Antique Turtle

An English painted tôle tray from the 19th century, adorned with dog motifs. Created in England during the 19th century, this tray draws our attention with its skillful depiction of ...

Netsuke in boxwood in the form of a tortoise hiding in its shell with only its head overstepping. Textures from the shell are executed with realism precision and a great care for det...

Lovely and very detailed piece. Unsigned. Japan 19th or 20th century. Weight: 8 grams Provenance: Collected in the 1980's. From the collection of Clemens Merkelbach van Enkhuizen, ...

A Still Life of Turtles, An Eel, Pike, Lobsters and other Fish on the Shore, A Ship in the Stormy

Luca Madrassi was an Italian born French artist best known for his bronze Art Nouveau sculptures of mythological, allegorical, and rustic figures. Born 1848 in Tricesimo, Italy. Th...

Binocular or face to hand in gold and enamel from the 19th century hallmark of a goldsmith T S with a kind of cedar in the middle dimension 10.5 cm for a weight of 21.9 grs.

Pendulum cartel Louis XIV Boulle marquetry seventeenth and bronze Ormolu with its matching pedestal. baby decor mower by Martinot watchmaker in Paris. Good condition. Mechanism to re...

Cartel from the Louis XV period in brown tortoiseshell and inlaid with brass signed in enamel Jean Louis Delisle in Paris and on the movement, strikes the hours and half-hours revise...

group of five turtles (kame), some emerging fully from their shells. The largest occupies the center

seated cherubs in fine details on a fish figure and supported by three turtles. Date: 19th century

carved wood bases with dragon, turtle, and mystical creatures motifs. Likely late 19th/Early 20th

Samovar or turtle leaf motifs creates a precise visual frame that highlights the superior wool quality and

tailed turtle, all symbols in Japanese culture for longevity, inscribed to left hand side, reverse is

motifs. The crab, or kani, is a lunar symbol. After the turtle, it is the first demiurge dispatched by

and age to define its character. On the back, a stamped mark in the form of a turtle can be seen

turtle palmette design.  

quiver raising a well-delineated leaf-form vessel while standing on a turtle pedestal; beautiful

carving is seen throughout, including along the crown where turtle doves appear within a wreath of flowers

system anchored by a primary madder red border containing a rhythmic sequence of reciprocating “turtle

, turtles and fish on a wave background at the bottom. Pink cotton lining. No flaws. Very good condition

Otto Geyer (1843 Berlin - 1914 Berlin) BALANCEAKT (Boy balancing on a turtle) Bronze on marble

Monumental Japanese Meiji Period Bronze Vase with High Relief Dragon, Phoenix, Shishi and Turtles

. Each obelisk rests on a pedestal supported by four bronze turtles cast by the Flemish sculptor

Samovar turtle vine scroll border, one of the most revered border traditions in Persian weaving. Its fluid

-form panels, Buddhist motives and ornate turtle central latch. This high-quality scholar’s or

turtles depicted on the textile, together with the family crest, which features Kasa (traditional Japanese

Sanju Saku Co., Yokohama (Marked with the Turtle) Late Meiji Period, 19th Century A Repoussé Silver

Monkey with Turtle This statue by Guido Rigehtti (1875-1958) represents a monkey (baboon)tenderly

depiction of a bird on a turtle. It dates back to the late Qing Dynasty (late 19th to early 20th century

Herati pattern with particularly prominent barbed ‘fish’ leaves in sandy cream. The reversing turtle

, almost zoomorphic form, closely resembling a turtle or amphibian, with the body, legs, and tail all

Herati pattern on an ecru ground within multiple borders including a main reversing turtle palmette

balance. Encircling this remarkable field is a classic Samovar turtle vine scroll border that flows with

dolphin spouts is held aloft by a cherub, or putto, his foot resting on a turtle. Weathered patina with

An Authentic and Rare American Art Nouveau "Moorish Six-Light "Lily" and "Turtle-Back" Tile Ceiling

vines. The detached turtle palmettes in the ivory border consistently reverse direction. Hand-knotted

Katabira, which literally means Turtle Shell Single Layer Jacket. It features an indigo-dyed cotton kimono

19th century, the seated muse with turtle-form lyre, on an oval base, signed, and conforming black

. Its unique form, reminiscent of a turtle with a long neck, features two sturdy side rings for belt or

modelled as a mythical long-tailed turtle Minogame with a sweeping feathery tail, its body detailed with

his Languedoc, Tortue (Turtle), and Sirenes designs. It also resonates with the sculptural geometry of

yellow, brown, and green glazed turtle form teapot

vine linking soft terracotta-red turtle-palmettes between mole-brown and ivory floral vine stripes.

An antique Turkish Oushak room size carpet. An enormous, bold reversing turtle palmette border on a

handsome and wonderfully detailed patinated Bronze turtles. The turtles support the urn shaped bodies of

Long citrine necklace with little turquoise turtle and a old carved Chinese turquoise stone, at the

boldly abstract turtle palmette and octagon main border make a perfect, overlying frame to the field

and jagged leaves, and an abrashed brick main border with pleasingly deformed turtle palmettes. The

during firing. The result is a vibrant, marbled surface that mimics the expensive turtle shell material

saves a turtle and is taken to the Dragon Palace (Ryūgū-jō) under the sea. As he arrives at the palace

with scholarly precision. An animated turtle and rosette border encircles the field, symbolizing

garden. The chunky one-way turtle border makes an amusing attempt at proper corner resolutions. The semi

& line inlaid top. Elegantly splayed legs with caster feet. The turtle shell or double serpentine shaped

wedding date and the initials and coat of arms of Maarten Ruychaver, below two turtle doves and the

vine issuing vases and delicate floral motifs, in a broad ivory border with linked indigo-blue turtle

Antique English Solid Mahogany Turtle Top Tilt Table, that our Old Plank workshop carefully

Japan - MeuiI period (1868 - 1912) bronze Okimono turtle incense burner Meiji era (1868-1912