A beautiful early 20 th century Dutch impressionist painting of a view of Amsterdam. Signed lower right G. Koopman oil on canvas Approx. 16 x 24 inches in a quality original frame. A beautiful painting with bold impressionist brush strokes.
1. 16 K Flores island earing, Weight: 35.2 Gram.
2. 18 K Tanimbar Mollucas island earing, Weight: 19.2 Gram.
3. 12 K Mandar South Sulawesi earing, Weight: 33 Gram.
A rare small vase, the mouth in the form of the cup and decorated on the body with floral sprays in underglazed blue. 15th-16th Sawankhalok type ware. Condition is perfect. High: 10.5 cm.
Depicting a naked girl. Made of wood, painted in yellow/brown and black. On the belly a table with Burmese letters. Original hair. Ca. Early to mid 20th century. Good condition. H. 23,5 cm. Comes with a black metal stand.
A bronze figure of a sturdy-bodied Garuda with his arms and wings spread outwards. Vishnu, with his traditional implements including a discus, conch and mala is balanced atop Garuda's left shoulder and upright tail...
Richard Norris Brooke (American, 1847-1920)
March at Sunset or The Old Story
Oil on canvas, signed and retaining two labels on the reverse with titles.
Painting size: 12.25” x 21.25”
Frame size: 18.75” x 27.5”
Born in Warrington, Virginia in 1847, Richard Norris Brooke made significant contributions to the development and posterity of the art community in Washington, DC...
A Rare Blue & White Jar, decorated with Peony scroll. Vietnam 15th Century, Le-Mac dynastic period (1428-1788). Perfect condition. Height: 33 cm.
A rare ancient agate bead made for wearing as a pendent or necklace. These beads date back to over 2,000 years. They have some kind of tiger influence in their shape and stripes..
Size: 4.2cm X 2cm. Condition: No breaks.
Original oil on board by Drake Seaman of a young Navajo girl named Rita. Signed lower right and signed and titled on the reverse by the artist with the artists address in Arizona. Measuring image size 8 x 10 in excellent condition.
Drake Seaman, Southwestern artist, was born 1935 and died December 2000. He was a resident of Williams, Arizona and painted in sumi ink, acrylics, and oil using brush and knife applications. Seaman's subject matter includes cowboys, horse, cattle and landscapes...
Fine antique portrait of a Thoroughbred race horse at the race track.
Oil on canvas signed lower left Hillyard and dated 1894. Hillyard is a listed artist known for animal subjects. Measuring approx. 20x24 inches framed size 26x30 inches in excellent condition two very minor professional repairs to the canvas and minor stretcher lines showing. A beautiful antique equestrian painting would be a nice addition to any interior.
Horace Brown (American, 1876-1949) - a pair of landscape paintings by this Springfield, VT artist: one being a signed work of a wooden outbuilding in summer and the second a view of a saltbox cabin in winter, which is unsigned but also has an unfinished sketch of a farm building painted on the verso. Each is painted in oils on artist board and measures 12 inches x 16 inches. Circa 1940. Horace Brown is known for his impressionistic depictions of the Vermont countryside...
A wonderful ethnographic folk art object, this style of farm animal bell has been used in Thailand for centuries. Hand carved from wood by the herder and tied around the animals neck this traditional bell is hinged (or pegged) in 2 places to allow for a gentle knocking sound. This one was used for a goat and has remnants of the original hand made rope.
A rare b/w Kendi of squat globular form, with a short cylindrical neck and a broad horizontal flange, small lipped mouth and a tapering mammiform spout. Decorated in underglazed cobalt-blue with lotus petals filled with classic scroll on the shoulder, and a pair of lion among clouds scroll on the body and spout, with a band of lotus petals beneath. The center of the neck with encircled of diaper pattern, brown wash base...
Primitive portrait of Reverend Ebenezer Gay of Suffield, Connecticut. Oil on canvas. Unframed. Unsigned. Circa 1770s. Size: 35.5 inches x 29 inches. This portrait is very similar to one attributed to the portrait painter Winthrop Chandler that was published by David A. Schorsch in his exhibition catalog in 1989 and which recently sold at auction at Sotheby's in Sept. 2010. Our portrait has descended through the family of Ebenezer Gay's daughter, Lucy Gay Swan, of Woodstock, Vermont...
Indonesian, or more specifically West Java, stick puppet - Wayang Golek. Familiar with these from an exhibition at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco some years prior, we acquired this puppet, from a Maryland antiques market, due to its apparent character and whimsical decorative quality. Not our usual interest, we recognized the obvious hand craftsmanship and age...
A good and well form Annamese jar, decorated to the body with hanging lotus petals scrolls and to the shoulder with petals form all in very fine cobalt blue tone. Annamese ware 15th century, condition is perfect except tiny flake glaze to rim, no crack and free from restoration. High: 6cm.
Robert M. Decker (American, 1847-1921)
Extensive Woodland Landscape with Stream
Oil on canvas, signed.
Painting size: 20.25” x 26”
Frame size: 31.25” x 47.25”
Decker received his art training from R. Swain Gifford. His first important recognition occurred when he was thirty-six when the the National Academy of Design exhibited one of his paintings. That same year, the Brooklyn Art Association also exhibited one of his works...
Covered box of circular form, decorated in underglaze iron-black with Eagle on the top and the body with alternating vegetal and cross-hatching panels. Buff stoneware body, unglazed base with a circular firing stand scar. Thailand 15th-16th centuries, Sawankhalok ware. Condition is perfect, no chips, no crack and no restoration...