This vintage female Seminole Indian doll is made of palm fronds. She wears traditional costume with patchwork skirt, and a yellow bead necklace. Except for her top which is a bit dirty, she is in excellant condition. She is 9 inches tall. Thls doll is one of several Seminole Indian dolls which were brought back from Florida by a loving uncle and given to me as a very young child in the early 1940's
Made in the 1950's by Anchor Hocking, these 6.5" tall ice teas have six different decal on them -- Do Si Do, Gas Buggy, A Bicycle for Two, Partners All, Surrey with Fringe on Top, and The Hansom. All in mint condition. Each one sold separately, so please indicate which one(s). The number of tumblers in each pattern, we have: 2 DoSiDo, 2 Gas Buggy, 1 A Bicycle for Two, 6 Partners All, 1 Surrey with Fringe on Top, and 1 The Hansom. When ordering, please notate quantity and which printing.
Hanging Scroll of Guanyin in a Gold Cloak Protected by Five Dragons by Zhang Daqian (1899-1983) 51 1/2 X 26 1/2 inches 130.8 X 67.3 cm Color & Gold on Silk Dated 1945 Inscribed and signed with two artist seals
Condition Report: Hand-Painted, Good Condition
Provenance: Property of a New York Collection
Artist or Maker: Zhang Daqian (1899-1983)
Medium: Color on Silk
Date: 1945
From our World Handicrafts Collection (ex-Asia), a handsome Persian Heriz rug featuring wool on cotton construction, utilizing an elegant palette of cranberry red, black, and salmon as the main colors of the so-called "shield pattern" central field, and using secondary accent colors of blue-green, orange, brown and beige, along with turtle motif designs in the borders.
Size and Condition: 11 1/4 feet x 7 1/2 feet...
There are no chips or cracks in the glass. Thanks for looking.
12 are available
Japanese 20th century print of a cottage, bamboo, calligrahy and lattice. Signed in pencil by artist, MANABU MORI. Numbered 2 of 90. Dated 1962. The paper measures 20" wide by 24" tall. The print measures 14 1/2" wide by 18 1/2" tall. The sides of the paper have been folded to make the paper 18" wide.
Kawase Hasui
Sacred Bridge, Nikko
Date: 1930s. This edition 1950s-60s.
Size: 6 x 4 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Hasui seal lower left.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print tipped along its top edge to an original blank card.
Reference: Hotei Hp-40.
Condition: Excellent.
A handmade circa 1950 polychrome Turkish Kutahya ceramic figurine depicting Nasreddin Hodja riding his donkey backward...
Hongshan Nephrite Alien Head Toggle Pendant with Tremolite deposits as well as mineral deposits throughout. Cool piece for the alien believers. Biconically drilled suspension holes showing heavy wear from prolonged use. Size L 2.5" W almost 1.75" weight 50G. Collected 1980-1995
Large Japanese woodblock print of a horse by the artist Nakayama, Tadashi (born 1927). Titled, "Cyclone". This image of a horse stands with it's mane billowing with bits of color and metalic leaf. The head of the horse is patterned with colors while most of the body remains a dapple of charcoal and white. In the background, a series of thin circular lines accent a metalic leaf sun or moon. Signed in pencil and numbered 85 of 85...
Offered is this beautiful and rare two-color (bottom part with bubbles) Murano glass vase, made by Barbini, around 1950. The vase is very heavy. It is 10 1/4 inches (26 cm) high and 9 1/4 inches (23,5 cm) wide. It is in very good condition, without chips, cracks or repairs. It is signed, 'Brrbini Murano' in script (see picture). A similar Barbini vase was sold by Skinner's on December 15, 2012 (see last two pictures for your reference).
4" x 3" ( at its widest point)
This plate is 6". It's in great shape. We have a saucer pictured. Thanks for looking.
This chalkware TV lamp is of a deer jumping over a log at the edge of a forest. The lamp is painted in greens, browns and black, and is wonderfully detailed, from the bark on the log, to the branches on the trees. The condition is excellent, with almost no paint loss, a few flakes here and there, and no chips that I can find...
Huge Meiji Bronze Okimono of a Oni on stand. Wonderful sculpt late 19th c unsigned . Note there is some damage.The sculpture shows very well if the feet were attached no one would really see any loss.
1. loss of one finger tip as seen
2. loss of one horn as seen
3...
Pair of Francis I sterling silver low 3-light candelabra. Made by Reed & Barton in Taunton, Mass. in 1950. Each: Central socket on bell-form base to which are mounted 2 split-mounted and leaf-wrapped arms, each terminating in single socket. Shaft baluster on domed foot. Applied, chased, and engraved ornament with flowers and leaves. Scrolled rims and bobeches. Converts to candlestick. Fully marked including maker’s stamp, date symbol, pattern name, and no. X571...
This dazzling child's dress front was made by Pashtuns and is probably dated to the 1950s or 60s. The embroidery technique on this textile features couched metallic threads forming an intricate combination of linear and circular designs, so densely arranged as to almost completely obscure the dark purple silk ground...
Vintage Chinese soapstone small brush rest carved to represent a Taihu scholar’s rock with numerous perforations and crevices. Beautiful Guangdong green soapstone, extraordinary carving, compressed dust in crevices, in great condition. Wonderful object for a scholar’s desk. Length 3 3/16 inches, height 1 3/8 inches.