SOLD, price info not available. c 1940 Billy Goat Figural Pin Brooch with primitive but effective wide "C" catch marked "Mexico Silver" and a long tailed bird maker's mark that looks like a pheasant. The eye and cheek area of the goat seems human like, as if someone had posed for the silversmith! Tests at least 90%, but could be higher. 2.5" X 1.75" and weighs .4 Oz or 13 grams. In quite nice unpolished preowned condition with the usual lines silver of this age gets...

"Double V" handmade sterling silver pin designed (c.1940) and hallmarked by Taxco, Mexico artist Hector Aguilar (1905-1986). Measures 2 1/2" X 1 7/8". Weight 26 grams. Carved silver brooch with applied sterling balls. Pin back and safety work perfectly. Beautiful original condition. No dents, dings or repairs. Pictured in SILVER MASTERS OF MEXICO by Penny Morrill p. 94.

Lovely lobed dishes with a creamy white glaze. Diameter 11,2 cm. Very good condition, one of the dishes with some light brown stains, due to its long time in the soil. Song Dynasty (960-1279).

This Dong festival hat is wonderfully embroidered with wrapped thread technique. It is further embellished with gold and silver bits edging the fabric design. At the back is the traditional silver ornament of butterfly and hanging bells to keep evil spirit away

Handle with braided silver wire, pierced and partially gilded pommel cover. Straight, single edged steel blade. The scabbard has a wooden core encased in a silver sheathing, decorated with foliage, scrolls and shou characters. Condition: Blade with some rust. Dimensions: Total length is 34.9 cm, 4.2 cm wide. The blade is 24,5 cm long and 2.8 cm wide. Weight: 422 gram.

A sansai-glazed Tang Dynasty pottery tripod censer. Most sansai-glazed pottery include green and amber glazes - this vessel is glazed in blue and amber glazes. Blue sansai-glazed pottery is very rare since the blue color was made from cobalt imported from the Middle East and was very expensive at the time. Blue cobalt glazed sancai pieces go for much higher prices because of the preciousness of the ingredient and how scarcely it was used...

 

ongquan plate/bowl covered with golden celadon glaze. Glazed Base. Southern Song 南宋 (1127–1279). Measurement : Diameter: 32 cm. Condition : professional restored to the broken part and no part missing

Longquan bowl covered with guan type - crackle blue green glaze. Glazed Base. Southern Song 南宋 (1127–1279). Measurement : Diameter: 21.5cm. Condition : single frit and 0.5 cm crack line.

Porcelain decorated with floral sprays on the center, glazed base. PERIOD : Early Ming (1400-1487 AD) MEASUREMENTS: 20 cm wide. CONDITION: one hairline, small chips to the foot rim; free from restoration.

Authentic William Spratling "RIVER OF LIFE" bracelet. This piece is featured on page 37 of the book MEXICAN SILVER by Morrill and Berk. They date it c.1940. Fabulous, classic Spratling design, this cuff bracelet measures 5 3/4" around in the inside with a 1 1/4" opening so a total 7" length and is 1 3/8" wide. It is in fine original condition with a deep patina.The next owner might like to give it a good cleaning if so desired...

Today I am offering this signed Antonio Pineda archer cuff being 2.5in. tall and weighing 125 grams heavy. The cuff is most certainly a statement piece and certain to be gazed upon. The hunting scene is Lascaux inspired. The archers are cut out of the top layer of silver with niello being on the underneath layer of silver giving a shadow box effect. I am also listing the matching necklace to this bracelet. Please look at all the pictures as it is shown with the cuff.

Fine handmade 940 sterling silver bracelet designed and signed (c.1940's) by Taxco, Mexico artist Hector Aguilar (1905-86). Often referred to as the "6 Spheres" this finely detailed bracelet has a wearable length of 7 1/2 inches and is 1 1/2 inches wide weighing 87 grms. or 3.1 oz. Hallmarked HA TAXCO 940. Beautiful condition with no dents or dings. Slide-in clasp works perfectly. Aguilar designs are part of permanent museum collections around the world...

Fabulous Art Deco enamel pendant by German designer Carl Schibensky. Gorgeous shades of pinks and black comprise this very lively pattern. It measures 1 3/8" diameter and is in fine original condition. There is a bail in the back for a chain.It is hallmarked in the enamel with an S in a circle which is Carl Schibensky's hallmark and also has its' original paper label. A very special piece.

Lovely pair of porcelain bowls,in the shape of a bat (prosperity), decorated with enamels, depicting figures in a garden. Tongzhi mark and period (1862-1875). Size: 19 x 11,5 cm. Condition: excellent.

A small fan painting by an anonymous painter of the Tosa School in ink, colors and gold on paper. Mounted on goldfleck paper. Depicting a battle scene of the "Tale of the Heike", an epic account of the struggle between the Taira and Minamoto clans for control of Japan at the end of the 12th century. This fan painting probably belongs to the same set of illustrations of the "Heike Monogatari" in the Museum of Asian Art in Berlin. Condition: slightly browned, some pigments rubbed...

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 : Qing Dynasty : 19th Century Diameter : 30.5 cm. Condition : Perfect, no chips, cracks, hairlines or restorations.

SOLD. Vintage Antique Magical genuine 19th century Bohemian Czech Saphiret Art Glass gunmetal silver plated color metal Sash Brooch Ornament with C catch. bo Fab tan to aqua flashes of color from magical vortex. 3 1/2". Alas chips to be found in these matte cabs, yet those pesky areas seem to release an even stronger flash than the normal! SOLD, no price, no info please.