Japanese hardwood tobacco ban (smoking box) or ladies vanity box with carrying handle. The lid is inlaid with shell and enamel coins and birds, with an animal and wire finial. The middle hardwood divider lifts away to allow access to the lowest sections with four compartment.
Circa 1920s
Dimensions: 8 1/4" x 6" x 8 1/2" High
Chinese Tang dynasty Changsha bowl. Diameter 13.3 Height 4 cm. Bowl in good condition except glaze erosion. Free from any restorations or repainted.
Rare Japonesque mixed metal tray. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1878. Square with curved sides and straight edges. Two birds soar and glide. One is viewed from below and the other from above (that is, from bird’s eye). An original and jokey design incorporating the exotic flattened Japanese perspective. Feathers are gold, and beaks, eyes, and wispy, dangly talons are copper. Crescent frame engraved with calligraphy-style presentation dated 1879. Ground hand hammered...
Up for sale is an antique Chinese embroidered silk panels with 2 foo lions playing with balls - Intricate embroideries from silk floss and gold wrapped threads, together with other buddhist & toaist auspicious objects against a light brown/orange back ground ; backed with light color linen...
Chinese Yixing zisha serving set dishes with Foo Dog motive. about 40 cm diameter. One dish has been repair (please see on the picture ).
A fine example of a triple knopped double series opaque twist (DSOT) antique wine glass. The bell bowl sits above a stem with three heavy spiral threads outside of a loose central gauze, and with shoulder, medial, and basal knops. Conical foot with rough, snapped pontil.
The vast majority of opaque twist glasses have straight stems, and the addition of even one knop adds substantially to the difficulty of making them, and the value. Each additional knop increases these factors...
Late 19th C Chinese red with gold gilt carving of a baby elephant resting on plinth. This hand-carved elephant and platform are solid wood and do not detach. A charming addition to your home, young or baby elephants symbolize hope, abundance and prosperity as well as wealth, good luck and playfulness. It is best if they are placed in a position facing North. In very good antique condition with normal wear and surface cracks expected with wood carvings of this age...
Charming Japanese Seated Bronze Maiden on original well-carved wooden base. Young maiden is dressed in peasant clothing and is holding a teacup.
Size: Overall 16" H x 13"W x 17"L
Actual 14.5:H bronze figure
Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Width: 6.1 cm (2.4 in)
Height: 3.8 cm (1.4 in)
Fine miniature footed lidded Satsuma pot; top decorated with an outdoor family group behind a canopy; very fine gilt diaper borders and legs; continual foliage decoration to the sides; internal depictions of family groups; signed Kaizan; excellent condition
Size : 16,5cm wide, 10 cm high, 1830 gram weight. Good conditions.
1900's 14K Gold Chinese White Jade Carved Bat Plaque Brooch Marked "14K"
It is 2.2 inches (5.6 cm) long by 2.2 inches (5.6 cm) wide. It is 30.4 gram.
It is tarnished and has inclusions, minor bent at the pin, and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).
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Length: 4.2 cm (1.7 in)
Height: 2.1 cm (0.8 in)
Depth: 3 cm (1.2 in)
Quality Japanese wooden netsuke of a group of three chestnuts; naturalistically modelled with two grubs present, one is articulated; one himatoshi is lined with natural material; good condition
Chinese yellow soapstone scholar's seal. The stone is carved with scenes of sages and their attendant with landscape ground of mountains, pine trees, and bamboo. The reverse is also carved with a man seated at the edge of water, his finger pointing towards the mountains where a temple roof is partially unobscured. The seal on the base of the soapstone reads "a virtue should be praised".
Dimensions: 3" x 2" x 4" height
This is a hand sewn and hand quilted antique doll quilt circa 1850-60. It is random and naïve and very pleasing to the eye. It has been professionally mounted. I love hanging these doll quilts on fronts and backs of doors. (I have run out of wall space!) This one is 16" by 16" and mounted 18" by 18".
A lovely wood carving of a pair from Bali. Meticulously carved and painted, the man with keris and the woman holding an offering, standing on a base. Condition: the base with some cracks and a small loss, the hilt of the keris glued, paint with few losses and wear. Dimension: c. 27 cm high.
Attractive miniature Celadon vase with light green glaze, SONG DYNASTY, China, condition: good, size: H. 4cm x 4.75cm diameter
Beautiful hand-hammered sterling silver and mixed metal perfume. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1880. Baluster with double-scroll side handles and threaded cover. Vertical stylized vegetation and darting insects (butterflies and dragonflies) applied to honeycomb ground. With chain for hanging on a lady’s chatelaine. A small-scale confluence of Japanese inspiration and Arts & Crafts technique...
BIBLICAL POTTERY COOKING POT
HOLY LAND – ROMAN “HERODIAN DYNASTY”
SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD
37 BC – 70 AD
Time of Jesus and King Herod the Great
Short cylindrical neck with two handles and circular lines around the entire body and base
Dimensions:
Height: 11 cm
Diameter: 16.5 cm
Height on stand: 15 cm
Condition: Good condition
Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land
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