Antique Iris

Provenance: Collection of Iris Cornelia Love (1933-2020), New York, by 1965.

Tulips carry associations with prosperity; lilies express purity and spirituality; irises have long been connected with religious liberty.

In the classic Tale of Ise, the famed “Eight-Part Bridge” zigzagged through Chiryu’s many blooming irises. Though the bridge from the story had fallen to ruin by the time Hiroshige a...

Sculptural 18th century Italian gilded candlestick base with a coordinating iridescent abalone shell and encrusted with natural-forming baroque pearls. Abalone or "Haliotis Iris" ar...

Yellow has been used for the skin tones of the face, black for the delineating features including the eye outlines, irises, brows, and cosmetic lines, while white is employed for the...

Scattered throughout the field, stylized tulips suggest abundance and renewal, while lily and iris forms introduce associations with innocence, hope, and divine inspiration.

Below is a lush garden filled with lilies, irises, chrysanthemums, asters, peonies, camellias, and other seasonal flowers in subtle shades of ivory, yellow, red, violet, blue, and gr...

Sōzan and Shōtei also collaborated on several unusual ōban compositions published by Watanabe, including 'Iris at Horikiri,' 'Ferry Crossing at Toyoshima,' and 'Tennoji Temple, Yanak...

A vibrant turquoise ground surrounds the principal panels and is covered with minute scrolling motifs, scattered blossoms, and circular medallions containing peonies, irises, lilies,...

Surrounding are crysanthemums (kiku), which are associated with logevity and the Imperial household. Iris flowers which is a motif linked with courage and protection.

Richly carved laurel leaf frame draped with floral swags, scrolled backrest, on foliate carved fluted feet. PROVENANCE: The Iris Apfel Collection

One officer gestures with an outstretched arm in impassioned council, their figures grounded by a dense meadow carpeted in wild irises, leafy ferns, and flowering woodland flora.

The surface of each piece is embellished with fine and impressive applied bamboo stalk, chrysanthemum and iris designs. The upper collet style rim of each piece is plain and unembel...

The lower tier repeats the motif of a round fan and an angled panel, worked with lotus flowers, buds and pads, iris and supple grasses, with two birds perched among the stems and dra...

The bodies are painted with a continuous landscape of cranes standing in shallow water among outsized lotus and waterlily flowers and leaves, in iron red, blue, aubergine and two sha...

A vase decorated with an iris flower form neck and reclining maidens in the upper and lower sections.

A vase decorated with a iris flower form neck and reclining maidens in the upper and lower sections.

A detailed brass plaque on marble plinth reads "IRIS" - "Par Aug. Moreau" Circa: Paris, 1900. Auguste Moreau (1834-1917) A Very Fine French 19th-20th Century Art-Nouveau Patinated ...

This decorative three-panel table screen has scrollwork and stylized irises to each panel. Fully marked to the reverse.

A pair of fine Meiji period bronze vases by Hidenobu, each of slender baluster form with and elongated neck, worked in silver, shakudo and patinated bronze with carp swimming amongst...

Flowers depicted on the bowl include gum cistus (brown-eyed rockrose from the Mediterranean) and spider wort. And on the lid iris-leaved sisyrinchium (narrow-leaf blue-eyed-grass) an...

Tiffany Studios "Daffodil" Table Lamp circa 1910 with an "Iris" base leaded glass, patinated bronze shade impressed "Tiffany Studios, New York, 1497" base impressed "Tiffany Studios...

Its decoration showcases beautifully hand-painted blue and violet iris blossoms, intertwined with richly gilded leaves and flowing stems that spread organically across the white porc...

Specializing in winter landscapes and views of Japan, he obtained a certain level of success in his lifetime with his beautiful fields of flowering irises, his walls of hanging wiste...

The right-hand study is a White Iris (Iris sp.), distinguished by its elegant white petals, sword-like foliage and yellow markings at the centre of the flower.

The exterior is worked in hammered silver with applied foliage, enriched with polychrome enamel flowers including iris and chrysanthemum across both sides. The decoration is set agai...

The principal side of each vase carries a large and complex botanical bouquet painted in a dense, naturalistic style, one anchored by a magnificent bearded iris above cabbage roses, ...

Each is surmounted by a bouquet of applied flowers — cabbage roses, carnations, striped tulips, irises, clustered primulas, asters and marigolds among them — arranged in an irregular...

The piece is richly modeled with dramatic iris-like floral forms, sweeping leaves, and sinuous raised lines that wrap around the body in a beautifully sculptural composition.

Peonies proclaim wealth, honor, nobility, and luxury; lilies evoke peace and spirituality; irises and tulips celebrate vitality and the arrival of spring after the severity of winter.

English multi-colored glazed ceramic vase with a raised and painted design featuring cattails in a pond in sunset “Irises And Bullrushes\' Pattern” (signed: MOORCROFT with initials \...

Nature & Insects: Whiplash curves, stylized insects (like dragonflies and butterflies), irises, water lilies, and peacock feathers. The pendant is 1 1/2 inches (37 mm) tall incl...

Vase decorated with a iris flower form neck and reclining maidens in the upper and lower sections.

Fantastic quality Antique (late 19th century) continental marble wall panel with finely painted floral still life of roses, peonies, tulips, auriculas and iris in vase on marble tabl...

Earlier decorators frequently employed recognizable botanical subjects—magnolias, irises, live oak leaves and other regional flora.

The pearl is accentuated by a series of white diamonds, each with a clarity of VS2 and a color grade of F, adding a subtle sparkle to the design. Crafted by Iris Fine Jewelry in 191...

Their faces have small mouths with full lips, straight and well-proportioned noses, relaxed brows, and expressive eyes, rendered with depth and highlighted by eyelids carved in relie...

Shielbler sterling repousse pitcher decorated with irises in Japonisme style as expression of Art Nouveau.

Famous examples include Charles Beaubrun's portrait depicting her as Diana the Huntress, or the French painting in the Pitti Palace in Florence, which also shows her as Diana the Hun...

They produced an incredible whole range of flowers like iris, roses, daisies, wild roses, orchids, pansies.

Based on the literary descriptions and decorative masks existing in marble and terracotta, his face was characterized by large expressive eyes with openings in its central area to re...

One principal reserve depicts a tranquil Japanese garden with a graceful weeping flowering tree, blooming irises, a winding path, and an elegant roofed garden lantern or pavilion.

They produced an incredible whole range of flowers like iris, roses, daisies, wild roses, orchids, pansies.

The glass eyes have amber yellow elongated irises, and the reverse is painted white. Figural, decorative cast iron doorstops were highly popular from the late 19th to 1930s-1940s, o...

The surface is divided into five elongated panels decorated with seasonal subjects including plum blossom, chrysanthemums, wisteria, iris, a kingfisher and a dragonfly, each reserved...

The second pail is painted with a striped-corona passion flower with scarlet petals, white cyclamen with trailing red stems and wine-red foliage, a cluster of double white roses, a p...

One panel depicts bijin standing within a riverside landscape beside iris and trailing wisteria, while the opposing panel presents a mountainous scene with blossoming cherry trees.

On the first, one can observe two herons among irises while a deer surrounded by a tree is carved on the second.

Antique Japanese Meiji Aesthetic Figural & Floral Pottery Vase with Herons Signed C1900 Measures - 17 1/2" x 14 3/4" x 14 3/4" This vase from the Meiji period (circa 1900) features...

George Schmider Majolica Iris & Tulip compote and 5 desserts plates. Features raised red tulips.

Provenance: The Furnishings from Historic Iris Court: An Important Edward Vason Jones Interior.

Elegant French Art Nouveau chandelier with sculptural bronze irises and opalescent glass shades. This refined French Art Nouveau chandelier, dating to circa 1920, exemplifies the mo...

The composition presents an exuberant arrangement of tulips, roses, irises, chrysanthemums, hydrangeas, and other garden blossoms gathered within a classical copper urn and set befor...

This is evident in the meticulously incised details in the carving of the delicate moustache, the short cap-like hair made up of small comma-shaped curls, as well as the incised iris...

Embossed decoration in pure Libertry style, depicting a woman's face with long hair with enamel painted iris flowers and leaves. The Mauser Manufacturing Company.

Kingfishers, parrots and other exotic birds rest upon blossoming branches of prunus, peonies, irises and wild roses. Butterflies, dragonflies and tiny ladybirds animate the white gro...

By Sara Sax Iris glazed ceramic signed, numbered, dated 1903.

Associated with the rainy season at the start of summer, the iris conveys courage, strength, and perseverance.

Shape 85, W stands for white denoting Iris glaze was used. Dimensions: 5" x 3" x 6" (Width x Depth x Height)

Paint wear and minor surface imperfections are present and contribute to the cabinet’s authentic patina and character. Provenance: The Iris Apfel Collection Remarks: A highly deco...