Four Chinese paintings, watercolor on silk, each depicting male adult and child figures engaged in leisure activities, and framed in matching gilt fret-carved frames. Panel 1 depicts figures dancing and making music in and outside a house; scholarly objects sit atop tables and a waterfall is seen in the background. Panel 2 depicts figures flying […]
Lot 20: Chinese Qing Famille Rose Porcelain Garden Seat
Chinese Late Qing Famille Rose porcelain garden seat, cylindrical and pierced form with enameled bat, floral, lotus blossom, jui had and lappet decoration. 18 1/4" H x 12 1/4" dia. (at the top). 38 lbs. Late 19th century. Provenance: Private Kentucky Collection. CONDITION: Overall good condition. Scattered wear and losses to enamel decoration, mostly to […]
Lot 21: Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Garden Seat
Chinese Famille Rose porcelain garden seat, barrel form with pierced medallions to the top and sides with an enameled figural landscape vignette to each side and all over enameled foliate decoration. 18 3/4" H x approx. 13" dia. 32 lbs. Late 19th/Early 20th century. CONDITION: Overall light general wear to enameled decoration, light wear consistent […]
Lot 16: Pair of Qing Famille Rose Vases
Pair of Chinese Qing Dynasty Famille Rose Vases, baluster form with flared neck and Foo Dog mask handles, each enameled with scenes of a figures celebrating with a parade on one side, and a temple scene on the other. Old H. Moog Atlanta label to underside. 17 1/8" H. 15 lbs. 19th century. CONDITION: Couple […]
Lot 15: Blanc de Chine Porcelain Quan Yin Figure
Blanc de Chin porcelain Quan Yin figure, depicted standing with a foo dog in one arm, atop a wave base with foo dog fish. Impressed seal mark upper back. 14" H. 20th century. CONDITION: Overall very good condition with several drying cracks to interior base.
Lot 14: White Jade Brooch: Bee and Butterfly
Chinese two-part white jade brooch, the lower section modeled as a butterfly hovering over two flowers, with the carving on the upper section remniscient of a bee, 3 1/3″ x 2 1/8″ overall. Early 20th century. Provenance: Middle Tennessee collection, by descent from Allen and Janet Rundell. Mr. Rundell was a Vice President of the […]
Lot 12: Chinese Carved Jade Boulder and Snuff Bottle
1st item: Chinese carved and pierced celadon jade boulder in the form of a flowering prunus branch, with a conforming carved hardwood stand. 21 5/8" H x 4 1/4" W. Late 19th/Early 20th century. 2nd item: Chinese carved spinach jade snuff bottle with bird and pine tree decoration. 1 7/8" H. Late 19th/Early 20th century. […]
Lot 11: Ancient Chinese Bronze Figure; Tibetan Silver Elephant/Buddha Figure
1st item: Ancient Chinese bronze depicting a resting Buddha figure. Label on the base reads "Ancient bronze Chinese figure, dating from 12th to 14th century. From H. K. Sebernick's collection, deceased Pittsburgh attorney. Base is Lignum Vitea (sic)". Mounted by two 5/8" L wooden pins onto a lignum vitae wood base measuring 1 5/8" H […]
Lot 10: Rare Chinese Archaic Bronze Wine Vessel
Rare and early Chinese archaic bronze ritual wine vessel or Gu, wasted form with flaring rim, trumpet neck, straight sides and a slightly tapering foot. Lower section with three bands of archaic incised decoration together with cruciform apertures between the lower and middle bands. Incised animal figure to the underside of the base. 9 3/4" […]
Lot 8: 3 Chinese Stone & Gilt Bronze Belt Buckles
Three (3) Chinese hardstone and gilt bronze belt ornaments, including one 2-piece buckle with three brown hardstones inset into a gilt bronze base (1 1/2" H x 2 1/2" L), one rectangular form with one brown hardstone inset into an engraved gilt bronze base with foliate surround (1 3/4" H x 2 1/4" L) and […]