An unused old stock Chinese red clay teapot by Cheng Zhen Ping , safe for drinking Chinese tea use
Chinese Rosewood Cover for Jar, Top, 4 1/4 " diameter-top outside measurement, 1 1/4" high, (4 1/8" diameter inner outside rim, 1/2" high-inner rim), heavy and thick well polished and high quality Rosewood cover, the condition is good. Please inquire for the measurement.
DESCRIPTION: A fantastic Acoma pottery water jar of large size with a wonderfully complex polychrome design containing bear and Kokopelli figures. A double rainbow of light and dark sienna bands divides this beautiful greenware olla into six cartouche segments, three larger ones with bears below the arched rainbows, each with different background designs, and three smaller ones with stylized Kokopelli figures (fertility deities) playing flutes...
Pair "Hong Kong" made Hardwood Square shape display Stands, 5 7/8" square, 1 1/2" high, high polished heavy wood surface, few carved wood legs are glued together, almost invisible.
DESCRIPTION: A hand carved and painted pair of Native American Hopi Kachina (or Katsina) dolls, one in a long green and blue robe with red neck kerchief, the other in an elaborate headdress. Each is signed, one signed “Mongwa, D. Scott, Old Oraibi” and the other “D. Harvey, Koyemsi, Hopi Tewa, ‘96”. DIMENSIONS: Tallest 10.75” high.
CULTURAL BACKGROUND: The Hopi people live primarily on three mesas in northeastern Arizona, about 70 miles from Flagstaff...
Chinese small carved Hardwood Display Stand, made in "Hong Kong", 1 7/8" diameter-inside top rim, 3" wide-widest width, 1" high with small feet, the condition is good.
Bijinga - a painting of a beautiful woman depicts otogoze/otafuku beauty. Finely painted with ink and pigments on silk. The back ground of her is decorated with gold on fan shaped design. Signed and sealed.
Some insignificant light marks and light foxing are present on the painting itself, otherwise the painting is in very good condition with age. Some insignificant light marks and a small scrach is present on the scroll end, otherwise it is in very good condition...
Chinese made Hardwood Lamp Top, 3 3/4 diameter-outside maximum measurement, the condition is good. Please inquire for more tops same size.
DESCRIPTION: A quite spectacular Acoma pot of great size and shape with a wonderfully complex design by Acoma artist, Adrian Vallo. A double rainbow of light and dark sienna bands divides this beautiful greenware olla into four quadrants, with two lively dark-sienna parrots below the arched rainbows, and two lighter sienna parrots above horizontal rainbow bands. Additional geometric designs in black on white are executed with clean, crisp lines...
Chinese Rosewood Cover for urn or Jar, 1950's, 4 3/4" diameter-outside measurement, 1" high maximum measurement, 4" diameter - inside inner measurement, stains on the surface, original condition.
Tibetan Himalayan Brass Buddha, 4 1/4" high, 3 1/4" wide, 2" deep, some marks on the bottom, condition is good.
Tibetan Himalayan Buddhist Prayer Wheel with Copper and Brass, 10 1/2" high, 2" wide, Tibetan Characters on Copper drum shape wheel, with Bamboo handle supported by Shell Disc, Script Paper is inside the drum, the condition is good. Purchased in Lhasa 1990 by private collector in US.
Robust and rather practical Haku-ji chawan by veteran Kawai school potter; Mukunoki Eizo. Covered over in a thick coating of Hakuji style glaze the surface has shimmering crystals formed by tin throughout the surface creating a rather pleasant surface. The form is a classic ridged, shinogi style bowl which culminates in the buff stoneware ring of the foot...
Chinese Hardwood square shape display Stand, 7" square, 1 1/4" high, flat top, lacquered, supported by 4 bracket feet, the condition is good.
An unused chinese yixing zisha teapot from old stock , it was crafted/made by Meng in 1999, safe for brewing tea use
Pair Chinese Hardwood Scroll shape Stands, 4" wide, 2 1/2" deep, 7/8" high, the condition is good.
Zen calligraphy: 花開萬国春(Hana Hiraku Bankoku no Haru) - A single flower opens and announces the arrival of spring to the world. Painted with ink on paper. Sealed.
The meaning of the word "flower bloom(花開)" in Zen wording is to become free of mind...
A pastel and watercolor on paper drawing of a Native American Indian, unframed, 30" by 20", signed at lower right by the artist, the signature appearing as "F. Davis", and the adjacent date as 3/84. The artist was talented. Condition is good, lower left corner is separating from the Crescent art board backing, there having been some slight moisture exposure there at some time in the past.