French gilt bronze and cloisonne clock garniture set in the Chinese taste, including Japy Freres clock flanked by a pair of covered urns. The cloisonne clock case decorated with scenes of birds on flowering branches, having a pagoda style top and gilt bronze fruit finial, gilt bronze columns with foliate finials flanking a gilt dial […]
Lot 48: Chinese Qing Silk Embroidery Panel, Dragons w/ Pearls
Chinese silk four-sided or lobed panel embroidery depicting a central image of a dragon holding a pearl, surrounded by four additional dragons with pearls, with images of bats, clouds, flowers, and precious objects rendered in blue, off white, olive green, coral, and metallic threads on a blue ground, enclosed within an embroidered border, all sewn […]
Lot 46: Chinese Silk Embroidered Court Coat with Mandarin Square
Chinese silk court robe, dark navy ground, the center with Mandarin rank badge depicting a paradise flycatcher above waves with flowering trees and peaches, the body with blue and white embroidered designs including butterflies, flowers, and fruit to the top, landscape decoration to the lower body including deer, crane, and trees, and floral decoration to […]
Lot 40: 2 Asian Porcelain Lamps, Clair de Lune and Tea Kettle
1st item: Chinese Clair de Lune porcelain vase, now mounted as a lamp. Bottle form with garlic bulb rim having raised paneled flowering branch and bird decoration. Base with blue six character mark (partially obsured by lamp mount) and paper label reading "Zing Hsiang Shing Porcelain Co. Shanghai, China". Mounted onto a circular carved wood […]
Lot 32: Pair of Kangxi Imari Armorial Plates for French Market, Corbeau
Two (2) Kangxi Imari armorial chargers for the French Market, octagonal form, each having a central coat-of-arms below a red banner reading "CORBEAU," with a wide border of four vignettes depicting cranes, flowering trees, and foo dogs or lions, surrounded by scrolling foliate decorations on a blue ground. Unsigned. 1 5/8" H x 10 1/2" […]
Lot 18: 2 Chinese Snuff Bottles, Porcelain and Peking Glass
1st item: Chinese Famille Rose porcelain snuff bottle, shield form with polycrome "thousand flowers" decoration to the body and blue sgraffito decoration to the sides; fitted with a blue hardstone stopper. The base with blue character marks. 2 1/2" H. 2nd item: Chinese Peking glass snuff bottle, baluster form, with a yellow ground having pink […]
Winter 2022 Auction Preview
Our next auction scheduled for January 29th and 30th in Knoxville will feature fine art, Southern furniture and decorative arts, silver, Native American, Mid-Century modern, Asian, jewelry, and historical ephemera from several Southern estates and fine collections. A few items from the upcoming auction are below. Watch for more items to be added to this […]
Lot 491: 2 Asian Porcelain Chargers
Two (2) Asian Porcelain chargers. 1st item: Large Japanese porcelain charger with enameled flowering chrysanthemum and foo dog decoration to the center with a blue and gilt foliate border. The underside of the rim with Imari style decoration and signed on base. 18 3/8" dia. 20th century. 2nd item: Chinese porcelain charger with hand painted […]
Lot 493: 3 Chinese Bronze Items, 9 Asian Carved Jade & Hardstone Items, 12 items
Grouping of twelve (12) assorted Asian items. 1st-3rd items: Three (3) Chinese Bronze Decorative Items, including foo dog, censer, and vase. 1st item: Chinese cloisonne foo dog modeled in a crouching pose, blue ground with foliate decoration. Fitted with a rectangular hardwood stand. Dog – 5 5/8" H x 11 1/4" L x 4 1/4" […]
Lot 494: Japanese Porcelain & Fan Paintings, 6 Items
Four (4) Japanese porcelain items, including Imari or Arita, plus two (2) Fan shaped watercolor paintings, 6 items total. 1st item: Japanese Imari compote with blue and white interior, the interior with central iron red flower surrounded by red, blue and green band of bats, flowers and diaper design, within a fret border and gilt […]
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