1st item: 18K yellow gold sapphire, diamond and ruby beetle brooch consisting of thirty-six (36) 2.0 mm square step cut blue sapphires surrounded by twenty-two (22) .005 pt. round brilliant cut diamonds (VVS2, F) set with one (1) 4 mm x 3 mm oval cut cabochon cut ruby and two (2) 1.5 mm round cabochon […]
Lot 43: 14K Shrimp Link Bracelet
14K yellow gold shrimp-style link bracelet, 8-7/8" L x 1" W with safety clasp, 79 grams. Provenance: Private collection, Knoxville, TN. CONDITION: Few dents along lower edge and one-quarter up from edge on one side.
Lot 39: Mennie Grandeur of the Gorges Photography
The Grandeur of the Gorges: Fifty Photographic Studies, with Descriptive Notes, of China’s Great Waterway, the Yangtze Kiange, including twelve hand-colored prints. Shanghai: A.S. Watson & Company / Kelly & Walsh Limited, 1926 First Edition. One Thousand Numbered Copies, This being number 36, “A Stanton Merrill”. Presumed to be Aaron Stanton Merrill’s copy as he […]
Lot 40: Diary of Far East Travels 1924-1944
Travel diary scrapbook of Fred Satterfield, of the National City Bank of New York, Far East Division, documenting his time in China and Japan in 1924 when he was sent by the bank to Tianjin (Tientsin), China. The opening page of the scrapbook reads "By way of explanation of this book, it occurred to me […]
Lot 41: Gold Asian Style Jewelry
1st group: 14K yellow gold Asian elephant pendant (1 3/8" x 1 3/8") on a 14K Italian boxed chain (18 1/4" L) and matching pendant earrings for pierced ears (3/4" L x 11/16" W). 20.5 total grams. 2nd group: Pair 10K yellow gold bamboo circles and green jade cufflinks, 1" L x 3/4" W tops, […]
Lot 38: Bronze Pipa Melody Sculpture, Jiang Tie-feng
Jiang Tie-feng (Chinese/American, b. 1938) bronze and patinated blue and parcel gilt sculpture, titled "Pipa Melody" of seated costumed female playing a stringed instrument. Signed, dated and numbered on back, 69/225, Fingerhut Foundry. Sculpture – 19" H x 12" W x 13" D. Separate round black mottled marble base – 1" H x 15" diameter. […]
Lot 37: Bronze Ribbon Dancer Sculpture, Jiang Tie-feng
Jiang Tie-feng (Chinese/American, b. 1938) bronze and parcel gilt sculpture of dancing female, titled, "Ribbon Dancer', costumed female waving long ribbon streams; large gilded flower on her lower skirt. Signed, dated and numbered on back and marked for Fingerhut Foundry. Limited edition of 79(?)/225. Mounted on round black marble base. Sculpture – 28" H x […]
Lot 36: 19th c. Inlaid Meiji Cabinet
Japanese Meiji inlaid hardwood floor cabinet, constructed in three parts, with pierced carved fretwork pediment depicting two dragons (pediment detaches for transport); main section with two cabinets and three display shelves over two side by side drawers, the cabinet doors and drawers adorned with gilt and red lacquer and inlaid carved mother-of-pearl and ivory flowers, […]
Lot 34: Japanese Scroll & 5 Chinese Silk Embroidered Textiles
1st item: Japanese scroll, ink on laid paper, depicting an allegorical scene of a young person entwined in a cord with a haggard looking, sword-carrying older man, all mounted on silk. Red seal stamp lower left. Image – 9" H x 16 1/2" W. Overall – 46 1/2" H x 24 1/4" W. 2nd-6th items: […]
Lot 35: 2 Chinese Carved Hardwood Chairs
1st item: Carved Chinese hardwood and marble armchair, the back with shaped crest rail, wide back splat of pierced and carved bird and foliate design with round marble inset, seat with marble inset, shaped arms and apron with pierced and carved panels, straight legs connected by stretchers and ending in carved Greek key design. 38 […]