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Here we have an emerald green sectioned glass bowl snugly fitted with a gilt brass mounted frame with a pedestal base with concave designs around it.
I was particularly struck with the elegance and detail on the gryphon handles. Awesome!…
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- Item Number: C-7695
- Provenance/Origin: France. Perhaps Sevres. Circa mid-1900s
- Composition: Glass and brass
- Dimensions: 7.5" diameter bowl. 11" at widest point x 8.25" at tallest point.
- Weight: 2.25 pounds
- Price: $ 540.00 USD
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. . . the Bodhisattva known as Avalokitesvara… the Buddhist icon associated with compassion.
A stunning statue from the world famous Dehua kilns, located in the vicinity of the town of Dehua Xian, Fujian Province. Most of my Dehua porcelain comes from a specific…
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- Item Number: S-5863
- Provenance/Origin: Dehua Xian. Circa 2008
- Composition: Dehua Porcelain
- Dimensions: 11.5" tall x 8" diameter at base
- Weight: 6.75 pounds
- Price: $ 210.00 USD
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During the 13th Century, the Kongo people began their expansion into Gabon, Zaire and Angola. One of the original tribes was called the Vili that now stretches across the coasts of Gabon and parts of the old Zaire.
Nail fetishes (aka Nkondi) are created to carry a…
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- Item Number: S-0427
- Provenance/Origin: Vili / Loango Tribe, DNC. Circa 1980s to earlier
- Composition: Wood, metal, woven fibers, cloth, paint and pigment.
- Dimensions: 32" tall x 14" widest x 11" deepest
- Weight: 24 pounds
- Price: $ 1,350.00 USD
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Markings and designs from the Ming Dynasty. However, judging from the quality of the porcelain and the fire of the kiln, the late 1800s would be a more accurate date.…
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- Item Number: V-0389
- Provenance/Origin: Marking from Ming Dynasty. Likely late 1800s.
- Composition: Porcelain
- Dimensions: 10.5" tall with lid x 7" in diameter
- Weight: 3.5 Pounds
- Price: $ 440.00 USD
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A rare opportunity to purchase a Chinese Neolithic vase of this quality.
From the Clarence Warnock Collection. Warnock was a renowned Indiana USA archeologist who spent – from the late 1920s to the early 1930s – exploring the ancient Colima ruins and opening the tombs on…
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- Item Number: V-4549
- Provenance/Origin: China. 3000 B.C. Majiayao phase. Yangshao culture
- Composition: Terra Cotta
- Dimensions: 8" tall x 8.5" at widest point (handles)
- Weight: 2.5 pounds
- Price: $ 2,650.00 USD
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Sequins, beads, multiple colored threads (gold, silver, pink, blue, purple & more) . . . and some great designs (Burmese Dragons and Asian Elephant). The dragons and elephant have a puffed / relief with backing that gives a dimensional effect. Red satin liner. Stunning.
Woman’s size…
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- Item Number: O-9473
- Provenance/Origin: Thailand. Circa 1950 to 1970s
- Composition: Cloth, sequins and threads
- Dimensions: See above
- Weight: 2 pounds
- Price: $ 95.00 USD
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Perhaps the most common monument of Tibetan Buddhism. It was introduced in the 7th Century representing the funeral mounds of its chief symbolic representation of Shakyamuni. The dome was the shrine of the most sacred of objects.
This stupa is made of a silver / nickel composite is…
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- Item Number: S-3362
- Provenance/Origin: Tibet. Circa early- to mid- 1900's
- Composition: Silver / Nickel composite metal
- Dimensions: 15.5" tall with an 8" x 8" wide base
- Weight: 10.5 pounds
- Price: $ 395.00 USD
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A stunning necklace with a rich history. Egg shaped brass beads with stones inserted. Just look at all the photos.
- Item Number: O-6640
- Provenance/Origin: Tibet / Nepal
- Composition: Turquoise, brass and beads
- Dimensions: 14" strand or 28" in circumference.
- Weight: 0.25 pound
- Price: $ 132.00 USD
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Authentic. Heavy and old pot censer with great detail. From the Drigung Thil Monastery, Lhasa.
For the Serious Collector.
- Item Number: V-7559
- Provenance/Origin: Tibet. Drigung Thil Monastery. Most likely late 1800s or early 1900s.
- Composition: Bronze
- Dimensions: 5" tall x 6" diameter at widest. 18.5' in hanging position.
- Weight: 5 pounds
- Price: $ 570.00 USD
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Detail: The stylings of this piece are from the Western Jin Dynasty (265-420 AD). The original pieces were used specifically by court officials and the griffins were protective creatures. Our Chinese agent secured it from a private home in Lishui in the Zhejiang Province. It appears…
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- Item Number: V-1470
- Provenance/Origin: China. From a private home in Lishui.
- Composition: Celadon ware
- Dimensions: 8.5" tall x 9" at widest
- Weight: 2.5 pounds
- Price: $ 125.00
