Cute flower vase of convex shape with a flaring mouth. Four vertical ribs, creating four segments decorated each with a small impressed chrysanthemum rosette. Fine cream-colored stoneware with a yellowish green translucent glaze with fine crackle...
Beautiful purple earthenware vase with blue glaze. It measures 10" tall. It comes with the original box. The base has a cartouche, the signature of the artist.
A Quimper art pottery ashtray circa 1970s. This signed Quimper French faience pottery 5-1/8" ashtray is in shades of blue, orange, yellow, grey, cream and black, this piece of art pottery is signed HB QUIMPER FRANCE F.20 PK (mark in use from 1968-83). This item is in excellent original condition with no chips, cracks, crazing, losses, damage or repairs...
Chinese necklace with round, pink coral beads in a gradation of smaller to larger beads towards the lowest point, fastening with a delicate silver clasp.
Size: 9.25" length
These five vintage English Ravenhead mugs are quite collectible and functional barware from which to enjoy a bit of brew. The base is panel ribbed up to smooth, clear glass. The clear handle is a good hand size, and it is all put together with two molds. The logo is of a stylized raven with RAVENHEAD above the head, GLASS beneath the claws and below is ENGLAND. Each is in excellent condition only showing a few stray, light scratches...
Nepanese Wooden Ghee Butter Tea Bottle or Chaang with Brass mounted with top attached with brass chain, 6" high, the condition is new.
Vintage Chinese jadeite bangle. Beautiful natural coloration of white/purple jade with greyed-green.
Size: 3.75" wide ( 3" inner )
Cotton kimono with Nemaki Shibori (thread resisted rings) and Kanoko Shibori (Bound Dots) with a crest and characters motif. All hand-sewn and indigo dyed. The lining in the upper part is a recycled cotton towel (tenugui). In excellent condition. 20th century. 136cm x 140cm
This hand strung tiger’s-eye, rhodonite and cloisonné necklace is 24” long. All the stone pieces are very well cut and polished. The color and quality are quite good, too. The clasp is made of silver. The necklace was a 1970~1980 product and is in great condition.
Handsome handcarved wooden ceremonial mask from Kenya. The mask is carved from a single piece of wood. Excellent condition, the back has a screw attached for hanging on the wall. Circa 1970. 12/1-2" x 5-1/4".
Netsuke of an abstract bird. Superb stylish carving wonderfully capturing the essence of the creature. Beautiful clean piece carved out of ivory and horn. Signed MHB on inlaid solid gold plaque - Michael Henry Birch (1926-2008) was one of the best 20th century netsuke carvers. Length 3.22 inches.
Japanese wedding gown with a pair of oshidori (Mandarin ducks), flowers and maple leaves in the background colors of red and gold. This is a newer gown in very pretty cheerful colors and it's in excellent condition like new.
Dimensions: 51"W x 74 1/2"L
An Exquisite Lilac-Apple-Green Jadeite Pendant with Auspicious Motifs Length: 2 1/8 inches (5.4 cm) Width: 1 3/4 inches (4.4 cm) Weight: 52 grams
Condition Report: Hand-Carved, Good Condition
Provenance: Property of a NY Collection
This Tibetan wool sash measures 12.7 cm x 340.4 cm in length including the silky fringes. The tigma (cross) motif is an ancient good luck charm among Tibetans and here it is depicted in a discontinuous weft pattern design. These sashes are traditionally worn to secure the traditional Tibetan attire called a chuba. The high lustre of the wool is attributed to the high lanolin content of the goat wool in the high altitude regions of the Tibetan plateau...
A woven wool sash from Tibet, circa mid to late 20th century. Measuring 15.3 x 300 cm including the fringes, it is in overall good condition, but with some fraying. These sashes are used by Tibetans to tie their traditional attire (chuba for women, lokpa for men) and also to secure knives, bundles etc. Enlargement #6 shows the use of these sashes in traditional Tibetan nomadic culture (© 1995 East of Lo Manthang by Peter Matthiessen and Thomas Laird).
Canadian Aboriginal, old Argillite stone carving depicting swimming goose, sculptured from the silky-smooth natural solid Argillite stone by the Inuit artist of the Canadian Arctic. Signed by artist on the bottom with initials J -T- 72 (indicating that the sculpture was carved in the year 1972) and below N GNITUK.
Dimensions approximately:
Overall length: 26 cm (10.24 inches).
Height: 12.5 cm (4.92 inches).
Width: 7.7 cm. 3.03 inches).
Weight: 1.233 kg (2lb 11.49 oz)...
Chinese carved Crystal Fern and Vegetable design Lamp Finial, 1 5/8" high, 3/4" diameter round, the condition is good.