All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1900 item #1455780 (stock #TCR8287)
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A pale glazed Kyo-yaki ceramic figurine of a rabbit by Takahashi Dohachi III decorated across the back with a poem by the poet-nun Otagaki Rengetsu. The poem reads:
Usagira ga Rabbits
gamanoho-iro no kegoromo wa Fur robes the color of cattails...
kamiyo nagara ni ki kae zaru ran. Remain un-changed since the age of Gods...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1900 item #1455733 (stock #TCR8286)
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This little guy is just about the cutest thing I have ever seen. A tiny mouse rests atop a bulging white radish, bristling blue leaves in full detail attached as if pulled fresh from the ground. Dating from the 19th century (later Edo to early Meiji period), it comes enclosed in an age darkened wooden box titled Daikon Nezumi Futamono (Radish/Mouse Lidded Receptacle). I confess in over 25 years dealing in Japanese art and antiques I have never seen one like it. It is in excellent condition...
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1455551 (stock #1046)

If you love French bisque poupee´s we can offer a beautiful and rare all wooden body Fashion doll .....

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1700 item #1455483
Small figure in urushi lacquer. Unusual model of a doll wearing large dress with details of flowers in mother-of-pearl and gold leaf. It suggests the gosho ningyo, which may have served as a model. Techniques of lacquer : golden background kinji, gold lacquer, silver lacquer, kanagai, kirikane, maki-e , nashiji. Unsigned. Japan Edo (1603-1868) 18th century. Height : 5,4 cm.
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1455379 (stock #1045)

Rare to find French bisque Bebe by Joanny from France around 1880 / 84 , dolls by this companie are rarely found and was offered and sold at 19th. century in the luxury Paris doll Stores !!!

Beautiful Bebe 20 " ( 50 cm ) has lovely pressed bisque socked head with very plump cheeks , beautiful blue glass paperweight inset eyes with dark eyeliner and fine painted lashes ...

All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1454962 (stock #1043)

Lets your dreams come true with this most beautiful first period French " Snow Angel" Bisque Bebe by Rabery et Delphieu ...

All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1454852 (stock #1042)

Pretty all original antique Maison Jumeau ensamble which would fit fine for your Jumeau doll about size 9 or other pretty French or German doll about this size of 19 " ( 50 cm )

A pretty all hand sewn two piece blue fine linen costume with cotton upper part , sleeve lose dress with jacket in Navy style . Closure with hand made button holes and gold navy buttons.......

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1800 item #1454824
Small Kagamibuta, the walrus tooth bowl, the shibuichi plate decorated with an eagle. Restoration on the bowl. Edo Japan (1603 - 1868). Late 19th century. Diameter : 3 cm
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1920 item #1454748 (stock #MBR8270)
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A wispy bearded sage clutches his staff, robes draped loosely about his emaciated frame as he peers ahead in interest, a curious smile on his wizened visage. The figure is beautifully crafted with a slightly textured patina and signed on the base Seiko. Slight wear to the base reveals the pure gold of the underlying bronze. It is 36.5 cm (14-1/2 inches) tall and in excellent original condition.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1910 item #1454735
Large scalloped edge Japanese Imari charger with fan shaped decoration, featuring phoenix bird, flowers, foliage, with gilt details. Very large, measures 17" in diameter, 2" deep on nice foot. Back has spur marks from firing, under glaze blue decoration on edge. The charger is fluted, with scalloped edges, under glaze blue design with red and green enamel decoration in fine detail. A flying phoenix bird is at the top, with gilded details, over a large fan with floral and foliate designs thro...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Middle Eastern : Pre 1800 item #1454733
Antique round tile or lid, glazed ceramic with hole, decorated with polychrome glazes and images of birds. Measures 8 3/8" in diameter and is 3/4" thick. Hand thrown, ridges clearly visible on both front and back...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1900 item #1454695
Japanese Bizen figure of a standing Shishi, Foo Lion or Dog, well sculpted, with very fine details depicting his fur, teeth, claws, and other white glaze spots outlining his tail and facial fur, his large eyes with dark shiny glaze...
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1454693 (stock #1040)

Very cute little Darling 9 " ( 24 cm ) rare small Mademoiselle by " Simon & Halbig " for the French market from around 1890 in generally excellent all condition with brown coplexion bisque socket head with very sweet facial expression , original body and very nice antique clothing.

Lovely bisque socket head with rare brown complexion of very nice quality , has open mouth with shaded and accented lips with tiny porcelain teeth and hint of smile at her mouth .Inset brown glass eyes ...

All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Sculpture : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #1454689
Beautifully sculpted and cast bronze of Bacchus, the God of wine (Le Vin) dancing and reaching down toward a child or baby faun, by noted French artist Louis Holweck (1861-1935). The sculpture measures 21 1/2" high, 6 1/2' wide, and 6" deep. The bronze is signed on the base in front "Le Vin", on one side with the artists's signature, and on another side with the foundry mark of J F'Deur, the French foundry...
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Ceramics : American : Pre 1980 item #1454686
Large pair of Jugtown ware thrown candlesticks, vintage, in black glossy glaze. Measure 13 1/2" high, 5" in diameter at base...
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Ceramics : Spanish : Pre 1900 item #1454685
Large and well decorated lebrillo or basin, in classic blue and white Fajalauza pottery from Granada, with floral, foliate and curved designs, 19th century, possibly 18th. Measures 11 1/2" in diameter and is 3 3/8" deep with sloped sides. The foot measures 8 1/4" in diameter. From the early 16th century, tin glazed wares have been crafted in Granada, with a creamy white slip glaze over terracotta pottery, decorated in blue and green glazes...
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1454636 (stock #1038)

Very beautiful 15,5 " ( 40 cm ) French rare Bebe Mascotte with superb quality of pale bisque and painting has delicate complexion , original Mascotte mark body and wearing most beautiful original !!

You can find a lovely first period Mascotte Bebe not often because they are more rare as the later ones.A superb Bebe with special astonished facial expression !!!

This girl has very gentle face expression of pale bisque socket head with full cheeks and most beautiful large blue ...

All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1454587 (stock #1037)

Very beautiful silk costume with matching bonnet .......

All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1454585 (stock #1036)

Rare found from Paris Department Store " Au Bone Marche " comes this rare all original antique two-piece Bebe costume by Maison Jumeau for a size 9 Jumeau Bebe.

It is all original preserved in presentation ......

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1900 item #1454554
Japanese Edo period thickly potted Seto stoneware circular form dish with raised edge designed to hold lantern oil. The cream-colored crackle glaze dish is decorated in copper brown in the fukizumi (blown ink) style with a central fish laid over a jar. These dishes were fired in stacks and six spur marks are barely visible in the interior. A Japanese label remains attached to the back. Early to mid-19th century. 8 3/8” diameter x 1 1/8” high...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1454549
Chinese ink and color on silk vertical painting attributed to Qian Weicheng (1720-1772) depicting figures in a landscape scene...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #1454281
Tibetan thangka densely painted in gouache on cloth with a scene featuring the seven-tiered dark blue Mahottara Heruka, the wrathful form of the Buddha and principle wrathful diety of the bardo, depicted standing on a lotus throne with multiple heads, arms, and legs and surrounded by a flaming aureole in consort with Krodheshvari shown lying on a tiger’s skin. Seven herukas, rendered over inverted triangles, and other figures surround the central image. 19th century. Canvas: 35” x 24 1/2"...
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1454275 (stock #1035)
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Cute Darling all original all bisque Mignonette by Kestner with barefoot in original costume about 5,5" ( 14 cm ) .

Rare sweet round faced little girl with very plump cheeks , tiny brown glass sleep eyes with fine long painted lashes and brush stroked brows . Accented nostrils and closed mouth with center accent line and hint of smiling expression .

Blonde mohair wig over plaster pate and cute plump all bisque torso with kid-edged neckline , peg jointed bisque arms ...

All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1454175 (stock #1034)

Very beautiful and rare to find 5,5" ( 14 cm ) French all bisque Mignonette ..... a cute little French Mademoiselle which could not be more handsome from France circa 1875 / 78 !!

All perfect small girl how has exquisite quality of very pale bisque highlighted by her pretty antique clothing !!

A slender faced doll with swivel head , solid dome with high forehead , pretty tiny brown glass enamel inset eyes , painted lashes and single stroke brows . Has closed mouth with ce...

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1920 item #1454140 (stock #TCR8262)
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Flowers of the four seasons blossom in a cacophony of color over the entirety of this Kutani vase signed from the pre-eminent Kaburaki (Kaburagi) studio dating from the opening of the 20th century. The imagery is exquisitely performed with over-glaze enamels on a sheer white ground. The vase is large at 19 cm (7-1/2 inches) tall and is in excellent condition, with some wear to the gold rim. It comes enclosed in an old custom made kiri-wood box.
Kaburaki, along with Yoshidaya, were the pree...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1960 item #1454001 (stock #TCR8261)
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An image of the sleeping Shojo (sake Sprite) by the 12th generation Sakaida Kakiemon enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Taihaku Shojo Bori Okimono. The ordinarily playful figure is performed in pure white, a serene look upon his sleeping face creating an almost holy feeling, the ladle fallen at his knee, leaning against a barrel of sake, the empty jar the only color. The image is 31 x 21 x 16 cm (12 x 8 x 6 inches) and is in excellent condition. Sakaida Kakiemon (1878-1963) w...
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1453938 (stock #1033)

Charming and so beautiful all original 17" ( 44 cm ).... at his highest point of wig .... French bisque Clown which has beautiful original clothing and facial expression with hand painting ,wonderful mohair wig !!Special rare to find in his all perfect fancy expression !!!

This pretty bisque socket head Bebe has untinted white bisque complexion with lovely red painted curving clown decoration , has lovely blue glass inset eyes with typical clown black painting eyeliner and curv...

All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1453893 (stock #1032)

Rare to find factory original pouppe by Maison Jumeau ...... a teenage Portrait version of an French Poupee of one of the best French Doll companies in Paris at the 19th. century !

This most beautiful model about 14" ( 36 cm ) of wonderful child portrait poupee has untouched condition with very choice bisque and exquisitely painting , stunning large eyes and original body and finally marvelous original complete clothing.

Has finest pale bisque swivel head on kid-edged bis...

All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1453889 (stock #1030)

Very rare luxury all oil hand painted miniature poupee fan from France around 1858 /60 , has superb condition of rare piece which was offered in Paris special in luxury doll shop´s .

Made for one of the elegant fashion doll like Huret , Rohmer , Jumeau and other pretty Mademoiselle !!

A fourteen - blad superb folding miniature fan , has wonderful silk edging and is painted by hand with finest oil painting of romantic floral setting with flowers circle , ornaments and mand...

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. Inside is written the characters SoNeK...
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1453774 (stock #1029)
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Very nice small size 4 Jumeau Bebe with good quality of bisque and painting , stunning blue eyes , original wig and body and wearing superbly with silk costume.

Very sweet little girl has generally excellent condition about 13" ( 33 cm ) by Maison Jumeau with bisque socket head of pale and best quality . Stunning blue paperweight inset eyes with dark eyeliner and fine painted lashes and feathered brows. Closed mouth with defined space between here shaded and outlined lips.

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All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1453740 (stock #1028)

It was a very nice surprice to found a lovely French candy box with such cute content .... incluzded a very nice all bisque dolly which has very cute facial expression with lovely painting , a pale bisque socket head with pretty blue glass sleep eyes , fine painted lashes and feathered brows. She has small open mouth with tiny row of porcelain teeth at her accented lips and she has lovely dimpled chin.

Has un pierced ears and blonde mohair wig over pate .

Mademoiselle Mignonet...

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1900 item #1453731 (stock #TCR4840)
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A set of five porcelain tea cups by Ninnami Dohachi decorated with bamboo and poetry by Nukina Kaioku (Suo) enclosed in a superb custom period kiri-wood box with rosewood edges. Each cup is 2 inches (5 cm) tall, 2-1/2 inches (6 cm) diameter. There are old gold repairs to two of the cups, otherwise are in fine condition.
Nukina Kaioku (1778-1863) was born into a samurai family in Awa, on the island of Shikoku a patron of the Hachisuka clan. In frail health, he was excluded from the stri...
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1453348 (stock #1027)

Not often to find such a wonderful treasure like this ..... a stunning all original French 14" ( 36 cm ) Pouppe with her Trousseau and Trunk from a luxury doll shop in Paris around 1861 / 65 (( Le Paradis des Enfant )) which was locaded about 156 Rue de Rivoli in Paris about this time at 19th. century !!

If you ever dream from a wonderful French Fashion Doll with her rich trousseau I´m sure you will love Mademoiselle Marguerite with her superb extra clothing , offered in one of the...

All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1453273 (stock #1025)
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Very beautiful white pique poupee gown .... fit perfect for on early poupee like Rohmer , Blampoix ...or similar doll about circa 14" / 15" ( 36 - 38 cm )

Enfantin style gown of white waffle-weave cotton , features a low-rounded neckline and fitted waist at front. Has pretty ruffled sleeves and is beautiful trimmed elaborately with rows of soutach and curved waffle-weave trim !

Long skirt with hand made decoration ,all complete hand sewn and in generally good condition...