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Shogo Okamoto 20th Century Japanese Fish Signed Copperplate Print
Located in Vancouver, BC
Incredibly hand done copperplate etching print of a pair of fish. I can't make out the name of the artist but it is signed and is an edition of 77/150 - dated 1983
Printmaker Shogo Okamoto...
Category
Vintage 1980s Japanese Drawings
Materials
Other
Early 20th Century Tsuboya-yaki Ceramic Fish Dish Okinawa
Located in Vancouver, BC
Incredible piece of Tsuboya-yaki or Tsuboya ware which comes from the Okinawa region of Japan. Most likely from the Taisho period (1912-1926) when there was a resurgence of popularit...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Ceramics
Materials
Clay, Pottery
Early 20th Century Japanese Small Plate
Located in Vancouver, BC
Beautifully crafted small plate from Japan. As you can see in the images only a small circle motif of the plate was left unglazed. It has a primitive feeling and old world energy. Th...
Category
Early 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Japanese Braided Blown Glass Cups
Located in Vancouver, BC
Touched by the most talented glassmakers of Japan. Braided for your pleasure.
This pair of beach glass style cups are an incredible piece of design from the opaque colour of the gr...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Glass
Materials
Glass, Blown Glass
Early 20th Century Japanese Hand Painted Ceramic Abstract Motif Miro
Located in Vancouver, BC
A wonderfully one of a kind ceramic. Porcelain glazed on earthenware clay.
Signed on the back.
A great addition to your collection.
The maker is unknown but it has VERY distinct ...
Category
Vintage 1920s Japanese Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Fulvio Bianconi - Designi di BIANCONI
By Fulvio Bianconi, Fulvio Bianconi
Located in Vancouver, BC
Extremely uncommon Fulvio Bianconi
Milan, circa 1959. Small folio, cloth with jacket, 72pp. one of 500 copies, signed by Bianconi with an additional inscription initiated by Bianco...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Books
Materials
Paper
1st edition 1965 Peter Beard 'End of the Game' Viking Press
By Peter Beard
Located in Vancouver, BC
“The deeper the white man went into Africa, the faster the life flowed out of it, off the plains and out of the bush…vanishing in acres of trophies and hides and carcasses” proclaimed renowned photographer and artist Peter Beard in his 1965 seminal publication The End Game, a tome highlighting the atrocities of man made destruction done to Africa’s wildlife in the National Parks of Kenya’s Tsavo lowlands and Uganda.
An incredible 1st edition issue of "End of the Game...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Books
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Early 20th Century African Milk Vessel Uganda Hima Ekyanzi
Located in Vancouver, BC
An incredibly unique wooden vessel carved from a single piece of wood in Uganda. The shape, design and decorative nature of this piece separates from anything else you will find.
Th...
Category
Early 20th Century Ugandan Vases
Materials
Aluminum
Antique 20th Century Japanese Porcelain Bowl with Ship Motif
Located in Vancouver, BC
A beautiful porcelain bowl from Japan. A piece which has unique characteristics such as the mythical boat motif in the centre of the bowl.
It has a special feeling - somewhat minima...
Category
Vintage 1940s Japanese Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
1970's Nicaraguan Mask Folk Art
Located in Vancouver, BC
A traditional Indian dance mask from the town of Monimbo, adopted by the rebels during the fight against Somoza. These were worn in order to conceal one's identity.
It is a very un...
Category
Vintage 1970s Nicaraguan Folk Art Masks
Materials
Metal, Wire
Antique 20th Century Japanese Porcelain Bowl with Boat Motif
Located in Vancouver, BC
A beautiful porcelain bowl from Japan. A piece which has unique characteristics such as the mythical boat motif in the centre of the bowl.
It has a special feeling - somewhat minima...
Category
Vintage 1940s Japanese Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Early 20th Century Japanese Lacquered Wooden Spoon Shamoji
Located in Vancouver, BC
This incredibly beautiful and functional red lacquered hardwood spoon is truly one of a kind. The deep matte like finish of the red lacquer over the wood make this something worth ow...
Category
Vintage 1920s Japanese Arts and Crafts Tableware
Materials
Wood, Hardwood
Tobia Scarpa by Morellato Rare Edition signed 1970's Italy
By Morellato, Tobia Scarpa
Located in Vancouver, BC
Made in Italy, a large modern design steel vase with crimson balls. Marked on bottom. An extremely rare and hard to find vase. Unique as well as beautiful, powerful and elegant. Of course all objects I have are statements, but this Tobia Scarpa masterpiece will be sure to steal some breaths away from guests.
Biography
Architect and designer, Tobia Scarpa (son of Carlo Scarpa) graduated in 1969 from the University of Venice and that same year he won the “Compasso d'Oro” for his “Soriana” chair designed for Cassina. Since then he has received many other design awards and many of his designs can be found in some of the world's leading museums, including the Libertà chair...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Vases
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Seresier Louise-Juste Haitian Steel Sculpture C. 1970's
Located in Vancouver, BC
Recycled steel oil drum in folk art style. Meaning, Seresier would find oil drums that would have washed up on the beach in Haiti and pounded flat and then cut out these figures. They feature themes of Haitian Mythology. An incredible piece of artwork. Signature etched on bottom. Can be hung or has ability to stand up on flat surface.
Biography
The Louisjuste brothers -Seresier, Janvier, and Joseph,- were born in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti. They learned the art-form from the originator of Haitian metals...
Category
Vintage 1970s Haitian Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Cut Steel
Green River Project Chair GRP LLC Peruvian Walnut Chair 2020
Located in Vancouver, BC
Rare opportunity to own 1 of 1 signed Green River Project LLC Chair.
This chair was made while Green River Project was in British Columbia, it wa...
Category
2010s Canadian Modern Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Visionaire Magazine NO. 6: THE SEA (SUMMER 1992)
By Visionaire
Located in Vancouver, BC
Designed and printed by Stephen Gan, James Kaliardos & Cecilia Dean
FIRST EDITION -- 1/1500
THE SEA was inspired by ancient Oriental watercolor books, Egyptian manuscripts, and chil...
Category
1990s American Books
Materials
Paper
Gae Aulenti Locus Solus Chair
By Poltronova, Gae Aulenti
Located in Vancouver, BC
Designed by Gae Aulenti and produced by Poltronova, are one of Aulenti’s most playful design pieces, with close features of the architectural structures she designed for Milan's Piaz...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal, Chrome
19th Century Japanese Lava Stone Mask
Located in Vancouver, BC
A sculpture of great presence. It’s difficult to say when this work was created, but judging by the erosion of the stone - and the delicate nature and almost mold like features of the lips, nose and eyebrows, it’s safe to suggest that this has been around for a very long time.
I sourced this from a small area north of Tokyo which leads me to believe this is Black Fuji Stone. The distinct formed and structured Japanese Fuji...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Arts and Crafts Masks
Materials
Stone, Lava
Tutsi Milk Jug Vase
Located in Vancouver, BC
An authentic wood container used by the Tutsi people, a group of people residing near the African Great Lakes. Carved from a single piece of wood, this ...
Category
Early 20th Century Rwandan Primitive Vases
Materials
Hardwood
Japanese Sakiori Rug
Located in Vancouver, BC
Sakiori is a traditional Japanese painstaking technique of rag weaving utilizing strips of salvages kimono, futon covers and other fabric.
Nothing goes to waste. ]
This incredible r...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Folk Art Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Cotton
Joe Colombo Spider Lamp Red Oluce Made in Italy Early Edition
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Vancouver, BC
With a lacquered metal base, chromium-plated stem, and adjustable reflector in lacquered aluminium, renowned designer Joe Colombo’s Spider Lamp was...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Space Age Floor Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Shigeru Uchida 'Z' Chair Mid Century Takeshi Nii
By Takeshi Nii
Located in Vancouver, BC
A specimen.
This is not the NY chair. Indoor camp sensibilities for the modern age. Something of a mid century myth. Completely foldable and with removable headrest. Built tough in ...
Category
Vintage 1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Pablo Picasso Portrait 1970's Charcoal Drawing
Located in Vancouver, BC
An interesting charcoal portrait of Picasso from the year of his death, presumably on the day of his passing - a sort of framed obituary of the famous Catalan painter.
There is inf...
Category
Vintage 1970s British Folk Art Drawings
Materials
Paper
Borge Lindau X75-2 Chairs by Lammhults
By Borge Lindau, Lammhults
Located in Vancouver, BC
A pair of perfectly faded X75-2 chairs. One of the most compelling foldable chair ever made. Tubular steel and canvas make up this iconic director chair. The ‘X’ denotes the cross be...
Category
Vintage 1980s Swedish Modern Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Harvey Guzzini Olympe Lamp Made in Italy by ED 1970's
By Harvey Guzzini
Located in Vancouver, BC
Here we see the ethereal Guzzini demilune, in rare miniature wall lamp form. The Olympe series was designed by Guzzini – an Italian lighting company founded by six Guzzini brothers: ...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Enamel, Steel
l’Inconnue de la Seine Bronze Mask Sculpture France
Located in Vancouver, BC
L'Inconnue de la Seine or The Unknown Woman of the Seine (1900 - 1920)
The bronze likeness of a young girl found drowned in the Seine r...
Category
Early 20th Century French Romantic Busts
Materials
Bronze
Ian Wallace Studio of Mau Monleon, 1995 Mixed Media
By Ian Wallace
Located in Vancouver, BC
Ian Wallace,
Studio of Mau Monleon, 1995
Acrylic and Photo Laminate on Canvas
Stamped, signed, and dated '95 on verso
This is a wonderful opportunity to purchase a true work of art ...
Category
1990s Canadian Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paint
Joe Colombo Chairs Sedia Universale 4867 by Kartell Vintage Made in Italy
By Joe Colombo, Kartell
Located in Vancouver, BC
A Colombo classic! It's safe to say these are making a comeback in modern interiors today and its sensibility can match well with a wide range of materialities. The design is also it...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Chairs
Materials
Plastic
Marika Carniti Bollea Nautilus Lamp Il Mare Translucent Large
Located in Vancouver, BC
Very large model of table lamp / Shell floor lamp "LIMNEA" by Marika Carniti Bollea, famous Italian designer from the 1970s to the present day.
...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Resin, Fiberglass
Hans Viksten Mallorca Oil Painting 1962 Framed
Located in Vancouver, BC
Hans Viksten’s oil painting from 1962 titled MALLORCA (signed on back) is a striking summer depiction of a Mediterranean memory.
The Swedish maestro has a gestural quality to his p...
Category
Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Gaetano Pesce Broadway Chairs 543 Made in Italy by Bernini 1993 Green
By Gaetano Pesce
Located in Vancouver, BC
A set of 4 extremely uncommon Broadway Chairs produced by Bernini.
Each chair is unique and both seat and back are casted in a green/yellow resin.
A frozen fluidity - portrait of a...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Chairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
19th Century Japanese Hand Blown Glass Cups Meiji - Taisho Period Set of 5
Located in Vancouver, BC
EXCEPTIONAL.
A set of 5 incredible hand blown glass cups from Japan. These incredibly rare pieces would have been created approximately between 1890-1920's in Japan. They would have...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Art Nouveau Glass
Materials
Blown Glass, Opaline Glass
Tobia Scarpa Mastro Chairs for Molteni Pair
By Molteni & C, Afra & Tobia Scarpa
Located in Vancouver, BC
A pair of extremely uncommon Afra & Tobia Scarpa Mastro Chairs.
The Mastro design was created on the same structural principle as the Monk chair, but in...
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
