Vintage Woman's Jacket from Miao Ethnic Minority of Southern China.
Indigo Dye fabric, covered with intricate batik pattens.
lower panel on back has rows of hand woven decorative tape...
comfortable to wear or use as great wall decoration.
36 inches long x 21 inches across shoulders.
Fits med size woman...field tested...
Federal Glass Company made Parrot from 1931-2. There are no chips or cracks in the glass. Thanks for looking.
This carved double fish nephrite with silver pin is 2 inches by 1 ¾ inches. Ca.1950. It is in good condition.
Large lotus leaf 莲蓬 with moving seeds莲子活动 and two moving insects虫子
19thc Indian bronze footed cooking bowl , very well made and heavy , good patina . Size H 4" just under 8 " diameter
Very old (over 50 years) which is ancient by Burmese lacquer standards. This was possibly made by the Shan who favored dramatic geometric designs over the more figural Burman style. This has some fritting on the lacquer. H: 24cm/9.5in D: 18cm/7.1in.
A beautiful early 20th C. Chinese cocktail shaker set 6 cups and tray with dragon motif, in excellent condition except a little age cracking to the tray. Shaker H:10" Tray D:13" Cup H:4-1/2" $385
This is a stunning cast brass Virginia Metalcrafter Louis XVI inkwell and stand. It is 9 1/2" long by 3" tall x 6" wide. We do have the correct inkwell and cap ( also marked Virginia Metalcrafters).
Virginia Metalcrafters 1890-2006 Waynesboro, Virgina. The started out as the Loth Stove Company and later acquired the Harvin Company of Baltimore in 1953...
Art Deco sterling silver cigar set. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1920. This set comprises, tray, lighter, and 6 ashtrays. Tray rectangular with rounded corners and flat rim. Two central wells of which one rectangular for ashtrays and one round for lighter. Lighter round and bellied with high-looping side handles and hinged and tubular wick cover. Ashtrays rectangular with tapering sides. Acid-etched rinceaux ornament...
Absolutely beautiful sterling charger with openwork and figural cupids playing musical instruments on a 2" border.
There is a vermeil wash over both sides of the surface.
It is sogned Howard & Co. sterling and measures 1" tall x
9 1/2" diameter and is in perfect condition.
Han Dynasty rare matching pair of buckle plaques cast bronze with dragons holding iron loops with gilding and emerald cut quartz gem stones , complete stable useable. Size W 1.5" length 2"
Shodo Kawarazaki (1889-1973)
Magnolia (Mokuren)
Date: 1950s. Later edition.
Size: Oban. 16.0 x 11 inches.
Artist's seal lower right.
Publisher: Unsodo. Publisher, carver, and printer seals at left margin.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.
An Italian Majolica flower pot by Cantagalli, c 1930. Flower pot and saucer in one, three pierced holes for draining excessive water from the pot. Decoration of a modelled zigzag band in yellow and two stylized flower sprigs in green, mauve and yellow. Marked with the singing cockerel of Cantagalli, "Italy" and a star. Height "3½/ 8,5 cm. Condition: fine.
The left Photograph shows the Cotton Merchants office in Gastonia, North Carolina in the 1950's. The Print on the right is a copy of the famous Degas Painting of a New Orleans cotton merchant in 1878. The Cotton Merchants office is 100%
complete. Please call for details.
A Very Rare Blue-White Vase with a Portrait of Lao Tzu, Founder of Taoism and Mark of Ming Dynasty Emperor Chenghua Reign The vase is exceptional in both its design and figure-painting motif...
An antique green glazed porcelain bottle vase with the glaze stopping just below the top rim revealing an all over ge-type crackle with dark grey (iron wire) and gold (golden thread) crackle. The base rim unglazed with the base revealing the same ge-type crackle. Unmarked.
Qing Dynasty - 19th century
In very good condition (please refer to pictures)
Approximately 24 cm high by 16 cm diameter at it's widest point
Small pink rock crystal teapot. It is carved with 5 dragons cut with a grinding wheel in high relief. One of them serves as a handle, another as a pouring spout and a third as a gripping fretel. The last two are flanked on either side of the teapot. The 5 dragons have a strong cultural significance in Chinese art. Wooden base, finely crafted with stylized dragons. Chinese work from the 20th century, probably from the 1960s. Good condition. 16cm x 12cm
Chinese celadon jade pendant/toggle, decorated in relief, early to mid 20th century period, 1 1/2"W x 4"H, in good condition.