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Gustavian Crystal Chandelier

Renaissance Statue Of Archangel

Chimu Culture Mummy Tape - Stepped Pattern Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: South American: Textiles: Pre 1492 item# 956312
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Quite different in feel from the other tape in our collection (956288), this soft and warm band of red, russet brown, black and white vicuna wool reverses to the same stepped design. It is in very fine, healthy condition, with several holes where it was attached to the main wrappings of the mummy. (It is here that is revealed the original blue-gray color of the black.) Chimu Culture, ca. 1200. 1-1/4 inches wide and approximately 225 inches long.

Pre-Columbian Chimu Tape - Plants and Flowers Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: South American: Textiles: Pre AD 1000 item# 956288
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Its colors still brilliant, this tape was used to bind up a mummy buried in the Andes. The fine stylized pattern repeats on the other side to quite a different effect. Chimu culture, circa 1000 A.D. Approximately 1-1/4 inches wide and 16 feet long.

"Married" Japanese Pilgrim Gourds Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Folk Art: Pre 1900 item# 947635
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Together for more than a century, these mated gourds were used for generations of the same family in Japan. The gentleman's gourd is approximately 14 inches long and the lady's is about 8-1/2. (The latter one has a fine lacquer repair that shows in the close-up photo. The stoppers are carved persimmon wood, the lady's has a brass ring and a bone ring for hanging the two gourds.

Japanese Lacquer Buddhist Shrine Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Lacquer: Pre 1900 item# 934908
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Elegant and dramatic, this lacquer shrine (butsudan) is easily dissembled put together by one person. It is in excellent condition and retains several hidden drawers and compartments, as well as its gates, doors and slides for offerings and flower arranging. Urushi lacquer and kinpaku gilding are employed in great detail. Meiji Period, late Nineteenth Century. Approximately 44 inches by 20 inches by 16 inches deep.

Hawaiian Napkin Ring - Hilo Boarding School Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Oceanic: Pre 1910 item# 918783
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This fine and simple Hawaiian napkin ring in radiant koawood is a beautifully preserved example of the sort of work turned out by the Hilo Boarding School. Circa 1900, about 1-1/2 inches high by 1-3/4 inches in diameter.

Japanese Lacquer Incense Box Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Lacquer: Pre 1910 item# 908944
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A very charming Japanese "gobaku" (incense box) of fine, subtle quality. The design is two overlapping fans depicting the moon over waves and a pair of cranes in flight. Circa 1900, 3-7/9 inches by 5 inches by 2 inches.

18th-19th Century Indian Brass Feet Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Indian Subcontinent: India: Pre 1837 VR item# 866848
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Charming feet of an Indian deity in nicely detailed brass. Late Eighteenth - Early Nineteenth Centuries, India. Approximately 5-3/4 inches long by 2-1/2 inches wide by three inches high.

Large 16th C. Faenza Jug Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: European Medieval: Pre 1700 item# 817824
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A very rare and well-preserved jug produced in late Sixteenth Century Faenza, just after the end of the elaborate "istoriate" period. Excellent condition, with a few rim chips and a small crack. Approximately 8-3/4 inches high and 6-1/2 inches in diameter.

Persian Engraved Ivory Perfume Bottle Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Indian Subcontinent: India: Pre 1800 item# 691375
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Sold to by a collector who thought this stately item was a chess piece and was disgruntled to find its true intent, it is handsomely engraved and inlaid with red and ochre. Approximately 3-1/2 inches tall and 1-1/8 inches in diameter, it is Persian or Northern Indian and dates from the latter part of the Eighteenth Century.

Perisan Carved Ivory Perfume Bottle Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Indian Subcontinent: India: Pre 1800 item# 691358
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Still retaining the essence of the rose oil it once held, this flacon is magnificanet in it simplicity and balance. Approximately 3-34 inches tall and 1-1/4 inches in diameter, it was made in the Moghul Empire in the late Eighteenth Century.

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