Handmade sterling silver butterfly pin with bronze markings designed (c.1940's) and signed by Taxco, Mexico artist William Spratling (1900-67). 2 1/2" X 1 3/4". Two prong clip fastener works perfectly. Beautiful vintage condition. A larger example of this design is pictured on the cover of MEXICAN SILVER by Morrill & Berk and in WILLIAM SPRATLING AND THE MEXICAN SILVER RENAISSANCE also on spratingsilver.com. Marked WS SPRATLING SILVER MADE IN MEXICO.

Japanese Edo period woodblock print by Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) depicting the cannibal Shutendoji surrounded by captive women from the series "One Hundred Ghost Stories of China and Japan" (Wakan hyaku monogatari ) published by Daikoku-ya Kinnosuke (Kinjiro) in 1865. Vertical oban size (14 1/4"V x 9 5/8"H). Very good overall condition and color with nice gauffrage highlights and margins evident. The print was removed from an album and is lightly album backed and slightly trimmed...

Blue & White dish, thinly potted with nice painting and decorated in the center with Dragon & Fish, seal mark on the base within double circle. Ching dynasty 18th Century Kangxi-Yongzhen period. Condition: invisible restored to one slightly large chip to rim at position 3 o'clock, no cracks found, flawlessly as well. Diameter: 21.3.

Many stories were written based on Yoshitsune (Minamoto family) and Benkei. The "Kanjincho", the Kabuki adaptation of the Noh play "Ataka" was first performed at the end of the Edo period in 1840. Danjuro VII played the roll of Benkei in the same costume that you see on this doll for the first time. Danjuro VII brought many fresh ideas and techniques to Kabuki play. This costume was one of the results which brought quality costumes to Kabuki from the Noh play...

Middle Eastern painting of a mosque with arabs filling water jars from a well, by Gustav Adolph Hensel (German/American, 1874-1953), oil on canvas, circa 1920s, 12" x 14". Gustav Adolph "Dolph" Hensel was born in Germany and came to the U.S. in 1906. He was a Lutheran minister who settled in Wisconsin and later moved to San Francisco, where he was pastor of St. John's Reform Church until 1922. Hensel was also an artist who mainly painted portraits and religious genre...

Offered is an extraordinarily decorative pair of late 19th century, English, Arsenic and Opium, apothecary shelf bottles.

The amethyst glass poison bottle is labeled "LIQ:ARSEN: or ARSENIC, and the cobalt bottle is labeled "EXT:PAPAV:LIQ" - the abbreviation for the Latin PAPAVER which is an OPIUM alkaloid...

A pair of unusually tall HB Quimper, France pottery candlesticks or vases, painted with male and female peasant figures in Decore Riche decoration.. Size: 17.2 inches ht. Circa 1930s.

This is an interesting collection of 54 Japanese hair ornaments dating back to the Meiji period (1868 to 1912), in lacquer, ivory, bone, tortoiseshell (bekko), coral, jade, crystal, celluloid and metal; all displayed in a glazed frame. Additional free Kanzashis are added to this collection (see the last enlargement picture). Dimension: 21 3/4" x 25 3/4"

This item will be shipped from Japan. Please allow two weeks for the delivery to the US...

Deep rounded form with steeps side and slight indentation belom the everted rim, covered in lustrous caramel-brown glaze streaked with black element emanating from the central flattened base of the interior, the glaze thinning to a dark brown colour at the upper end, the exterior similarly decorated the glaze falling short of the foort with sumptuous globules dripping over the body burnt a brown in the firing. H = 8 cm W = 12.5 cm Period : Shoutern Song Dynasty, 12th-13 th Century Conditio...

Fine Chinese Song Dynasty Qingbai Glazed Porcelain Bowl with Moulded Floral Decoration

This fine porcelain bowl was made in the Southern Song Dynasty (AD1127 - 1279) around the 13th - 14th Century. The inner surface is decorated with a deep and crisp moulded pattern featuring lotus blossoms above which is a key fret band. Save for the unglazed rim, it is coated in a very finely-crackled qingbai glaze of a pale yellowish-green colour.

Diameter 15.5 cm (6 inches)...

A finely b/w bowl, rounded sides body and decorated at the exterior with four continuously blossoms of Indian lotus. Stylistic private kiln seal mark on the base. Ming dynasty Jiajing period (1522-1566) Condition of the bowl is excellent, no any chips, no cracks and flawlessly as well. Diameter: 12cm and High: 6cm.

Chinese carved lapis lazuli tripod censer featuring 2 side dragon heads holding loose set rings standing upon and additional three dragon carved paws. The lid of the censer features a sinuous chilong as a handle. The stonework a deep blue with veins of mottled grey.

Size: Approximately 6-1/2" wide by 5-3/4" high by 4" depth

Condition: Good overall condition. One of the smaller loose set rings on the lid is missing and a second ring has broken...

A gentleman standing in courtly robes takes advantage of a warm spring night to get in some reading. Standing on the balcony he puts light to a hanging lantern, illuminating cherry blossoms wrapped in evenings misty veil beyond the rail. This is an excellent example of Meiji period Yamato-e signed Saiho which has been fully re-mounted in quality patterned brocade, and retaining the original bone rollers...

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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The fish is symbolically employed as the emblem of wealth or abundance on account of the similarity in the pronunciation of the words "yu", fish, and "yu", superfluity. Age: Song. Size:L. 6.5cm. W. 2cm. Condition: No repairs or chips.

A Hazel-Atlas green Depression glass refrigerator storage jar with lid from the 1930s. This 5-7/8" across round jar has a ground (or fritted) handle or knob, a starburst molded pattern on the lid and it has the H over A maker's mark on the bottom. It would look great on your shelf or hoosier and it is a nice display piece. It is in very good condition with no cracks, losses, damage or repairs other than a few small chips to the inner lid support rim of the base...

A noborigama (multiple chamber climbing kiln) ascends the right side of this wildly brushed Autumnal Nihonga screen signed Takuji, which dates from the late 1920s or 1930s. Drastically contorted thatched buildings are shaded by a massive leafless tree which dominates the center of the scene. A few remaining leaves dangling after winters first frosts, shine with gold about the edges...