All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1900 item #1419108
Japanese Edo to Meiji period bronze mirror (kagami) with handle, decorated in relief with palm leaves and flowers. Inscribed with the Fujiwara Shigeyoshi maker’s mark. Measures 8 1/8” long x 5 3/4" diameter. 19th century. Very good overall condition. There is a tiny nick at the bottom of the handle. From the Sahuarita, Arizona collection of former expatriates to Okinawa in the 1970s. Stand not included.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre AD 1000 item #1333408 (stock #PT-015)
Liao Flask shaped like a leather prototype with a vertical spout and a loop handle on the other side, both rising from a tall ovoid body covered in a rich glossy amber glaze, stopping above the foot to reveal the buff stoneware. Size: 31.5 cm.high. Condition. No repairs. Normal kiln marks. Age: 10th Century
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Oceanic : Pre 1970 item #1405751
Of reddish wood with fine grain, this Maori Wahaika Patu measures 15 1/4" long and roughly 5 1/8" wide. The top has a figural face or mask carved in reticulated form, with a hole for attachment to the wrist. The club has a hooked section, used to grab the opponent's weapon and remove it...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #970576
Large longquan celadon bowl with crackled green glaze to footrim with lotus petal motif on the exterior, glazed base. Dating from late the 15-16th Century from longquan Kiln, Width = 20 cm, Height = 8.5 cm. Condition : a tiny fritting to the rim and foot, no cracks or hairlines,
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Pre 1837 VR item #913981 (stock #26C10 1779)
Georgian baluster-form coffee pot in sterling silver, Sheffield, 1814, by silversmith Robert Gainsford. Size: 10.5" ht. x 9.25" across handle x 4.5". Weight: 21.55 troy ounces. Engraved on the side of the body with a family crest of a gauntlet dexter holding a fleur-de-lis. The pot is adorned with bands of gadrooning, and the cast goose neck spout has acanthus leaf decoration; there is a pineapple finial atop the stepped, domed cover...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1940 item #1390897 (stock #181811)
This is a pre 1948 Old Mexico City folk style by CEL. The work is gorgeous and lays perfectly The stones are clear and with a jelly amethyst in it's center. 66 grams of quality and a 19 inches of length. The center drop is 4in. across and 3 inches tall and 4 inches tall if you add in the larger lead in link. CEL worked in the pre eagle phase, the eagle phase and into the latter after 1980 with a Mexico City origin at that point...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Pre 2000 item #1353218 (stock #TR806)
A very romantic piece of jewelry is this great diamond heart pendant. Set in 14Kt white gold and set with 165 high quality diamonds. The crossing lines are channel set with 53 square cut diamonds, while the remaining areas are pave set with 112 various size brilliant cut diamonds. The approximate total weight of all diamonds is 2.75Ct. The back of the pendant has a great openwork design. The width of the heart is ¾” and the height including the diamond pave bail is 1”.
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Costume : Designer : Pre 1960 item #340
Hattie Carnegie pendant necklace. Overlapping goldtone links, goldtone oriental design pendant with large green plastic dragon with rhinestone eye. Ca 1950s. L:22" (pendant, D:3")
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1960 item #951293 (stock #31B4 A32)
Lewis Jean Liberte (American, 1896-1965), tempera on artist board painting titled "Night on the Docks". Size: 14" x 21" (sight). Jean Liberte, a New York City artist, is known for his atmospheric night scenes in moonlight. He studied at The Cooper Union, the Art Students League and the National Academy of Design. Condition: excellent. Offered in a modern gilded frame.
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1970 item #192662
A rare and exquisite pair of sterling, amethyst and pearl bracelets by Mexican silversmith Carmen Beckmann. Beckmann had a shop in San Miguel deAllende and was active in the 1960's and 1970's. The composition of these bracelets is sophisticated and the work of a highly skilled artist. The rectangles with amethyst and pearl are strung on 2 rows of silver chain alternating between silver circle slides. The pieces all move and end with an invisible push in clasp...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 2000 item #1107564 (stock #474)
A fine original watercolor painting of Pebble Beach Golf course 7th hole Carmel California by James March Phillips a renowned California watercolorist. Measuring approx. 12 x 20 inches in excellent condition beautifully framed.

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James March Phillips was born in Fresno California in 1913. His art career began in the 1940's while attending Jean Turner Art Academy in San Francisco where is studied under such prominent artists as Louis J. Rogers, Alfred Owles, and J. Paget Fredricks...

All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Designer Signed : Pre 1950 item #172738 (stock #T 419)
Sold. Horse Lovers, this very Popular and Collectible Equestrian pin is a Horse and Jockeyrider Motif and signed: "Sterling Lang". 1.75" east to west X 1 3/8" and in wonderful condition with rich silver (please ignore scanner's yellowing flash) and dark patina in crevices. Not cleaned.
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All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #663245 (stock #lot318)
Description: A lavender-tinted Jun bowl was shaped with straight wall. Before applying the random strokes of purple splashes, one on the outer wall and another at the inner side, the ancient potter must had been dipping the bowl in the glaze so swiftly as to leaving the body in the cavetto partially unglazed like the bottom side. By intentional purpose of the potter’s ingenuity or just a simple missed work, the well-molded bowl was therefore full of rustic joy of strong Zen spirits...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1950 item #1348887
Awesome & exceptionally rare this hand wrought sterling silver & mosaic azurmalachite double entwined serpent necklace was designed & signed c. 1949-50's by Taxco, Mexico artist William Spratling (1900-67). The finely detailed pendant measures 3" wide X 2 1/2". The necklace has a wearable length of 17 inches & weighs 87 grams or 3 oz. Beautiful condition and patina. Hallmarked on reverse WS 925...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1920 item #1453884 (stock #MOR4818)
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A silver rabbit and large solid bronze figure of the young god O-kuninushi no Mikado by Oshima Joun on a black lacquered stand enclosed in the original signed and red lacquered wooden box with separate compartments for the table and figure. Here we see O-kuninushi seated beside his bundle of belongings, hand extended in benevolence to the meek creature. The box is titled O-kuninushi Go-Zo, Go Okimono, Tobu Oshimia Joun Sakku followed by a ka-o signature...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #1136193
Longquan bowl covered blue green glaze. Glazed Base. Southern Song 南宋 (1127–1279). Measurement : Diameter: 21 cm. Condition : firing fault on the rim, no chips, cracks, hairlines or restorations.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1900 item #1073782 (stock #MOR2938)
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A stunning box covered entirely in mother of pearl upon which is the crescent moon in lead under maki-e gold florals. Inside Rimpa style dear rest in lead and gold maki-e on a ground of red-tinted Nashiji. The box is in excellent condition, likely dating from the mid 19th century. It measures 22 x 24.5 x 5 cm (8-1/2 x 9-1/2 x 2 inches).
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Designer Signed : Pre 1940 item #154175 (stock #T 259 )
Sold. Nice, Vintage, Sterling Bracelet with 6 Acorn Motif Stations and Deco links. Old Clasp. 7.25" long X 1" wide. Oval Piece on back Marked: "Danecraft R Sterling" and in very nice condition.
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