1st item: Chinese Famille Rose porcelain snuff bottle, shield form with polycrome "thousand flowers" decoration to the body and blue sgraffito decoration to the sides; fitted with a blue hardstone stopper. The base with blue character marks. 2 1/2" H. 2nd item: Chinese Peking glass snuff bottle, baluster form, with a yellow ground having pink […]
Lot 19: 3 Chinese Snuff Bottles, Quartz & Agate
Group of three (3) Qing snuff bottles including one (1) shield form agate bottle with carved mask handles and conforming stopper, one (1) shield form rutilated quartz bottle with conforming stopper, and one (1) round form fossilized limestone bottle. Ranging in size from 2 1/8" H to 3" H. All Late 19th/Early 20th century. Provenance: […]
Lot 20: Pair Japanese Bronze Guardian or Temple Foo Lions
Pair of two (2) Japanese bronze temple / foo lions or dogs seated on hind legs with partially articulated tails, one with mouth open and the other closed. 13" H x 16 3/8" W x 7" D. Meiji period, late 19th century. PROVENANCE: Deaccessioned by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation to benefit the […]
Lot 16: 19th Century Chinese Archaistic Bronze Tripod Censer
Qing Dynasty archaic style bronze tripod ding censer. Circular body with twin stirrup-shaped handles and figural bird decoration, resting on a tripodal base, each tall leg with bands of incised decoration. Fitted with a carved and pierced hardwood cover having a fungus finial, and a carved circular tripod hardwood base. Retains original tag with remnants […]
Lot 17: Signed Chinese Ram Form Bronze Lamp
Chinese archaic style bronze lamp in the form of a recumbent ram. Hinged top to the back that opens for use as an oil vessel with a spout to one end used to empty leftover fuel back into the body. Underside with incised character marks. Fitted with a conforming carved and pierced hardwood stand with […]
Lot 14: Asian Gilt Bronze Gautama Buddha, Ming
Asian gilt bronze Gautama Buddha seated in dhyanasana position wearing a crown with his right hand raised and left hand in his lap, elongated earlobes, and adorned with a full-length robe, necklace, Ushnisha, and five-pointed crown with lotus or foliate blossoms at his sides. Traces of gilt and pigment visible to the back of robe. […]
Lot 15: Asian Bronze Buddha Figure & Chinese Carved Buddha Altar Shrine, 2 items
1st item: Asian bronze Buddha sculpture depicted seated in the Dharmachakra mudra atop a double lotus base, having tightly curled domed hair and elongated ear lobes. 13" H x 9" W. Late 19th/Early 20th century. 2nd item: Asian carved and red painted Buddha altar shrine or meditation table, comprised of a brass-trimmed platform with carved […]
Lot 11: Chinese Jade Temple Lion with Urn, Inlaid Silver Stand
Carved Qing Dynasty jade figural guardian temple lion or foo dog, depicted crouching with an open mouth supporting a covered urn atop its back. Lion with low relief carved floral decoration to body, and the urn with carved foliate handles and rings to 3 handles. Fitted with a carved and silver inlaid hardwood stand. Lion […]
Lot 12: Southeast Asian Gilt Bronze Buddha
Southeast Asian gilt bronze Buddha or Bodhisattva, possibly Ming period, the subject depicted seated upon a dragon or foo dog with sash tied at his waist, a necklace with tassels, and an elaborate crown with lotus and foliate surround, resting upon a green polychrome base. Later ebonized wooden stand included. 9 1/2" H x 6" […]
Lot 13: Chinese Gilt Bronze Guanyin Figure & Child
Chinese gilt bronze Quan Yin depicted seated upon a naturalistic base in partial Padmasana (Lotus) position, holding a male child, her hands in karana mudra, with elongated ears; wearing a crown with central figure, veil, a robe, and necklace; a vase at her right and a bag or book to her left; all resting upon […]