A very pretty 14Kt yellow gold filigree flower bracelet from the 1920-s, has a wider center design which is set with three single-cut diamonds. The total weight of the three diamonds is approximately 0.08Ct. The center of the bracelet is ½” wide, the rest is ¼” wide and the length is 6 7/8”.
This unusual 14Kt white gold filigree ring is an elongated hexagonal design with carved quartz crystal and an oval bezel set green syn. emerald in the center. The top of the ring measures 12 X 21 millimeters. The ring is a size 8 and it can easily be sized.
Outstanding rare larger model of Bru Bebe from " Golden Age of House of Bru " in size 11 .......
Very beautiful and rare small size 2 all original Bisque Bebe by Maison Bru ..... France circa 1885-88 ......
This large ceramic rooster (16 1/4")is the work of Edwin Meaders (1921-2015) of the famous Meader family of potters and artists from White County Georgia.
John Meader founded the workshop in 1893, primarily making utilitarian jugs, crocks, and other functional items. Cheever and Arie Meaders continued the work, making both utilitarian objects and creating artworks in the shape of animals, birds, and face jugs...
The dreamlike quality which gave Taisho period art its unique flavor is readily apparent in this sumptuous composition by Kido Soi featuring long tailed birds along a tumbling stream. Pigment on silk mounted on applied gold flake in a silk border with a red lacquer wooden frame consistent with the era. It is signed in gold, Shunyo, the name used by Kido Soi in his youth, placing the screen easily before 1930...
Very beautiful French Bebe by Denamur in cabinet size about 16" ( 41 cm without bonnet ) with rare childlike expression of pale and fine creamy bisque socket head , has very good bisque quality and painting with fine details . She has wonderful blue glass paperweight inset eyes with rose blushed eye shadow , fine painted thick dark eyeliner and lushly painted lashes and feathered brows. Closed mouth with shaded and outlined full lips with defined space , soft rosy cheeks ...
This 14Kt white gold openwork pendant is centered by a 6X8 millimeter oval faceted natural sapphire. The weight of the sapphire is approximately 1.25Ct. Around the sapphire there are ten round tanzanites set in prong settings. The outer frame is set with forty-one single cut diamonds. The pendant measures 7/8” high and ½” wide, and comes on an 18”long 14Kt white gold chain.
A misshapen bowl excavated and assembled from several pieces using the kintsugi gold technique. Originally a kiln flaw, it was likely destroyed after creation, later to be excavated and assembled as was popular in the later Edo period. Misshapen,and with a large kutsuki on one side, it is 4 x 5 x 3 inches (10 x 12.5 x 8 cm) and comes in a wooden box.
Very nice all original French 19th. century candy container doll " [[ boite a bon-bons ]] " about circa 8" ( 20 cm ) in all original condition with bisque head of very nice and pale quality , has blue inset glass eyes with fine painted lashes and single brows...
A bizarre pottery mass of two tea bowls and a stand fused together after collapsing in the kiln some four hundred years ago. It is 17 x 13 x 11 cm (6-1/2 x 5 x 4-1/2 inches). There is something to be said here about best laid plans. All the potters craft and experience and yet nature intervenes, creating this vitrified sculpture for later generations to contemplate.
A quite large Chinese silk purse with outstanding embroidery. One side showing a deer looking at a crane on a pine, on the left four Chinese characters. The other side with a flock of swallows near a flowering tree. Edged with a black and white woven band and a silvery rim, the silk tassels having gold and silver wrapped threads. Silk lining. Condition: faded, small stains, little wear to rim. Dimension: purse: c. 17 cm x 15.5 cm, tassels: c. 18.5 cm long.
A rare okimono from the Kairakuen Kiln of the Tokugawa branch family dating from the early to mid 19th century. The box label attributes these to Eiraku (presumably Hozen, who was tasked with helping to further the ceramic production of the kiln). The rooster is roughly 7 inches tall the same in length (18 cm). Dating from the later Edo period, they come in an old wooden box with a cloth cover and are in excellent condition...
A lovely green celadon Song Dynasty jar. There is some chipping to the rim. High resolution images on request.
An Edwardian sterling silver repousse heart trinket dresser box dated 1901. This late Victorian or early Edwardian vanity box has a high relief or repousse design with flourishes, foliage and crimped edges. It has a gilt interior and a full set of hallmarks for Chester, England 1901. It has the maker's mark for Jay, Richard Attenborough & Co. (trading as Jays) and it also has the retailer's mark on the bottom (JAYS 142 144 OXFORD ST. W.)...
This pair of 14Kt white gold and diamond Art Deco style earrings is from the 1960-s. Each earring is set with one brilliant cut diamond in the center and four single cut smaller diamonds around the center stone. The approximate total weight of all ten diamonds is 0.45Ct. The earrings have screw backs, and the diameter of the earrings is 7/16 “.
A 0.25 Ct brilliant cut diamond that has H color and VS1 clarity is set in a 6 prong 14Kt white gold “buttercup “ style pendant setting. The price of the pendant includes a 14Kt white gold 18” cable chain.
. This mask takes advantage of the natural shape and texture of a peculiar piece of wood.Such mask is a potent and direct emanation of mother nature with minimal human interaction. Only the eyes and the mouth openings result from human action. This kind of Mask is sculpted with minimal work taking advantage of natural deformations. The natural material would be tree roots, at least that is the information provided by the sellers...