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1 Auction & Specialist Information

2 Web Site & Online Bidding

4 Sale 2665M Lots 1–598

47 Absentee Bid Form

49 Online Sale 2666T Lots 1–445

50 How to Bid – Online Auctions

71 Conditions of Sale

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Asian Art –
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Lots 1–598

1 8 13
White Glass Bangle in Faux Reticulated Pair of Faux Ivory Earrings, China, Four Silver Accessories and a Bronze
Tortoiseshell Box, China, cover carved with rectangular, molded densely with cranes Dog, China, two silver hair sticks with
squirrels amongst vines, mark on base, bangle amidst pine trees, with gilt-metal screw-back pierced decorations, marked, lg. to 6 1/2, a
inner dia. 2 1/4 in. mounting, stamped “14k,” lg. 1 5/8 in. pair of silver chained ornaments with floral
$400-600 $200-300 decorations and bells, marked, lg. 9 3/4, and a
recumbent bronze dog, lg. 2 3/4 in.
$300-500
2 9
Pair of White Glass Bangles, China, inner Nine Silvered and Gilt-metal Accessories,
dia. 2 1/4 in. China, 19th/20th century, including four pairs 14
$300-500 of earrings with dragon-fish decorations, and Jade Bead Necklace with Jade Plaque,
a pair of loop earrings with flowers, marked, China, 20th century, the plaque carved with
together with two chatelaine grooming kits and Shoulao seated with children and a peach, lg.
3 a pair of peach-form bells. 2 1/8, necklace lg. 18 in., stones of mottled
Two Bangles, China, one green glass, one $225-335 green.
white stone, both inner dia. 2 1/4 in. $300-500
$100-150
10
Approximately Sixty Silver Hat Ornaments, 15
4 China, 19th century, most in the form of Stone Bead Necklace, China, the pale
Pair of White Glass Bangles, China, inner Immortals and Buddhas, two monster masks, celadon stone beads divided equally by four
dia. 2 1/4 in. two floral roundels each with an auspicious large red beads, lg. 21 in.
$200-300 character, and a set of four auspicious $500-700
characters (“fu lu shou xi”) embossed with
figures, approx. ten with marks, lg. to 1 3/4 in.
5 $600-1,000 16
Pair of Jade Bracelets, China, stone of Three Hardstone Pendants, China, one white
translucent pale celadon color, inner dia. 2 jade with roundels of openwork fish and bats,
1/4 in. 11 dia. 2; an animal-shaped carving, ht. 1 1/8;
$300-500 Gilt-metal Hair Ornaments, China, 19th/20th and an ovoid brown stone with incised fish, lg.
century, a pair of hair sticks with dragon 2 1/4 in.
decorations, lg. 6, a pair of hair sticks with $200-300
6 kingfisher feathers and hardstone finials, lg. 6
Green Stone Bangle, China, carved with 1/4, a hair stick with en tremblant hardstone
a pair of confronting goldfish flanking an and metal finial, lg. 7 1/2, a barrette with 17
embroidered ball, inner dia. 2 in. pierced decorations of auspicious emblems, Eight Silver Demitasse Spoons and Three
$400-600 lg. 4 1/2, and a partial ornament with dragons, Gilt-metal Bangles, China, 19th/20th century,
lg. 1 5/8 in. the spoons with fruit-shaped bowls and petal-
$200-300 form finials, marked “Fei Wen Yuan Yu Ji,” lg. 4
7 in., the bangles incised with flowers, two with
Group of Accessories, China, a green stone silver marks on the underside, adjustable.
bangle, inner dia. 2 1/2, a pale celadon glass 12 $175-300
bangle, inner dia. 2 1/4, a green beaded Pair of Hair Sticks, China, made of semi-
bracelet, a green stone thumb ring, inner dia. opaque white glass, rectangular, each with
5/8, a white stone plaque with openwork carved and pierced lotus terminal, lg. 8 3/8 in. 18
dragon-and-phoenix motif, lg. 2 1/8, and $200-300 Horn Pendant Depicting Two Lions, China,
a white stone plaque pierced with a shou carved with incised details, with a string and a
character, scrolling foliage, and a bat, dia. 2 in. jade stone bead, lg. 1 7/8 in.
$200-300 $600-800

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Two Figural Wood Netsukes, Japan, 20th
century, one carrying a staff, the other holding
a toad and a fruiting peach branch, ht. to 3
1/2 in.
$200-400
20
Three Wood Netsuke, Japan, 20th century,
a recumbent bull on a rock, lg. 2, a cat with a
mouse on its back, lg. 2, and a pair of fish, lg.
1 3/4 in., all signed on base.
$300-500
21
Three Repoussé Metal Belt Hooks, Tibet,
20th century, one rectangular and two scallop-
rimmed ruyi-shape, decorated with auspicious
animals or birds with lotus flowers and
Buddhist objects, lg. to 8 1/2 in.
$700-900
22
Iranian Gold and Seed Pearl Brooch,
contemporary, floral form, lg. 2 3/4 in.
$300-500
23
Iranian Gold Leaf and Silver Brooch,
contemporary, the half-sphere brooch with
filigree work, with three pierced spheres
mounted in drops, alternating with teardrop
and leaf shaped charms, lg. 3 1/4 in.
$300-500
24
Persian Silver Charms, 18th century or later,
five pierced openwork spheres with turquoise
and colored glass inlays, dia. 1/2, and four
half spheres with pleated designs and inlays
of turquoise and glass, dia. 5/8, all on a
necklace, lg. 13 in.
$400-600
25
Banded Agate Snuff Bottle, China,
cylindrical, well-hollowed, milky-gray stone
with dark rings, ht. 3 in.
$500-700
26
Miniature Agate Snuff Bottle, China,
flattened pebble form, stone of semi-
translucent gray with caramel tones, ht. 2 1/4
in.
$500-700
27
Cameo Agate Snuff Bottle, China, flattened
baluster form, depicting with a figure and a
butterfly, incised with the characters wen wan,
stone of semi-translucent gray with caramel
tones, ht. 2 1/2 in.
$500-700
28
Cameo Agate Snuff Bottle, China, rounded
rectangular form, depicting a squirrel on a
branch, stone of semi-translucent gray with
dark caramel tones, ht. 2 3/4 in.
$500-700
29
Cameo Agate Snuff Bottle, China, rounded
rectangular form, depicting with a horse
beneath clouds, stone of semi-translucent
gray, ht. 2 1/2 in.
$500-700
30
Two Porcelain Snuff Bottles, China,
cylindrical, one painted in iron red enamels
with a dragon pursuing a flaming pearl amidst
clouds, with green stone stopper and ivory
scoop, ht. 3 1/2, and one decorated with a
blue and white dragon against iron red waves,
with amethyst stopper and bone scoop, ht. 3
1/4 in.
$200-400
31
Enameled Twin Snuff Bottle, China, painted
on either side with a woman and child at
leisure in a garden scene, the stoppers each
decorated with a blossom, four-character
Qianlong mark on base, ht. 2 5/8 in.
$200-300
32
Two Peking Glass Snuff Bottles, China,
20th century, including one decorated with
polychrome enamel motifs and carved bats
and “shou” character meaning longevity, four-
character Qianlong mark to base, ht. 2 1/2;
the other with lotus and dragonfly and cranes,
ht. 3 in.
$500-700
33
Double Snuff Bottle, China, 20th century, of
glass decorated with in-paintings of a scholar
sitting at desk under pine tree on the larger
bottle and a child on the smaller, ht. 3 in.
$500-700
34
Jadeite Snuff Bottle, China, flattened peach
shape, carved with bats and lingzhi sprigs,
the neck flanked by decorative handles, with
a screw-top stopper, stone of mottled green,
ht. 1 7/8 in.
$400-600
35
Two Art Glass Snuff Bottles, China, a
rectangular bottle, ht. 2 1/2, and a bottle of
irregular pebble form, ht. 2 in.
$500-700
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36
Rose Quartz Snuff Bottle, China, baluster
form, with decorative monster-mask handles,
ht. 2 3/8 in.
$500-700
37
Three Snuff Bottles, China, a bottle in
flattened rectangular form with sloped
shoulders, stone of semi-opaque gray with
russet inclusions, ht. 2 1/2, the ceramic bottle
painted with Qing Dynasty men, ht. 3 1/4, the
glass bottle in rounded rectangular from with
scattered zigzag patterns, ht. 2 3/4 in.
$200-400
38
Five Snuff Bottles, China, 20th century, one
with walnut shell carving, two ovoid cinnabar
with nutshell carvings, and two interior-painted
glass, ht. to 3 in.
$200-300
39
Three Suzhou-style Snuff Bottles, China,
20th century, carved with either an Immortal or
a tiger in a natural scene with ruyi mushroom
and/or pines, ht. to 3 in.
$200-300
40
Three Snuff Bottles, China, a baluster shape
with metal stopper, decorated with raised
figures, ht. 3 1/4; a flattened round porcelain
bottle decorated with an enameled chicken
and dragon, ht. 2 1/2; and an oblong glass
bottle with interior paintings of figures, ht. 3 in.
$600-800
41
Six Snuff Bottles, China, an ovoid white
porcelain with blue stopper; a bulbous-shape
with carved decoration on a turquoise ground;
a brown pear-shape ceramic with auspicious
motifs; an interior-painted rectangular glass
bottle; a gilt porcelain with vermilion stopper,
and a porcelain with green enamels, ht. 2 1/2
to 3 5/8 in.
$500-700
42
Two Snuff Bottles, China, a double-gourd
glass bottle painted with bats, gourds, and
blossoms on milk white ground, four-character
Qianlong mark on base, ht. 2 1/2, and an
agate bottle of rounded rectangular form,
carved with Shoulao standing with a deer and
a bat, ht. 3 in.
$300-500
43
Jade Horse, China, the recumbent animal
carved with its head resting on its front
hooves, stone of celadon color, lg. 5 1/2 in.,
(untested).
$300-500
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Jade Qilin, China, the beast depicted laying
down with its head resting on its crossed
front limbs, stone of celadon color with russet
tones, lg. 3 1/4 in., (untested).
$200-400
45
Jade Ram, China, seated on an elaborately
carved wood stand with mushroom motif, 2
7/8 x 1/3/8 in. without stand.
$200-300
46
Miniature Jade Bowl, China, decorated with
dragon handles, the exterior incised with a
landscape scene depicting figures, pavilions,
pine trees, and distant mountains, stone of
semi-translucent celadon color, dia. 2 5/8 in.
$500-700
47
Jade Scroll Clasp, China, the longer tab
carved in low relief with ruyi scrolls, the shorter
tab with a slit, reverse incised with “Qianlong
Yu Shang” above an inscription, stone of pale
celadon color, lg. 2 5/8 in.
$1,000-1,500
48
Jade Plaque, China, depicting a rabbit on the
moon flanked by a pair of dragons, with a xi
character (happiness) above and a lotus flower
below, stone of pale yellow color, 4 3/4 x 6 1/4
in., (untested).
$300-500
49
Three Jade Plaques, China, 20th century,
depicting two children at play; Buddha; and
four Chinese auspicious characters, ht. to 2
1/4 in.
$200-300
50
Soapstone Twin Vase, China, carved on a
rockwork base with a fruiting plant, stone of
variegated purplish hue, ht. 2 3/4 in.
$200-300
51
Agate Covered Vase, China, baluster form,
carved with peony branches and birds in
shallow relief, the waisted neck decorated with
lappets and flanked by dragon-handles with
suspending rings, cover with foo lion finial,
stone of semi-translucent gray, ht. 8 in.
$400-600
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Two Green Stone Covered Vessels on
Wood Stands, China, a baluster vase with a
qilin base and a phoenix-form finial, the qilin
carved with its back claw clutching a censer,
ht. 7, and an archaic-style vessel carved with
chilong motifs and supported by four cabriole
legs surmounted by monster-masks, ht. 6
1/4 in.
$300-500
53
Six Carved Hardstone Items, China, a
lapis lazuli vase carved with a figure with a
garland of coins amidst pine trees, with wood
stand, ht. 3 1/8, a rock crystal carving of
a woman accessorizing in front of a vanity
desk, ht. 4, an imitate-quartz glass brush
washer decorated with openwork blossoming
branches and birds along the rim, dia. 4, a
miniature grayish-celadon jade covered ewer
in the form of a winged mythical beast, on
wood stand, ht. 4, an agate covered vase
carved in relief with a dragon flying amidst
clouds, with bird-form finial, on openwork
wood stand, ht. 5, a green stone carving of
a boy standing on a three-legged toad and
carrying a garland of coins, on wood stand,
ht. 3 in.
$800-1,200
54
Faux Amber Resin Brush Washer, China,
oval, the exterior decorated with five qilin in
relief, dia. 3 in.
$300-500
55
Soapstone Brush Washer, China, with two
handles carved into floral motifs, the body
lobed into a double lotus motif, incised details
to handles, dia. 8 3/4 in. (from handle to
handle).
$300-500
56
Blue and White Brush Pot, Chinese, 20th
century, cylindrical shape with slightly waisted
sides, depicting figures in a Daoistic landscape
in two rectangular reserves, partially unglazed
base, ht. 5 1/2, dia. 7 5/8 in.
$400-600
57
Bamboo Brush Pot, China, cylindrical, carved
in relief with a continuous military scene with
figures at battle in a forest with willow trees
and pavilions, ht. 6 1/2 in.
$300-500
58
Bamboo Brush Pot, China, long cylindrical
form, carved in shallow relief with a scholar
drinking at leisure in a landscape with rocks,
ht. 12 1/2 in.
$200-300
59
Ceramic Brush Holder, Korea, 19th/20th
century, bluish hue, multiple compartments,
with two rectangular reticulated containers
and two cylindrical containers, resting on a
round base with ribbed sides, decorated with
two applied ducks and beads, ht. 6 in.
$50-100
60
Famille Rose Brush Pot, China, cylindrical,
decorated with the eight Buddhist emblems
interspersed with scrolling lotus blossoms,
with turquoise interior and base, six-character
Jiaqing mark on base, ht. 5 1/8 in.
$400-600
61
Wucai Porcelain Brush Handle, China,
19th/20th century, elongated pear shape
with flat bottom and flared neck, the convex
top decorated with floral motifs, the body
depicting two dragons interspersed with
flaming pearls in underglaze blue and
overglaze enamel of iron red and green, three
double-line bands in underglaze blue around
the neck and mouth, a geometric band in iron
red along the bottom, Wanli mark along the
mouth, ht. 7 3/4 in.
$500-700
61A
Famille Verte Jar, China, 19th/20th century,
ovoid, heavily potted, decorated with panels
depicting egrets in a lotus pond alternating
with reserves depicting auspicious emblems
and a vase of plum blossoms, with double ring
on base, ht. 14 1/2 in.
$800-1,000
62
Blue and White Bowl, China, 20th century,
the rounded sides painted in underglaze blue
with four vignettes depicting figures engaging
in various activities in different settings, the
interior well decorated with boys playing
in a garden within a double-ring, with floral
vignettes along the interior rim, six-character
Chenghua mark within a double-ring on
recessed base, dia. 8 1/2 in.
$2,000-3,000
63
Export Blue and White Porcelain Bowl,
China, 19th century, for export to Southeast
Asia, painted with a landscape of rocks and
trees, the interior well similarly decorated, with
crackled glaze, dia. 5 3/4 in.
$1,200-1,500
64
Two Blue and White Bowls, China, 19th/20th
century, one decorated with bats and clouds,
dia. 5 1/4; the other decorated with Immortals,
dia. 4 in., six-character Guangxu mark to both
bases.
$200-300
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Three Blue and White Bowls with Floral
Decoration, China, 20th century, a hexagonal
bowl with lobed rim and circular foot, dia. 5
7/8, a square bowl with lobed corners and
circular foot, 5 1/2 x 5 1/2, both with mark
on base, and a footed bowl with a landscape
scene on the interior well and embellishments
in gilt and iron red enamels, ht. 4 1/2 in.
$300-400
66
Blue Glazed Dragon Bowl, China, 20th
century, decorated with four impressed
five-clawed dragons alternating with cloud
motifs in turquoise glaze on deep blue-glazed
ground, the interior decorated with a dragon
in a double ring incised in anhua style, six-
character Xuande mark on deep base, dia. 7
7/8 in.
$300-500
67
Blue and White Lidded Box, China, 20th
century, depicting a phoenix and a five-clawed
dragon along with stylized clouds both on the
body and the lid, the box with raised inner rim
for the lid to sit on, double rings demarcating
the rim of the lid and the top and bottom of
the box, the lid decorated with ruyi-like scrolls,
six-character Xuande mark in a double ring to
the recessed base, ht. 1 3/4, dia. 1 5/8 in.
$400-600
68
Blue and White Seal Paste Box, China,
the cover molded and painted with figures
in a mountainous landscape, the base
similarly decorated with waves, four-character
Qianlong mark on base, dia. 2 3/4 in.
$400-600
69
Blue and White Charger, China, barbed
rim, the interior well painted with a luohan,
surrounded by auspicious fruit and flowers,
the underside decorated with lappet reserves,
dia. 17 in.
$500-700
70
Pair of Blue and White Dishes, China, both
depicting flowers in a pot on the interior well,
the exterior with freestyle brushstrokes, mark
in a double ring to base, slight difference in
size, dia. 8 3/8, 8 1/4 in.
$200-300
71
Blue and White Prunus Covered Jar, China,
19th/20th century, globular body, decorated
with flowering prunus branches on a deep
blue underglazed ground, four-character
Kangxi mark on base, ht. 12 in.
$300-500
72
Pair of Blue and White Covered Jars,
China, 20th century, baluster form, painted
with phoenixes amidst peonies and
scrolling foliage, the covers with similar floral
decoration, with wood stands, ht. 20 1/2 in.
$200-400
73
Pair of Blue and White Jars, China, bulbous-
shape decorated with white blossoms with
floral scrolls on a blue ground, with wood
stand, the cover with a lotus knob, ht. 9 1/4
in.
$200-300
74
Four Small Blue and White Jars, China,
bulbous-shape of assorted sizes, each
decorated with symbols of the eight treasures,
coin designs, chrysanthemums, or auspicious
fruits, ht. 4 3/8 to 6 in.
$400-600
75
Ming-style Blue and White Jar, China,
decorated with lotus flowers and scrolling
foliage above a lappet border, the shoulder
painted with foliate ruyi design, ht. 7 1/2 in.
$300-500
76
Group of Ceramic Items, China, a blue and
white ginger jar mounted as a lamp, jar ht. 6
1/4, a blue and white bowl with dense floral
and foliate decorations, mark on base, dia. 6
1/4, a Ming-style wucai miniature jar painted
with figures, Wanli mark on base, ht. 3 3/4,
and two imari tea bowl covers marked “fu gui
chang chun,” dia. 4 1/8 in.
$100-200
77
Seven Blue and White Porcelain Items,
China and Japan, a covered jar with blossoms
against blue ground, double ring on base, ht.
6, a cylindrical brush pot painted with birds
flying amidst plum blossom branches, ht. 5
3/4, a dragon vase with four-character Kangxi
mark on base, ht. 8 1/4, a seal paste covered
box decorated with figures, six-character
Kangxi mark on base, dia. 3 3/8, a lobed
dish with barbed rim molded with peonies
against a brilliant blue ground, mark on base,
dia. 11, a barbed-rim plate with decorations
of phoenixes and foliage, dia. 12 3/4, and a
triangular dish with shaped sides, the interior
well painted with a female Immortal amidst
clouds, lg. 8 1/4 in.
$150-250
78
Blue and White Bulb Pot, China, rectangular
with lobed corners, decorated with lotus
flowers and scrolling foliage, with key-fret
border along the rim, six-character Wanli mark
on base, 2 1/4 x 9 x 6 in.
$300-500
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Blue and White Stemmed Plate, China,
the foot painted with a dragon pursuing a
flaming pearl, with fish and lotus flowers in the
rolling waves below, the exterior of the plate
decorated with stylized lotus and ruyi motifs,
ht. 6 1/2 in.
$500-700
80
Ming-style Blue and White Vase, China,
pear shape, decorated with three qilin racing
across rolling waves, six-character Xuande
mark on shoulder, ht. 13 1/2 in.
$400-600
81
Blue and White Vase, China, 19th/20th
century, baluster-shape, with round shoulder,
waisted neck, and dish-shape mouth resting
on a short raised foot, decorated with various
carved and underglaze blue designs, including
a decorative band around the neck, five raised
bats along the shoulder, five roundels of
stylized phoenixes, peonies, and foliate scrolls
on the body, and a band of upturned lotus
pattern on the bottom, six-character Qianlong
mark on a recessed base, ht. 13 1/2 in.
$2,500-3,500
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Pair of Export Nanking-style Blue and
White Meiping Vases, China, 20th century,
painted with floral sprigs and reserves
depicting riverside pagodas and houses, with
gilt decoration, ht. 9 3/4 in.
$400-600
82A
Pair of Famille Rose Jars with Covers,
China, 20th century, tubular body with domed
cover with carved animal finial, depicting birds
perched on blooming plum in an aubergine
ground, Yongqing changchun mark in
overglaze iron red to base, ht. 9 1/4 in.
$500-700
83
Blanc de Chine Figure of a Man, China,
19th/20th century, depicted sitting on an ox
with a flute against his shoulder, ht. 16 3/4 in.
$200-300
84
Two Modern Blanc de Chine Guanyins,
China, including one standing on lotuses,
dressed in a flowing robe, ht. 8 3/4; and one
on a stand decorated with ruyi mushroom-
inspired plants, ht. 9 5/8 in.
$200-400
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Carnelian Vase, China, 20th century, carved
as a hollow tree trunk section, pierced and
carved with gnarled branches with clusters of
pine needles, with birds and animals below
amidst lingzhi plants growing from rocks at
the base, the matrix a deep orange color with
variegated striations, ht. 8 3/4 in.
$400-600
86
Three Green Glazed Bowls, China, including
one decorated with freestyle lines on the
interior and combed on the exterior, olive
green glaze, dia. 6 3/4; one decorated with
incised floral design on interior and medallion,
bluish gray-green glaze, dia. 6 1/2; and one
decorated with incised lines to the interior and
combed decoration on the exterior, olive green
glaze, dia. 6 in.
$75-125
87
Pair of Celadon Plates with Blue and White
Decoration, China, the interior well painted
with a lotus blossom with a central shou
characters, surrounded by bats, dia. 11 1/2 in.
$200-300
88
Celadon Bowl, China, 20th century, small
bowl-shape with a flared rim, of olive green
glaze, carved decoration of a boy walking with
a flower branch in his hand on the interior,
glazed base, unglazed foot ring, no spur mark,
dia. 5 in.
$800-1,000
89
Large Celadon Tripod Censer, China,
Sung-style, circular, molded with lotus flowers
and foliage, the short neck decorated with
wave patterns, covered with a thick, crackled
celadon glaze, with unglazed interior well and
base, dia. 10 1/2 in.
$800-1,000
90
Celadon Dish with Kintsugi Repairs, China,
possibly 14th century, of Longquan olive green
glaze, the exterior decorated with carved lotus
petals, no decoration on the interior, slightly
inward rim, (three kintsugi repairs on the rim
and base), dia. 6 1/2 in.
$100-150
91
Celadon Glazed Stoneware Figure of a
Monk, China, 20th century, depicted wearing
loose robes and standing on a lotus base,
head unglazed, ht. 9 1/4 in.
$100-200
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Celadon Covered Jar with Blue and White
Decoration, China, ovoid, decorated with
floral roundels and emblems of the eight
Daoist Immortals, on wood stand, ht. 9 in.
$500-700
93
Four Celadon Items, China, including small
ewer with animal-shaped cover, grayish green
glaze, ht. 6; a small ewer with missing cover,
olive green glaze, ht. 3; a plain bowl with
craquelure, thick bluish green glaze, dia. 6 1/8;
and a flat dish with craquelure, transparent
bluish green, dia. 5 1/2 in.
$100-150
94
No lot.
95
Celadon Vase, China, cylindrical, with peony
decorations and leiwen border around the
rims, ht. 6 1/2 in.
$75-150
96
Celadon Ribbed Vase, China, 19th/20th
century, pear-shape body with a flared mouth
resting on a slightly flared foot, two animal
head with a ring on the long neck, lobed rim,
ht. 10 1/4 in.
$400-600
97
Green Glazed Vase, China, 20th century,
baluster shape, overall decorated with an
emerald green crackle glaze, ht. 10 1/2 in.
$100-200
98
Celadon Vessel with Handles, China, 20th
century, pear-shape with the round body
flattened and ribbed into four sections to
form a lozenge-shape from mouth to base,
reminiscent of a rectangular fanghu wine
vessel made for offerings, two openwork
handles to the neck, the foot with two small
oblong openings, the whole surface glazed in
celadon except the foot ring, four-character
Qianlong mark inscribed on recessed base,
ht. 6 7/8 in.
$300-500
99
Covered Ceramic Jar, China, with double-
peach finial, enameled with grapevine design
and a calligraphic work, four-character mark
to base, ht. 5 3/4 in.
$300-500
100
Three Funerary Clay Items, China, a figurine
of a woman in yellow-glazed robe, ht. 10 3/4;
a figurine of a man in green-glazed garment,
ht. 8; and a partially glazed jar with carved
decoration, dia. 6 1/2 in.
$200-400
101
Pair of Sancai-glazed Clay Figures, China,
almost identical, with a detachable head, both
hands under the robe, standing on a high four-
tier hexagon plinth, glazed in green, orange,
and black, the face and stand overglazed in
white, one of the figures detached from the
stand, ht. 18 in.
$400-600
102
Doucai Dishes and Bowls, China, three blue
and white dishes decorated with floral motifs
painted in polychrome enamels, dia. 8 1/4;
and two bowls with flat lobed rim, decorated
with underglaze blue design and floral motifs
painted in red and green enamels, dia. 5 1/2
in.
$600-1,200
103
Set of Five Doucai Cups, China, 20th
century, each depicting two phoenixes
interspersed with lotus scrolls enameled in red
and green on underglaze blue, six-character
Chenghua mark on base, dia. 3 1/4 in.
$1,200-1,500
104
Pair of Doucai Plates, China, the interior well
and exterior painted with phoenixes amidst
lotus flowers and scrolling foliage within
double rings, six-character Qianlong mark on
base, dia. 7 5/8 in.
$300-500
105
Doucai Plate, China, the interior well painted
with a pair of cranes flying over a pavilion
and rolling waves amidst clouds, with a ruyi
band along the interior rim, the exterior bats,
lingzhi, lotus blossoms, and scrolling foliage,
six-character Qianlong mark on base, dia. 8
1/4 in.
$300-500
106
Doucai Bowl, China, 20th century, with
lobed gilt rim, the interior wall decorated with
enameled and gilt birds and flowers alternating
with pomegranates reserved in a fan-shape
panel, the inner rim decorated with a band
of lattice patterns in underglaze, the exterior
peonies and scrolls in blue, three spur marks
and a minyao Jiajing mark in a single ring to
base, 9 1/4 in.
$200-300
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Two Celadon Vases, China, one with two
openwork animal-inspired handles on a
tubular neck, crackled glaze, ht. 8 1/2; one in
baluster-shape with straight sides, decorated
with carved peonies and lotus leaves, olive
green glaze, ht. 11 1/2 in.
$50-150
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Two Ming-style Doucai Vases, China, a
bulbous-shape vase decorated with three
lions and lotus scrolls, six-character Wanli
mark to neck, 6 3/4; and a meiping-shape
bottle vase with a dragon and meander motifs,
six-character Jiajing mark to shoulder, 4 3/4
in., both with gilt rim.
$400-600
108
Wucai Box with Dragons and Phoenixes,
China, 20th century, oblong box rounded
at the four corners, resting on raised foot,
decorated on the longer sides with two
dragons chasing a flaming pearl above rolling
waves and the shorter sides, a phoenix, raised
border to the rim, the lid with identical shape
and decoration with the slightly convex top,
all painted in underglaze blue and overglaze
green, iron red, and yellow, six-character Wanli
mark on recessed base, 9 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 4 1/8
in.
$400-600
109
Wucai Gu Vase, China, 19th/20th century,
decorated with auspicious fruit and flowers,
with scholars and attendants at leisure in a
landscape scene, ht. 16 3/8 in.
$4,000-6,000
110
Kutani Bowl, China, 20th century, the interior
well painted in underglaze blue with the “Three
Friends of Winter,” the interior and exterior
walls decorated with floral reserves, dia. 8
1/2 in.
$100-200
111
Enameled Porcelain Food Container with
Cover, China, tubular shape, consisting of
four bowls stacked in four tiers with a domed
cover with a metal knob, enameled with lotus
scrolls and shou characters, four animal head-
shaped hooks on each container, ht. 7 3/8 in.
$200-300
112
Three Enamel Cups, China, each with deep
rounded sides rising from a short foot to the
slightly everted rim, the exterior depicting
auspicious flowers, with inscription and one
seal, six-character Kangxi mark on base in a
double ring, ht. 2 in.
$2,000-3,000
113
Six Polychrome Porcelain Fruit, China, 20th
century, three peaches, two Buddha’s hand
citrons, and a pomegranate, lg. to 5 in.
$200-400
114
Enameled Jar with Cover, China, 19th/20th
century, ovoid, depicting a courtly scene with
figures in a garden setting on a yellow ground,
domed cover with bud shape finial, six-
character Qianlong mark to base, ht. 15 in.
$400-600
115
Enameled Porcelain Jar with Wood Cover,
China, decorated with figures, landscapes,
flowers, dragon fish, and insects in six shaped
panels on underglazed blue ground, four-
character Kangxi mark to base, ht. 8 in.
$400-600
116
Republic Period Porcelain Vase, China, 20th
century, baluster-shape with cylindrical neck
standing on a short straight foot, depicting
sparrows perched on a flowering plum and
bamboo painted in enamel over white-glazed
ground, ht. 17 7/8 in.
$400-600
117
Dragon Vase, China, bottle shape, decorated
with five colorful dragons chasing pearls
amidst clouds against a sage green ground,
six-character Jiaqing mark on base, ht. 11
3/4 in.
$400-600
118
Porcelain Hat Stand, China, 20th century,
hexagonal body with a lobed ovoid opening
on each side, depicting mythical figures and
warriors with animals, ht. 11 in.
$200-250
119
Export Footed Covered Urn, China,
decorated with blue and white floral
decorations on yellow, crackled ground, with
tassels molded around the neck, apocryphal
crown mark on base, drilled, ht. 14 1/4 in.
$200-400
120
Large Famille Noire Jardinière, China, 20th
century, decorated with peacocks amidst
peonies, auspicious fruit, and rocks beneath
a blossoming prunus tree, all against a black
ground, dia. 23 1/2 in.
$200-400
121
Blue and White Charger with Famille
Rose Decoration, China, 19th/20th century,
scalloped rim, the interior well painted
with a garden scene, the everted rim with
blossoming and fruiting branches emerging
from rocks, dia. 15 1/4 in.
$300-500
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Famille Rose Covered Water Coupe, China,
square body topped by a circular cover,
decorated with lotus flowers and scrolling
foliage intertwined with chilong in the form
ruyi and archaic scrolls, all against a bright
yellow ground with feather-pattern, gilt rims,
turquoise-glazed interior and base, with six-
character Qianlong mark in iron red on base, 2
x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.
$400-600
123
Two Porcelain Figures, China, a famille rose
seated Guanyin with a ruyi scepter in her left
hand, ht. 8 1/4, and a brown-glazed monk
seated on a chair, ht. 7 in., both with mark on
base.
$200-300
124
Famille Rose Covered Jar with Iron Red
Decoration, China, 20th century, ovoid, with
floral roundels interspersed with Buddhist
emblems, on wood stand, ht. 8 1/2 in.
$300-500
125
Famille Rose Plate, China, the interior
painted with five red bats, the exterior
decorated with lotus flowers and scrolling
foliage against a magenta ground, six-
character Qianlong mark on base, dia. 9 3/8
in.
$400-600
126
Famille Rose Quatrefoil Plate, China, resting
on four low feet, decorated with gilt lines and
lotus scrolls, the inner well with a calligraphic
inscription in overglaze iron red, six-character
Jiaqing mark to base, wd. 5 7/8 in.
$200-400
127
Pair of Famille Rose Garden Seats, China,
20th century, barrel shape, with cartouches
depicting carps and pierced coin design,
against a yellow ground decorated with lotus
flowers and scrolling foliage, ht. 19 1/4 in.
$400-600
128
Famille Rose Hat Stand, China, cylindrical
with six quatrefoil apertures, decorated
with calligraphy and various scholar’s
objects and auspicious emblems, including
censers, a crane, sanduo fruits, vases of
chrysanthemums and pine, and a table
screen, apocryphal four-character Guangxu
mark on base, ht. 11 1/4 in.
$300-400
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Five Vases, China, a pair of famille rose vases
with peony decorations, drilled, ht. 8 1/8, a
blue-glazed vase with metal mounted around
the neck, drilled, ht. 9 1/4, a large famille rose
vase with peony decorations, six-character
Qianlong mark on base, ht. 24, and a famille
rose vase painted with women and attendants
in a study surrounded by scholar’s and
auspicious objects, ht. 10 in.
$200-300
130
Unique Vase in a Vase, China, 20th century,
pear-shape vase with a splayed foot and
flared mouth divided along the neck into two
parts, the bottom part decorated with four
landscapes reserved in four roundels on a
blue ground filled with enameled floral scrolls
and incised anhua feathers, the top with two
handles and cylindrical white porcelain body
depicting a landscape in enamel, ht. 9 7/8 in.
$400-600
131
Transitional-style Famille Verte Jar, China,
19th century, possibly earlier, painted with
a phoenix perched amidst flowering peony
branches, butterflies, and birds, ht. 12 3/4 in.
$5,000-6,000
132
Famille Verte Vase, China, trumpet shape,
painted with a pheasant perched on a rock
beneath a flowering tree, with butterflies flitting
amongst the flowers, six-character Kangxi
mark on base, ht. 10 in.
$200-300
133
Pair of Famille Verte Vases, China, 19th/20th
century, baluster-shape with waisted neck and
flaring mouth, depicting women with children
in a landscape setting with flowering trees on
one side, and a calligraphy on the opposing
side, unglazed base, ht. 16 3/4 in.
$1,000-2,000
134
Famille Verte Revolving Vase, China,
19th/20th century, with a faceted body
between a long, paneled foot and hexagonal
trumpet mouth, decorated with flowers and
with pierced shou roundels and coins, the
insert painted with a dragon chasing a pearl
amidst clouds, ht. 14 1/4 in.
$300-500
135
Rose Medallion Bowl with Stand, China,
20th century, enameled and gilt with flowers,
birds, and butterflies in panels of white
ground, Qianlong mark in red to base, dia. 13
7/8 in.
$200-300
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Pair of Famille Rose Bowls, China, 20th
century, the exteriors painted with a fruiting
peach tree and lingzhi mushrooms, the gilt
rims decorated a multicolored leiwen border,
iron red six-character Guangxu mark on
recessed base, dia. 4 1/2 in.
$800-1,200
137
Pair of Famille Rose Millefleur Cups, China,
each cup with flaring sides and turquoise-
glazed interior and base, six-character
Daoguang mark on base, dia. 4 1/4 in.
$400-600
138
Enameled Green Jar, China, 19th/20th
century, meiping shape, the domed cover with
bud-shape knob, depicting a pair of phoenixes
and peonies on a green ground, ht. 17 in.
$1,500-2,000
139
Famille Rose Porcelain Vase, China,
possibly 18th/19th century, tubular body with
a flared mouth and a slightly bulged bottom,
depicting a woman and tiger in a nature scene
with flowers and rocks, ht. 19 in.
$600-800
140
Rose Medallion Vase Mounted as a Lamp,
China, 19th century, bulbous body with
gilt elephant-form handles, decorated with
vignettes of figures and birds amidst flowers,
all against a gilt ground painted with scrolling
foliage and blossoms, drilled and on wood
base, vase ht. 14 in.
$300-500
141
Rose Medallion Jardinière, China, 20th
century, decorated with reserves depicting
birds and butterflies amidst flowers, against
a dense background of fruit, blossoms, and
foliage, the interior painted with four goldfish
holding pine tree branches in their mouths, ht.
14, dia. 15 3/4 in.
$200-300
142
Export Rose Medallion Celadon Plate,
China, 19th century, oval, the interior
decorated with repeated designs of birds
and butterflies amidst peonies and fruit
surrounding a central bat roundel encircling
flowers and butterflies, 12 5/8 x 14 5/8 in.
$150-250
143
Pair of Rose Medallion Vases Mounted as
Lamps, China, 19th century, baluster form,
decorated with alternating panels depicting
figures and birds amidst flowers, with gilt
decorative handles, ht. 17 1/4 in., each with
wood stand, silk shade, and stone finial.
$500-700
144
Porcelain Covered Jar, China, ovoid, with
robust shoulder, enameled with polychrome
peonies, birds, crane and peacock on one
side, a calligraphic work to the body and
cover, ht. 12 3/4 in.
$200-300
145
Peking Glass Bowl, China, 20th century,
square with everted mouth, red glass cut
through to opaque bright yellow ground,
depicting floral sprigs on each side, ht. 2 3/4
in.
$300-500
146
Pair of Green Peking Glass Vases, China,
20th century, bottle-shape, each globular
body raised on a gently flared foot and
surmounted by a long cylindrical neck, of
opaque moss green, ht. 10 1/2 in.
$600-800
147
Yellow Peking Glass Small Vase, China,
eight-sided garlic-shaped body with a long
straight neck and foot, four-character incised
Qianlong mark on base, ht. 6 in.
$150-250
148
Pair of Grisaille-decorated Porcelain Bowls,
China, interior well and exterior painted with
irises in black enamel, base marked with “Bao
Shan Zhai Zhi” in iron red, dia. 5 3/8 in.
$400-600
149
Orange Glazed Alms Bowl, China, the
exterior with gilt decorations of bamboo,
the interior painted with a magpie and
chrysanthemums, dia. 4 5/8 in.
$200-400
150
Pair of Porcelain Lotus-shaped Bowls,
China, decorated with applied lotus seed
pods, buds, stems, and leaves, resting on a
pedestal with an applied frog, wd. 10 3/8 in.
$200-400
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Porcelain Punch Bowl, China, with slightly
flared rim, resting on a short straight foot,
decorated with flowers and birds in four
sections, with wood stand, one-character
mark to base, ht. 14 1/2 in.
$200-300
152
Set of Nine Graduating Eggshell Porcelain
Lobed Dragon Bowls, China, mid-20th
century, decorated with dragons alternating
with lotus flowers against a bright blue ground,
mark on base, (the largest two damaged),
undamaged bowls dia. to 9 1/2 in.
$200-300
153
Pair of Red-ground Porcelain Bowls, China,
the exterior painted with a multitude of flowers
against a burnt red ground, six-character
Daoguang mark on base, dia. 5 in.
$300-500
154
Two Pairs of Porcelain Animals, China,
a pair of roosters decorated with sancai
glaze, ht. 14, and a pair of male and female
recumbent foo lions on plinths, ht. 13 1/2 in.
$350-650
155
Pair of Figures of Old Women, China,
one holding scissors and a basket, seated
crosslegged, ht. 5 7/8; one with a cat seated
on the ground with one leg raised, ht. 6 1/8
in., both signed to base and with a carved
wood stand.
$800-1,000
156
Suite of Twelve Porcelain Zodiac Figurines,
China, mid-20th century, decorated
with sancai glaze, each animal depicted
anthropomorphically, with wood stands,
approx. ht. 5 1/2 in.
$300-500
157
Pair of Covered Jars, China, 19th/20th
century, each long ovoid body with domed
cover with gilt knob and edge, depicting boys
playing in a garden, decorative borders with
scrolls in underglaze pink on the neck, foot,
and cover flange, four-character Qianlong
mark to base, 6 in.
$200-300
158
Pair of Miniature Porcelain Jars, China,
with covers with a lotus knob, enameled with
natural scenes with figures on the body and
cover, export mark to base. ht. 2 7/8 in.
$200-300
159
Red and Yellow Ming-style Dragon Jar,
China, decorated with a pair of dragons
soaring amidst scrolling lingzhi sprigs and
clouds, above rolling waves and earth
mountains, six-character Jiajing mark in
underglaze blue on base, ht. 6 in.
$400-600
160
Fluorite Covered Vase Mounted as a Lamp,
China, 20th century, baluster form, body
undercut and carved with a flowering tree,
the waisted neck flanked by blossom-form
handles, the finial in the form of a bird perched
on a flower sprig, mounted on a metal and
wood stand, ht. 14 1/2 in.
$400-600
161
Porcelain Jar Mounted as a Lamp, China,
20th century, decorated with peonies and
a butterfly in underglaze blue, on a celadon
glazed body, screwed onto a wood stand, jar
ht. 8, overall 20 in.
$200-300
162
Seven Porcelain Items, China, a pair of
polychrome mandarin ducks, with wood
stands, lg. 7 1/2, a pair of green parrots, ht.
7 3/4, a pair of famille rose rouleau vases
decorated with phoenixes amidst flowers, with
stone stands, ht. 9 1/4, and a famille verte
covered jar painted with pairs of auspicious
birds amongst peonies, four-character Kangxi
mark on base, with wood stand ht. 11 1/2 in.
$400-600
163
Seven Porcelain Items and Wood Stands,
China and Japan, a teapot with floral
decoration on yellow ground, a rose medallion
jar, a blue and white ribbed covered jar painted
with lotuses, a famille rose porcelain figurine of
a woman, a famille rose plate decorated with a
scene from the Journey to the West, a grisaille
plate painted with Ma Gu and a deer, and a
Japanese polychrome bowl with birds-and-
flowers decoration, ht. to 16 1/2 in.
$200-300
164
Six Porcelain Plates, China, including a set
of four shallow dishes with floral design, dia.
9 3/8; one eight-lobed dish with landscape,
dia. 9 3/4; one with concave well and rim
decorated with dragons, dia. 9 3/4 in.
$200-400
165
Pair of Porcelain Plates, China, the interior
with lime green decorations of a central shou
character amidst scrolling lotuses, the exterior
with five red bats, iron red six-character
Jiaqing mark on base, dia. 5 7/8 in.
$300-500
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Two Porcelain Teapots, China, 20th century,
each inset in a hexagonal water bath, one
decorated with blossoms and shou roundels
on yellow ground, the other painted with
double-peaches and flowers against red
ground, both with metal mounts and handles,
six-character Qianlong mark on base, ht. 6
1/2 in.
$200-400
167
White Porcelain Vase, China, bulbous-shape
with waisted neck and flared mouth, resting
on a splayed foot decorated with floral scrolls
in enamel, gilt rim, carved design of figures
with names written on neck, ht. 14 3/4 in.
$600-800
168
Pair of Small White Porcelain Vases, China,
bulbous-shape with flared mouth with lobed
rim, two chilong-shaped handles on the
shoulder, resting on a short foot, each with
wood stand, 6 1/8 in.
$800-1,000
169
Moriage Porcelain Covered Vessel, Japan,
20th century, circular, the cover decorated
with figures at leisure in a garden, the body
with roundels of auspicious flowers and gilt
floral design against a black ground dotted
with green enamel, mark on base, dia. 7 1/4
in.
$100-150
170
Fifteen Porcelain Items, China, including
pairs of bowls, dishes and jars, two cups,
and a ewer in various shapes and sizes, the
ewer with a metal spout and domed cover
with lotus knob, ht. 5 1/2; the pair of jars with
wood covers, ht. 8; an eight-sided small cup
with handle, ht. 2 1/4 in.
$300-500
171
Four Funerary Clay Models of Animals,
Mingqi, China, comprising a pair of camels
and a pair of oxen, lg. to 6 in.
$400-600
172
Two Pottery Roof Tiles, China, 19th century,
each in the form of a recumbent foo lion
seated on a convex tile, one decorated with
green glaze, the other with green and yellow
glazes, ht. to 14 1/2 in.
$600-800
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Pair of Terra-cotta Owl-shaped Covered
Containers, China, with carved and incised
details, partially painted and brown-glazed, ht.
7 1/2 in.
$100-200
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Four Green-glazed Funerary Pottery
Items, China, a pair of vases (one damaged)
decorated with applied figures, surmounted
with bowl-shaped top, ht. 12 1/8, a melon-
shaped vase with trumpet-shaped mouth and
star-shaped foot, ht. 10 1/2, and a bulbous
ewer with bird-shaped spout, strait neck
surmounted with funnel-shaped mouth, ht.
9 in.
$200-300
174
Two Qingbai Ware Items, China, possibly
12th century and of Jingdezhen, including a
ribbed wine ewer with spout and handle, ht.
7 1/4; and a melon-shaped vase with long
flaring neck and undulating rim, ht. 6 in.
$200-300
175
Tea-dust Glazed Alms Bowl, China, square
baluster form with lobed corners, with gilt
decorations of archaic scrolls and chilong, gilt
rim, six-character Qianlong mark on base, 2
1/2 x 5 x 5 in.
$300-500
176
Three Export Tea-dust Glazed Ewers,
China, a long ovoid-shape with slightly flared
neck and double-strand handle, ht. 7 3/8, a
globular shape with flanged mouth glazed in
bluish white splashes, ht. 4 5/8, and a globular
shape with a short spout on the shoulder, ht.
4 7/8 in.
$100-150
177
No lot.
178
Turquoise Glazed Stoneware Pottery Jar,
China, 20th century, baluster form with rolled
lip, with a band of molded beads and six
decorative loops on the shoulder, ht. 22 in.
$500-600
179
Yixing Miniature Teapot, China, with a bird-
form finial, mark inside cover and on base,
dia. 3 in.
$100-150
180
Yixing Teapot, China, 20th century, irregular
shape, with branch form handle and spout,
decorated with prunus sprigs in relief, mark
inside cover and on base, ht. 3 1/2, lg. 7 1/2
in.
$200-300
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Two Yixing Teapots, China, 20th century, the
square pot painted with polychrome enamels
and decorated with butterflies, blossoms,
and bamboo in relief, ht. 3 1/2, the flattened
ovoid pot incised with a landscape scene and
calligraphy, mark under cover and on base, ht.
3 1/4, dia. 5 in.
$200-300
182
Seven Miscellaneous Items, China and
Japan, an enamel cup with shuangxi
characters, blossoms, and bamboo on blue
ground, ht. 2 3/4, an Imari chrysanthemum
dish on wood stand, dia. 6 1/2, a miniature
baluster vase of green hardstone carved with
lotus decorations in shallow relief and three
decorative handles with suspending rings, on
wood stand, ht. 3 5/8, an agate carving of
He Xiangu on wood stand, overall ht. 2 3/4, a
bone carved peony-form brooch, lg. 1 3/4, a
stone composite model of a string instrument,
lg. 3 3/4, and an enamel and hardstone
archaic-style tripod vessel with dragon
decorations on yellow ground, lg. 4 in.
$150-250
183
Celadon Bowl, Korea, 20th century, with
incised decorations, the exterior with lotus
lappets and a ring along the bottom, the
interior with a ring on the well, the shape
warped from firing, olive green glaze with
bluish tone, cracks from firing on base, traces
of three spur marks on the foot ring, dia. 5
7/8 in.
$800-1,000
184
Celadon Bowl, Korea, decorated with three
rings of white inlay near the rim and two rings
to the well, the exterior with incised rings,
transparent grayish green with craquelure, dia.
7 3/8 in.
$200-300
185
Celadon Alms Bowl, Korea, transparent
bluish green glaze with craquelure, no
decoration, resting on a short footring, dia.
9 in.
$200-300
186
Plain Celadon Bowl, Korea, thickly potted
and glazed, no decoration except a single
ring incised on the well, olive green glaze with
craquelure, dia. 7 1/8 in.
$200-300
187
Celadon Bowl, Korea, decorated with white
floral motifs and patterns, dull glaze of grayish
green thickly applied, no craquelure, dia. 7
1/2 in.
$200-300
188
Celadon Deep Bowl, Korea, with round sides
resting on a raised foot, decorated with two
incised parrots and a ring near rim, brownish
green glaze with craquelure, dia. 6 3/8 in.
$200-300
189
Sanggam Celadon Bowl, Korea, the interior
with stylized floral motifs interspersed with ruyi
mushrooms, cranes, and clouds in sections
divided by a double or triple rings, the exterior
decorated with four floral designs between
two double rings, glaze uneven, allover
craquelure, dia. 7 3/8 in.
$250-400
190
Celadon Covered Case, Korea, decorated
with incised chrysanthemum in a square
encircled by a two-ring circle, the cover side
decorated with incised lightning design, dark
grayish green glaze with craquelure, unglazed
rims, four spur marks to base, dia. 2 7/8 in.
$200-300
191
Celadon Cup Stand, Korea, shaped as an
eight-lobed flower with a raised center, each
lobe decorated with inlaid chrysanthemums
and incised lotus scrolls, grayish green glaze
with no craquelure, three spur marks to base,
dia. 4 in.
$200-300
192
Celadon Gourd-shaped Bottle, Korea,
thickly potted and glazed, the ribbed body
decorated with lines of floral design inlay, ht.
12 in.
$50-100
193
Celadon Water Dropper, Korea, 20th
century, in the shape of a leaping fish, of
olive green glaze, the top with two small
openings enclosed in a circle painted in iron
red, brownish crackles all over, three unusually
large spur marks on the base, dia. 2 5/8 in.
$200-300
194
Blue and White Dragon Jar, Korea, 20th
century, globular, with straight neck resting
on a short raised foot, decorated with a four-
clawed dragon in chase of a precious pearl
painted in underglaze blue and iron oxide, the
shoulder decorated with ruyi clouds, the neck
with two lines and the foot with single line,
multiple spur marks to a recessed base, dia.
14 in.
$800-1,000
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Blue and White Flask, Korea, 20th century,
with short flared mouth, resting on an oblong
splayed foot, each side depicting a flower
with a butterfly in a round reserve, the round
shoulder with two applied chilong-inspired
animals, ht. 7 7/8 in.
$400-600
196
Small Blue and White Jar, Korea, 19th/20th
century, thickly potted, small bulbous
storage jar with slanted neck and small foot,
decorated with three stylized floral designs,
the rim decorated with a double ring, a band
of key fret on the shoulder, dia. 5 5/8 in.
$100-150
197
Blue and White Bottle, Korea, 20th century,
octagonal pear-shape bottle with slightly
flanged mouth with flat rim, painted with a
bamboo branch in underglaze blue, glazed in
bluish hue, ht. 9 7/8 in.
$400-600
198
Arita Vase, Japan, Meiji Period, tapered
rectangular form with cylindrical neck, with
two women molded in relief and depicted
strolling at leisure in a garden, followed by
attendants, ht. 16 1/4 in.
$300-500
199
Forty-nine Imari Ware Plates, Japan, 20th
century, of assorted size and shape with dia.
3 1/4 to 9 1/8 in., and with lobed, round, and
octagonal rims, all with elaborately gilded
decoration of mostly floral motifs, various
marks to the base of some.
$300-500
200
Satsuma Covered Censer, Japan, 19th/20th
century, compressed oval tripod form with
two handles on the shoulder, decorated in gilt
allover with figures, flowers, and landscapes,
reserved in six heart-shape panels on a
flowered ground, the domed cover with three
openings and a bud-shape knob, bears a
mark in gold by Kozan (fl. 1868-1912), ht. 3
3/4, dia. 4 in.
$300-500
201
Satsuma Covered Censer, Japan, 19th/20th
century, tripod with two handles on the
shoulder depicting figures in two butterfly-
shape panels on a flowered ground in gilt
and polychrome enamel, the body glazed in
pale yellow and crackled, the domed cover
with heart- and butterfly-shape openings on
a flowered ground, bears a mark in gold by
Kozan (fl. 1868-1912) on base, ht. 3, dia. 4 in.
$200-300
202
Five Imari Porcelain Items, Japan, 19th/20th
century, a pair of double gourd vases with
reserves depicting pine trees, dragons, and
phoenixes against a dense ground of floral
roundels and scrolling foliage, Hukichoshun
mark on base, ht. 13 1/2, a pair of covered
jars with ribbed body decorated with
alternating blue and white floral panels, ht.
9 3/4, and a rectangular dish with lobed
corners, painted with reserves depicting
flowers and coins, mark on base, lg. 14 in.
$250-350
203
Pair of Imari Bleeding Bowls, Japan,
19th/20th century, the interior well decorated
with chrysanthemums and peonies,
surrounded by floral reserves on blue ground
with gilt blossoms, the underside painted with
floral sprigs, dia. 10 5/8 in.
$300-500
204
Four Sets of Imari Porcelain Rice Bowls
with Covers, Japan, including a set of six
covered bowls decorated with floral scrolls,
mark to base, dia. 4 1/2; a set of four with gilt
floral motif, dia. 4 1/2; a set of four with no
decoration in the interior, dia. 4 5/8; and a set
of four with shaped panels in yellow, dia. 4 5/8
in., Fuki choshun mark to three sets.
$200-400
205
Gold Imari Bowl, Japan, resting on a straight
foot with recessed base, decorated with floral
and foliate scrolls in underglaze blue and
overglaze red, green, and gilt, dia. 8 3/4 in.
$300-500
206
Seven Imari Porcelain Items, Japan,
including two four-sided bottles with a short
small mouth, decorated with underglaze blue
and overglaze red and gold, ht. 7 1/4; one
bottle in the shape of flattened globe with
long, slender neck and flared mouth, ht. 6;
and four ribbed cups with lobed rim, ht. 2 1/2
in.
$150-250
207
Four Imari Dishes, Japan, including a pair
decorated with floral motifs on multi sectioned
ground, dia. 12; a floral dish with lobed rim,
dia. 12 1/2; a twelve-lobed dish decorated
with carved peonies, six-character Chenghua
mark to base, 12 3/4 in.
$200-300
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Pair of Imari Plates, Japan, 20th century,
hexagonal with molded corners, the interior
well painted with flowers and bamboo, the
shallow walls with blossom decorations on
red ground, the underside sparsely decorated
with iron red blossoms, mark on base, 16 1/8
x 12 1/8 in.
$200-250
209
Nineteen Imari Plates, Japan, including five
floral plates with blue and red decorations, dia.
8 3/4; six eight-lobed plates with reticulated
white ground, dia. 9 1/4; two plates with
phoenix, 9 7/8; two plate with blue fish, dia.
9 1/2; two black and gold plate with stylized
flowers, dia. 8 3/8; and two red ground plates,
8 3/8 in.
$300-500
210
Satsuma Covered Teapot, Japan, 20th
century, round bottom with waisted shoulder
to the mouth, domed cover with a round
knob, depicting figures in a landscape setting
in four sections on the body, all embellished
with gilt, the shoulder and slightly domed
cover embellished with floral and foliate motifs
in gold only, the handle glazed in pale yellow
and crackled, unglazed base, a mark by
Shimazu Family under the spout, ht. 4 1/2 in.
$200-300
211
Satsuma Covered Vessel, Japan, 20th
century, cylindrical with a recessed foot, the
exterior painted with a multitude of ornately
dressed seated figures against a gold ground,
the cover is similarly decorated, the interior
features a composition densely written in
kana, signed and titled, mark on base, ht. 4
1/4 in.
$200-300
212
Six Imari Bowls, Japan/China, 20th century,
comprising two sets of three bowls of
graduating sizes, one set decorated with
elaborate reserves of fauna, gilt rims, mark on
base, dia. to 9 3/4, and one heavily potted set
with similar decorations and a blue and white
landscape scene at the interior well, double
ring on base, dia. to 11 1/4 in.
$200-400
213
Set of Six Modern Kutani Ware Cups,
Japan, with lacquer cup stands, the waisted
body enameled with grapes and leaves on
a white ground and openwork design along
the bottom, mark to base, contained in a box
with Matsuzakaya department store mark and
printed certificate, each cup ht. 4 1/4 in.
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Kutani Plate, Japan, decorated with green
dragons interspersed with blue waves and
white clouds on a red ground, the exterior
decorated with a border of lotus leaves around
the raised foot, signed fuku (fortune) to base,
dia. 13 in.
$200-300
215
Kutani Vase, Japan, 20th century, bottle
shape with elongated neck, decorated with
circular reserves of figures engaging in various
activities, the neck painted with birds, mark on
base, ht. 9 in.
$100-200
216
Pair of Porcelain Vases, Japan, 20th
century, square bulbous form, two opposing
sides with enamel decorations of flowers
in a pond against a gold ground, the other
two sides each with relief decorations of a
magpie perched on leafy branch bearing a
pomegranate against a green ground, mark on
base, ht. 11 3/4 in.
$400-600
217
Eight Asian Items, comprising a Sumida-
ware jug, three Sumida-ware vases, a bronze
composite figure of Shoulao seated on a
recumbent deer, a rectangular red lacquer
covered box decorated with figures, and a
miniature celadon handled jar, ht. to 12 1/4 in.
$300-500
218
Seven Asian Porcelain Items and a Table
Screen, a pair of serving bowls with stands,
dia. 6 1/2, two white porcelain bowls, dia. to
6 5/8, two covered rice bowls, mark to base,
dia. 4 1/8, and a small polychrome dish, dia.
4; the four-panel wood table screen with ivory
plaque with incised figures in a landscape, ht.
11 1/4 in.
$150-250
219
Large Blue and White Planter, Japan, 20th
century, decorated with alternating panels
depicting flowers and a pair of scrolls together
with a hand fan, dia. 20 1/2 in.
$300-500
220
Yellow Glazed Vase with Famille Rose
Decoration, Japan, 20th century, long,
tapered form, decorated with butterflies
interspersed with chrysanthemums and
blossoms, on wood stand, ht. 28 in.
$600-800
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Blue and White Porcelain Hibachi, Japan,
20th century, round jar with flat mouth rim,
the body decorated with a phoenix, the rim
embellished with floral and foliate motifs, the
base defined by two bands of fret patterns
and of brown, dia. 15 in.
$150-250
222
Satsuma Charger, Japan, 20th century,
depicting a noble woman dressed in formal
wardrobe with two female attendants, dia.
22 in.
$500-700
223
Satsuma Imperial Moon Flask, Japan,
19th/20th century, decorated with figures in
a natural scene on flat sides, painted in bright
colors of enamel and lines of gold, the frame
is black decorated with meshes of geometric
patterns in gold, the shoulder mounted with
two carved foo dogs colored in green, red-
brown, and gold, two seals including Koshida
on recessed base, ht. 11 1/2 in.
$800-1,200
224
Four Satsuma Items, Japan, a quatrefoil
covered jar decorated with applied shishi
lion on top, ht. 10 3/4; a tripod censer with
knobbed cover, Marshall Field & Company
sticker to base, dia. 4 3/8; a bowl covered
with geometric patterns on the exterior, dia.
3 3/8; and a small meiping-shape bottle vase
with waisted bottom and mouth, Marshall
Field & Company sticker to base, ht. 7 3/8 in.
$200-400
225
Satsuma Wall Plaque, Japan, 20th century,
rectangular, the depressed interior depicting a
squirrel climbing on a grapevine, with a band
of fans along the rim, 17 x 13 1/8 x 1 3/4 in.
$300-500
226
Large Satsuma Vase, Japan, bulbous-shape
with waisted neck and bottom, rolled out rim,
decorated with gilt, depicting carved figures
decorated with intricate designs and patterns,
mark to base, ht. 17 1/4 in.
$700-900
227
Suigetsu Vase, Japan, bulbous shape with
undulating mouth and short straight foot,
decorated with applied crabs on a green
flowing glazed ground, mark to base, ht. 7
3/4 in.
$200-300
228
Two Sumida-gawa Ware Items, Japan, 20th
century, a figurine of a man holding a toad
over his left shoulder, mark on foot, ht. 9 1/2,
and an irregularly molded jar with appliqued
figural and floral decorations, ht. 5 1/2 in.
$100-200
229
Two Bizen Ware Pottery Vases, Japan, 20th
century, a bottle-shape vase with an elongated
neck, signature on base, ht. 8 1/4, and an
ovoid vase decorated with a pair of turtles
climbing towards the mouth, mark on base,
ht. 7 1/8 in., both embellished with horizontal
ridges.
$300-500
230
Crackled Blue and White Vase, China,
20th century, round body resting on a
tubular foot and neck with flaring mouth,
depicting warriors in underglaze blue between
decorative borders glazed in brown, four-
character mark to base, ht. 17 1/8 in.
$500-700
231
Set of Two White Porcelain Plates, Japan,
19th/20th century, eight-lobed, decorated
with carved design of elephants with a male
figure, brown glaze along the rim, inscriptions
in underglaze blue, mark to base, dia. 6; 8
5/8 in.
$400-600
232
Kyoto Stoneware Bowl, Japan, 19th century,
decorated with eight monks, painted with
overglaze enamel and gold, partially unglazed
toward bottom, mark on recessed base, dia.
4 5/8 in.
$300-500
233
Four Pottery Tea Bowls, Japan, 20th
century, all decorated with crackle glaze, one
painted with bamboo shoots, marked, dia. 4
5/8, one molded with children in relief, signed,
dia. 4 1/2, one with abstract designs, dia. 4
3/4, and one with foliate motifs, 4 5/8 in.
$500-700
234
Pair of Studio Vases, Japan, 20th century,
baluster form with decorative ring handles,
painted with birds flying amidst bamboo and
lotus plants, respectively, with mottled green
glaze, signed in gilt, ht. 9 3/4 in.
$500-700
235
Two Earthenware Bowls, Asia, warped
shape, sandy surface with natural glaze from
firing, dia. 5 5/8 to 6 1/8 in.
$200-300
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Two Si Satchanalai-style Stoneware
Covered Jars, Thailand, a blue and white
jar with alternating panels of crosshatching
and scrolling foliage, ht. 4 1/2, and an iron-
decorated jar with faceted walls, ht. 3 3/4 in.
$400-600
237
Iznik-style Pottery Vase, Anatolia, triangular
prism-form body with a short cylindrical neck,
each side painted with a pair of birds amidst
flowers, the shoulder and neck with blossom
decoration, with electric blue borders and
thick glaze, ht. 9 3/4 in.
$400-600
238
Terra-cotta Wall Mount, eastern India,
possibly Gupta Period (320 to 550 CE),
depicting a Yaksi in relief, 6 3/8 x 7 3/8 x 3
1/4 in.
$300-500
239
Terra-cotta Wall Mount, eastern India,
possibly Gupta Period (320 to 550 CE),
depicting a Yaksi in relief, 6 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 3
1/2 in.
$300-500
240
Large Brass Bowl, China, cast with floral
sprigs and reserves of actors in shallow relief,
six-character Xuande mark on base, dia. 9
3/4 in.
$100-200
241
Bronze Tripod Shallow Bowl, China, circular,
cast with a frog perched on the rim, dia. 9
3/4 in.
$200-400
242
Gilt Repoussé and Copper Shrine Box,
Tibet, 19th century, rectangular with ogee
top, the copper-backed gilt front with pierced
dragon and foliage decorations surrounding a
central trefoil panel with openwork cross-
hatching, with copper back section with strap
loops, ht. 9 3/4 in.
$700-900
243
Silver Cigarette Case, China, early 20th
century, made for export, both sides with
repoussé decorations of confronting dragons
with pearls amidst clouds against the diapered
ground, interior marked “Techu Solid Silver,” 5
1/2 x 3 1/4 in.
$200-300
244
Persian Silvered Box, Iran, 19th century,
square, the hinged cover with enamel on
copper depicting a scene of a mosque, the
sides with floral designs, on four bracket feet,
1 1/8 x 4 x 4 in.
$300-500
245
Metal Model of a Cart, India, the empty cart
with pierced canopy depicted with a driver
and drawn by a pair of caparisoned elephants
on wheels, lg. 11 in.
$200-300
246
Decorative Tripod Brass Censer, China,
made for export, the onion-shape cover with
pierced decorations and surmounted by a
finial cast in the form of a little girl dressed
in a European-style dress, the pierced base
supported by angled claw feet, ht. 36 1/2 in.
$400-600
247
Bronze Tripod Censer, China, 20th century,
with two lion-shaped handles, decorated with
two dragons chasing a flaming pearl in high
relief on both sides, the cover with openwork
foliate and coin design and foo lion finial, ht.
18 in.
$500-700
248
Bronze Incense Burner, China, in the shape
of a house on a craggy hill with a tree, with
the thatched roof as the cover, the house, hill,
and tree separately molded and joined with
screws, ht. 6 1/8 in.
Provenance: Lots 248, 280, 319, 346,
385, 565, 571, and 576–578 from a private
collection in the Midwest.
$300-500
249
Champlevé Bronze Censer, China, in
the form of a cylindrical bamboo section,
with upright bamboo handles and three
feet, decorated with lotus flowers against a
turquoise ground, four-character Qianlong
mark on base, dia. 5 3/4 in.
$400-600
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Archaic-style Bronze Censer, China,
rectangular body supported by four legs cast
with qilin heads and claw feet, flanked by a
pair of pierced upright handles, ht. 8 1/2 in.
$300-500
251
Bronze Tripod Censer, China, shallow ovoid
form, cast with a raised ridge encircling the
bulging middle, mark on base, dia. 7 in.
$300-500
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Bronze Samovar and Cover, Asia, 20th
century, globular body resting on a three-tier
foot with openwork design, the cover topped
with a carved lion, two animal-head handles
on the body, ht. 19 1/2 in.
$800-1,200
253
Bronze Censer, China, 20th century, tripod
with domed openwork cover with foo lion
finial, the body and feet decorated with animal
heads, ht. 19 1/2 in.
$500-700
254
Dagger, Asia, the sheet metal sheath with
dragon decorations and coil work, molded
with a lion head suspending a belt attachment
ring, the handle embellished with coil work
and turquoise inlays, lg. 14 1/2 in.
$200-300
255
Three Metal Figures, South Asia, a dancing
girl on a lotus base, ht. 11 3/4, a four-armed
female deity, possibly Parvati, standing on a
tiered lotus base with her primary hands in
abhaya and varada mudra, ht. 9 3/4, and the
goddess Durga seated on her lion mount, with
her trident leaning against her right shoulder
and a lotus sprig by her left, ht. 8 1/4 in.
$200-400
256
Five Bronze Items, Asia, a pair of foo dogs
on plinths, ht. 3 1/2, Guanyin seated on a
double lotus throne, ht. 8 1/2, a textured vase
cast with grapevines, mark on base, ht. 8 1/4,
and an archaic-style gu vase cast in high relief
with a figure hunting a mythical beast, ht. 8 in.
$150-250
257
Pair of Bronze Foo Dogs, Shishi, Japan,
20th century, each cast in a crouching pose,
lg. 4 in.
$300-500
258
Three Bronze Animals, China, a recumbent
foo dog, ht. 2 3/4, a dog with a falcon
perched on its head, ht. 5 1/4, and a striding
camel with its head turn towards the boy
seated on its back, ht. 6 1/4 in.
$500-700
259
Metal Figure of Shiva Nataraja, India,
20th century, the four-armed deity depicted
balanced on one foot on the back of a dwarf
on a lotus base, adorned with armbands, a
flaming aureole behind his head, ht. 40 in.
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Bronze Avian Humanoid Figure, Asia,
19th/20th century, standing at prayer and
wearing a headdress with a spire, ht. 11 3/4
in. without stand.
$600-800
261
Bronze Figure of a Boy on a Water Buffalo,
Japan, 20th century, depicting a young boy
carrying a basket on his back and sitting on a
seat strapped to the back of the animal, cast
in two pieces with removable top, ht. 15, lg.
16 in.
$500-700
262
Two Miniature Bronze Figurines, Japan,
20th century, depicting Ebisu and Daikoku
with their attributes, ht. to 1 3/4 in.
$200-300
263
Archaic-style Bronze Wine Jar, China,
bulbous body resting on a short foot, with
chilong handles and suspending rings, ht. 10
1/2 in.
$300-500
264
Bronze Jar, China, ovoid, decorated with a
band of archaic motifs and flanges against a
fret ground, mark on base, ht. 9 in.
$400-600
265
Two Brass Oil Lamps, Sukunda, Nepal, 19th
century, ribbed pear shape with repoussé
skull decorations and flared foot, each with a
Naga-form handle, the lamp dish in the front
decorated with Avalokitesvara and Ganesha,
respectively, ht. to 9 3/4 in.
$700-900
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Ten Carved Wooden Duck Boxes, Nepal,
20th century, each with a sliding cover and
various geometric and floral carved designs,
lg. to 12 1/2 in.
$300-500
266
Bronze Guanyin Mounted as a Lamp,
China, the bodhisattva depicted standing
barefoot on a lotus base, wearing a shawl
and a dhoti, adorned with jewelry and a foliate
crown, backed by a pierced mandorla, ht. 20
1/4 in.
$400-600
267
Bronze Mirror, China, possibly Tang Dynasty,
cast with a central knob and lion-and-grape
decoration within a canted rim, dia. 3 7/8 in.
$800-1,000
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Bronze Mirror, China, possibly Han
Dynasty, circular, with a central pierced knob
surrounded by abstract geometric motifs and
four smaller knobs cast in low relief and set
within combed borders, dia. 3 1/4 in.
$800-1,000
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Four Bronze Items, China, circular, two
bronze mirrors and two large models of coins
cast with “Guangxu Tong Bao,” dia. to 5 1/4
in.
$300-500
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Canton Enamel Rotating Mirror with Stand,
China, 20th century, the circular rotating
mirror with a rank badge fragment on one
side, the enameled frame with floral and cloud
decorations, on a waisted rectangular stand
with canted corners and four ruyi-shaped feet,
the enameled stand depicting shou roundels
surrounded by bats and clouds, overall ht. 13
1/2 in.
$3,000-5,000
271
Eighteen Iranian Gold Leaf and Silver
Spheres, contemporary, with pierced and
filigree work, originally a necklace, each dia.
3/4 in.
$400-600
272
Brass Planter, Japan, compressed ovoid
form supported by four monster-mask feet,
decorated in relief with four monster-masks
alternating with mixed-metal floral inlay, mark
on base, dia. 12 1/2 in.
$200-300
273
Bronze Tripod Jardinière, Japan, 20th
century, decorated with landscape scenes in
shallow relief, flanked by dragon-form handles,
on wood base, dia. 22 in.
$300-500
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Three Bronze Vessels, China, an elongated
floral-form vase with everted, petaled mouth,
ht. 9, a tapered vase with wave patterns
and nippled decorations, ht. 10 1/2, and
an archaic-style vase with decorative floral
handles, ht. 6 1/4 in.
$500-700
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Pair of Bronze Vases on Bronze Stands,
Japan, compressed bulbous form, cast with
dragons and phoenixes in high relief amidst
clouds, supported by tripod stands each cast
with three tortoises in relief, overall ht. 14 in.
$500-700
276
Gilt-metal Covered Vessel, China, pumpkin
shape, decorated with Immortals and floral
sprigs in relief, six-character Xuande mark cast
on base, ht. 3 1/2, dia. 5 in.
$200-300
277
Footed Bronze Candle Holder, China, the
circular drip pan flanked by slender chilong
handles each cast as grasping the rim with its
mouth and the body curling shapely down to
the foot, dia. 5 1/4 in.
$800-1,000
278
Ten Silver-lined Copper Bowls, possibly
Nepal, 20th century, with silver overlay with
chased decorations of figures and blossoms,
dia. 4 1/2 in.
$600-800
279
Pewter Food Warmer, China, early 20th
century, in the form of a bamboo section
raised on a recessed foot, decorated with
bamboo motifs and flanked by chilong handles
inset with white stone, the cover with floral
roundels and a pomegranate-form finial with
agate inlay, together with a bowl insert, mark
inside cover and on base, ht. 5, dia. 5 in.
$100-200
280
Bronze Turtle-shaped Kettle, China, the
body decorated all over with scorpions,
dragons, chilongs, and various floral and
foliate scrolls and arabesque motifs in high
and low relief, the cover with a frog, dia. 11 in.
$200-400
281
Contemporary Engraved Brass Tray, Egypt
or Syria, shallow circular form, decorated
with a central cartouche containing a seven-
pointed star, surrounded by trefoil foliate
pattern, with gadrooned and stepped everted
rim, dia. 38 in.
$250-350
282
Raj Bangshi Mask, India, carved from a
single piece of wood, painted ochre with black
eyes, mouth, and nose, ht. 10 5/8 in.
$800-1,200
283
Gilt-bronze Sleeve Weight, China, possibly
Six Dynasties Period, in the form of a
recumbent dog, ht. 1 5/8 in.
$400-600
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Glass Lotus Bud on a Teak Stand, China,
20th century, supported by a carved and
pierced teak wood stand with ivory leaves,
overall ht. 6 in.
$400-600
285
Two Asian Items, a small calcite dresser tray,
double-peach form, stone of pale green color,
lg. 4 1/2, and a painted wood dragon boat gilt
decorations, seated with multiple rowers and
standard bearers, on wood stand, lg. 24 in.
$225-300
286
Twelve Small Carved Items, China, two small
blanc de chine figures on stands, ht. 3 1/2;
two carvings of cranes on carved stands, ht. 4
1/2; two small jade items with carved stands,
dia. 2 1/8; two metal coins with carved
stands, dia. 1 7/8; glass rabbit on stand, ht.
1 3/8; two animal-shaped items, lg. to 3 7/8;
an ivory tusk carving of figures with decorated
wood stand, 5 in.
$150-250
287
Three Asian Items, including a wooden
carving of a female deity holding flower basket
on a carved wood stand, signed to base, ht.
8 1/2; a soapstone carving of two figures with
a ram, ht. 4 5/8; a pear-shape small jar with
figural decorations in relief, ht. 4 1/4 in.
$200-400
288
Six Items, Asia, a paktong lamp base, ht.
23, a blue and white double-gourd shape
porcelain lamp base, ht. 31 1/4, a blue and
white bulbous-shape lamp base, ht. 22 1/4,
a small enameled white porcelain vase, ht.
4 1/4, a small bulbous jar with carved wood
cover, ht. 4 1/2, and a metal teapot with
incised decoration and hardstone spout,
handle, and knob, ht. 3 1/4 in.
$200-300
289
Five Assorted Asian Items, including a
bronze Tibetan-style dancing Buddhist deity
on a lotus pedestal, ht. 15; a seated luohan
dressed in a decorative robe, ht. 6 3/4; a pair
of metal cicada-shaped wall pockets, ht. 6
3/4; a blue and white porcelain with dragons,
dia. 8 7/8 in.
$300-500
290
Export Silver-mounted Wood Ink Blotter,
China, 19th/20th century, typical form, the
top decorated with a dragon in relief against a
hammered ground, marked, lg. 6 1/4 in.
$500-700
291
Framed Porcelain Plaque, China, 20th
century, rectangular, depicting fish swimming
past the reflection of the moon and amidst
aquatic plants, inscription at upper right, 26 x
11 3/4 in.
$300-500
292
Hardstone Plaque, China, of a
chrysanthemum and leaves made with shaped
hardstone pieces of various colors, contained
in a round wood frame with openwork scrolls
and incised flowers, dia. 12 3/4 in.
$200-300
293
Stone Slab, China, of irregular shape with
relief carving of a reclining dragon, stone of
dark brown color, lg. 8 in.
$100-150
294
Pair of Malachite Covered Boxes, China,
each carved in the form of a quail, ht. 1 3/4,
lg. 2 1/2 in.
$300-400
295
Hardstone Archaic-style Covered Censer,
China, ovoid body supported by a short,
recessed foot, carved with flanges, taotie
motifs, and “C”-scrolls, with bat-shape
handles and suspending rings, cover similarly
carved and with a lotus blossom finial, stone
of spinach green, dia. 7 in.
$3,000-4,000
296
Miniature Hardstone Archaic-style Winged
Cup, Yu Shang, China, the shallow cup
decorated with nipple-nail pattern and flanked
by rectangular loop handles, gray stone with
dark inclusions, pierced wood cover with
carnelian finial (damaged), on wood stand, dia.
2 3/4 in.
$200-300
297
Stone Carving of a Ram and Kid, China,
with the baby animal on the back of the
recumbent ram, stone of russet color, ht. 3
1/2, lg. 5 in.
$400-600
298
Pair of Stone Elephants, China, 20th century,
possibly made of gray granite, the animals
each depicted caparisoned and standing on a
lotus plinth, ht. 21 in.
$800-1,200
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Stone Carving, China, depicting a pair of
mandarin ducks with a lotus leaf, green stone
with russet markings and inclusions, lg. 5 in.
$400-600
300
Two Stone Carvings, China, each in the
form of a crouching lion, green stones with
markings and inclusions, lg. 4 1/2, 3 1/2 in.
$300-500
301
Two Carved Stone Figures, China, a lapis
lazuli standing woman depicted holding a
vase of flowers in her left hand and a pick
in her right, on wood stand, ht. 5 3/4, and
a soapstone apsara soaring beneath the
moon amidst clouds, stone of creamy yellow
shading to a dark base, ht. 6 in.
$300-500
302
Carved Goldstone Figure of a Woman,
China, standing with a fruiting peach branch
in her hand and a crane by her side, on wood
stand, ht. 6 3/8 in.
$200-300
303
Stone Carving of a Boy, China, oval, the
figure depicted reclining on a leaf, white stone,
lg. 2 1/4 in.
$300-500
304
Pair of Funerary Figures and Three Stone
Seals, China, the pottery figures depicted
standing, ht. to 9, and the rectangular seals
each surmounted by a foo lion, incised with
calligraphy on one side, carved seal face,
stone of pinkish brown color, ht. to 6 3/4 in.
$300-425
305
Inkstone in Wood Box, China, rectangular,
carved with a stylized dragon, 6 3/8 x 4 1/4
x 3/4 in.
$150-250
306
Inkstone in Wood Box, China, rectangular,
with inscription above a circular well, 8 7/8 x
5 5/8 in.
$500-700
307
Green Inkstone, China, 20th century, bell-
shape with elaborately decorated bottom
with a variety of carved and incised patterns
including auspicious clouds, scrolls, and
arabesque, wd. 7 1/2 in.
$200-300
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Inkstone with Box, China, with trefoiled
ruyi-shaped terminals, decorated in gold and
bronze pigments with an apsara playing an
instrument amidst clouds together with a
soaring phoenix, with calligraphy verso, six-
character Qianlong mark incised on the side,
lg. 8 3/4 in., (damaged).
$500-700
309
Stone Mountain, China, irregular pebble
shape, carved on one side with a pair of tigers
prowling beneath a pine tree, green stone with
russet inclusions, lg. 9 in.
$2,000-3,000
310
Carved Stone Mountain, China, depicting a
figure standing beneath a pine tree, stone of
pale celadon color, lg. 5 in.
$700-900
311
Pair of Soapstone Seals, China, rectangular,
each surmounted by a boy with a coin on
his back above clouds and a mythical beast
riding on rolling waves, seal face carved with
four and five characters, respectively, stone of
grayish cream color, ht. 8 1/2 in.
$400-600
312
Fifteen Hardstone Seal Carvings, China,
mostly animals including a dragon, ram, horse,
bird, and toad, as well as religious figures
including Zhongli Quan, a variety of mottled
grayish green stones with russet markings,
various sizes from 2 1/16 to 5 1/8 in.
$150-250
313
Stone Dragon Seal, China, square,
surmounted by a pair of dragons, with
uncarved seal face, stone of celadon color, 2
1/2 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.
$300-500
314
Four Stone Seals, China, rectangular, with
carved seal faces, stones of celadon color, ht.
to 1 3/4 in.
$300-500
315
Three Stone Carvings, China, a cicada,
a qilin with a leafy sprig in its mouth, and a
plaque carved with a horse and a dragon,
stones of gray-white, gray-celadon, and
celadon-white, respectively, lg. to 3 in.
$300-400
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Seven White Stone Carvings, China, a bi, a
decorative ring, a miniature uncarved plaque,
a pair of birds with blossoms, an openwork
circular plaque carved with a mythical beast,
and a rectangular plaque with archaic ruyi
decorations, lg. to 2 1/4 in.
$300-500
317
Six Hardstone Items, China, two circular
plaques with pierced design, one depicting
a bat with two peaches, and three carvings
depicting animals atop vegetables, lg. to 3 in.
$200-400
318
Three Archaic-style Hardstone Items,
China, one of square form and carved with
a mythical bird on one side, reverse with
the characters Ha Yu, ht. 2 1/8, two bi, one
carved with taotie masks on both sides, dia. 2
3/8, the other with figures, ht. 2 1/2 in.
$300-500
319
Ten Hardstone Carvings, Asia, including a
horse in spinach green, ht. 4 1/8, a lotus-
shaped plate in green, wd. 5, an oblong holder
with applied animal in spinach green, wd. 4
1/8, a duck in green, ht. 2 5/8, a deer-shaped
holder in white jade with incised details, ht.
3 5/8, a female deity with a child in spinach
green, ht. 6 3/4, a cup with two handles
with a loose ring in olive green, ht. 1 1/2, a
Guanyin on wood stand, ht. 10, a soapstone
plaque with flowers and a bird in high relief on
stand, ht. 8 1/4, and a soapstone vase with
openwork peach tree and a bird, ht. 8 1/2 in.
$400-600
320
Small Table Screen with Ivory Plaque,
China, decorated with elaborate openwork
flower and bird intertwined rocks and trees
and leaves, placed on a delicately carved
openwork wood stand, ht. 3 1/2 in.
$200-300
321
Hardstone Table Screen, China, with carved
wood frame for a hardstone plaque with
natural markings that look like sanshuihua,
inscribed on the back and with a seal on the
front, 22 1/8 x 17 1/8 in. with frame.
$500-700
322
Stone Table Screen with Wood Stand,
China, 20th century, rectangular, decorated
with various hardstones to depict a bird
perched on a peony tree growing out of rocks,
on wood stand carved with openwork scrolling
foliage design, overall ht. 13 1/4 in.
$800-1,200
323
Two Wicker Baskets with Covers, China,
20th century, cylindrical, two-tiered, each with
an arched, upright handle, surmounted by an
aperture meant for a shoulder pole, biandan,
ht. 28 in.
$500-700
324
Black Lacquer Wood Document Box with
Mother-of-pearl Inlay, China, 19th/20th
century, rectangular, the base with everted
bracket feet, the deep cover decorated with a
cartouche on each side inlaid with confronting
dragons flanking a pearl amidst clouds
against red ground, the corners embellished
with stylized lotus and foliage, the tray insert
inlaid with a pair of phoenixes flying amongst
clouds, 5 1/2 x 16 x 12 1/4 in.
$500-700
325
Small Lacquer Table and Tray, China,
with the top with two opening-out doors,
four drawers inside, decorated with various
metalwork, 10 3/4 x 23; the tray decorated
with dragons in silver inlay, 13 x 21 1/2 in.
$200-400
326
Cinnabar Box, China, 20th century,
rectangular with lobed corners, the cover
decorated in relief with figures at leisure in
a garden scene against a ground of wan
squares, with leiwen ground sides, 3 x 8 1/2
x 6 in.
$200-300
327
Three-tier Food Box, Tihe, China,
rectangular form, comprising a cover and
three trays, each fitted into the tray above, on
a base frame a humpback handle and side
posts with cloud-form spandrels, the cover
locked in place by a rod through the two side
posts, 9 x 14 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.
$500-700
328
Covered Lacquer Altarpiece, China, in
the shape of an hexagonal, horizontally long
lozenge, the cover painted in gold and silver
with a pair of finches feeding their young
on one side and court officials on the other,
the three-story altarpiece decorated with
elaborately carved and pierced designs of
figures, flowers, and mythical animals, 10 1/2
x 15 in.
$400-600
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Black Lacquer Wood Document Box with
Mother-of-pearl Inlay, China, 19th/20th
century, rectangular, the cover inlaid with a
central peacock roundel and peony sprigs at
each corner, the sides decorated with stylized
lotus flowers and scrolling foliage, the tray
insert similarly embellished with a floral band,
5 1/8 x 12 3/8 x 16 1/8 in.
$400-600
330
Carved Bamboo Container with Hinged
Metal Cover, China, decorated with a
continuous landscape with figures, stained
in three brown tones, the cover with a figural
knob on top, ht. 7 1/4 in.
$200-300
331
Two Carved Walnut Shells, China, each
densely carved with Buddhist figures amidst
flowers, one strung with turquoise beads, lg.
to 1 1/2 in.
$500-700
332
Wood Carving of a Fisherman and Child,
China, 20th century, the figures depicted on a
pedestal decorated with pine motifs, the man
carrying a fishing net and the child carrying a
staff with fish tied to one end, ht. 20 in.
$400-600
333
Carved Bamboo Figure, China, depicted
seated with a peach in his left hand, ht. 3 1/4
in.
$200-400
334
Composite Root Carving of a Luohan,
China, 20th century, the figure depicted
standing and holding a staff, mounted on
wood stand, overall ht. 11 1/4 in
$800-1,000
335
Carved Wood Standing Luohan, China,
possibly made of huangyangmu, holding a
staff in his left hand and a gourd in his right,
ht. 10 3/4 in.
$200-400
336
Wood Carving of a Boy Attendant, China,
standing figure, dressed in a flowing robe with
long sleeves with two ponytails, both of his
hands forward as if holding something, 8 1/8
in.
$200-300
337
Pair of Polychrome Wood Figures of
Guandi, China, 20th century, the deity
depicted traversing the sky on horseback,
amidst birds and clouds, on wood stand, ht.
12 in.
$300-500
338
Boxwood Immortals Fu, Lu, Shou on
Wood Stand, China, 20th century, the figures
depicted standing and carrying their attributes,
ht. 4 1/2 in.
$200-300
339
Two Miniature Marble-top Stands, China,
20th century, the circular stand with a pierced
apron of gourd decorations, supported by four
legs surmounted by monster-masks, with claw
feet and humpback stretchers, ht. 11, the
square stand with a similar apron, on four legs
with scroll design and claw feet, ht. 9 3/4 in.
$200-250
340
Two Carved Wooden Panels, China,
including one framed with openwork phoenix
and peonies, 11 x 58 3/8; and the other with
openwork phoenixes and dragons facing a
flaming pearl in the center, 9 1/2 x 72 5/8 in.
all painted in red and gold.
$200-400
341
Polychrome Wood Figure of a Dancer,
possibly Bali, decorated with sequins, ht. 19
1/2 in.
$300-500
342
Persian Papier-mâché Pen Case,
Qalamdan, Iran, 19th century, decorated with
floral motifs on brown ground, the tray and
base painted with black scrolls on red ground,
lg. 8 1/2 in.
$100-200
343
Kogo Incense Box, Japan, 19th/20th century,
in the shape of a turtle of mottled green with
wisps of iron red, crackles allover the glaze,
the interior of the cover and container glazed
except the rim area, impressed as well as ink
inscription on the interior of the cover, lg. 2
3/4 in.
$300-500
343A
Bronze Incense Burner, Japan, with two
hoop handles, decorated with flowers and
birds in high relief, on a tripod stand and a
two-tier pedestal, ht. 17 3/4 in.
$600-800
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Hexagonal Wood Box with Hinged Cover,
Middle East, decorated with marquetry
decorations of mother-of-pearl and assorted
wood to form geometric designs, ht. 3 1/2,
lg. 10 in.
$100-200
345
Four Ivory Letter Openers, Asia, two Indian
saber-form letter openers with elephant finials,
lg. to 9 3/4, a Chinese letter opener made for
export and carved with a woman holding a
lotus flower, lg. 9 1/4, and one pierced with
arabesque, star, and geometric designs, lg.
10 1/2 in.
$75-100
346
Ivory Carving of a Ship on Sea, China, on
wooden platform carved into rolling waves,
with seven separately carved and attached
figures on board, the ship shaped into a
chicken with the head, wings, and tails,
surrounded by fish and octopi amongst
breaking waves, wd. 9 3/4 in.
$300-500
347
Monogrammed Ivory Glove Stretchers,
China, 19th century, made for export, the
sticks carved in relief with a central cartouche
of flowers and of figures at leisure in a garden,
respectively, lg. 9 1/4 in.
$200-300
348
Ivory Carving of an Elephant, China, on
carved wood stand, in walking pose with its
nose swirling up high, incised details, ht. 9 in.
$200-400
349
Ivory Seal with Lion, China, with carved six
characters, incised and openwork details
stained in black, ht. 2 3/8 in.
$200-400
350
Ivory Carving of a Cabbage, China, with a
grasshopper on a leaf, finely and realistically
carved, stained light green to the underside,
lg. 7 in.
$800-1,000
351
Set of Carved Ivory Chess Pieces, China,
in a wooden box opening to a chessboard,
stained in yellow brown for the black pieces,
incised details and openwork and loose
elements, probably made of ivory composite,
ht. 2 to 4 3/4 in.
$800-1,000
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Pair of Faux Ivory Figures of Women on
Wood Stands, China, the standing figures
each depicted holding a lotus plant, ht. 11
1/2 in.
$500-700
353
Ivory Carving of a Lady, China, standing on
carved wood stand, dressed in a formal gown
with incised decorations, details stained in
black, possibly made of ivory composite, ht.
7 in.
$200-300
354
Two Ivory Carvings of an Imperial Couple,
China, each sitting on a throne with carved
and incised decorations resting on a carved
wood lacquer stand, behind the seated
emperor is a three-panel screen with
openwork dragons and the empress, the
same screen with openwork phoenixes, all
elaborately carved, ht. 15 7/8 in.
$800-1,000
355
Ivory Carvings of an Armored Couple,
China, standing figures wearing elaborately
decorated armors with a demon mask to
chest and a loose bud-shaped pendant on
the tip of outer skirt, four-character Chenghua
mark to base, ht. 15 7/8 in.
$800-1,000
356
Ivory Carving of a Ballet Dancer, China, on a
carved wood stand, in an acrobatic pose with
outstretched arms and on tiptoe, ht. 8 1/4 in.
with stand.
$1,000-1,200
357
Ivory Carving of a Girl, China, on a wood
stand, holding a shovel in her left hand and a
broom over her right shoulder, ht. 5 1/2 in.
$800-1,000
358
Two Polychrome Ivory Standing Women on
Wood Stands, China, each holding a flower
sprig in the left hand, one holding a basket of
peaches in her right hand, the other reaching
back to her own nape, ht. to 10 1/4 in.
$500-700
359
Ivory Carving of a Buddhist Goddess,
China, sitting dressed in a jeweled robe with
her right leg pendant and her left raised
toward the body, holding a wish-granting
flaming pearl in her right hand and with her
left making a circle with her thumb and middle
finger, four-character Qianlong mark to base,
ht. 11 1/4 in.
$500-700
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Ivory Carving of a Daoist Immortal, China,
holding a turtle and a staff, with incised details
stained in brown, the beard stained in white
and the pupils in black, signed to base, ht. 8
1/8 in.
$800-1,000
361
Small Ivory Seal Block with Calligraphy,
China, the calligraphy alternating with
landscape, with figures, all decorations incised
to minute detail and stained in black, ht. 2
5/8 in.
$400-600
362
Ivory Tusk on Wood Stand, China, 20th
century, both sides carved and pierced
with the eight Daoist Immortals carrying the
attributes amidst pine trees, twice marked “Da
Ming Nian Zhi,” lg. 35 in.
$700-900
363
Large Composite Ivory and Bone Covered
Vase, China, bulbous form, the facade
comprising triangular pieces of ivory veneer,
the body decorated with floral reserves, the
neck carved with shou characters, ht. 27 1/2
in.
$1,200-1,800
364
Pair of Ivory Vases with Covers, China,
19th century, on wood stands, each depicting
a town scene with figures in relief, the neck
decorated with foliate scrolls in low relief and
two elephants with loose rings, the cover
topped with a foo dog, ht. 10 in.
$2,000-3,000
365
Ivory Carving of Elephants, Asia, 20th
century, lined up in a queue to form a soft arch
connected with the trunk noses, fixed onto a
carved wood stand, lg. 20 7/8 in.
$400-600
366
Ivory Carving of a Cart, India, 20th century,
drawn by a pair of oxen, with two passengers
seated beneath an ornate canopy behind the
driver, lg. 4 in.
$200-300
367
Two Ivory Okimonos, Asia, 19th/20th
century, one of two monkeys dancing with one
leg raised, holding flags, glazed in transparent
enamel, unsigned, ht. 3 7/8, and a Mughal
emperor standing on a pedestal, unsigned, ht.
5 1/4 in.
$1,000-1,400
368
Carved Ivory Figural Group, Japan,
19th/20th century, depicting a fisherman and
a boy on the beach, signed on base, ht. 6 in.
$400-600
369
Ivory Okimono of a Boy, Japan, 20th
century, depicted carrying a straw hat in one
hand and holding a flower in the other, signed
Chimei, ht. 5 1/8 in.
$400-600
370
Ivory Carving of a Samurai, Japan,
19th/20th century, holding an arrow with a
bow on his back, decorated with incised floral
motif, stained in brown, signed, ht. 7 1/4 in.
$600-800
371
Ivory Carving of a Man with Two Children,
Japan, standing with fish in his hands, with
two children holding a weathervane and a
toy boat and excited about the fish, signed to
base, ht. 8 1/8 in.
$600-800
372
Ivory Carving of a Man with Fishing Spear,
Japan, 20th century, standing with his right
arm raised and a basket tied around his waist,
signed to base, ht. 7 3/4 in.
$200-300
373
Five Ivory Figurines, Japan, 19th/20th
century, an old man pouring a drink into a cup,
ht. 4 1/8; and four Immortals: one holding a
monk’s staff, ht. 6 1/8, one with a small image
of horse over his head, ht. 6 1/4, one with
exposed belly, ht. 4, and one with a crane, ht.
3 7/8 in., all bear marks to base.
$250-350
374
Ivory Carving of a Monk, Japan, 19th/20th
century, holding a monk’s staff and rosary,
stained in brown and white, signed, ht. 7 1/4
in.
$600-800
375
Japanese Okimono of a Sennin, Japan,
19th/20th century, the standing figure carved
as holding a frog in his left hand and carrying
a bundle of branches on his back, signed on
base, ht. 5 in.
$200-300
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Cloisonné Bowl, China, the exterior
decorated with the scene of the eight Daoist
Immortals crossing the sea, with a gilt interior
and base, four-character Jingtai mark on
base, dia. 7 3/8 in.
$500-700
377
Cloisonné Round Box, China, 20th century,
decorated with stylized lotus and central shou
character on a light blue ground, dia. 4 1/4 in.
$100-150
378
Cloisonné Covered Box, China, tapered form
decorated with archaic-style scrolls, chilong,
lotus flowers, and scrolling foliage against a
blue ground, gilt rims, four-character Qianlong
mark on base, lg. 7 5/8 in.
$400-600
379
Pair of Cloisonné Candle Holders, China,
20th century, each in the form of a crane
perched on a tortoise within in shallow tripod
bowl, with its wings outspread and holding
a pearl in its beaks, surmounted by a pieced
candle stand with drip pan, four-character
Qianlong mark on base, ht. 8 3/4 in.
$500-700
380
Bronze Footed Jardinière, China, 20th
century, cast with reserves depicting Daoist
Immortals with calligraphy, dia. 20 1/4 in.
$1,500-2,000
381
Cloisonné Planter with Hardstone
Chrysanthemums, China, the quatrefoil
planter molded with lotus blossoms against a
gold ground, overall ht. 15 in.
$300-500
382
Cloisonné Plate, China, 20th century,
decorated with peony and plum blossom
branches against a cream ground with cloud
patterns in gold, the underside with blossoms
outlined in gold on bright blue ground, dia. 10
1/8 in.
$100-200
383
Pair of Cloisonné Plates, China, the interior
decorated with a pheasant perched on a rock
beneath a flowering peony tree, bordered
by a geometric band and cartouches each
depicting a magpie and a lotus flower, the
exterior inlaid with scrolling design, dia. 12 in.
$400-600
384
Cloisonné Plate, China, decorated with
pinkish white peonies with blue and green
leaves on a dark blue ground, the rim with
decorative border, dia. 14 in.
$100-200
385
Cloisonné Vase, China, 20th century,
cylindrical, decorated with vases of flowers
and scholar’s objects against a bright blue
ground inlaid with cloud design, four-character
Qianlong mark on base, ht. 11 1/2 in.
$200-300
386
Pair of Covered Cloisonné Vases Mounted
as Lamps, China, 20th century, pear shape,
each densely decorated with butterflies and
flowers against a white ground, gilt rim, with
green stone finial and shade, ht. 15 in. with
cover.
$400-600
387
Cloisonné Dish, Japan, 20th century,
decorated with a flock of birds flying above iris
flowers against a black ground with copper
embellishments, underside with spirals of silver
inlay, dia. 12 in.
$400-600
388
Cloisonné Covered Jar, Japan, ovoid, with
three miniature cabriole feet, with dragons and
floral decoration, ht. 5 1/4 in.
$300-500
389
Six Cloisonné Items, Japan, 20th century, a
pair of baluster vases, ht. 8 1/8, two covered
ovoid jars, ht. to 3 1/4, a miniature vase, ht.
3 1/2, and a covered teapot, ht. 3 1/4, all
decorated with reserves of blossoms and
butterflies.
$200-400
390
Three Cloisonné Items, Japan, 20th
century, an ovoid covered censer with floral
reserves, ht. 4 1/4, a flattened bulbous vase
with blossom decorations, ht. 4 1/4, and
a compressed urn-shape footed censer
featuring plum blossom and peony trees with
birds against a bright blue ground, ht. 3 3/4 in.
$200-300
391
Palace Cloisonné Vase, Japan, early 20th
century, baluster shape, decorated with
chrysanthemums blossoming against a dark
blue ground, ht. 47 in.
$1,000-1,200
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Pair of Cloisonné Vases, Japan, 20th
century, baluster form, decorated with a pair
of birds amidst chrysanthemums and lilies,
against a sky blue ground, ht. 12 in.
$500-700
393
Cloisonné Vase, Japan, Meiji Period, slender
baluster form with flared mouth, decorated
with iris flowers, ht. 23 1/2 in.
$1,000-1,200
394
Small Group of Cloisonné and Ceramic
Items, China, five cloisonné: a rectangular
dragon box, 6 x 8 1/8 x 3 5/8; a covered jar,
ht. 7 3/4; a tripod small globular jar, ht. 3 1/4;
a covered cylindrical container, ht. 3 3/4; a
matchbox, wd. 2 3/8; a green glazed dish,
mark to base, dia. 7 1/8; a blue and white
posset cup, ht. 4 1/8 in.
$200-300
395
Three Cloisonné Objects, China, a pear-
shape salt shaker, ht. 2 1/4, a miniature
baluster vase with lotus decoration, ht. 4,
and a covered jar with chrysanthemums and
peonies against a bronze ground, ht. 6 1/4 in.
$150-250
396
Three Jars, Asia, a pair of cloisonné jars with
covers, decorated with chrysanthemums in
blue, ht. 9 1/4, and a tall quatrefoil porcelain
vase with straight neck and round shoulder,
flowing glaze, ht. 15 1/8 in.
$150-250
397
Five Miniature Paintings, India, 19th century,
gouache on paper, two Pahari paintings
depicting Krishna with his attendants, a Rajput
painting of a ceremonial wedding scene, and
two Mughal-style paintings of harem scenes
with Islamic texts, lg. to 7 1/2 in.
$300-500
398
Miniature Painting of a Hunting Scene,
India, 20th century, ink and color on paper,
Mughal-style, glazed and framed, 13 1/4 x 9
1/2 in.
$300-500
399
Basohli-style Painting of a Maharaja,
India, 19th/20th century, gold and colored
pigments on paper, the haloed ruler depicted
seated with a standing attendant, both figures
dressed in white and adorned with jewelry,
against the backdrop of a brilliant green wall
and cream-colored floor, framed, 14 1/2 x 11
1/2 in.
$400-600
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Tanjore Painting, southern India, 18th/19th
century, dyes, glass beads, and gold foil on
wood with embossed finish, depicting three
figures inside arched curtains, 32 1/2 x 26
3/8 in.
$1,000-1,500
401
Two Persian Miniature Paintings, Iran,
19th/20th century, gold and color on paper,
one depicting a picnic scene, 4 x 6 1/2, and
a manuscript page with a portrait of a Domari
woman, with Islamic text written in black
above, 10 x 6 in., both matted and framed.
$250-350
402
Framed Persian-style Painting, Middle East,
gold and color on cloth, depicting a leisurely
evening scene in a courtyard, matted and
framed, 16 x 17 5/8 in.
$250-350
403
Two Miniature Paintings, Persia/India, ink
and color on paper, glued together back to
back, one depicting an audience between
a seated nobleman and his vassal, with
inscriptions in ink and pencil at the top, the
other a standard bearer on horseback against
a blue ground within a window, marked “3290
No 53/2” in pencil above, 7 3/8 x 5 1/4 in.
$300-500
404
Calligraphy, China, ink on red silk, of four
characters on a decorated red ground with
auspicious symbols including ruyi mushrooms,
with one seal in the upper center, unframed,
12 x 46 1/4 in.
$200-400
405
Set of Two Calligraphic Hanging Scrolls,
China, ink on paper, each with five characters,
in the manner of Li Shutong (1880-1942), one
with inscription, each with a seal, 53 x 12 3/4
in.
$200-300
406
Set of Two Calligraphies, China, ink on
rice paper, in the manner of Weng Fanggang
(1733-1818) on one of the two, 53 x 11 5/8 in.
$600-800
407
Framed Calligraphy, China, 20th century, in
the manner of He Xiangning, of an eleven-line
text written in clerical style on an indigo blue
ground with gold, signed with a seal, 41 x 12
3/4 in.
$300-500
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Pair of Calligraphies, China, on a decorated
yellow paper with gilt dots, attributed to Xie
Zhiliu (1910-1997), 51 x 12 1/4 in.
Provenance: Private collection of a Chinese-
American scholar.
$800-1,200
409
Calligraphy Album, China, 20th century, ink
and color on paper, ten pages, in the manner
of Li Keran (1907-1989), inscribed and with
signature, each page with one to three seals,
13 1/2 x 13 in.
$800-1,000
410
Painting Album, China, 20th century, ink and
color on paper, eleven female nudes, signed
and dated on some, album 13 3/4; each
painting 27 1/2 x 19 3/4 in.
$1,500-2,000
411
Album Painting of Xiqu Actors, China,
ink and color on paper, depicting various
characters of Chinese opera, signed Guan
Liang with a seal, 10 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.
$1,000-2,000
412
Handscroll Depicting a Landscape, China,
ink and color on paper, with two calligraphy
works in the manner of Chen Shaomei
(1907-1954) at the end with two seals each,
consisting of six sheets of paper, 3 5/8 x 280
in.
$200-300
413
Hanging Scroll Depicting Deer, China, ink
and color on paper, standing with a tree and
ruyi mushrooms and bamboo, 75 1/2 x 18
1/4 in.
$600-800
414
Hanging Scroll Depicting Peonies, China,
the manner of Wu Guanzhong (1919-2010),
ink and color on paper, inscribed and with two
seals, 52 7/8 x 27 in.
$400-600
415
Hanging Scroll Depicting Flowers, China,
ink and color on paper, two stalks of flowers
in boneless style, dated and signed with two
seals, 53 x 13 in.
$400-600
416
Hanging Scroll Print Depicting Flowers,
China, ink and color on dark brown silk, of an
iris, chrysanthemum, and peony with rocks,
45 x 14 1/8 in.
$200-300
417
Pair of Hanging Bird-and-Flower Scrolls,
China, color on silk, one with phoenix and
peonies and the other with cranes and
chrysanthemums, depicting on a deep blue
ground, 65 1/8 x 19 7/8 in.
$400-600
418
Hanging Scroll Depicting a Bird and Lotus
Pond, China, 20th century, ink and color on
paper, in the manner of Qi Baishi (1864-1957),
a bird perched on a grassy knoll above a lotus
pond and amidst foliage, signed and with two
seals, 53 x 13 7/8 in.
$200-400
419
Hanging Scroll Print Depicting Bamboo,
China, ink and color on paper, partially
painted, birds amidst lush bamboo leaves and
flowers, 47 x 13 38 in.
$200-300
420
Hanging Scroll Depicting a Bird, China, ink
and color on paper, perched on a dry branch
with autumn leaves, inscribed with two seals,
58 5/8 x 13 1/2 in.
$500-600
421
Hanging Scroll Depicting a White Parrot,
China, ink and light color on paper, tied on a
tree branch, inscribed and with four seals, 35
3/4 x 16 5/8 in.
$400-500
422
Hanging Scroll Depicting Two Egrets,
China, ink and color on paper, standing next
to willow branches with leaves, inscribed with
a seal, 37 5/8 x 19 3/4 in.
$300-400
423
Hanging Scroll Print Depicting Lotus,
China, ink printed on paper, with flowers and
leaves, inscribed and with two seals, 34 1/2 x
22 1/8 in.
$200-300
424
Hanging Scroll Depicting Bonzai and a
Scholar’s Rock, China, 20th century, in
the manner of Zhu Qizhan (1892-1996), in
boneless style, titled, dated, and signed, and
with two seals including a collector’s seal, 26
5/8 x 13 1/4 in.
$2,000-3,000
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Painting of a Noble Woman, China, ink and
color on silk, possibly a print, with a maid
holding a mirror for her, in a court setting
with lotus in a vase, framed and glazed, not
examined out of glass, 31 1/8 x 8 1/8 in.
$800-1,000
426
Hanging Scroll Depicting Goldfish, China,
ink and color on silk, swimming in fresh water
with grasses and leafy vine trees, inscribed
with two seals, 31 5/8 x 17 7/8 in.
$600-800
427
Flower-and-Bird Hanging Scroll, China,
color on silk, featuring a bird with long tail with
peonies and rocks, in the Northern School
style, framed and glazed, painting, 37 1/8 x 15
3/8; with matted fabric, 65 x 20 1/4 in.
$500-800
428
Hanging Scroll Depicting a Landscape,
China, in the manner of Qian Songyan
(1898-1985), ink and light color on paper, the
sea with three children fishing on the rocks,
inscribed and with four seals, 27 1/4 x 17 1/2
in.
$200-300
429
Hanging Scroll Depicting a Landscape,
China, ink and color print on paper, a
mountain range with water and pavilion, 50 x
24 1/4 in.
$300-500
430
Hanging Scroll Depicting a Landscape,
China, ink on paper, with trees near the
waterside, inscribed and with four seals, 10
1/4 x 8 7/8 in.
$300-500
431
Hanging Scroll Depicting a Landscape,
China, ink and color on paper, an autumn
vista with mountains, pines, river, bridge, and
figures, inscribed and signed with a seal, 51
3/4 x 24 3/4 in.
$200-300
432
Hanging Scroll Depicting a Landscape,
China, ink and color on silk, an autumn scene
with mountains, strange rocks, trees, and a
pavilion along a river valley, dated and signed
with a seal, 54 x 24 1/2 in.
$200-300
433
Hanging Scroll Depicting a Landscape,
China, ink and color on paper, with pavilions
and figures, inscribed and with two seals, 46
x 22 5/8 in.
$300-400
434
Hanging Scroll Depicting a Daoist
Immortal, China, ink and color on paper,
seated under a pine tree with a giant peach
and a boy attendant standing with a stick with
a gourd, inscribed and with three seals, 50 3/8
x 24 5/8 in.
$300-500
435
Siren, Osvald, Early Chinese Paintings from
A. W. Bahr Collection, The Chiswick Press
Ltd., London: 1938, limited edition of 750
copies, out of sequence, with color and black
and white plates.
$300-500
436
Hanging Scroll Depicting Horses, China, ink
and color on paper, a pair of galloping horses,
with calligraphy below, bears inscription and
four seals, 24 x 20 1/2 in.
$100-200
437
Framed Painting of a Pair of Waterfowl,
China, ink and color on paper, inscribed,
signed “Deng Man,” dated 1924, with one
seal, framed and glazed, not examined out of
glass, 17 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.
$300-500
438
Painting of a Woman, China, in the manner
of He Jianying (b. 1957), ink and color on
paper, the figure partially nude, with cherry
branches, signed with three seals, 20 x 19
5/8 in.
$600-800
439
Framed Scroll of a Noble Woman, China,
ink and color on silk, with a maiden holding a
mirror for her in a moonlit garden setting with
mountains and rocks in distance, inscribed
and with two seals, framed and glazed, not
examined out of glass, 29 1/2 x 9 3/4.
$200-250
440
Framed Painting of a Marriage Ceremony,
China, 20th century, opaque watercolor
on paper, the seated couple playing pipe
instruments in accompaniment with each
other in front of a table filled with ceremonial
objects, with the mistress of the ceremony
standing beside the bride, 13 1/2 x 21 in.
$200-250
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Framed Ancestral Portrait, China, 20th
century, depicting a seated noblewoman
formally dressed in a xiapei (court vest)
bearing a rank badge over a red dragon
robe, the floors painted with auspicious
flowers including chrysanthemums and lotus
blossoms, originally a hanging scroll, sight size
38 1/2 x 25 1/2 in.
$600-800
442
Pair of Figural Paintings, China, gold, ink,
and color on silk, one with a group of four
Buddhist figures including two armored
Guardians, 18 1/2 x 14 1/8; and the other with
three figures dressed in official attire, 18 1/2 x
13 3/8 in., both matted in black, glazed and
framed.
$600-800
443
Hanging Scroll Depicting Shrimp, China, ink
and color on paper, with aquatic plants, bears
inscription and one seal, 27 x 13 in.
$300-500
444
Landscape Painting, China, ink and light
color on paper, bears signature and one seal,
framed and glazed, 9 3/4 x 11 1/2 in.
$100-200
445
Group of Landscape Paintings, China, ink
on paper, consisting of fifteen loose Southern
school ink paintings, including one bamboo
in ink with inscription and three seals, some
lightly colored, titled, signed, or sealed, of
various sizes with max. ht. to 25 in.
$200-300
446
River Landscape, China, a reproduction
of Dusk in Yangtze River, 1953, by Huang
Binhong (1865-1955), mounted on a
paperboard, with a calligraphic work with two
seals, 18 3/8 x 10 1/2 in.
$600-800
447
Landscape Painting, China, ink and light
color on silk, with an open view of a river,
inscribed and with three seals, framed and
glazed, 22 7/8 x 48 5/8 in.
$800-1,000
448
Hanging Scroll Depicting a Landscape,
China, 20th century, in the manner of Wu
Hufan (1894-1968), ink and color on paper,
with a figure walking along the forested
shore of a lake, with distant mountains in
the background, titled and inscribed, bears
signature and one seal, 21 x 15 in.
$400-600
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Painting of Hanshan Temple with
Calligraphy, China, ink and color on paper,
with Hanshan Temple in the background
amidst trees and a riverscape in the
foreground, bears inscription and two seals,
32 x 19, the calligraphy with one seal, 7 x 19
in.
$100-200
450
Landscape Painting, China, ink and light
color on paper, with two figures in nature with
high waterfalls, inscribed and with three seals,
framed and glazed, not examined out of glass,
35 1/4 x 11 3/8 in.
$600-800
451
Landscape Painting, China, in the manner
of Wen Zhenming (1470-1559), ink and light
color on silk, with a reclusive scholar in a hut
with a crane, bamboo, and plum tree in a
garden, inscribed with two seals, framed and
glazed, not examined out of glass, 7 1/2 x 8
1/4 in.
$300-500
452
Three Fan Paintings, China, ink and color on
paper, matted on silk, including one with a pair
of birds perched on a tree branch, inscribed
with a seal, 10 x 21 1/8; one with six figures
including three monks, inscribed with three
seals, 9 1/2 x 20 5/8; and one with figural
landscape, inscribed with a seal, 9 1/4 x 21
1/8 in.
$200-300
453
Two Fan Paintings, China, ink and light color
on paper, depicting nature with mountains,
rocks, water, and figures, inscribed and with a
seal each, 10 x 21 1/8 in.
$400-600
454
Fan Painting of Scholars, China, ink on silk,
depicting a group of scholars at leisure near a
riverside with peach trees and rocks, framed
and glazed, wd. 9 5/8 in.
$700-900
455
Ancestral Portrait of an Old Woman, China,
ink and color on brown paper, depicted
seated on a chair with her leg crossed under
her ceremonial robe with jeweled headdress,
framed and glazed, unexamined out of glass,
36 1/2 x 16 3/4 in.
$300-500
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Framed Painting of Apsaras, China, ink and
color on silk, depicting two apsaras, each
carrying a basket of auspicious flowers and
sprinkling petals as they traverse the skies,
bears title, signature, and two seals, 37 x 21
in.
$250-350
457
Large Framed Painting of Avalokitesvara,
China, ink and color on cloth, the bodhisattva
encircled by a nimbus and seated in
rajalilasana on a rocky outcrop above rolling
waves, his right foot resting on a lotus
blossom, with the “Pure Water” bottle by his
right hand and a child attendant below, 88 x
62 in.
$500-700
458
Four Framed Hanging Scrolls, China, ink
and color on silk, depicting four birds with
trees and flowers: morning glory, peony, pine,
and bamboo, signed with a seal, framed and
glazed, not examined out of glass, 44 1/2 x
10 1/4 in.
$1,500-2,500
459
Painting of a Leopard, China/Korea, ink
and light color on paper, depicted with two
magpies and a pine tree against a blank
background, 28 1/4 x 17 1/2 in.
$400-600
460
Framed Painting of Shrimp, China, ink
and color on paper, in the manner of Han
Zongxiang (1900-1900), bears inscription,
signature, and one seal, sight 17 1/2 x 26 1/2
in.
$300-500
461
Handscroll Painting, Japan, 19th/20th
century, color, gold, and silver on paper,
illustrating ten stories, probably of Genji, each
12 3/4 x 15 1/2 in.
$500-700
462
Hanging Scroll Depicting a Tiger, Japan, ink
and light color on silk, seated with her cub,
possibly a print, 43 7/8 x 19 1/2 in.
$200-300
463
Two Hanging Scrolls, Japan, including one,
ink on paper, depicting a dancing monkey,
two two-character seals, 33 1/2 x 13 1/4; the
other, ink and color on silk, depicting fish in
water with rocks and maple leaves, 48 7/8 x
14 in., signed Gyokusei with a two-character
seal.
$300-500
464
Hanging Scroll Print Depicting a Gourd,
Japan, color on paper, with a snail on a leaf,
14 7/8 x 20 in.
$200-300
465
Hanging Scroll Depicting Darumas, Japan,
ink on paper, entitled “Nana Goro Biya Oki”
(seven falls eight rises) to symbolize an
undefeatable spirit against adversities, painted
in boneless style, signed with a seal, 54 1/8 x
13 1/4 in.
$200-300
466
Framed Painting of an Eagle, Japan, 20th
century, ink on silk, the bird depicted perched
with its wings spread on a branch above a
river, bears signature and one seal, overall 60
1/2 x 33 in.
$300-400
467
Set of Two Framed Works, Japan, 20th
century, including a watercolor on silk
depicting two Japanese dolls with pink cherry
blossoms and a woodblock print on paper
depicting three toy hammers, framed and
glazed, 10 1/8 x 9 1/8 in.
$200-250
468
Hanging Scroll Depicting a Landscape,
Japan, in the manner of Sesshu Toyo (1420-
1506), ink on paper, bears signature, with a
box, 27 x 8 in.
$400-600
469
Six-panel Folding Screen, Byobu, Japan,
20th century, ink, color, and gold paint on
paper, painted with scenes from the Tale of
Genji, with metal hinges, each panel 59 1/2
x 20 in.
$800-1,000
470
Six-panel Screen Mounted on Board,
Japan, 20th century, depicting a continuous
scene of sparrows perched amidst bamboo
fronds, 30 3/4 x 104 1/2 in.
$400-600
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Six-panel Folding Screen, Byobu, Japan,
20th century, ink, color, and gold on paper,
depicting a landscape scene with gentle hills,
pine trees, and fall foliage, all against a gold
ground, each panel 71 3/4 x 24 in.
$800-1,200
472
Pair of Mongolian Man-and-Horse
Paintings, Mou-Sien Tseng (fl. 1985-present),
acrylic on gold leaf panels, each depicting a
warrior mounted on a galloping horse, one
depicted with a shield on his left arm and
wielding a saber above his head, the other
figure an archer performing the Parthian shot,
turning his upper body to shoot at pursuers,
each inscribed and bears signature, with two
artist’s seals, 15 1/2 x 15 1/2, frame 22 x 22
in.
Note: The paintings were exhibited in the first
New York exhibition of the artist’s works. The
frames were both selected by the artist.
$500-1,000
473
Painting of a Female Deity, Taiwan, depicted
in gold line on batik-dyed fabric, playing the
harp, framed and glazed, 29 1/4 x 18 1/4 in.
$200-300
474
Pair of Hanging Scrolls Depicting Luohans,
Taiwan, in the manner of Zhou Yunlong (b.
1947), ink and light color on paper, including
one with sleeping luohan under full moon,
and the other with meditating luohan under
flowering trees, 52 3/4 x 12 7/8 in.
$200-300
475
Two Paintings in One Frame, Thailand,
19th/20th century, opaque watercolor and
gold on paper, one depicting a nobleman
wearing Rattanakosin-style headdress and
robes with his attendants, the other with
two similarly dressed figures in a landscape
scene, one looking over his shoulder at the
man sprawled on the ground, overall 16 1/2
x 20 in.
$200-400
476
Framed Buddhist Painting of Bodhisattvas
and Arhats, Tibet, 20th century, color on
cloth, each depicted with his attributes against
a background of rolling waves, 29 1/2 x 19 in.
$600-700
477
Pair of Miniature Vases and Five Gouache
Paintings, China, 19th/20th century, the
famille rose bottle vases each decorated with
a pair of confronting dragons fighting over a
pearl amidst flowers and butterflies, ht. 6 3/4,
and five ornithological and botanical paintings,
gouache on rice paper, sight size to 10 x 6 in.
$250-450
478
Contemporary Thangka of White Mahakala,
Indo-Tibet, color on cloth mounted on board,
the six-armed dharmapala depicted standing
atop two elephant-headed figures on a lotus
base and holding a ritual object in each of
his hands, surrounded by a flaming mandorla
and by eight deities and dharmapala on lotus
bases, matted, 28 x 21 in.
$500-700
479
Thangka of Bhaisajyaguru, the Medicine
Buddha, Tibet, color on silk, seated on
a double lotus throne with his mandorla
decorated with dragons, surrounded
with numerous Buddhist deities including
Avalokitesvara with multiple heads, 35 5/8 x
25 1/2 in.
$500-700
480
Two Reference Books, Jacovleff A., and
Tchou-Kia-Kien, The Chinese Theatre, John
Lane and Bodley Head Ltd., London: 1922,
and Choice Masterpieces of Korin and
Kenzan, The Kokka Company, Tokyo: 1906.
$200-400
481
Print Album of Nine Landscapes, China, in
the manner of Wang Tongyu (fl. Qing period),
ink and light color print on paper, ten-leaf book
with one landscape missing, 11 7/8 x 14 3/4
in.
$800-1,000
482
Hanging Scroll Print Depicting Bamboo,
China, ink on brown silk, in the manner of
Zheng Banqiao, inscribed and with one seal,
33 x 15 1/2 in.
$50-100
483
Set of Four Hanging Scroll Prints Depicting
the Four Gentlemen, China, ink on paper,
with plum, iris, chrysanthemum, and bamboo,
in literati painting style, each inscribed and
with two seals, 36 1/2 x 12 7/8 in.
$300-500
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Framed Print of Lotus Flower, China, ink and
light color print on paper, on stalks with bud
and leaves, inscribed and with three seals,
framed and glazed, unexamined out of frame,
39 1/2 x 17 1/8 in.
$200-300
485
Twelve Prints of Common Occupations,
China, 20th century, ink on paper, approx. 7
x 8 in.
$200-250
486
Advertisement for Nanyang Brothers
Tobacco Co., China, c. 1926, illustrated by
Zhou Bosheng (1887-1955), color printed on
paper, signed and dated l.r., 45 x 16 1/2 in.
$200-300
487
Three Publications, 19th/20th century, a
Japanese illustrated Buddhist reference book
with English captions (1896), in original paper
box, group of unbound chuban-sized color
woodblock prints, and a Chinese popular
literature on folk beliefs, Wang Li Zhi Bao
Chao, printed in Shanghai.
$100-200
488
Four Photographs Taken in Japan, Japan,
picturing students and people with a Western
man identified as Prof. Newell including one,
5 x 3 1/2; one, 7 1/2 x 10; one, 7 3/4 x 10;
and one, 7 7/8 x 10 1/2 in., all mounted and
matted on paper.
$100-200
489
Two Lithographs of Foujita Cats, Japan,
Tsugouharu Foujita (1886-1968), monochrome
depictions, one sitting with forelegs raised,
13 x 10; and the other lying on the back with
exposed belly, 10 x 13 in.
$200-300
490
Two Stencil Prints, Kappazuri-e, Japan,
20th century, a Biblical scene by Sadao
Watanabe (1919-1996), signed and dated
in margin, 11 1/2 x 6 3/4, and a dove with
blossoms, Kichiemon Okamura (b. 1916),
signed and sealed l.r., 19 1/2 x 22 in.
$400-600
491
Woodblock Print of a Landscape, Japan,
Utagawa Toyoharu (1735-1814), depicting a
vista of a river bank with passengers, houses,
trees, and rice paddies, framed and glazed,
inscription of Nishimuraya, 10 1/8 x 15 in.
$200-400
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Group of Prints, Japan, 20th century,
including a loose one, ten two-fold ones,
sixteen three-fold ones, and two four-fold
ones, depicting various figures and stories, all
chuban size 10 x 7 1/2 in.
$200-300
493
Woodblock Print of Two Women with
a Boy, Japan, depicted working near the
furnace in a room with a screen, framed and
glazed, unexamined out of glass, 8 3/8 x 7
1/8 in.
$200-300
494
Woodblock Triptych Print, Japan, 19th/20th
century, depicting a combat scene of
Japanese army capturing Chinese military
officials at Pyeongyang in Korea during Sino-
Japanese war, inscribed and signed with a
seal, mounted in a frame and glazed, 13 5/8
x 28 in.
$300-500
495
Woodblock Triptych Print, Japan, 19th/20th
century, depicting a combat scene of
Japanese army defeating Chinese army at
Seonghwan station in Korea during Sino-
Japanese war, titled and signed, mounted in a
frame and glazed, 14 x 28 in.
$300-500
496
Jun’ichirô Sekino (1914-1988), Montmartre,
Japan, 20th century, woodblock print, edition
6/100, signed and numbered in pencil, 7 x 22
in., framed.
$200-300
497
Four Woodblock Prints, Japan, three two-
color full-length portraits, and a monochrome
bust portrait of a samurai by Toyokuni (1769-
1825), all in oban size, mounted on gold
paper, framed and glazed.
$400-600
498
Two Woodblock Prints, Japan, 19th century,
Toyokuni (1786-1865), one depicting a
samurai in a room with a smoke pipe, framed;
one depicting a samurai with an umbrella,
unframed, each 14 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.
$500-700
499
Group of Woodblock Prints, Japan, sixteen
prints including one original three-fold oban
size documentary print to commemorate a
military charge across the Oigawa river, in
various sizes, subjects, artists, and dates.
$200-300
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500
Four Prints by Haku Maki (1924-2000),
Sosaku-hanga, Japan, Poem. 70-14, edition:
48/153, 24 x 8 3/4; Poem. 70-22, edition:
63/153, 23 3/4 x 8 1/4; Poem. 70-31, edition:
48/154, 24 x 8 5/8; and Poem. 70-72, edition:
24/106, 24 1/4 x 17 1/2 in., all numbered,
titled, and signed on bottom margin.
$500-700
501
Two Framed Woodblock Prints, Japan,
Kiyoshi Saito (1907-1997), of landscapes with
figures, houses, trees, and mountains, framed
and glazed, 9 1/4 x 13 3/4 in.
$800-1,000
502
Two Woodblock Prints from One Hundred
Famous Views of Edo, Japan, Hiroshige
(1797-1858), the 40th view of Basho’s Hut on
Camellia Hill beside the Aqueduct at Sekiguchi
and the 67th view of the Parting Waters at
Mitsumata, framed and glazed, 13 1/2 x 9
1/8 in.
$500-700
503
Three Woodblock Prints, Japan including
one yoko-e landscape, 14 x 10; two tate-e
bijinga, one of which signed by Harunobu
(1725-1770), 10 x 7 1/2 in., all framed and
glazed.
$100-200
504
Masao Maeda (1904-1974), Stone Garden,
Ryuan Temple - A, Japan, woodblock print,
signature and seal l.l., edition: 41/48, 24 1/2 x
18 in., framed.
$500-700
505
Five Woodblock Prints of Bijinga, Japan,
reproductions of Utamaro (d. 1806), depicting
courtesans captured in various moments
including three women walking in the rain with
an umbrella; two women working in a kitchen;
three women riding on a boat; a woman
smoking on a bench with her bosom exposed;
and a beauty holding a horn in her mouth,
all individually framed and glazed, 10 5/8 x 6
7/8 in.
$200-400
506
Two Woodblock Prints of Bijinga, Japan,
reproductions of Utamaro (d. 1806), depicting
two geishas holding fans with one dressed
in a formal kimono and the other in a more
common robe, both framed and glazed, 10
3/4 x 7 1/4 in.
$700-900
507
Two Woodblock Prints of Geisha, Japan,
including one formerly dressed with the
characteristic hairdo and holding an okimono
doll of a girl; and the other doing her hair in
her bath robe, all signed Eishou, oban size, 15
1/4 x 10 in.
$100-200
508
Woodblock Print, Japan, depicting peonies
with butterflies in three colors including ink,
with inscription, framed and glazed, 13 1/2 x
9 3/8 in.
$300-500
509
Four Woodblock Prints, Japan, 20th century,
in monochrome, two reproductions of bijinga
by Kiyonaga (1752-1815) and one by printer
named Haruasa, oban size; and two bird-and-
flower prints of iris and cherry blossom, all
framed and glazed, 12 3/8 x 8 3/8 in.
$150-250
510
Two Woodblock Prints, Japan, Hiroshi
Yoshida (1876-1950), with one depicting a
scene of Ueno Park with strolling figures and
the other depicting a scene with a temple
pavilion, signed with a seal, framed and
glazed, 14 1/2 x 9 5/8 in.
$300-500
511
Three Woodblock Prints, Japan, including
two oban size prints by Hiroshige (1797-1858)
including one of the Thirty-six Views of Tokyo
and the sixtieth of the Famous Views of the
Sixty-Odd Provinces, 13 1/2 x 9 1/4; the other
depicting Mount Fuji, 15 x 6 3/4 in., all framed
and glazed.
$200-400
512
Two Framed Prints, Japan, 20th century,
Hideo Yoshihara (1931-2007), Black Flower,
color lithograph, titled, signed, and numbered
in the margin, edition 72 of 210, 15 1/2 x
20, and a woodblock print of a moonlit city,
edition: 12/50, dated 1982, signed and titled
in pencil on margin, 15 x 14 in.
$300-500
513
Polychrome Lacquer Standing Figure of
Avalokiteshvara, Asia, 20th century, the
bodhisattva depicted holding a ruyi scepter in
his left hand and the cintamani (wish-fulfilling
jewel) in the other, on a wood base pierced
with lotus design, ht. 24 in.
$300-500
514
Angkor-style Schist Torso of a Man,
Cambodia, depicted wearing a sampot around
the waist, on metal mounts, ht. 22 in.
$400-600
515
Tara Bodhisattva, Asia, 19th/20th century,
sitting on a lotus throne in royal ease with a
flaming mandorla behind, ht. 18 3/4 in.
$200-300
516
Bronze Buddha, China, seated in
dhyanasana on a lotus throne, with his hands
in dhyana mudra, unsealed, with traces of gilt,
ht. 10 3/4 in.
$400-600
517
Burlwood Statue of Guanyin, China, the
bodhisattva depicted standing barefooted
on a root base with a foo lion at her feet and
bats by her hands, with a lotus blossom
surmounted by a seated Buddha at the crown
of her head, and holding prayer beads and
lotus stalks in both hands, ht. 70 1/2 in.
$2,000-3,000
518
Bronze Guanyin, China, dressed in an
elaborately decorated robe, sitting on a
double-lotus throne, holding a “Pure Water”
bottle, a small image of Buddha on the
jeweled crown, ht. 25 in.
$500-800
519
Bronzed Metal Seated Buddha, China,
depicted in dhyanasana with his hands held in
varada mudra, sealed, ht. 11 1/2 in.
$400-600
520
Bronze Standing Figure of Kannon, Japan,
20th century, depicted on a double lotus
plinth, wearing flowing robes and beaded
ornaments, mounted on a wood base, overall
ht. 21 3/4 in.
$200-400
521
Gilt-bronze Standing Buddha, Thailand,
20th century, depicted holding a bowl in both
hands and wearing ornate robes with a cape,
raised on a tiered lotus base, unsealed, ht. 15
3/4 in.
$400-600
522
Three Gilt-bronze Seated Buddhist Figures,
Sino-Tibet, an eight-armed, three-faced
Usnisavijava on a lotus base, sealed, ht. 4, a
Buddha in dhyanasana on a lotus base with
his hands held in dhyana mudra, cast with
seven-character Qianlong mark, sealed, ht. 5
3/4, and a Tara in lalitasana on a lotus base
with her right hand in varada mudra and her
left held in vitarka mudra, sealed, ht. 6 1/2 in.
$600-700
523
Two Gilt-bronze Seated Buddhist Figures,
Sino-Tibet, a Buddha in bhumisparsha on a
lotus base, sealed, ht. 6 1/2, and a Tara in
lalitasana on a lotus base, cast with six-
character Qianlong mark, sealed, ht. 6 1/4 in.
$500-700
524
Gilt-bronze Figure of Yamantaka, Sino-
Tibet, 20th century, the six-armed deity
standing in alidhasana together with his
consort in yab-yum union on two figures over
a lotus base, wearing a belt of severed heads,
his three heads with ferocious expressions,
surmounted by skull tiaras and flaming hair, ht.
8 1/4 in.
$800-1,200
525
Bronze Standing Buddha, Thailand, 20th
century, depicting with his hands raised in
abhaya mudra, mounted on wood plinth, ht.
29 in.
$250-300
526
Three Gilt-bronze Rattanakosin-style
Figures of Shakyamuni, Thailand, 19th
century, each depicted dressed in ornate
robes and cape, with both hands raised in
abhaya mudra on a tiered lotus base, originally
cast as an architectural element, ht. to 20 1/2
in.
$800-1,200
527
Pair of Circular Rank Badges, China, the
appliqued silver pheasant, insignia of a Fifth-
Rank Civil Official, depicted flying against a
background of clouds and the eight Buddhist
emblems, dia. 11 1/2 in.
$200-400
528
Wool Carpet, China, 20th century, the central
cartouche depicting women in a garden scene
with blossoming trees, birds, and mythical
beasts against a blue ground, framed by a
border of strapwork interlaced with peony and
lotus sprigs on beige ground, 80 x 47 1/2 in.
$700-900
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529
Pillar Carpet, China, 20th century, the yellow
dragon coiled above a lishui border, with
a chain of animal masks along the top, all
against a dark blue ground, 86 1/2 x 39 in.
$700-900
530
Art Deco Carpet, China, early 20th century,
the central panel depicting a bird flying over a
blossoming tree against a royal blue ground,
framed by a border of auspicious emblems
and flowers on gray, 81 x 47 in.
$500-700
531
Pair of Small Kesi Chair Covers, China,
woven with dragons above lishui borders
amidst Buddhist emblems, all against a light
blue ground, (damage), 66 x 15 in.
$300-500
532
Pair of Red Silk Curtains, China, 20th
century, originally a wall tapestry, embroidered
with Immortals at leisure in a celestial garden
scene, featuring a fruiting peach tree and a
pavilion beneath pine trees, padded, each 107
x 29 in.
$600-800
533
Partial Folding Screen, China, a continuous
embroidery of herons in a marsh on green silk
mounted behind glass in five wood frames,
each panel decorated with a pierced apron,
supported by cylindrical legs, each panel 75
x 21 in.
$500-700
534
Framed Embroidery, China, of birds and
flowers in a vertical rectangular reserve
decorated with floral motifs, on a red-brown
silk, 22 3/4 x 7 in. (with frame).
$100-200
535
Framed Cream-colored Silk Embroidery,
China, depicting an encounter between a
tiger and a lion, the two separated by a small
stream, 58 x 57 in.
$500-700
536
Three Framed Embroideries on Blue Silk,
China, 20th century, a pair of sleeve bands
embroidered with figures at leisure in gardens,
26 3/4 x 11 1/2, and a panel embroidered with
a bird perched on a flowering branch above
blossoms and rocks, 31 3/4 x 20 3/4 in., all
with newer borders.
$400-600
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Framed Textile Fragment, China, 19th
century, comprised of two panels sewn
together, originally part of a robe, the peach-
colored silk embroidered with butterflies,
peonies, plum blossoms, and lotus flowers
above a lishui border with peony blossoms
floating on the waves, the later cream-colored
silk border decorated with cranes, butterflies,
bamboo, and flowers, frame 50 x 35 in.
$800-1,000
538
Framed Textile Fragment, China, 20th
century, originally part of a robe, embroidered
with a front-facing dragon above a pair of
side-facing dragons and surrounded by
interspersed auspicious emblems, bats, and
clouds, with lishui border and a pair of foo
lions playing with an embroidered ball below,
all against a deep red ground, frame 36 1/2
x 31 in.
$400-600
539
“Longevity” Embroidered Red Silk Panel,
China, 20th century, depicting figures paying
homage amidst pine trees and flowers to an
emperor and empress dressed in matching
gold robes embroidered with the shou
characters and seated in a pavilion with
attendants flanking a bowl of peaches, 28 3/4
x 79 in.
$300-500
540
Embroidery Panel with Shoulao on a Deer,
China, 20th century, framed and glazed,
depicting the Chinese God of Longevity
alongside with a deer and bats in the sky,
embroidered on silk of creamy yellow-brown,
27 x 35 in.
$700-900
541
Embroidery of Birds and Flowers, China, on
yellow-brown silk, in an open nature populated
with all sorts of flora and fauna including a
tiger, ox, phoenix, crane, peacocks, and
mythical animals, the red-brown borders
decorated with patches of shaped clothes
embroidered with various bird-and-flower
motifs, 98 x 39 5/8 in.
$300-500
542
Red Silk Wall Hanging, China, 20th century,
the central panel embroidered with the Three
Star Gods, the blue silk border decorated with
wan symbol alternating with pairs of gourds
and Buddha’s hand citrons, the top of the
outer red border embroidered with a pair of
confronting dragons flanking a pearl amidst
lingzhi and peonies, the sides with the eight
Daoist emblems amongst flowers, 83 x 41 in.
$800-1,000
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543
Export Green Brocade Fragment, China,
19th century, woven with chrysanthemum
roundels, 67 x 17 1/2 in.
$200-300
544
Textile Fragment, China, 19th century,
comprising two panels sewn together, densely
embroidered in satin stitch with butterflies,
peonies, and the sanduo fruit against a dark
blue ground, with later brocade border, 29 1/2
x 29 in.
$200-300
545
Kesi Textile, China, depicting cranes with
rocks, pines, and auspicious mushrooms in
tones of olive green and vermilion, with fringes
on top and bottom, 69 x 36 1/2 in.
$400-600
546
Pair of Framed Textile Tassels, China,
19th/20th century, originally part of a bed
hanging, each embroidered with a deer and a
crane amidst pine trees and blossoms, frame
28 1/4 x 9 in.
$300-500
547
Three Framed Textile Fragments and a
Woodblock Print, China and Japan, an
embroidered sleeve band of cream-colored
silk, 19 3/4 x 4, a pair of cream-colored
silk panels embroidered with foo lions and
peacocks, respectively, 17 x 14, and a
reproduction woodblock print, 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 in.
$300-500
548
Woman’s Informal Robe, China, 19th/20th
century, bright blue silk embroidered with
flowers, butterflies, and baskets brimming
with auspicious objects, flowers, and fruit,
some details couched in gold threads, the
cream-colored sleeve bands decorated with
butterflies and narcissus, with butterflies and
plum blossoms on the black trim, ht. 48 in.
$300-500
549
Dragon Skirt Fragment, China, 20th century,
embroidered on yellow silk with dragons
surrounded by clouds, bats, blossoms, and
auspicious emblems, all above rolling waves at
hem, ht. 39 in.
$200-250
550
Straits Chinese Wedding Jacket and Skirt,
20th century, the jacket opens at front and
is entirely couched in gold threads on red
silk with pairs of dragons and phoenixes
chasing pearls amongst peony flowers,
the skirt similarly decorated with dragons
and phoenixes amidst lotus blossoms,
embroidered with red and green details,
framed, 65 x 38 in.
Provenance: Family of Joe Klein (b. 1946),
journalist, columnist, and author of Primary
Colors.
$300-500
551
Three-piece Indian Bridal Suit, India, 20th
century, including a skirt, a silk inner vest, and
a veil (odani), the skirt, and veil luxuriously
embroidered with gold threads and beaded.
$300-400
552
Pair of Ikat Textiles, Indonesia, possibly a
set of hinggi kombu (man’s mantle and waist
cloth), each comprising two panels sewn
together along one selvedge, decorated with
cockerels and other animal motifs, dyed in
brick red, blue, and natural to a chocolate
brown ground, corded fringe, 90 x 49 in.
$400-600
553
Embroidered Kimono, Japan, 20th century,
with sakura flowers on black crepe Chirimen
polyester fabric, ivory-white lining, approx. 66
x 49 in.
$100-200
554
Silk Brocade Kesa, Japan, Meiji Period,
comprising a patchwork of squares and
wide strips woven with gold chrysanthemum
roundels against a blue brocade ground, 86
x 42 in.
$200-300
555
Dyed Batik Landscape, Japan, 20th century,
with mountains, water, bridge, pavilion, rocks,
and figures on boats, framed, 19 7/8 x 47 7/8
in.
$200-300
556
Embroidered Panel with Herons, Japan,
20th century, the pair of birds depicted
standing in water, against the black silk
ground, frame 42 1/2 x 24 1/2 in.
$400-600
557
Pair of Pillar Carpets, Tibet, early 20th
century, dark blue ground, each woven with
a dragon amidst scattered clouds and above
stylized waves below, with Buddhist emblems
and dragon heads along the top, 98 x 39 in.
$5,000-7,000
558
Mounted Rug, Tibet, 20th century, decorated
with a dragon amidst clouds against a rich
brown ground, 22 1/2 x 28 in.
$300-500
559
Opium Bed, China, 20th century, decorated
with giltwood panels carved with dragons,
phoenixes, chilong, and flowers, with friezes of
openwork blossom pattern.
$300-500
560
Export Hardwood Bench, China, the
shaped back intricately carved with a central
cartouche depicting flowers and birds,
surrounded by Immortals and mythical beasts
amidst clouds and waves against a pierced
grid ground, the long seat set above an
apron carved with foo lions, the arms each
in the form of a foo lion with its cubs and an
embroidered ball, supported by four legs
carved with monster-masks, 77 x 51 x 24 in.
$1,000-1,500
561
Wood Bench, China, the back panel with
three registers carved with silhouettes of vases
and vessels, the shaped apron with floral
decorations, 35 x 22 x 76 1/2 in.
$300-500
562
Display Cabinet, Japan, floral carving inlay of
lacquered panels inset with carved ivory and
mother-of-pearl, ht. 82, wd. 51, dp. 15 in.
$1,500-2,000
563
Hardstone Inlaid Two-door Cabinet, China,
the doors with inlay in the form of scholar’s
objects, fruit, and other auspicious emblems,
open to two levels of shelving, the top and
sides painted with bats, lotus blossoms, and
foliage in gilt and red, with metal hardware, 34
1/2 x 23 3/4 x 12 in.
$500-700
564
Pair of Small Tabletop Wood Cabinets,
China, with two doors and knobs, the doors
decorated with carved floral motifs, the interior
with two compartments divided by a drawer in
the middle, 12 x 12 in.
$400-600
565
Export Wood Armchair, China, 20th century,
the back splat carved and pierced with
dragons and bats amidst clouds, the dragon-
form arms each supported by a central
openwork frieze depicting qilin, the apron
carved and pierced with deer, cranes, pine
trees, and bamboo, resting on four cabriole
dragon-form legs with claw feet, 37 1/2 x 20
x 23 in.
$400-600
566
Pair of Spindle-back Side Chairs, China,
each with a humpback top rail above vertical
spindles, with four rounded legs and rails, 37 x
15 1/2 x 19 in.
$500-700
567
Horseshoe-back Chair, China, with a shaped
back splat carved with a ruyi, with rounded
legs and box stretcher, 37 1/2 x 27 x 21 in.
$100-200
568
Pair of Teak Armchairs, China, with pierced
back, the central section inset with carved and
pierced tablets above a solid seat on square-
section supports joined by stretchers, ht. 34
1/2 in.
$1,200-1,800
569
Horseshoe-back Folding Chair, China, 20th
century, the central openwork panel of the
back splat carved with a qilin amidst clouds
and gourds, the upper panel with a ruyi-shape
reserve with pierced chilong decorations, the
footrest carved with bats and lozenges, the
front apron carved with chilong and foliage,
with metal sheet mounts, 45 x 31 x 19 in.
$800-1,000
570
Pair of Bamboo Chairs, Zhuyi, China, Shanxi
Province, early 20th century, the back splat
with pierced fret design, with spindle arms, the
seat resting on four legs joined by stretchers,
with bamboo pegs, 36 1/2 x 13 1/2 x 17 1/2
in.
$1,000-1,500
571
Export Marble-top Stand, China, 20th
century, the lobed top set above a pierced
frieze of gourd and floral decorations,
supported by four cabriolet legs carved with
foliate motifs, on claw feet, ht. 17 1/2 in.
$250-350
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572
Export Marble-top Stand, China, 20th
century, the eight-point star-shape top above
a pierced frieze of bird-and-cloud decoration,
supported on four cabriole legs surmounted
and terminated with dragons in relief, the
undertier with an apron carved with blossoms,
ht. 33 in.
$200-300
573
Export Marble-top Stand, China, 20th
century, the lobed top with an apron of pierced
blossom design, supported by four cabriole
legs carved with blossoms, with undertier and
claw feet, ht. 27 1/2 in.
$200-300
574
Two Export Marble-top Stands, China,
20th century, a pentagonal top and a lobed
top, each with an apron of pierced blossom
design, supported on cabriole legs carved with
blossoms, with a lotus-form undertier, ht. 31
3/4, 27 1/2 in.
$200-400
575
Export Marble-top Stand, China, the
lobed top set above a pierced frieze of
gourd decorations, supported on four legs
surmounted by monster-masks, with claw
feet, ht. 18 1/4 in.
$250-350
576
Export Marble-top Stand, China, 20th
century, the octagonal top with beaded rim set
above pierced friezes with gourd decorations,
supported by four legs surmounted by
monster-masks and with claw-and-ball feet,
ht. 18 1/2 in.
$300-500
577
Export Marble-top Stand, China, 20th
century, the circular top set above a pierced
apron of birds-and-blossoms decorations,
supported by four cabriole legs with hoof feet,
ht. 16 3/4 in.
$500-700
578
Four Export Marble-top Stands, China, a
circular stand with a pierced apron of lotus
design, on four legs with claw feet, ht. 18, a
circular stand with pierced bamboo frieze, on
four cabriole legs carved with bamboo motifs,
hoof feet, ht. 18 1/2, a stand with pentagon
top set over pierced frieze of blossoms and
xi characters, on five cabriolet legs with hoof
feet, ht. 26 1/4, and an octagonal stand with a
pierced apron depicting gourds and foliage, on
four cabriolet legs with hoof feet, ht. 24 1/2 in.
$500-700
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Pair of Meditation Stools, China, square top
with shaped apron and stretchers, on square
supports with scroll feet, 18 1/2 x 23 1/2 x 23
1/2 in.
$500-700
580
Huali Stool, China, rectangular paneled
top above a spindled apron, supported by
four cylindrical gently splayed legs with box
stretcher, 11 x 19 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.
$300-500
581
Blue and White Garden Seat, China, 20th
century, barrel-shape, cranes and pierced
coin design on top, the body divided in three
parts, the main part decorated with lions
interspersed with peony sprays, the top
and bottom parts with carved beads and
underglaze designs of flowers, waves, and
clouds, six-character Wanli mark, ht. 16 1/8 in.
$800-1,000
582
Contemporary Coffee Table, Asia, the oval
glass top supported by the irregular-shape tree
root base, 13 x 47 1/2 x 30 in.
$200-300
583
Set of Four Nesting Tables, China, 20th
century, each with a rectangular top above
apron of pierced scrolls and a central bi-disk,
with humpback rails and shaped feet, largest
26 1/2 x 13 x 21 in.
$400-600
584
Hardwood Low Table, China, the paneled
top with inward-curved terminals carved with
blossom sprigs above an openwork frieze
of ruyi-clouds and knots, supported by four
shaped legs carved with foliate motifs and
joined by side panels, 17 1/2 x 48 x 16 1/8 in.
$700-900
585
Seven-panel Inlaid Wood Throne Screen,
China, 19th century or earlier, each panel
carved with chilong amidst ruyi-clouds and
reserves of inlaid flowers, reverse carved
with scrollwork and auspicious emblems, the
pierced tops with inlaid reserves surrounded
by carving of pine trees, the sides with similar
openwork flanges of pine motif, all set on a
three-piece base carved with auspicious fruit,
objects, and characters, 11 x 8 1/2 ft.
$2,000-3,000
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586
Apothecary Chest, Korea, rectangular, with
rows of drawers labeled with medications and
a double door, painted black and red, 38 x 27
1/4 x 10 in.
$500-700
587
Pair of Framed Giltwood Relief Panels,
China, 20th century, each attached to a
modern backboard, carved and pierced with
figures in a pavilion, 9 5/8 x 12 1/2 in.
$300-500
588
Hindu Wood Panel, India, 20th century,
rectangular, the pierced frieze carved with
three daises, each supported a seated deity
with attendants, all within a foliate border with
architectural elements, 32 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.
$300-500
589
Buddhist Painted Wood Panel, Tibet, 20th
century, depicting Padmasambhava wearing
monastic robes and seated in dhyanasana
with a vajra in his raised right hand and a patra
on his lap in his left hand, his khatvanga staff
held against his left shoulder, backed by an
aureole, against a landscape background, 15
1/4 x 16 1/8 in.
$300-500
590
Composite Ritual Cabinet, Torgham, Tibet,
19th/20th century, hardwood and mineral
pigments, the single panel door depicting
various animals, birds, and humans as
sacrificial offerings with a border of skulls, the
top and sides carved in high relief fretwork, 31
1/2 x 15 1/2 x 54 in.
$500-700
591
Storage Cabinet, Tibet, early 20th century,
hardwood and mineral pigments, the two
doors each depicting the standing figure of
Guanyin with auspicious Buddhist symbols
surrounding the borders, 19 x 12 x 31 in.
$300-500
591A
Storage Box, Tibet, 19th/20th century,
hardwood and mineral pigments, the sliding lid
decorated with floral and geometric designs,
one side decorated with a stylized peacock
and the other with a kirtimukha, lg. 17 1/2 x 9
x 7 1/2 in.
$300-500
592
Altar Lamp Cabinet, Tibet, early 20th century,
hardwood, mineral pigments, and gesso
with metal hardware, three-section cabinet
with each door panel depicting two dragons
chasing a pearl amongst scrolling clouds and
floral and auspicious borders, 46 1/2 x 17 x
23 1/2 in.
$300-500
593
Folding Table, Tibet, early 20th century,
hardwood and mineral pigments, carved with
lattice openwork to front and side panels, the
top board and corners depicting the shou
character, 28 x 13 x 12 in.
$300-500
594
Tall Table, Tibet, early 20th century, hardwood
and mineral pigments, the upper and lower
cabinets painted with various landscapes
depicting Buddhist figures, officials, children,
and two shou characters on the back panels,
overall floral borders, 19 1/2 x 19 1/2 x 39
1/2 in.
$300-500
595
Desk Table, Tibet, early 20th century,
hardwood and mineral pigments, the top
board, apron, and base with carved high relief
panels depicting flowers, 30 x 13 x 19 1/2 in.
$300-500
596
Desk Table, Tibet, early 20th century,
hardwood and mineral pigments, the top
board and apron carved in high relief panels
depicting flowers, 31 1/2 x 14 1/2 x 20 1/2 in.
$500-700
597
Trunk, Tibet, early 20th century, hardwood,
mineral pigments, and gesso, the front panel
depicting a mother tiger and cub frolicking in
a lush green landscape, the borders depicting
stylized flowers and foliage, 41 x 18 1/2 x 22
in.
$300-500
598
Trunk, Tibet, early 20th century, hardwood,
mineral pigments, and gesso, the central panel
depicting a tiger in a lush green landscape, the
borders depicting stylized flowers, auspicious
symbols, and scrolling clouds, 31 x 15 x 15 in.
$300-500
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Famille Verte Yanyan Vase, China, 20th
century, depicting children and scholars with
attendants, double ring on base, ht. 16 3/4 in.
$200-300
2
Dayazhai-style Cup with Saucer, China,
with grisaille decoration of birds and flowers,
all on a turquoise ground, base with Yongqing
Changchun mark, dia. 4 1/8 in.
$50-100
3 19
Two Famille Verte Vases, China, ovoid and
rouleau form, painted with women, ht. to 9
1/4 in.
$200-300
4 character Qianlong mark on base, ht. 12 in.
Ming-style Miniature Famille Verte Dish,
China, painted with fruit and flowers, six-
character Chenghua mark on base, dia. 3 1/4
in.
$200-300
5 decorated with lotus flowers against a yellow
Famille Rose Vase, China, quatrefoil baluster
form with gilt decorative handles, featuring
reserves of children on a turquoise ground with
scrolling lotuses, the neck similarly decorated
against a yellow ground, ht. 22 1/2 in.
$300-500
6 the exterior painted on feathered ground
Famille Rose Bowl, China, the interior with
blue and white decorations of auspicious fruits
and flowers, the exterior decorated with lotus
flowers and floral roundels against a feathered
maroon ground, six-character Jiaqing mark on
base, dia. 7 1/4 in.
$300-500
7 Pair of Famille Rose Vases, China, baluster
Famille Rose Vase, China, square bottle
shape, the sides each with a panel depicting
birds and blossoms, the shoulder with
characters “ru yi ji xiang” in cartouches on a
brown ground with floral decoration, the neck
molded with peaches and bats in relief, with
rolled lip, four-character Qianlong mark on
base, ht. 15 3/4 in.
$600-800
8 22 in.
Miniature Famille Rose Vase, China, 20th
century, cylindrical, painted with a scholar and
two attendants in a study, with inscription,
four-character Qianlong mark on base, ht. 5
3/4 in.
$200-400
Two Famille Rose Brush Pots, China,
cylindrical, one decorated with butterflies and
melons, ht. 5, one painted with figures, ht. 11
1/8 in.
$200-450
10
Famille Rose Covered Jar Mounted as a
Lamp, China, 20th century, baluster form,
decorated with butterflies and birds perched
on blossoming plum branches, drilled, with
gilt-metal mounting, ht. 21 in.
$200-300
11
Famille Rose “Pomegranate” Vase, China,
ovoid, depicting a flowering peony tree with
pairs of pomegranates and bats, the neck
molded with a gilt-decorated red ribbon, six-
$300-500
12
Famille Rose Vase, China, baluster form,
painted with a continuous landscape scene
with the various Immortals, the neck and foot
ground, with turquoise base and interior,
six-character Qianlong mark on base, ht. 13
1/4 in.
$400-600
13
Famille Rose Bowl, China, deeply potted,
with women at leisure, traveling on rowboats
amidst pavilions and rocks, with turquoise
glazed interior and base, iron red six-character
Jiaqing mark on recessed base, ht. 3 3/8, dia.
5 in.
$500-700
14
form, depicting two of the eight Daoist
Immortals, Lu Dongbin and He Xiangu, ht. 10
in.
$600-800
15
Large Famille Rose “Nine Peaches” Vase,
China, tianqiuping-shape, depicting branches
bearing flowers and peaches, six-character
Qianlong mark on base, with wood stand, ht.
$2,500-3,500
16
Pair of Famille Rose Vases Mounted as
Lamps, China, 20th century, rouleau form,
each painted with vases of flowers and
scholar’s objects, drilled and on wood base,
vase ht. 13 in.
$300-500
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Pair of Porcelain Vases, China, rouleau form,
each with famille rose decoration of a woman
and child at leisure in a garden, four-character
Qianlong mark on base, ht. 7 1/8 in.
$100-200
18
Porcelain Paste Box, China, depicting
Zhongli Quan resting under pine in polychrome
enamel, dia. 2 5/8 in.
$200-300
Celadon Vase with Famille Rose
Decorations, China, 20th century, lobed pear
shape with red chilong-form handles, painted
with actors flanked by text from plays, six-
character Qianlong mark on base, ht. 10 in.
$150-250
20
Export Celadon Ribbed Jar with Cover,
China, compressed bulbous-shape with
waisted bottom and short neck, of Longquan
olive green glaze, unglazed foot ring and inner
rim, the cover in the shape of a lotus leaf, ht.
3 5/8 in.
$50-100
21
Miniature Celadon Vase, China, bottle shape,
molded with scrolling lotus decoration, ht. 4
1/2 in.
$300-400
22
Three Celadon Plates, China, one decorated
with incised lotus leaves, dia. 6 3/8; one with a
fish in the interior well, dia. 8 3/8; and one with
floral motifs, dia. 10 1/8 in.
$100-150
23
Two Export Celadon Vessels, China, one of
grayish green, pear shape with long tubular
neck and a flanged mouth, ht. 6; the other of
Longquan olive green glaze, ribbed to form a
lotus blossom with scalloped rim, ht. 3 3/8 in.
$100-150
24
Ge-ware Covered Jar, China, 20th
century, globular, decorated with blue and
white decorations of scholar’s objects and
auspicious emblems, double ring on base, ht.
9 1/2 in.
$600-800
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Small Ming-style Doucai Basin, China,
the interior well painted with a dragon and
a phoenix flying amidst clouds within a
lappet border and lingzhi sprigs, the exterior
decorated with phoenixes interspersed with
lotus flowers, six-character Chenghua mark
within a double ring on base, dia. 9 in.
$800-1,200
26
Small Doucai Dish, China, 20th century,
with rounded sides, resting on a low foot,
decorated with floral scrolls, six-character
Yongzheng mark to base, dia. 4 1/2 in.
$200-400
27
Doucai Double Gourd Vase, China,
decorated with phoenixes amidst peonies and
scrolling foliage, six-character Qianlong mark
on base, ht. 13 in.
$400-600
28
Doucai Porcelain Inkstone, China, baijiao
fan shape, the cover painted with a perched
phoenix, the sides with scrolling lotuses,
six-character Chenghua mark on base, lg. 3
5/8 in.
$100-200
29
Export Doucai Caddy, China, 20th
century, depicting a group of warriors on a
mountainside, with openwork wooden cover
and stand, six-character Qianlong mark to
base, ht. 10 1/4 in.
$100-200
30
Pair of Blue and White Porcelain Chargers,
China, each depicting a landscape with a
pavilion within a geometric pattern border, with
roundels of flowers on both the interior and
exterior, mark on base, dia. 18 1/8 in.
$200-300
31
Two Small Blue and White Plates, China,
20th century, decorated with a stylized dragon
and phoenix amongst auspicious cloud motifs,
Chenghua mark on base, with a box, dia. 4
3/4 in.
$200-300
32
Blue and White Covered Jar, China, 20th
century, with cartouches depicting scholars’
desks and vases of flowers, on a deep blue
ground decorated with blossoms, double ring
on base, ht. 10 1/4 in.
$500-700
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Pair of Blue and White Covered Jars,
China, 20th century, ovoid, decorated with
cartouches depicting scholars’ desks and
vases of flowers, on a deep blue ground with
blossoms, double ring on base, on wood
stands, ht. 11 1/2 in.
$400-600
34
Blue and White Plate, China, the interior
well centered by roundel depicting flowers,
the gently lobed sides painted with
chrysanthemums alternating with pairs of
goldfish, crabs, and shrimp, the exterior
decorated with blossoms and foliate motifs,
four-character Qianlong mark within a double
ring on recessed base, dia. 4 7/8 in.
$200-300
35
Blue and White Dish, China, 20th century,
with famille rose details, the interior painted
with scholar’s objects and vases of flowers,
six-character Xuantong mark on base, dia. 7
in.
$400-600
36
Blue and White Jar, China, pear-shape,
decorated with a four-clawed dragon and a
phoenix above rolling waves, ht. 10 3/4 in.
$500-600
37
Large Blue and White Ming-style Dish,
China, twelve-fluted shape, decorated with
floral and foliate scrolls, flanged rim, unglazed
base, dia. 17 1/2 in.
$2,000-3,000
38
Blue and White Jar with Openwork
Design, China, cylindrical, with a short neck,
decorated with floral and foliated scrolls, the
shoulder with openwork designs, recessed
base, possibly Ming Dynasty export ware (to
Southeast Asia), ht. 4 3/4 in.
$800-1,000
39
Blue and White Plate, China, 20th century,
decorated with stylized peonies and a bee and
a crane, dia. 10 in.
$200-300
40
Blue and White Plate, China, 20th century,
depicting a four-clawed dragon holding a
flaming pearl, the exterior decorated with a
dragon, dia. 11 3/8 in.
$200-300
41
Blue and White Plate, China, 20th century,
depicting three Immortals with a boy attendant
in a landscape with bamboo, dia. 10 1/2 in.
$200-300
42
Five Blue and White Porcelain Items, Asia,
four bulbous jars of various sizes, decorated
with stylized floral motifs and animals, ht. 2 3/8
to 6 1/2; and a small dish with round sides, no
foot, white glaze with yellow craquelure, dia. 4
7/8 in., all thickly potted.
$150-250
43
Two Blue and White Porcelain Items, China,
including a plate decorated with the eight
Immortals on the interior and cranes on the
exterior, dia. 8 3/8, a bowl decorated with fish
in underglaze blue and mottle brown glaze on
the exterior, dia. 4 in.
$100-200
44
Pair of Blue and White Gu-shape Vases,
China, resting on a short raised foot,
decorated with lotus scrolls and two meander
borders, six-character mark to base, ht. 5 7/8
in.
$300-500
45
Blue and White Brush Washer, China,
square, molded in relief with a toad perched
on each corner and decorated with scrolling
lotus design, on four bracket feet, six-
character Qianlong mark on base, 2 1/2 x 3
3/4 x 3 3/4 in.
$300-500
46
Blue and White Tulip Vase, China, with
seven nozzles resting on a high rectangular
foot, the body depicting figures in nature with
bamboo and pine in a fan-shaped reserve, six-
character Kangxi mark to base, ht. 9 in.
$200-300
47
Blue and White Covered Jar, China, shaped
as a garden seat, decorated with two bands of
underglazed plum blossoms with ten vertically
lined shou characters in between, unglazed
rims, ht. 6 1/2 in.
$200-300
48
Three Blue and White Covered Boxes,
China, 20th century, two rectangular and one
square, painted with dense scrolling foliage
design with leiwen borders, graduating sizes
to 3 x 5 x 5 in.
$500-700
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Pair of Porcelain Bowls, China, the interior
with blue and white decorations of goats with
floral branches and lingzhi sprigs, the exterior
with famille rose decorations of auspicious
fruit, flowers, and emblems on yellow
feathered ground interspersed with roundels
featuring goats, six-character Guangxu mark
on base, dia. 5 3/4 in.
$300-500
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Blue and White Covered Jar Mounted as a
Lamp, China, 20th century, ovoid, decorated
with a peony tree, the flowers painted in famille
rose enamels, drilled, on wood stand, ht. 13
in.
$400-600
51
Ming-style Miniature Covered Jar, China,
with iron red dragon decorations and shou
roundels, six-character Jiajing mark in a
double ring on base, ht. 3 7/8 in.
$200-400
52
Red Glazed Vase, China, bottle shape with
flared mouth, four-character Jingdezhen mark
on base, ht. 11 1/2 in.
$500-700
53
Pair of Peachbloom Glazed Vases, China,
baluster form with flared mouth, decorated
with lotus petal decorations along the foot, six-
character Kangxi mark on base, ht. 6 in.
$200-300
54
Red-ground Cup, China, tubular body with
rounded bottom, decorated with two lotus
scrolls, each depicted in a yellow-ground
panel, six-character Qianlong mark to base,
dia. 3 1/4 in.
$200-400
55
Green Glazed Vase, China, bottle shape
with bamboo-form neck and flared mouth,
decorated with chilong roundels, lotus
blossoms, scrolling foliage, lappets, and ruyi
motifs, six-character Qianlong mark on base,
ht. 10 1/4 in.
$200-300
56
Four Green Glazed Items, China, all thickly
potted, including a shallow bowl raised on
unglazed foot, decorated with incised lines
and crackle glaze, dia. 5 1/2, a small plate
with lobed rim, decorated with incised floral
motifs, dia. 4 1/2, a small tripod container with
unglazed interior, ht. 2, a shaped bottle with
carved animal on the neck, ht. 4 7/8 in.
$50-75
57
Cadogan Aubergine Glaze Teapot, China,
peach-form, with bamboo-shape spout and
handle, on wood stand, ht. 6 in.
$200-400
58
Pair of Yellow-ground Porcelain Bowls,
China, the exterior decorated with Buddhist
emblems in famille rose enamels above a
band of scrolling lotus flowers painted in pale
blue, all against a bright yellow ground, base
marked “Shen De Tang Zhi,” dia. 5 1/2 in.
$300-500
59
White Porcelain Brush Pot, China, with rolled
rim, depicting a continuous scene of a snowy
landscape with pine and figures on horses,
four-character Jigndezhen mark to base, ht.
7 5/8 in.
$300-500
60
Three Northern Black-ware Tea Bowls with
Indented Lips, China, possibly 12th century,
stoneware of various Hare’s-Fur glazes made
from greenish black to golden brown, one
with markings in overglaze iron oxide against
a greenish black ground, dia. 4 5/8, one with
light brown oil spots against a dark brown
ground, dia. 4 7/8, and one with dark brown to
golden brown glaze with markings in overglaze
iron oxide, dia. 5 in.
$100-150
61
Vase with Gilt Design, China, meiping shape
with slightly waisted neck and rounded rim,
glazed in bronze brown, decorated with bands
of various gilt archaic motifs on the rim, neck,
shoulder, body, and bottom, overglazed six-
character Qianlong mark in gold to base, ht.
7 1/4 in.
$3,000-4,000
62
Rose Medallion Plate, China, 19th/20th
century, decorated with a central reserve
depicting butterflies, flowers, Buddha’s hand
citrons, pomegranates, and chrysanthemums,
with a lotus-and-foliage border on gold
ground, dia. 9 1/2 in.
$400-600
63
Small Rose Medallion Dish, China, 19th/20th
century, decorated with flower-and-bird
reserves alternating with cartouches of figures,
all on a gilt ground with scrolling foliage, dia.
7 3/4 in.
$400-600
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Three Porcelain Items, China, 19th/20th
century, a partial rose medallion tulip vase,
dia. 7, a miniature rose mandarin trumpet
vase, ht. 4 1/2, and a famille rose stem plate
painted with women at leisure, four-character
Chenghua mark on base, dia. 10 in.
$400-600
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Nine Porcelain and Enamel Items, China
and Japan, 20th century, a celadon vase with
rose canton and blue and white decorations,
ht. 5 5/8, a rose canton baluster vase with
painted with blue and white figures, ht. 9
1/4, a celadon bowl, dia. 5 1/4, a miniature
satsuma millefleur ovoid vase, mark on base,
ht. 1 7/8, a satsuma vase depicting arhats,
molded with an elephant base, with mark
on base, ht. 7 3/4, a Japanese crackle-
glazed pottery bowl with polychrome floral
decorations, mark on base, dia. 7 1/8, a
canton enamel bowl with cartouches depicting
landscapes and figures, against a bright blue
ground painted with blossoms, dia. 3 3/4,
a ribbed baluster vase with marbled brown
glaze, ht. 5, and a kutani wine vessel painted
with arhats, mark on base, ht. 2 1/8 in.
$200-250
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Five Porcelain Items, China, a famille rose
cylindrical jar with butterfly decorations,
(missing cover), ht. 5 1/2, a blue and white
plate painted with a peony blossom, lobed
rim, six-character Chenghua mark on base,
dia. 6 1/8, an Imari dish with floral decorations,
dia. 6 1/2, a square rose medallion dish, 8 5/8
x 8 5/8, and a small dish with grisaille figural
decorations, dia. 5 3/8 in.
$200-300
66
Three Porcelain Items, China, a rose canton
hexagonal planter, lg. 9, and a pair of demilune
lobed bowls with floral decorations and
cicadas on gold ground, with stands, lg. 8
1/4 in.
$100-150
67
Four Contemporary Porcelain Items, China,
a rose medallion plate, dia. 13 1/4, a ge-ware
vase with repeated manganese and blue and
white decoration depicting Guanyin, pine
trees, and Sanskrit characters, drilled, ht.
18 1/4, and a pair of vases decorated with
Immortals crossing the ocean, mark on base,
ht. 16 1/4 in.
$300-450
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Three Porcelain Items, China, a rectangular
box with hinged cover and lotus flowers on
yellow ground, with turquoise accents and
metal mounts, 2 x 4 3/4 x 3 1/2, a bulbous
vase with birds and flowers against a yellow
ground, ht. 9, and a vase with similar
decorations on olive-colored ground, ht. 9 in.
$100-150
69
Two Export Chargers, China, a 19th century
Imari charger with birds and floral decoration,
dia. 12 7/8, and a 20th century famille rose
pink-ground charger with scrolling lotuses
and cartouches depicting scholar’s items and
auspicious emblems, underside with iron red
bamboo motifs, dia. 15 3/4 in.
$375-625
70
Partial Imari Dinner Set, China, 20th
century, each piece painted with flowers and
butterflies, including eight soup dishes, eight
teacups, a creamer, a coffeepot, a teapot,
four spoons, seven bowls, eight large dinner
plates, eight luncheon plates, eight dessert
plates, eight side plates, four small saucers,
six large saucers, two graduated oval meat
dishes, and an oval tureen.
$1,200-1,500
71
Round Imari Box with Cover, China, thickly
potted, decorated with flowers and birds, the
cover with a shou character (longevity), dia.
6 in.
$400-600
72
Eight Pieces of Ceramics, China, 20th
century, a famille verte vase painted with
warriors, ht. 9 3/4, a famille rose bottle vase
painted with figures in a boat, mark on base,
ht. 5 1/2, an Imari cup with floral decorations,
dia. 2 3/4, a famille verte jar with qilin amidst
lotuses, ht. 6 1/2, an Imari rectangular dish
with cut corners and decorated with fauna,
lg. 5 5/8, a swatow-ware jar painted with
cartouches of flowers, ht. 8 1/2, a famille verte
porcelain foo dog on a rectangular plinth,
ht. 13, and a shallow pottery bowl with fish
decoration in green and yellow glazes, dia. 8
3/8 in.
$200-300
72A
Two Porcelain Vases, China, baluster-
form, one painted with three scholars in a
continuous landscape scene, six-character
Yongzheng mark on base, ht. 9 1/2, and one
decorated with three women at leisure in a
courtyard, reverse with calligraphy, the waisted
neck flanked by gilt bat-shape handles, ht. 10
3/4 in.
$200-250
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Porcelain Jar with Lacquer Cover, China,
ovoid body with robust shoulder, decorated
with a woman with two children in nature on
one side, the other with calligraphy, ht. 11 1/2
in.
$200-300
74
Three Porcelain Items, China and Japan, a
blue and white brush holder with figures, ht. 6
1/8; a bulbous vase with waisted bottom and
flared mouth, decorated with gilt on a black
ground, ht. 13 3/4; and a tall ovoid cloisonné
vase with floral design, ht. 10 1/8 in.
$400-600
75
Two Porcelain Dishes, China, the interior
decorated in iron red with a shou character
surrounded by bats, the exterior with
alternating red and green xi characters, one
with six-character Daoguang mark on base,
dia. 6 7/8, the other with six-character Jiaqing
mark on base, dia. 7 5/8 in.
$200-300
76
Three Miscellaneous Items, China, a small
blue and white jar, dia. 3 7/8, a pin with seven
green stones, dia. 1 3/8, and a carved white
stone pendant, lg. 2 1/8 in.
$200-300
77
Two Porcelain Items, China, a teapot with
angled spout and handle, the body decorated
with chickens in a yard with flowers on one
side and a calligraphy on the other, ht. 3 3/4,
wd. 6 1/2, and a brush rest decorated with gilt
plums and bamboo, lg. 3 1/2 in.
$200-300
78
Three Small Glazed Ceramic Containers,
China, a red covered case, dia. 3, a blue stem
cup, ht. 2 3/4, and a blue container, ht. 2 in.
$200-300
79
Eight Porcelain Items, Asia, a blue and white
baluster vase with floral decorations, ht. 4 3/4,
a miniature pottery jar, ht. 1 1/4, two celadon
dishes, dia. 4, a covered pottery vessel
with ring finial, ht. 11 1/2, a pottery bottle
decorated with cream-colored glaze, ht. 8, an
orange glazed alms bowl with wood cover,
four-character Chenghua mark on base, ht. 2,
a crackle-glaze alms bowl with wood cover,
ht. 1 1/2 in.
$250-350
79A
Two Porcelain Items, China, a cylindrical
covered teapot painted with two women
at leisure in a garden scene, reverse with
calligraphy, with a pair of metal handles, four-
character Qianlong mark on base, ht. 5 1/2,
and a similarly decorated saucer, mark on
base, dia. 5 in.
$100-150
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Three Porcelain Items, China, a cylindrical
white glazed brush pot molded with Immortals
and mythical beasts beneath pine trees, mark
on base, ht. 5 1/2, a square baluster vase
depicting a women and flowers on each side
in famille rose enamels, ht. 10 3/4, and a
turquoise-ground rectangular baluster, eared
vase decorated with butterflies and flowers,
drilled on base, ht. 11 1/2 in.
$400-600
81
Famille Rose Rooster-form Covered Vessel,
China, 20th century, ht. 13 1/2, lg. 10 in.
$400-600
82
Pair of Ceramic Foo Lion, China, 20th
century, each seated on a rectangular pedestal
the head turned backwards, decorated with
flowing blue, green, and brown glazes, ht. 9
1/8 in.
$100-125
83
Famille Rose Figure of Guanyin, China,
19th/20th century, the bodhisattva molded
standing with a gold “Pure Water” bottle in
her right hand, her left held in vitarka mudra,
dressed in long, flowing robes with dense lotus
and blossom decoration, “Fujian Hui Guan”
mark on base, ht. 19 1/2 in.
$300-500
84
Two Blanc de Chine Figures, China, a
Guanyin standing on rolling waves, ht. 9 3/4,
and a flute player riding on the back of an ox,
(damaged), ht. 8 in.
$100-150
85
Blanc de Chine Figure of Guanyin, China,
depicted wearing long, flowing robes and
standing atop a sea-dragon amidst waves,
with a lotus sprig in one hand and the “Pure
Water” bottle in the other, ht. 25 1/2 in.
$500-700
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Blanc de Chine Guanyin, China, depicted
seated on a rocky outcrop above rolling waves
and lotus plants, flanked by a vase and a bird,
ht. 11 in.
$600-800
87
Pottery Guandi, China, decorated with partial
sancai glaze, depicted seated and dressed
in full military garb with a scholar’s hat, ht. 10
1/4 in.
$100-150
88
Ceramic Pillow, China, contemporary, in the
form of a recumbent cat, lg. 13 in.
$200-250
89
Pottery Baluster Vase, China, heavily potted
with everted, scalloped mouth, decorated with
red and green glazes in a mottled pattern,
six-character Kangxi mark on base, drilled, ht.
16 in.
$200-400
90
Pottery Brush Pot, China, contemporary,
tree trunk tripod form with apertures, one side
incised with calligraphy, ht. 7 3/4 in.
$300-500
91
Four-piece Pewter-mounted Clay Tea Set
with Wood Tray, China, comprising coffeepot,
teapot, sugar, and creamer, with dragon
decoration and ji characters, all with mark on
base, the wood tray with handles and similar
decorations, 20 x 12 in.
$500-700
92
Yixing Teapot, China, ovoid, with dragon
decoration and a finial in the form of a ruyi-
shaped cloud, mark on the inside of cover, dia.
4 3/4 in.
$200-300
93
Three Teapots, China, an ovoid pot with
an ox-form spout, mark on base and inside
cover, dia. 3 1/2, a cylindrical, tripod pot with
enameled floral decoration, mark on base, dia.
5, and a compressed ovoid pot with dragon-
form spout, handle, and finial, mark on base
and inside cover, dia. 4 1/4 in.
$200-300
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Six Pottery Items, Asia, a brown glazed
container with carved bird heads, ht. 3 1/2; a
round container with splashed glaze of brown
and green, dia. 2 1/4; a black glazed round jar
with flared mouth, ht. 6; a bulbous lobed jar,
ht. 4; a unglazed container, ht. 4; and a small
dish with undulating rim, dia. 4 1/2 in.
$100-200
95
Hanging Scroll Depicting the “Three
Friends of Winter,” China, 20th century,
ink and color on paper, the bamboo, plum
blossom, and pine tree depicted against a light
blue ground, inscribed, signed, and with one
seal, 49 3/4 x 24 in.
$200-300
96
Hanging Scroll Depicting a Landscape,
China, ink on silk, of misty mountain valleys
with water, inscribed with two seals, 76 x 28
3/4 in.
$200-300
97
Hanging Scroll Depicting Shrimp, China,
20th century, in the manner of Qi Baishi (1864-
1957), ink on paper, signed with a seal, 35 3/8
x 12 5/8 in.
$400-600
98
Framed Painting of Ducks, China, ink and
color on paper, depicting three ducks wading
in a lotus pond beneath overhanging pine
branches, bears inscription and one seal, sight
26 x 13 1/2 in.
$100-200
99
Painting Album of Landscapes, China, 20th
century, ink and color on paper, consisting of
ten landscapes by four artists, each signed
and sealed, 10 1/2 x 16 in.
$300-500
100
Painting, ink and color on paper, in the
manner of Guan Liang, depicting two opera
figures, bears signature and one seal, 16 1/2
x 11 1/2 in.
$300-500
101
Two Framed Prints, China, one depicting
a bamboo forest with a rocky outcrop in the
foreground, dotted with minute splashes of
gold, bears inscription and four seals, 19 x 20,
and a folk print of an Immortal warrior flanked
by cloud columns, with reddish pigments
throughout, 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.
$200-300
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Hanging Scroll Depicting Pines, China, ink
and color on paper, inscribed with a seal, 34
7/8 x 21 3/4 in.
$500-700
103
Painting of a Dancing Lady, China, 20th
century, in the manner of Ye Qianyu (1907-
1995), ink and color on paper, dated and
signed with a seal, mounted on hardboard and
matted, 23 x 15 1/2 in.
$300-500
104
Framed Painting of Figures, China, ink and
color on silk, depicting four old men at leisure
beneath pine trees, 74 x 24 in., (damage).
$200-300
105
Hanging Scroll Depicting a Girl, China, in the
manner of He Jiaying (b. 1957), ink and light
color on paper, depicting a girl in profile under
willow branches, signed and with two seals,
20 1/8 x 15 3/8 in.
$200-300
106
Three Fan Paintings, China, ink and color
on paper, depicting flowers, a landscape, and
a scene with a studying scholar and his wife,
each bears inscription and one seal, lg. to 21
1/2 in.
$300-400
107
Print of Figural Landscape, China, depicting
a river bank scene with a passing boat, the
mat painted gold, framed and glazed, not
examined out of frame, 9 1/8 x 9 3/4 in.
$300-500
108
Hanging Scroll Depicting a Bird, China, in
the manner of Bada Shanren (1626-1705), ink
on paper, lotus stalks with a bird, signed and
with three seals, 36 3/4 x 16 5/8 in.
$200-300
109
Framed Print of Cranes and Pine Trees,
China, ink and color on paper, depicting a
sedge of cranes amidst pine trees, bears
inscription and two seals, sight 51 x 22 1/2 in.
$200-300
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Painting of Four Grasshoppers, China, in
the manner of Qi Baishi (1864-1957), ink and
color on paper, inscribed and with a seal,
framed and glazed, not examined out of glass,
possibly a print, 12 1/8 x 7 7/8 in.
$200-300
111
Painting of a Scholar, China, 20th century,
in the manner of Chen Shaomei (1907-1954),
ink and color on paper, depicted chasing after
his windswept hat, bears inscription and two
seals, 21 1/2 x 15 1/4, frame 30 1/2 x 20 1/4
in.
$2,000-3,000
112
Painting of a Flowering Gourd Tree, China,
20th century, ink and color on paper, depicted
with insects, inscribed and with three seals,
framed and glazed, 26 3/4 x 26 1/2 in.
$200-300
113
Hanging Scroll Depicting Dragons, China,
ink and color on silk, a blue and a red dragon
amongst a sea of clouds, inscribed with ten
seals, 38 1/2 x 18 1/2 in.
$400-600
114
Hanging Scroll Print Depicting a Landscape
with a Hut, China, ink and light color on
paper, 46 3/4 x 21 5/8 in.
$200-300
115
Album of Nine Landscape Prints, China, ink
and color on cotton, 17 1/8 x 12 1/8 in.
$400-600
116
Pair of Hanging Scrolls Depicting Women,
China, ink and color on silk, lounging on a
boat and reading in a room, respectively, each
bears inscriptions and two seals, 24 3/4 x 8
1/4 in.
$200-400
117
Landscape Painting Album, China, 20th
century, ink and color on paper, a collection
of seven paintings with figures by six artists,
inscribed title on front spread dated and
signed with two seals, 11 x 18 1/8 in.
$300-500
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Hanging Scroll Depicting a Landscape,
China, ink and color on paper, a river valley
with figures walking towards a pavilion in the
foreground, against a backdrop of pine trees
and mountains, bears inscription and one seal,
39 x 12 in.
$100-200
119
Hanging Scroll Depicting Birds and
Flowers, China, ink and color on paper, a pair
of birds perched on a tree with blossoming
flowers, bears inscription and two seals, 26 x
13 in.
$100-200
120
Two Paintings, China, 20th century, in the
manner of Qi Baishi (1864-1957), a crab,
ink on paper, inscribed, signed and with one
artist’s seal, 12 x 3 1/4; and a bee and a lotus
flower, ink and color on paper, signed and with
one seal, 9 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.
$600-800
121
Hanging Scroll Depicting a Red Plum
Blossom, China, in the manner of Guan
Shanyue (1912-2000), ink and color on paper,
inscribed with two seals, 25 5/8 x 25 3/8 in.
$200-300
122
Pair of Framed Figural Paintings, China,
20th century, opaque watercolor on paper,
depicting a Republic Era official and wife, each
seated by an open window in a room filled
with auspicious objects, with children standing
in attendance beside the chair, 24 x 16 1/2 in.
$300-500
123
Framed Landscape Print, China, ink
and color on paper, depicting a forested
landscape, bears inscription and two seals,
sight 54 x 27 1/2 in.
$600-800
124
Painting of a Morning Glory, China, 20th
century, ink and color on brown paper, the
flower painted in pearl white, inscribed and
with two seals, framed and glazed, not
examined out of glass, 28 1/4 x 16 in.
$200-300
125
Painting of Shrimp, China, light ink on paper,
three shrimp on a blank background, inscribed
both in English and Chinese, framed and
glazed, not examined out of glass, 11 5/8 x
14 3/8 in.
$200-300
126
Hanging Scroll Depicting a Landscape,
China, in the manner of Yuan Songnian
(1895-1966), ink and light color on paper,
two reclusive scholars and their abode in a
bamboo forest, 43 1/8 x 19 1/4 in.
$200-300
127
Handscroll Depicting a Landscape, China,
ink on paper, mountains and sea of waves,
8 7/8 x 91 1/8; including a title calligraphy,
signed Shen Du (1357-1434), 6 3/8 x 25 7/8;
and three collector’s calligraphies, two with a
seal, 8 7/8 x 25 3/4 in.
$200-300
128
Hanging Scroll Depicting a Fish, Japan,
ink and color on silk, in the manner of Keibun
Matsumura (1779-1843), bears signature and
one seal, with box, 42 x 19 in.
$300-400
129
Hanging Scroll Depicting Pines, China, in
the manner of Chen Shizeng (1876-1923), ink
and light color on paper, pines and rocks in
dry brush, 53 x 25 7/8 in.
$500-700
130
Painting of a Shepherdess, China, ink and
light color paper, the woman holding the tail
of an ox and a flower, inscribed and with four
seals, framed and glazed, 26 x 19 3/4 in.
$300-400
131
Two Paintings of Xiqu Actors, China, ink
and color on paper, in the manner of Guan
Liang, one with a fan, 9 1/4 x 8 1/4; and one
dancing, dressed in red, signed and with a
seal, matted, 10 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.
$500-700
132
Hanging Scroll Depicting a Landscape,
China, 20th century, in the manner of Feng
Zikai, ink and color on paper, two figures at
leisure in a lakeside pavilion, with two horses
tethered beneath a willow tree, inscribed,
signed, and with one seal, 17 3/4 x 11 in.
$500-700
133
Handscroll Painting Depicting Geese,
China, 20th century, a continuous scene with
flock of geese, some in flight, others on the
ground, congregating at a bamboo marsh,
bears one seal.
$400-600
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Pair of Framed Ancestral Portraits, China,
20th century, ink and color on silk, depicting
a Mandarin civil official and wife, respectively,
seated and dressed in formal robes, 25 x 17
1/2 in.
$400-600
135
Hanging Scroll Depicting a Landscape,
China, ink and color on paper, a gentle
landscape scene with a figure seated by a
stream in the foreground, against a backdrop
of plum blossom trees and distant mountains,
bears inscription and three seals, 57 x 13 in.
$100-200
136
Landscape Painting Album, China, ink and
color on paper, consisting of eleven paintings
by eleven artists, signed and sealed, one
signed but without seal, 7 3/4 x 11 in.
$200-300
137
Pair of Framed Paintings of Hutong Doors,
China, oil on canvas, one depicting a closed
door, signed l.l., the other an open door
decorated with auspicious calligraphy on red
paper, hui chun, signed and dated l.r., 14 3/4
x 11 3/4 in.
$200-400
138
Hanging Scroll Depicting Fish, China, color
on silk, swimming amongst grasses, on a
painted blue ground, signed with three seals,
15 7/8 x 20 in.
$200-300
139
Framed Painting of a Woman, China, ink and
color on silk, sight 53 x 36 1/2 in.
$300-500
140
Hanging Scroll Depicting Figures, China,
viewing works of art in a garden with pines
and rocks in the distance, accompanied by
two female attendants, 50 7/8 x 24 3/4 in.
$300-400
141
Framed Bird-and-Flower Print, China, ink
and color on silk, originally a hanging scroll,
depicting a bird perched on a peony tree,
bears inscription and three seals, sight 39 x
12 1/4 in.
$300-500
142
Eight Hanging Scrolls, Asia, a floral
embroidery on vermilion silk, 52 x 33; and
seven prints: Japanese print of bijin with a cat
on cotton, 51 x 19 1/2; a Chinese bird-and-
flower print on paper; a figural print of five
women with fans; a figural landscape; and
three assorted landscapes, sizes to lg. 95 1/4
in.
$200-300
143
Two Framed Landscape Paintings, China,
ink and color on silk, each with one seal, sight
16 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.
$200-400
144
Hanging Scroll Depicting a Landscape,
China, ink and light color on paper, of Zhe
school with figures, huts, and a boat on a river,
inscribed with two seals, 33 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.
$200-300
145
Hanging Scroll Depicting a Woman, China,
ink and color on paper, with turkeys, signed
with a seal, 27 x 25 1/2 in.
$100-200
146
Set of Four Hanging Scrolls, China, ink and
color on silk, illustrating four stories involving
legendary figures including a poet and a
general, titled, signed, and with three seals, 62
1/8 x 17 3/8 in.
$400-600
147
Framed Handscroll, China, ink and color on
silk, depicting erotic scenes, 77 x 9 1/2 in.
$200-300
148
Painting of Wisteria with a Bird, China, color
on paper, inscribed and signed Wu Xingmin
with a seal, framed and glazed, not examined
out of glass, 15 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.
$200-400
149
Hanging Scroll Depicting a Tiger, China, ink
and color on silk, with detached scroll rods
and no paper backing, under a crescent moon
with bamboo trees, signed with a seal, 48 1/4
x 18 in.
$300-500
150
Buddhist Painting, Korea or China, color on
cotton, depicting a group of Buddhist deities,
49 3/8 x 36 in.
$400-600
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Hanging Scroll Depicting a Kingfisher,
China, ink and color on paper, amongst lotus
flowers and leaves, inscribed and with two
seals, 36 x 13 3/8 in.
$100-150
152
Hanging Scroll Depicting a Farm, China,
ink and color on paper, farmers at leisure and
listening to music under a tree, 43 1/2 x 25
5/8 in.
$200-300
153
Hanging Scroll Depicting Quails, China,
ink and color on paper, the two birds amidst
foxtail grass, inscribed and with two seals, 51
x 24 3/4 in.
$200-300
154
Hanging Scroll Depicting a Pair of Birds,
China, ink and color on paper, with flowers,
inscribed with five seals, 50 1/2 x 20 1/2 in.
$200-300
155
Hanging Scroll Depicting a River, China,
ink and color on paper, bird’s-eye view of pink
plum blossoms, houses, and four people in a
boat on a river, two calligraphies attached to
both sides with two seals, the painting signed
and with a seal, 52 7/8 x 25 3/4 in.
$200-300
156
Hanging Scroll Depicting a Group of Four
Women, China, ink and color on paper,
inscribed with a seal, 26 1/2 x 25 1/4 in.
$100-200
157
Hanging Scroll Depicting a Man, China, ink
and color on paper, with two pigs in a garden
and mountains in the distance, inscribed and
with eight seals, 52 x 24 3/4 in.
$300-400
158
Hanging Scroll Depicting a River, China, ink
and color on paper, viewed from a mountain
with two figures in boats, inscribed and with a
seal, 38 7/8 x 19 7/8.
$200-300
159
Hanging Scroll Depicting Two Horses,
China, ink and light color on paper, inscribed
and with two seals, 25 1/2 x 26 1/2 in.
$300-500
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Complete Pictures of the Eight Noble
Steeds, China, 20th century, accordion-style
book with wood covers, the front carved with
a fu roundel, the biography of the each owner
printed in English and Chinese and mounted
with a corresponding painting on silk, 8 1/8 x
5 3/4 in.
$100-200
161
Calligraphy Scroll, China, eight characters in
seal script, inscribed and with two seals, 64
7/8 x 10 1/8 in.
$200-300
162
Calligraphy, China, ink on paper, attributed
to Dong Shouping (1904-1997), signed and
with one artist’s seal, mounted, 25 1/2 x 13
3/4, and twelve photos of the artist at work,
mounted on a single board, 24 x 18 in.
Provenance: From the former New England
Center for Contemporary Art (NECCA) in
Brooklyn, Connecticut. Sold to benefit the
Temple Beth Israel and St. James Catholic
Church, both of Danielson, Connecticut.
$400-600
163
Calligraphic Painting, China, color on paper,
of a single character “long” (dragon), signed
and with a seal, 31 x 14 1/8 in.
$200-300
164
Calligraphy, China, ink on paper, attributed
to Wang Chengxi (b. 1940), signed and with
three artist’s seals, mounted, 35 1/2 x 18 1/2
in.
Provenance: From the former New England
Center for Contemporary Art (NECCA) in
Brooklyn, Connecticut. Sold to benefit the
Temple Beth Israel and St. James Catholic
Church, both of Danielson, Connecticut.
$200-300
165
Calligraphy, China, ink on paper, attributed
to Wang Chengxi (b. 1940), inscribed and
signed, with three artist’s seals, mounted, 35
1/2 x 18 1/2 in.
Provenance: From the former New England
Center for Contemporary Art (NECCA) in
Brooklyn, Connecticut. Sold to benefit the
Temple Beth Israel and St. James Catholic
Church, both of Danielson, Connecticut.
$200-300
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Two Pieces of Calligraphy, China, ink
on paper, attributed to Liu Bingsen (1937-
2005), each signed and with one artist’s seal,
mounted, 13 5/8 x 26 5/8 in.
Provenance: From the former New England
Center for Contemporary Art (NECCA) in
Brooklyn, Connecticut. Sold to benefit the
Temple Beth Israel and St. James Catholic
Church, both of Danielson, Connecticut.
$250-350
167
Fan Calligraphy, China, in the manner of Wu
Hufan (1894-1968), ink on paper, with one
seal, mounted 14 1/4 x 25 1/2 in.
$300-500
168
Calligraphy, China, 20th century, in the
manner of Wu Changshuo (1844-1927), ink on
paper, bears signature and three seals, 8 3/4
x 29 1/4 in.
$300-500
169
Five Paintings, four gouache paintings:
China, 19th century, on rice paper, a pair
depicting a seated Mandarin official and his
wife, with an attendant standing at attention,
11 x 8 1/4, and a pair depicting birds and
flowers, 8 1/4 x 12 1/4; and a painting of a
leopard with a hare, Asia, ink and color on
paper, framed, 24 1/4 x 15 1/8 in.
$250-350
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Three Gouache Portraits, China, 19th
century, on rice paper, a pair depicting a
Mandarin official and a lady, 9 x 6, and
a painting of a woman seated facing a
cosmetics box, 3 1/2 x 2 1/4 in.
$200-250
171
Framed Plaque of a Snowy Scene, China,
with pavilions and figures near waterside,
inscribed, dated, and signed with three seals,
15 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.
$200-300
172
Painted Porcelain Plaque, China, depicting
five carp swimming in the water with plants,
inscribed with two seals, 24 1/4 x 13 1/8 in.
with frame.
$200-300
173
Painting with Calligraphy, China, 20th
century, in the manner of Pu Xinru (1896-
1963), ink and color on paper, depicting a man
attempting to tame a horse, 27 1/2 x 14 in.
$300-400
174
Pair of Bamboo Brush Pots, China, 20th
century, cylindrical, carved in relief with
scholars in a bamboo grove flanked by pine
trees, ht. 6 1/4 in.
$300-500
175
Two Bamboo Wrist Rests, China,
rectangular, one carved with flowers and the
other incised with calligraphy, both signed, ht.
to 12 1/4 in.
$300-500
176
Bamboo Carving of a Buddha’s Hand
Citron, China, 19th/20th century, ht. 14 in.
$800-1,200
177
Bamboo Carving, China, boat form, with
pierced decoration depicting figures seated
beneath pine trees, lg. 10 in.
$200-400
178
Bamboo Incense Holder, China, cylindrical,
carved and pierced with Immortals at leisure
amidst pine trees, fitted with wood base and
cover, ht. 8 in.
$200-300
179
Miniature Bamboo Brush Pot, China,
cylindrical, carved in relief with a luohan seated
beside a basket of lingzhi, with a goose flying
overhead, wood base and lip, dia. 2 1/2 in.
$200-300
180
Bamboo Birdcage, China, typical form,
mounted with a blue and white water bowl,
jade ring-perches, and ivory finial, overall ht.
16 in.
$600-800
181
Wood Table-top Display Case, China, with
stepped shelves and drawers, carved with
blossoms and decorated with pierced ruyi
friezes, 16 x 6 x 17 1/2 in.
$300-500
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Twenty Carved and Pierced Wood Stands,
stained red, green, and black, dia. to 6 3/4 in.
$200-300
183
Two Wood Stands, China, a square stand
with pierced apron and claw feet, 3 1/4 x 5 1/4
x 5 1/4, and a stepped stand with two square
platforms on rectangular supports with shaped
box stretchers, ht. 3, 4 3/8 x 8 x 4 1/2 in.
$50-100
184
Mother-of-pearl-inlaid Wood Cosmetics
Box, China, 20th century, rectangular, the
top opens upwards to support a mirror, with
two front corners inset with stone panels,
and opens outwards to reveal four drawers
and two compartments, with metal hardware,
handles, and clasps, 7 1/2 x 9 1/4 x 12 1/2 in.
$300-500
185
Export Lacquerware Sewing Box with
Ivory Implements, China, 19th/20th century,
rectangular with cut corners, the box
decorated with bats, flowers, and cartouches
of figures at leisure in garden scenes, the
hinged cover opens to inner trays containing
various sewing tools, with a drawer below,
metal hardware and handles, 5 1/2 x 14 x 10
in.
$100-150
186
Wood Table Screen with Eglomise Painting,
China, depicting three male figures dressed
in official attire, the stand with carved and
openwork design, 15 3/4 x 10 1/8, the
painting 8 3/8 x 5 1/8 in.
$300-400
187
Four-panel Carved Wood Table Screen,
China, 20th century, each panel carved with
elaborate pierced scrolling foliate and lotus
decoration framing a silk painting of a woman
engaging in a musical or scholarly pursuit,
each 15 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.
$700-900
188
Carved Wood Figures of the Four Heavenly
Kings, China, known collectively as fei yu
tiao shun, each depicted standing on a plinth
carved with pine motifs, wearing full armor,
and holding his attribute, ht. 12 in.
$500-700
189
Wood Carving of an Official, China, possibly
Song Period (960-1279), standing with his
hands clasped together under the long sleeves
of his official attire, lightly carved with minimum
details, wearing a hat, on modern wood stand,
ht. 19 in.
$800-1,200
190
Two Gilt-decorated Lacquer Wood
Buddhist Figures, China, 19th/20th century, a
Buddha seated in dhyanasana, ht. 8 1/4, and
a Guanyin seated in rajalitasana, ht. 10 1/2 in.
$300-400
191
Two Polychrome Carved Wood Standing
Figures, China, depicted in scholar’s and
military dress, respectively, on metal base, ht.
to 9 7/8 in.
$200-300
192
Wood Figure of Guanyin, China, 20th
century, the bodhisattva depicted standing
with her right hand clasping her left wrist,
dressed in long, flowing robes, and with a
peaceful expression on her round face, hollow,
ht. 21 1/4 in.
Provenance: Lots 192, 262, 311, 337,
339, 340, 347–349, and 378 from a private
collection in the Midwest.
$150-200
193
Carved Wood Guandi, China, depicted
seated and dressed in scholar’s garb, ht. 10
1/4 in.
$200-400
194
Group of Five Miscellaneous Asian Items,
a pair of opaque green glass cups on wood
stands, ht. 2 1/2, a miniature cloisonné teapot
with floral decoration on yellow ground, ht. 3, a
red lacquered leather box with a hinged cover
decorated with phoenix and sanduo motifs,
3 1/2 x 12 1/4 x 7 5/8, and a large lacquered
leather box with a dragon-and-phoenix hinged
cover, 5 x 21 x 17 1/2 in.
$200-250
195
Faux Cinnabar Vase, China, 20th century,
bottle shape with flared mouth, decorated
with reserves depicting figures at leisure in
garden scenes, against a densely carved floral
ground, plaque with six-character Qianlong
mark impressed on base, ht. 14 in.
$300-500
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Two Carved Wood Seated Figures of
Buddha, Asia, one seated in dhyanasana on
a lotus base, with hands in dhyana mudra,
ht. 13, and one with lacquered surface and
depicted with a cup in one hand, ht. 18 1/2 in.
$300-400
197
Three Snuff Bottles, China, a porcelain twin
snuff bottle with flowers on black ground,
marked with iron red “Qianlong” on bases, an
opal bottle carved in relief with squirrels on a
pine tree, and a green quartz bottle carved
with a Buddha and a peach branch, ht. to 3 in.
$300-500
198
Four Snuff Bottles, China, one ovoid with
overlay flower and bird, ht. 3 1/8, one oblong
with peaches on a dark green ground, ht. 3
1/4, one baluster shape with mottled stone
texture, ht. 2 7/8, and a rectangular brown
pottery bottle with cut corners decorated with
landscapes, ht. 2 3/8 in.
$500-700
199
Enameled Snuff Bottle, China, 20th century,
depicting birds on flowering branches, four-
character Qianlong mark on base, ht. 3 1/4 in.
$75-100
200
Red Peking Glass Snuff Bottle, China,
flattened globular shape, decorated with
carved lotuses in a shaped panel, vermilion
stopper, metal collar and spoon, ht. 2 7/8 in.
$200-300
201
Two Snuff Bottles, China, a pear-shape
interior-painted bottle depicting scholars
strolling by a lake, ht. 2 1/4, and an ovoid
porcelain bottle decorated with officials on
horseback in famille rose enamels against a
bright blue ground, four-character Qianlong
mark on base, ht. 2 5/8 in.
$125-150
202
Glass Snuff Bottle, China, pebble shape,
the swirled cream and brown glass imitating
banded agate, ht. 2 1/2 in.
$500-700
203
Miniature Agate Snuff Bottle, China,
rounded rectangular form, stone of semi-
translucent gray with caramel tones, ht. 2 1/4
in.
$500-700
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Bone Snuff Bottle, China, elliptic cylindrical,
incised with women at leisure in a garden
scene, base and top possibly made of horn,
ht. 3 in.
$200-250
205
Two Agate Snuff Bottles, China, a caramel
colored bottle carved with figures, with
tiger’s-eye stopper, ht. 3 1/2, and a milk white
bottle with russet inclusions highlighting relief
decoration, ht. 2 3/4 in.
$300-500
206
Enameled Glass Snuff Bottle, China, 20th
century, double gourd shape, depicting a
continuous garden scene with bamboo,
rocks, orchids, and a pair of birds perched
on a flowering peony tree on a milky-white
ground, the neck decorated with a lappet and
ruyi band, four-character Qianlong mark on
recessed base, ht. 2 3/4 in.
$200-300
207
Two Glass Snuff Bottles, China, a baluster
bottle of amber glass carved with dragons,
Qianlong mark on base, ht. 2 3/8, and a
pebble shape bottle of white glass cut through
to maroon on snowflake ground, depicting
figures on oxen, ht. 2 1/2 in.
$200-300
208
Four Snuff Bottles, China, two Peking glass
bottles overlaid with carved yellow bats and
blue chilong, and two pear-shape metal
bottles decorated with figural scenes and floral
scroll design in polychrome enamels, four-
character Qianlong mark to one and Kangxi
mark to the other, ht. 2 1/2 to 3 1/4 in.
$250-350
209
“Longevity” Cloisonné Basin, China, 20th
century, decorated with variations of the shou
character in blue enamels against a white
ground, gilt rim, dia. 15 1/4 in.
$200-300
210
Three Cloisonné Items, China, 20th
century, a pair of vases and an alms bowl, all
decorated with dense floral designs against
brown ground, gilt rims, with wood stands,
vase ht. 6, bowl dia. 9 in.
$200-300
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Seven Canton Enamel Items, China, a
hexagonal lime green baluster vase with
registers depicting landscape scenes
alternating with bird-and-flower decoration,
ht. 11, a quatrefoil covered box with floral
decorations on dark green ground, lg. 3 5/8,
a hexagonal covered box with reserves of
dragon-and-phoenix decoration on lime green
ground, ht. 3 1/8, a miniature lime green lotus
dish, lg. 4 1/2, an oval lime green platter with
scalloped rim and bird-and-flower decoration,
lg. 5 3/4, a bowl painted with shrimp and bats,
mark on base, dia. 4, and a bowl painted with
cicadas and bats, mark on base, dia. 4 1/8 in.
$200-300
211A
Three Enameled Items, China, a lotus petal
ladle with hardstone handle, a tray, and a small
cloisonné planter with a pomegranate tree, lg.
to 7 in.
$100-150
212
Cloisonné Ewer, China, 20th century, typical
form, enameled with shou characters, bats,
and lotus flowers on turquoise ground, both
sides inset with a circular jade plaque, with gilt
dragon decorations on the handle and spout,
cover similarly decorated, with a double gourd
jade finial, ht. 11 1/2 in.
$100-200
213
Miniature Cloisonné Vase, China, bottle
form with garlic-shape mouth, decorated with
blossom sprigs and ruyi bands on blue ground
with silver-tone scrolling design, with silvered
band, base, and rim, ht. 5 1/4 in.
$200-300
214
Large Cloisonné Alms Bowl, China,
with dragon decorations on black ground,
apocryphal Ming mark on base, dia. 12 in.
$200-250
215
Pair of Covered Cloisonné Boxes, China,
20th century, scallop-rimmed ruyi shape, the
cover decorated with a lingzhi sprig amidst
lotus flowers and scrolling foliage against a
bright blue ground, with gilt-metal rim, four-
character Qianlong mark on base, lg. 4 3/4 in.
$500-700
216
Small Cloisonné Drum-shaped Vessel,
China, 20th century, supported by four ruyi-
shaped gilt feet, decorated with lotus flowers
against a blue ground, with a pair of gilt ring
handles each suspending from a monster-
mask, four-character Qianlong mark on base,
ht. 5 in.
$400-600
217
Cloisonné Bowl with Everted Scalloped
Rim, China, 20th century, decorated with
archaic “C”-scrolls, scrolling lotus flowers, and
ji roundels against a blue ground, with gilt rims,
four-character Qianlong mark on base, dia. 5
1/2 in.
$300-500
218
Fan-shaped Cloisonné Covered Box, China,
20th century, decorated with shou characters,
bats, lotus flowers, and scrolling foliage
against a bright blue ground, with gilt-metal
rims, four-character Qianlong mark cast on
base, lg. 8 1/8 in.
$400-600
219
Three Cloisonné Items, China, an alms bowl
with dragon decorations, apocryphal Ming
mark on base, dia. 8, a jar with floral motifs,
ht. 3 1/2, and a rectangular covered box with
dragons on yellow ground, 2 3/8 x 5 x 3 in.
$200-300
220
Bronze Vase with Champlevé Decoration,
China, decorated with taotie and archaic
designs with ruyi motifs, blossoms, and
scrolling foliage against an aqua blue ground,
ht. 13 1/4 in.
$300-500
221
Champlevé Gilt-metal Vase Mounted as
a Lamp, China, 20th century, the vase with
archaic decorations of taotie and chilong
against a fan-patterned ground, ht. 11 1/2 in.
$250-300
222
Champlevé Bronze Censer with Phoenix
Handles, China, the ovoid body decorated
with lotus flowers and scrolling foliage on
turquoise ground, four-character Qianlong
mark on base, ht. 4 1/4 in.
$400-600
223
Nine Cloisonné and Champlevé Items,
China and Japan, a cylindrical vase and two
covered vessels with blossom-and-butterfly
decoration, a pair of trumpet-mouth vases with
birds and floral decoration, an archaic-style
covered vessel with taotie motifs, a baluster
vase with blossom roundels against a celadon
ground, and a baluster vase decorated with
scattered scholar’s objects and gilt handles,
ht. to 17 3/4 in.
$500-700
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Bronze Gu Vase, China, cast with taotie
motifs, lappets, flanges, and other archaic
designs against a leiwen ground, ht. 13 in.
$400-600
225
Archaic-style Bronze Covered Vessel,
China, with animal head-shaped cover with an
opening to mouth, decorated with animal-
inspired motifs and geometric patterns, 7 1/2
x 8 1/2 in.
$200-300
226
Bronze Tripod Censer, China, compressed
ovoid body flanked by loop handles, four-
character Zhengde mark cast on base,
dia. 4 1/4, together with a pair of machine-
embroidered cream silk panels depicting a
multitude of birds, lg. 42 in.
$300-550
227
Bronze Tripod Incense Burner, China,
cylindrical body decorated with raised Daoist
emblems, ht. 3 3/8 in.
$200-300
228
Bronze Censer, China, ovoid, cast with a pair
of lion-head handles, six-character Xuande
mark on base, dia. 5 1/4 in.
$200-400
229
Bronze Seated Buddha, China, depicted in
rajalitasana holding a sarira in his right hand,
unsealed, ht. 10 in.
$400-600
230
Polychrome Bronze Seated Buddha, China,
the figure depicted in rajalitasana with a
dharma wheel in his left hand, sealed, ht. 13
3/4 in.
$800-1,000
231
Bronze Buddha, Asia, standing on a lotus
pedestal, with a staff in his right hand and a
stick over his left shoulder, ht. 10 in.
$50-100
232
Bronze Buddha, China, the figure seated
in dhyanasana on a lotus base, with a
dharmachakra resting on his right palm, and
his left hand facing downward on his lap,
seven-character Qianlong mark cast on the
front of the base, sealed, ht. 12 3/4 in.
$500-700
233
Cast Iron Figure of Guanyin, China,
19th/20th century, depicted seated on a
pedestal with a serene expression on her face,
wearing loose robes, with a small child in her
left hand and resting her right hand on her
bent right knee, unsealed, ht. 9 1/4 in.
$800-1,000
234
Gilt-bronze Statuette of an Official, China,
sitting on a stool, dressed in official attire, his
hands placed on the lap, colored and gilt, ht.
8 3/4 in.
$200-300
235
Han-style Funerary “Money Tree,”
China, made of bronze and green glazed
earthenware, the central figural shaft with
offshoots in the form of farm animals and a
pair of coins, lg. 7 in.
$1,200-1,500
236
Mixed-metal Vessel, Asia, lamp form,
decorated with blossom roundels, the top
with an opening mechanism and upright loops
possibly for attachment to belt, lg. 5 3/4 in.
$200-300
237
Stylized Bronze Warrior on Horseback,
Asia, the figure depicted armed with multiple
weapons, including a bow and a sword, riding
a caparisoned horse embellished with bells,
ht. 5 3/4 in.
$200-400
238
Bronze Animal-shape Vessel, China, with
spout in the shape of an animal head, a handle
cast separately, the body decorated with
various motifs, ht. 4, wd. 8 in.
$200-300
239
Soapstone Censer with Handles, China,
rectangular incense container decorated with
incised and openwork designs, raised on four
short claw-shaped legs, the cover in the form
of a roof with a stylized foo dog standing on
the top, the handles in the shape of a lion
head with a loose ring in the mouth, lg. 15 1/2.
$1,000-1,500
240
Baitong Covered Ink Box, China, rectangular,
the cover incised with two famous archaic
ding, marks stamped on base, 1 1/8 x 4 1/2
x 2 1/8 in.
$200-400
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Baitong Covered Ink Box, China, square,
the cover incised with a depiction of Cao Zhen
Bei, 1 5/8 x 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.
$200-400
242
Repoussé Gilt-metal Covered Lobed Box,
China, with a central qilin together with pairs of
birds and butterflies on diapered ground, “Da
Tang Zhen Guan” on base, dia. 5 in.
$100-200
243
Two Metal Vessels, China, a bronze archaic-
style tripod vessel decorated with dense
chilong-scrolls and upright handles, on wood
stand with ruyi design, dia. 13, and a brass
drum-shape tripod vessel with ruyi-form
handles, dia. 10 3/4 in.
$200-400
244
Two Framed Repoussé Metal Ornaments,
China, 20th century, rectangular with lobed
corners, possibly made of silver, each
depicting a figure seated astride a qilin and
surrounded by auspicious emblems or flowers,
respectively, 4 x 5 1/4, glazed and framed, 17
x 17 in.
$200-300
245
Two Bronze Figures of Tara, Sino-Tibet,
each seated in dhyanasana on a lotus base,
the right hand in varada mudra and the
left in vitarka mudra, flanked by lotus stem
blossoming at the shoulder, unsealed, ht. to
6 in.
$100-200
246
Gilt-bronze Figure of Avalokiteshvara,
Sino-Tibet, the bodhisattva depicted seated
in dhyanasana on a lotus base, unsealed, ht.
6 3/4 in.
$500-900
247
Gilt-bronze Figure of Mahakala, Sino-
Tibet, the six-armed figure standing in
pratyalidhasana atop Ganesha on a lotus
base, holding a chopper and a skull cup in his
primary hands, with a bracelet of skulls in the
upper right hand, unsealed, ht. 6 1/2 in.
$300-500
248
Pair of Flat Ivory Vases, China, decorated
with landscapes and lotus scrolls on both
sides in low relief, details incised and stained
in black, standing on carved openwork wood
stands, the matching rectangular covers with
lion-shaped finials, ht. 7 5/8 in.
$800-1,000
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Ivory Carving of a Woman, China, the figure
depicted seated on a rock garden seat and
carrying her hat in both hands, ht. 3 1/2 in.
$200-400
250
Two Carved Ivory Standing Figures, China,
20th century, a Ming Dynasty literati, ht. 6 1/4,
and a flattened figure of a bearded old man
tying his hair into a topknot, with wood stand,
ht. 6 in.
$300-500
251
Ivory Carving of a Standign Woman, China,
holding a flowerpot in her right hand and a fan
in her left hand hidden behind her back, with
black stained hair, on a carved double lotus
wood stand, ht. 13 1/4 in.
$2,000-3,000
252
Two Ivory Buddhist Plaques, China, each
depicting the Buddha seated on a double
lotus throne backed by a halo, mounted on
wooden panels, the ivory stained red-brown,
ht. 4 7/8 in.
$400-600
253
Ivory Carving of a Standing Woman, China,
dressed in a robe with flowing ribbons, holding
a tree branch with plum blossoms, with black
stained hair, on a carved wood stand, ht. 9
1/2 in.
$500-700
254
Carved Ivory Boat on Wood Stand, China,
depicting figures rowing, fishing, and engaging
in other activities aboard the long boat, the
stand carved to imitate rolling waves, lg. 13 in.
$500-700
255
Ivory Carving of a Boat, China, 20th century,
depicting a multitude of figures engaging
in various activities on a double-deck boat
decorated with lanterns and a pair of flags, on
wood stand, lg. 11 1/2 in.
$300-500
256
Pair of Ivory Carvings of Foo Lions,
China, with incised details, the mane and
eyes stained black, seated on a rectangular
pedestal with elaborate openwork designs,
one with paw placed on a ball, one on a cub,
ht. 4 1/8 in.
$200-400
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Two Figural Carvings of Women, China, one
holding a lute, ht. 7; one holding a flower and
a basket, ht. 7 1/4 in., possibly made of ivory
composite, both standing on a short two-tier
wooden stand.
$200-400
258
Ivory Carving of a Fisherman, China, 20th
century, holding a fish and a smoke pipe,
sitting on the ground with exposed belly, 5 1/2
in. without carved wood stand.
$300-400
259
Ivory Carving of a Dancing Woman, China,
dressed in a robe with flowing ribbons, hair
stained black, on a carved wood stand with
metal inlay, ht. 8 in.
$500-700
260
Mahjong Set with Manual, China, contained
in five drawers in a small cabinet with a drop-
front door, carved handle on top, all five sides
with figural decorations in relief, 6 3/4 x 9 1/8
x 7 1/8 in.
$250-350
261
Ivory Carving of a Banana, China, showing
some flesh with the rind partially peeled, the
rind stained in light yellow, made of ivory
composite, with carved wood stand, lg. 5 1/2
in.
$300-500
262
Five Ivory Figural Carvings, China and
Japan, a Chinese Immortal with a duck and a
staff, ht. 12 1/4, an old Japanese woman with
a basket on her back, ht. 12, three Japanese
fishermen: one with fish and seagulls, ht. 11
1/2, one with a child puppet and a mask,
ht. 8 1/2, and one with a fishing hook and
waterfowl, ht. 9 in., all with incised and stained
details and signed to base.
$500-700
263
Ivory Buddhist Figure, Asia, possibly of
Guanyin, depicted standing and holding a
cintamani jewel between her right forefinger
and thumb, adorned with beaded ruyi
ornaments and with a head full of individual,
tightly curled coils of hair, ht. 11 5/8 in.
$300-500
264
Two Faux Horn Items, China, a cup carved
in relief with figures at leisure beneath pine
trees, the tree trunk forming the handle, ht.
6 1/4; and a wine vessel in archaic jue form,
incised with ruyi and leiwen motifs, with a pair
of chilong coiled along and over the rim, ht. 3
3/8 in.
$200-300
265
Two Faux Horn Cups, China, an archaic wine
vessel form carved with chilong in relief, ht. 3
1/2, and a cylindrical shape with oval section,
decorated with figures at leisure beneath
bamboo and pine trees, four-character
Qianlong mark incised on base, ht. 4 1/2 in.
$200-300
266
Carved Horn Walking Stick Handle, China,
made for export, carved as the head of a bird
holding a pearl with its long beak, the back
incised “1898,” mounted on a short metal and
wood shaft, lg. 5 in.
$300-500
266A
Soapstone Covered Box, China, square, the
cover carved with distant rock and trees, with
a figure seated on the bank of the river in the
foreground, supported by four bracket feet
with archaic-scroll design, stone of reddish
brown color with green tones, 2 1/4 x 4 1/4 x
4 1/4 in.
$800-1,000
267
Six Small Carvings, Asia, a red hardstone
bird perched on a tree, ht. 7 1/2, two ivory
Japanese fishermen with nets, signed and with
owner’s sticker to base, ht. 5 5/8, a Japanese
farmer with a pumpkin, ht. 4 3/4, a small ivory
composite Chinese figure on wood stand, ht.
3 1/2, a Mughal figure, ht. 2 3/8, and an oval
pendant, lg. 2 in.
$300-500
268
Beaded Necklace, China, comprising faux
coral, turquoise, and art glass beads, lg. 12
1/2 in.
$200-400
269
Eleven Beaded Necklaces, China,
contemporary, five turquoise and amethyst
necklaces, a turquoise necklace with pendant,
a carnelian necklace with a frog-shaped
agate pendant, a carnelian necklace with
two hardstone bi, a turquoise and silvered
bead necklace with a rectangular jade plaque
carved with fruiting floral sprigs, and two
woven necklaces each with a carved jade
pendant, lg. to 18 in.
$500-700
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Opal Carving, China, of the Daoist Immortal
He Xiangu depicted seated with a basket of
lotus flowers, ht. 3 7/8 in.
$400-600
271
Two Stone Carvings, China, one carved as a
recumbent qilin with its mouth open, the stone
of semi-translucent gray-celadon with russet
streaking, ht. 2 1/4, lg. 2 3/4; the other carved
as a peach borne on leafy sprigs, the stone of
gray-white with russet markings, lg. 1 7/8 in.
$100-200
272
Jade Recumbent Cat, China, stone of pale
celadon color, ht. 2 in., (untested).
$200-400
273
Six Hardstone Carvings, China, four animals,
a figure, and a pendant, stones of various
colors with markings, approx. lg. 1 1/2 to 2 in.
$200-300
274
Ivory and Bone Composite Covered Box,
Asia, cylindrical, carved and pierced in high
relief with a continuous farm scene, the cover
similarly decorated, ht. 4 1/4 in.
$200-300
275
Four Archaic-style Stone Items, China, a
cong on wood stand, ht. 4, a ruyi scepter
carved with a fu character, on wood stand,
lg. 6 3/4, a bi disc carved with a chilong and
the characters ji xiang, dia. 6, and a standing
ornament with stylized archaic motifs on wood
stand, ht. 12 3/4 in., spinach green stones.
$700-900
276
Pair of Hardstone Carvings, China, each
depicting a pheasant perched on a branch
above a small songbird, cream-colored stone
with russet and dark inclusions, ht. to 10 1/4
in.
$400-600
277
Stone Carving of a Horse, China, stone of
pale celadon color, ht. 6 1/4 in.
$300-500
278
Two Spinach Green Stone Items, China, an
abacus, lg. 7 1/2, and a standing Shoulao, ht.
7 1/2 in.
$500-700
279
Carved Stone Frog, China, possibly made of
jasper, stone of variegated brown color, lg. 3
3/4 in.
$200-300
280
Stone Carving of a Three-legged Toad,
China, depicted grasping a garland of coins
in its mouth, cream-colored stone with dark
inclusions, ht. 3 3/4, lg. 4 3/4 in.
$400-600
281
Jade Ornament, China, the butterfly-form
openwork plaque, lg. 2 in., with suspending
coral beads and miniature jade carvings of
auspicious objects, (untested).
$300-500
282
Stone Head of Yan Luo Wang (Ruler of the
Afterlife), China, Ming-style, depicted with
bulging eyes and a scowling face, wearing a
judge’s cap bearing the character wang (king),
on wood stand, ht. 11 1/4 in.
$1,000-1,500
283
Thirteen Carved Stone Seals, China, mostly
rectangular, with inscriptions and carved seal
faces, stones of various colors, in wood box,
ht. to 3 3/8 in.
$200-300
284
Pair of Stone Seals, China, rectangular,
carved on each side with a landscape of
mountains with pine trees and pavilions,
uncarved seal face, stone of orange hue with
deep red inclusions, ht. 3 1/2 in.
$300-500
285
Carved Hardstone Horse, China, spinach
green stone, mounted on a wood stand, lg. 6
3/4 in.
$300-500
286
Jade Recumbent Foo Lion, China, stone of
celadon color, lg. 3 in., (untested).
$200-400
287
Stone Mountain with Wood Stand, China,
pyramid form, carved with figures at leisure by
a dock beneath pine trees, stone of celadon
color with russet skin, wood stand carved with
lingzhi, lg. 7 in.
$200-300
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Three Soapstone Vases, China, each flat
baluster form resting on a rockwork base with
flowers, two variegated red-orange color, the
third a yellow-brown hue, ht. to 8 1/2 in.
$200-400
289
Spinach Green Stone Shoehorn, China,
typical form, with metal mount, lg. 6 1/4 in.
$200-300
290
Six Carved Stone Seals, China, five
rectangular and one oval, four seals
surmounted by a seated Buddhist figure,
and two carved with a figure in relief on one
side, all with uncarved seal face, five stones
of creamy beige color with reddish inclusions,
one of dark russet color, ht. to 2 3/4 in.
$100-200
291
Stone Dragon Seal, China, square,
surmounted by a pair of dragons, seal face
carved with four characters, dark green stone,
3 3/4 x 4 x 4 in.
$300-500
291A
Three Stone Carvings, China, a green stone
seated child with a dog, a soapstone standing
Guanyin, and a malachite owl, ht. to 8 1/4 in.
$100-200
292
Three Hardstone Carvings, China, a russet
stone with two chilong, wd. 2 1/2; an apple
jade stone ring with two chilong-inspired
animals, dia. 3 1/8; and a brown stone fish
with carved and incised details, lg. 3 3/8 in.
$200-300
293
Stone Figure of a Cat, China, depicted curled
up with its tail tucked beneath its forelimbs,
cream-colored stone with russet tones, lg. 2
in.
$200-400
294
Jade Qilin, China, the mythical beast carved
as crouched, stone of celadon color, lg. 3 1/2
in., (untested).
$200-400
295
Calcite Figure of a Winged Beast, China,
stone of pale celadon color, lg. 2 1/8 in.
$200-400
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Semi-opaque White Glass Bangle, China,
inner dia. 2 1/2 in.
$200-400
297
Stone Covered Censer, China, flattened
hu shape, carved with chilong decorations
and flanked by phoenix-form handles with
suspending rings, supported by four dragon-
form feet with rings, the domed cover with
stylized dragon lugs with rings, stone of
celadon color with brown tones, ht. 14 x 8
1/2 in.
$400-600
298
Group of Miscellaneous Accessories,
China, an archaic-style stone buckle, a green
glass bangle, four pierced faux ivory plaques,
and two faux walnut carvings, lg. to 3, bangle
interior dia. 1 7/8 in.
$200-300
299
Soapstone Carving of Monkeys, China,
forming a pyramid, light yellowish green stone
with russet markings, on stand, ht. 4 3/8 in.
$200-400
300
Pair of Soapstone Seals with Lions, China,
rectangular, each incised with birds and
flowers and surmounted by a foo lion, ht. 7
1/2 in.
$300-500
301
Pair of Glass Plaques, China, rectangular,
with scalloped top, incised with ruyi motifs,
uncarved, semi-opaque white glass, lg. 2 3/4
in.
$300-500
302
Jade Camel, China, the animal depicted
recumbent with all four legs tucked under its
body, stone of celadon color, lg. 2 1/2 in.,
(untested).
$200-400
303
Seven Archaic-style Stone Pendants, China,
two staff figures, two birds, and three fish, ht.
to 3 3/4 in.
$100-200
304
Eight Small Green Jade Pieces, China, three
oval, four circular, and one in the form of a
gourd, lg. to 1 1/4 in., (untested).
$200-400
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Two Small Green Jade Pieces, China, in the
form of a gourd and an elongated oval, lg. to 1
1/8 in., (untested).
$200-300
306
Faux Tortoiseshell Brush Pot, China,
cylindrical, with reticulated decorations of
squirrels and scrolling foliage, ht. 4 1/4 in.
$500-700
307
Fluorite Carving, China, depicting a pair of
fish with a turtle in a pond amidst lotus plants,
lg. 5 3/4 in.
$200-300
308
Fluorite Carving Mounted as Lamp, China,
20th century, depicting a phoenix perched on
a rock with a peony sprig in its beak, mounted
on a wood and metal base, ht. 15 in.
$600-800
309
Miniature Glass Vase, China, baluster form,
decorated with dragons writhing amidst lotus
flowers and scrolling foliage against a bright
yellow ground, four-character Qianlong mark
on base, ht. 3 1/2 in.
$200-300
310
Peking Glass Double Gourd Vase, China,
red glass cut through to opaque white
ground, decorated with fruiting and flowering
branches, ht. 8 3/4 in.
$300-500
311
Archaic-style Tripod Covered Glass Vessel
on Wood Stand, China, ovoid, the body
carved with a horse tethered to a willow
tree, the other side depicting two fighting
figures, flanked by dragon-head handles with
suspending rings, the cover with a foo lion
finial, semi-translucent green glass with dark
inclusions, dia. 5 in.
$400-600
312
Fourteen Assorted Items, China, a cloisonné
and glass ashtray, dia. 3 3/4, a miniature
hardstone and silver censer with cover, dia. 2,
a miniature glass and silver censer with cover,
dia. 1 3/4, a cylindrical silver covered box with
dragon decoration, ht. 2 5/8, an enameled
fish, lg. 3 1/4, a glass snuff bottle painted
with pandas, ht. 3, a fish-and-lotus form snuff
bottle, ht. 3 5/8, an elliptic cylindrical covered
silver box with auspicious emblems, ht. 2 7/8,
an oval celadon-color stone plaque carved
with dragons, lg. 1 3/4, a white stone Budai
holding a lingzhi, lg. 3, a miniature gilt-metal
and inlaid snuff bottle, lg. 1 1/2, a silver-
mounted circular green glass plaque with
butterfly motifs, dia. 2 1/8, a silvered-metal
rectangular covered box with a foo dog finial,
ht. 4 5/8, and an oval green stone carving of
Budai with lingzhi, lg. 3 1/2 in., all silver pieces
with mark on base.
$600-800
313
Red Peking Glass Bowl, China, 20th century,
square bowl decorated with carved flowers
and birds on all four sides flaring toward the
rim, straight foot with recessed base, with
carved wood stand, wd. 6 5/8, ht. 4 1/2 in.
$400-600
314
Framed Mandarin Fan, China, 19th century,
the multi-colored lacquer guardsticks with gilt
figural and foliate decoration, the paper leaf
painted with men and women in a courtyard
scene, with appliqued ivory faces and silk
robes, 12 1/4 x 22 3/4 in.
$200-300
315
Approximately Twenty Fans, Asia, made of
various materials including bamboo, paper,
and bone, lg. to 13 in.
$200-250
316
Group of Asian Items, a sandalwood brise
fan, lg. 8 3/4, a paper fan with calligraphy and
painting verso, lg. 9, a white lacquer covered
rectangular box carved with figures beneath
a tree, 1 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 2 1/2, and a group of
three bone figures on wood stand, ht. 3 1/4 in.
$200-400
317
Export Ivory Brise Fan, China, with a central
pierced cartouche carved with a name,
possibly “Amilia,” lg. 9 5/8 in.
$200-300
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Two Pieces of Silver and Stone Jewelry,
China, 20th century, a gilt-silver filigree pin with
enamel blossom decorations and set with a
green stone plaque in the form of a lotus, lg.
1 1/8, and an adjustable silver filigree ring set
with an openwork figural white stone plaque,
lg. 1 in.
$200-250
319
Small Silver Tripod Dish, China, circular, with
bat handles and lotus decoration, “Shu De
Tang” stamped on base, dia. 3 3/8 in.
$200-300
320
Singapore., View of a part of Campong-
Clam, The Court-House, and Government
Hill (taken from Princess Hill.), reproduction
of a lithograph, original published by
Ackermann and Co., London: October 1840,
framed and glazed, 16 x 21 1/2 in.
$100-150
321
Kesi Panel, China, depicting Kuixing, the God
of Examinations, standing on one foot atop
a dragon-fish and holding an inkstone and a
calligraphy brush in his hands, beneath the Big
Dipper constellation, woven with inscriptions
and seals: “Chen Jiang Sheng Jing” and
“Qianlong Nian Zhi,” all on a brown ground, 64
x 22 in.
$2,000-4,000
322
Framed Embroidery, China, 20th century,
ruyi shape, gold threads couched on dark red
silk, depicting a central phoenix surrounded by
stylized flowers and ruyi designs, 12 x 16 in.,
framed.
$200-400
323
Unlined Short-sleeved Surcoat, China,
20th century, embroidered with peony sprigs
and baskets on black damask silk with floral
decoration, ht. 39 in.
$300-500
324
Group of Embroidered Silk Fragments,
China, 19th/20th century, including
sleevebands, robe trimmings, and borders of
various colors and sizes.
$400-600
325
Embroidered Green Silk Bed Cover, China,
20th century, the central roundel comprising a
vase of Buddha’s hand citrons, peonies, bats,
and butterflies, surrounded by borders formed
by similar decorations, 64 1/2 x 57 in.
$300-500
326
Embroidered Surcoat, China, 20th century,
Peking knot embroidery on black silk, the
flower-and-butterfly roundels interspersed
with floral and fruiting sprigs, the cream silk
sleevebands decorated with flowers, ht. 43 in.
$400-600
327
Kesi Tapestry, China, 19th century, woven
with a garden landscape beneath a dark
red sky and Immortals engaging in various
activities, with a later border and appliqued
decorations, panel 67 x 34 1/2, overall 112 x
48 in.
$2,000-3,000
328
Three Textile Fragments, China, a red silk
sash, a black silk sash woven with a wan fret
design in gold, and a double ruyi peach-
colored silk embroidery depicting peonies,
birds, and rocks, various sizes.
$200-300
329
Two Framed Textile Fragments, China, 19th
century, a cream-colored crane roundel with
lingzhi, 13 x 13 1/2, and a gray silk panel
embroidered with a lotus flower at each corner
and a central roundel comprising a vase of
flowers with bats and blossoms, 13 x 16 in.
$200-400
330
Framed Front Panel of a Skirt, China, 19th
century, the gold silk densely decorated
with butterflies amidst flowers embroidered
in shades of blue, the navy trim similarly
embellished with blue blossoms, 17 1/2 x 12
1/2 in.
$200-300
331
Framed Rank Badge, Buzi, China,
embroidered with a quail, the insignia of the
Eighth-Rank Civil Official, perched on a rock
above rolling waves amidst clouds, bats,
peonies, double-peaches, and lingzhi against
a dark blue ground, 10 x 11 1/2 in.
$200-400
332
Pair of Bound-foot Shoes, China, early 20th
century, made of bright purple silk with black
trim, embroidered with a butterfly, with leather
heel and toe, lg. 5 1/2 in.
$150-200
333
Group of Embroidered Textile Fragments,
China, 20th century, including faux rank
badges, trimmings, and dragon panels of
various colors and sizes.
$200-300
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Framed Ming-style Kesi Panel, China, 19th
century or earlier, woven with a front-facing
dragon encircling a longevity pearl amidst ruyi-
shaped clouds and bats above rolling waves,
all against a brown ground, 23 x 38 in.
$400-600
335
Rosewood Chest, China, 20th century,
rectangular, with hinged cover and handles,
metal hardware, 7 1/4 x 13 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.
$300-500
336
Two Nesting Tables, China, possibly made of
rosewood, with rectangular paneled top above
a pierced and shaped apron, supported on
four legs with shaped feet, size to 18 x 14 x
10 1/2 in.
$300-500
337
Export Marble-top Stand, China, 20th
century, the square top set above a pierced
apron of gourd decorations and four legs with
claw feet, ht. 18 1/4 in.
$200-400
338
Two-panel Folding Wood Screen, China,
20th century, with shaped latticework
throughout, each with a central cartouche
carved and painted with a pair of pheasants
perched a pine tree, surmounted by a pierced
vignette of chrysanthemums and blossoms,
the base of the panel similarly worked with
bamboo and iris flowers, on casters, each
panel 67 3/4 x 28 1/2 in.
$800-1,000
339
Export Marble-top Stand, China, 20th
century, the octagonal top set above a pierced
frieze of gourds and foliate designs, supported
on four cabriole legs carved with similar
decorations, with cross-brace and hoof feet,
ht. 35 1/2 in.
$200-400
340
Export Mother-of-pearl Inlaid Armchair,
China, 20th century, embellished with inlay
forming floral sprigs, the back splat with
pierced decorations of blossoms and a central
roundel depicting a pair of deer and a peacock
beneath pine trees, with pierced side panels
and apron, 38 1/2 x 24 x 15 in.
$500-700
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Two Wood Stands, China, 20th century, one
in the form of a double-lozenge, with a pierced
foliate apron and six short cabriole feet, 2 3/4
x 15 x 8, the other Y-shaped, the beaded top
set above a curved apron elaborately carved
with scrolling foliate design, on six ruyi-shaped
bat feet, 3 1/4 x 13 x 13 in.
$100-200
342
Export Marble-top Stand, China, 20th
century, the square top set above an apron
carved with lotuses above openwork scroll
design, supported by four legs with claw feet,
two undertiers, ht. 31 1/2 in.
$200-300
343
Export Marble-top Stand, China, the square
top set above a pierced frieze and four
cabriole legs carved with acanthus leaves, ht.
23 1/2 in.
$200-300
344
Pair of Side Chairs, China, the back splat
carved with a shou character, with humpback
top rail, and supported by four square-section
legs with box stretcher, 41 1/2 x 16 1/2 x 20
1/2 in.
$300-500
345
Two Spindle-back Side Chairs, China,
each with a humpback top rail above vertical
spindles, with four cylindrical legs and rails, 30
3/4 x 14 x 17 1/4 in.
$200-300
346
Horseshoe-back Chair, China, with shaped
back splat carved with a dragon amidst
clouds, with woven seat, the rounded legs
joined by “H”-shaped stretcher, 36 x 23 x 20
in.
$100-200
347
Palace Cloisonné Vase, Japan, 20th
century, baluster form, decorated with
chrysanthemums on blue ground, ht. 35 1/2
in.
$500-700
348
Two Cloisonné Vases, Japan, decorated with
cartouches depicting lotus flowers, dragons,
and phoenix against a blue or green ground,
ht. to 12 in.
$400-700
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Cloisonné Vase, Japan, 20th century,
urn-form, with fluted sides, flared lip, and
spreading round foot, decorated with stylized
birds, dragons, and flowers, in shades of blue,
green, red, and mauve enamel, ht. 22 in.
$300-500
350
Bronze Lotus Leaf Vase, Japan, 20th
century, the interior well cast in relief with a
crane flying over a pine tree, signature on
base, ht. 7 1/4 in.
$100-200
351
Bronze Jar Mounted as a Lamp, Japan,
20th century, ovoid, cast with several carp in
relief, with shade, drilled, ht. 8 in.
$300-500
352
Iron Tsuba, Japan, 20th century, typical form,
with gilt decoration of plum blossom branches
and birds, lg. 2 5/8 in.
$200-400
353
Iron Hibachi Brazier, Japan, 20th century,
ovoid, paired with a covered vessel, both
flanked by suspended ring handles, overall ht.
13 1/2 in.
$200-400
354
Nine Assorted Asian Items, two Japanese
cloisonné vases, ht. to 6, a Japanese gilt
lacquer covered box painted with cranes and
pine trees, signed, 1 3/8 x 3 1/2 x 2 3/8, a
cizhou-style miniature bowl, dia. 5 1/4, an ivory
plaque incised on both sides with figures at
leisure in garden landscapes, 7 3/4 x 3 7/8, a
textile fragment of red silk embroidered with
crane roundels and Buddha’s hand citrons,
7 1/2 x 7 1/2, a seated Buddhist figure, ht. 5
3/4, a mallet-shape ivory carving incised with
figures in a landscape beneath an inscribed
caption, ht. 5 1/4 in., and a black silk robe
densely embroidered with garden scenes.
$300-500
355
Mixed-metal Tripod Covered Censer with
Stand, Japan, Meiji Period, ovoid body resting
on three long, cylindrical legs, with upright
monster-mask loop handles, decorated on
one side with a woman standing against a
pine tree with a fan in her hand, the other side
with a bird perched on a rock amidst peony
and peach trees, the cover surmounted by a
kirin finial, overall ht. 13 in.
$200-400
356
Blue and White Jardinière, Japan, 20th
century, painted with egrets and pine trees in
fan-shape reserves, against a wave-pattern
ground, dia. 18 in.
$300-400
357
Blue and White Vase, Japan, globular
body with long slender neck and rolled rim,
depicting figures at leisure in nature with trees,
ht. 9 3/4 in.
$200-300
358
Blue and White Imari Pottery Bowl, Japan,
20th century, the interior well decorated with
a pair of butterflies, the sides with panels
depicting each of the “Three Friends of Winter”
alternating with roundels of birds and turtles,
the exterior painted with cranes in fan-shaped
cartouches, signed on unglazed base, (faded),
dia. 7 1/4 in.
$100-150
359
Imari Charger, Japan, 20th century, depicting
cranes with plums and pines alternating with
floral motifs in four compartments, seal to
base, dia. 18 1/8 in.
$300-500
360
Eight Imari Items, Japan, four floral-shape
dishes, dia. 8 1/8, a star-shaped plate, dia.
11 1/8, a ribbed bowl, dia. 7 3/8, a bulbous
jar with short neck, dia. 7 3/8, and a miniature
vase, ht. 4 1/2 in., all decorated with floral and
foliate scrolls in underglaze blue and overglaze
red and green.
$300-500
361
Imari Umbrella Stand, Japan, 20th century,
cylindrical, painted with reserves depicting
samurais and other figures, against flowers
and foliage, ht. 24 1/4 in.
$250-350
362
Imari Charger, Japan, 19th/20th century,
octagonal, with barbed rim, decorated with
floral reserves surrounding a central bamboo
roundel, lg. 18 in.
$400-600
363
Miniature Porcelain Vase, Japan, baluster
form, with blossoms on gray ground, mark on
base, ht. 5 3/4 in.
$200-400
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Porcelain Figurine of a Cat, Japan, 20th
century, the black and white animal sleeping
with its tail curled around its hunches and its
head resting its front right paw, molded as
wearing a decorative necktie with bells, lg. 12
in.
$300-500
365
Satsuma Bottle Vase, Japan, baluster-shape
body with a long neck with flared mouth,
decorated with flowers and birds in gold and
enamel, mark to base, ht. 11 3/4 in.
$300-500
366
Six Satsuma Miniature Vases, Japan, 20th
century, a pair of baluster vases painted with
arhats against a gold ground, mark on base,
ht. 3 3/4, a bottle-shape vase decorated with
reserves of women and flowers, mark on base,
ht. 3 7/8, a tapered cylindrical vase densely
painted with butterflies, mark on base, ht. 3
1/8, a covered vase decorated with figures
in a garden scene, with a figural finial, mark
on base, ht. 3 3/8, and a tripod gourd-shape
vase painted with figures, grasshoppers,
dragonflies, and butterflies, mark on base, ht.
3 3/4 in.
$200-300
367
Tall Satsuma Vase, Japan, ovoid, with flared
mouth, decorated with peonies on one side,
the other with women and children by the
waterside with irises, mark to base, ht. 12 1/2
in.
$300-500
368
Jiki-shippo “Tree-bark” Cloisonné Porcelain
Vase, Japan, 20th century, bulbous bottle
form with elongated neck, decorated with
birds and flowers on a rough lacquered brown
ground imitating tree bark, ht. 12 1/4 in.
$200-300
369
Green Glazed Covered Coffepot, Japan,
20th century, tapered form with angled handle,
molded with plum blossoms against a brilliant
green ground, ht. 9 1/2 in.
$300-500
370
Two Oribe-ware Dishes, Japan, 20th century,
lotus leaf form, decorated with green glaze,
one incised with leaf veins, mark on base,
dia. 7, the other decorated with bands of
geometric designs, mark on base, dia. 7 1/4
in.
$200-300
371
Ten Black Lacquer Trays, Japan, contained
in a wood box with two shelves, the trays
decorated with gold flowers, 10 1/2 x 10 1/2
in.
$200-300
372
Set of Ten Black Lacquer Rice Bowls with
Covers, Japan, the cover decorated with a gilt
chrysanthemum and a bird, the interior with
leaves, bowl dia. 5 in.
$150-200
373
Lacquered Bamboo Picnic Basket with
Cover, Asia, three tiers, held in place by the
handle, metalwork decoration, 18 x 12 5/8 x
8 1/4 in.
$100-125
374
Lacquer Inro with Netsuke, Japan, 19th/20th
century, five tiers, decorated with inlaid amber
dragons amidst clouds, with gilt decoration,
together with an elephant form ojime bead and
a wood netsuke carved in the form of a seated
old man, inro lg. 3 1/4 in.
$500-700
375
Wood Carving of Kannon Bosatsu, Japan,
20th century, dressed in a flowing robe,
holding a lotus, the headdress with a central
Buddha, mark on base, ht. 11 in.
$800-1,000
376
Ivory Netsuke, Japan, Meiji Period, carved
as a man carrying a yoke, signed Gyokushi,
ht. 2 in.
$200-300
377
Ivory Netsuke, Japan, 20th century, in the
form of a man carrying a staff, with a bird
perched on the stacks of firewood on his
back, mark on base, ht. 1 3/4 in.
$300-500
378
Group of Five Ivory Polychrome Okimonos
and Netsukes, Japan, 19th/20th century,
each in the form of an Immortal, netsukes
signed on base, ht. 2 to 6 1/2 in.
$400-600
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Two Carvings of Women, Japan, 20th
century, a doctor’s model, possibly made
of ivory composite, lg. 4 1/8, and one ivory,
reclining with her right arm supporting her
head, her robe open, exposing her bosom,
signed, lg. 4 3/4 in.
$200-400
380
Ivory Carving of a Fisherman, Japan, seated
on a bench with a fishing rod in his right hand,
accompanied by a standing boy holding a
flowering branch, ht. 5 1/4 in.
$200-300
381
Carved Ivory Figural Group, Japan,
19th/20th century, depicting three men fishing
by a watermill, signed on base, lg. 7 1/2 in.
$300-500
382
Ivory Carving of a Craftsman, Japan, 20th
century, signed on base, ht. 3; sold with a
covered box of spinach green stone with metal
base and mounts, 2 1/4 x 2 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.
$300-500
383
Ivory Netsuke and Snuff Bottle, Japan and
China, 20th century, the netsuke in the form of
an octopus holding two men in its tentacles,
lg. 3, and a decorative snuff bottle carved with
a continuous landscape scene of figures at
leisure amidst pine trees, pavilions, and distant
mountains, ht. 3 3/4 in.
$300-500
384
Set of Twelve Books, Kyoto, Japan: Geisodo
Publishing, 1932, illustrated source books for
dances and poses, each with multiple color
photographs and decorative binding, all in a
protective five-fold cover, 10 3/8 x 7 in.
$300-500
385
Nine Woodblock Prints, Japan, including
six oban size prints and three small prints in
various sizes, two matted with fabric, subjects
vary.
$150-250
386
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), The
Entrance gate at Enoshima in Sagami
Province, (Soshu enoshima iriguchi), from
his series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji
Sanjurokkei), ink and color on paper, oban
tateban, framed, 15 x 10 1/4 in.
$250-350
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Woodblock Print of an Old Tree, Japan, 20th
century, within a protective fence, with two
figures and two chickens, titled and signed
with a seal, 13 7/8 x 9 1/4 in.
$100-150
388
Two Woodblock Prints of Nightscapes,
Japan, 20th century, Tomikichiro (1902-2000),
depicting a river with glowing fireflies, and a
moonlit pond in spring, titled and signed with a
seal, paper mats, 10 5/8 x 9 3/8 in.
$250-350
389
Four Landscape Woodblock Prints, Japan,
20th century, including two tate-e and two
yoko-e, depicting Mount Fuji, a bridge, a
temple, and a tori, all oban size, matted with
paper, and signed with a seal.
$700-900
390
Woodblock Print of a Tale, Japan, with five
figures in a garden setting, including two lords,
a samurai, and two courtesans, titled and
signed, framed and glazed, 9 x 13 3/4 in.
$200-300
391
Kiyoshi Saito (1907-1997), Woman-
Bunraku 1, Japan, woodblock print, signature
l.l., glazed and framed, 14 x 9 in.
$400-600
392
Woodblock Night Scene Triptych, Japan,
depicting Shitenno, the four legendary
retainers fighting against a demon figure to
protect their lord, Minamoto no Yorimitsu on
horseback, all mounted in a frame with each
print 13 1/2 x 9 in.
$300-500
393
Two Books of Woodblock Prints, Japan,
a book of ten bird-and-flower paintings in a
natural landscape, 9 1/2 x 7; and a book of
twelve illustrations showing women’s etiquette
for various occasions, 6 7/8 x 4 3/4 in.
$100-200
394
Two Woodblock Prints, Japan, monochrome,
one depicting a samurai seated near a kitchen
furnace; the other with a teacher and a
student in a study, framed and glazed, 8 3/4
x 6 3/4 in.
$200-300
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395
Framed Woodblock Print, Japan, Torii
Kiyonaga (1752-1815), from the series
Precious Children’s Games of the Five
Festivals (Kodakara gosetsu asobi), ink and
color on paper, vertical oban size, 15 3/8 x 10
3/16 in.
$400-600
396
Woodblock Print of a Raven, Japan, 20th
century, depicted hanging upside down on
a flowering branch, with a seal, framed and
glazed, 13 3/8 x 7 1/4 in.
$200-250
397
Three-fold Woodblock Print, Japan, Yoshu
Chikanobu (1838-1912), depicting an imperial
appearance with attendants on a ship at a
river front, with toshidama seal, 14 x 28 in.
$100-200
398
Group of Woodblock Prints, Japan,
19th/20th century, a triptych, two sets of
triptych prints, two prints out of a triptych by
Toyokuni (1786-1865), and two contemporary
prints including one by Takeji Asano (1900-
1999), all oban size.
$500-700
399
Gihachiro Okuyama (1907-1981), Children
in Snow Country, Japan, 20th century,
depicting a line of children walking on a snowy
street, bears a hexagonal seal l.r., caption
written in pencil on matting, 5 3/8 x 7 3/4 in.
$200-300
400
Gihachiro Okuyama (1907-1981), Harvest
Festival, Japan, 20th century, depicting four
figures each wearing a straw hat and playing
a taiko, bears a hexagonal seal l.r., caption
written in pencil on mat, 4 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.
$200-300
401
Four Woodblock Prints, Japan, one by
Hiroshige (1797-1858), framed and glazed,
5 x 8 1/4; two depicting geisha, mounted on
hardboard, 4 1/4 x 6 1/2; and one depicting
a brush maker with an apprentice in a room,
framed and glazed, 8 3/4 x 13 1/4 in.
$100-150
402
Junichiro Sekino (1914-1988), Yoshida,
1966, Japan, woodblock print, ink and
color on paper, from his series Tokaido
Gojusantsugi, bears seal and signature in
pencil, framed, sight 14 1/2 x 19 in.
$150-200
403
Woodblock Print of Boats, Japan, 19th/20th
century, Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950), depicted
anchored at sea in the night with a crescent
moon, signed with a seal, framed and glazed,
9 1/2 x 14 3/8 in.
$200-300
404
Framed Woodblock Print, Japan,
contemporary, depicting a hillside landscape,
signed indistinctly “T...Tabuchi” in pencil l.r.,
with one seal, 22 x 15 1/2 in.
$150-200
405
Umetaro Azechi (1902-1999), Snow Child,
Japan, woodblock print, ink and color on
paper, with his signature “U. Azechi” and “No.
5” written in pencil on margin, 17 x 11 1/2 in.
$100-200
406
Album with Interior Views, Japan, 20th
century, dated to Meiji 36 (1902), 14 1/2 x 9
3/4 in.
$300-500
407
Four Paintings in One Frame, Japan, 20th
century, depicting scenes of daily life during
each of the four seasons, each signed “H.
Watanabe,” overall 16 1/4 x 27 1/4 in.
$125-175
408
Buddhist Hanging Scroll with Box, Japan,
ink, color, and gold on paper, depicting Shaka
Nyorai standing on a lotus base with his right
hand in abhaya mudra and his left held in
varada mudra, backed by a flaming nimbus
within which other Buddhas are seated amidst
scrolling lotus foliage, 50 x 20 1/2 in.
$600-800
409
Framed Scroll Depicting Monkeys, Japan,
ink and light color on silk, in the manner of
Mori Sosen (1747-1821), signed Sosen with a
seal, framed and glazed, not examined out of
glass, 35 1/8 x 14 1/8 in.
$200-300
410
Buddhist Calligraphy Scroll with Box,
Japan, ink on silk, written with the nianfo
“Namu Amida Butsu,” densely surrounded by
the seals and inscriptions of various Japanese
temples, 46 x 17 in.
$300-500
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Hanging Scroll Depicting Two Daoist
Figures in Conversation, Japan, ink on silk,
figures holding a scroll and a broom, signed
with two seals, 45 1/2 x 13 3/4 in.
$200-300
412
Parasol with a Mixed-metal Handle, Japan,
early 20th century, the black parasol topped
by a bamboo and mixed-metal handle
depicting a cicada and maple leaves, signed,
handle lg. 7, overall lg. 36 in.
$400-600
413
Embroidered Panel with Roosters, Japan,
20th century, depicting a cockfight in a field,
against the black silk ground, frame 28 x 28 in.
$250-350
414
Six-panel Folding Screen, Byobu, Japan,
20th century, ink, color, silver, and gold on
paper, depicting scenes from the Tale of Genji,
each panel 47 1/2 x 18 in.
$1,500-2,500
415
Silk Kimono, Japan, 20th century, the yellow
silk entirely decorated with diamond-blossom
pattern in purple done in nu shibori dying
technique.
$300-500
416
Two-section Tansu, Japan, 20th century, the
upper section with two doors set above a row
of small drawers, with two doors to the lower
section, 66 1/2 x 42 x 18 in.
$800-1,200
417
Blue and White Teapot, Korea, 20th century,
globular with an “S”-shape spout and a
bamboo-form handle, decorated with a flying
dragon amongst clouds, the cover decorated
with three ruyi clouds and an animal-head
finial, ht. 7 5/8 in.
$200-300
418
Bronze Small Buddhist Statue, probably
Korea, seated on top of stylized foliate scrolls
before a flaming mandorla, an inscription on
the back of the mandorla with production date
and purpose, on stand, ht. 7 in.
$200-300
419
Water Dropper, Korea, in the form of a peach,
decorated with blue and brown glazes, ht. 3
3/4 in.
$300-500
420
Himalayan “Singing” Bowl, contemporary,
typical form, with wood mallet, dia. 7 1/4 in.
$100-150
421
Folding Table, Tibet, early 20th century,
hardwood and mineral pigments, carved in
high relief with a flaming jewel flanked by two
dragons, below the top board are carved and
painted flowers, 22 x 19 x 9 in.
$300-500
422
Small Trunk, Tibet, early 20th century,
hardwood and mineral pigments, the lidded
top and the front decorated with the Buddhist
jewel surrounded with scrolling lotus and
tendrils, both sides depicting a tiger skin, lg.
14 3/4 x 9 x 9 in.
$300-500
423
Storage Box, Tibet, 20th century, hardwood
and mineral pigments, the sliding lid and all
four sides decorated with stylized vajra, lg. 18
x 9 x 5 in.
$200-300
424
Pair of Metal Lion Lamps, Tibet, 20th
century, each standing lion holds on its back
a round oil receptacle rising from a double
pierced floral design, lg. 11, ht. 9 1/2 in.
$200-300
425
Pair of Metal Covered Boxes, Tibet, 20th
century, circular, incised with scrolling floral
borders and Buddhist symbols, dia. 5 1/8 in.
$200-300
426
Mixed-metal Ceremonial Trumpet, Dung
Chen, Tibet, 20th century, telescopic, with
four collapsible sections, with inlay and
repoussé decoration, overall lg. 36 1/2 in.
$200-300
427
Copper and Silver Powder Horn, Tibet, 20th
century, decorated with beading and seven
bevel-set coral beads, lg. 6 1/2 in.
$200-300
428
Skull Bowl, Kapala, Tibet, the hollowed skull
with a silvered metal nose and silver eyes set
with green marbles, the silvered base, cheeks,
and cover decorated with repoussé Buddhist
emblems, the cranium and jaw inlaid with
silvered skulls, mounted with a hinged stand,
ht. 3 1/8 in.
$200-300
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Two Pairs of Manuscript Book Covers,
Tibet, 20th century, hardwood and mineral
pigment, divided into five panels each
depicting gilt scrolling stylized flowers and
tendrils, lg. 25 3/4 in.
$300-500
430
Framed Thangka of Padmasambhava,
possibly Nepal, ink and color on cloth, the
Buddha depicted standing on a lotus base,
surmounted by his seven other manifestations
and surrounded by various deities and
bodhisattvas each in his own nimbus, against
a landscape background with lotus flowers, 29
x 19 3/4 in.
$200-300
431
Mandala Thangka, Sino-Tibet, with a central
mandala and additional mandalas in each
corner, surrounded by additional Buddhist
deities, donor figures, and auspicious animals
amidst a mountainous landscape, mounted on
silk scroll with dust cover, 22 1/4 x 16 3/4 in.
$300-500
432
Pichhwai of Krishna, India, distemper on
cloth, depicting the Gopashtami (Festival of
Cows), with Krishna surrounded by a herd of
cows, bordered by a lotus pond, 70 x 89 in.
$500-700
433
Four Caparisoned Elephants, Southeast
Asia, an inlaid carved wood elephant, ht. 4
3/4, an ivory elephant carrying a stupa in a
palanquin, with gilt-metal caparisons and
colored glass inlay, ht. 5 1/4, a polychrome
and gilt-decorated plastic elephant carrying
figures in a palanquin, ht. 4, and an ivory/bone
composite elephant-form vessel with stone
and mother-of-pearl inlay, ht. 3 1/2 in.
$300-500
434
Ivory Handle, Southeast Asia, 19th century,
cylindrical, the midsection carved in relief with
dancing figures amidst scrolling foliage, with
wood stand, lg. 7 3/4 in.
$300-400
435
Bronze Figure, eastern India, 20th century,
depicting a naga seated on a lotus throne atop
a stepped base, unsealed, ht. 12 3/4 in.
$500-700
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Figure of a Hindu Goddess, Asia, 20th
century, three-headed, sixteen-armed deity
with a second female deity attached to her
waist, with polychrome and gilt decoration, ht.
18 1/2 in.
$400-600
444
Miniature Painting, Persia, 19th century, gilt
and colors on paper, depictions of winged
figures with calligraphic inscriptions, framed
and glazed, 8 x 6 1/2 in.
$600-800

445
437 Architectural Model, Spain, possibly
Pair of Wood Temple Door Fragments, depicting the facade of the Alhambra, gilded
southern India, each depicting a guardian and painted, set in an inlaid hardwood frame
figure, ht. 25 in. decorated with geometric patterns and Arabic
$700-900 script, 14 x 11 in.
$300-500

438
Woven Basket with Cover, Philippines,
rectangular, the cover decorated with horse End of Online Sale 2666T
motifs, the four sides with geometric designs,
6 x 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.
$100-200

439
Persian-style Copper Vase, Middle East,
ovoid body with flared mouth, decorated with
stylized lotus flowers cast in relief, ht. 8 1/2 in.
$600-800

440
Qajar Lacquered Wood Mirror Case, Persia,
19th century, the exterior of the hinged doors
finely painted with birds amidst floral and
foliate sprays, the interior with a young woman
and her suitor on either panel, enclosing a
mirror with reverse-painted glass borders, 23
x 17 in.
$300-500

441
Five Pieces of Iranian Turquoise and Gold
Jewelry, contemporary, two rings and two
pins, marked “Made in Iran,” and a tripartite
pendant stamped “18k,” lg. to 2 in.
$300-500

442
Framed Miniature Painting, Middle East,
20th century, depicting three women in a
hamam (public bath house), against a gold
background, text written in black above, 6 3/4
x 4 1/8 in.
$200-300

443
Two Manuscript Pages with Miniature
Paintings, India, one depicting devotees
paying homage to a holy man, with five figures
painted in different poses on the margins,
twenty-one lines of text verso, 11 1/4 x 7 1/8,
the other depicting a nobleman holding an
audience with his vassals, the margins painted
with a floral chain, 10 1/8 x 5 1/8 in.
$100-200

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