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What Type Of Medicine Was It Used For

Statue Songye, Republic of Congo, Misangu Glass Beads & Chiefly Raffia Skirt
Located in Cotignac, FR
using the horn. The effectiveness of these medicines will determine the value and power of nkishi
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Mid-20th Century Tribal Figurative Sculptures

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Metal

Beverly Fishman "UNTITLED" Abstract Silkscreen Stainless Metal 2008
Located in Detroit, MI
Judd or Frank Stella to techniques taken from the fields of science and medicine. The piece is signed
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Metal, Stainless Steel

Japan 1810 Kajikawa Edo Period Five Drawer Inro Lacquered Gilt Wood With Rooster
Located in Miami, FL
, used to attach medicine boxes and tobacco and money pouches to men’s sashes. Objects exemplifying the
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Antique 1810s Japanese Edo Lacquer

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Agate, Gold

Japan 18th Century Edo Period Five Drawer Inro Lacquered Gilt Wood With Rooster
Located in Miami, FL
the type known as inro is suitable for carrying small things, and was created in the Sengoku period
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Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Antiquities

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Silver

Japan 1800 Edo Period Six Drawer Inro In Lacquered Gilt Wood With Utensils
Located in Miami, FL
brush and ink, but the type known as inro is suitable for carrying small things, and was created in the
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Antique Early 1800s Japanese Edo Lacquer

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Coral

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Mid Century West Germany Ankara Decor Vases by Carstens Tönnieshoff, 1950s
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Located in VALENCIA, ES
These West Germany Art Pottery Ankara Decor vases by Carstens Tönnieshoff from the 1950s are indeed exquisite pieces of Mid Century Modern design. Carstens Tönnieshoff was a renowned...
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Vintage 1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vases

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Ceramic

Antique Japanese Wooden Netsuke '7 Mouses', 1950s
Located in Paris, FR
This is an antique netsuke made in Japan around Showa period 1950s. This netsuke was made by a netsuke artist 'Shushi' (you can find his signature on the bottom of this netsuke.) N...
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Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Animal Sculptures

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Wood

Botanical Triptych Cyanotype Print of Shady Majesty Palm Leaves Garden in Blue
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series of cyanotype triptychs showcases the beauty of nature scenes, including stunning beaches and oceans, as well as the intricate textures of water, forests, and skies. These...
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2010s Naturalistic Landscape Paintings

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Japanese Old Iron Rabbit 1940s-1970s / Sculpture Figurine Object Wabi Sabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old Japanese iron rabbit figurine. It is from the mid-Showa period (1940s-1970s). It is made of cast iron. It is a Japanese craft. It is very elaborately made. It has a s...
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Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Metalwork

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Iron

Things to Come by Lilly Muth - Contemporary geometric abstraction - Oil Painting
Located in DE
Things to Come is an original oil painting, where colorful circles are inter-lapping on top of a grey color plane, surrounded by beige and black squares. Lilly Muth conveys emotiona...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Japanese Contemporary Green Blue Gold Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 2
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Extraordinary large Japanese contemporary museum quality gilded porcelain decorative vase, extremely intricately hand-painted in a breathtaking Kutani Mokubei style set against stri...
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Vases

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Gold

Blanc de Chine Seated Guanyin Sculpture, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
As the embodiment of compassion, Guanyin is the most beloved enlightened being in China. Known as the Goddess of Mercy, she is the female bodhisattva form taken by Avalokiteśvara in ...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Figurative Sculptures

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Porcelain

Beautiful Japanese Ikebana Bamboo Basket
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Fine Japanese Ikebana Bamboo Basket This fine Japanese Ikebana Bamboo Basket is a beautiful and versatile piece that can be used for a variety of purposes. It is made of high-qualit...
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20th Century Japanese Decorative Baskets

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Bamboo

Beautiful Japanese Ikebana Bamboo Basket
Beautiful Japanese Ikebana Bamboo Basket
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H 14.97 in W 10.24 in D 9.85 in
Rare French African Motif Patinated Bronze Cigar Lighter, circa 1900
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A rare French African motif patinated bronze cigar lighter, France, circa 1900. Depicting a "Chiefton" or "Tribal Chief" with gold accents. The man with a wick in his cigar,...
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Antique Early 1900s French Tobacco Accessories

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Bronze

Japanese Ikebana Basket
Located in New York, NY
Japanese masterpiece Ikebana basket, Intricately tightly woven fashioned from madake bamboo fine detail. An important collectors addition a masterwork in all aspects. Singed, minor s...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japonisme Decorative Baskets

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Bamboo

Japanese Ikebana Basket
Japanese Ikebana Basket
H 19 in W 9 in D 9 in
19th Century Neoclassical Painted Built-In Antique Corner Cupboard Cabinet
Located in Shippensburg, PA
NEOCLASSICAL PARCEL-GILT PAINTED CORNER CUPBOARD Circa late 19th century Item # 911PZA24Q A fantastic neoclassical built-in cupboard from the late 19th century, this gorgeous piece ...
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Antique 19th Century Neoclassical Corner Cupboards

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Wood, Paint

Lot Native American Folk Art Sculptures Doll Necklace Boat Totem Eric Williams
Located in Dayton, OH
"Lot of Native American Pieces Includes -2 Eric Williams Wooden Totems o master Nuu-chah-nulth carver Eric Williams, circa 1990s. Eric Williams is a member of the famous Willia...
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Late 20th Century Native American Native American Objects

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Copper

Framed Japanese Relief Embroidery Textile Art of Dragon
Located in Atlanta, GA
A beautiful Japanese textile art panel with an embroidered dragon on a swirling cloud background, nicely framed with a linen matt in an antique-finish silver wood frame with gilt tri...
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Antique 1890s Japanese Japonisme Textiles

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Silk, Wood

Large Abstract French Modernist Still Life Lithograph Pencil Signed Paul Aizpiri
By Paul Augustin Aizpiri
Located in Surfside, FL
Paul Aizpiri was a painter and sculptor born in 1919 in Paris, France to an Italian mother and a father from the Basque Country, Spain. His signature compositions always had a touch...
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20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Antique Japanese Bronze Vase Early Meiji Period
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Early Japanese Meiji period bronze vase. Raised dragon with birds and cloud handles. Would look amazing in the right location. The very best color and patina. Exudes quality. Overa...
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Antique 19th Century Meiji Vases

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Bronze

Violin Concerto Hand Signed Mixed media Arman Assemblage Collage New Years Card
By Arman
Located in Surfside, FL
Arman, French/American (1928-2005) 2003 mixed media paint on found metal in a cardboard cut out of a violin inscribed to interior signed lower right and signed to the interior 'Arman...
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Early 2000s Abstract Mixed Media

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Metal

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18th Century Patinated Bronze Group of Apollo & Daphne
Located in Pasadena, CA
type of highly dynamic and complex multi-figural compositions emerging during the French Baroque
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Antique Late 18th Century French Figurative Sculptures

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Onyx, Marble, Bronze

Ancient Lapis Lazuli Beads, Caterpillar Pendant with Granulated Silver Spacers
Located in Bloomington, IN
was also used in traditional Chinese medicine, called dong chong xia cao, it was thought to be a
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier American Artist Beaded Necklaces

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Lapis Lazuli, Silver

"Poison" Mortar, Bronze, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
compounds used in the manufacture of what was then considered as medicines (hence the term "poison", as the
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Antique 16th Century European Renaissance Scientific Instruments

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Bronze

"Poison" Mortar, Bronze, 16th Century
"Poison" Mortar, Bronze, 16th Century
H 1.97 in W 3.55 in D 3.55 in
"Hillside Landscape, " Ralph Albert Blakelock, Hudson River School View
By Ralph Albert Blakelock
Located in New York, NY
work has a mysterious quality, which some associated with the type of music he habitually played on the
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1860s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Japan 1810 Edo Period Takamaki-e Five Drawer Inro In Lacquered Wood With A Hawk
Located in Miami, FL
as tobacco, pipes, writing brush and ink, but the type known as inro is suitable for carrying small
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Antique 1810s Japanese Edo Lacquer

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Coral, Silver

Japan 1830 Edo Period Six Drawer Inro In Lacquered Gilt Wood With A Carriage
Located in Miami, FL
created for specialized contents, such as tobacco, pipes, writing brush and ink, but the type known as
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Antique 1830s Japanese Edo Lacquer

Materials

Gold, Silver

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