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Item Ships From: California
Moorish Green Glass Perfume Bottle Sprinkler with Embossed Metal Overlay
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handcrafted Moroccan Moorish green painted glass perfume bottle or rose water sprinkler with raised embossed silvered metal floral design over glass.
The pressed glass bottle in Art Deco, Art Nouveau style is oval shape with curved sides and hand decorated with embossed metal silvered overlay.
This has a long metal top spout that unscrews so the bottle can be filled to pour the perfume or rose water into this little luxe bottle.
This is a recycled vintage French perfume bottle...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish California - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Moroccan Folk Art Metal and Parchment Wall Shade Sconce
By Berber Tribes of Morocco
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large African Tribal Art parchment wall shade sconce featuring a large triangle hide form stitched on iron and hand painted surface.
These Art pieces could...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Folk Art California - Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Large Carved Bamboo Wood Specimen Natural Organic Sculpural Wabi-Sabi Root Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly spectacular one of a kind work - a large, quite heavy hand carved natural wood (perhaps a massive root) or bamboo standing vase. The piece has a ...
Category
20th Century Organic Modern California - Folk Art
Materials
Bamboo, Wood
Monumental Porcelain Roadside Rest Highway Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Super rare vintage porcelain highway sign. Great green coloring with white lettering. Retired highway sign letting drivers know there is a place to pull o...
Category
1970s American Vintage California - Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Large Carved Wood, Lacquered and Gilt Seated Temple Shrine Thai or Burma Buddha
Located in Studio City, CA
Amazing piece. Heavy and solid. Carved from a single block of wood and wonderfully colored and decorated. Buddha has a serene facial expression with hands in the "Calling The Earth to Witness" Mudra position. Likely Burmese or Northern Thai.
We are listing as 20th century but could be older.
From a large collection of Asian artifacts...
Category
20th Century Thai California - Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Antique Hand Woven Rag Art Tapestry
Located in Pasadena, CA
Hand Woven Rag Rug Art Tapestry with long fringed edges. measures approx - 27 x 53
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack California - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Bob Stocksdale Signed Mid-Century Modern Turned Exotic Wood Charger Platter
By Bob Stocksdale
Located in Studio City, CA
An exquisitely crafted, rich wood charger by American master Woodturner Bob Stocksdale.
Signed and marked ("Bubinga from Africa") by the artist on th...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern California - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Khartoum, 1966 British Epic War Movie Poster in Spanish
Located in North Hollywood, CA
This is an original release one-sheet poster for the film KHARTOUM starring Laurence Olivier and Charlton Heston.
In Spanish Khartoum movie poster.
The poster features renowned ar...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Moorish California - Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Large Vintage Hand Hewn Organic Teak Bowl
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large vintage teak wood bowl hand hewn, mid-20th century.Unique organic sizable folk craft bowl round shape with handles.This beautifully organic bowl is fashioned from a large piece...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Folk Art California - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Terracota Glazed Anthropomorphic Sculpture Male and Female signed by Artist
Located in Van Nuys, CA
The male figure is cone-shaped, with arms gently cradling his hands to his stomach, embodying introspection. His surface features bold, abstract patterns and a glossy glaze.
The fem...
Category
1960s Unknown Modern Vintage California - Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Rolf Palm Signed Swedish Midcentury Scandanavian Minature Vase for Mölle Sweden
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and darkly glazed miniature vase by Swedish master ceramicist/designer Rolf Palm for Mölle, Sweden. This gem features a Classic shape with tiny spines and a rich glaze th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern California - Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Oversized Metal Key Trade Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Massive metal bit-key trade sign from the UK. Marked BOLTON, 1925. Great patina to metal. Well made and in very good condition. Cool oversized piece.
...
Category
1970s British Vintage California - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Yupik Yup'ik Native American Alaska Carved Polychrome Wood Anthropomorphic Mask
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic and somewhat playful mask by the Yup'ik (Yupik) aboriginal, indigenous people of South-Western & South Central Alaska. The Yup'ik people, who are related to the Inuit peoples, have a long history of ceremonial mask making. Yup'ik masks were originally and specifically designed by Shamans and made to be worn by these spiritual leaders in Winter tribal dances and sacred ceremonies. Traditionally, the masks were destroyed or discarded after use in these ceremonies. Very few of these masks survived. After Christian contact in the late 19th century, masked dancing was suppressed and the tradition all but died out. As more outsiders settled in Alaska at the turn of the century, masks were made by the Yup'ik people to sell or trade for necessary goods. It is likely that this mask was created some years later for this purpose.
In the 20th century, Yup'ik mask had a profound influence on many renowned surrealist artists including, Max Ernst, Joan Miro, Leonora Carrington, Victor Brauner, and most notably Andre Breton who was an avid collector of Yup'ik masks.
This fantastic anthropomorphic mask is carved of lighter wood, hand painted and decorated with pigment, and held together with natural fiber. The mask seems to represent some sort of smiling, benevolent spirit or character with its four eyes, bird beak, and cat-like ears.
The mask is from a French collection. We were told that this mask, as well as others in the collection we have listed, was acquired originally in the 1950s-1960s in Alaska and the Yukon territory in Canada but as we have no way to verify or authenticate this. Please note we are listing the masks as decorative and not as actual tribal artifacts...
Category
20th Century American California - Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber, Wood, Paint
Conical Hat Mornington Island, Queensland Australia Woven Fiber on Stand
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early to mid-20th century woven fiber and palm leaf conical hat with two vertical painted stripes on the front, from Mornigton Island, Queensland, Austral...
Category
Mid-20th Century Australian Tribal California - Folk Art
Materials
Organic Material
Anonymous Abstract Geometric Painted Board
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Bold geometric abstract board found in Texas. We have a collection of these boards from an anonymous artist. Painted on recycled cupboard doors, table tops, stool tops and bread boar...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art California - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Francisco Sillué Painting of Gypsies
By Francisco Salzillo
Located in New York, NY
Fabulous oil painting called "Gitanes" by Spanish Artist Francisco Sillue. Fabulous rich colors contrast the darkness of the gypsies and the vibrant c...
Category
1960s French Vintage California - Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Folk Art Carved Walking Cane, Snakes and Fish
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Folk Art carved walking cane with hand, 2 snakes and fish. Cane measures 7" wide, 7" deep and 38.25" high.
Category
1940s American Folk Art Vintage California - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Hand Knotted Floral Blue / Red Silk Persian Rug
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This authentic Persian Isfahan rug has wool and silk pile on a silk foundation.
Circa 1950.
Category
1950s Persian Vintage California - Folk Art
Materials
Silk
Large Moroccan Ceramic Vase from Fez with Blue Calligraphy Writing
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large Moroccan glazed ceramic vase from Fez.
Moorish style ceramic handcrafted and hand painted with Arabic calligraphy writing.
This kind of Art Writing looks calligraphic is call...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish California - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Hampadong - Kalimantan Tribal Art Carved Figure - Maile with Child
Located in Hawthorne, CA
A carved wooden figure of Maile with child. A Hampadong Kalimantan carved standing sculpture by the Iban Dayak [Ot Danum Dayak] people from the interior rain forests of BORNEO. An ex...
Category
1920s Malaysian Folk Art Vintage California - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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 California - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Moorish Ceramic Glazed Covered Urns Handcrafted in Fez Morocco
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large pair of Moorish Moroccan glazed polychrome ceramic jars tureen with cover.
Hand painted ceramic Jubbana, handcrafted by skilled Moroccan artisans in Fez Morocco.
Moorish desi...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish California - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century Mask God of the Undersea World by Stanley Clifford Hunt
By Stan Hunt
Located in Point Richmond, CA
20th Century Mask God of the Undersea World by Stanley Clifford Hunt Signed
A striking, graphic mask in the immediately identifiable North West Coast tradition.. The mask is expert...
Category
1970s Canadian Other Vintage California - Folk Art
Materials
Cedar, Paint
Caucasian Woven with Antique Yarn
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Khazakh rug woven with antique yarn. Natural dyes.
Category
20th Century Turkish California - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Glass Pedestrian Crossing Sign
Located in New York, NY
Colorful Pop Art Pedestrian Crossing sign on glass. Found vintage art at it's best! Front has 4 small rubber elements and back has rubber edging. Final ...
Category
1950s North American Vintage California - Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Rubber, Paint
"The Beach, " Original Sculpture by Bay Area Artist Sheridan Oakes
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Original wood sculpture
2021
Walnut and African mahogany
Measures: 10.5 L x 2.75 W x 3 H in. / 27 x 7 x 8 cm.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Other California - Folk Art
Materials
Walnut, Mahogany
Massive Hand Painted Varsity High School Track and Field Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Varsity track and field sign from the early 1970s. Hand painted red sign with yellow lettering. Horizontal wood slates to hold name cards of record hol...
Category
1970s American Vintage California - Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Post Modern Celestino Piatti Ceramic Art Tiles in Picasso Style
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Set of three, fire, wind, earth, original post modern ceramic tiles by Celestino Piatti.
Celestino Piatti (1922-2007) was a Swiss graphic artist designer, painter and book illustrato...
Category
Late 20th Century Swiss Post-Modern California - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
California Pottery Ceramic Tropical Cockatoo on Hibiscus Branch Statue
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Early Mid-Century Ceramic Tropical Cockatoo on Hibiscus Branch by Fame California Potter William Maddux. A great example of Hawaiian mania that swept th...
Category
1940s American Vintage California - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
1970s White Fluffy Sheep Skin Bed Throw or Rug
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Shaggy white wild sheep skin bed throw or rug.
Quilted from pieces of fluffy soft sheep skin and sewn together.
New Zealand.
Natural ivory white sheep co...
Category
Mid-20th Century New Zealand Bohemian California - Folk Art
Materials
Sheepskin
Mid-20th Century Tribal Baknough Woman's Head Covering, Tunisia
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid-20th century tribal baknough (woman's head covering), Chott Oulad Amar, Tunisia.
This is an unusual baknough from a very small area on the Tunisian ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tunisian Tribal California - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
David Segel 1970s 3-D Wooden Double Kiot Folk Art Sculpture
By David Segel
Located in Monrovia, CA
David Segel 3-D wooden folk art / Gothic sculpture, signed, titled and numbered ''RIBALD #1
David Segel, well known Artist of Venice, Ca and throughout Paris, France has hand-scul...
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art California - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Moroccan Tile with Arabic Writing in Brown
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan handcrafted decorative tile with hand painted Arabic writing in brown on ivory crackle glazed ceramic.
Arabic writing on ceramic tile hand pai...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish California - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Prison Road Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage metal road sign for a United States Prison. Sign is letting the car know that they are now "LEAVING the TRAVEL RESTRICTED AREA." Interesting piece of automotive memorabilia...
Category
1950s American Vintage California - Folk Art
Materials
Steel
African Tuareg Tea Pot Mauritania
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Mid-20th century Tuareg tea pot from Mauritania, Africa, Western Sahara.
Handcrafted of pewter, copper and brass decorations.
The Tuareg people inhabit a large area, covering almost ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mauritanian Folk Art California - Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Copper, Pewter
Early to Mid-20th Century Rosewood Biwa Plectrum, Japan
Located in Point Richmond, CA
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Meiji California - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Midcentury West German Fat Lava Orange Bauhaus Vase, 1960
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage 1960s ceramic West German Studio pottery vase, Germany Bauhaus.
Midcentury ceramic fat lava glaze volcanic pottery vase in the style...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Bauhaus California - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century Tuareg Wedding Tapestry from Niger, Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Offered by Andres Moraga.
Wedding blanket or tent hanging, "Arkilla Jenngo"
Woven by Fulani weavers for a Tuareg noble family
Inland Delta Region, Nige...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nigerien Tribal California - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Bob Stocksdale Signed Set of Six Mid-Century Modern Wood Turned Bowls
By Bob Stocksdale
Located in Studio City, CA
A very handsome, darkly colored set of six bowl by American master wood turner Bob Stocksdale. All are signed and marked ("Mahogany of Guatemala") by Stocksdale. Stunning in any sett...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern California - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Moorish Tile with Arabic Brown Writing
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan handcrafted decorative tile with hand painted Arabic writing in brown on ivory crackle glazed ceramic.
Arabic writing on ceramic tile hand-painted by artist in Fez Morocco....
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish California - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Moroccan African Tuareg Vintage Runner Rug
By Berber Tribes of Morocco
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Moroccan nomadic African Tuareg rug runner with wo and cotton embroidered geometrical modernist designs.This rug was used for room separation in the Berber tents...
Category
1950s Moroccan Folk Art Vintage California - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Set of Seven Monumental Hand-Painted Tools
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique set of seven hand-painted tools. Each one is approximately 8 feet tall. Set includes, hammer, Phillips head screw driver, three wrenches, a saw and needle nose pliers. Hand-pa...
Category
1970s American Vintage California - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Handcrafted Italian Art Studio Large Stoneware Bowl Aqua Color
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large 1960s Mid-Century Modern handcrafted large pottery platter.
Hand-made stoneware decorative plate with classic sandy fat lava glaze.
This ceramics were known to collectors as 'f...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage California - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Cast Bronze Sculpture of Lounging Woman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This cast bronze sculpture depicts a woman, captured in a moment after she just finished a swim at her favourite lake. She’s gazing upon the view, reclining on a rock as she air drie...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern California - Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Powerful Early Classic Cubist Wood Standing Bobo Fing Figure Africa Ex J. Willis
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Powerful early cubist carved wood standing female figure from the Bobo-Fing of Burkina Faso, Africa. Created early 20th century. Ex private collection Texas, originally acquired from James Willis...
Category
Early 20th Century Liberian Tribal California - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Sweet Bird Topped Carved Wood Bambara Wood Door Lock, Mali Africa Mounted
Located in Point Richmond, CA
A very sweet small sized carved wood bird topped door lock from the Bambara people of Mali Africa. Originally would have had a horizontal sliding cross bar lock, now missing.
Mount...
Category
Early 20th Century Malian Tribal California - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Nepalese Butter Churn Handle.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Nepalese Butter Churn Handle. Known as a Ghurra, individually carved from a single piece of wood having different forms, a circle, a stem and a f...
Category
19th Century Nepalese Tribal Antique California - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Large Moroccan Glazed Ceramic Vase from Fez with Arabic Calligraphy Writing
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large Moroccan glazed ceramic vase from Fez.
Moorish style ceramic handcrafted and hand-painted with Arabic calligraphy writing.
This kind of Art Writing looks calligraphic is calle...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Islamic California - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
"Tanko" a Bronze Resting Cat by Barbara Beretich
By Barbara Beretich
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Entitled "Tanko", this is a beautiful and sleek bronze cat sculpture by Barbara Beretich(1936-2018). This lounging cat is displayed while grooming itself with its curvy tail wrapping around it's body and legs. Beretich's unique use of patina accentuates the subtle presentation of movement. We currently have 2 of these, same mold and patina. On a chair, sofa or on its own, this sculpture sits elegantly wherever it is placed.
This is a lost wax cast and the piece is from her home gallery as seen in picture #6. During her younger years in California, Beretich's family raised multiple animals including hogs, cows, sheep and horses. After graduating from the University of Illinois with a BA in art. The following year Beretich spent time in Europe where she met and became lifelong friends with French artist, Francoise Gilot. Ater Europe, she moved to Claremont CA...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage California - Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Moorish Ceramic Tile with Arabic Writing
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan handcrafted decorative tile with hand painted Arabic writing in brown on ivory crackle glazed ceramic.
Arabic writing on ceramic tile hand pai...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish California - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
'Boulder' Colorado Hand Painted Wood Road Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rustic hand painted Boulder road sign in black and white. Painted on a 3/4" thick plank of wood give this piece interesting character. Taken down from a nearby trail. Sign can...
Category
2010s American California - Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Moorish Ceramic Glazed Covered Jars Handcrafted in Fez Morocco
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large pair of Moroccan glazed polychrome ceramic jars tureen with cover.
Hand painted ceramic Jubbana, handcrafted by skilled Moroccan artisans in Fez Morocco.
Moorish designs in t...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Islamic California - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Large Curved Hoe Currency, Angas, Nigeria
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Extra Large Curved Hoe Currency
Angas, Nigeria
Early 20th century
Iron
25.25 x 17.5 in. / 64 x 44 cm
Height on custom display stand: 29.75 in. / 76 cm
Weight: 12.8 pounds / 5.8 kg
Combined weight with base: 20.6 pounds / 9.3 kg
The large currency forms are comprised of a heavy sheet of iron forged into the shape of a curved hoe. They were customary gifts for a bride’s father as well as having a function during wedding celebrations (Ballarini, The Perfect Form...
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Other California - Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Victorian Era Gilded Metal Wedding Pin Cushion, C.1900
Located in San Francisco, CA
Victorian era gilded metal wedding pin cushion, C.1900
Hand made twisted and gilded sheet metal chair pin cushion
Wedding cushions were in high style ...
Category
Early 20th Century English High Victorian California - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Chinese Asian Giltwood Carved Ancestor Temple Shrine Emperor Figure on Animal
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic wood and gilt decorated hand carved Chinese ancestral temple shrine Emperor figure riding a mythical beast - perhaps a tiger.
From a collection of Chinese and Asian artifacts...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique California - Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Japanese Asian Hand Painted Lacquered Temple Shrine Plaque Horses, 19th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and intricate work likely originally from a Japanese temple. The hand painted scene depicts a single rider and group of frolicking horses set against a gorgeous countrysi...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique California - Folk Art
Materials
Lacquer, Paint, Wood
Stirrup Vessel Wood Hand- Carved Massim People Papua New Guinea
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Wood Carved Stirrup Vessel, or Pipe, Massim people, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea.
Hand-carved wood in the form of a large animal with a top ci...
Category
Early 20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal California - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Painted Ibibio Polychrome Face Mask with Figure on Top, Nigeria Africa colorful
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Fine Painted Ibibio Polychrome Mask with Figure on Top, Nigeria Africa. Expressive small figure on top with one hand on top of head, other holding stom...
Category
Early 20th Century Malian Tribal California - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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