All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1910 item #1050155 (stock #lot822)
Description:

A wood brush pen was carved as a stalk of a tree branch.
Nicely rendered carvings were preserved in very good condition when darken patina was yielded on the surface.
By a good size, a brush pen can be the indispensible addition to the collection of Chinese scholar items as it was always being a hard to find item.
And when it was made by nice hardwood material.

Material: Suanzi or DaYei Zitan wood...
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Pre 1930 item #1050613
Tall Persian silver Rosewater Spice Tower, Early 20th C. Description: Silver rosewater spice tower with pierced holes to the top, embossed floral decoration, 12-1/2 inches high and 3-3/4 inches in diameter, it weights 381 gr. or 12.25 T OZ in good condition. Provenance: Knoxville TN collection. Shipping is FREE within the U.S.
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Memorabilia : Pre 1940 item #1050828 (stock #BA791)
Measuring approximately 15 inches in length, this 1930's, vintage, J. Chein, tin, wind-up toy remains in all-original condition!! With detailed graphics, this toy has NO repairs, replaced parts, or repaint!

A wonderful addition to any vintage toy or Black Memorabilia collection, this vividly colorful toy remains in great working condition. Wind up the alligator, and his mouth viciously snaps open and closed as he rolls along, with the black native balancing on his back! (Mr...

All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Pre 1900 item #1050847 (stock #G610)
For those interested in collecting vintage school memorabilia, no such collection can be considered complete without the inclusion of the extremely RARE Silica Book Slate.

Bound just like a typical book, this slate was unique in that it was extremely lightweight and offered multiple surfaces on which to complete one's studies (a total of six writing surfaces including interior front and back covers and two interior pages!!)...

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1980 item #1051076
A fine, 20th century Fukagawa Seiji vase. Delicately decorated with bird in branch and lightly colored blossoms all against a pale blue background. Rim crisply defined. Fuji and four character mark inside broad foot ring. Good condition. 9 1/2 inches tall (24.1 cm)
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1980 item #1051411
Cement mortar block print pencil-titled "Poem 71-82" (indicating production in 1971) by Maki Haku (1924-2000). Limited edition print numbered 40/202. Pencil-signed in the lower margin. The artist's square red seal is at the lower left corner of the image. This print features the highly embossed ideographs characteristic of Maki's work. The designs were created by inscribing on wet cement. Paper size: 12"V x 8 3/4"H (image size: 10 1/2"V x 7 1/4"H). Very good overall condition...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1051600 (stock #lot829)
Description:

A bronze sitting Buddha was well cast by well rendered carving craftsmanship.
In very good metal material, the ancient bronze figure was coated with darken patina and reflected with retrospective sheen.
He was preserved in perfect condition only with some casting holes on the back.
He was well depicted in details and showed a grandeur look despite the small size.
An old collection wood box is accompanied.

Date: Tang Dynasty, 8th/9th century...
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Pre 1940 item #1051991
Handmade 1930's tin double candle holder designed and signed by Taxco, Mexico artist William Spratling. Stands 6"H X 8 1/4". Applied tin rope and leaf trim. Signed WS TAXCO MEXICO. Beautiful vintage condition. Best known for his sterling silver designs Spratling's earliest work also included tin, copper, wood and weavings. Arts and crafts in design these pieces are rare as very few have survived the years in good condition. Insured shipping included within the U.S.
All Items : Archives : Pre 1940 item #1052165
Large handmade arts and crafts tin and glass box designed and signed (1930-46)by Taxco, Mexico artist William Spratling. Box measures 4 1/2" X 3 1/2" X 3 1/2" H. Beautiful vintage condition. No chips or cracks to glass. Pictured on spratlingsilver.com. Most often recognized for his beautiful Mexican silver designs Spratlings' early workshop produced his designs in copper, tin, wood and weavings. These pieces are rare as few have survived the years in good condition...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1052286 (stock #lot830)
Description:

A handled cup was in unique marbled glaze.
In shining brownish tint and darken strips, the cup was delicately mold in very thin wall and was intentionally to copy the metal wares of the periods. It was not uncommon for ceramic production of that periods.
Persian cultures had influenced the Tang's by the flourish trading traffics between the middle and near eastern nations...
All Items : Archives : Lost Art : Fine Art : Paintings : Pre 1950 item #1052692
Description: wonderful Mughal style gilt gouache painting on cloth, I believe the material is silk, depicting hunting tiger scene. Striking and well executed with vibrant colors. Measurements: the sight is 18" x 13.5" with House of Heydenryk frame. Condition is great and shipping is FREE within the U.S.
All Items : Archives : Lost Art : Fine Art : Paintings : Pre 1950 item #1052696
Description: wonderful Mughal style gilt gouache painting on cloth, I believe the material is silk, depicting hunting tiger scene. Striking and well executed with vibrant colors. Measurements: the sight is 19" x 14" with House of Heydenryk frame. Condition is great and shipping is FREE within the U.S.
All Items : Archives : Lost Art : Fine Art : Paintings : Pre 1950 item #1052697
Description: wonderful Mughal style gilt gouache painting on cloth, I believe the material is silk, depicting hunting tiger scene. Striking and well executed with vibrant colors. Measurements: the sight is 19" x 14" with House of Heydenryk frame. Condition is great and shipping is FREE within the U.S.
All Items : Archives : Lost Art : Fine Art : Paintings : Pre 1950 item #1052699
Description: wonderful Mughal style gilt gouache painting on cloth, I believe the material is silk, depicting hunting tiger scene. Striking and well executed with vibrant colors. Measurements: the sight is 19" x 14" with House of Heydenryk frame. Condition is great and shipping is FREE within the U.S.
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1940 item #1052806 (stock #283)
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Ida Sedgwick Proper (1873 - 1957)

Rare original oil on canvas by signed lower right measuring 20 x 24 inches in good all original condition. Provenance: The Grandson of the artist.

Biography

Born in Bonaparte, Iowa, into a Baptist minister family, she attended Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas. Then at the Art Student's League in New York, she trained with William Merritt Chase, John Twachtmann, and Frank DuMond...

All Items : Archives : Pre 1980 item #1052904
Vintage spinach jade bangle bracelet. Sparse engraved decoration on untested silver colored metal joint, clasp and chain. Clasp is somewhat worn but still provides a tight, friction fit. Otherwise good condition. 20th century. Diameter, 3 1/8 in. (inside 2 5/16 in.)
All Items : Archives : Lost Art : Fine Art : Paintings : Pre 1960 item #1052937
Marvelous Asian Painting, Mid 20th C. Description: Striking Asian, probably Japanese, painting, various figures and garden scene, Gilt sky, unsigned. Framed, not examined out of the frame. Dimensions: Image is 18-1/4" x 12-1/2". Good condition with FREE shipping within the U.S.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1053064 (stock #lot831)
Description:

A Junyao censer was in lovely size and was thickly applied with moonlight-white glaze on the surface.
Incursions had happened to the glaze in obvious look.
Iridescence condition caused from long time of burial was reflected in the glaze.
It can be a decent and rare piece despite its excavation condition.

Date: Song Dynasty, 11th/12th century.

Body Width: 8.4cm, Height: 6.8cm

A CUSTOM-MADE SILK BOX IS INCLUDED.