A beautifully painted miniature by Enrichetta Koelman, nee Narducci. Done in watercolor on organic material, it depicts a nice looking gentleman attired in a brown coat and black tie. It is carefully signed along the left edge "1850 Enrichetta Koelman f(ecit)". The painting is mounted in a 14k or 18k gold surround with a wide filigreed depth at the sides, a pin on the reverse, and a mother-of-pearl backing.
The condition is excellent, with no flaws...
A finely painted portrait miniature of a young girl, presented in its original gilded case, the reverse with woven plaits of hair under glass. The sitter, who has a slight smile playing on her lips, has blue eyes and brownish-blonde hair, and is simply dressed in a white top.
The painting and the case are both in excellent condition with no issues at all. The case size is 1 5/8" by 1 3/8".
A fine miniature portrait painted on natural wafer by Alexander Gallaway. The sitter is a distinguished gentleman with a white wig, and attired in a tan jacket, cream vest, and white shirt. Framed in a 15 karat gold case with half moon and dot work on the border of the reverse side.
The condition of the case and painting is excellent, with no flaws...
Hasui Kawase, oban tate-e, ¡°View of Omi¡±, dated Taisho 14 (1925), published by Watanabe, fine impression, color and condition.
Japanese lithograph print and sumi ink brush strokes by Toko Shinoda (born 1913) entitled "Snow". From her series of prints also entitled "Snow". Undated. Print number 4 of 45.
Frame: 28 1/2" high x 22 1/2" wide
Inside archival mat: 13 1/2" high x 9 1/2" wide
Framed size: 15 3/4"X18 1/8"(40cmX60cm)Image size: 11 1/2"X14"(29.5cmX35.5cm) Signed: JENNINGS. The Condition of work : Excellent. This is beautiful Original Oil Painting on the board. It is signed by Jennings The subject is English country house in the beautiful landscape with flowers and greens surrounded in the impressionist painting. The brush works of flower and tree are very good as you can see from the close up photos. The painting is about 60-80 years old...
Large oil on canvas extensive landscape: a surprisingly modern feeling scene and a blonde, light modern color palette, the scene framed by strange marbled columns with a gate and religious crosses, such as seen in southern Germany and the Tirol of Austria, measuring 29 1/2" by 34 1/2" (41 1/2" by 46 1/2" as elaborately framed), signed at lower right in capital letters "URBAN", further signed on the reverse in the artist's distinctive manner with a shield like device, titled OP(us)2560 and dated...
Superb 19th century Mexican folk retablo on tin depicting Christ crucified, yet living. The subject is sometimes referred to as "La Vindimia Mistica", and sometimes as "El Varon Eucaristo de Dolores". Blood flows from Jesus' wounds into a chalice and basin as a reminder that Christ suffers daily for the viewer's sins. Seven lambs, representing the seven sacraments of the Catholic church surround the fountain...
A superbly painted miniature portrait by the important American miniaturist Anson Dickinson, originally in a heavy wooden frame that was damaged, but now housed under glass in one half of a dag case. The reverse of the original frame has quite a bit of information on it, indicating that the sitter is Ambrose Dickinson, one of Anson's nine siblings...
A miniature portrait by M.E. Mynerts (also referenced as W.E. Mynerts). Glazed and housed in a cast foliate case measuring 2 3/4" by 2 3/8", with an unglazed aperture on the reverse containing a braid of hair. The overall condition of the painting is excellent, with no cracks, chips, bowing, or restoration. The case is also in excellent condition.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: Very little is known about Mynerts, and his miniatures are quite rare, with only one signed example found...
A nicely done watercolor, on natural organic material, miniature painting by William Massey Stroud Doyle, signed and dated "1814" center left. The sitter is wearing a black coat, red-striped yellow vest, and white shirt. E. Grosvenor Paine provenance.
The painting is is excellent condition, with no chips, cracks, bowing, or other problems. The black lacquered frame does have crackling...
A modernist still life oil on linen featuring a golden tan rocking horse in the background, and a silver coffee service in the foreground, all against a brightly colored striped curtain or tapestry.
The painting is in very good to excellent unframed condition, painted by the internationally renowned Polish American artist Stanislav Rembski (1896-1998). He was well known for portrait painting, some finer examples of which are housed in the Maryland State Art Collection...
Clifton Karhu (1927-2007)
Tominaga-cho, Gion
Date: 1993.
Edition: 55/75.
Size: 24.25 x 17.75 inches.
Signed, titled, numbered, and dated in pencil by the artist in lower margin.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Slight toning in margin due to former matte. Left and right outside margins each have a dot of foxing. Print has never been adhered to a backing.
A superb double silhouette on natural organbic material, in a cast foliate locket, by John Field. One side is of a woman, the other of a man, wearing spectacles (highly unusual) and both are signed "John Field 111 Strand" along the lower edge of the bust line. These paintings display the finely executed bronzed work that was a hallmark of Field's.
The sight size is 1 1/2" by 1 1/4"...
A Western American Scene Cowboy With His Horse, Etching done possibly for the Saturday Evening Post measuring 10x12”
SIno-TIBET Silvered Bronze seated Sculptures consisting of a Lama, and a silvered sculpture of Alaokitesvara , both late 19th century the seated monk with stylized flowers to each side, wearing a robe with patterned borders, seated on a lotus base, later sealed with copper under base with stamped floral designs, h: 6.5 in.; the seated goddess wearing a six-leaf crown and a very high chignon, wearing elaborate robes and jewelry, seated cross-legged with a stylized cobra in her hands...
Artist C. Canciel Cubist Village inspired by the work of Cezeanne Measuring 19” x 15” framed. Watercolor….9” x 9”
The artist was German born in 1891, died in France in 1979
The Heart Sutra with Taro by Mayumi Oda. The paper is green with a sutra printed. A sutra is a formula or rule for life. A tree with large leaves and a frog are outlined by a silver spray. It measures 38.5" wide 12.25" tall. 28/50.