All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #318082
Qing Dynasty Chinese Manchu style summer silk gauze robe decorated in copper colored metallic threads with a brocade pattern featuring 8 visible 5-clawed dragons, plus one hidden dragon on the inside flap, depicted in full-face and profile poses against a blue ground. Each dragon is chasing a flaming pearl (symbolizing the Buddhist notion of enlightenment) and is surrounded by clouds and various auspicious symbols. The dragon's eyes are accented in black and white...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #318047 (stock #1698)
A cream white glazed bowl, decorated inside with incised floral sprays and outside with petals design, "wu wu" mark on unglazed base. Song dynasty in perfect condition. Diameter: 17 cm and High: 6.3 cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #318045 (stock #1697)
A celadon mallet-shaped vase, decorated on vertical faces with two moulded lugs in the form of Dragons. Covered overall with olive green glaze. Chinese 14th-15th century Longquan ware. Excellent condition, no chips, crack or restored. High: 15.6 cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #317994 (stock #1696)
A fine small celadon jar of globular form and covered overall with olive green glaze. Chinese 13th-14th century, Longquan ware. Condition is perfect, no chips, crack or restored. High: 6.4 cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1920 item #317952 (stock #TCR1215)
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A very unusual unglazed small tea pot decorated with various nuts and seeds all in three dimensional relief, featuring a mushroom shaped lid dating from the later 19th to early 20th century. Known as Banko in Japan, the kilns which produced these items were also responsible for the Sumidagawa pottery so popular in the west. This piece has 8 seeds about the shoulder, including peanut, pumpkin and sunflower...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #317843 (stock #1695)
A fine celadon bowl, decorated outside with Lotus petals rising from the foot, covered overall with olive green glaze on the porcelain body. Chinese 13th-14th century, Longquan ware. Condition is perfect, no crack, no chips, no restored. Diameter: 12.2 cm.
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1980 item #317511 (stock #T 906)
Modern Taxco Mexico Silver Neck Cuff Necklace mrkd: encircled "SJ" Mexico TC-110 (both listed) or TL-40 & 925. Nice heft @ just under 2 Ounces or 55 Grams w the bezel set black Onyx Trapezoid 23 X 12mm stone at mid front. Measures 15 1/4 inches inside including the flexible 3 inch opening X 7/8 in at widest to 1/4 in at narrowest. SOLD, no price, no info
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Textiles : Accessories : Pre 1910 item #317466 (stock #T 904)
SOLD, no price, no info. In Box 1 1/2" Late Victorian Lithograph Celluloid Tinted Brass Japanned Tin backs of Count Fersen / Mozart 6 Buttons as seen in the BBB. Mellowed with age and the backs are clean! Sold, no price, no info
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #317073 (stock #1690)
Two nice Yuan dynasty (1279-1368) small jar. 1. Blue & White jarlet, decorated with Blackberry Lily surrounded the body. Condition is good except two lug handles has damaged or missing, no chips or repaired. High: 5.8cm. 14th century Jindezhen or Fujian. 2. Jar of globular form, decorated with splashed brown iron spot and a Yingching glaze over a porcelain body. Good condition except one lug on the shoulder has damaged or missing, no chips or repaired. 14th century Jindezhen or Fujian ware...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1970 item #316524 (stock #T 896)
Tested at least 90%+ silver pin pendant depicting a dancing couple w 6 different intact enamel colors in very good pre owned condition faintly marked: "Israel" on the bail, is 1 X 1 1/2" and weighs .4 or 11 Grams. Please see scans
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Costume : Designer : Pre 1980 item #316156 (stock #hask204i)
Unusual for Haskell. This graceful brooch has a sleek contemporary look, yet it is older Haskell. The blue pieces are translucent, the white and green are opaque. The silver filigree backing is double tiered, typical of older Miriam Haskell. The oval cartouche is on the back. The brooch is 5 1/2" by 4".
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Pre 1980 item #316134 (stock #hask205L79)
Glamorous Miriam Haskell. Pearlized beads with gold tone highlights. Miriam Haskell oval stamp on the back of the flower clasp. 14 1/2" end to end, center "pendant" 2 1/2" by 1 3/4".
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Period : Pre 1950 item #315330 (stock #T 891)
This pair of Filigree Drop Rectangle Camphor Glass on sterling silver earhooks are sold. Brilliant lively rhinestones rivet the 10 X 15 etched glss to the non ster frame. They suspend 1 5/8". No further info or price available on this pair.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1970 item #314939 (stock #MOR1208)
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There is incredible detail in all aspects of this huge bronze sculpture of a jacketed monkey and his elder handler resting on a bronze base signed Shojun (also read Katsunori), dating from the mid 20th century (1935-1965). Taking a break between performances, the aged man pulls out his pipe and tobacco pouch, his wizened countenance seeming as if speaking some soothing words to the creature, perhaps otsukare-sama. A chain runs from his wrist to a collar around the animals neck...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Designer Signed : Pre 1950 item #314375
A very rare and spectacular Ming's of Honolulu red ivory torch- ginger pin and earrings set with sterling leaves. It is just magnificent in every way and in excellent original condition. There are no chips or cracks to the ivory. The color is awesome.The pin measures 2 5/8" by 1 3/4" and the screwback earrings measure 1" long and 1" wide. The pin is signed Ming's Honolulu Ivory Torch- Ginger. The earrings are signed Ming's Sterling. An unbelievably beautiful and highly collectible set.
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Designer Signed : Pre 1950 item #313750
This is STERLING DESIGNER JEWELRY from DENMARK. The DESIGNER is N.E.FROM and this is 3 PIECES with FISH, STARS, AND BEZELED AMBER. The BROOCH measures 1 1/2" in Diameter; EARRINGS measure 15/16" in Diameter. Date this N.E. FROM JEWELRY ca. 1950 to 1975 in EXCELLENT Condition
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1900 item #313741
This is a SATSUMA TWO PIECE BOX from a WASHINGTON, D.C. Estate. The size overall is 3 1/8" in Diameter X 1 3/8". The Top is Painted with a CLASSIC JAPANESE WOMAN motif; also, the Interior and Back are Painted. See the jpgs that show more detail. EXCELLENT CONDITION ca. 1895- 1900
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1970 item #313709 (stock #MOR1203)
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This is a superb Bunraku puppet of the historical figure Minamoto Yoshitsune, one of the lead characters from the Tale of the Heikei and legendary fighter in Japan. The doll is incredibly mobile. Head moving up and down, his eyes open and close and move left to right. His eyebrows can be raised and lowered, and mouth opened or closed, all from toggles inside his kimono on the extended neck piece...