Three (3) Asian items, including Buddhist travel shrine or reliquary, Chinese bronze cat, and Famille Rose jar. 1st item: Buddhist travel shrine or reliquary, lacquer exterior with curved sides, elaborate pierced and engraved latch and hinges. Gilded interior with removable brass and lacquer stand supporting a pearl encased in blown glass globe, atop a carved […]
Lot 2: Asian Inlaid Bronze Vase
Japanese or Chinese inlaid bronze vase, baluster form with figural elephant head mask handles. Silver line inlay to neck and base and incised bird designs including a hawk and rooster, floral decoration to the body with gilt highlights. 13" H x 7 3/4" dia. Late 19th/early 20th century. CONDITION: Overall good condition with very light […]
Lot 1: Palace Sized Cloisonne Censer
Monumental Chinese Cloisonne Censer, circular form to body, the exterior decorated with enameled mountain, landscape and deer design on blue ground, with central tree image and cranes overhead. The body has two large side handles and is supported on three figural cloisonne bird form legs. Removable inset collar. Domed lid with large gilt bronze finial […]
Lot 60A: Exceptional Franklin, Tennessee sampler, 1836
Important Franklin, Tennessee house sampler by Mary Elizabeth Collins, April 1836. This sampler relates to a group of four documented samplers from Middle TN. The group is referred to as the “Cartouche, Wreath, and Vase Group”. This specific sampler contains nine different stitching techniques and the baskets are characteristic of Middle Tennessee samplers from the […]
Lot 207: Jonas Lie (1880-1940) oil on board, The Seine
Oil on board titled “The Seine” by Jonas Lie (New York, 1880-1940), signed lower left corner. Stamped in verso “Jonas Lie Estate, Trustee’s Reg. No 190”. Also written in verso “#41 The Seine”. Sight – 9 1/2″ Height x 7 1/2″ Width. Framed – 12″ Height x 15″ Width. Overall excellent condition. Early 20th century.
Lot 201: Daniel Hartsoe North Carolina pottery jug
Exceptional and large North Carolina alkaline glazed jug, stamped on the upper shoulder “DH 5″ (Daniel Hartsoe, Lincoln County, NC 1836-1916). Glass rutile drip length of jug. During the Civil War, Daniel served in the Confederacy (Company B, 23rd NC Troops). Overall excellent condition with firing flaw or shallow chip on side of handle. 18” […]
Lot 141: Abstract acrylic on canvas, Friedal Dzubas
Friedal Dzubas (German/American, 1915-1993) acrylic on canvas, titled “Malmoe”. Signed and dated, 1974, en verso. Provenance – Knoedler Contemporary Art, New York and Howard Ameriger Art Gallery, New York. Dzubas was a German artist known best for his abstract style and use of vivid colors. Excellent condition. Sight – 40″ Height x 40″ Width. Framed […]
Lot 96: Rare stamped Chandler Edgefield SC jar and lid
Rare South Carolina lidded stoneware butter crock by Thomas Chandler, Edgefield District, with original domed lid and applied lug handles. Green alkaline glazed stoneware with slip swag decoration on both crock and lid. Stamped “Chandler Maker” on top of lid and on shoulder of crock. Condition – Old chip to inside rim of crock, above […]
Lot 151: Joseph Delaney oil on board, Central Park Skating
Framed oil on masonite painting depicting skaters at the Wohlman Memorial Skating Rink in Central Park by Joseph Delaney (Tennessee/New York, 1904-1991), titled “Central Park Skating”. The perspective of the painting is westward toward the famous Dakota Building. Signed and dated lower left, “Jos Delaney ’68”. Recently illustrated and discussed in the 2009 book, “The […]
Lot 157: Andrew Jackson Portrait by William Stewart Watson
Portrait of Andrew Jackson by William Stewart Watson (Scottish, 1800-1870), signed lower right ” Stewart Watson/Pinxt 1836″. Watson is believed to have painted in both America and Europe for several years before settling in Edinburgh. He is primarily known for his portraits, including miniatures, and paintings of historical subjects. Condition – Professionally conserved in 2001. […]