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Landscape with Trees  by Alfred Henry Maurer, New York School, Gouache on Paper, Circa 1915. A dynamic Modernist rendering of trees and a wall in a landscape setting in hues of green, violet, sienna and yellow. Signed in pencil in the lower left corner “A / H Maurer”. The image measures 20-3/4 inches x 17 inches. Simple wood frame and glazing measuring 21-3/4 inches x 18  inches. Condition: Slight yellowing of the paper and other minor signs of age otherwise excellent condition. Provenance: David Killen, New York, NY L'Asie Exotique, Palm Springs, CA Biography from The Phillips Collection of American Art: ALFRED HENRY MAURER (1868–1932) One of the first American painters to reflect the influence of European modernism in his painting. Born in New York, Maurer studied in 1884 at the National Academy of Design, New York, where he became recognized as an accomplished painter of portraits inspired by those of James A. M. Whistler and American impressionist William Merritt Chase. From 1897–1914 Maurer lived in Paris where he became acquainted with fellow Americans Arthur Dove and Gertrude and Leo Stein. It was in the Stein’s salon, a well-known meeting place for Americans and modern French artists...

Japanese solid wood fruit and flower display basket, carved from one piece of burl wood in an oval shape with single large overhead handle in a natural form with nodes, grottos and p...

Small carved darkened wood bird faced mask with long nose/beak. Smaller squatting figure with curled arms carved on forehead. From Sepik River Area of Papua New Guinea. Signs of ...

Throwing Knife (Ngalio) Sara People, Chad, Africa Mid-20th century Material: Iron Height on custom display stand: 28 in. / 71 cm Known as "ngalio", thi...

Antique Japanese bronze incense burner, in the form of a bird perched on one foot on a tall rocky outcropping, the bird’s head l...

Vintage Rajasthani Patchwork Tapestry, handcrafted, of several small irregular embroidered “patches” heavily embroidered with gold and silver paper-wrapped threads couched down in a multitude of colors, some with reflective mirror...

Chinese Painted Grey Earthenware Standing Female Tomb Figure, Western Han Dynasty. The tall slender court lady stands with knees and elbows slightly bent to reveal the hands, now lost with sockets remaining. The detachable rounded head has a delicately modeled face with small features and painted accents. The neck serves as an extended plug into the neckline of the hollow body ata slight cant as if eyes are downcast and bowing. The hair full at the hairline in form and painted black continuing on the back of the body on center to the waist. The body form of draped layers of long robes, crossing left over right over sloping shoulders with a stiff collar, deep full sleeves tied with a sash low on the waist and trumpet flared at the base, all outlined in red, white and black pigments. Custom black silk storage box in Chinese hinged lid style. Weight: 15.5 lbs. Western Han Dynasty 206 B.C. -  A.D. 9 Thermoluminescence testing of head and body with Bortolot Daybreak Corporation, Guilford, CT, 1989 sample #379A1. Date of firing 2300 +/- 600 years ago. Provenance: Upon Request For similar examples see: Oriental Ceramics, The World’s Great Collections, The Freer Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., Vol. 9, 1975, pl. 8 & 9. Mayuyama, Seventy Years, Vol. 1, 1976 p.53, pl.123 Sotheby’s New York, The Bernat Collection, November 1980, lot # 19. With hands covered and folded in front of the figure. Yutaka Mino and James Robinson, Beauty and Tranquility: The Eli Lilly...

Japanese Abura-zara (oil plate), Seto ceramic plate used to catch oil drippings from lanterns, simple flat, round dish with slightly raised edge, one half...

Chinese Shanxi 2 - Drawer Cabinet,  a sturdy and broad traditional altar coffer cabinet from Shanxi Province. Constructed of Elm (Yumu) having a wood pl...

Khmer Lime Pot. A squat globular stoneware jarlet in the form of a bird covered in an olive-brown glaze stopping short of the elevated string cut foot displaying the beige biscuit, a...

Exceptional Large Incised Lacquer Hsun-ok Offering Box With Interior Tray, Bagan, 20th Century.   The large round bowl form is for holding cooked rice and the interior tray is for ho...

Vintage Vietnamese Front Pack Basket. Cleverly woven with three open compartments and two shoulder straps with a variation of weave patterns and well finished trim. To be worn on the...

Small Betel Nut Box, Maranao, Southern Philippines (Mindanao). Bronze with bordered silver inlay design overall of a symmetrical floral tendril vine pattern referred to as “the okir ...

Antique Sawakhalok Celadon Bowl, Thailand 14th/15th century. A sturdily potted wheel thrown stoneware bowl with everted rim and flattened lip. The deep cavetto has an upper decorativ...

A pair of Chinese bedside cabinets, red lacquered soft wood, each cabinet with a set of doors  ornamented with glass and shell inlay, gilt relief carving depicting scholars above and...

The price is for an individual currency and includes the custom made stand. The shape of a Mfunte currency has a seemingly simple yet complex design. The forged iron surface was scratched in an end-to-end direction to create a visually interesting surface, a central raised vein to create two sections, and swelling was incorporated on the front at the straight end. The aging of the iron has further added to the texture and attractiveness of the design. Colonial coinage replaced Africa's traditional iron currencies...

Early finely carved hard wood Kuba figural cup, Congo with rich patina. In the form of a stylized face with the base of the cup a foot. Great incised classic Kuba crisscross design for hair. Deep patina from extensive use, early 20th century. Small chips to top rim. Great stylized heart shaped face with expressive eyes. Measures 6 1/5 x 3 1/2 x 5 inches. Kuba palm wine cups...

Chinese red lacquered painting table, soft wood construction with unusual detailed relief skirt carving depicting figures and flowers, three deep drawers with inset brass hardware, i...

Japanese Kuruma-dansu, a wheeled storage chest traditionally kept in the Kura (storeroom) for the specific purpose of containing valuables, thus the wheeled carriage for a quick exit...

Early 20th century Chiwara Headdress, Bamana (Bambara) People, Mali Chiwara headcrests represent the antelope spirit who taught the Bamana people ...

Khmer Pedestal Jar, 12th century. A sturdily potted earthenware globular form on a raised and waisted pedestal base decorated with bands at the shoulder and tightly packed applied pe...

Rosewood Plectrum for Biwa, Japan A beautiful rosewood plectrum used in plucking the strings of a chikuzen-biwa, which is a 4-5 string fretted lute used t...

A fine large bronze tribute drum (Heger Type III), Pazi  (Burmese), pam klo’ (Karen) also known as “The Magical Bronze Pond”(Cooler - Developmental Stage V...

UH80304 Bronze Figure of a Korean Girl by Eudald Serra i Güell, circa 1940. A heavily cast bronze figure of a standing young girl in traditional Korean Hanbok dress consisting of a jeogori jacket and a long chima skirt. Her long hair braided...

Early Papua New Guinea painted Maprik carved hard wood mask. Mid-20th century, with wonderful curved expressive asymmetrical face. Long nose with pierced septum. Faded polychrome pig...

Korean ceramic bottle vase, squat globular form with tall narrow neck and cup shaped mouth rim, short foot glazed overall in a crackled translucent glaze with kiln grit adhering to t...

Old and well used Luba wood medicine mortar with classic carved Luba face, DRC Africa. The mortar is heavily worn with deep polished surface outside from many years of use, and the i...

Handwarmer/Censer Japan circa 19th century Bronze Measures: H: 5.5 in x D: 8 in :: 14 cm x 20.3 cm Happy Tibetan New Year of the Water Rabbit! ...

Mid-Century Modern Danish Lounge Chair and Foot Stool by Illum Wikkelso, 1960’s. Black leather upholstered interpretation of a wing back ch...

Antique Burmese Shan Wood, Lacquer and Gold Leafed Buddha, 19th Century. The image sits on a waisted lotus base with raised lacquer  details, seated in padmasana, the lotus position ...

"November Composition”, 1991 by Beatrice Findlay, oil and sand on canvas diptych. Excellent condition. Measuring: 48 inches high x 72 inches wide. Exhibited: “Introductions ‘92”, The Allrich Gallery, San Francisco. Sylvia White Contemporary Art at the Seattle Art Fair, Seattle 1992. “Figures in a Landscape” An Exhibition of Paintings by Beatrice Findlay, Fordham University...

Large Tibetan storage chest with traditional hand painted Dragons Tibet Wood, Iron, Paint 19th century. 27 x 59.5 x 22.5 in./ 69 x 151 x 57 Height on custom display St...

Stone mortar and pestle Nigeria 20th century Measures: Mortar: 21 x 15.5 x 2 in. / 53 x 39 x 5 cm Height on custom display stand: 26...

Tutsi ceremonial dance shield. Rwanda-Burundi Second quarter, 20th century. Wood, natural pigment Provenance: Colonial period collection, Belgium...

Wood, pigment First Half 20th century Measures: 105 x 26 in. / 267 x 66 cm Some losses and restoration.

Congolese Textile Tetela DR Congo 19th century Measures: 68 x 41 inches (172 x 104 cm) Provenance: Ambre-Congo gallery, Brussels $5,000. A very rare ...

Group of three early Papua New Guinea Sepik miniature tightly woven raffia yam mask with areas of heavy yellow and black pigments. Different Bird imagery in...

Old weathered cubist seated tribal carved wood spring or votive figure with hands raised in namaste position. Wonderful open form figure with hands in front of chest and great profil...

Antique Thai Silver Buddha, rendered in incised and hammered sheet silver over wood & clay core. The Lord Buddha seated in padmasana with the soles of the...

Early Papua New Guinea Sepik tightly woven raffia mask from a talipun bride price currency. Areas of white, black and red pigments. Wonderful heart shaped face with open eyes and mouth. This mask or face would have been tied to a large shell which was the currency used...

Kenya tribal wood headrest, stylized natural animal form, early 20th century, African. Early Rendille or Borana Headrest from Kenya. Using naturally found branch connections to form a stylized three legged animal form, these headrests were a treasured personal item...

Expressive early classic cubist Dan mask with refined expressive look, narrow open eyes and mouth and fine line scarification marks around outside of face. Created early 20th century by the Dan People...

Old Tribal stone squatting spring figure with hands raised in namaste position, traces of clay and incrustation, expressive carved face. These were protective figures used in Nepal. ...

Early Papua New Guinea Sepik River area tightly woven raffia yam mask with areas of heavy yellow and black pigments. In profile small bird beak form at bottom...

Old well weathered hardwood Kuna Indian abstract figure, Panama, Provenance, old CA state collection. Body abstracted down to two forms for shoulders and hips, with small fine head....

Thai ceramic covered box from the Sawankhalok kilns. High shouldered round form with a slightly convex flat lid and small boss finial on top decora...

Japanese Tomyodai, a temple light stand created of hand wrought iron in an upright form of a circle or "tama" ( flaming jewel of spiritual enlightenment )...

Khmer Elephant Form Lime Pot, 12th century. A globular stoneware form with narrow aperture on top for the slaked lime. The pot modeled after an elephant...

Large Japanese Lacquered Gourd Ikebana vessel with storage box, mid-20th century. Ikebana, the art of flower arrangement, is one of the most sublime ...

Japanese Kimono storage box, constructed of wood and bamboo, painted black with family crest painted in red on the sides. The top has wood slats, which ...

Burmese Karen Frog Drum, a fine bronze tribute drum (Heger Type III), Pazi  (Burmese), pam klo’ (Karen) also known as “The Magical Bronze Pond”, the Karen ...

Vintage Wooden Coconut Grater in Animal Form, Thailand A utilitarian implement commonly used in an Asian household. To use it, the coconut is cut in h...

Pair of Vintage Thai Bencharong Lidded Jars, 20th century. Bencharong enamel decoration with Buddhist imagery on a black background. This porcelain jar and lid form having a raised foot rim and lotus bud on a disk lid finial are richly decorated in bright polychrome enamels in the style of the royal household ceramics favored by the nobility in eighteenth century Siam. This colorful style became known as “bencharong”, a term that derives from two Sanskrit words – panch (‘five’) and rong (‘colour’) and which relates to the number of colors used to decorate such porcelain. These jars and covers are decorated with typical Thai motifs. The sides are decorated with four Thepanom (Buddhist celestial beings) each wearing a broad necklace of petals and seated on a lotus within triangular cartouches that have a coral-red ground. Four Norasingh (mythical forest-dwelling semi-deity with a human head, torso, and arms but with the hind-quarters of a lion and the tail and hoofs of a deer) against black back grounds filled with flaming purple kranok motifs. This design is framed by two floral bands top and bottom. The interior is a covered in a transparent glaze with unglazed lid edge and the gallery interior edge of the lid unglazed. Condition: Excellent Each measuring: 5 in. in diameter x 6 in. high (12.7 x 15.2cm) Each weighing: 1 lb. 5.5 oz. (610g.) 20th century. Provenance: Dr. Philip Gould, New York, NY. Millea Brothers, New Jersey For similar examples see: William Warren & Luca Invernizzi Tettoni, Arts and Crafts of Thailand, Chronicle Books, San Francisco 1994, p.33. Bonhams New York, Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Art, 17 Sep. 2014, lot 180 With the following notes: Bencharong porcelains...

Antique Chinese Silvery bronze lobed “Beast and Birds” Mirror, Tang Dynasty. The eight-foliated barbed form having a a center cast relief knop in a four legged Beast form surrounded ...

Annamese Blue and White Ceramic Dish, Bird Design, Hoi An Hoard, Chu Dau kiln, Vietnam, circa 1500. The sturdily potted form has a raised rim decorated in unde...

Thai Buddhist Votive Plaque, Sukhothai style, cast  in relief from a metal alloy of tin and lead with an iron like surface of a deep brown colour, depicting a relief image of a walking Buddha. His left foot planted firmly on the ground while his right heel is raised. His left hand is held upwards known as the Abhayamudra (the had gesture of reassurance and safety), his right hand hangs at his side, known as the posture of the Buddha in the Descent from the Tavatimsa Heaven. He wears a simple belted robe. Above the image is a two tiered honorific parasol and an arched ornamental doorway supported by a pair of columns with vases...

Early Papua New Guinea Sepik light wood yam mask. Elegant flame shaped form, old, oxidized wood with black accents, traces of yellow and white pigments. Small...

Large Dogon ladder, Mali Wood Early to mid-20th century Measures: 75.5 x 14 in. / 192 x 36 cm With a textured, eroded patina, this ladder was originally used outdoors. Ca...

Old Pende giwoyo mask with red pigments, black and white beard with carved triangles and woven black raffia hair cap The mask is 13 1/4 inches high, on custom...

Wooden cross Guanajuato, Mexico Wood, paint 22 x 13 inches, (56 cm x 33 cm) 18th century A wonderful old wooden cross with a painted crucified Christ figure, an angel, possibly Mary Magdelene...