1st item: Chinese blue and white baluster form vase having a flared rim and pierced handles with bird above flower decoration to the body. Partial red wax seal to the inner rim. 16 3/4" H x approx. 7 1/4" dia. 2nd item: Chinese blue and white porcelain ginger jar with precious object decoration including swords. […]
Lot 320: Three (3) Chinese Export Porcelain Items, incl. Famille Verte
1st item: Chinese Export Famille Verte porcelain plate with central decoration of bird in branch, surrounded by alternating vignettes of figures in landscape and birds in foliage. Floral medallion border. 7 3/4" dia. Second quarter of the 19th century. 2nd item: Chinese Famille Rose export porcelain oval dish, the center with opposing dragons chasing the […]
Lot 321: Qing Famille Verte Porcelain Bowl, 11 3/4" Dia.
Chinese Export Famille Verte porcelain center or punch bowl with enameled decoration of figures in a scenic landscape; foliate and bird decorated reserves on a diapered border. Fitted with a carved hardwood stand. Bowl (excluding stand): 5" H x 11 3/4" dia. 19th century. PROVENANCE: The Estate of Raymond White, Nashville, Tennessee. CONDITION: Overall good […]
Lot 317: Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Table Screen
Chinese Famille Rose porcelain table screen, comprised of a hardwood framed porcelain plaque with polychrome decoration depicting an emperor in the center holding a rui sceptre surronded by three figures, including the immortal Zhongli Quan, another immortal holding a scroll, and a female holding a circular fan, with a red bat to the lower left […]
Lot 318: Three (3) Chinese Enameled Porcelain Plaques
Three (3) Chinese Republic Period enameled porcelain plaques, each depicting children playing in landscape settings with calligraphy in upper left corners, set into ebonized wooden frames with carved giltwood decorations of precious objects, set against a red painted background. Each plaque measures approximately 29 3/8"H x 11 1/8"W. Early to mid 20th century. CONDITION: Some […]
Lot 315: 2 Chinese Silk Embroidered Textiles
Pair of Chinese embroidered silk textiles, rectangular form on cream grounds, one (1) depicting females in an outdoor setting engaging in various activities within a floral border, and one (1) depicting flowering vases and cranes within a floral border. 25″ H x 13″ W. 1st Qtr. 20th century. CONDITION: Both overall good condition with light […]
Lot 316: Chinese Qing Floral Hardstone Table Screen
Chinese table screen comprised of a rectangular hardstone plaque with applied flowering urn decoration. Decoration comprised of various hardstones including malachite, agate, tiger's eye, chalcedony, fire agate, rose quartz, moss agate, rock crystal, and coral, all on a rectangular green flourite base. Fitted with a carved and pierced footed hardwood stand. Plaque: 13" H x […]
Lot 313: 3 Framed Mandarin Chinese Silk Embroidered Rank Badges
Group of three (3) framed Chinese rank badges, embroidered in silver, gilt and colored threads on blue grounds with forbidden stitching and embroidered borders, including two (2) silver pheasant badges corresponding with the fifth civil rank and one (1) left-facing paradise flycatcher corresponding to the ninth civil rank. All housed in molded wood frames with […]
Lot 314: Two (2) Chinese Silk Embroidered Textiles
Two (2) Chinese silk embroidered textiles including: one (1) rectangular silk panel comprised of a cream ground center decorated with four pairs of birds, including chickens, all perched upon flowering branches or trees with butterflies throughout and a dark ground border with floral and butterfly decoration (26″ H x 13 3/4″ W), and one (1) […]
Lot 311: Chinese Embroidered Panels & Reverse Glass Painting, 3 items
Three (3) Chinese items, including red silk embroidered panels and a reverse glass figural landscape painting. 1st & 2nd items: Two (2) embroidered red silk rectangular panels, each depicting several figures, likely courtiers, in a landscape setting with temple structures, engaged in various activities surrounded by bats and butterflies, all sewn onto a gold silk […]