This is an excellently and intricately carved boxwood very charming netsuke,made by the native of Ukraine Alexander Derkachenko. It depicts a seated Okame who is laughing as she holds a large Cucumber. Signed in seal form. Netsuke is stained in tan and brown colors. It measures 1.21 inches (3.1cm) wide, and 1.52 inches (3.8cm) tall. It is in outstanding condition, as may be seen in the posted photos. Alexander Derkachenko is a contemporary artist born in Sambor, Ukraine, in 1964...

Thomas Crawford HAMILTON 1887 Child Portrait oil on canvas measuring 20x26” the artist was born near Oxford England in 1860 and won the Prix de Paris to attend schools in France and later Italy.

Magnificent 19th Century standing Mandalay Buddha, wood with lacquer patina and gilding, standing on a lotus flower socle. The slender body wears an elaborate monk's garment. Fine workmanship including a beautiful turquoise headband (rarely found) and silver colored glass inlays on the borders of the flowing robe and the lotus pedestal. The Buddhas's left hand clasps his robe, the right one holds a myrobalan fruit. Very good condition considering the age...

Moody and dramatic oceanic scene with uncanny dream-like atmosphere. A powerful abstraction charged with light and energy.

Master Artist,Draughtsman,and Architect Samuel Marx, oil on canvas Still Life Flowers in a Blue and White Jar,sitting on a rush seat chair. Painting is signed with a dedication to Mervin LeRoy 1900-1987,producer/Director of many films including the Wizard of Oz, Biography Samuel Abraham Marx (August 27, 1885 - January 1964) was an American architect, designer and interior decorator...

A wonderful oil on paper Abstract by E.Alcantara 22” 30” Mexican artist , Ernesto Alcantar Abstract Still Life oil on canvas 17”x10”…...

Etienne Ret, 1900-?, Hollywood, CA. This lovely portrait in pinks and earth tones is 14" by 20" in a period gilt and white washed 2" frame (overall dimensions 18" by 14"). It is signed lower right Etienne. On the back is written in pencil "Loaned by Mrs Gladys Lehman Etienne Ret".

William David Hanna was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on August 31st, 1941. The youngest of twelve children in a working-class home on the city’s North Side, Hanna demonstrated an unusual interest in antiques and historical sites as a child and spent much of his free time sketching. Eager to make his own way in the world and with money scarce at home at the age of eleven Hanna was working long hours after school as a gas station attendant...

Landscape with the country home of Winston Churchill oil on canvas by his son Wm. Spencer Churchill,20x24”,Fs22x26” Sold

(Consignment). For the past 22 years, Massimo Righini has sculpted “STORIES IN STONE” and has exhibited them primarily in the Washington, DC, area at l’Enfant Galerie...

The creator Mizoguchi Yoshiharu　 Mr. Mizoguchi is a kaleidoscope creater living in Shizuoka prefecture,Japan and he is also good at using lacquer, making dynasty style paper and writing calligraphy. Recently, he has also created works using wood grain with old Japanese cloth. The kaleidoscope created from his excellent sensitivity has a representation of Japanese beauty "wabi sabi"at the image and the shape. The series 2 wood curving Method: OIL/ Light from the side

A group of 18 unframed pencil drawings, all landscape, signed by noted Southern California artist LEONARD SCHEU (1904-1995). The drawings are titled: Bridge Amsterdam; Roman Wall Tower of London 200 AD; Amsterdam; St. Peters, Salzburg; Amsterdam; Old House Schoenwald Germany; Quebec; Bern (Switzerland); Cathedral Door Granada; Victoria (Canada). Evidently, the artist was an avid traveler...

Original oil painting on panel by famed classical realist artist D. Jeffrey Mims (USA, North Carolina, born 1954). This painting measures 14" by 12" in its frame (10" by 8" painting alone). Signed lower right and dated 1982. Framed by Coffey and Thompson, Inc and the Annex Gallery in Charlotte NC in the eighties. In excellent condition.

This note looks at newly emerged prints (in 2015, that is) including Poem 72-110, Poem 70-10, and a work simply called 81-11.

Daniel Tretiak tells us that in 1967 Haku Maki produced an alphabet series, Poem A-Z. He did all the letters of the English alphabet. This is Poem W, a strong rendering of the hiragana for You. Tretiak says: The image has a bold white sun in the top half with two dashes of rain-like strokes. It is in wonderful condition. The print is number 23 of an edition of 50...

Colored etching, 7 3/4" by 4 3/8" inside the mat, 13 1/4" by 9 3/4" framed, pencil signed at lower right margin, with "No. 18" notation, by the famous French artist, JEAN-FRANCOIS RAFFAELLI (1850-1924). This is a sympathetic depiction of a common woman of the lower class, gathering sticks on a chilly day for her cooking fire or hearth. Raffaelli found the common, the poor, the working class, and the underprivileged people of Paris and its industrial suburbs to be his favorite subjects...

"Plaine de Mireur" Oil on canvas, 25.5” x 36” Jean Vollet was born at Montayral, France on June 29, 1935. After studying art at the Ecole d'Arts Graphiques in Bordeaux, he went to Paris in 1962. There he devoted his time entirely to painting and began to display his work in 1964 at the Salon des Independants. He has since been met with tremendous success exhibiting in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Beverly Hills, Cannes...etc...

Length: 5.4 cm (2.2 in)
Width: 4 cm (1.6 in)
Depth: 1 cm (0.4 in)
Weight: 31.7 gm (1.13 oz)

Fine Chinese green jade Guan Yin pendant; documentation available; very good condition