Pair French Sevres style porcelain urns, now mounted as lamps, having robin's egg blue grounds and painted vignette decoration to each side including figural landscape and birds amongst flowers, raised gilt garlands and shaped parcel gilt handles to each side, with additional gilt and enamel decoration throughout. Mounted on pierced square brass bases. Lamps measure […]
Lot 287: Early Large Flemish Tapestry, 18th Century
Large Flemish wool tapestry depicting a landscape with bird perched atop a rock overlooking a lake, large lush trees and vegetation including flowers and cattails. Tapestry woven in colors of green, blue, gold, brown, tan, and cream. A grey 1 1/2" border has been applied to the perimeter and a beige backing has been added […]
Lot 31: 2 Chinese Floral Silk Wedding Skirts
Two (2) Chinese embroidered silk wedding skirts, each on a green silk ground with embroidered panels of blue, rose and gold flowers, butterflies and bats, separated by black silk bindings and a black silk waistband. 33″ L and 35″L. The 35″L skirt features “Forbidden Stitch” embroidered motifs, is lined in pink silk, and appears slightly […]
Lot 30: Chinese Silk Dragon Wedding Skirt, ex Henry Puyi plus Photo
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 […]
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