Chinese Forbidden-Stitch wedding skirt with Imperial provenance. Embroidered red silk skirt with four panels of six-toed dragons, rendered in metallic thread, over waves surrounded by bats, carp, and clouds. The dragon panels alternate with panels of phoenix in flight, and all panels are bordered by blue and white embroidered flower and scroll designs. The skirt […]
Lot 23: 2 Chinese Porcelain Vases
1st item: Chinese Famille Rose Republic period porcelain vase, amphora form with bird above chrysanthemum, rose, and flowering branch decoration. Inscription with red seal to right of decoration. Base with partial red character mark. 13 7/8" H. 2nd item: Chinese rouleau form porcelain vase with mirror black glaze, underglaze six character blue K'ang Hsi mark […]
Lot 17: Pair of Chinese Yellow Ground Dayazhai Style Vases
Pair (2) Chinese yellow ground Dayazhai style vases, bottle form, with grisaille peony decoration to body; grisaille foliate vines and bat motif to neck; turquoise glazed interior and accent bands; and blue fret design to foot. Marked in iron red with oval panel flanked by two qilong encompassing seal mark "Tiandi yiji chun" (Spingtime in […]
Lot 14: 5 Chinese Snuff Bottles, incl. Jade, Famille Verte, Reverse Painted
Five (5) Chinese snuff bottles, including one (1) jade round form with a silver stopper fitted with semi-translucent stone, stamped with character mark to stopper; one (1) Chinese Famille Verte porcelain footed round form having flowering branch vignette to each side, surrounded by foliate forms fitted with a green hardstone stopper; two (2) reverse glass […]
Summer Auction Preview – July 9-10
Our Summer auction is scheduled for July 9th-10th in Knoxville. A few items from the upcoming auction are below. Watch for more items to be added to this page in the coming weeks and our full catalog in early June. If you would like to have items consigned for future auctions, click here. Important miniature […]
Lot 1096: Pair Chinese Cinnabar Vases & Signed Japanese Tetsubin Teapot, 3 Pcs.
1st-2nd items: Pair of Chinese carved black and red cinnabar vases, each with flowering branch decoration to the bodies and blue enameled interiors. 10" H x approx. 4 3/4" dia. 20th century. 3rd item: Japanese Tetsubin iron teapot with bronze lid having a flower bud finial. Seal mark below the spout. 6" H x approx. […]
Lot 1085: 5 Asian Items, incl. Bi Disc, Porcelain Charger
1st item: Chinese mottled celadon hardstone bi disc with alternating carved decoration to the border of Chinese characters and horses, surrounding a diaper patterned center. 9 1/4" dia. Late 19th/Early 20th century. 2nd item: Large Japanese Imari polychrome decorated porcelain charger, in the full Imari pallette, with central flowering branch, bird and butterfly decoration bordered […]
Lot 1080: 7 Early Asian Porcelain Items, ex. Ben Caldwell Collection
1st – 4th items: Set of 4 Chinese Dingyao or Ding Ware bowls, all with molded designs including two conical with central double fish, key fret and peony borders, 2-1/4" x 5-1/2 " and two with floral centers, key fret and beaded borders, 1-1/4" x 5-7/8". Sung Dynasty (AD 960-1279). 5th item: Chinese or Sukhothai […]
Lot 1072: Four (4) Chinese Porcelain Chargers
1st item: Chinese export blue and white porcelain plate for the Islamic market, with stylized floral decoration and markings en verso. 10 3/4" dia. 19th century. 2nd & 3rd items: Pair of Famille Rose plates with polychrome decoration depicting roosters and flowers with a turquoise ju-i head border, bamboo decoration en verso. 12" dia. 19th […]
Lot 1068: 7 Chinese Export & English Porcelain Items, incl. Famille Rose
1st-5th items: Five (5) Chinese Export Famille Rose porcelain items with cobalt blue and iron red borders, including one (1) charger and two (2) bowls with floral sprays to center and cobalt border containing flower and diamond designs (10 7/8", 6 3/4" and 7 1/2" diameter); one (1) bowl with cobalt and iron red floral […]
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