Pair of Chinese blue and white gu-form beaker vases, having flaring rims with foliate decoration to the rim and body. The mid-section and footed base each having four raised white glazed vertical dividers creating panels. The bases with eleven underglaze character marks. 8 1/8" H x 4 3/4" dia. 19th century. PROVENANCE: Private Bristol, Tennessee […]
Lot 334: 3 Chinese Export Blue & White Porcelain Plates
Three (3) Chinese Export blue and white porcelain plates. 1st item: Charger with a bracketed foliate rim and foliate central reserve. Stylized foliate decoration to the underside of the rim together with a blue underglaze six-character Chenghua mark to the base. 12 1/4" dia. Late 19th century/early 20th century. 2nd item: Plate in the "tobacco […]
Lot 333: 16 pcs Chinese Export Blue & White Tea Set, Parcel-Gilt
Sixteen (16) piece Chinese Export blue and white porcelain tea service with subtly reeded bodies, parcel-gilt accents, seaside landscape scenes, and geometrically patterned rims, including one (1) teapot with interlacing, naturalistic handle and gourd or fruit form finial to lid; four (4) tea bowls; five (5) teacups with naturalistic handle; five (5) saucers; and one […]
Lot 332: 6 Early Chinese Export Famille Rose Porcelain Plates
Grouping of six (6) early Chinese Export Famille Rose porcelain plates. 1st item: Porcelain plate, having a reticulated and gilt rim, the center with a polychrome floral spray. Old retailer label en verso reading "McClean Antiques, Macon, Georgia". 9 1/2" dia. 2nd-3rd items: Two (2) porcelain plates, both with pink floral wave decoration to the […]
Lot 331: 4 Chinese Canton Enamel Items
Four (4) Chinese Canton enamel on copper decorative items, including one (1) four piece round form stacking box, having vignettes of scholars in interior settings, figures in garden settings, and landscape scenes, surrounded by scrolling foliate and diaper patterned decorations on a yellow ground, terminating in a round base with turquoise glaze and line decorations, […]
Lot 330: Chinese Reverse Glass Figural Landscape Painting
Chinese reverse glass figural landscape painting depicting a group of noblewomen along a shore, some holding flowering branches or precious objects and one seated behind a desk, each having red character marks to the side. A windowed, red building is depicted to the right with a walled complex, retreating paths, and additional buildings along a […]
Lot 329: 2 Chinese Canal Paintings, incl. Jie Wei Zhou, Huang Youwei
1st item: Jie Wei Zhou (New Mexico/China, b. 1962) oil on panel painting depicting a canal in China flanked by houses on each bank with an arched bridge spanning the water with trees visible in the background. Signed "Jie Wei Zhou" below Chinese characters, lower right. Auction tag affixed, en verso. Housed in a wood […]
Lot 328: 4 Asian Paintings, incl. Shen Roujian
1st item: Contemporary expressionist Chinese painting attributed to Shen Roujian (Chinese, 1919-1998), ink wash and watercolor on handmade paper, depicting gourd forms in green, orange, and black. Character marks, en verso. Sight: 23" H x 17" W. Framed: 25" H x 19" W. 2nd item: Contemporary Chinese Scroll painting on paper depicting morning glories, calligraphy […]
Lot 327: 5 Asian Framed Items, Ancestor Portrait, Japanese Textile Prints, Chinese Embroideries
Five (5) Asian framed artworks, including Japanese prints on fabric and Chinese embroideries. 1st item: Chinese ancestor watercolor, gouache and ink on paper portrait, depicting a matriarch attired in a red robe with tan patterned trim, a crane rank badge to the center, and an elaborate headdress. Seated upon a throne draped with green patterned […]
Lot 325: Chinese Qing Red Lacquer Table
Chinese red lacquer center table, comprised of a round removable top with scalloped apron or frieze, resting on a turned baluster standard, stepped octagonal base, and carved bracket feet. The top with painted polychrome decoration including a stylized floral and fret decorated center flanked by five vignettes scenes depicting figures at court with shaped floral […]