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Archaistic Zhou Dynasty Style Gilt Bronze Bell, Verdigris Patina, Large Scale
Located in Stamford, CT
Chinese Archaistic gilt bronze ritual bell with raised panthers on the sides, a stylized mask on front and back, incised and relief geometric decoration. With a wonderful verdigris p...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Archaistic Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Archaistic Copper Repousse Bird Form Rirualistic Vessel
Located in Stamford, CT
Chinese archaistic copper repousse ritualistic vessel with a ram's head spout and phoenix bird handle and body. A beautifully crafted piece in the ancient style with intricate detail...
Category
Early 20th Century Metalwork
Materials
Copper
Asian Archaistic Copper Vessel With Boar's Head and Elephant's Head
Located in Stamford, CT
Chinese archaistic copper repousse ritualistic vessel with a boar head spout and elephant head handle. A beautifully crafted piece in the ancient style with intricate detail througho...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Archaistic Metalwork
Materials
Copper
Oceanic Carved Hardwood Lime Spatula, Papua New Guinea
Located in Stamford, CT
A Papua New Guinea hand carved ebony lime spatula covered with continuous swirl designs etched on the open handle and shaft, with some traces of lime stil...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indonesian Tribal Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Ebony
Chinese Tang Dynasty Style Sancai Glazed Ceramic Jar
Located in Stamford, CT
Chinese Tang Dynasty style Sancai glazed jar. This is a lovely example of Sancai glaze with the beautiful green, ocher and cream colors dripping down from the ocher rimand melding ov...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Sotheby's Antiquities Catalog Benzian Collection of Ancient Glass, July 1994
Located in Stamford, CT
Sotheby's auction catalog of the exceptional Benzian Collection of Ancient Roman and Islamic Glass. An invaluable reference for the collector, scholar or anyone interested in the most delicate and beautiful of antiquities, ancient glass...
Category
20th Century English Classical Roman Books
Materials
Paper
19th Century Japanese Bronze Vase
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Japanese bronze vase of classic form with a lovely rich patina. The vase has been drilled for wiring as a lamp. It will make ...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Japonisme Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Archaistic Shang Style Verdigris Bronze 'Double-Ram' Vessel, Zun Circa 1900
Located in Stamford, CT
Archaistic Shang dynasty (1600-1046 BC) style bronze 'double ram' vessel, Zun type.
Of unusual form with a lovely verdigris patina. This wonderful bronze can be a unique vase or centerpiece, or singular decorative sculpture. Circa 1900
The vessel is heavily cast in the shape of two addorsed rams sharing the same hollow body that is raised on four legs and from which rises an oblong neck decorated on each side with a taotie mask below a band of diagonal scrolls. The body is etched with scales and the legs with archaistic spiral motifs.
14 inches high 16 wide 6 deep
The shape and decoration of this unusual vessel are based on late Shang dynasty bronze...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Archaistic Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Bronze Bust of Buddha on a Wooden Base
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century bronze bust of Buddha on the original hand carved custom base. The pleasing proportions, subtle smile, and tranquil eyes of this bust of Buddha make it a beautiful examp...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Glazed Porcelain Urns, Song Dynasty 12th Century
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of Chinese Ying Qing (“shadowy blue”) ware porcelain vases with ceremonial urns dating from the 12th century, Song dynasty. These two stunning vases depict the 12 traditional ...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Other Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
18th Century Dutch Colonial Teak Chest With Brass and Copper Mounts
Located in Stamford, CT
A Dutch colonial brass and copper mounted teak chest. With pierced mounts showing stylized lions and masks, bold carrying handles to the sides, and a pierced lockplate with bird moti...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Indonesian Dutch Colonial Furniture
Materials
Brass, Copper
19th Century Burmese Bronze Temple Bell with Hardwood Stand, Large Scale
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Burmese bronze temple bell with original carved hardwood stand, painted iron hanging bracket, and striker. This rare large scale cast bronze bell has a splendid sculptural and spiritual presence.
The bell has a long inscription on the upper part. The offering of a bronze bell to a monastery or temple was considered second only to the offering of a Buddha image as an act of merit (kutho).
Such bells were cast using the lost wax (cire perdue) method. Casting of such bells was auspicious with specific rituals being performed by the caster and sponsors to ensure the appropriate blessings.
The bell here, as with all such Burmese bells...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Burmese Tibetan Metalwork
Materials
Bronze, Iron
19th Century Turkish Bath Clog With Mother of Pearl Inlay
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Turkish bath clog, or Nalin, walnut with mother of pearl and silver wire inlay. Ottoman Empire, worn to the public bath houses or Hamma...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Turkish Other Metalwork
Materials
Lead
Ottoman Copper Bucket With Incised Decoration
Located in Stamford, CT
18th century Turkish copper bucket with elaborate etched designs covering the surface. A wonderful shape with the wide bulbous bottom tapering up elegant...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Turkish Moorish Metalwork
Materials
Copper, Tin
18th Century Japanese Silver Inlaid Iron Shogun Stirrup (Abumi) Red Lacquer
Located in Stamford, CT
18th century iron abumi of typical form, the stirrup inlaid in silver, an encircled peony flower crest surrounded with a geometric pattern, the interior retains the original wood lining decorated in red lacquer. The sides and underside also inlaid. Signed by the maker. Edo period.
This is a beautiful example of Japanese metalwork, sublime in it's design and craftsmanship, perhaps once belonging to a Shogun warrior...
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Japanese Edo Metalwork
Materials
Silver, Iron
Gandharan Stucco Head of a Bodhisattva, 3rd-5th Century
Located in Stamford, CT
Stucco head of a Bodhisattva, Gandhara, 3rd - 5th century AD. Mounted on a custom made brass base.
12 inches high ( head alone 8.2 in ) 5.5 wide 5 deep
Provanance: Ex Sotheby's, old...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Stucco
Chinese Bamboo Calligraphy Brush Holder Carved With Scholars in a Garden
Located in Stamford, CT
Chinese Ming style hand carved bamboo brush pot carved in the round with various scenes against the background of a bamboo forest. Two women make tea on a stove while two scholars si...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Ming Scholar's Objects
Materials
Bamboo
Indian Silvered Bronze Buddhist Deity Vajradhara Seated in Lotus Position
Located in Stamford, CT
Wonderful small silvered bronze of Vajradhara. Indian, circa 1900.
7 inches high by 4 wide by 3 deep
The Tibetan Buddhist deity Vajradhara is seated in a yogic meditation on a lotu...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Crackle Glaze Fluted Vase
Located in Stamford, CT
A Chinese crackle glazed ceramic vase of lovely form and proportions. The cream colored glaze crazed with a crackle glaze in cinnamon red and black, th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Bronze Head of the Buddha, 17th Century, Thailand
Located in Stamford, CT
A Thai bronze head of Buddha, Ayutthaya period, late 16th-early 17th century. His face with serene expression, arched eyebrows above incised eyes and ...
Category
Antique Early 17th Century Thai Other Busts
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Indian Marble Carving of Ganesha, Remover of Obstacles
Located in Stamford, CT
Marble carving of the elephant headed four armed Hindu God Ganesha. With traces of old paint, it now has a rich honey patina from years of devotees touching the surface. Shown seated on a throne in the yoga pose, sukhasana, cross legged meditation pose. Two of his hands grasp a battle axe and a lasso, symbols of his role as a rescuer and protector. His other two hands hold an elephant goad and one of his own tusks, which he broke off in a fit of anger. His rat vehicle is below him.
A great gift for the yogi or yogini in your life. Every home should have one.
17.25 inches high 9 wide 3 deep
Ganesha, the son of Shiva and Parvati...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Marble
19th Burmese Carved and giltwood Stupa with Buddhas in Niches
Located in Stamford, CT
A wonderfully carved 18th century Burmese Shan period stupa with many seated Buddha's set in niches. With original gilding and red and green polychrome.
The stupa is a Buddhist arc...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Burmese Other Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Anglo Indian Decorative Box with Painted Figures of Dancers
Located in Stamford, CT
Very decorative hand painted in the Anglo-Indian style. Painted back and gold with each framed panel filled with female dancers and male flower bearing suiters. A colorful and fun, a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Set of Six 19th Century Chinese Export Gouache Paintings on Pith Paper
Located in Stamford, CT
A very unusual and intriguing rare set of six 19th century Chinese gouaches depicting scenes of corporal punishment, and in one, execution. Painted...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Chinese Export Brass Charger with Fretwork Border and Etched Decoration, Signed
Located in Stamford, CT
High quality Chinese Export brass tray or charger with incised decoration and openwork, or fretwork border. Heavy cast with a beautifully burnished surface. Circa 1900. Signed by mak...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Metalwork
Materials
Brass
19th Century Japanese Bronze Vase With Gilt Decoration, Meiji Period
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Meiji Period diminutive bronze vase with lovely etched and applied decoration. A raised gilt bird is shown flying above etched bamboo on one side, gilt applied lilies wi...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Etched Brass Box with Carved Jade Inset Top, Circa 1900
Located in Stamford, CT
Sweet little Chinese export brass box with beautiful floral etched designs, looks like peonies to me. With a lovely white jade top carved in fretwork with a vase framed by the flower...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Boxes
Materials
Jade, Brass
Chinese Archaic Style Gilt Bronze and Verdigris Vessel
Located in Stamford, CT
Chinese archaic style gilt bronze pouring vessel with dragon headed handle and geometric decoration. With wonderful gilt and verdigris patina. The boat...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Archaistic Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Carved Cinnabar and Brass Hand Mirror
Located in Stamford, CT
Chinese cinnabar lacquer hand mirror, with floral and rustic garden fences as decoration, all carved in deep relief. Topped by a round knob also with f...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Lacquer
Materials
Lacquer
Chinese Cloisonne Box with Carved Jade Inset Medallion
Located in Stamford, CT
Circa 1900 Chinese box decorated with green, blue, red and yellow floral design set against a white background. The top with a carved white jade floral medallion. The apple green ena...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes
Materials
Jade, Brass
Chinese Carved and Painted Wood Sculpture of Guanyin
Located in Stamford, CT
Beautiful carving of Guanyin, shown standing on a rocky outcrop, mounted on a lobed wooden base. It was once used as a lamp, and can be rewired. Nice faded painted surface.
Guany...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Ming Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Anglo-Indian Carved Marble Figure of a Rabbit - 2023 is the Year Of The Rabbit!
Located in Stamford, CT
2023 is the Year Of The Rabbit!!
Charming Anglo-Indian hand carved marble rabbit. A wonderful piece of animal sculpture that will bring some joy...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Ottoman Brass Inkwell and Pen Case Qalamdan
Located in Stamford, CT
Exceptional Turkish etched brass Qalamdan, a traveling scribe's inkwell and pen case. The beautiful dome topped inkwell is rare, it is attached by chain to th...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Turkish Islamic Inkwells
Materials
Brass
