- RARE BRONZE INCENSE BURNER IN THE FORM
OF A DUCK STANDING ON TOAD
MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY ? ????????cast standing with one leg on a three-legged toad, head turned to the right and beak ajar, the wings with plumage...
[more like this] - GROUP OF FOUR DECORATIVE BOTANICAL PRINTS
Each a print in colors, late 20th / early 21st century, presented in uniform framing....
[more like this] - RAILWAY PRESENTATION CANE, 14K GOLD
HANDLE19th century presentation cane with 14K gold (tested) handle, engraved to one side "From C & O Railway Employees to T. L. McCreery Y. M., Hinton, W. Va., Jan. 1, 1888"....
[more like this] - GRP: ZIPPO LIGHTERS AND DISPLAY STANDSZippo,
United States. Large group of lighters and display stands. Four late 20th century chromium plated Special Edition Playboy Pop Art collectors lighters with original aluminum...
[more like this] - THE SPINNER FAMILY GILT BRONZE AND BELGIAN
BLACK MARBLE...The Spinner Family Gilt Bronze and Belgian Black Marble Clock Garniture, 3 rd quarter of the 19 th Century, presented to Francis Elias Spinner (1802-1890) by...
[more like this] - FIVE "LAMPE BERGER" BURNER DIFFUSERS20th
century, yellow pressed glass burner with three steps up to top, Lampe Berger model "Z'Orientale", lattice design cover, new wick and stone present, hardware marked "Lampe...
[more like this] - 20TH C. RUSSIAN ICON OF SAINT GEORGE
W/ SWORD & BOWEastern Europe, Russia, ca. early 20th century CE. An impressive icon of Saint George of Lydda seated on a throne, expertly painted with egg tempera and gesso...
[more like this] - ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF FRAGMENT - HEAD
OF A BEARDED MANRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 4th century CE. A marvelous marble head, expertly hand-carved in high relief to display a veristic presentation of a man,...
[more like this] - Y RARE AND IMPORTANT FRENCH GOTHIC IVORY
COMPOSITE CASKET
CIRCA 1330 the panels intricately carved in bas-relief to include scenes from the Medieval tales Queste del Saint Graal and Tristan & Isolde, with later brass...
[more like this] - RARE POLYCHROME "SAILOR’S FAREWELL"
PUNCHBOWL Late Qianlong/early Jiaqing era, circa 1780-1800
Chinese export American market, the scene on the present punchbowl, known as the Sailor’s Farewell, was an extremely...
[more like this] - DECORATIVE DUTCH STYLE FLORAL STILL
LIFE Oil on canvas, signed illegibly to lower right, 20th/21st century, presented in an ornate gilt frame....
[more like this] - BART GASPER (20TH/21ST CENTURY, ZUNI)Bart
Gasper (20th/21st Century, Zuni), Two Zuni katsina figures Each signed to underside: Bart Gasper; The first inscribed and dated: 03 / A"shiwi / Kiak'lo; The second inscribed...
[more like this] - THREE SOUTHWEST CARVED COTTONWOOD FIGURESThree
Southwest carved cottonwood figures, Three works: Tom Yazzie (b. 1930, Diné) "The Medicine Man" Carved and polychromed cottonwood Signed and titled to underside: Yazzie...
[more like this] - KHALED ESSAFTY, EGYPTIAN 20TH/21ST CENTURY,
PORTRAIT OF THEN LT. GEN. COLIN POWELL - PRESENTED BY FIELD MARSHALL GHAZALA OF EGYPT, CIRCA 1980'S, COLOR ON PAPYRUS, PAPYRUS: 19 X 15 IN. (48.26 X 38.10 CM.), FRAME: 23...
[more like this] - TERRACOTTA LEKYTHOS WITH ARCHAIC DESIGN,
ATTICA, 6TH CENTURY BCE, PRESENTED TO GENERAL POWELL BY GENERAL DIMITRIOS SKARVELIS, 1993 HEIGHT OF EWER: APPROX. 7 3/4 IN. (19.69 CM.), HEIGHT OF CASE: 10 1/4 IN. (26.04...
[more like this] - MONUMENTAL ORMOLU-MOUNTED BERLIN (KPM)
PORCELAIN IVORY-GROUND ‘WEICHMALEREI’ THREE-PIECE CLOCK GARNITURE PORCELAIN IVORY-GROUND ‘WEICHMALEREI’ THREE-PIECE CLOCK GARNITURE, circa 1888, blue sceptre and iron-red...
[more like this] - INTERNATIONAL SILVER THREE-PIECE DEMITASSE
SET AND TRAY TOGETHER WITH OTHER PRESENTATION ITEMS SET AND TRAY TOGETHER WITH OTHER PRESENTATION ITEMS, the set and tray, 7 ozt gross; a plated rectangular tray with presentation...
[more like this] - RARE POLYCHROME "SAILOR’S FAREWELL"
PUNCHBOWL Late Qianlong/early Jiaqing era, circa 1780-1800
Chinese export American market, the scene on the present punchbowl, known as the Sailor’s Farewell, was an extremely...
[more like this] - SHOZO SATO, JAPAN (20TH / 21ST CENTURY),
BAMBOO, NOV '81, SUMI-E INK WASH ON PAPER, 16 1/2"H X 14 3/4"W (SIGHT), 21 1/2"H X 19 1/2"W (FRAME)Shozo Sato, Japan, (20th / 21st Century) bamboo, Nov '81, Sumi-e ink...
[more like this] - RARE VENETIAN ENAMEL AND PARCEL GILT
DECORATED COPPER CHARGER
LATE 15TH/ EARLY 16TH CENTURY the well centred by a raised boss with white gadrooned border and green band enclosed by an outer gadrooned border in...
[more like this] - RARE VENETIAN ENAMEL AND PARCEL GILT
DECORATED COPPER CHARGER
LATE 15TH/ EARLY 16TH CENTURY the well centred by a green and white armorial, enlcosed by a raised boss with an inner gadrooned border and an outer...
[more like this] - HERBERT HORNE (1864-1916) FOR THE CENTURY
GUILD
'PRAISE OF THE SOUL', RARE FABRIC PANEL, CIRCA 1884 block-printed velveteen, manufactured by Simpson & Godlee, Swinton, Manchester, later framedpanel 112cm x 80cmLiterature:...
[more like this] - ? ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS POOLEY (IRISH
1646-1723)
HALF LENGTH PORTRAIT OF JONATHAN SWIFT AS A STUDENT IN DUBLIN COLLEGE With later inscription, feigned oval, oil on canvas71cm x 58cm (28in x 22.75in)Provenance...
[more like this] - THE DYERS' COMPANY USHAK CARPET
WEST
ANATOLIA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY the camel field with allover palmette and foliate vine lattice pattern, within blue border1007cm x 697cmProvenance:The Worshipful Company of Dyers,...
[more like this] - SHEET WITH EARLY MAPS OF THE WESTERN
AND NORTHERN FRANCE BY MATTHEO OGERIO Dated 1594, but possibly mid-17th century, being Brittany and Normandy, as follows:Cenomanorum Galliae regionis typus and Britanniae...
[more like this] - Rare 17th century books: Travels through
the Ottoman Empire Grelot Guillaume Joseph. RELATION NOUVELLE D'UN VOYAGE DE CONSTANTINOPLE. n.p. n.d. circa 1680. Chardin John. THE CORONATION OF SOLYMAN III THE PRESENT...
[more like this] - Russian Provincial Enameled Bronze Pectoral
Crucifix, fourth quarter 17th century, presented on a later giltwood backplate within an Italian carved and gilded wood frame in the 18th-century style, h. 9", w. 7-5/8"....
[more like this] - Large Pair of Spanish Illuminated Vellum
Antiphonal Pages, first quarter 16th century, presented in double-glazed carved giltwood frames in the Louis XVI style, h. 22", w. 15-1/2"....
[more like this] - Sterling Silver Center Bowl w/floral
repousee winged griffin handles. Presented to Fanny Arnett Smith The Century Club 1935. w/floral repousee winged griffin handles. Presented to Fanny Arnett Smith The Century...
[more like this] - Large Gobelins Tapestry Panel Featuring
"The Attendants of Diana the Huntress and Her Hounds", fourth quarter 17th century, presented in a later, fourth quarter 19th century, French carved oak frame in natural...
[more like this] - Good Pair of Medieval Parisian Illuminated
Vellum Bible Leaves, third quarter 13th century, presented in matching double-glazed giltwood tabletop cases showing both faces of the pages, the text in Latin, each overall...
[more like this] - An Important Miami Pipe With Ties to
the 1795 Treaty of Greenville delicately carved curly maple stem with engraved bands of German silver and diamond-shaped inlay; brass mouthpiece and German silver tip; stem...
[more like this] - French Weathered Limestone Figure of
a Robed Saint, fourth quarter 15th century, presented on a square weathered oak lamp base, the head lacking, overall h. 22"....
[more like this] - Thomas Jefferson Miniature Portrait
by William Russell Birch William Russell Birch (English 1755-1834) enamel on copper portrait of Thomas Jefferson unsigned with?Jefferson?written on verso; 1.5 x 1 in. Frame...
[more like this] - Large and Attractive Pair of Spanish
Illuminated Vellum Antiphonal Pages, third quarter 16th century, presented on an ecru linen backplate within a patinated giltwood and black-painted frame and glazed, h. 25",...
[more like this] - Large Pair of Italian Cast-Stone Heraldic
Lions, their forepaws resting on upright shields, fourth quarter nineteenth century, presented on tall paneled wooden pedestals of square section, matte painted in two shades...
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