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These 3 collars were originally the collar portion and were sewn to a lower section to forming a child's pinafore...
Home spun yarns intricately hand woven with hand embroidered details...
sold either separately or together as a collection
Modern Japanese Ceramics
sold, with thanks! An image of a warriors helmet as if just excavated from a millennium underground by Koinuma Michio enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 17.5 cm (7 inches) diameter, roughly the same height. The image s based on Haniwa funerary objects. The Haniwa are terracotta clay figures of people, animals, and houses which were deposited at Japanese tombs during the Kofun period (3rd to 6th century) in Japan. Haniwa were created according to the wazumi technique, in which mounds of coiled cla...
Zentner Collection
SOLD A large round Ottoman Empire hammered copper tray with verdigris patina throughout. The Qajar-themed artwork depicts various men, women, and animals. Figures are shown playing music, some on horseback in battle skirmishes or hunting with their swords, bows and arrows, and spears. The figures are shown in a repeating pattern against a floral scroll ground. The tray sits on a folding hardwood stand to be used as a side table.
19th century Dimensions: 23" w x 1 3/4" h (tray...
Zentner Collection
SOLD Chinese blue and white porcelain planter, decorated with cobalt blue underglaze designs of scrolling vines and flowers and three round medallions depicting waterside scenes, rock formations in the background and fishermen, huts, and pine trees in the foreground. The inner and outer rim are decorated with a band of floral scrolls and flowers. The foot tapers slightly and is decorated with a band of various auspicious objects.
Dates from the 19th century Dimensions: 9 3/4" w x...
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1940
item #1403460
(stock #Shotei095)
Era Woodblock Prints
$575 Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki)
Woman returning in autumn evening Size: Mitsugiri-ban. Approximately 15 x 6.75 inches. Date: pre-1936. Shotei seal at left. Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. No. 205 in 1936 Watanabe catalog. M-5 in Shotei catalog. "Made in Japan" stamped on verso. Medium: Japanese woodblock print. Condition: Excellent.
Lilly Parker Antiques, Inc.
$125.00 Chinese Brass Lock and Key with Chinese Character signed inside, Ca. 1900 or before, outside measurement(3 1/4" long, 1 1/4" high, 7/8" deep, inside measurement(2 1/8" long, 3/8" high under stick, 7/8" deep), the round stick is 1/4" diameter, old age green patina or stain on brass, and in good working condition.
Zentner Collection
$1,100.00 A delightful Japanese wood tray in the shape of a lotus leaf. Chiseled Katabori with raised veins and stem and stippled leaf rolled back on sides. The back of the tray is as detailed as the top with an intricate pattern of veins and curved stem. The tray is used in the tea ceremony.
Date: Meiji Period circa 1890 Dimensions:12" X 9" X 1"
Zentner Collection
$650.00 Nagoro banana leaf tray lacquer over wood. The black lacquer shines through the red to reveal the ribs and veins of the leaf.
In the literati tradition, banana leaves were used by scholar recluses as paper to write calligraphy. Later, this motif was incorporated into other forms of art making the image one of the symbols of the literati aesthetics.
Date: Tiasho circa 1920 Dimensions: 16" x 6" X 3/4"
Zentner Collection
SOLD A rare, large architectural Buddhist temple carving of a Dragon (Ryu), with reverse glass painted eye. The high relief carvings show the dragon's body coiled behind clouds of smoke and waves. Its serpentine body reveals his 3 appendages with classic three claw anatomy. The relief is solid keyaki "zelkova serrata" wood with the original red patina.
The dragon which symbolizes the heavenly realm has control of rain, fire, and earth. Dragons are the powerful embodiment of yin and yang and are se...
Lilly Parker Antiques, Inc.
$95.00 Chinese large size Brass Lock and Key, etched design of Chinese characters and flowers, outside measurement(7 1/4" long, 1 5/8" high, 5/8" deep), inside measurement(4 3/4" long, 5/8" high under the stick, 5/8" deep), in good working condition.
Lilly Parker Antiques, Inc.
$95.00 Chinese Brass large Lock and Key, etched Chinese letters, outside measurement(7" long, 1 3/4" high, 5/8" deep), inside measurement(4 7/8" long, 5/8" high-under stick, 5/8" deep), 3/8" diameter for stick, in good working condition.
EastWest Gallery
Sold An Ai Kakiemon dish decorated with a repeating pattern of Hosoge, flowers of Precious appearance, which in this case would appear to be representations of auspicious Pomegranate fruits constructed from Ruyi, Acanthus style leaves and other disparate elements. The ring of Hosoge pierced by a circlet binding them together with a central motif of a gobenka. The reverse decorated with a lotus arabesque, karakusa, and a stylised fuku mark within a double square; a mark exclusively used by the Kaki...
Modern Japanese Ceramics
sold, with thanks! Leaf images in various seasonal shades decorate the raw earth of these expertly crafted dishes by legendary artist Kitaoji Rosanjin, the set enclosed in a double box, the inner box the original age darkened kiri-wood box signed by Rosanjin, the outer box later covered in black lacquer showing the esteem for which both this dish set and box were afforded. On bottom is the star mark, indicating these were made for use in his restaurant. Each dish is roughly 18.8 cm (7-1/2 inches) diameter and in...
Galerie Hafner
Sold A small bulbous Chinese porcelain vase finely painted with two dragons among clouds chasing the flaming pearl in the "famille verte" palette. Condition: fine, minor wear to decoration. Dimension: 12.7 cm high.
JJ Oriental
$7,000.00 A very large jade disc carved with a hole in the center. Both sides of this central hole are lipped which is very rare in "bi's." Compared with flat bi's, lipped bi's require a lot more carving and are much more difficult to make. The bi is beautiful with its complex colors and patterns. The colors range from cream to greys, ochres, greens and blues.Period: Neolithic ( 3rd millennium B.C.)
Size: Diameter = 26.7 cm (10-1/2 inches) Condition: Very good. No cracks, breaks, chips...
Southeast Asian : Paintings : Pre 1920
item #1403227
Zentner Collection
$7,500.00 Tibetan thangka painting in reverence to the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara. When he is shown having four arms, he is called Chaturbhuja Avalokitesvara. This is his most commonly depicted form.
Chatur + bhuja are the two Sanskrit words that mean 'four arms.'
He holds a white peony flower in one raised hand, and a stand of mala beads in his other. He is surrounded by various other bodhisattvas, including Mahakala, his wrathful form, below. Two human figures appear in a bed of flowers, and each ...
Zentner Collection
SOLD Antique Vietnamese polychromed figure of a standing Buddha, with red, black, and gold gilt lacquer traces. He stands on a lotus pedestal atop a wood platform. With small losses consistent with age.
Circa 1900 Dimensions: 7 1/2" w x 6 3/4" d x 17 3/4" h
Southeast Asian : Paintings : Pre 1900
item #1403221
Zentner Collection
Price on Request Antique Tibetan Buddhist double mandala thangka, with the two central deities being Brahma and his wife Saraswati.
Brahma is a leading god and heavenly king in Buddhism. Lord Brahma rules over the heavenly realm of rebirth called the Brahmaloka– the most sought after realm for afterlife and reincarnation within the Buddhist belief system. He is depicted as having 4 faces and is seated in the center of the top mandala in a lotus position with his arms folded in front, thumbs touchin... |