Roseville Pottery Sunflower globular vase with two lug handles. Size: 5 1/2 inches diameter x 4 inches height. Brightly colored glazes, crisp mold, and in mint condition.
Ming Dynasty, Ca. 1500s
This molded earthenware vase is glazed turquoise and amber over the upper portion, leaving the lower portion and base unglazed exposing the biscuit with auspicious symbols of animals and various other elements. The glaze stops at the mouth rim and the interior is unglazed. The turquoise glaze covers various floral designs while the one panel of amber glaze on the flaring upper body reveals a human form, probably a scholar official...
An antique Japanese Sakata Kasane (stacking chest on chest) Tansu in 2 sections made of Kiri (Paulownia) wood. All original hand forged Iron hardware. Using Japanese joinery including straight dovetails and age consistent hardened wood nails. Originates from the famous tansu making town of Sakata in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan...
Height: 7 cm (2.8 in)
Width: 3.9 cm (1.6 in)
Depth: 2.3 cm (0.8 in)
Fine quality carved Chinese snuff bottle; two panels of polychrome decoration featuring birds and florals; calligraphy to each side; natural material; good condition
Northern Song vitreous glazed over white slip Cizhou jar. Nice ivory toned piece emulating Ding ware. There is a simple repair on one side of the body which is pointed out in photos and chip on mouth rim. Dimensions: 13cm/2.9in width and 9.5cm/3.7in height. This from a Northern Kiln most likely Henan, or Shanxi.
This is a Mogolian wine cup with coral and turqoise beads.
Good condition, except for one loose coral bead.
Old sake bottle of strong conical shape with a short neck and everted rim.
Underneath the beautiful milky feldspar glaze a cobalt bue and black sketch-like drawing of sprigs of bamboo. Bottom glazed brown, as is typical for this ware. Mingei.
Most likely Ofuke (or Ofukei) ware, made near Nagoya, Japan.
Edo period, circa 1800
H ca. 6 x diam at bottom ca. 5.5 in.
Ofukei has a historical relation to Seto ware...
A very attractive and scarce Chinese silver and wood snuffbottle, dating Qing Dynasty, 1740-1760.
The bottle with finely chased silver mounts and nice floral wood carvings in a patinated piece of Walnut tree.
Size: 8,2 cm.
Condition: Choice and intact.
Ex. Danish private Collection
Chinese Qing dynasty bronze censer or incense burner. 14,5 cm body diameter. Good conditions except has been washed.
A beautiful classic French Empire Ormolu Semanier Tall Chest , or sometimes called lingerie chest. Measuring h: 57” w:26” d:15”
The seven drawer chest in gold leaf Ormolu bronze with intricate hardware in gilt bronze with mounted kingwood parquetry circa 1770
12th-14th century iron brown and white glaze Fairy sitting on the frog. 10,5 cm high. Good condition except small glaze erosion because this item found from the river. free from any repair.
This is perhaps the finest pre-Columbian gold collection ever assembled in private hands. These are all incredible masterpieces. Each one is high grade near pure gold. None are tumbaga. All have been authenticated by a forensic laboratory that specializes in pre-Columbian gold. This assemblage has taken me 40 years to acquire. Nothing was imported. All have been purchased from Sotheby's or high-end private collections. Everything is legal to own and sell...
Size : 18cm wide, 12cm high.
Conditions : Small Chipped at inside the lid.
An antique Japanese bamboo Ikebana basket in a stylized Baluster form with bi-color bamboo intertwined with mature bamboo featuring dark nodules in a diagonal cross-hatch pattern. Each square of the pattern measures 1 3/8" and they are not tightly woven though they are in scale with the size of the basket. The handles were created using twisted stalks that were integrated free-form into the basket. Open mouth with twisted rope lip...
The 2nd. and largest of a set of two pewter charger or dishes, Germany, Danzig, with Coat of Arms and initialized and dated 1640.
The lovely piece was made by the Michael Bunde, working for Michael Braschke, was maker in his own right around the early 1640s.
Diameter: c. 33,2 cm.
Reff...
An ancient Egyptian steatite scarab with the royal prenomen name Men-kheper-Re (Thutmosis III); including an adjective or descriptive phrase stating the good god + Amun (very schematic). 3/4 inch. 18th dynasty, 1479 BC to 1425 BC. From a Florida estate. Said to be purchased in the early 1980s.
The rim is decorated with a facing Oceanus head showing bushy beards extending to both sides and goat-like ears...
Height approximately 28 cm. In good condition.