A 9 layer Sri Cakra Yantra 31x31 cm 7.5 cm high.
Metalic paint on wooden base. One of the protruding arms missing. repairs on reverse. Undated.
Can be viewed in central London and shipped worldwide
An unusually beautiful and impressive example of Vietnamese lacquer painting, an art form that goes back many centuries in China and Southeast Asia. The technical process is very complex, involving application of multiple layers. This panel, unframed, measures 15 1/2" by 23 1/4" and it is not signed. Note the gold showing through in many areas, and the detail of the figures and general atmosphere and luminosity created by the artist in a notoriously difficult medium.
Pencil with white highlight drawing on brown paper, 9 1/2" by 15 3/4" (17" by 23" framed), the subject a number of different types of boats along a dramatic coast, possibly Whitby, England, circa 1860, signed at extreme lower left corner in pencil "Fowler". The drawing, which is laid on a thin board, features various types of sailing craft, and, in the foreground, a rowboat. A castle like structure crowns the prominent hill...
President H. Hoover, Belgian Sculptor Godefroid Devreese (1861-1941), 1920, A Bronze Wall Rondel Plaque Mounted on a Wood Base, measure 20 x 20"
Small painting on a medium that might be jute fibers, 12 1/4" by 12 1/4" framed, possibly signed at lower right with initials or monogram, but essentially unreadable. The piece is very "Atomic Age" 1950's style and is doubtless of that period. Unfortunately over time there has been some abuse, and scattered losses cover a large portion of the painting, as shown...
Yes, this sculptural set was forged and Made in USA. There are some who frame these sculptural hand hammered pieces in a shadow box to hang on their walls. From an American studio one finds this hand fabricated hammered copper kinetic sculptural necklace, pendant and earring set with sterling silver accents, which when not worn can be displayed on a wall.
Hand hammered by this art metalwork smith and stamped with maker’s mark of: Handmade - Mimi Dee...
LAYERED WOOD VASE
Vintage modern jar made of circumferential layers of many thin wooden board coated in the coloring of pale emerald blue, as a unique evolutionary form (style) of traditional Japanese steam bending wood craft called 'magewappa' (lit. 'bent-woodware'),
Showa period, 20th century, Japan, approx. H 18cm (7.08in). The condition is as is as seen...
A rare and unique carved Elephant in Russian Jade from the Ming Dynasty measuring 5 x 8 3/4“. Spinach color Jade was the only Jade used until the Qing Dynasty’s. Please view lot number 1227 and 1228 for similar objects
A charcoal and color chalk drawing of a young boy, 8 1/2" by 4 1/2" inside the mat and 11 1/2" by 7 1/2" framed, apparently unsigned. The work is affixed at three edges to another sheet, I was able to peer into the back via the open side and do not see any writing or other information there. The drawing extends beyond the mat, as shown. Nicely executed work by unknown artist.
Contemporary Chinese artist Lithography printed image with bird overlay, gold git, resin, and wood. Ready to be mounted on a wall.
HUANG YAN (B. 1966)
Previus works of his have sold a christies and other major auction houses
Dimensions: 11 1/4" wide x 13" high x 2 1/2" deep
This work is a mixed media piece in colored pencil and washes. Chris Liberti is an American artist primarily known for his oil paintings of landscapes, cityscapes and still lifes. Chris was born in Buffalo, NY, and began illustrating at an early age. He initially attended a graphic design school, and from 1993-96, he studied fine arts in oil painting at Buffalo State College, under professors Jim Phalen, Constance Payne and Richard Gubernick...
Marci Zelmanoff - born 1942, Philadelphia.
Zelmanoff studied at the Rhode Island school of Design and received a MFA at Southern Illinois University.
Known as an painter, sculptor and silversmith.
Her primary influences were her teachers, Brent Kington and Olaf Skoogfors.
Collage measures 7 3/8" x 10".
Excellent condition
Geishas playing Music. Japanese Print. Unsigned. 18x12”. Frame Size 27 x 23“
Modernist still life of wine bottle, coffee pot, pan, flagon and other objects on a table top, arranged artistically and painted with a cubist feeling, unsigned, framed in strip framing, no glass, circa mid 20th century. If you admire Cezanne but can't quite afford one of his masterpieces, this might just be for you. The artist is unidentified but likely created this in the middle years of the century...
Beautiful Bronze roundel of Franz Liszt by artist Ellen Rankin (Cropp) dated 1891 measuring 12” diameter Ellen Rankin Copp (August 4, 1853 – August 8, 1901), also called Ellen or Helen Houser Rankin, was an American sculptor. Her works were featured at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893...
Glen Cooper Hershaw interior scene pastel 24x30”.
Julien Lucien Crump,Outsider NAIVE Biblical Painting, mixed Media 47 x 42“
From the Philadelphia Inquirer the following, The Lucien Crump Art Gallery and Education Center closed its doors for the final time Friday after 40 years of serving Philadelphia as the first to feature works by African-American artists. The gallery’s namesake, who had a long career as an artist and educator, passed away at age 71 in 2006...
Monotype on paper (where the artist "draws" the image on a sheet of glass, after which the glass plate is very carefully pressed against paper in order to produce an image), 5 3/8" by 7 7/8" (the image), the unframed sheet 7 3/4" by 9 1/2", signed in pencil at lower right margin by listed American artist MARION GRAY TRAVER (1892-1964). This a landscape in perhaps early spring or late fall, with muted pastel colors making for a harmonious and pleasing image...