Early 1900s Pair Antiques Japanese Porcelain Vases with Flowers and Butterflies

Polychrome hand-decorated porcelain teapot, milk jug and sugar bowl with refined depictions of birds, flowers, and bucolic Japanese landscapes....

Crystal and chromed metal glass for travel or hunting, early 1900s, with leather case. Nightcap, the last drink before farewell. Good condition. Case size: 25.5 cm, diameter 5 cm. S...

Old abaco of oakwood, with ten horizontal metal parallel rods fixed to the base on which are strung ten balls free to slide in horizontal line. Each row of balls has a different colo...

Botanical model made of painted plaster and mounted on black painted wooden boards of an orthotropic ovule made by prof. T. Ferraris for Vallardi publisher Milan Scientific material, complete with plate with the legend of the names of the various parts of the mushroom, early 1900s. Good condition. Measures: 20.5 x 15.7 cm, height 25.5 cm. The origins of the publisher Vallardi date back to 1750 when founder Francesco Cesare (1736-1799) acquired a small craft in the heart of old Milan. In the early nineteenth century, the publishing house was noted for the production of works of art, geography and science, including a "Tour of Italy" which took twenty-two printings between 1819 and 1835. The complete works of various maps and directions for travel, including timetables and fares for transportation of the time, can be considered the first modern tourist guide. The firm "Vallardi" was born in 1843 and the company became industrial, with the opening of branches on national scale...

Telescopic acoustic cornet made of brass and Bakelite , English manufacture of the early 1900s. The principle of its operation is based on the reflection of sound on the inner walls,...

Lithographic print of the diamond rock battle, the main port of the island of Martinique, taken from the book Historical Gallery of Versailles 112. Chacoane is the engraver. Original...

A pair of Chinese vintage Japanese Kutani style vases from the mid-20th century, with floral and butterfly decor. Created in China during the m...

Pair of antique Japanese porcelain vases Japanese, early 20th Century Height 86.5cm, diameter 36cm The beautiful Imari porcelain vases...

An Satsuma ceramic stone ware vase, circa 19th century, around the end of the Edo and the beginning of Meiji period. In the form of a Classic garlic bottle whose prototype was from China, the white bodied piece is decorated with an early form of kin nishikide, the so called golden brocade, a palette of iron-red, blue, green, yellow, purple and black with golden highlight. The over glazed enamel paint shows a group of robed figures in a garden setting with a lion and three tigers. A transparent overall glaze shows very fine crackles. The design is relatively sparse with plenty of negative space in contrast to the Satsuma production from the late 19th century, when the trend became fussy and overly glitz, due to the influence by the perceived western taste for the export market. This piece may still be made for export but its pattern was more influenced by both Kyoto Pottery and the Kano school of painting compared to the export ware by the end of the 19th century onward to the early 20th century. It was believed by many that this was a result of Satsuma potters visiting Kyoto in the late seventeenth century to learn over glaze painting techniques. There are some age glaze crackles especially around the foot. The piece is not signed in keeping with the earlier production before Satsuma ceramics...

These are a very decorative pair of cloisonné vases, made in Japan and dating to the 19th Meiji Period, circa 1875. The vases have a good baluster shape with a circular form. They...

Superb pair of Japanese large Meiji period Fukagawa signed porcelain vases (circa 1900). Intricately hand-painted in cobalt blue underglaze with polychrome and gold overglaze on a st...

Pair Antique Japanese Imari Porcelain vases with Reticulated Pierce Work, Circa 1880-1890.