Chinese wooden carving of Kwan Yin, the goddess of mercy, riding a dragon. The Kwan Yin is holding a wish granting pearl and a ruyi scepter; both represent the powers of Kwan Yin who is thought to grant wishes and aid sentient beings. Kwan Yin is made of Longan wood Age: 20th century. Size: Height 25.5" Width 6.3" Length 8.5"
Beautiful framed Japanese urushi-e painting by artist Hakuo Iriyama (born 1904 in Shirone, Niigata). Urushi-e is a style of Japanese art in which colored lacquers are used, along with mica and metal elements as accents. This piece depicts Mount Fuji, raised against a deep blue background, with etched rock formations in bright gold and orange lacquer at its peak, fading to brown lacquer with silver mica-powder mists floating around it...
Chinese huang huali box from the mid 20th century. The box is beautifully decorated with dragons on the front doors and the top. The top of the box and doors open to reveal an open compartment and four drawers. The box has handles on either side. The piece is fitted with bronze metal hardware. It measures 14" wide 9.5" deep 13.5" tall.
Francis I sterling silver teapot. Made by Reed & Barton in Taunton, Mass. Bellied ovoid body on domed foot, high-looping leaf-capped scroll handle, and leaf-capped s-scroll handle; cover hinged and domed with leafing-scroll quatrefoil finial. Strapwork frames (vacant) on front and back between cornucopias and pendant ribbon-tied flowers. Rims irregular with applied leaves and scrolls. Fully marked including maker’s stamp, pattern name, no. 570A, and phrase “Hand Chased”...
A beautiful Imperial Persian Joshgan Jangali Carpet 5’ x 8’ Wool Carpet
Georgian-inspired sterling silver tray. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Rectangular with stepped molded rim and double c-scroll corners. A great Midcentury adaptation of 18th-century design. Fully marked including maker’s stamp and postwar pattern no. 23966. Very good condition.
Dimensions: H 1/4 x W 14 1/2 x D 10 1/4 in. Heavy weight: 33.5 troy ounces. #BZ553
Midcentury Modern sterling silver decanter set. Retailed by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Sterling silver frame with central pole on shaped base between two round and open wells. Pole has sliding mechanism with hinged hasp and bracket handle to which are mounted two decanter covers. The covers descend on two ovoid bottles with cut diaper ornament, and sterling silver collar. With lock and key.
Stand marked “Tiffany & Co. / Sterling Silver” and numbered S1625...
Midcentury Modern sterling silver monteith bowl. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Curved sides and reeded curvilinear rim; raised and spread foot. Stylish for serving and presentation. Plenty of room for engraving. Fully marked including maker’s stamp, postwar pattern no. 23881, and director’s letter L (1956-ca 1965). Very good condition.
Dimensions: H 5 3/8 x D 9 1/4 in. Weight: 32.5 troy ounces. #BZ365
French Ormolu Clock Suite Circa 1840 with a pair of Putti decoration bronze candle sticks, and Eagle Finial. The clock measuring 12” in height and 10” wide. 3.5 in deep, the candle sticks each measuring 11”
Midcentury Modern sterling silver box. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover flat and hinged with flat molded rim. Interior cedar lined and partitioned Fully marked including maker’s stamp, postwar pattern no. 23367, and director’s letter L (1956-ca 1965). Very good condition.
Dimensions: H 2 x W 7 3/4 x D 6 5/8 in. Gross weight: 33.5 troy ounces. #BY417
Chinese jade beaded necklace from the early to mid 20th century. The beads are a beautiful green jade. The beads are 9 mm in diameter. 27.25" long.
Set of 6 Midcentury Modern sterling silver seafood scallop shell plates. Made by Gorham in Providence. Each: Straight and tiered flutes, scalloped rim, and 2 ball supports. The hard-to-find size for the new era of small dinner parties. Fully marked including maker’s stamp and no. 42677. Four have date codes from 1940s and ’50s. Very good condition.
Dimensions: H 1 1/4 x W 6 x D 6 in. Total weight: 31 troy ounces. #BY776
A contemplative and artistic rendering of a lotus leaf bowl with deteriorated edges. The lotus is a symbol of purity, beauty and a metaphor in teaching Buddhism. The lotus bowl has a small frog sitting on the leaf's edge with outstretched leg. The underside of the leaf bowl has 3 characters of the artist's signature.
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Dimensions: 9" x 8 1/2" x 1 3/4" H
Chippendale sterling silver serving tray. Made by Gorham in Providence in 1944. Round with flat curvilinear ogee rim. A large and heavy piece in this pattern. Fully marked including maker’s stamp, no. 42613, and date code. Very good condition.
Dimensions: H 1/2 x D 13 3/4 in. Weight: 38.4 troy ounces. #BW956
Offered is this rare Murano glass compote, made by Barovier & Toso (designer: Ercole Barovier) around 1940. The shell-shaped ('Conchiglia') compote is 15 inches (38 cm) long and 8 3/4 inches (22 cm) high. It is in very good condition. The pontil is polished. The shell-shaped compote has a complex marine-themed foot/support, also done with gold flecks (also, there is a slight iridescence to the blue-top glass)...
Japanese Late 20th Century (1995) porcelain charger by master ceramicist, Ono Hakuko (1925-1996). The charger has the design of fern leaves and blossoms done in Ono Hakuko's signature style with gold leaf underglaze. The charger is signed "Haku" on the bottom. The charger comes with TOMOBAKO, or original wooden artist signed storage box. The box is also signed by Ono Hakuko's son, Ono Jiro. It also comes with TOMOGIRE, or original artist stamped wrapping cloth...
A Chinese Huanghuali low rectangular table. The surrounding apron and stretchers features infinity rings. The top is a floating panel with framed mitered corners, with reddish-brown oolaration, In the Ming style.
Age: 20th Century
Dimensions: 59 1/2" Wide by 16" High by 22" Deep
Being offered is an extra large and superb handwrought circa 1964 mixed metals - silver and copper centerpiece by Los Castillo of Taxco, Mexico.
The very large figural swan centerpiece features a heavy gauge handwrought silver body with incised and oxidized detail on the wings; copper beak and applied lapis lazuli eyes.
Dimensions are 14 inches high by 18 1/2 inches long by 11 inches wide. No monogram. Marked as illustrated in the photo. In excellent condition. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Gendarme Vintage Solo French Club Chair.
Huge, comfortable French Club chair solo. The Gendarme back chairs get their name from the Shape of Napoleon and the French Gendarmes(Policemans hat) from the mid 19th century. A lovely old chair that has some age appropriate wear that is also know as patina. Circa 1940's It measures: Depth-37", width-39", height-30", seat depth-22", seat width-18",seat height-16"
Bertha Boynton Lum (1869-1954)
Kites
Date: 1912
Size: 14.375 x 8 inches.
Pencil signed and copyrighted 1913 by the artist.
Edition: "197" noted at lower right.
Reference: Gravalos/Pulin No. 29.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Wrinkle in lower margin. Paper at a back margin.
"..the wind fills them up till they look like fish" - Bertha Lum: American Printmakers, (Smithsonian)
A pottery bowl or olla by the matriarch of the Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico, Lucy Martin Lewis (c.1899-1992). Circa 1940. This wide mouth pottery bowl was hand decorated in red and black colored slips with geometric designs inspired by the earlier Mimbres pottery. Though the vessel is unsigned, it is attributed by its decoration to Lucy Lewis, one of the most respected Acoma women potters...
India 16thc Hindu Figure of a Female in Anjali Mudra, fine complete figure from South India . For comparison see University of Michigan Umma Museum collection . Size of figure is 8" by 2.5" wide
Provenance. Jagdish and Kamla Mittal Museum of Indian Art, Hyderabad
Collection of Paul F Walter NY
16-18thc Hindu white marble Temple figure of Lakshmi , this is one of the best and oldest of the marble figures we have had . Beautiful detail and workmanship the base has large amounts of mortar from being temple mounted and heavy water erosion. Size 13.5" by 7.5"
16thc Hindu Figure of a South India Folk Hero. Standing holding an attribute in one hand and a cane in the other , beautiful lost wax work and fine details . For comparison see University of Michigan Umma Museum collection . Size of figure is 7.5" by 3.5" wide Provenance. Jagdish and Kamla Mittal Museum of Indian Art, Hyderabad Collection of Paul F Walter NY
Very scarce. HEUER CARRERA Stainless BIG EYE Chronograph 36mm Circa: 1960. 13mm thick. Features the "BIG EYE" Black chronograph register. This watch is all original, dial, case, and movement.
All in outstanding excellent condition. Movement marked: HEUER LEOINIDAS SA SWISS", and "92" marked under the steel balance. The inside of the screw off back is marked: ED. HEUER & Co. Swiss/Stainless Steel"...
Chinese Straw-Glazed Figure of a Tomb Guardian, Sui - Tang Dynasty , the standing figure of a soldier in full armor, helmet, breastplate and tunic, with one hand raised to his chest (at one time holding a spear), the other at his waist, under a straw-colored glaze, h. 14".
Sui - Tang Dynasty Painted Terracotta Soldier Tomb offering figure. Museum quality c 7th c molded soldier figure standing with his hands on top of his sword. The paint original and unrestored, no chips or damage other then scuffs. The figure shows dendrite deposits throughout. Size 11.5" by 3.5" by 3.25"
English Modern sterling silver box. Tall and rectangular with curved corners. Cover hinged with gently curved top and double-scroll tab. Box interior cedar-lined with open leather-lined bottom. Cover interior gilt. Worn marks including maker’s stamp for Arthur & John Zimmerman, a Birmingham maker active from the 1920s to 1940s. Very good condition.
Dimensions: H 4 x W 6 1/4 x D 4 7/8 in. Gross weight: 33.7 troy ounces. #BV990
張大千 停琴撥阮圖
水墨設色紙本立軸
款識:置腹推心此一身,解衣推食異情親。平生錯許冠英器,客散何曾見二人。蜀郡張大千爰。
鈐印:張爰之印、大千、摩登戒體
鑑古齋藏印一方。
出版目錄:
2006年4月:《詩外簃藏張大千書畫》(文物出版 社)施萬逸著 ; Page 147。
2009年3月:《張大千畫集》(福建美術出版社中國名家畫集系列);Page 81。
Hanging Scroll of Two Close...
Fine Green Jade Hongshan Pig Dragon Pendant, unique shape with a long tail wonderful face well worn surface and biconically drilled suspension holes. Collected 1980-1995 in HK. Weight 54g L 3" by 1.5" wide.
Rebajes modernist copper wall sculptures
Rare, large and handmade
14" long x 10" across
Marked Rebajes
Very good vintage condition with minor age related patina
Large Georgian-style sterling silver serving tray. Made by Frank W. Smith in Gardner, Mass. Round with molded curvilinear ogee-arch piecrust rim. A nice traditional piece in the aptly named Chippendale pattern. This maker active until 1958. Fully marked including maker’s stamp, pattern name, and no. 218. Very good condition.
Dimensions: H 7/8 x D 16 in. Weight: 42.5 troy ounces. #BR827
清 鄭燮(板橋)(1693-1765) 墨寫蘭竹圖(傳)水墨紙本立軸 1762年作 款識:揮毫已寫竹三竿,竹下還添幾筆蘭。總為本源同此穆,惟修舊譜與君看。乾隆癸未年,板橋鄭燮。鈐印:板橋、鄭燮之印。鑑藏印一方。郑燮,字克柔,號板橋。自稱板橋居士,清代畫家、文學家。江蘇興化人。康熙秀才、雍正舉人、乾隆元年進士。一生客居揚州,買畫為生,為“揚州八怪”之一。曾...
Hongshan nephrite jade in brown Owl Pendant Toggle , biconically drilled holes showing wear from extended use and tremolite deposits as well as mineral deposits, collected in Hong Kong 1980-1995. Beautiful distressed patina. Does not quite stand on his own. Size 2.5" by 2" see the back wonderful patina.
清慈禧皇太后如意富貴百和清供圖設色水墨紙本鏡片。慈禧清代宮廷鑑藏璽一方。Auspicious Flower Bouquet with Gold Ruyi by Qing Dynasty Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908) 26 x 25 1/2 inches 66 x 64.8 cm color on Paper One royal collector seal of Empress Dowager Cixi.
Date: Qing Dynasty
Condition Report: Hand-Painted, Vintage Condition.
Provenance: Property of a CA Collection
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Wedding Kimono (Uchikake) Silk embroidery and gold and silver metallic ribbons. Some metal ribbon details are iridescent. This Uchikake is a unique model created in a single copy, in fact the decoration is not composed of assembling pieces of fabric with repetitive decoration as most often, but the scene takes place without interruption. The elements represented are highly symbolic , we can admire the pairs of mandarin ducks (marital happiness), the cranes and peonies (immortality) the 8 treasur...