A decidedly different version of this theme, a Festive carved wooden Tai (Red Snapper) fish with removable side for sashimi coated inside in gold with bone teeth and inlayed bone eyes. The craftsman ahs gone to great lengths to make this as realistic as possible, from the textures of the skin to the folds in the fins and coloring. Unusually, most dishes in this vein are one sided, however this is equally realistically carved on both sides...

 

A Chinese silk brocade fabric showing a pattern repeat of lotus flowers. Lampas weaving with aniline dyed and gold wrapped silk threads. Condition: a hole (see photo no. 8), partial thin areas and some wear. Dimension: 67 cm wide (whole length) x 165 cm long.

A T.G.Hawkes Cocktail Shaker with a Sterling silver top and Rim. The handpainted scene is of the "Flying Mallard Duck Over Marsh". It is 13" high to the top and is signed "Hawkes Sterling" on the base of the top. Early 20th century. Excellent condition.

A beautiful impressionist painting of a winter view of German Town Pennsylvania circa 1920 oil on board signed lower left. This painting just recently discovered is directly from a Great Grandfather who was a friend of the Wagner and an artist himself who shared a studio with Wagner. Measuring 8x10 inches framed in a contemporary gallery frame. A great example of this artists work a fine addition to any collection.

Biography

Fredrick Wagner was born in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania in 1864...

Opium smoking set consisting of a tray with handles, a lamp (or burner) and two small dishes. The tray with five compartments, three of them closable with a hardwood lid and bronze knobs in the form of sitting foo lions. The lamp, dishes and the outside of the tray made of gilt copper and with decoration of mille fleur in colored cloisonne enamel. The partition and underside worked in hardwood, resting on four hemispheric feet...

Beautiful Nonya Ware Dish with phoenix decoration and four character mark. D = 21 cm . Late Ming. Condition : Excellent, very tiny frits on the rim.

A beautiful 20 th. century carved serpentine jade censer with dragon finial and handles. Celadon green quality stone measuring approx. 8 inches tall in excellent condition.

Sterling silver with gold wash interiors, this set of creamer and sugar is by Tiffany and Company, and the marks date the pieces to 1892-1902, under the management of Charles Tiffany...

A Victorian Style Oak Washstand, with Center Drawer, Towel Bars and a Scrolled Back. Dimensions; 34" high x 33.5" wide x 16" deep. From the early 1900's and in excellent condition.

A discreet masterpiece are words which could easily describe this gorgeous chunk of antique burled vine root carved and polished to a subtle sheen in the shape of a two tiered vase inset with bamboo pots. The piece rises from pebbly textured burl, abundant with character, like a clay pot which collapsed during firing. The second level appears to float above the first on tendrils of smoke. A startling effect. This piece truly captures the Japanese sense of respect for the natural world...

A large porcelain vase covered in olive green upon which grows a rush of white bamboo and a brief epitaph by Miura Chikusen I enclosed in the original signed wooden box dating to the late Meiji or early Taisho period. It is 15 inches (37.5 cm) tall and in excellent condition. The box has much darkened with age. Works of this size by Chikusen, who largely specialized in the minute world of Sencha ware are quite rare...

A decorative pair of English stone garden pine cone finials. Circa 1910. Painted white, some flaking. Large size and with good proportions. Size: 20.5 inches ht. x 9 inches diameter.

Wm. Durgin Hand Hammered Sterling Pitcher. Weight 25.5 Tr. ounces. Dimensions 9" high x 5" wide (9.5" spout to handle); size five pints. Early 20th century. Excellent condition.

Intricate, subtle, delicate, elegant; all words which could be applied to this set of ten dishes decorated with flowers in raised reliefby Takahashi Seizan enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Gyokude Kusabana Kameko-gata Sara (Tortoise Shell Shaped Dishes decorated with Flowers and Grass in Pearl-slip) Pale white slip has been applied in thick, sculpted patterns to a cream surface, sweeping sides peaked with gold rims. Each plate is 22 cm (9 inches) wide, 5 cm (2 inches) tall...

A murder of crows stand gaunt and sinister in the leafless winter's tree, their dark iron bodies mere shadows against the crackled pale glaze of this bowl signed Hobun Hitsu and stamped beneath with the six sided seal of Kiyomizu Rokubei V enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 8 inches (20.5 cm) diameter and in fine condition...

A very rare Japanese Ballot Box of hinoki wood bound in decorative iron dating from the later 19th to early 20th century. This year the ballot is on everyone’s mind, and this is an exceptional example of both traditional Japanese decoration and cabinetry. It has locks on both sides of the lid, which can be removed to reveal an inner lid with hinged iron cover over a slot for dropping in the ballots. This inner lid as well is locked...

This is a fine American five piece sterling silver tea and coffee service manufactured by Whiting Manufacturing Co comprising a tea and coffee pot, two-handled covered sugar bowl, creamer and waste bowl, each having a bombe body with half fluted design, the coffee and tea pots with bombe shaped hinged covers with conforming decoration, cap finials, and scroll handles with ivory stoppers, all bottom stamped with Whiting mark, sterling, 2552, and number of piece, monogrammed C, in excellent condi...