Small oval carved jadeite pendant. Impressed carving of bat on raised side, other side is flat. Very smooth and pretty color of white with deep green specks. Two carved out holes, one towards top modeling a gold loop, and another in middle of oval.
Circa 1940
Dimensions: 1.5" Long X 1" Wide
A beautiful late 20th C. Chinese Yi Xing clay teapot with 4 sets of cup and saucer, in excellent condition. Signed. Wide 15cm.
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A boxed set of six pewter decanter labels or bottle tags for Scotch, rye, bourbon, gin, vodka and brandy by Stieff for Historic Newport. Newport, RI was one of the most important pewter-making cities of Colonial America, and these tags are made according the 18th century models.
Origin: America, ca. 1976. Condition: excellent. Dimensions: 2-5/8 x 1-1/4" (excluding chains).
Hand-carved Chinese natural chicken blood blank seal stone. Dimension: 75 x 20 x 20 (mm) or 2.95 x 0.79 x 0.79 inches with total weight 0.19 of lbs/85 grams. Bloodstone is cinnabar strips of dickite, its color is still red cinnabar. Since its color is as red as blood, it is called bloodstone. The earliest discovered bloodstone is Zhejiang Chang ?? rock pheasant bloodstone. Later it was found in Inner Mongolia Chifeng.
A rare "famille rose" dragon and phoenix decorated bowl with an inscription dedicating it as a 60th birthday gift from Ma Tao Yu to Xiong Gong - otherwise known as Chen Zhao Ying (1888-1977), who was a senior military leader of the Guo Min-dang (Kuomintang) between the years 1911 to 1932 and who was very close to Sun Zhong-shan and Jiǎng Jièshí (Chiang Kai-shek)...
The elegant vintage bracelet, approximately 2¼ inches (57.15 mm) in inner diameter and 83 grams in weight, is artistically designed and skillfully carved. Its strong translucent jadeite material shows very beautiful apple green-white hues. Very rare and in an excellent condition.
Charming Jadeite carving of three bamboo reeds, trees, and little bear eating leaves. Excellent detail with fine carving.
Circa 1910
Dimensions: 8.5" Tall X 4" Wide
Stand Dimensions: 8" Long, 2.5" Tall, 6.5" Wide
Chinese porcelain vase of a wide, rounded form and a long neck, with a robin's egg blue underglaze, decorated with a cluster of dimensional pink and yellow chrysanthemums on gold stems. The opposite side has four small pink and yellow butterflies.
Qing Dynasty
Signature on bottom.
Size: 9.75" height, 5" width
We can offer you a rare and wonderful chinese zisha pottery teapot made by world famous Zhou Guizhen.
The Tea Pot has a smooth surface, a round body and it is very fine carved with a bamboo shape handle and a bamboo shape spout.
The cover inside and the bottom center is marked with the master name Zhou Gui Zhen.
Size: 7,2'' height x 5 3/8'' bottom diameter...
Diameter: 3½ inches (8.89 cm)Height: 4¼ inches (10.8 cm). This ingeniously designed white glazed wine-cup is composed of two parts, locked with each other. The cup can be turned but cannot be taken off its stem. In the light, the seemingly plain white cup shows an amazing motif of dragons chasing a fiery ball. Its unuaual design is characteristic of refined porcelain making craftsmanship of the Yuan Dynasty...
A Gilt Bronze Je Tsongkhapa Buddhist Statue. This exquisite seated statue of Je Tsongkhapa boasts of its outstanding craftsmanship. Je Tsongkhapa (1357-1419), Founder of the Ganden monastery in 1409, is portrayed with lifelike facial expression and graceful bearing. Je Tsongkhapa is believed to have laid down the basis for what was later named the Gelug ("virtuous ones") order. Height: 9 1/8" (23.18 cm)
A Rare and Exquisite Jadeite Table Screen with Hand-Carved Motifs. The green jadeite table screen depicts a traditionally dressed man standing amid bamboo and plum-trees, with two cranes dancing along. Its jadeite quality, color, and carving skills are amazingly superb. Qing Dynasty Styled. Height: 4½" (11.43 cm) Width: 9½" (24.13 cm) Height with Stand: 10¼" (26.04 cm) Highly collectible and in an excellent condition.
H: 4 ½ inches (11.43 cm)Length:7 inches (10.78 cm) Depth: 4 inches (10.16 cm)The artistically shaped teapot is carved on its bottom with a seal mark of Gongchun, the ingenious Ming Dynasty master of zisha craftsmanship. Four and half inches in height and Seven inches in length, it bears two famous lines composed by an ancient Chinese poet on the Buddhist tea ceremony. The teapot is exceptional in both its design and workmanship (A tiny chip on the inner mouth-rim).
A rare finely potted bowl depicting three sailing ships on waves with a bird in flight . This item was made by Tessa Fuchs (1936-2012).
Condition: excellent - no damages and no restoration.
16.5cm (6.5inches ) diameter; 7.5cm (3inches) high
A Chinese Bronze/Silver Plate Censer. Length approximately 18 cm (across the masks). In good condition.
This cool Menorah was made by zanazan, designed by the well known artist, Shahen Pooladian. It is a 9 - piece set. It features a modernist mid-century design. The candle holders measure 2 1/2". The Shamash measures 3 1/2". The bottom of each piece is marked zanazan MADE IN USA. I believe this set is pewter.
Japanese contemporary ceramic vase for ikebana, or flower arrangements. It has a very interesting, gritty textural surface and color scheme of blues, purples, and brownish-greens. The interior of the vase is slightly ribbed with vertical lines going down its sides, with a yellow/brown/green and blue glaze. Signature on bottom. It comes with its original signed wooden storage box. Wonderful Condition
Size: 9.75" height, 6.5" width
(box): 11" height, 8" width
Chinese carved hardwood stand, carved with gnarled natural motif, very heavy dense hardwood. Great condition
Early 20th century.
Size: 2" high x 22" long x 8 1/4" deep.