by Lia Von Huban | Mar 31, 2021 | Uncategorized
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica Soup Tureen, sold for $3,000 in Fine And Decorative Art, Featuring an Important Collection of Numismatics, February 2, 2021. Flora Danica porcelain is certainly beautiful, with its exquisite molding, delicate hand-painted flowers, and...
by Lia Von Huban | Mar 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968), "Jeune Fille Assise un Chat," color lithograph on paper. Sold for $650 in Fine and Decorative Arts of the Globe, January 19, 2019. Born into a high-class family in Tokyo in 1886, Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita was a painter and...
by Lia Von Huban | Feb 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
“Instead of a long-running and bloody battle with Nature to dominate her, we can walk in step with a tree to release the joy in her grains, to join with her to realise her potentials, to enhance the environments of man.” -George Nakashima In the late 90s,...
by Lia Von Huban | Jul 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
Icons to Folktales In 1917 Russian job prospects were bleak to say the least. The revolution had begun a new era of employment insecurity for intellectuals, the clergy, and the many artists dedicated to the painting of icons both for private use and church...
by Lia Von Huban | Jun 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
Ukiyo-e artists throughout the Edo period explored a variety of genres, including historical events, kabuki actors, folk tales, beautiful women, and the natural environment. One recurring subject in Japanese woodblock prints that encompasses multiple genres is cats....
by Lia Von Huban | May 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
Russian Porcelain Egg with Sterling Stand, for sale May 20th A saint, Prince Vladimir the Baptizer of Kievan Rus, is doubtless an appropriate image for a finely decorated, Russian porcelain Easter egg. Vladimir’s clothing is simple yet regal, swathed in a blood red...
