Five (5) Japanese Meiji Satsuma miniature pottery vases with polychrome enamel decoration and gilt highlights, including: one pair of meiping form vases with foliate, bird, and butterfly decoration and maker’s seal mark to the base; one pair of meiping from vases with figural landscape vignette decoration and character mark to the base rim; and one […]
Lot 716: Antique Persian Isfahan Vase Rug w/ Silk Backgound
Antique Persian Isfahan vase rug, wool and silk, the cream silk background with a profusely flowering vase within three primary foliate borders. Woven in colors of red, blue, pink, green, and cream. 6ft 7in x 4ft 6in. Late 19th/early 20th century. PROVENANCE: Private Des Moines, Iowa collection. CONDITION: Heavy pile loss/deterioration to the cream silk […]
Lot 469: 3 Lalique Items, Bagatelle Vase & Nude Female Figures
Three (3) Lalique art glass items: 1st item: “Bagatelle” vase, clear rim and foot with frosted molded bird and foliage decoration to the body. 6 3/4″ H. 2nd and 3rd items: Two Lalique art glass nude sculptures including one “Leda and the Swan” figure, and one nude figure with fawn. All pieces with etched Lalique […]
Lot 467: Pair Enameled Art Glass Vases, Moser or Harrach
Pair of Victorian Art Glass vases, black or onyx glass with hand enameled decoration of birds on flowering branches, with slip-decorated gilt trim. 12 7/8″ H. Late 19th century. PROVENANCE: Private Nashville collection. CONDITION: Some minor wear to gilt trim, overall very good condition.
Lot 461: Pair Old Paris Vases, Old Testament Scenes
Rare and unusual pair of 19th c. Old Paris Porcelain Vases, each featuring opposing Renaissance style figural male and female busts atop a body with hand-painted Biblical scenes. One depicts Abraham exiling the handmaid Hagar and their young son, Ishmael, while his wife, Sarah, and his other son, the infant Isaac, sit inside a tent. […]
Lot 384: Nonconnah Pottery Vase
Scarce Tennessee Nonconnah art pottery cameo vase with slip-painted morning glory flowers, vine and leaves on a matte green ground. Signed “Nonconna” (sic) and “Mrs. A. Stephen” to underside with incised “C”. 8 1/4″ H. Circa 1905. Note: Nonconnah is a Native American name given to a stream that runs through Memphis, Tennessee; it translates […]
Lot 373: Newcomb College Pottery Vase – Moss, Trees & Moon
Newcomb College scenic vase decorated with low relief trees, moss, and full moon decoration. Incised marks for the potter Jonathan Hunt, Newcomb College, 7 for the shape and a date stamp of 1930 (SO56) to the base along with an illegible artist cipher mark, possibly Sarah (Sadie) Agnes Estelle Irvine. 5″ H x 3″ dia. […]
Lot 372: Grueby Art Pottery Bowl and Small Vase
Grueby American Art Pottery ceramic bowl and vase, each having a matte green glaze to exterior. Vase, 6 3/4″H, retains old paper Grueby label along with the impressed mark to underside. Bowl, 3 1/2″h x 9″ diameter, with faint impressed mark to underside. Note condition report below. Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1910. PROVENANCE: Inherited by consignors […]
Lot 371: Grueby Art Pottery Vase, Marie Seaman
Marie A. Seaman (b. 1868) for Grueby Pottery, matte green glazed ceramic vase with curdling to glaze and curling leaf tips tinged with yellow. Impressed factory marks and incised artist’s initials to underside. Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1903. 10″ H x 6 1/4″ Diameter. PROVENANCE: Private Georgia collection, inherited by consignor’s parents in the 1950s from […]
Lot 368: Art Glass Vase, possibly Loetz
Iridescent Art Glass Vase with flared rim and pinched sides, unsigned, possibly Loetz, Austria, early 20th century. 10″h. CONDITION: Minuscule rim chip; some light scratching to underside.