Bronze of Dancing Woman with Raised Arm by Rudolf Kuchker

A very large and stunning hand painted French Art Deco necklace and/or camisole display mannequin bust of a chic woman. Her expression is not ...

A romantic gouache water color of a beautiful young woman poised with a jug at her hip and shawl by Italian 19th century painter Arturo Faldi (1956-1911). Custom blue and gilt frame....

A beautiful and rare example of a 1940s Italian glass chandelier by the famous glass house of Venini. Made of hand blown glass with brass. Arms of the chandelier etched with repetiti...

A large and grand pair of mid century Hollywood Regency Neoclassic style dore' bronze cast door handles. Each features a raised medallion handle on a ...

Attributed to Seguso Vetri d'Arte is this Italian 1950s six-arm chandelier. It has brass mounts with hand blown turquoise aventurine glass and hand blown with etched polka dot design...

A lovely simple yet elegant set of three canister style hand blown glass pendant lights from Italian lighting company I3 and made in Mu...

An antique bronze figure of a Thai dancer. The patinated and gilt bronze surface, all original. In very good condition with original aged finish. The female dancer with traditional c...

A fine Mid-Century Japanese bronze sculpture. Entitled "Summer". By Gozo Kawamura (1886 - 1950). Kawamura had a celebrated career in the U.S., Euro...

A stunningly graceful life-sized arm and hand of the Buddha, Tibet, late 18th or early 19th century. The hand is beautifully cast, with long, elega...

The charming figure done completely in the lost wax method is in a primitive naive style. The male figure is dancing excitedly on a rocky outcrop. His costume of a loose-fitting coat...

A wonderful, well-crafted work reminiscent of Isamu Noguchi's early work in bronze. Heavy and solid on a beautiful rosewood base. Apparently unsigned. From a collection of Japanese antiques and...

An impressive larger than life-size cast and gilt bronze left hand and arm of a bodhisattva, late 19th century or earlier, Tibet. The over-sized arm and hand of graceful proportions. The arm tapering down to a slender wrist embellished with a simple bracelet hiding the join between the hand and arm. The hand and arm richly gilt. The join to the elbow visible and exposed. The hand heavily cast, with nice detail to the fingernails and cuticles. The palm with simple incised lines. The hand, with the pointer and pinky fingers raised, and the middle and ring finger folded down touching the thumb, performs the gesture known as karana mudra, the gesture of dispelling evil. (Here in Texas we refer to this gesture as "Hook'em Horns!") Karana mudra is often associated with Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion, known in Tibet as Chenrezig, and in China as Guanyin. The hand and arm would originally have been part of a much larger sculpture. Unfortunately many Tibetan Buddhist sculptures...