All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1900 item #792755 (stock #199)
A good pair of ruby red/"pigeon blood" baisse-taille enamel vases hammered and carved in low relief depicting sparrows and styalized bamboo. These items are unsigned and were made in Japan during the Meiji period (1868-1911). Condition - very good...
All Items : Archives : Furnishings : Furniture : French : Pre 1960 item #792728 (stock #WA 15-1)
Vintage French leather club chair in original condition; rich dark color; firmer seat. Dimensions: 32" high, 39" wide, 40" deep, 23" seat depth
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Pre 1960 item #791985
Windshield Teapot in excellent condition by Hall China. 6 cup, in Burgundy with Gold decals and trim. ABSOLUTELY NO WEAR to the gold, no chips, cracks or repairs. Three pinhead glaze "skips", these are manufacturing flaws, not damage. Marked Hall. Circa 1950's
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Pre 2000 item #791950
M.I. Hummel Apple Tree Boy and Apple Tree Girl by Goebel. Each porcelain doll sits in a (separate) realistic Apple Tree with flowers (girl),fruit (boy) and birds. The figures and trees stand 13 inches tall. The dolls have cloth bodies with porcelain heads, arms and legs. The dolls were dressed by Bette Ball. Each doll has it's original box, and is signed on the back of the head Goebel and MI Hummel in script. The Trees are also signed MI Hummel in script...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1920 item #791916 (stock #194)
A late 19th/Early 20th Century dragon decorated tea kettle made for export to Europe or North America. It is unusual to find a tea kettle from this period in brass. Condition - good...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #791880 (stock #2923)
A real good and extraordinary state glaze of Longquan celadon jar, such like never touched by age, decorated to exterior with ribs line, covered overall with sea green glaze. Longquan ware 13th-14th century. Condition with glaze hairlines like appear on enlargement 5 & 7, no any problem further. High: 10.5cm and Wide: 13.3cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #791879 (stock #2922)
A very rare ewer, decorated to both sides with incised of Lotus flower sprays and with very nice shaped of a rat figure handle in yellow and green enamel, base unglazed. Ming dynasty 16th century Zhengde period. The condition is good with no any crack, no chip, excepted minor glaze flake to one side. High: 13.2 cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre AD 1000 item #791802 (stock #lot480)
Description:

Rare stone bust from the Sui Dynasty (581-618 CE). Piece is in fine condition, with its original whitish coating preserved. The bust depicts a solemn image of a devoted pupil or perhaps a slave, with head dress. Facial features are well carved and very effective in communicating the mood of the piece.

Minor wear and abrasion caused by age, but these do not distract from the beauty of the piece...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre AD 1000 item #791551 (stock #lot479)
Description: An archaic turquoise pendant was carved into two crouching Chilongs around a circular Huang. By ferocious features and animated postures, the fairy animals were rendered deliberately in every detail. From the characteristic features including the grooved spines, strenuous hips, legs, and claws, and the tiger-like heads, this carving piece embodied all the essential points in authenticating the Han date...
All Items : Archives : Pre 1492 item #791339 (stock #TR 500)
A Ming interregnum 15th century blue and white bowl, rounded side with flared rim and unglazed foot ring, bowl decorate with under glaze blue sitting human, scenery and cloud motif.
Bowl is in good condition with two crack line on the rim restored.
Size: 15 cm diameter.
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Retro : Pre 1980 item #791157 (stock #5879)
A vintage nice & heavy man's 10k yellow gold ring with an oval onyx stone c1950-60. This classic signet style size 8-1/2 gentleman's ring weighs a substantial 10.2 grams. It is stamped 10K with a maker's mark, and it measures 11/16" x 9/16" across the ring top including the onyx...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Pre 1492 item #790753 (stock #2918)
A fine dish, decorated in underglazed iron-brown to the center with a blossoms of chrysanthemum flower and classic scroll around the rim sides with beautifully age crackled glaze. Vietnam's 14th century in perfect condition. Diameter: 30cm.
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Pre 1900 item #790585 (stock #38B76)
A pair of large-sized Italian carved wood sculptures of angels. 19th century or earlier. Each polychromed figure is made from gessoed wood and is life size. The wings are attached as separate parts, screwed onto the backs of the angels. Their backs are flattened. Each figure is bearing gilded and silvered garlands of flowers and fruits and has silvered and gilded wings and hair...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1910 item #790390 (stock #3676)
Six different imperial officials hat buttons for the ji guan (festive hat), a hat worn as a part of the ji fu, the less formal style of Qing court costume. Made of Peking glass and gilt metal imitating jewels, mounted in bronze. Coral colored denoting the first rank - coral colored with engraved "shou" character for the second rank - transparent and opaque blue representing the third respectively the fourth rank - opaque white for the sixth rank - plain gilt metal denoting the seventh rank...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #790380 (stock #2916)
A nice "yuhuchun" bottle vase with large bottom size typically of Ming Hongwu pear-shaped vase, covered overall with a grayish celadon glaze. Chinese 14th century late Yuan to early Ming, Yunnan Yuxi ware. Condition is perfect, with no any chips and no cracks and only found minor glaze flaw. High: 27.5 cm
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Glass : Italian : Pre 1960 item #790277
Cenedese Aquarium Block, single large internal polychrome fish with marine plants. Block measures 7 1/2 inches long by 5 3/4 inches tall by 1 3/4 inches wide. Due to the handmade nature of the piece the measurements do vary so the dimensions are approximate. No chips,cracks or repairs. Unmarked. Circa 1950's
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Glass : American : Pre 1960 item #790239
Blenko Pitcher in rare BLENKO GOLD with applied handle. Sandblasted 1958 - 1961 signature. Pitcher stands 6 3/4 inches tall, base is 3 1/2 inches square, pitcher measures 5 inches across spout and handle. Two minor imperfections, pinhead rough spot on body and one on handle; too small to photograph but can be felt. Rough pontil. Blenko Gold only produced 1956 through 1958. No chips, cracks or repairs. Circa 1958
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre AD 1000 item #790096 (stock #lot478)
Description: In greenish straw glaze, a Zhejiang porcelaneous ewer was finely molded in good shape. Can be a wonderful example of the famed Yueyao wares, the pot was preserved with the original excavation condition without any restoration. By the least abrasions though, the pot's surface was in somehow dry-some feel. It was resulted from the long time of burial. Well stand in an elegant profile, the ewer owned a charming atmosphere by its fluently crafted handle and spout...