24 juillet 2013

Well carved toggle, China, 19th century, coral. Photo Garth's Auctioneers & Appraisers 1.25"h. Estimated Price: $1,500 - $2,500 Garth's Auctioneers & Appraisers. Asian Art. July 26, 2013. 2690 Stratford Road PO Box 369 Delaware, OH, 43015 USA. Phone: +1 740 362 4771 - Fax: +1 740 363 0164 - Email: info@garths.com

Green jadeite bangle and a white jade pendant, China, 19th century. Photo Garth's Auctioneers & Appraisers 2"h. Total weight 62g.; inner diameter of jadeite bangle: approximately 2 3/8". Jade has not been enhanced. Estimated Price: $1,500 - $2,500 Ex private Brazilian collection. Garth's Auctioneers & Appraisers. Asian Art. July 26, 2013. 2690 Stratford Road PO Box 369 Delaware, OH, 43015 USA. Phone: +1 740 362 4771 - Fax: +1 740 363 0164... [Lire la suite]

Feather holder. China, 19th century, coral. Photo Garth's Auctioneers & Appraisers 2.5"h. Estimated Price: $1,800 - $2,800 Garth's Auctioneers & Appraisers. Asian Art. July 26, 2013. 2690 Stratford Road PO Box 369 Delaware, OH, 43015 USA. Phone: +1 740 362 4771 - Fax: +1 740 363 0164 - Email: info@garths.com

Fine Imperial enameled "Zhai Jie" gilt plaque. China, late Qing dynasty. Photo Garth's Auctioneers & Appraisers 2.5". Estimated Price: $2,500 - $3,500 Garth's Auctioneers & Appraisers. Asian Art. July 26, 2013. 2690 Stratford Road PO Box 369 Delaware, OH, 43015 USA. Phone: +1 740 362 4771 - Fax: +1 740 363 0164 - Email: info@garths.com

China, agate pendant. Photo Garth's Auctioneers & Appraisers Well carved with deer and plum tree. Coral string bead. 2.5". Estimated Price: $3,500 - $4,500 Garth's Auctioneers & Appraisers. Asian Art. July 26, 2013. 2690 Stratford Road PO Box 369 Delaware, OH, 43015 USA. Phone: +1 740 362 4771 - Fax: +1 740 363 0164 - Email: info@garths.com

KNORR BOAR. This boar’s skull is one of several prints we’ve added to our offerings of hand-colored natural history engravings from an extensive series documenting collector’s cabinets produced by German naturalist Georg W. Knorr in the 1760s called "Deliciae Naturae Selectae Oder Auserlefenes Natüralien-Cabinet" [Selected Delights of Nature, or the Exquisite Collector’s Cabinet].

Shell Knorr. Photo courtesy George Timmons Shell Knorr. Photo courtesy George Timmons Shell Knorr. Photo courtesy George Timmons Shell Knorr. Photo courtesy George Timmons   Shell Knorr. Photo courtesy George Timmons Antique prints from "Les Delices des Yeux et de L’Esprit, a la Representation d’une Collection Universelle des Coquilles” by Georg Wolfgang Knorr published in 1764 in Nuremberg, Germany. This series of antique prints is beautifully hand colored (original hand color work on antique print) and is of... [Lire la suite]

KNORR KUDU. This African kudu's head with other antelope horns is one of several hand-colored natural history engravings from an extensive series documenting collector’s cabinets produced by German naturalist Georg Knorr in the 1760s called from Deliciae Naturae Selectae Oder Auserlefenes Natüralien-Cabinet [Selected Delights of Nature, or the Exquisite Collector’s Cabinet].

KNORR CORAL. This red coral is one of several prints we’ve added to our offerings of hand-colored natural history engravings from an extensive series documenting collector’s cabinets produced by German naturalist Georg Knorr in the 1760s called from Deliciae Naturae Selectae Oder Auserlefenes Natüralien-Cabinet [Selected Delights of Nature, or the Exquisite Collector’s Cabinet].

Carved fish form white jade snuff bottle, China, 18th-19th century. Photo Garth's Auctioneers & Appraisers 2.25"h. Weighs 47g.; small flake to lid; minor soiling in recesses of carved areas. Estimated Price: $3,800 - $4,800 From a private California Collection.  Garth's Auctioneers & Appraisers. Asian Art. July 26, 2013. 2690 Stratford Road PO Box 369 Delaware, OH, 43015 USA. Phone: +1 740 362 4771 - Fax: +1 740 363 0164... [Lire la suite]