marked including retailer’s stamp and no. 9576AB. Good condition; minor bump on well bottom.
Dimensions: H 3 x D 5 1/4 in. Weight: 6.5 troy ounces. #BY448
Jeannette Glass Company made Adam from 1932-34. There are no chips or cracks in the glass. Thanks for looking.
2 are available
Kiyoshi Saito
Daitoku-Ji Kyoto (C) 1959
Edition: 99/100
Size: 23.5 by 18 inches.
Matte size: 26.125 x 21.75 inches.
Date: 1959.
Self-carved and printed by the artist. (See tag).
Signed and sealed in the image.
Titled, numbered, and dated in pencil.
Condition: Margins heavily foxed. Front image area has minimal foxing. Two bits of tape residue at top back margin.
The temple dates to 1326...
Heisey Orchid Etched Compote is 6.5" wide, short stemmed. Produced from 1940-1957. #1519, in excellent condition.
A classic Art Deco first standard (950/1000 pure) silver jigger by the Parisian silversmith Auguste Roustang. The tapered form is simply decorated with a series of increasingly narrower steps at the base for a streamline look. The rim is hallmarked by Roustang.
- Origin: France, 1909-29
- Condition: excellent, no dings
- Dimensions: 1-15/16” tall
- Weight: 34.9 grams
Signed Venini Fazzoletto (aka: handkerchief) in slightly opalescent Lemon Yellow glass; vase stands 8 inches (20 cm) tall and is 8 inches (20 cm) wide and has a polished pontil and "pulled" points. The piece is acid stamped venini/murano/ITALIA. Vases of this type were made early in the production with the more complex designs coming later. No chips, cracks or repairs. Circa 1950
A fascinating Chinese acupuncture tool. The object is made of metal and the handle is made of a hardstone. The object contains motif of peach blossoms. Age: 20th century Size: Length 6.25" Width 2.8" Height 1.5"
A beautiful early 20th C. Japanese black ink stone in excellent condition, marked. L:6" W:4-3/4"
Pilgrim's hanten made of thin white cotton with many stamps of the sacred sites that are called "Shodo-shima Hachiju-Hachi-kasho Reijo (Shodo Island 88 holy places) located in Kagawa prefecture in Shikoku. The pilgrimage route was opened in late 17th century. The head band has stamps from Omine-san (Mt.Omine) in Nara prefecture. No sign of a place in the belly band. In good condition but has a few stains. The first half of the 20th century...
Paden City Penny line Handled Tort Tray is in mint condition. It measures 10.5" across. Made in the late 1940's or early 1950's.
Height of Pot: 9½” (24.13 cm) Width of Pot: 6½” (16.51 cm) Height of Warmer:5 ¼” (13.34 cm) Diameter of Warmer: 6¾” (17.15 cm). Song Dynasty styled. Both Qingbai wine pot and its matching warmer are gracefully glazed in the color of greenish jade. The pot has a seated animal atop its cover while the wine warmer is shaped like a blooming lotus-flower. Both pieces boast of their refined workmanship whose history may be dated back to the Song Dynasty (960-1127)...
Hocking Forest Green 6" Vase was made in the 1950's. 3 are available.
This rare Morgantown Genova Two-Tone tumbler is a beautiful deep cobalt Nanking Blue and golden topaz. The flared bowl is blown panel optic attached to the blown bell foot. This art deco tumbler glass stands 5 1/4" high and 3 1/2" across the cut and finished rim. It is in excellent, unused condition. Insurance and confirmation are included in the price.
Design book of Japanese traditional patterns which are originally designed by Katsushika Hokusai (1760?~1849), a notable and prominent Ukiyo-e-shi. The title is "Shin-gata Kommon-cho", a new komon design book. It has a pair of two designs, which are woodblock print, black line in one page and colored in the other and each has a name. 74 patterns in a ciecle. In excellent condition. Published in Taisho 14 (1925) by Okamoto Ihei in Kyoto. 22cm x 17cm x 2cm
BURMESE
watercolor on paper by the significant Burmese artist TUN TIN.
River scene with boats and bathers.
Signed and dated 1933.
38x26cm. Mounted on card. Slight fading, and small areas of foxing.
Brother of well known artist
U BA THET, who was the teacher of the renown modern artist
PAW OO THET.
Can be viewed in central London and shipped with insurance worldwide.