Chinese watercolor and ink on silk scroll painting depicting four quail in a landscape with a small stream. Two black Chinese characters with two red seals, lower right. Housed under glass in a metallic silver painted wooden frame. Image: 47" H x 19 3/4" W. Sight: 58" H x 26" W. Framed: 60 3/4" H […]
Lot 316: 3 Asian Works on Paper, incl. Edo Period Prints
Two (2) Japanese Edo period woodblock prints and one (1) Alfred Koehn Chinese illustration book, 3 items total. 1st item: Isoda Koryusai (Japanese, 1735-1790) color woodblock print titled “Seki-dera” (Seki Temple) or “Masked Man on a Boat” from the “Furyu Nana Komachi” (Seven Fashionable Komachi) series, depicting two females standing on a dock and speaking […]
Lot 314: Pair of Chinese Scroll Paintings, Females & Children
Two (2) Chinese scroll paintings of watercolor, ink, and gouache, including one (1) depicting three female figures seated at a table and drinking tea in a small structure surrounded by snow covered trees, a solitary female figure standing outside; and one (1) depicting several children playing a game in a garden setting. Both with rows […]
Lot 312: Pair Asian Ancestor Portraits
Pair (2) Asian, probably Chinese, ancestral gouache and watercolor on silk portraits of a man and woman, each dressed in elaborately patterned white robes and ceremonial headdresses seated upon wooden thrones covered in light blue, patterned fabric. Both are bordered with cream-colored silk. Housed under glass in matching wooden frames with fruit, scalloped, and geometric […]
Lot 313: 2 Vols. Chinese Art, 1st Ed. plus 8 Art Prints, 10 items
1st-2nd items: EPOCHS OF CHINESE AND JAPANESE ART: AN OUTLINE OF EAST ASIATIC DESIGN, First Edition, Vol. I & II, by Ernest F. Fenollosa, published by William Heinemann, London, 1912. Hardcover octavos, 416 total pages including index to Vol. II with two color frontispieces with tissue paper guards, additional black and white illustrations, hardbound in […]
Lot 311: 6 Pre WWII Japanese Presentation Items, incl. Miniature Weapons
Six (6) Pre World War II American-Japanese presentation items. 1st-2nd items: Pair (2) of miniature weapons, including one (1) Katana sword with a scabbard and one (1) Yumi or bow with arrows, both with decorative silk tassels and black lacquer stand with gilt trim. Both housed in a fitted wooden box with Japanese paper labels […]
Lot 309: Marbro Lamp Company Chinese Style Bronze Lamp & Asian Gilt & Polychrome Carved Buddha
1st item: Archaic Chinese style bronze lamp made by the Marbro Lamp Company, mid 20th century, urn form simulating cinnabar, having all over raised foliated decoration, a carved and pierced neck and handles and carved base. Fitted with a double light socket and shaped metal filagree finial. Lamp: 20 1/2" H. Overall: 39" H. 2nd […]
Lot 310: Chinese Hardstone Horse, Seals, Zodiac Inkstones and Panel
Twenty (20) carved Asian items. 1st item: One (1) carved Chinese green hardstone sculpture of a Tang style horse, fitted with a hardwood stand. 5 1/4" H x 7" W x 2 1/4" W. 2nd-6th items: Grouping of five (5) carved hardstone seals, three (3) with foo dog finials and one (1) with opposing gold […]
Lot 307: 2 Japanese Lacquered Items, Miniature Shrine Table & Tray
1st item: Japanese gilt-decorated red and black lacquer miniature shrine or altar table comprised of an overhanging top with curved sides, relief carved bat decoration on the sides and drawer, and flared legs. 13" H x 19" W x 11 1/2" D. 2nd item: Japanese red and black lacquer serving tray depicting a bird on […]
Lot 308: Asian Book and Porcelain Items, incl. Ginger Jars & Parrot
Group of six (6) Asian decorative items and book. 1st item: Author signed book, FLOWERS AND FOLK-LORE FROM FAR KOREA, First Edition, by Florence Hedleston Crane, published by The Sanseido Company, Tokyo, 1931. Hardcover folio, 93 gilt edged pages, including 45 tipped-in colored plates with tissue paper guards, hardbound in black cloth with blindstamped front […]