Vintage Folk Art Chinese silk doily embroidered with good luck symbols of butterflies and bats and a centered peony, framed in a black linen border with gray silk binding in period shades of green, purple and hot pink, natural linen backing, easily opens to make a pillow if desired. Size: 13 1/2" x 9 1/4". Pretty design and soft colors, embroidery in fine condition; freyed binding and moderate run of thread colors on silk.
This Hazel Atlas 2.5" tall mayonnaise dish is 4.5" in diameter. This is one piece.
There are no chips, no cracks, and no repairs to this item. There is no inner rim roughness. This item is in excellent condition.
Federal Glass Company made Georgian from 1931-36. There are no chips or cracks in the glass. Thanks for looking.
Federal Glass Company made Sharon from 1935-39. There are no chips or cracks in the glass. Thanks for looking.
Among the Naga, the libation is a religious ritual to offer a drink (milk, alcohol, ...) to a deity. The Naga tribes are located in East India, district of Aranuchal Praddesh, these areas have remained in a great isolation until at the end of the 20 th century These horns come from large wild bovids "Bos frontalis" locally called "gayal or even "mithan"...
Old Japanese Silver Imperial Presentation Bonbonniere Box
It is 2.2 inches (5.5 cm) tall by 3.3 inches (8.5 cm) wide. It is 75.5 gram.
It is tarnished and has surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).
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1940's Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Plaque with Snow Scene Signed 余文襄 明泉古屋
It is 7.7 inches (19.7 cm) in length by 4.9 inches (12.6 cm) wide. It is 0.25 Lb.
It has flea bite chips at the edge, dark spots and surface wears (as seen in the photos).
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Chinese round table of natural gnarled, twisted hardwood roots, and a transparent russet lacquer. The table is constructed in two parts- The trunk-like pedestal base and the rooted edge, round top. This type of natural root furniture goes back to the 12th century aesthetic. Here is an example of the round center table produced during the Republic period, bearing the colonial form true to the Victorian Era.
Republic Period
Dimensions: 30" high x 42" wide diameter
Offering an incredible pair of original Sergio Rodrigues armchairs, known as the "Mouse" chairs. Book-matched Brazilian rosewood, with gorgeous dramatic patterns. Very much in the tradition of the American industrialist design, predecessor of mid century. Influence in the Eames chair. It is a chair that invites sprawling — perfect for the social milieu of the bossa nova and caipirinha cocktails; where a languorous afternoon spent chatting and joking is the apex of enjoyment...
Rare large bronze temple dragon spout. Kurama Temple in Northern Kyoto has a very similar one at the entrance to the temple with water running from the dragon's mouth into a large granite water basin where people can purify mouth and hands before entering the temple. Ca. 1950. 30" wide; 3ft tall and 18" deep. Great condition. Ask for shipping quote from CA warehouse.
Large root wood coffee table with beautiful burl grain.
Dimensions: 15 1/2" high x 65" long x 44" wide
Vintage Japanese Amita Damascene Mixed Metal Box with Fuji Mountain Marked
It is 2 inches (5.2 cm) tall by 3.38 inches (8.6 cm) long 6.6 inches (16.8 cm) wide. It is 1.7 Lb.
It is tarnished and has surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).
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Articulated Mud head puppet carved by Henry Seeni.
Similar example in Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado.
Reddish brown sack mask to which are fastened three gourds, one on top and one over each ear, and painted reddish brown. Rag ruff. Kilt made from a woman's old dress. Body painted with red-brown clay. He carries a feather and a rattle. Koyemsi is the most common Hopi clown. He appears in Mixed Kachina Dances and sometimes a group of Koyemsi appear in a dance of their own...
Mushroom masks use the natural form of tree parasitic fungi with minimal modification. Only the openings of the mouth and eyes as well as the nose are the work of the sculptor. They are rarely worn by dancers but more generally hanged inside the house where they will acquire a beautiful black patina of soot. Often the softer part of the interior formed by the spores of the mushroom falls and thus reveals a different color without patina. This one shows a double mouth which can be interpreted...
This mask figure a demon and is made with a kind of wild pumpkin, vegetal fibers has been further fixed with glue , holes for moth and eyes have pieces through, circa mid 20th, very good condition. Inside diameter from 24 to 26 cm cm
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Old mask with a thick shiny black soot patina, the originality of the sculpture is based on an arrangement of rectangular shapes which fit into each other. We note 3 horizontal carved lines and a Shivaite trident crossing the forehead to represent the tika, Old traces of vermilion pigment on the forehead and old traces of glue which retain some hairs around the mouth, the ears are small and in relief on each sides of the mask. Probably gtom West Nepal...
This large size phur-bu shows twin horsemen, height riders 20 cm, nice encrusted patina , indicating a good age at least mdi 20Th,, overall size 40 cm. More information on local origin, Presented on metal stand
This is a marvelous old root carving that Dan Tretiak called Early bird gets the worm.