Pre-Raphaelite Movement

Pre-Raphaelite Movement. Signed, E. Pinter. Possibly a pseudonym for Edward Henry Corbould (British 1815-1905)Lunar Enlightenment (in pencil verso). c.1860.Watercolour on the card. $5,500 WRIGHT GALLERY FINE ART From the July newsletter, read here.

August 2, 2024 Tira Lewis News.

THE HISTORIC HOUSES ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA INVITES AAADA COMMUNITY TO JOIN A SMALL GROUP STUDY TOUR OF GREECE

The proposed dates are 7 to 24 October 2024, about 17 days, and covering roughly 4,000 years of engaging history, stimulating art and impressive architecture. In Athens, we visit the unforgettable marble buildings of the Acropolis, other archaeological sites and museums, plus some outstanding 19th-century Neo-Classical houses. In southern...

July 24, 2024 Tira Lewis News.

Celebrating a Piece of Persian History: The Bakhtiari Khan’s Carpet

BY AMIR ALIGORGI, BEHRUZ STUDIO Nestled in our collection at Behruz Studio is a truly extraordinary piece that captures the essence of Persian artistry and heritage. This is the Khan’s Carpet, a Bakhtiari triclinium or audience carpet from South Central Persia, dated back to 1902 AD. Crafted to the...

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Byōbu (屏風, lit. ‘wind wall’) are Japanese folding screens made from several joined panels…

…bearing decorative painting and calligraphy. Monumental and unique in scale in the world of art for bold designs and compositions – often ahead of Western art in the context of comparative art history especially in the development in decoration and design. Coveted by connoisseurs, Kazari offers rare artworks once...

June 20, 2024 Tira Lewis News.

nkisi-nkondi altar spirits carved from coquilla nut

J. B. HAWKINS ANTIQUES A very rare group of three nkisi-nkondi altar spirits carved from coquilla nuts, as nailed power figures, awakened and activated by the horseshoe nails. Carved by a Bantu living in Brazil of Kongolese descent, circa 1860. They epitomise the intensity of the Black African syncretic...

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CERAMIC COLLECTORS SOCIETY, Founded 1949

The Ceramic Collectors Society was founded on the 13th of September 1949, by a small group of antique dealers and ceramic collectors in Sydney. Its aim is to promote appreciation and knowledge of ceramic art and to form a meeting ground for all those interested in ceramics. In 2024...

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The Johnston Collection at the AAADA Antiques & Art Fair Melbourne

This past April the Australian Antique & Art Dealers Association held its annual Antiques & Art Fair Melbourne. With thousands of visitors immersing themselves in the refined world of antiques in the historic Malvern Town Hall. They explored distinctive collections for purchase, unwound with Scotchmans Hill Evening Drinks, engaged...

May 30, 2024 Tira Lewis News.

ENGLISH SILVER FOR WRITING

DR ALISON M HOLLOWAY Little is recorded of silver, used in England for writing, before the time of the Commonwealth (1649-1660). There are references to two standishes in the inventory of plate belonging to King Henry VIII dated 1520. One is of Spanish origin, the other probably English marked...

April 8, 2024 AAADA Admin News.

HYAKUMANTŌ DHĀRAṆĪ (百万塔陀羅尼): THE EARLIEST RELIABLY DATABLE PRINTED TEXT

DOUGLAS STEWART The Hyakumantō Dhāraṇī is the earliest printed text to have survived in Eastern or Western cultures that can be verifiably dated, predating the movable type of Gutenberg by some seven centuries. In the year 764 CE, the Empress Shōtoku (称徳天皇) commissioned one million (hyakuman) miniature wooden pagodas...

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FRANK HYAMS THE NEW ZEALAND WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER – GREENSTONE CANDLESTICKS

JOHN HAWKINS Between 1885 and 1905 Frank Hyams ran a watchmaking and jewellery business in Princess Street, Dunedin. When his first wife Elle Hallenstein died in 1895, he married her London-based cousin Hilda in 1897 and he moved to London in 1898. The Hallensteins founded a clothing, retail and...

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