These impressive heavily potted large vases are of a baluster form with everted rims, and are finely painted in a rich and vivid polychrome enamel with panels with figural scenes depicting Ming Dynasty court life, along with a floral motif with birds. The motif around the shoulder is of the “Eight Precious Symbols”, and above is a row of tobacco leaves. The pair of gilt elephant heads on either side with a coral detail in the middle of their foreheads.
Condition: excellent...
Antique 19th century Native North American Plains Indians, (possibly Siouk) stone Peace Pipe, and beaded buckskin pipe bag.
Hand carved in two sections and bonded together L-shaped steatite stone bowl with slight flare to prow, adorned with lead inlayed ring. The carved pipe stem of natural wood carved in relief with two elliptical loops design displaying a lovely glossy patina...
Northern Plains Indian pipe carved from red catlinite and black steatite stone with a pewter or lead geometric inlay. The vertical pipe bowl is round and tapered, while the pipe stem is of faceted, octagonal form. Circa 1870s. Excellent original condition, no chips or cracks. Size: 7.75 inches length x 3.5 inches ht. x 1.25" diameter pipe bowl.
DESCRIPTION: Fine Acoma Pueblo terra cotta olla, circa 1920, with intricate black on white geometric designs with blossom, eye and cross themes; unsigned, good condition, no chips or repairs. DIMENSIONS: 8 3/4" high x 9 1/8" diameter.
ABOUT ACOMA POTTERY: Thin, hand fired walls (a common and sought after characteristic of Acoma pottery), light weight, and geometric designs characterize Acoma pottery...
Rare black schist Hindu Temple carving of Bhairava riding his dog, I have handled hundreds of these temple statues and this is the only one of these I ever found especially in black stone . Beautifully carved with a wonderful patina , this is from my personal stash and would hate to part with it but I am listing everything. size 18" by 12"weight 25 pounds
ROLEX Ladies DATE all STAINLESS-STEEL White ROMAN
Dial with the original Box & Papers Ref. 69240. Purchased new in 1990. Saphire Crystal. Note: If purchased new today retail would be approx. $7000. One year warrantee from date of purchase. THIS IS A FINE COLLECTIBLE. INVEST IN HARD ASSETS, DON'T INVEST IN THE STOCK MARKET. BUY SOMETHING PROVEN IN TIME.
We have been selling vintage watches on E-Bay since 1998 as watchco1973 with 13,500 feed backs, 100% positive...
Japanese Lacquer container with removable lid, 24” high, 18” width
Antique Pre-Columbian, Mesoamerican, Aztec stone dagger with a massive, pointed, cone-shaped blade, 15th-16th century AD.
The blade is extended to a finely carved hilt, which depicts the Mesoamerican deity "Quetzalcoatl" in the form of a feathered serpent seated on a throne.
This dagger was primarily designed for stabbing, and its massive blade makes it a deadly weapon...
Japanese Silver Teapot with gemstone green agate mounted on lid's finial
Description & size: 16.5 cm height x 15 cm length x 12 cm wide (6.25 in x 6 in x 4.75 in)
Weight: 457 grams
Production: A beautiful Handcrafted & forged silver grayish tone patina made teapot with a green agate gemstone mounted on top of lid's finial. Signed & stamped
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...
This beautiful and well hollowed black hair crystal snuff bottle is a mid-20th century product. It is 2 1/2" high,1 3/8" wide and 5/8" thick with a red carnelian cap. Aside from a small chip on the top rim, it is in very good condition.
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...
A box for keeping incense – kogo – decorated with a carriage used by court nobles and members of the Imperial family of the past in dense gold dust sprinkle on a black lacquer background. The sky sprinkled with clouds of nashiji. Insides with dense nashiji. The bottom section decorated with a rock surrounded by bamboo in gold togidashi and kao of tea master Hisada Soya...
This is an excellent and intricately carved very charming netsuke, made by our own Pennsylvania native, David Carlin. He describes it as a "Model of 3 elderly bearded gentlemen, each leaning on the back of the other with the first two carrying blind man's canes.
The third holds a bottle into which "DC" is etched in a double square cartouche. Each dressed in a robe with a rope belt.”. Natural Himotoshi is formed by the first Blind Man's arms. Netsuke is heavily polished...
This crown is finely beaded with a bold black face and on the reverse side with vertical lines possibly depicting tribal scars and prominent lips on a white beaded ground, a large bird perched on the top, and birds along the sides, is over cotton cloth backing.
Yoruba crowns were usually worn by the king Oba, on state occasions and during public ceremonies...
17th-18thc Hindu Indian Jackwood and Brass Jewel Casket, rare and fine piece , from the personal collection of a major dealer. The box has some condition issues with the closing of the lid but the piece is average condition for a piece of this age . Size H 7" W 11" D 8"
A pair of scroll painting depicted landscape...
This very well carved two-tone hard stone snuff bottle is a 1980's product. It depicts an old sage chatting with a young man under a pine tree. It is 3" high, 2" wide and 1 3/8" thick with a red carnelian and silver rim cap. It is in great condition.