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 […]
Lot 312: Qing Watercolor on Silk Fan Painting and Embroidery Panel
1st item: Chinese 18th century watercolor on silk botanical or "fan" painting depicting a bee flying above two white flowers, with Asian characters in black and a red seal in the upper left corner. Housed under glass with a light blue and gilt speckled mount in a giltwood frame. Sight: Approximately 8 1/2" H x […]
Lot 309: Six (6) 19th/Early 20th Century Japanese Woodblock Prints
Six (6) Late-19th Century/ Early 20th century Japanese woodblock prints. 1st item: After Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) print titled "Picture of the Middle Class" from the series "Young Women of Three Ranks According to their Fashion" originally published in 1794, depicting two women in an interior scene on laid paper. 2nd item: After Keisai Eisen (1790- […]
Lot 310: Shoda Koho Woodblock Print, Black Cat at Night
Shoda Koho (Japanese, 1870-1946) woodblock print titled "Black Cat at Night" from the "Japanese Scenes on Tanzaku" series, originally published by Hasegawa Shoten, Tokyo, circa 1920-29. Depicts a nighttime scene of a black cat with yellow eyes crouched on a rocky outcropping and partially hidden by foliage. Two red seals, lower right. Signed "Koho" in […]