MONTAGUE DAWSON (BRITISH, 1890-1973)"CLIPPER SHIP "MIDNIGHT" OFF BEACHY HEAD" Oil on canvas. Signed 'Montague Dawson' (lower left).Catalog Note: 1000 tons, built in 1854 at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, copyright...
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LONG SCROLL GILT EMBOSSED LEATHER PAPER,KINKARAKAWAKAMI, BY ROTTMANN STROME AND CO
MEIJI PERIOD, 1884-1890 ?? ?1884-1890? '????? ?????'? ???? ???? ??leather, gilt decorated with hibiscus flowers in tendrils, a rectangular...
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COLLECTION OF ART REFERENCE BOOKS
ONASIAN CERAMICS ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????including art reference books on asian art ceramics, in total 85 publications:Ashmolean...
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MISCELLANEOUS GROUP OF BOOKS ON ENGLISHFURNITURE, INTERIORS, AND CLOCKSApproximately twenty books.
Including:
Victor Chinnery, Oak Furniture
Horace Dan, Architecture and Furniture of England during the 16th...
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13TH CENTURY ENGLISH DEED & SILVER COINFramedEnglish Medieval land deed dated April 15, 1257 together with a Medieval silver penny from the same period. Framed with these two items is a later translation of the deed,...
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PERIOD ENGLISH TALL CHEST18th centuryEnglish Hepplewhite 2 over 4 drawer tall chest with bow front and eagle brasses. 54 in high x 40 wide x 20 deep....
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AFTER LAMBERT SUSTRIS(Dutch, 1515-1595)
Venerenuda distesa con Mercurio e Cupido sullo sfondo del paesaggio , (Reclining Nude Venus with Hermes and Cupid in a Landscape) (D. 147.3, F. Z. 42868), an early copy possibly...
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ENGLISH JACOBEAN OAK CHILD'S WAINSCOTTARMCHAIRWith a 17th century Flemish tapestry fragment pillow
31 H x 18.75 W x 22 D
Selections from the Collection of Dr. John A. Downey of Manhattan and Sharon Connecticut....
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BEAUTIFUL CHINESE HAN DYNASTY BLACKWAREAMPHORA W/ TLEast Asia, Western China, Han Dynasty, ca. 2nd century BCE. An impressive, dark-gray earthenware amphora of a remarkably distinctive form. Panels of incised linear...
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GREEK HELLENISTIC CORE-FORM GLASS AMPHORISKOSAncientGreece, possibly Cyprus, Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd to 1st century BCE. A lovely example of a core-formed glass amphoriskos once used to hold fragrant oil, showcasing a gorgeous...
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CHINESE HAN DYNASTY BLACKWARE AMPHORA,TL TESTEDEast Asia, Western China, Han Dynasty, ca. 2nd century BCE. A lovely, dark-gray earthenware vessel of an incredibly distinctive form. Panels of incised linear decorations...
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MASSIVE ROMAN MARBLE TRAPEZOPHORON W/LION HEAD & PAWRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 2nd century CE. A handsome, large marble table leg, also known as a trapezophoron, with a giant clawed foot, leg joint, and smooth...
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ROMAN FIBULA, BYZANTINE BELT PLATE,POST MEDIEVAL CLASP...Romano-British, Late Imperial to Middle Ages, ca. 4th to 8th century CE; Byzantine Empire, ca. 10th to 11th century CE. Northwestern Europe, England,...
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PUBLISHED EGYPTIAN EFFIGY SOTHIC DOG,EXHIBITED LACMAEgypt, late Ptolemaic to Romano-Egyptian Period, ca. 1st century BCE to 3rd century CE. An exceedingly rare, mold-formed terracotta canine, known as the Sothic...
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LARGE BLUE AND WHITE 'MYTHICAL BEASTS'JAR
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY ? ???????sturdily potted on a gently concave base, rising to broad shoulders and inverted mouth, painted around the body with a continuous scene...
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RARE POLYCHROMED YELLOW-GROUND 'NINE-BATS'BOWL
QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD ??? ????????????????? ??????????thinly potted with slightly rounded sides supported on a splayed foot, the exterior finely...
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YELLOW-GROUND GREEN-ENAMELLED 'PEACHTREES' BOWL
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG MARK, 18TH-19TH CENTURY ? ??? ????????thinly potted with deep rounded sides raised on straight foot, incised on the body with birds in flight...
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[A PRIVATE SCOTTISH COLLECTION, EDINBURGH]COLLECTION OF ART REFERENCE BOOKS
ON JAPANESE, KOREAN, AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN ART ??????????????????????Including:Brown, Roxanna M. The Ceramics of South-East Asia: their dating...
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[A PRIVATE SCOTTISH COLLECTION, EDINBURGH]COLLECTION OF ART REFERENCE BOOKS
ON CHINESE ART: MUSEUM COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITIONS ?????????????????????Including but not limited to:Art Chinois: Musée Cernuschi acquisitions...
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AMERICAN CHIPPENDALE PERIOD SLANT FRONTSECRETARYAmerican Chippendale period mahogany slant front secretary desk, late 18th c., hinged slant front revealing extended writing surface, interior gallery fitted with...
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A PAIR OF PORTRAITS OF 16TH CENTURYCLERICS Oil on copper, likely English, painted in the 19th century, each depicting a cleric in 16th century dress and painted in a feigned oval, presented in ornate period...
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19TH CENTURY BRITISH SCHOOL OIL ON CANVAS19THCENTURY BRITISH SCHOOL OIL ON CANVAS, cattle on a hill, unsigned, stamp on verso from Jefferson artist supplies, Bristol, 12" x 16" (image), 16" x 20" (period frame)....
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POLYCHROME STUCCO FIGURE GROUP OF THEMADONNA AND CHILD FROM THE WORKSHOP OF ANTONIO ROSSELLINO
CIRCA 1450 the Virgin depicted wearing a red gown and blue mantle with a white headcovering edged in ochre, her dark...
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? AN UNRECORDED ITALIAN [URBINO] ISTORIATOMAIOLICA DISH, ATTRIBUTED TO NICOLA DA URBINO, CIRCA 1520-23
SAMSON AND DELILAH Depicting the treacherous Delilah, with scissors and holding to one side the locks of hair...
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ALEXANDER FISHER (1864-1936)
BHANAVARTHE BEAUTIFUL, CIRCA 1903-4 silvered metal, black patinated bronze base, signed ALEX FISHER/ BHANAVAR49cm (19 1/4in) highProvenance:20th Century Decorative Arts, Christie's...
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Y IMPORTANT GEORGIAN DOLL'S HOUSE, 'THEEVANS BABY HOUSE'
18TH CENTURY, WITH LATER ADAPTATIONS AND CONTENTS modelled as a three-storeyed Georgian town house, of ochre and red painted pine and other timber, the hinged...
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KINRANDE STYLE BOWL
JIAJING PERIOD ?????? ???????????thinly potted on a slightly tapering foot, rising to rounded sides and gently everted rim, the exterior with four medallions separated by beaded jewel strings,...
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TURQUOISE-GLAZED HANDLED VASE
QING DYNASTY,19TH CENTURY ? ???????rising from a short foot to globular body, waisted neck and wide flared mouth, two makara heads with water emerging from mouth flanking the neck forming...
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OX-BLOOD-GLAZED LANGYAO MEIPING VASE
QINGDYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY ? ???????the high shouldered baluster body rising from a spreading foot to a waisted neck and terminating to a flared rim, covered overall with...
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? ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS POOLEY (IRISH1646-1723)
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...
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A 20TH-CENTURY SPANISH THREE MASTEDNEF marked to sail, of traditional form with rigging, sails and figures at work, raised on four feetHeight: 74cmNote:Designed to display extravagance, the nef is an impressive,...
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TWO WOODBLOCK PRINTS FROM THE MUSTARDSEED GARDEN PAINTING MANUAL
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY ? ???????????????ink and colours on paper, both depicting peonies, unframed (2)27.4cm x 32.6cm; 27.5cm x 32cmProvenance:...
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EXCEPTIONAL RENAISSANCE 15TH/16TH CENTURYCARVED BONE PANELS, ON LATER PERIOD WOOD AND SILK LAMPAS TEXTILE WITH SILVER THREAD, "SECRET" TREASURE CHEST 4 ¼" x 12" x 7 ¼" Rectangular wooden chest clad all around...
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American Colonial silver spoons by AlexanderCrouckeshanks Boston circa 1768 pair teaspoons one reduced in size and engraved No. 6 and the other engraved with initial D and No. 2; marked: AC spaced by pellet and with...
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Thirty-One Books, American Furniture,Related detailed listing available. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, John Townsend, Newport Cabinet Maker; T. A. Strange, French Interiors: Furniture, Decoration; Connecticut...
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Charles Hook Armco Steel Company Lotof Manuscripts & Documents Lot includes letters photographs pamphlets mostly from the late 1930s through the 1960s. Born in 1880 the youngest of four children of Henry and...
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