Today is our Asia Week Reception – and tomorrow, our March auction! Please join us for a wine and cheese reception for Asia Week 2018 tonight (Wednesday, March 14) from 5:00pm to 7:00 pm. To RSVP email info@the-maac.com or call 212-355-4400. Register on LiveAuctioneers for the March auction. (Taking place on March 15th at 1:00PM) […]
Thursday of next week is our March auction (March 15th at 1:00PM)! You can register on LiveAuctioneers. Bid on unique antiques, art and collectibles. Just some of the impressive items: Clockwise from top left: Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Buddha, Mongolian Silver Snuff Bottle, Japanese Satsuma Vase, Mongolian Sword and Scabbard, and Japanese 19th Century […]
This Wednesday (February 15th) is the first day of the Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show – which features four of our dealers! The Palm Beach Group is “the Leader in Fine Art, Antique & Jewelry Shows from coast to coast across The United States”. The show runs until Tuesday, Feb 21st. A photo […]
When the weather gets cold, the cold take in art! (At least, that seems like the best plan.) NYC-ARTS has put together a detailed list of the NYC museums offering free – or pay-what-you-wish admission. You may not be able to wish the weather away, but it is comforting that when it’s punishing, you can duck […]
Solomon Treasure (in Gallery #64) will be at the New York Art, Antique and Jewelry Show, November 9th – 13th. The New York Art, Antique & Jewelry Show presents preeminent exhibitors showcasing impressive collections of antique and estate jewelry, Asian antiquities, sculpture, textiles, American and European silver, furniture, fine art and more. From The Palm […]
By the late 19th century, the “Age of the Samurai” was at an end. Ironically, it was members of the samurai class themselves who engineered its downfall–and laid the path for modern Japan. Former samurai were among the leaders of the Meiji Restoration, which abolished the feudal system and the ruling warrior class with it. […]
As it’s the haunting season, in this week’s NEW Vintage & Antique Finds, we feature a beautifully sinister hawk okimono that could give Edgar Allan Poe’s macabre raven a run for its money. This richly sculptured Meiji period okimono (which translates to “objet d’art”) features a predatory hawk chiseled in a naturalistic style with its […]
This week’s featured NEW Vintage & Antique Find is this wonderfully dynamic bronze “okimono” (the Japanese term for objet d’art) from the artistically prolific Meiji period (1868-1912). The sculpture depicts two macaques performing the maxim embodied by sanbiki no saru (three monkeys): see no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil. This playful realization has […]
Large porcelain Tian Qiu vase, decorated with a continuous landscape, China, Republican period. Dragon Treasures Antique Ltd. In honor of Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, we present some of our favorite antiques and objects of Asian art curated from our galleries. We highlight a wide range of antique to contemporary Asian art here but there are […]
Japanese Woodblock print of “Two Rabbits and Bush Clover Under Moon”, (“Hagi no Usagi”) by Koson, c. 1931. Akasaka Collection Tomorrow is Easter, the Christian holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Have you ever wondered why a fluffy bunny represent this somber holiday? There is certainly no mention of twitchy-nosed rabbits in the Biblical […]