Eight (8) Chinese Tian-tsui hair ornaments housed in a lacquer box, 9 items total. 1st-4th items: Four (4) metal stick hair ornaments with coral beads, including one (1) gilt Kingfisher feather openwork floral and insect form, one (1) gilt floral form with jade plaque, and two (2) with figural jade plaques. 5th item: Gilt metal […]
Lot 14: 3 Large Japanese Imari Chargers, Edo & Meiji Period
Three (3) Large Japanese Imari porcelain chargers with polychrome enamel decorations and gilt highlights. 1st item: Edo Period charger with lobed octagonal rim having a central vignette depicting a foo dog or temple lion in a landscape setting, surrounded by foliate sprays and a floral border, the rim having a wide border with alternating vignettes […]
Lot 15: 13 Asian Artworks, incl. Scrolls, Chinese W/C, Japanese Woodblock Prints, 3 Books
1st-5th items: Five (5) Asian works of art, including one (1) scroll painting depicting a tapered wicker planter with a flowering tree and other foliage, two columns of black character marks and a red seal, lower right, mounted on gold foliate brocade with blue marbled paper backing; one (1) scroll woodblock print with gilt highlights […]
Lot 13: 21 Assorted Imari Porcelain Items incl. Charger
A group of twenty-one (21) assorted Japanese Imari porcelain items: including one (1) large round charger with landscape and diapered vignette decoration to the top and landscape vignette decoration to the underside of the rim; one (1) charger with scalloped rim, bird decoration to the center with other foliate designs, and artisanal leaf decoration to […]
Lot 11: Japanese Meiji Signed Satsuma Censer
Japanese Meiji period Satsuma porcelain censer, square form having parcel gilt and enameled decoration depicting birds in a foliate landscape setting, fan-shaped handles, and bracket feet. Maker's seal on the base. 7 1/4" H. Note: Originally purchased in 1965 at the retail shop of G. Mohidin & Son, Srinagar, Kashmir. PROVENANCE: Property of a Tennessee […]
Lot 12: 17 Assorted Imari Porcelain Dinnerware Items
An assembled grouping of seventeen (17) Japanese Imari porcelain dinnerware items including: six (6) small plates with shaped gilt rims all with alternating foliate vignette decoration to the rims, central blue reserves and flowering branch decoration to the underside of the rim with four blue character marks to the bases; two (2) bowls with gilt […]
Lot 10: Chinese Rose Medallion Urns and Dishes, 4 items
Grouping of four (4) Chinese Rose medallion porcelain items. 1st-2nd items: Pair (2) of tall covered urns, each with polychrome enamel vignettes of court and landscape scenes, with birds, butterflies, and flowers, gilt highlights throughout, foo dog mask handles and foo dog finials to the lids. Both mounted onto hardwood stands. Vases measure 11" H. […]
Lot 8: Large Chinese Carved Longevity Figure, Silver Inlay
Carved ebony Chinese longevity figure with foliate decoration inlaid with silver wire representing Shou Xing, the Chinese god of longevity. Depicted with flowing robes, a long beard, and a conical elongated head, holding a staff and pumpkin gourd, and standing on a naturalistic base. 32 1/2" H x 9" W x 7 1/2" D. Early […]
Lot 9: Large Chinese Iron Red Gilt Porcelain Floor Lamp Vase
Large Chinese iron red and parcel-gilt porcelain rouleau form floor vase mounted as a lamp, having naturalistic scenes of birds and insects among flowers, including chrysanthemums, a ruyi band to flared rim with floral vignettes to upper shoulder and base. All mounted on a round wooden base with five feet. Fitted with double light socket. […]
Lot 6: 10 Small Asian Figural Items, incl. Bronze Seal & Carved Rose Quartz
Eight (8) assorted Asian carved figures, including: one (1) Chinese bronze figural foo dog with fitted hardwood stand; one (1) Chinese bronze seal with foo dog finial; two (2) Chinese hardstone seals with foo dog finials; one (1) Asian carved and inked bone figure depicting an Immortal with a baby and monkeys, with chop marks […]