Tall ceramic urn with oxidized brass lid and base, c. 1900's

English cast brass Queen Anne candlestick with a scalloped and corner cut base with seam casting. Birmingham, England, circa 1780.

Shallow circular cast brass taster dish with beaded edge on a circular pedestal base. The flaring rim is rivet mounted with a long handle pierced with a heart shape at the terminal. ...

Japanese Sumida Gawa pottery vase decorated in relief with two boys gathering seashells. The pottery is named after the Sumida River where the pottery center was located until reloca...

Pair of cast brass candlesticks of three entwined fish on a tripod form plinth with egg & dart molding. The fishes tails encircle the candle shaft and support a tulip form candle cup...

At once ancient and contemporary, this beautiful urn speaks to the timelessness of Chinese ceramic design. Made in northern China in the early 20th century, the urn pays respect to m...

A Chinese four-legged barrel-form brass urn cast and engraved with archaistic decoration from the 20th century. The gently rounded sides are cast with the dispersed elements of two taotie masks, Archaistic auspicious beasts formed by a pair of stylized and confronted dragons which constitutes the features of this mythical creature, abstractly rendered in low-relief hooked curls. Two bands of kui or passing dragons flank the taotie ornamentation on the belly, all upon an engraved and very finely delineated white leiwen ground symbolizing thunder. Raised on four atlantes with a few anatomical engraved details, the urn possesses a flat circular lid decorated with stylized birds and topped with a phoenix-shaped knob with a ring, a propitious symbol in Chinese art. The white engraved ground nicely contrasting with the dark patina along with the Archaistic traditional low relief decoration echoes Chinese archaic ritual bronzes used in ceremonies or buried in the tombs of the elites for use in the afterlife. This Chinese barrel...

A tall necked footed jar with twin handles and a tall lid. Decorated overall in blue and yellow on white floral scrolls and medallions with floral baskets. H. 38", Diameter 14", Di...

Large urn with lid made of limestone, originating from the South of France.