Large Sterling Strauser (Pennsylvania, 1907-1995) oil on board expressionist still life painting depicting a vase with red, purple, blue, and pink flowers against a light green and beige background, rendered in a thick impasto technique with incised details. Signed and dated "Strauser 1972" lower right. Float mounted in a metallic painted contemporary wood frame and […]
Lot 13: 3 Chinese Porcelain Figures, Polychrome and Blanc De Chine
1st item: Chinese polychrome earthenware standing figure of a male immortal depicted in traditional robed clothing with foliate decoration, holding an object in one hand and standing on a blue-tiered base. 9" H x 3" W x 1 3/4" D. 19th century. 2nd item: Chinese porcelain polychrome standing female figure or Guanyin attired in a […]
Lot 5: Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Garden Seat
Chinese Famille Rose porcelain garden seat, hexagonal barrel form with pierced medallions to the top and sides, foliate vignette decoration to the top and large vignette decoration to each side depicting peacocks perched on blue rocks with flowering branches and chrysanthemums, all against a blue fret ground. 18" H x 10 1/2" dia. Early 20th […]
Summer 2023 Auction Preview
Below is an early preview of the July 8th & 9th auction to take place at our Knoxville, Tennessee headquarters. In-person bidding plus phone, absentee, and internet bidding will be available. Over 1,200+ lots of fine art, antiques, and jewelry from fine Southeastern estates and collections including the collection of Jo Ann Cline Yates of […]
Lot 1100: Collection of 8 Ladies Gold & Silver Brooches
1st item: Ladies 18K yellow gold brooch/pendant featuring blue and black enamel line work. The brooch is marked "18" and tests 18K. The brooch is 1" wide and has a gross weight of 5.96 grams. 2nd item: Ladies 14K yellow gold brooch/pendant featuring a seed pearl. The brooch tests 14K and is 1" wide. Gross […]
Lot 974: 2 Chinese Scrolls, Family Portrait & Group of Warriors
Two (2) large Chinese watercolor and gouache scroll paintings. 1st item: Scroll painting depicting an ancestral or family portrait with an older man attired in a black robe with a cane rank badge in the center, with two women standing behind him, one older woman attired in a blue robe, and one younger woman attired […]
Lot 969: 6 Asian Porcelain Items, incl. Famille Rose, Rose Mandarin, Yellow Ground, Famille Noir
1st item: Chinese yellow ground Famille Rose porcelain footed bowl, octagonal form with raised enameled floral decoration to the body and enameled foliate decoration to the foot, the interior with a robin's egg blue glaze. 2 7/8" H x 5 1/4" dia. Late 19th/Early 20th century. 2nd item: Chinese Famille Rose porcelain leaf form footed […]
Lot 964: 3 pcs. Japanese Porcelain: Imari, Kutani, & Satsuma
1st item: Japanese Imari porcelain charger having central blue and white foliate medallion; alternating vignettes of figural landscape and foliate, bird, and insect design; and concentric blue circles, birds, and flowering sakura or cherry blossom branches to underside. 18 5/8" dia. Meiji period. 2nd item: Kutani footed center bowl with polychrome enamel and parcel gilt […]
Lot 947: 2 American Crazy Quilts incl. Small Piece Quilt Top & Embroidered Velvet Quilt
Two (2) American crazy quilt textiles. 1st item: Hand-pieced crazy quilt top with 19" square blocks made from a variety of satin, silk, and challis fabrics including solids and prints, some with printed portraits, one piece hand-painted, and some with embroidery including the name "Emma", a flag, paisleys, flowers, and crosses. With pearl cotton embroidered […]
Lot 946: Pennsylvania Crazy Quilt C. 1890
Crazy quilt, likely Pennsylvania, made from wool, challis, solid, plaid, and printed fabrics, having embroidered imagery including a flag, house, purse, boot, flowers, horseshoe, scissors, and spectacles. Embroidered floral vine border on two sides. Bound with a separate binding made of pieced velvets to a maroon fabric backing. Place names embroidered on the quilt top […]
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