- Thai silver leaf coated seated Sangkajai
Thai silver leaf coated seated Sangkajai Fat Buddha statue, seated on double lotus base, approx 11cm H x 9cm W x 7.5cm D More Information This is a much favored depiction of a famed Buddhist disciple, rotund and shaven, renowned for his gifts in teaching the dharma. He was introduced into later Southeast Asian Buddhism from China, where he is known as Budai. He has various hagiographies, but is widely understood as an incarnation of Maitreya, the Future Buddha. Popularly he is associated with contentment and prosperity.
- Peggy Brook (Margaret) Bacon (1895-1987,
Peggy Brook (Margaret) Bacon (1895-1987, NY/ME/CT) matted lithograph titled "Contentment" 1936, pencil signed.
6.5" x 13.5" ss / 16" x 20" oa
- LARGE CHINESE GREENSTONE HOTEI BUDDHA
LARGE CHINESE GREENSTONE HOTEI BUDDHA The Happy Buddha, a sign of contentment. Solid stone. Repair to back drapery. Dimensions: 16" high x 25" x 11".
- PAINTING, ATTRIBUTED TO JULIUS I ADAM
PAINTING, ATTRIBUTED TO JULIUS I ADAM Attributed to Julius I Adam (German, 1826-1874), "Contentment," oil on canvas, signed lower right, canvas: 15.5"h x 20"w, overall (with frame): 22.5"h x 27.5"w
- CONTENTMENT HN1323 - ROYAL DOULTON FIGURINEMother
CONTENTMENT HN1323 - ROYAL DOULTON FIGURINEMother and child. Red and lavender coloration. Marked Potted by Doulton and Co. on base.
Hand written title. Doulton backstamp. #figurine
Issued: 20th c.
Dimensions: 7.5"H
Manufacturer: Royal Doulton
Country of Origin: England
- DOULTON LAMBETH TINWORTH FIGURINE GROUPING,
DOULTON LAMBETH TINWORTH FIGURINE GROUPING, CONTENTMENT...Rare. United Family; Monkeys groom each other. Monkeys under an umbrella. Stoneware; brown and green glazed.
Titled on base. George Tinworth monogram to back of umbrella. Doulton impressed backstamp. #monkeys
Issued: 1892
Dimensions: 4.75"H
Manufacturer: Doulton Lambeth
Country of Origin: England
- A GRAND ADVENTURE 1001888 - LLADRO PORCELAIN
A GRAND ADVENTURE 1001888 - LLADRO PORCELAIN FIGURINEExquisite porcelain sculpture depicting steam locomotive with wagon and 14 figures. Limited edition 30 of 500.
Signature on base. Comes with a wooden base; LLADRO metal plaque on front. Rare and impressive tableau; set at the end of 19th century, lavishly dressed ladies, elegant gentlemen, contentment of the train driver and the conductor, porters carrying heavy luggage, enthusiastic children excited by the prospect of a special event and even a little dog. Original retail price: $64,015. #train #lladro
Artist: Joan Coderch
Issued: 2002
Dimensions: 16" L x 54" W x 17" H
Manufacturer: Lladro
Country of Origin: Spain
Condition:
Missing lantern headlight. Missing 2 parasols. Minor age related wear. As-is.
- CONTENTMENT HN1323 - ROYAL DOULTON FIGURINEFigure
CONTENTMENT HN1323 - ROYAL DOULTON FIGURINEFigure grouping of a mother holding her child.
Royal Doulton backstamp.
Artist: Leslie Harradine
Issued: 1923-1938
Dimensions: 5.5"L x 8.5"W x 7.25"H
Manufacturer: Royal Doulton
Country of Origin: England
Condition:
Age related wear.
- LOT OF 10 EDISON MAZDA PLAYING CARDS
LOT OF 10 EDISON MAZDA PLAYING CARDS DESIGNED BY MAXFIE...Lot of 10 Edison Mazda Playing Cards Designed by Maxfield Parrish. St. Paul: Brown & Bigelow, 1920s. Parrish designed for various companies but only designed playing cards for Edison Mazda. The 10 individual cards are: Reveries, Egypt, The Waterfall, The Lamp Seller of Bagdad, Ecstasy, Venetian Lamplighter, Enchantment, Contentment and two others. Framed to an overall size of 17 ½ x 13 ¾”. Not examined out of frame.
- CLOISONNé ENAMEL CANE-Ca 1890 -Large
CLOISONNé ENAMEL CANE-Ca 1890 -Large Shippo enamel handle with a flattened ball knob on its integral long and tapering stem profusely decorated on the top with four stylized chrysanthemums blooms and floral elements and on the stem with a coiling dragon all in matching bright colors on a black background. The encircling fabled animal with a scaled reptilian body, mighty paws and strong claws, has the usual large and frightening head with horns and long whiskers and an air puff suggesting a fiery breath. -The handle is executed in the ancient and traditional Far-Eastern love for the detail perfection, and comes with a fine silver collar on an ebony shaft and horn ferrule. -With the great popularity of canes and growing demand for decorative items, walking stick manufacturers of the western world, European as well as American, began to import cane handles and other items from the Orient in the second half of the 19th century. Japan and China were major suppliers for excellent carvings and great metalwork like this cane. -H. 9 ¾” x 1 ½”, O.L. 38 ¾” -$300-$400 -A Japanese dragon, also known as ryu or tatsu is a mythical animal from Japan. -Like other creatures called dragons, the Ryu is a big, fantastic animal that looks similar to a serpent, and is related to the Chinese lóng and the Korean yong. Like all these Asian dragons, it is shown without wings, has legs with claws, and usually lives in the ocean, the clouds, or heavens. Japanese dragons do not fly as often as the Chinese one, which is the reason why they usually appear much more like serpents. The ryu in art has only three toes, instead of the lóng’s five or the yong’s four. -Japanese dragons usually live in the sea. This is because Japan is an island, and the sea is present in most of its geography. -Ryu originated from China and is one of the four creatures from heavens of Japanese mythology (the other three are the phoenix, turtle and tiger). It has often been the symbol of the Emperor or of a hero. -In China and Japan chrysanthemum is an emblem of full and long life, of scholarship and contentment. It was thought to hold the key of eternal life. The Japanese have adopted it as a national emblem and as the badge of the imperial family. -The Imperial Seal of Japan or National Seal of Japan, also called the Chrysanthemum Seal
- TWO BLUE AND WHITE HOUSEHOLD GODScomprising:
TWO BLUE AND WHITE HOUSEHOLD GODScomprising: porcelain Jurojin representing contentment and wisdom with detailed and extensive Buddhist iconography in underglaze blue including fans, flutes, castanets, gourds and others covering the surface, 10 x 4 x 3-1/2 in.; standing earthenware Hotei figure holding fan, with underglaze blue jacket, 12 x 8 x 7 in.
Condition:
slight anomalies as made, surface dust/accretion
- ELIZABETH O'NEILL VERNER(American/South
ELIZABETH O'NEILL VERNER(American/South Carolina, 1883-1979) Contentment, signed lower right "Elizabeth O'Neill Verner", etching, image size 4 x 3 in.; period wood frame, 9-1/2 x 8-1/2 in.
Condition:
paper toned, not examined out of frame; simple period frame with light wear
- GROUP OF REVERSE GLASS MEZZOTINTS
17TH
GROUP OF REVERSE GLASS MEZZOTINTS
17TH - EARLY 19TH CENTURY to include RURAL HAPPINESS, HEALTH FILICITY AND CONTENTMENT, printed for Carington Bowles, 1773; THE PRUDENT MOTHER, printed by Thomas Burford; DOMESTIC EMPLOYMENT. NEEDLEWORK, printed by Robert Sayer & John Bowles & Son; THE MILKING MAID, published by Simon, after Berkam; PORTRAIT OF A LADY, printed by J. McArdell, after Francis Cotes, 1756; LORD NEWBATTLE & LADY ELIZABETH KARR, printed by Robert Sayer; THE LORD EUSTON, by John Smith, after Kneller, 1689; THE 1ST DUKE OF DORSET & LADY MARY SACKVILLE, after Kneller; LORD WILLIAM VILLIERS & HIS SISTER LADY MARY VILLIERS, after Kneller; WILLIAM III, by John Smith, after Kneller; and TWO HUNTING SUBJECTS, after Carle Vernet; most in period giltwood frames(12)largest 27cm x 38cmProperty of a Scottish Borders family
- ELIAS S. MANDEL GROSSMAN (AMERICAN 1898-1947),
ELIAS S. MANDEL GROSSMAN (AMERICAN 1898-1947), PIPE CONTENTMENT, ETCHING, FRAME: 18-3/4 X 14-3/4 INElias S. Mandel Grossman (American 1898-1947), Pipe Contentment, Etching, Frame: 18-3/4 x 14-3/4 in
- (7) VINTAGE ADVERTISING CALENDARS DEPICTINGchildren,
(7) VINTAGE ADVERTISING CALENDARS DEPICTINGchildren, to include: March 1943, "Helping Hands", depicting a boy building a doghouse while his sister and puppy look on, Frances Tipton Hunter. January 1934, "It Must be Good", Lawrence Wilbur, depicting a boy and his stuffed animals. 1954 calendar with Norman Rockwell's Four Seasons, including Winter with two boys and their dog and bathtub, Spring wherein two boys attempt to woo a girl, Summer in which two boys fish off a raft, and Autumn wherein the two boys try tobacco for the first time. January 1934 Brown and Bigelow advertising calendar, H. Hintermeister's "Good Old Pal", depicting a boy hugging his dog. A Brown and Bigelow advertising poster after R. Atkinson Fox, "The Garden of Contentment", some discoloration at bottom of mat. A very large May 1942 calendar, "Helping Hands", Frances Tipton Hunter. March 1943 calendar, "Push It Down, Safety Is Everyone's Job", photograph depicting an officer and two children. Overall good condition, show creases from being folded after production. Some wear to the edges, but overall good.
- GUSTAVE BAUMANN, INDIANA, NEW MEXICO,
GUSTAVE BAUMANN, INDIANA, NEW MEXICO, CALIFORNIA (1881 - 1971), THE TOWN OF NASHVILLE, 1910, COLOR WOODCUT, 9" X 13" (WOODCUT), 17" X 21" (FRAME)Gustave Baumann, Indiana, New Mexico, California, (1881 - 1971) The Town of Nashville, 1910, color woodcut signed lower right. multiple significant crease lines present through the image. crumpling in lower margin. loss to margins as shown. From the Archives of askART: Born June 27, 1881 in Magdeburg, Germany, Gustave Baumann came with his family to the United States when he was ten. Soon after arriving in their new home of Chicago, Baumann's father left the family and Gustave was responsible for supporting the household. At age sixteen, he began full-time work as an apprentice for an engraving house, while going to the Art Institute of Chicago at night to "get a little closer to art." He worked next at an advertising studio, and by 1903 opened his own studio. After saving one thousand dollars from his new business, Gustave gave half to his mother and left for Munich, Germany to attend the Kunstgewerbe Schule (School of Arts and Crafts). He was interested in learning the bold new style of artwork being produced there. That one-year experience turned out to be one of the most significant influences in his career. Upon returning to Chicago in 1906, Baumann continued his career as a commercial artist while creating an abundance of intricate wood block prints which developed from opaque watercolor studies of regional landscape scenes. He would then personally cut one block for each color in the scene and edit them until he was satisfied with the results. He then printed editions of the images and sold them. In 1909, Baumann produced his first limited edition (usually 125) color woodcuts and exhibited them at the Art Institute of Chicago. This successful showing enabled him to move to Nashville, a small town in Brown County, Indiana. The work here became more picturesque. It was also during his time in Indiana that he developed his personal seal, the image of a hand opened over the heart, which was his pledge to make his craftwork available to those who might enjoy it. By that time he was exhibiting nationally and in the Paris Salon. By 1915, he had won the Panama-Pacific International Exposition's printmaking award in San Francisco. Baumann remained in Indiana until 1917 when he set out for the East coast and lived for a time in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York. He then headed for Taos, New Mexico to visit artist friends, Walter Ufer and Victor Higgins. He intended to only visit Santa Fe, but ended up living there for over 50 years until his death in 1971. While living in Santa Fe, he was very involved in the local community. He carved over sixty elaborate puppets and created the "Marionette Theater" which still exists today. During the 1930s, he was the WPA co-ordinator for Santa Fe. He wrote and illustrated Frijoles Canyon Pictographs, which contained his woodcut images of the sacred Indian pictographs of northern New Mexico. This was selected as one of the 50 best books of the year 1940. He made several trips to California and created eleven wood block prints of California scenes. Baumann's work seemed to share some kind of contentment with his own life with his viewers. His work is in the New Mexico Museum of Fine Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and many private collections. Bibliography 1. Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West, Peggy and Harold Samuels 2. Artists in California 1786-1940, Edan Hughes 3. Gustave Baumann: Nearer to Art, Martin Krause and David Acton color woodcut Dimensions: 9" x 13" (woodcut), 17" x 21" (frame)
- ETIENNE JEAURAT (FRANCE, 1699-1789)
ETIENNE JEAURAT (FRANCE, 1699-1789) "The Return of the Husband", depicting a man being poured in the door by his drinking buddies, his shocked family presenting an image of middle-class contentment, oil on canvas, unsigned, artist identified and title given on old printed auction label verso, hand inscribed "Collection of Capt. Harold Parker, DFC, London Eng, 10/18", unframed, 27" x 36". Tape repaired tears upper left.
- Crown Staffordshire Robin and Beswick
Crown Staffordshire Robin and Beswick Sculpture of a Rabbit called Contentment (2)
- *John George Brown (American 1831-1913)
*John George Brown (American 1831-1913) Contentment 1905 oil on canvas signed J.G. Brown NA and dated (lower left) 24 x 17 inches.
- Chinese famille rose porcelain plaque
Chinese famille rose porcelain plaque mounted as table screen 19th century depicting Hotei the God of contentment and happiness within landscape contained in carved and molded frame and stand of later date. plaque H5 1/4'' W4'' and overall H12'' W8 1/2'' D6 1/2'' Provenance: Estate of C. Theodore and Barbara B. Hicks Augusta Georgia. Very good original condition no breaks frame with some minor rubbing and wear.
- A Pair of Laughing Buddha Ceramic Figures
A Pair of Laughing Buddha Ceramic Figures Both carry prayer beads marked on the underside polychrome decorated glazes. The Laughing Buddha represents happiness and contentment impressed stamp underneath.
- 1823 Verse Needlework probably British,
1823 Verse Needlework probably British, eight-line verse titled "Contentment" over panel with tree of life flanked by flowers, brick house in right corner, "Sarah Ogden's Work Ag'd 9 1823", unusual cake-shaped flower-vine border, silk on linen, 20 x 17 in. (sight); rosewood-veneered frame,
- 1823 Verse Needlework probably British,
1823 Verse Needlework probably British, eight-line verse titled "Contentment" over panel with tree of life flanked by flowers, brick house in right corner, "Sarah Ogden's Work Ag'd 9 1823", unusual cake-shaped flower-vine border, silk on linen, 20 x 17 in. (sight); rosewood-veneered frame,