A Genuine 18th Century HANSA BRONZE OPIUM WEIGHT, Burma. Height 6.5 cm. x Depth 4 cm. x Width 4 cm.
Hexagon base: 4cm.
Natural formed patina.
Weight: 318 gr.
A beautifully preserved GENUINE BURMESE HANSA DUCK OPIUM WEIGHT, with engraved duck symbol of the period on the right/front side of the base. Late 18th Century, weight: 79 gr. Naturally formed dark shiny patina.
Height 4 cm. x 3 cm. Depth x 2.5 cm. width of hexagon base.
This Chinese Double handled Cloisonné cup has its original blown cobalt blue glass insert...
Old red wax seal on bottom from the 70's by Chinese gov official as being between 100 and 200 years old and therefore allowed to be taken out of China...
see pic at bottom pic...1.75 inches x high 3 inches diameter of cup and 5 inches across includes both handles
The cabinet is dark brown lacquer possibly over-painted. There are mother of pearl inlay of very old Chinese calligraphy characters on the doors and drawer front... with no translation available. There is a copper/bronze decorative latch on the cabinet doors.
This cabinet would have been used in a prayer niche and would have held religious objects
32 x 13 x 7 inches.
Antique Japanese large 2-section storage tansu for an herbal merchant. Made of hinoki (Japanese cypress) wood, beautifully worn and patinated from years of use. The top section has a large compartment opened by two sliding panels and with two interior shelves. The bottom section has 38 drawers for storage of various herbs and wares. Every drawer has an iron hirute-shaped pull...
Charming antique delicate and intricately carved gold lacquered panel depicting the opulent setting inside a rich person’s house at night. Please, note the three rats, the Rat in the Chinese Zodiac represents ”wisdom, wealth and prosperity”. L: 37cm/14/5in x W: 13.5cm/13.5in. Excellent condition- one minor flaw note in enlargements.
This is a japanese antique indigo dye kasuri hemp kimono.It is in very good condition with no stains or damage.Size: Length: 143cm (56.2inch) Sleeve to Sleeve 122cm (48inch)
Capodimonte porcelain hinged box in high-relief with hand-painted frolicking cherubs and satyrs with a dark grey horse and on the lid are cherubs playing with a goat. Condition: the front panel has a firing flaw and is indented. On the base is a marked verso with a blue letter N over a crown. It was made in Naples Italy.
Age: Late 19th Century
Size: 4 ¾” ht. x 5 5/8” w. x 4” d. (12.06 x 14.6 x10.16 cm)
A French Nineteenth Century copper minature mold measuring 4” x5” QUILLEN ESTATE
CHINESE MING DYNASTY PORCELAIN ATTENDANT WITH BOWL, measuring 17”
Chinese Ming Dynasty Porcelain figure of an attendant measuring 18 inches
Interesting cylinder seal in black stone, Anatolia, Hittite Empire c. mid 2nd. millenium BC.
A fine carving of different animals in a charming later Anatolian style.
Size: 18 mm. tall and 9 mm. wide.
Condition: Nice Very fine, intact with ancient wear and patina.
This seal was aquired 1990 and was originally purchased out of Charles Ede collection, London...
Interesting cylinder seal in brown stone, Anatolia, Hittite Empire c. mid 2nd. millenium BC.
A beautiful floral / geomethric style carving with tiny details.
Size: 17 mm. tall and 11 mm. wide.
Condition: Nice Very fine, intact with ancient wear and patina...
An oval and domed porcelain plaque with enamelled flowers in a gilt and Bleu Céleste framework. The ”heavenly blue” colour was a speciality for Sevres in the 18th century and revived in the 19th during the reign of Napoléon III. The gilt flower wreath is tooled, to show the texture of the little flower petals, and the large flower motif is excellently painted. The plaque was made in the late 19th century and probably intended for an ormolu wall sconce...
Faience écritoire / inkwell or desk set, France, c 1800. Unusually bold decoration of flowers in black and blue. The inserts apparently of the period, but not belonging. Width "7 ¼ / 18.5 cm, height "2/ 5 cm. Condition: wear consisting with age.
A superb and early spread base mug example of the Worcester "Walk in the Garden" pattern. Although Branyan, in his book "Worcester Blue and White Porcelain 1751 - 1790" indicates the date range for this pattern to be 1755 to 1765, the lovely pale grayish-blue color of the decoration and the presence of a scratch cross mark on the base would place manufacture of this mug (or tankard) several years earlier, making this a truly exceptional piece...
Charming coffee cans, decorated with various birds in bright and lively colours, the style typical of the last years of the Amstel factory, 1809-1814. There are three cans. The saucers are from the period, but not belonging - the original saucers probably had corresponding birds in the center. Height "2 ¼ / 6.2 cm, diameter of saucers "5 ¼ / 13 cm. Condition: some wear to the gilt of the upper rim to two of the cups.
Black-figure depiction of naked youths with clamydes that cover their shoulders and bystanders clad in cloaks. All figures hold spears.
The scene is framed with ivy garlands on the sides and buds alternating with dots on the marked shoulder. A row of tongues emerge from the ridged junction to the neck.
Applied red on the outer edge of the rim and the sideward rotelles, the ridged junction to the neck, the garments and the fillet of one youth...