A Rare Ming Dynasty Tianhuang Stone Seal with a Tiger-Knob The seal is carved with four Chinese characters Hao Qi Chang Cun, meaning the deed of bravery will forever exist as Heaven and Earth. Weight: Approximately 420 grams Width & Thickness: Approximately 2 X 2 inches (5.1 X 5.1 cm) Height: Approximately 4 (10.2 cm)
Condition Report: Hand-Carved, Good Vintage Condition
Provenance: Property of a MA Collector
Exceptional and rare bronze art nouveau chamber stick with match holder, blossoming flower motifs. Illustrated in the publication, "The Flowering of Art Nouveau," p.321-322, 426, 428.
Chinese jade vase carved with blossoming flower branches and birds. Carved of a single jade pebble. The vase portion is a whitish green color and the flowers and birds are carved of the orange outer rind of the jade stone. Highly carved and three dimensional.
Age: c. mid 20th century
Dimensions: 4" high x 2" wide x 1 1/2" wide
Intricately worked ladder stitch embroidered in green silk thread on a fine doubled muslin background, this old textile from Maqur district in Ghazni province in central Afghanistan would have formed the sleeve cuffs for a woman's dress. Spiral and volute motifs are harmoniously joined to form an exuberant unity in composition. This textile measures 40 x 48.5 cm and is dated to the early or mid 20th century. The textile has some significant staining, unsurpising given its age.
A pair of Chinese Blanc de Chine figures of recumbent females, each lying on a large lotus leaf on a rock bed and with partial crackle. Their left hands are raised gently supporting their heads and in their right hands, laying by their side they are clasping the ties of their robes...
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Bright Murano Cased SOMMERSO YELLOW and ORANGE Art Glass FISH Sculpture on Pedestal!!! Attributed to the CENEDESE Company!!! Beautiful vintage piece. It has NO damage (chips or impact marks). In EXCELLENT Condition!!!
Measures 8 3/4" tall (22.22 cm) x 5" long (12.7 cm) .… International Buyers WELCOMED!!! ........ Questions? Don’t hesitate to ask!
Large Ghurra showing a powerful scene involving the founding couple of the family. it is an excellent overview of the primordial symbolism of the churning milk saga. Age is difficult to predict, because this kind of luxurious ghurra might not be used every day, based on its signs of use, it may be from the end of the 20th, but from the point of view of design he is much older.rom late 20 th , from the design point of view it is be much more older...
Rain at Shinobazu Pond
Sealed "S". Artist unidentified.
Date: ca. 1940s.
Print size: 3.75 x 2.75 inches.
Publisher: Unsodo. From a group included in an Unsodo client sample book.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print attached along top edge only to original holiday card.
Condition: Tiny dot in sky.
Japanese Nihonga painting on paper—this piece by well-known Edo painter, poet, and tea ceremony devotee Baiitsu Yamamoto depicts an idealized mountain scene in Yamamoto's distinctive style. Close inspection reveals a mountain temple nestled along the cliffs overlooking twin waterfalls...
Paul Jacoulet
Une Belle De Palaos (A Beauty of Palao)
Date: November 4, 1935.
Edition: No. 291/350. Fewer than 275 impressions made.
Size: 18.5 x 14 inches.
Mandarin duck seal. Carver: Maeda. Printer: Honda.
Reference: No. 30 in The Prints of Paul Jacoulet by Richard Miles.
Condition: Excellent.
Note: Miles writes, "This was conceived and printed as a pair with No...
Pair of antique hand painted eight lobed pottery urns with handles made by Thomas Forester and Sons. Each alternating lobe has a design of hand painted flowers against a cream background surrounded by a dark blue lobe hand-painted with gilt flowers and other design motifs. The collar of the urns, handles as well as the urn head also painted in the same rich dark blue with gilt. The inside of the urn is painted in gilt...
Toshi Yoshida (1911~1995)
Depicting: Snowy street
Print size: 5.5 x 3.75 inches.
A woodblock print tipped at the top to a Japanese Christmas card from 1953.
Bears the Yoshida seal.
Condition: Excellent.
The size of Fan: 2 3/8" L x 1 11/16" w, 6 cm x 4.3 cm
This is beautifully created with fine silver filigree works with gold
washed and enamel work by 800 79GE. It was purchased 45 years ago
in Shizuoka Japan, famous Jewel store Mukai now. It is very intricately made
with such tiny precise silver wire works. Under green enamel band works,
you will find coil works of under green enamel. You can see from backside.
The rectangular box marking with 800, 79 GE...
Rare complete with original bracelet. ROLEX 14k GOLD Oyster Perpetual DATE Champagne DIAL 1968. Larger higher-grade diamonds were applied to this original Rolex Champagne Dial outside of the Rolex factory. This is evident with the Baget Diamond at 6:00 O'clock and the larger clear white diamonds at every figure location. Original 18k Gold riveted link bracelet marked: "57" on each end link (Correct Rolex Bracelet Ref. No. for the Rolex DATE). Just serviced. 94 grams total weight...
Colon figure, Lobi, Burkina Faso.
H. 43 cm. Excellent wear and patina.
Mid 20th century.
Ex Pierre Taliercio, France.
Imperial Glass Company made started making the Candlewick goblets in 1936. There are no chips or cracks in the glass. Thanks for looking.
5 are available
Large charger by Val M. Cushing (USA, New York, 1931-2013), from his "shard series". Circa 1970-1980. 18" in diameter. Signed. Cushing was professor of ceramics at Alfred University. His works are in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, the Smithsonian, the National Design Museum, the Everson Museum to just name a few.
Measuring 15.25 inches in diameter and 5.25 inches high, this magnificent and absolutely HUGE, C1920, Ohio-made, yellow ware, spongeware mixing bowl or water basin features fabulous blue sponging and is much more striking “in person” than the photos were able to capture.
The bowl sits on a 1/2” footed base and has a lovely turned edge rim. It has glaze crazing typical of an 85+ year old piece of pottery but no cracks, chips or hairlines...
Oversized limited edition Japanese serigraph (silkscreen) print layered with special heavy textured inks to create a dimensional effect by Yukio Katsuda (b. 1941), pencil titled "No. 94," signed Y. Katsuda, dated '76, and numbered 29/100 on the bottom margin. Paper: 17 1/2" x 12 1/2” (image: just over 14" x 9 1/2"). Very good overall condition. Printed on thick laid paper with full margins...
Japanese Kyoto-yaki plate, artistically hand painted pine trees by Kohyo Yamazaki (1890 - 1979), wall hanging. Dimension: 10" in diameter, 1 5/8" deep.
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Ying Yang Design Murano Cased Soft PINK + WHITE ZANFIRICO Ribbons and Copper Aventurine Flecks Swirl Art Glass Bowl!!! Believe it is a Dino MARTENS for Aureliano TOSO!!! Perfect trinket, jewelry or display bowl. Gorgeous piece! Has NO damage (chips, nicks, or fleabites). In EXCELLENT Condition!!!
Please see item # 3629 for a similar piece!
Measures 7 1/2" across each side (19.05 cm) x 2 1/4" tall (5.71 cm) … International ...
Regency blue floral Adderly leaves scallop cup & saucer with gold trim.
Dimensions cup: 2 13/16" mouth diameter 3 1/8"
Dimensions saucer: 5 5/8" DIAMETER
Vintage Japanese Ash Glazed Celedon Vase, from the Iga Ueno area in Japan.The jar has green and brown colors, ringed around vase top to bottom. Beautiful crackle detail in glaze. Pleasant and sturdy. In good condition. Comes with signed Box.
Circa 1970's
Dimension: 8" Tall, 6" Diameter.
DESCRIPTION: A good country wood game board in original paint with alternating hand painted black and metallic silver/gold squares outlined in red pin stripes. Abrasions to area in center of board; sturdy construction. DIMENSIONS: 15.75” square x 7/8” thick.
Mashiko Yaki Oozara (Large Plates), Dia. 12.25" (31.5cm); Vintage production, purchased in 1965. These plates feature patterns from the four seasons: Ume (Plum) for Spring, Shobu (Iris) for Summer, Nekoyanagi (Pussywillow) for Autumn, and Kiku (Chrysanthemum) for Winter. These types of plates were made using molds and then hand-painted as stock items sold in Mashiko in the 1960's & '70s. They are sturdy in form and design, and were seen in many a home and restaurant in Mashiko, Tokyo, and elsewh...
A Chinese circular porcelain plaque decorated brightly with a variety of birds, both large & small, among flowering peony & rocks with a short text above, mounted in a wood panel.
Size: The plaque is 8-1/2" diameter. Complete with frame it is approximately 16" square
Condition: Very good condition
Age: Late Qing Dynasty to Republic
Paden City Glass Company made Gazebo in the 1930's. There are no chips or cracks in the glass. Thanks for looking.
An interesting tubular shaped Mashiko ware vase by Hasegawa Tsugio. The vase is done in the ash glaze method where the ash that circulates inside the kiln covers the fired piece creating interesting patterns and colors, late 20th century. Size: Height: 8" Length: 5" Width: 2.25"
Porcelain statue of the Laughing Buddha/Budai, whose name means "cloth sack" and is depicted holding the cloth sack he is believed to have lived in. He wears pink and light yellow robes with flower patterns, has a lotus flower creeping down his left breast, is holding prayer beads, and has five happy children climbing on him. 20th century
Size: 9" tall, 8" wide
An India punchwork sterling silver salver wall plaque circa 1900. This ornate, vintage India Raj period 6-1/8" across footed salver is in high grade silver. This fine example is likely Kashmiri in origin. It features an unmonogrammed cartouche and highly detailed engraving and punchwork floreate decoration. It has three demi-lune ball feet and an attached loop for hanging on a wall. This lovely serving or display piece weighs 133 grams and it is stamped simply SILVER. This item is in excelle...
A beautiful tall Chinese longevity porcelain famille rose buddha, in excellent condition.
H:37cm
Kokeshi, Togatta-kei, by Satou Jirou, Miyagi Prefecture. Birth date = Taisho 4 (1915) July 13. H.9.5” x Dia.1.375”(24 x 3.5 cm) Dated: 59-sai (59 yrs old)=1974.
Dentou, or "traditional," kokeshi hail from the northeastern part of Japan known as the Tohoku region. Tohoku is comprised of Aomori, Akita, Yamagata, Iwate, Miyagi, & Fukushima Prefectures. They are colorfully painted (or bare, in the case of one Nambu-kei kokeshi from Iwate) wooden dolls of female gender that have been around si...
Boro sodenashsi (vest) made of cotton stripes for outside and hand-spun and vegetable indigo dye cotton inside. It has 2 layers indigo cloth with sashiko and 3 layers with stripes parts. The first half of the 20th century from Tohoku district. Shoulder W:36cm, Hem W:53cm, L:69cm
Phallic charm from Lamphun Northern Thailand- serendipitously enough, where they have an annual sausage festival. Originally these were worn by men at the waist and were thought to protect the wearer from any harm to his penis and in a more general sense they also are believed to bring luck especially in terms of “wealth generating or protection”, so a woman might be kept in your cash box to increase your cash flow or a woman might keep one in her purse to prevent it being “snatc...
This "Three Fruits Medallion 9" spatula-footed unstippled carnival bowl, Meander back was made by Northwood. This pattern was obtained from the old Jefferson Company circa 1909.
There are no chips, cracks, or repairs to this item. This item is in Excellent condition with the usual straw marks.
Height approximately 42 cm. A chip at the rim. In good condition.