Sold, no price, no info. Graceful Native American Pendant stamped either I or L Yazzie. Natural bezel set Beautiful bright blue 8mm turquoise and deep rich red 7mm coral cabochon stones on this 1 1/4 X 3/4" self bail pendant in super vintage condition. Sold, no price, no info.
A stunning sterling and coral bracelet by Santo Domingo Pueblo Julian Lovato(1925-2018). There are five almond shaped pieces of deep red Mediterranean coral set diagonally between applied silver bars. A very unique shape and design of the exceptional stones. The cuff measures 5 7/8" around in the inside with an additional 1 3/8" opening. It is 1 1/4" wide and weighs 74 grams. It is in fine original condition and the stones are free of chips, cracks or scratches. Signed as shown...
Of large size, this Huanghuali root or burl Scholars object features an interior bowl shaped area, which is most likely a brush washer. It measures 14" in length, 8 3/4" wide, and is 5" high, and has a darkened and soft patina. The grain of the wood is visible in many areas, with both pronounced striations and larger areas of dark coloration. The wood grain is very dense, heavy, and it has the slightly sweet odor found in Huanghuali wood...
A lovely bowl of Jizhou ware. PERIOD : Southern Song Dynasty (12-13th Century). MEASUREMENT : 10.8 cm wide, 6 cm height. CONDITION : no chips, cracks, or hairlines and free from restorations.
Fifteen-piece Japanese Satsuma earthenware tea set consisting of lidded teapot, lidded sugar vessel, lidded creamer, six cups and six saucers. The set is densely decorated with the Kannon, Rakan (Buddhist disciples), and dragon pattern in raised moriage enamels and gilt. “Great Japan Satsuma” mark to base. Meiji period (circa 1900)...
Early Mexican silver necklace of fine grade silver in a minimalist yet visually powerful pre-Colombian motif bearing the signature of Jorge "Chato" Castillo.
Chato's jewelry doesn't come up very often and his earlier pieces, like this, are usually wrought in 980 silver. I like to call this the "Shields and Bead" motif and really love its austere elegance!
Measuring 15 3/4" long the necklace is 1 1/8" wide and weighs 40.5 grams...
A beautiful original oil painting of a young girl reading oil on board signed upper right and dated 1918. Exquisite detail and light a masterpiece by this famed artist. A fine addition to any collection.
Biography
A native of St. Paul, Minnesota, Van Soelen trained in art at the St. Paul Institute from 1908 to 1911, and then attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, 1911-1915...
Gold over red painted or lacquered wood frame 11 5/8" x 9 3/8"
Stone image 8 3/8" x 6 1/4"
Frame roughly 1 1/4" deep.
In original gilded wood frame, with label on back from seller, with instructions for care.
Well crafted mountain landscape with a variety of stone, good color and contrast.
Pietra dura is an ancient craft, and has continued in Italy to the present day, and such plaques have been desirable and collectible for centuries.
Landscapes are less common, and this one is vibrant and...
An fine Equestrian portrait of a thoroughbred and original oil painting on canvas laid on archival art board signed lower right Thad Leland measuring 16 x 20 inches in good vintage condition framed in a quality wood frame overall 24 x 28 in.
Thad Emory Leland by John Hovard
◦ The paintings of Thad Leland reflect his enduring association with the horse including the cultural spectacle of the Peruvian Paso, polo horses and racing thoroughbreds...
Genuine Dinosaur Egg Nest Fossil (4 eggs) - Hadrosaur
This partial nest comprising four fossilised dinosaur eggs is from the Hadrosaur species, dating to the late Cretaceous Period (c...
Italian micro mosaic gold filled bracelet with seven oval black onyx glass links, each inlaid with a different view of classical Roman ruins, executed in finely, detailed colored glass tesserae. Age: mid 19th century. Size: 7 1/4 inches long. Each link measures approx. 1 inch x 3/4 inch...
One of the most beautiful early 20th c. Chinese bracelets of this kind that I have seen, this piece is studded with perfectly cut tiger's eye cabochons. The vivid blue, purple and green enamels reflect brightly off the vermeil finish while the extra security of the safety chain is a welcome plus. Measuring 7" long (wearable) by 1 1/2' wide, the bracelet weighs 49.8 grams. It is marked "SILVER CHINA" and in excellent vintage condition.
Chinese Republic period porcelain plaque decorated in famille rose enamels with the eight immortals standing outdoors under a pine tree with bats flying overhead. Produced by the Jiangxi Porcelain Company at Pearl Mountain and dated 1924. Nice quality wood frame. Porcelain measures 15 1/8" x 9 7/8" (with frame: 16 3/8" x 11 1/4"). Very good overall condition. There are tiny brown scattered spots in the glaze from the original production...
Large limited edition Japanese lithograph with red sumi-e brush strokes by Toko Shinoda (b. 1913) titled "Fleeting Dream." This early undated image is pencil-signed, titled, and numbered 26/30 in the lower left margin. Paper size: 28 5/8" x 22". This print was never framed and is in excellent overall condition. From a Phoenix, Arizona estate. It was originally purchased from the Tolman Collection.
Fred Wagner Pastel of a bay landscape with sail boats in the distance. Archival framed.
Stunning Chinese Yongzheng porcelain plate ca 16-17th C. Decorated with Phoenix & birds in famille rose enamels, gilt highlights, a superb piece. Diameter 22.3 cm. or approx. 9 inches. Condition is excellent to perfect. No chips, cracks, hairlines, or restorations. Provenance: Private collection, France.
Description: A blue-glazed tea bowl from Jun kiln was well mold in a decent look. Being applied with light bluish glaze all over the surface only stop nearing to the foot ring, the bowl was decorated characteristically by some splashes of purple glaze in the cavetto and on the outer surface. Subtly rendered under firing in the kiln, the charming glaze effects were harmonized to the blue glaze by the crackled and fish-scales like condition...
Description:
A wood Bian with carving inscriptions was in very good scholar taste.
" Zun Yo Xuon Tan" means eloquent talking will be amid the seats.
With simple words, it showed the enthusiastic inviting of a family host.
This kind of Bian was most likely having been put in a scholar chamber.
It is really hard to find a real scholar Bian like this. Most of them we found were for business using.
Date: Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.
Length: 117cm, Width: 29cm, ...
Very cute block letter marking early Bebe by Gaultier ... France circa 1880 .... in lovely size about 29 " ( 74 cm ) with most beautiful and delicate quality of pale pressed bisque , very cute childlike facial expression and softly blushed complexion, has pretty amber brown eyes and original wig .
A most beautiful premier Bebe which has a professional restauration at her forehead wich are not to see without lamp so that it not disturb her specially beauty !!
A stunnind doll ...
Jar decorated with wheels of law alternating with groups of scrolls on the body. A band of loops around the neck.
Chenghua
Height = 9 cm
Perfect condition, no chips, cracks, hairlines or restorations.
Fine Thai 14th - 15th Century Stoneware Jar
This superbly-shaped stoneware jar was made at the Sawankhalok kilns during the 14th - 15th century. This is a particularly large example of this form with a diameter of 19 cm and a height of 16 cm. It is "heavily-potted" and coated in a finely-crackled translucent celadon glaze that has a hint of blue in places. The shoulder of the jar is decorated with an incised pattern below which is a slightly raised band surrounding the body and further incis...
A shallow dish, heavily potted, covered in a beautiful celadon glaze producing the crackles of the Geyao type glaze. The recessed base is glazed while the foot rim is dressed with an iron brown wash. Periode : Qianlong (1736-1795) Century Diameter : 11 cm. Condition : Perfect, no chips, cracks, hairlines or restorations.
Chinese Neolithic Cord-Impressed Pottery Amphora - Banpo (Over 6,000 Years Old)
This fine and incredibly old pottery vessel was made over 6,000 years ago during the Banpo phase (c. 4800 - 4300 BC) of the Yangshao culture in present-day Shaanxi province. This form is probably the most well-known of Banpo pottery and no serious collection of Chinese ceramics should be without an example! It is made from a reddish-brown pottery, quite thickly-potted, with much of the upper surface decorated wit...
Crackle porcelain covered by golden celadon glaze to foot rim and decorated with deer on the center. Glazed base with reddish foot. MEASUREMENT : Diameter = 36 cm PERIOD : 12 th-14 th Century Longquan Kilns, Zhejiang CONDITION : restored to the broken parts.
Sold. Delightful Satsuma 9 Panel bracelet stamped JAPAN on rich satin gold color metal. Flower, Leaf, Tree, Water, Mountain, Bird, green, pink, red, yellow, blue, gold paint all on white. Each panel is 12 X 15 mm. 6 3/4" inside while push clasp is engaged X 5/8" wide. Super condition for the bracelet collector on your list. Sold, no price, no info
This is a wonderful sterling silver and enamel miniature perfumer with a sterling stopper and funnel, brightly hand painted on one side with red roses on robin egg shell blue enameling, measuring 1 5/8 x 15/16 in approx, excellent condition but may need to be cleaned..
A Beautiful antique sterling silver overlay cut crystal decanter. Marked sterling. Dimensions 5.0ʺW × 5.0ʺD × 10.0ʺH
Condition Excellent
Offered is the fabulously RARE NIGGER HAIR Tobacco Tin produced from the late 1870's through the first half of the 1940's.
This particular tin does not retain its original, US Internal Revenue paper tax stamp, so there is no way to precisely date it. As such, we will place its age as at the first half of the 1940's- the final production years of this style tin.
The image of an African woman with the racist title of “Nigger Hair” imposed over her shoulders was used by The American Tobac...
Hardwood mask from the Awori region. Early 20th century.
Dimensions 28 x 19 x 18 cm.
Ex Ursula Voorhuis (1932-2021), The Netherlands.
Guy van Rijn archive: ao-0110550-001.
Gelede society members worship the ‘Great Mother’, goddess of fertility.
Outstanding rare larger model of Bru Bebe from " Golden Age of House of Bru " in size 11 ..... 23 " ( 60 cm ) enhances the stunning sculpting of pale bisque , fantastic blue eyes , finest painting of complexion and features , sweet dimpled chin and original wig and body , very beautiful bisque hands and superb clothing ....possible original by Bru factory .
She is on really beauty of larger size Bru Bebe and ......of course her lovely bisque is from best pale quality and her...
She is so pretty....oh so pretty ......
a lovely 18,5 " ( 47 cm) French Bebe´s by Gaultier with close mouth , looks so cute and childlike , has good quality of bisque and painting and gorgeous blue eyes.
Bisque socket head girl with blue glass paperweight inset eyes with fine painted lashes and brows.
She has a close mouth with full outlined lips, sweet accented dimple chin and pierced ears with nice flower earrings . Original superb full curled blonde mohair wig over replaced ...
A lovely boat shape of Five Dynasty covered with greyish celadon glaze, unglazed base. PERIOD : Pive Dynasty (9th Century). MEASUREMENT : 14.5 cm wide, 9 cm height. CONDITION : professional restoration on missing part
Vieux (OLD)Paris Covered Tureen; 19th c. Dimensions 12" high to cover; 12" diameter to handles. Condition is excellent.
This most beautiful wooden salon arm chair in Louis XV stay has graceful cabriole legs
and red silk velvet covered seat . Bombe - shaped back frame with back part covered matching of silk velvet
pillow . All original upholstery on seat and back .....
The pretty chair has fine elegant carved details and curved arms , all finished by beautiful gold leaf parts .
French around 1878 / 80 with generally excellent condition to age.
Included an pretty hand embroidered silk blanket with ...
Lovely 13 " x 8 " ( 34 x 21 cm ) hard board Presentation box with decorative paper covers and nice litho illustration on lid.
Inside contained a paper lined separate division filled with 6 little paper mache lambs with fleeced flannel coats , each hold from a nice silk ribbon and encircled of lovely flower garlands at each side.
The middle of the box contains a lovely 7 1/4" ( 20 cm ) tiny Bebe in his all original costume , has bisque socket head with very nice blue glass sleep...
Very pretty three piece original antique French silk costume from around 1990 in generally good condition to age.
Most hand sewn of beautiful cream striped silk with nice little pale brown flowers pattern , ornate with green collar and sleeve cuffs which has smelting parts of silk.
Nice trim decoration and on perfect condition green silk velvet sash . The dress is longer back at train with small bustle and it would closed at front with hooks and eyes.
Finally gree hand made silk...
Hand made sterling silver and shell letter opener or caviar knife designed and signed circa 1950's by American & Taxco, Mexico artist William Spratling. 5 1/2" long. Beautiful condition with no chips, cracks or dings to the silver or shell. Signed on the end of handle with Spratling hallmarks and eagle 30. This design was featured in the museum exhibit WILLIAM SPRATLING AND THE MEXICAN SILVER RENAISSANCE and is pictured on p. 191 of the museum catalog by Penny Morrill. Also pictured on Goddards ...
Measuring 7 3/4 inches long, this VERY RARE, 1930’s VINTAGE, Cast Iron, Black Man Chef spoon rest retains most of its original gold paint suggesting that it saw minimal actual use! The well-appointed Black Chef sports a very wide grin and holds a bowl of eggs in his right arm and a wooden mixing spoon in his left.
He is in very fine condition with a smattering of teeny superficial dings to the front side paint surface as well as some very superficial rusting here and there. The backside of ...
Nobori Japanese banners, carps, warrior’s Yoroi and Kabuto (helmet), Musha-ningyo dolls and samurai swords are all the part of the display used for the Boy’s Days (renamed to Children’s Day), May 5th, in Japan. Culturally, the Japanese emphasize anything to do with children. The Girl’s day with hina dolls is in March. This Day is to wish for their son's health and future welfare. It is also to inspire boys in their manliness and hopefully bravery, discipline and honor codes come with it...
CARP STREAMER 2
Collage work made from ‘koinobori’ (carp streamer / ref. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koinobori) made of old ‘washi’ (Japanese paper). 38 x 46 cm (14.96 x 18.11in).
selected and made by Jinta
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SUZURIBAKO Rare and important writing box. Japanese lacquer urushi. The exterior is decorated with two shishi carefully patterned. The interior of the lid is decorated with a steep rocky coast with a temple, in gold and silver takamaki-e, the craggy cliffs are enhanced by cavities carved. Techniques of takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, kirigane, uchikomi, kimetsuke and tsukegaki. On a nashiji ground. The rims are fundame. Empty. Size : 23 x 21,2 x 4,6 cm. Japan Edo (1603-1868) end of 17th, early 18th cent...
Large Chinese Song / Yuan Dynasty Glazed Buddhist Jar with Sanskrit Inscription
This large and impressive pottery jar was made around the 13th / 14th century, during the Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279) or the Yuan Dynasty (AD 1279 - 1368). Until recent years, this type of jar was almost unknown in the west with some people initially attributing them to the Liao Dynasty (same general period but in the north of China). These jars are now known to have originated from Yunnan province in the south-...
This cane is made of extremely strong hardwood and unfolds with the push of your thumb. The seats were made of canvas and rarely survive. Can be easily replaced. This model has a very clever mechanism. There have been more patents filed for seat canes than any other type of cane known. Pat. in 1860s. Condition (Excellent). Size 35" L.
The cover has a small loop with a center hole. The teapot has a "C" shaped handle with a gentle curving spout on the opposite side. The inside has been left unglazed with one square hole for the pouring spout.
The base is also unglazed and recessed. In the center is a 4 character mark of "Ge Mingxiang" surrounded by a square border.
There is a simple wave design within the clay that surrounds the teapot at the base.
The teapot is approximately 8" high by 9" wide...
Vernazy Mustache Solo Vintage french club chair.
This orphan Mustache back club chair features all original leather with a nice worn patina, but no tears. This is the chair you want when you're looking for that perfect, midsize chair to tuck into the corner of a bedroom with a stack of books. Circa 1940's It measures: Depth-35", width-37", height-30.5", seat depth-23", seat width-18",seat height-17"
One of the best designs in early Mexican repousse work, the "feathers" makes for divine necklaces because of the gracious way the two halves of the piece meet at the center front - just take a look at the beauty of the swirls and twists and the playful, flirty way they touch yet at the same time "turn the back" on each other...
I have had pieces in this design before - actually even a parure with Villasana's signature on it (I do believe that it's based on an early Los Castillo design possib...
Japanese Woodblock Print Hasui Korean Scene
The frame is 21 inches tall, and 15.25 inches wide. The publisher's seal is 6 mm.
It is in good condition with no repairs, tear, nor stain. The photo showing the frame also shows the reflection of the glass.
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Gorgeous shimmering Eisenberg, the best! Rhinestones are prong set, the brooch is rhodium plated. Brooch measures 3 1/2" by 2" approximately and is marked Eisenberg Ice. The clip earrings are 1" by 3/4" and are marked Eisenberg.
Hallmarked Taxco 980 and I always say that I have never seen a piece marked as such that was not quality. The repousse is perfection and is 90 grams heavy. Outstanding in size as the drop is 1.75in. at the center and 2in. drop at the sides and an overall span of 5 inches. Most importantly the wearable length of this beauty sports a full 16.5 inches of comfort. I have photographed in evening light to show how the silver softens with warm hues. From a private collection. No dents, no extender need...
There is almost no information about maestro M. Velazquez other than his hallmarks which put him right at the opening decades of Mexico's 20th c. Silver Renaissance. Yet I have watched his jewelry rise in popularity over the last few years not only because of its inherent quality but also because they offers an excellent alternative to Matilde Poulat's pieces as they become scarcer and almost prohibitively expensive for most of us. Just look at the bold repousse in this floral bracelet - could i...
SOLD. Vintage Antique c 1910 Signed Arts & Crafts Hammered Hand Wrought Punched Brass Oval Sash Pin Brooch Ornament marked: HANDWROUGHT and conjoined JHP, on an applied disc showing an "Arm & Hammer" as the maker's mark, this maker seen in Warman's 3rd ed by Christie Romero. Bezel set Mottled Green White Tan Art Glass Cab and "C Catch". 2 3/4" X 2 1/4" and is in very nice as found pre owned condition with a slightly wavy pin stem appropriate for age and use. SOLD, no price, no info please.
Delicate basket of pave rhinestones filled with colorful crystal flowers, all in the Deco style. 2 1/8" by 1 1/4".
A daunting image by radical Nihon Nanga-In member and founder of the Osaka Art College Yano Kyoson (1890-1965) dating from earlier in this influential artists career. Crisp white walls of a strangely elongated house perch on the edge of a dark forest reaching up to the rain washed sky. A single tree ripe with yellow leaves guards the entrance. The light color on silk image is bordered in lavender silk matching the leaden sky, extended with green cloth and features shimmering silvered-yellow c...
An attractive bowl and cover delicately painted in Fencai (famille rose) enamels. This item carries the mark of the Tongzhi Emperor and was made during his reign - 1862-1874. 5 inches (13cm) High.
Condition - excellent apart from two very minor chips on the underside of the foot rim and somes light ware to the gilding. No other chips, cracks or restoration
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A 10k sapphires and pearls row ring from the 1960s. This size 8 ring in yellow gold features two round cut genuine dark blue sapphires flanked by three 3mm cultured pearls. It measures 5/8" along the stone setting and 1/8" across and it is stamped 10K with an F in a faceted diamond maker's mark. It weighs 2.4 grams and it is in excellent antique condition with no chips, cracks, dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs. Engagement or wedding bands like this were popular in the Victo...
In rare to find color combination early poupee bonnet .... called " A Deux Bonjours " from France circa 1880 of Bourbonnais area ..... a small place of central France which was known as " Bourbonnais " !!
Beautiful woven straw bonnet has rounded top which rests level atop the head . The bonnet has two sides brim that claps the side of the head.
Brim covered inside and outside with blue silk and black silk velvet ribbons . Ornate with woven straw trim in soutache embroi...
An oil on canvas by Ono Sue titled “Inaka no Kyokai, Paris” or Rustic Church in Paris set into a double wood frame. The canvas is 15-1/2 x 18 inches (40 x 45 cm), the frame 24 x 27 inches (61 x 69 cm) and all is in excellent condition.
Ono Sue (1910-1985) was born in Niigata prefecture, and after serving as a school teacher for one year, moved to Kyoto in 1934 to pursue a career in oil painting under Yasui Sotaro. He began exhibiting with the Issuikai in 1938, garnering a number of ...
A radical Iga vase by unconventional artist Kishimoto Kennin (b. 1934) enclosed in the original signed and stamped wooden box. The free form Terracotta image is covered in lichen-like pale green ash glaze. The vase is 10 inches (25 cm) tall, 5 inches (12.5 cm) wide and in perfect condition. Possibly better known today for celadon, Kennin went through a radical period some 15 years ago working on pieces like this unusually formed Iga ware. An artist who has tried many styles, he has been work...
Ming Dynasty porcelain wine storage jar with hand painted dragon motif. A large vessel in very good antique condition. Measuring approx. 14 inches tall and 10 inches at widest point.
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