1st item: Southeast Asian or Chinese sterling silver figural pendant or brooch in the form of a dragon with coral eyes coiled around and holding a teardrop shaped onyx stone. Back marked 925. 2 3/4" H. 1.065 total troy ounces. 2nd item: Ladies jade bead necklace featuring seventy-four (74) jadeite beads. The necklace is 31" […]
Lot 24: 19th C. Figural Carved Center Table with Marble Top, Dogs, Birdcage
Large and heavily carved 19th century ebony or ebonized hardwood table, possibly Chinese for the Ango-Indian market. Tall round form with inset rouge marble top, reeded edge, and a carved and pierced foliate frieze depicting foxes eating grapes. The top rests upon a birdcage support over a reeded and acanthus carved pedestal, supported on three […]
Lot 23: Large Chinese Export Painted Floor 6-Panel Screen
Large-scale Chinese polychrome painted paper and canvas 6-panel floor screen. The front, paper on wood, features finely detailed scenes with court figures engaging in various activities; mountains and other buildings visible in the background, and a river, bridge and fence in the foreground, all within a Chinese foliate design border. The back features stylized, framed […]
Lot 22: 2 Asian Archaistic Sculptural Items, Tomb Figure & Terracotta Horse Head
1st item: Chinese earthenware tomb figure modeled as a duck. 5 3/4" H x 8 3/8" W x 4 3/8" D. Museum documentation states Han period. 2nd item: Chinese terracotta horse head depicted with teeth bared, mounted to a hardwood stand. 8 3/4" H x 8" W x 2 5/8" D. Museum documentation states Tang […]
Lot 21: 2 Asian Archaistic Ghandaran Style Buddha Head Sculptures
1st item: Afghan Ghandaran style ceramic Buddha head with half-closed eyes, mounted to a square wooden stand with old sticker label. 11 1/2" H x 3 1/2" W x 4" D. Museum documentation states circa 4th century. 2nd item: Japanese Ghandaran style carved wooden Buddha head with closed eyes and inset stones, mounted to a […]
Lot 20: Pair of Framed Japanese Scroll Paintings, Summer and Spring
Pair of framed Japanese scroll paintings, gouache and watercolor on paper, including one spring scene depicting various colored flowers and one summer scene depicting a red maple tree with white flowers at it's base and mist obscuring several branches. Both with one circular red seal lower left corner and both are framed with silk brocade […]
Lot 19: Tibetan Thangka, The Wheel of Life, Bhavachakra or Samsara
Southeast Asian Tibetan Buddhist Thangka painting depicting The Perfect Wheel of Life imagery, the Bhavachakra or Samsara, conveying a symbolic representation of cyclic existence, with themes of karma, rebirth, life, death, and suffering in a journey towards enlightenment or Nirvana. The inner wheel is divided into segments with figural imagery depicting the spheres of existence […]
Lot 18: Yeu-Qua Chinese Export Portrait Miniature of Marion Stewart Forsyth-Antisell
Yeu-Qua or Yeuqua (Chinese, fl. 1860-1885) miniature watercolor bust portrait of Marion Stewart Forsyth-Antisell of Detroit, Michigan (b. 1830-d.1882), as a young woman, with upswept brunette hair wearing a black dress with white collar and necktie along with gold earrings and a gold brooch. Pencil inscription en verso of wafer reads "Ivory miniature of Marion […]
Lot 17: 4 Japanese Shin-Hanga Woodblock Prints incl. Shiro, Shotei, plus 1 Watercolor, Total 5
1st item: Kasamatsu Shiro (Japan, 1898-1991) color woodblock print entitled Pagoda in Evening Rain and depicting a tall pagoda during a rain shower at dusk. A woman or bijin walks through the foreground and holds an umbrella, with embossing to umbrella and figure's hands. Published by Shozaburo Watanabe with the publisher's "D" seal, used 1931-1941, […]
Lot 16: Drawing of Jurolin attr. Hokusai, ex-Ernest Fenollosa
Attributed to Katsushika Hokusai (Japan, 1760-1849) brushed ink on paper sketch depicting the bearded figure of Jurojin, god of longevity, accompanied by a mino-game (a long-lived turtle with algae resembling hair growing from its shell). Jurojin smiles faintly as he opens his Scroll of Life, which states the lifespan of all living things. On laid […]
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