All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #796941 (stock #2935)
A rare celadon stand, covered overall with light grayish glaze. Southern Song dynasty 13th century in good condition. Diameter: 10cm and High: 4.1cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre AD 1000 item #796289 (stock #lot489)
Description:

A porcelain stem-cup was uniquely molded.
By a geometric pattern of lines and circles which were composed by dozens of pointed clay dunes on the outer surface, the stem-cup was applied with the milky-yellow glaze inside and outside until to the portion of the stem trunk.
Obvious glaze crackles and fading condition were caused by the enduring age when one minute old chip was found on the mouth rim...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #795160 (stock #0128)
Dish with a bracketed rim.Decorated with phoenix in the center surrounded by 8 Simbols or character and classic scroll at the rim.with vertical fluted at the wall.lotus flower on exterior. with Ming period mark. Zhengde or Jiajing period.Dish in good condition,it just minor friting at the rim. Size:31,5cm diameter.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre AD 1000 item #795142 (stock #0127)
A Five dynasty yue yao celadon jar,with grayish green glaze.excavated from east Java.Jar is in good condition with restoration one of the ear and two handles,(see pictur 6 before restorations).17,5 cm height, 14 cm diameter.
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Retro : Pre 1950 item #795069 (stock #01358)
A vintage unmarked hand made sterling silver ring with a Celtic lion and infinity knot decoration. This size 5-3/4 ring measures 5/8" x 1/2" across the lion. It weighs 3.6 grams and it is approximately 60-80 years old, possibly older. It can be sized, if done with care, as the Celtic eternity band pattern goes all around the outer side of the band. It is in excellent vintage condition with no dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs...
All Items : Archives : Instruments and Implements : Scientific : Pre 1900 item #795038 (stock #M960)
Measuring a diminutive 10 inches wide x 7 inches high, this RARE, Circa 1880's, tin, drug store advertisement is sure to generate conversation at your next cocktail party!

The sign states:

"Scott's Santal-Pepsin Capsules A Positive CURE for Kidney and Bladder Diseases.

Cures Quickly And Permanently The Most Obstinate Case of Gonorrhea and Gleet No Matter of How Long Standing.

Absolutely Harmless.

Sold by Druggists Price $1.00...

All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Costume : Designer : Pre 1990 item #794751 (stock #T 1647)
SOLD, no price, no info. Heavy bold rich gold tone chain necklace with toggle closure is signed: KARL LAGERFELD who is the head designer for Chanel. SOLD, no price, no info please.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1837 VR item #794487 (stock #lot487)
Description:

A white jade archers
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Memorabilia : Pre 1920 item #794389 (stock #BA707)
Offered is a wonderful, seldom-seen, circa 1910's, tin wind-up, Black Porter toy manufactured by Ferdinand Strauss of New York City, New York.

This Black Porter Pushing A Wheelbarrow amazingly still retains his original, red ribbon neckerchief. The windup mechanism is intact and holds a full wind...the man's legs are a little sluggish after 90+ years, but the toy does work.

This very difficult-to-find, Black Memorabilia toy measures 6" long, is approximately 2 3/4" wide and is 6" tall...

All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Memorabilia : Pre 1910 item #794350 (stock #BA704)
Offered is the 1902, 'Pore Lil Mose' Comic by legendary artist R.F. Outcault entitled, "HE TREATS HIS FRIENDS TO SODA WATER", featuring a multitude of scenes in a turn-of-the-century drug store or apothecary shop!

The Pore Lil' Mose series was created in 1900 by The New York Herald cartoonist, Richard F. Outcault, the creator of the more popularly known 'Yellow Kid' and 'Buster Brown' comic strips. Pore Lil' Mose was the first Black comic strip...

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #794242 (stock #0123)
A Dozen Blue and white stem cup,with Dragon motive,Tianqi Period.found from shipwreck hatcher cargo, All in good conditions no crack, no chip, free from restoration.good glaze.size : 5 cm height.4,5 cm wide
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Memorabilia : Pre 1900 item #794225 (stock #BA700)
Once part of the Middle Passage Museum inventory, these authentic and extraordinarily RARE child’s slave shackles have been de-accessioned. These plantation-made, iron, 19th century shackles were once used on a Georgia plantation. They remain all-original and untouched with sixteen small chain links...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Pre 1980 item #794217
The absolute best bracelet by Arizona Modernist H. Fred Skaggs that I have ever seen! Shirtcuff design sterling cuff with polished free form shaped stones of amber, amethyst, topaz, aquamarine and peridot along one side and an oxidized sterling wire wrapped panel on the other side. (Please view all photos to see the total piece.) AND.... a surprise bezel set peridot in the inside of one end of the bracelet that is visible when on the wrist since the opening of this piece is worn on the side...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #794214 (stock #lot485)
Description: An excavation jade seal was made from one nephrite Houtien pebble. Being carved as a lion crouching on top, the jade seal was intringuingly left a minute hole between the legs for hanging. In a charming yellowish-green tint, the jade piece was incursioned in parts to a calcification condition due to long time of burial. When in an enduring aged patina, the jade was overall in charming greasy look. A Chinese character " Ji" was carved as print. It is a metaphor word for good luck...
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Glass : Pre 1970 item #794174 (stock #214)
A large Karlsruhe stoneware tile with deep crystaline glaze depicting Van Gogh style sunflowers and mounted as a plaque. Condition - excellent. 13 inches(33cm) high,9.2 inches(23.5cm) wide and 0.75 inches(2cm) deep.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #793418 (stock #lot483)
Description: One Jizhou tea bowl was applied with coffee-brown glaze and was decorated uniquely with white mouth rim. By a charming greasy tint, the dark brown glaze was in a stable and firm condition. It was unusually seen for a Jizhou piece in such great glaze type. From the foggy characteristics and the reserved earth amid the pinhead bubble holes and the crevices of the body clay, it is believed as a piece from the excavation of burial...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1900 item #793412 (stock #ZT127)
This rare antique hand made snuff container was clearly owned by a wealthy Mongolian. It would have been suspended from a belt when worn for a festival ornament.
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Memorabilia : Pre 1950 item #793107 (stock #BA694)
Circa 1940's vintage, this authentic, metal sign is an important historical artifact documenting America's Jim Crow era of African-American segregation.

In bright red and white paint, the sign advertises the "Booker T Colored Motel" of Humboldt, Tennessee. The motel name is clearly a reference to the honorable Booker T...

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. No damages. 4.8 inches (12cm) High.

日本明治 一对红色浅浮雕珐琅瓶
一对“鸽血红”浅浮雕珐...

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. There are no chips, cracks or repairs on...
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. No damages or losses. 5 inches (13cm) High.

中国外销黄铜茶水壶 约1890-1920
一件19世纪末20世纪初龙纹黄铜茶水壶,为出口&#...

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. These are, if anything, exaggerated by the shadow in the phot...
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. Even more evidences are the obvious excavation condition happened to the preciou...
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. It is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs other than some fine scratches to the gold and onyx from wear (this can be polished out by a jeweller), and what may be an ...
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. Very good condition but with damage to one knee and some cracks in the gessoed surface where the various wooden ...
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. Cond...
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. The bottom was concave...