A beautiful brass chamber stick with an unusual riveted thumb piece English circa 1840 measuring 2” height by 12” width beautiful patina
A beautiful English circa 1820 chamber stick brass with a bowl shape base measuring 4.74”x4.75”
Antique Chinese finely hand-carved with superb details rosewood sculpture depicting the Laughing Buddha -Budai (also known as Hotei or Pu-Tai), late 19th century (Qing Dynasty)...
19th century boxwood netsuke of seated Gama sennin (Chinese sage) with his usual companion - three-legged magic frog - climbing onto his head. Beautiful carving with wonderful expressive face and beautiful flow of the robe with nice cloud patterns, differently sized himotoshi, very well carved leaf cape and skirt. Wonderful wear, excellent patina. Height 1 5/8 inches.
Late 18th to early 19th century small Chinese ivory carving of a standing boy holding a branch with peaches on his shoulders. Nicely done, very pleasant patina, in great condition, fixed on well carved hardwood stand. Height of the figure 1 1/2 inches, height with stand 1 13/16 inches.
Late 18th to early 19th century bronze suigaraake (ashtray) netsuke in a modified hexagonal drum shape, its outside cast with a sinuous water dragon chasing a Precious Gem. Very well designed piece, good detailing, functional netsuke shape. Nice old piece with very pleasant patina on metal. Maximum width 1 5/8 inches.
Interesting little lot of pre-columbian pottery antiquities, ca. 600-1200 AD.
Lot consists of a nicely engraved spindlewhorl, a cure and intact pottery bird whistle, a stone head and a scarce pottery mould for casting a head.
The head is ca. 7 cm. wide for comparison.
Ex. Old Private Collection since the 1970s.
A magnificent English polished brass chamber stick measuring 4.75” x 7.5”
Unusual large size
A Frypan sharpen chamber stick English 1860s in brass with a cutlery thumb piece
An elegant English Chamber Stick measuring 3x5.5” probably early nineteenth Century
A beautiful English Chamber Stick measuring 4.75x6”
A beautiful Nineteenth Century English‘s Victorian Chamber Stick in Brass Measuring 3“ x 12“ in a fry pan design
A beautiful English Frypan shade chamber stick from the nineteenth century measuring 4”x10”
The Virgin in Prayer, Early 19th Century. Oil on Canvas measuring 22 by 17 inches in a gilt frame 26.5 by 22 inches (The original framed canvas has been placed into a larger frame – see back of painting). This work of art depicts the face and praying hands of Mary, her sad expression with downcast eyes and pursed mouth, clothed in a white palla with yellow trim and a blue robe with red trim; executed in sombre colours and with emphasis on the Virgin's sad and thoughtful facial expression...
Chinese, Enameled Silver Snuff Bottle, Bajixiang Emblems
This is an wonderful Enameled Silver Snuff Bottle of Flattened Circular form, with a round, long neck and a narrow raised elongated edge and flat base. Most likely made, based on its style, during the first half of the 19th century. It is very colorfully decorated with enameled Bajixiang (Eight Buddhist Auspicious Symbols) Emblems. It is designed to bring peace and blessings to its owners...
Chinese, Enameled Porcelain Snuff Bottle, Jingdezhen Kilns
Chenghua Mark
This is an exceptional Enameled Porcelain Snuff Bottle of cylindrical form, round, long neck and wide mouth, and a narrow raised edge and flat base with an apocryphal Chenghua Mark (Chinese Ming Period 1465-1487), but most likely made during the first half (1810-1870) of the 19th century, according to 'Marks on Chinese Ceramics' by Gerald Davison...
This is a Qing Dinasty, 18th/19th century, Bulbous, Circular form snuff bottle, with sloping shoulders, rounded elongated neck, and raised oval footing. It has a deep, rich spinach-green color with dark mottling. It is polished all around, and it feels pleasantly rounded. It comes with an agate stopper with spoon...
This is a very fine 18th/19th Century period, well-hallowed, Dendritic Chalcedony Snuff Bottle of flattened, rectangular, with rounded shoulders tapering towards base, with a cylindrical short neck, a wide mouth, and an oval foot rim surrounding a shallowly recessed flat foot. The translucent stone has an abstract mottled pattern of brown ground and white macaroni bursts and strands that go in different directions and that are different on all sides of the bottle...