Vintage 1950s Geisha Maiko Japanese Kyodai Makeup Vanity and Mirror

Lovely pair of Japanese porcelain bowls with transfer design in blue / white. The outer blue design of pair of birds on a flowering tree branch with flora covering rest of design on...

Beautiful pair of Meiji Period blue and white Japanese Imari Chargers depicting two Japanese Courtesans reading poetry by a lake in a serene setting framed by banana palms or trees o...

Lovely Copper Enameled Platter from the 1950s by Harold Tishler. A dusty rose enamel over the bright copper background graces this piece. There are some intentional gray streaks over some areas. The bottom is glaze with a maroon cloor center and outer edge and a soft pink circle separating the two. Instead of having a sharp edge around the circumsference, the edge has been folded over and under creating a soft rim. Signed on the bottom H. Tishler. Condition: Very Good. Two small drilled wholes on either side of the rim for firing purposes (not seem from above). Please look at all images and view our other Tishler enamels’ listings. Measurements: 10 1/4 inches diameter x 3/8 inch high Harold Tishler (1893, Odessa – 1993, Florida) Studied engineering in 1910 at University of Grenoble but did not finished his studies and moved to New York 1913. During WWI, he joined the Merchant Marines and while visiting Japan was introduced to the art of Cloisonne enameling. In 1927, Tishler went to Vienna to study under Josef Hoffmann. Upon his return to NYC in 1932, he began producing copper and silver enamels that were sold at high-end stores. In 1935, Tishler visited a fellow student from the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna, Edward Winter in Cleveland. Tishler was impressed by Winter’s enameling...

Italian surreal still life panels depicting string instruments, a viola and a mandolin(o).  Made by Felice Galbiati Arte Decorativa in Milan.  A lacquered lithographic transfer on wo...