Sarah Nastapoka soapstone carving. Dated 1973 and titled "Face Encircled by Hood". Measures 11.25" x 9". Sarah Nastapoka was born in 1925 and is considered one of Canada's most outstanding Inuit artists. Nastapoka worked on her husband’s carvings, as well as her own. She could not spell her name and, at her request, her husband Abraham often signed his name on her sculptures. In 1974, Nastapoka and her son set up a place to carve near the Inukjuak River. She traveled by dog team to quarry her own soapstone, which was located about 50 miles away in a place called Sungauyak, which means “beautiful stone” (Wight 2006:75). In an unpublished interview with Inuit Art Foundation staff in 2009, she said that she can no longer carve since her “hands do not work anymore.”

Japanese Meiji era table screen holders in the form of Mandarin ducks. Solid bronze with splotches of gold wash. Each measures 4.25 inches long by 3 inches wide by 2.75 inches high. Excellent condition. Japan, circa 1860.

19thc Chinese hand carved panel with birds. Gilt over lacquer red. Measures 11 inches wide by 9.5 inches high by 1.5 inches deep

Gisler Weber hand carved duck decoy. Peru, Illinois, circa 1930. No repairs or imperfections. Measures 15 inches long from bill to tail.

17th century Renaissance period carved walnut panel depicting putti. Italy circa 1640. Measures 21.25 inches by 8.75 inches. Deeply carved, rich patina. Excellent condition.