Furniture in Palm Springs

A good 19th century Italian bronze neo-greque footed Tazza with scrolled handles and arge, round centrepiece, in the centre with a round relief medallion with an antique classical sc...

A pretty group of 8 Eames designed Aluminum Group Management Chairs for Herman Miller. These chairs have the desirable pneumatic lift feature. They are upholstered in a lovely shade ...

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 ...

A lovely and well cast example of the Pompeian Dancing Faun. This grand tour bronze stands approx 12 inches tall on it’s marble base and is about half size of the original unearthed...

American studio pottery lidded jar by ceramist Todd Warner, circa 1962. Jar features a creamy glazed, hand carved surface and measures 13" by 6.5". The ...

Antique Thai Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Offering Tray. Crafted of assembled wood in an elevated and footed rectangular shape with rounded corners, lacquered red on the interior and black...

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...

Sideboard by Paul Frankl and manufactured by Brown Saltman. Top portion meaasures 33" wide, 18" deep and 34.25" high. Glass shelves are all original. Bottom portion is 36.25" wide...

Abstract Murano smoke color glass fish sculpture by Licio Zanetti. The fish is signed on the bottom and has beautiful smoke color opalescent glass. The piece is signed on the bottom....

A lovely side table in the manner of Maison Jansen consisting of four faux bamboo brass legs with acorn finials and brass claw feet, supporting two glass plateaus with shaped edges.

Set of six (6) of European two-light neoclassic style brass wall sconces with dolphin and claim shell motif. Expertly crafted with nice quality d...

A lovely plaster lamp with a rough texture 'lava' finish, on new black wood base. Shade not included, for display only.

Chinese Yaozhou Celadon Ceramic Bottle Vase, Northern Song, Shaanxi Province. A high fired bottle form with narrowed base, bulbous body, high shoulder,...

A great pair of vintage ceramic lamps in a Lava Glaze. Bright orange and red, these have just been re-wired with new electrical fittings. The base and green...

Pair of French 19th century lavender purple opaline glass table lamps. The lamps were once kerosine oil lamps now electrified. The base and fittings are all solid brass recently clea...

We were delighted to find this magnificent sculpture at a local Palm Springs Estate. The original owners purchased this beauty from Arthur Court Designs showroom in San Francisco in ...

Chinese ink rubbing printing depicting Panthaka Arhat, no.4 of the 16 arhat images immortalized in stone at the former stupa at Shengyin Temple. Depicted here sitting on a rock with a book in his left hand and snapping his fingers in his right hand, symbolic of the speed at which he obtained enlightenment, accompanied by a beggar’s bowl and an incense burner, complete with colophons and silk scroll mounting. The Emperor Qianlong ordered the stone stele to be carved in 1764 after the arhat designs painted by the famed artist Guanxiu (832-912). Even though the temple was destroyed in the Taiping rebellion, the steles remain and have been reinstalled at the Hangzhou Stele Forest. Condition: Creases from rolling, otherwise fine condition. Mounting: 58” x 22”. 19th Century. Ex Collection: Frank “Till” & Peggy Durdin, San Diego. For other rubbings of this stele see: Penn Museum, object number 2010-26-4 The Metropolitan Museum of Art AN#: 59.195.15 Fine Arts Library of Harvard University, record id: W280021_urn-3:FHCL:478850 For another example of this image rendered in jade and lacquer see: “Screen Paintings of Guanxiu’s Sixteen Arhats in the Collection of the Palace Museum” Luo Wehhua translated by Bruce Doar, Orientations, September 2010, p. 104. In this article the image is identified as the sixteenth arhat Abheda, It is explained in this article that Qianlong re-identified the arhats, thus the 16th Arhat attribution for this image. Also in this article the identical colophon by Qianlong above the image is translated as: “These accurate portraits of the Sixteen Arhats were created by the Tang Dynasty painter Guanxiu, as recorded in Xuanhe Huapu (Record of paintings in the Xuanhe Reign), and during the millennium from the Guangming reign period to the present day, the original works were to be found in Zhejiang, where they were housed in the collection of Shengyin Temple in Qiantang (Huangzhou). In spring of the dingchou year (1757) of his reign, the Qianlong emperor undertook a southern tour of inspection and stayed at an imperial lodge on the West Lake. He went to the temple to pay his respects and there he saw the arhats on display and wrote a description of these marvels. The sequence of the arhats and their names had been passed down since ancient times, but they did not correspond to their Sanskrit titles; the sequence of the arhat names conformed instead to the interpretation of the Sanskrit classics by the Zhangjia State Preceptor. The emperor penned the original names and positions in the sequence below each of the figures in accordance with the readings supplied in Tongwen Yuntong (Unified Rhymes), and below each he penned an encomium, which he signed. Then the images were returned to the collection, to be passed down as a perpetual treasure. Now, the fourth great arhat had long gone missing and we did not know where his painting was. But it was merely a trifling matter of matching the images with the names, and now surely we have found him! This I, the emperor, believe.” All 16 of these rubbings can be found in the Rubel Chinese Rubbings Collection at the Fine Arts Library of Harvard University with the following descriptive historical note: “Rubbing from stele depicting No. 4 of 16 arhats (Lohans, Buddhist saints) -- Nan ti mi duo luo qing you, Panthaka Arhat. Original painting attributed to Guanxiu, 832-912. Inscriptions written by Hongli, Emperor Qianlong (Gaozong, 1711-1799) of Qing Dynasty. 7 seals of Qianlong follow the inscriptions. Script style: in xing shu. Shi liu zun zhe -- "The 16 noble ones" are 16 lohans. Lohans are also called "a-lo-han" based on the transliteration of the Sanskrit term "arhat." (Japanese: Rakan; Chinese: Lohan; Tibetan: Gnas-brtan). Arhats or Arahants are saints or sages said to have renounced nirvana (freedom from the cycle of suffering and rebirth), vowed to remain in the world to protect the Dharma and propagate the Law of the Buddha in order to devote themselves more effectively to the relief of human misery, like the Bodhisattvas. These 16 Arhats, personal disciples distinguished by the Buddha, formed part of the 500 claimed by tradition to have attended the First Council in Rajagrha. The names and abodes of these 16 arhats are given in a work entitled "Record on the Duration of the Law, spoken by the Great arhat Nadimitra," which was translated into Chinese by the famous pilgrim Xuanzang (596-664) in 654. 16 lohans are quite often represented, especially in China and Japan, in sculpture and painting, in poses and with attributes. Every lohan can be easily with special icongraphic characteristics. Guanxiu (Jiang Deyin or Deyuan, a Buddhist monk also named Master Chan Yue, 832-912) -- painter during late Tang to Five Dynasties, specialized in painting lohan figures. Legend has it that the first portraits of the 18 Lohans...

A wonderful Bronze Bull by the noted Israeli artist Itzik Ben Shalom or Benshalom. It is signed and dated 1993 on the bronze itself and underneath the base it is mounted to. It is ma...

Our gallery is proud to represent Gary Janis a noted local artist. This work is unframed on canvas. It is signed and dated on the back. The painting measures 36 x 48 inches. It is v...

Smaller scale single 1950's Murano Italian hand blown ribbed glass hanging ceiling pendant light. Has gold inclusions and controlled bubbles throughout. Made by Barovier & Toso. Newl...

Our gallery is proud to represent Gary Janis a noted local artist. This large work is unframed on canvas. It is signed and dated on the back. It is vibrant and beautifully represent...

A vintage capiz shell table top on a new metal base. 2" thick top.

Vintage Indonesian Kain Panjang and Matching Selendang Batik Tulis, Cirebon, Java 1960. A fine hand drawn wax resist painting by canting on cotton of a traditional flora and fauna pa...

A spouted stoneware bottleneck vase with tenmoku glaze created by Paul Soldner of Claremont, California, circa 1960. Vase stands 9 1/8" in height and is signed Soldner on the bottom....

Large Antique Thai Bencharong Stem Plate. A stoneware tazza having a domed pedestal base under a foliate rim dish. Traditionally enameled in a green an...

Walnut and wrought iron strap table with solid walnut top. Top was most likely one board but has split with age. carved lyre style legs, beautiful wrought...

Tall cabinet or small armoire with two doors above two drawers by Widdicomb in an ebonized mahogany finish. Fantastic Asian insprired brass handles and inset pulls on the drawers, wi...

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...

Antique Japanese Meiji period cloisonne enamel lidded koro incense burner standing on brass footed base. Embellished with stylized phoenix birds, geometrical ornaments, along with fl...

Large Butterfly wall sculpture with relief abstract shapes in multi variety woods. Signed and marked signed by the artist Dave Criner. California design 1970's.

1970’s lucite chess set. The pieces are in a smoky brown and clear acrylic with a fitted case with a board built into the top. The case is vinyl I bel...

Japanese ink on paper painting of Plum Blossoms and Poem, scroll mounting, signature & single seal: Tani Buncho (1763 - 1840). A famous and prol...

A fantastic pair of lamps in the style of Madeleine Castaing and Paris porcelain vases- late 19th century Greco Roman urns mounted on similarly decorated bas...

Colorful California studio pottery bowl created by William and Polia Pillin of Los Angeles, California. Bowl measures 5.25" high by 11" in diameter and is signed W + P Pillin on the ...

Oil on canvas abstract modernist painting created by listed artist, Emile Gerard of France. Painting measures 24" by 36" and is signed lower left, Emile G...

1970’s Polish chrome and clear lucite by renowned American designer Charles Hollis Jones. In original vintage condition, shows minor wear consistent with age. Wired for US, it tak...

Antique Thai Ceramic White War Elephant. A hand sculpted stoneware figure of elephant and rider. The solid elephant stands firmly four square on a rec...

An original lamp by The Marbro Lamp Company. Most likely an homage to the statue of liberty. Top portion has flames. Measure: Total height is 58.5" from base to the top of finial. Wo...

An assembled collection of seven birds (swans, ducks, geese, your call) by Antonio da Ros for Cenedese in the scavo technique. Four large birds, two small birds and one medium. The l...

Vintage Japanese Obi. Gold kinran abstract wave pattern on a diagonal white on white brocade ground, continuous on one side, center section lined on the reverse side. Minor signs of...

Large well crafted Chinese cinnabar lacquered vase with handles and brass lining.

A taller cocktail table in brushed steel and brass French Neoclassic style coffee or cocktail table with beveled edge clear inset top in the manner...

Antique Chinese Black “sea pine” snuff bottle of a rocky outcropping with a fish and crayfish in relief, 4 inset green shell eyes, hollowed interior. Jadeite stopper with brass colla...

A wonderful whimsical terracotta group of a mother horse and her foal by the Austrian Master Kitty Rix Tihacek. It is well marked and monogrammed on the base. It is impressed with th...

A lovely inlaid wood and Shagreen Jewelry Box by the acclaimed design firm of R&Y Augousti. This lovely handcrafted piece is made in the Philippines. It features a shagreen border on...

Glamorous pair of white draped plaster and satin brass table lamps in the style of John Dickinson. Newly rewired and new vanilla linen shades...

1970’s Glamorous antique brass and lucite basket and tissue holder by American renowned designer Charles Hollis Jones. In original vintage condition shows minor wear consistent wit...

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...

Large scale partridge bird created by Aldo Londi for Bitossi of Italy. Bird has great coloration of blue and green with golden yellow and black accents...

Japanese ink on paper wood block shunga artist’s color and pattern illustration with instructions for the woodblock carver and printer, depicting...

Similar pair of large Italian Murano hand blown grey (or olive grey) ribbed cased colored glass table lamps by Marbro. The thick and heavy crafted glass amps are resting on custom gi...

Murano fish sculpture by Fabio Tosi for Gino Cenedese. Fish measures 8" wide, 4" deep and 5" high.

Italian modernist thick walled ceramic vase created by Marcello Fantoni of Florence, Italy. Vase measures 6“ in height by 5.25” by 6.5" and is signed Fantoni, Italy for Raymor on th...

Double spouted Mid-Century Modern porcelain vase created by Royal Dux of Czechoslovakia. Vase measures 9" by 2.5" by 2" and is signed Royal Dux, Czechoslo...

Wonderful Murrine ball by the noted Venini artist Ludovico Diaz de Santillana. It dates from the 1960’s and is signed on the bottom Venini Italia. Lovely ...

Antique Palembang Man's Songket and Ikat Ceremonial Head Cloth (iket kepala). A woven silk textile with natural dyes, weft ikat pattern, gold thread supplementary weft weave. Textile...

Single finely crafted hand carved bird and tree form alabaster lamp on filagree brass base. Newly wired with 3 way socket and cord.  

Our gallery is proud to represent Gary Janis a noted local artist. This work is unframed on canvas. It is signed and dated on the back. It is vibrant and beautifully represents Mr. ...