Four Chinese Famille Rose porcelain plaques, each painted with scenes of immortals engaged in various activities, and housed in carved hardwood frames. Each signed with seal mark in upper left corner. Each plaque measures 13-1/2" x 9-1/2" sight, 21" x 15-1/5" framed. 20th century. Provenance: the collection of Stephen and Lisa Steiner Small, Nashville, Tennessee. […]
Lot 560: Chinese Carved Hardwood Side Table
Chinese carved hardwood side table with inset top, mortise and tendon joints and carved foliate sides and legs. 29" H x 19 3/4" W x 19 3/4" D. 20th century/Modern. Provenance: North GA private collector. Condition: Overall very good condition with some wood shrinkage to inset top. Condition: Overall very good condition with some wood […]
Lot 557: Chinese Colored Ink on Paper Scroll
Chinese colored ink on paper scroll painting depicting a lakeside village in the Springtime with figures and flowering trees, a tall mountain in the background. Calligraphy text with red seals upper left. Housed in a painted bamboo style frame. Note: this painting is accompanied by a letter, dated 1935, in which the owner is gifting […]
Lot 555: 4 Japanese Folding Screens
Group of four Japanese 4-panel folding screens. 1st item: 4-panel screen, handpainted on rice paper, possibly Hano School, c. 1820, chrysanthemums and other flowering branches, signature mark, left panel, 29-1/2″ H x 73-3/4″ W. 2nd item: 4-panel screen, handpainted on rice paper, possibly Hano School, c. 1900, large tree branch with two ducks, no signature, […]
Lot 554: Large Asian Cloisonne Floor Vase w/ Green Dragon
Large Asian cloisonne enamel floor vase having black background with green and white dragon decoration. 58" H, without stand. 59 1/2" H with stand. Mid 20th century. Provenance: private Nashville, TN collection, acquired from Sidney Hirsch (1883-1962), playwright and member of the Fugitive Poets group. Condition: Vase without bottom. Air bubbles/spotting throughout lacquer coating. Condition: […]
Lot 553: Bronze Nude w/ Egyptian Harp
Bronze sculpture depicting a female nude wearing an Egyptian or Art Deco style headdress and strumming a harp, on an etched rectangular base. Unsigned. 18 1/2" H x 12-3/8" W x 5" D. 1st half 20th century. Condition: All harp strings intact but some loose, possibly replaced. Some slight abrasions to headdress. Condition: All harp […]
Lot 552: Bronze, after Claire Jeanne Roberte Colinet
Female nude bronze sculpture, ”Isis,” after Claire Jeanne Roberte Colinet (French, 1885-1948), depicting a nude woman in Art Deco headdress, seated and raising a long scarf in her hands, atop a bronze base with repeating lotus design. Signed lower left and mounted on a black marble base. Sculpture measures 14 1/4″ H x 20″ W […]
Lot 550: Nude Bronze, after Paul Philippe
Large nude bronze sculpture, "Awakening," after Paul Philippe (French, 1870-1930) depicting a nude female standing on her toes with arched back and outstretched arms. Base signed "Phillippe". Mounted on a round green marble base. Bronze: 27" H. Overall: 28" H. 20th century. Condition: Overall very good condition. Condition: Overall very good condition.
Lot 549: 2 Austrian Orientalist cold painted figures
Two Bergman-style Orientalist cold painted figural groups. 1st item: Cold painted mixed metal of a partially nude woman crouching on an oriental carpet and watching a snake rising out of a basket. Unsigned. item comprised of mixed metals, base appears to be bronze. 5" H x 8-1/2" W x 5" D. 2nd item: Cold painted […]
Lot 548: P. Delabrierre Bronze, Chained Dogs
Paul-Edouard Delabrierre (French 1829-1912) bronze depicting a pair of mastiffs chained to a post. Signed on the base. 14 1/4" H x 14" L x 7 1/2" D. Early 20th century. Condition: Chain of lower dog detached but present. Condition: Chain of lower dog detached but present.