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Tribal Bronze Cache-sexe, Vere People, Cameroon/Nigeria
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Tribal Bronze Cache-sexe, Vere People, Cameroon/Nigeria
Bronze alloy
4.5 (11.4 cm) to 2.25 (6.7 cm) inches high
Late 19th century
A set of bronze spikes forms this cache-sexe from t...
Category
Antique 19th Century Nigerian Tribal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Five Tribal Bronze Snuff Rings, Tiv Culture, Nigeria
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Five Tribal Bronze Snuff Rings, Tiv Culture, Nigeria
Brass or copper alloy
4.5 (11.4 cm) to 2.25 (6.7 cm) inches high
19th century
A fascinating collection...
Category
Antique 19th Century Nigerian Tribal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Papua New Guinea Sepik River Mask Strong Face
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large dark brown carved wood mask with underlying traces of red pigment, from New Guinea Sepik River Area. Strong downward looking expression, carved fringe edges. Signs of wear an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Chinese Agate Master Snuff Bottle
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Chinese Agate Master Snuff Bottle, 19th century.
Larger scale bottle of pale translucent color with varied caramel inclusions, symmetrical rectangu...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects
Materials
Agate
Rare Gabon Mask From Tsogho Peoples with Character, Central Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early and rare mask from Gabon, Central Africa, created by the Tsogho peoples. Powerful large mask with carved open eyes, and black painted eyes above, below heavy carved eyebrows. ...
Category
Early 20th Century Gabonese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Trio of Pre-Columbian Foot Vessels, West Mexico
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Trio of Pre-Columbian Foot Vessels, West Mexico
The first is a reddish brown pottery shoe vessel from the Chipicuaro culture (ca. 500 BC – 300 AD) with a burnished surface and a wid...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mexican Pre-Columbian Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
Dan Prestige Wood Spoon with Legs, Ivory Coast, West Africa on custom base
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Dan carved wood prestige spoon or ladle, from the Dan people of Ivory Coast, West Africa. Spoons like this were used by the most prominent woman in the village as a sign of her powe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Early Large Food Bowl, Tami Islands, Huon Gulf, Papua New Guinea
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early Large Food Bowl, Tami Islands, Huon Gulf, Papua New Guinea
This large food bowl exhibits a pleasing asymmetry in the raised relief carving of the t...
Category
Early 20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Japanese Carved Wood Netsuke of a Sitting Monkey
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Hand-carved mid-century netsuke depicting a contemplative monkey in a sitting position. Monkeys represent multiple things in Japanese culture and folklore among them being: mediators...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Annamese Blue and White Ceramic Box, Chu Dau kiln, Vietnam
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Annamese Blue and White Ceramic Box, Chu Dau kiln, Vietnam, circa 1500. A covered flat top circular box with lid decoration in under glaze cobalt blue of a peony blossom with leafy b...
Category
Antique 16th Century Vietnamese Ming Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Chinese Chalcedony “Peanut and Jujube” Snuff Bottle
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Chinese Chalcedony “Peanut and Jujube” Snuff Bottle, Qing Dynasty. The large pear shaped striated stone carving of a caramel colored jujube fruit (Chinese date) and two beige...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects
Materials
Agate
Circa 1900 Rare Odd Fellows Triangular Initiation Rite Chair Seat
Located in Point Richmond, CA
A rare triangular wooden seat studded with iron spikes, with remnants of black paint along the borders. During the initiation of new members, candidates were blindfolded after being shown a triangular chair with a seat of metal studs, such as this, on which they were to sit to prove their worthiness. While they were being led, blindfolded, to the chair, an identical rubber-studded triangle was substituted, allowing for a slightly softer landing.
The Fellowship’s motto is Amicitia, Amor et Veritas or “Friendship, Love and Truth,” and began in Manchester, England, 26 April 1819. This rite is also said to have been used by the Knights of Pythias...
Category
Antique 1890s American Bohemian Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Antique Thai White Elephant Painting on Cloth, Rattanakosin School
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Thai White Elephant Painting on Cloth, Rattanakosin School, 19th Century.
A painted scene of two white auspicious elephants in a landscape setting. In Thai Buddhist folklore,...
Category
Antique 19th Century Thai Other Paintings and Screens
Materials
Canvas
Late 19th-Early 20th Century Trio of Puppets, China
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Late 19th to early 20th century Trio of puppets, China
Two puppet torsos and one puppet head from China, all mounted on custom bases. The heights are 16, 9 and 13.5 inches (40.6, 23...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Zulu Wood Double Head Rest Stylized Human Figure, South Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Zulu carved wood double headrest with stylized human figure in middle, from South Africa.
In stylized human form within a pair of vertical columns, with triangle arms and legs and he...
Category
Mid-20th Century South African Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Bambara Standing Male Figure Powerful Shoulders Mali Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Bambara Standing male figure with powerful shoulders, arms at sides and large feet. From Mali, Africa
It is in good condition with wear, polish and erosion from traditional use, appropriate for its age, use, and medium. Scuffs and nicks here and there. Age, wear and staining inside. On vintage wood block...
Category
Mid-20th Century Malian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Japanese Carved Wood Netsuke of a Frog, Taisho Period
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Hand carved boxwood frog netsuke dating from the Meiji period. The frog (kaeru) is associated with luck and wealth in Japanese culture. Kaeru in is a homophone meaning both "frog" an...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Animal Sculptures
Materials
Boxwood
Vintage Indonesian Kain Batik Tulis, Solo (Surakarta), Java, 1950
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Vintage Indonesian Kain Batik Tulis, Solo (Surakarta), Java, 1950.
A traditional meticulously hand drawn wax resist painting by canting on cotton of a spirited phoenix pattern inters...
Category
Vintage 1950s Javanese Folk Art Textiles
Materials
Cotton
Vintage Indonesian Kain Batik Tulis, Jogja (Yogyakarta) , Java, 1970
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Vintage Indonesian Kain Batik Tulis, Jogja (Yogyakarta) , Java, 1970.
A traditional hand drawn wax resist painting by canting on cotton of a classic ceplok pattern of repetitive rows...
Category
Vintage 1970s Indonesian Folk Art Textiles
Materials
Cotton
Small early Kuba Cup With Sweet Face, Fine Hair, Handle DRC, Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Small early Kuba Cup With Sweet Face, Fine Hair, Handle DRC, Africa
Finely carved hair in tight geometric form, small projecting ears. Some damage and wear t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Japanese Netsuke of Hyottoko, Depicted through a Mask in Noh Play as an Idiot
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Playfully carved out of boxwood, this Meiji period hyottoko noh mask netsuke features a figure of a crouching man on the reverse. In Iwate Prefecture, there is a myth about the origi...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Boxwood
Ethiopian Wood Head Rest With Silver White Metal Beads and Dangles, Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
An old well used Ethiopian head rest with attached oxidized silver or white metal beads and dangles.
It is in good condition with wear, polish and eros...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ethiopian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
An assembled collection of 25 antique Chinese blue and white ceramic spoons.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
An assembled collection of 25 antique Chinese blue and white ceramic spoons.
Each porcelain or porcelaneous stoneware spoon hand modeled and trimmed. Some with an unglazed foot ring and others with firing spur marks on the underside. Each spoon decorated in under glaze cobalt blue paintings...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Chinese Qing Tableware
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Stoneware
Baule Antelope Human Wood Old Heddle Loom Pulley Ivory Coast Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Baule antelope-human wood old weaving heddle loom pulley. From Ivory Coast, Africa
It is in good condition with wear, polish and erosion from traditional use, appropriate for its ag...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Japanese Double-Ikat Futon Cover
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese Double-Ikat Futon Cover
This eye-dazzling hand-spun cotton, indigo-dyed 4-panel futon cover is a classic double ikat design displaying rows of concentric squares in...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton
Antique Thai Buddhist Temple Gable Panel
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Thai Buddhist Temple Gable Panel. The teak triangular shape featuring a carving of a seated Buddha on a lotus plinth, depicted with legs crossed in the virasana position wit...
Category
Early 20th Century Thai Other Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Mirror, Teak
Baule Standing Female Figure With Scarifications Hands Ivory Coast Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Baule Standing Female Figure with finely carved raised scarifications, hands on side of stomach with long figures. From Ivory Coast, Africa
It is in good condition with wear, polis...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
A pair of Tutsi Prestige baskets, Rwanda, mid 20th century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
A Pair of Inkangara Prestige Baskets
Rwanda or Burundi, Tutsi and Hutu peoples
20th century (1960s/1970s)
Left H 13 ins (33 cm); D 7 ins (17.5 cm)
Right H 13.5 ins (34...
Category
Vintage 1960s Rwandan Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
6.5 Inch Ammonite Fossil Cut Polished and Mounted Mineral Specimen
Located in Point Richmond, CA
6.5 Inch Ammonite Fossil Cut Polished and Mounted Mineral Specimen Jurassic - Cretaceous Period, 200 - 145 million years old
Cutting and polishing this ammonite has revealed an inte...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Malagasy Other Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone
Early 20th Century Sago Peg, Abelam/Wosera People, Papua New Guinea
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Sago peg, tapak, Abelam/Wosera people, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
Sago pegs are used to secure a screen mesh during the preparation of sago flour. This example depicts a ...
Category
Early 20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Shell
Bogolanfini "Mud Cloth" Woman's Wrapper
Located in Point Richmond, CA
WOMAN’S WRAPPER (BOGOLANFINI)
Mali, Bamana people
First half 20th century (probably made circa 1970)
Cotton (hand-spun), strip weave; painting with mud and plant dyes
These textil...
Category
Vintage 1970s Malian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Cotton
Early Ghost Like Kumu Mask With Kaolin Open Eyes Mouth Teeth Congo Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early Ghost Like Kumu Mask With Kaolin Open Eyes Mouth Teeth, Congo, Africa
It is in good condition with wear, polish and erosion from traditional use, appropriate for its age, use,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Vietnamese Three-colour Ware Ceramic Lime Pot, Chu Dao Kiln
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Vietnamese Three-colour Ware Ceramic Lime Pot, Chu Dao Kiln, 17th century. Created for slaked lime, a component for the social practice of chewing “Betelnut”, globular form resembling an areca nut with round aperture at the shoulder and decorative overhead handle stylized in such a way that it could be interpreted as a dragon with tablets with four legs and feet adhering to the shoulder or a stem branch with tendrils terminating in raised short spikes and molded oblong shapes resembling bunches of areca nut, all covered in a crackled transparent glaze with copper green on the handle, sturdy foot rim decorated by a band of iron oxide brown where the body meets the foot, the base is unglazed. Lime residue, otherwise excellent condition. 6-1/4 in. high x 4 in. in diameter. (159 x 101mm)
2 lbs. (900g.)
17th century.
For similar example see:
Ha Thuc Can and Nguyen Bich, “Discovery of the Chu Dau...
Category
Antique 17th Century Vietnamese Tribal Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Whole Ammonite Fossil, Mineral Specimen, Jurassic Cretaceous Period #S5C
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Madagascar
Jurassic - Cretaceous Period, 200 - 145 million years old
Dimensions: 9.25 × 8 × 2 in. / 23.5 × 20.5 × 5 cm
Weight: 5.55 lbs / 2.424 kg
In this example, the complex pa...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Malagasy Other Natural Specimens
Materials
Precious Stone
Japanese Bronze Lotus Bud Vase by Hongo Toshihiko
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Hongō Toshihiko bronze vase with lotus bud form, slightly bulbous having a narrower base. The relief design is of overlapping lotus petals and a verdigris finish on the yellow bronze...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Art Nouveau Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Antique Chinese Blue & White Porcelain Dragon Snuff Bottle
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Chinese porcelain dragon snuff bottle, cylindrical pillar form with high shoulder, short neck, everted lip and concentric grooved base painted in underglaze cobalt blue of a single f...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Ancient Cubist Danced Kuba Mask Black Patina Cone Eyes Congo Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Ancient Cubist Kuba Dance Mask Black Patina, Cone Shaped Eyes, from the Congo, Africa.
It is in good condition with wear, polish and erosion from traditional use, appropriate for it...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Antique ceramic covered box from the Sawankhalok kilns, Thailand
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique ceramic covered box from the Sawankhalok kilns, Thailand of paneled globular form with a brown glazed flat top having incised bands around ...
Category
Antique 16th Century Thai Tribal Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Mbuti Painting on barkcloth, 20th century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mbuti painting on Bark Cloth
Ituri Forest, DR Congo
20th century
34.75 x 12 ins. 87 x 30.5 cm
The eccentric biomorphic and linear geometries of Mbuti bark cloths, painted by women,...
Category
Vintage 1960s Congolese Tribal Paintings
Materials
Natural Fiber
Antique Palembang Man's Songket and Ikat Ceremonial Head Cloth (iket kepala).
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Palembang Man's Songket and Ikat Ceremonial Head Cloth (iket kepala).
A woven silk textile with natural dyes, weft ikat pattern, gold thread supplementary weft weave as the b...
Category
Antique 1880s Indonesian Islamic Textiles
Materials
Metallic Thread
Antique Thai Fish Bowl, Sukhothai Kilns
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Thai Fish Bowl, Sukhothai Kilns. A deep stoneware bowl with black slip painting of a fish with his tail extending beyond the concentric band on center, further band decoratio...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Thai Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Tall Slender Seated Wood Figure, Carribean Islands Mid 20th century Polynesia
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Tall slender seated wood figure with long slender legs clasped at chest, holding fruit by feet. Carribean Islands or French Polynesia, Mid 20th century
It is in good condition with ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Polynesian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Early Incised Carved Gourd Rattle From Congo Africa Man Zebra Crocodile Rhino
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early Incised Carved One-piece Gourd Rattle from Congo Africa.
Great (unknown) stories shown including a man, snake, two rhinos, a zebra (?) crocodile and on the other side a long s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
“Kiku Byobu”, a six-panel chrysanthemum folding screen, Rinpa School
Located in Point Richmond, CA
“Kiku Byobu”, a six-panel chrysanthemum folding screen, Rinpa School, Meiji Period (1869-1912).
Painted with several variations of white moriage chrysanthemums interspersed with sma...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Takeda Ningyo of an Actor Playing a Warrior at Sea
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Japanese Takeda Ningyo depicting an actor from a Kabuki play in a role of a warrior at the sea with his anchor design embroidered on the sleeve and the stage prop waves in the foregr...
Category
Antique 1840s Japanese Edo Toys and Dolls
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Circus II (Space Man), c. 1950, Letterio Calapai
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Letterio Calapai (1901-1993)
Circus II (Space Man), c. 1950
Image: 8.7/8″ (22.5 cm) by 6″ (15.2 cm)
Edition: 24/50, with full margins
Signed: In pencil, lower right margin, L. Calapa...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Whole Ammonite Fossil, Mineral Specimen, Jurassic Cretaceous Period #E4G
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Madigascar
Jurassic - Cretaceous Period, 200 - 145 million years old
Dimensions: 6.5 x.5.25 × 1.25 in./ 16.5 × 13.5 × 3 cm
Weight: 1 lb 9 oz/ 710 gms
A richly colored example wit...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Malagasy Other Natural Specimens
Materials
Precious Stone
Antique Chinese Natural Gourd Snuff Bottle
Located in Point Richmond, CA
A Natural Gourd Snuff Bottle, Qing Dynasty. A dried globular knobby gourd that is hollowed, lacquered and buffed to serve as a snuff bottle with an...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Organic Material
Pair Of Japanese Wood Shokudai with Chrysanthemum Base And Brass Prickets
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Pair of Japanese wood Shokudai with chrysanthemum shaped base, brass prickets and gold leaf
Shokudai or candlesticks are prevalent in homes and temples during the Meiji period and w...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Brass
Framed Japanese ink on paper artist's instruction for a Shunga print
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Japanese ink on paper wood block shunga artist’s color and pattern illustration with instructions for the woodblock carver and printer, depicting...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Large Antique Thai Buddhist Manuscript Storage Cabinet.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large Antique Thai Buddhist Manuscript Storage Cabinet. A tapering upright cabinet made of teak with black lacquered exterior and red interior. The decoration of gold on a black ground on three sides is created by the Lai Rot Nam...
Category
Antique 19th Century Thai Other Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Japanese Kakehana, a bamboo wall hanging vase for flower arranging.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Japanese Kakehana (wall hanging vase) crafted of one thick segment of bamboo with two cutouts and front panel carved to resemble smaller segments of bamboo. Signature at the side. Ex...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Bamboo
“Africa Reinvented” by Keri Muller of Simple Intrigue, Cape Town, South Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
“Africa Reinvented” by Keri Muller of Simple Intrigue, Cape Town, South Africa. A contemporary soft sculpture created from repurposed used paperback books retaining the binding of th...
Category
2010s South African Folk Art Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
4-Color Plangi and Tritik Silk Shawl, Palembang, Sumatra
Located in Point Richmond, CA
4-Color Plangi and Tritik Silk Shawl, Palembang, Sumatra.
A rectangular lightweight silk textile with decoration by means of plangi (rainbow tie-dye) and tritik (stitched and gathere...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Textiles
Materials
Silk
Antique Hand Dyed Cotton Batik Slendang (Selendang), Java
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Hand Dyed Cotton Batik Slendang (Selendang), Java. A length of cotton fabric used as a shoulder cloth, hand dyed in three colors: the base dyed golden yellow overall then a v...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Other Textiles
Materials
Cotton
Pair of Japanese Abalone And Lacquer Inlaid Kiri Hibachis With Copper Inserts
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Pair of Japanese Abalone and Lacquer Inlaid Kiri Hibachis with copper inserts, Late Meiji period, early 20th century. Signed.
The images of birds and...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Shell
Large Vintage Vietnamese Ceramic Water Jar
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large Vintage Vietnamese Ceramic Water Jar.
A thickly coiled and paddle built earthenware ceramic jar fired at a high temperature and covered in a deep and mottled cobalt blue glaze...
Category
20th Century Vietnamese Other Planters and Jardinieres
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Chinese Niddy-Noddy
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Chinese Niddy-Noddy. A wood skein reel, simple three-part construction, composed of a central handle with middle hand grip worn smooth squared ends with relief sectional carv...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Chinese Pair of Poetic Calligraphy Scrolls by Luo Er Dong Zhuang
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Chinese Pair of Calligraphy Scrolls, vertical lines of calligraphy executed in a light style, right reading: “Moon Rises and the Candle has no Effect” and the left reading: “Wind Ris...
Category
20th Century Chinese Other Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Netsuke of an Oni, a Demon in Japanese Folklore, Wood, Early 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
A Meiji period netsuke depicting a formidable figure of an oni (demon) with a golden face and red hair. Onis were thought to ward off evil spirits and were often depicted on netsuke ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Boxwood
