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ESL Collection
$600.00 A hollowly carved pebble nephrite pendant depicting a monkey on a branch. Late Qing to early Republic period. The pendant is in good condition, please refer photos for color and details. Length: 2 inches.
Conservatoire Sakura
$3,500.00 Jade pendant (Talisman) representing a tigress and her cub. (Or devouring a prey?) Usual wear for this period. No lack or restoration. Drilled with a hole between the front legs. Ming or earlier.
40x26x18mm
Exceptional note: This jade was part of a collection of hundreds of Chinese jades from all eras from Neolithic to Ts'ing (Qing) purchased in the auction room in the 1970s in France, as for other objects on offer on our site, for each one we will specify.
Zentner Collection
SOLD Japanese noh theater mask of a young woman, carved with pierced eyes, mouth, and nostrils for the wearer, as well as two pierced holes at the temples to be secured against one's head. Lacquered in flesh tone, black hair and blackened teeth and eyes, red lips, and black lacquer interior. With kiri (paulownia) tomobako, inscribed with the name "Juuroku".
Size: 5.25" L x 3" D x 8.25" H
GALERIE TIAGO
Sold Horn netsuke of an reclining ox.
In Japan, the ox (ushi) is the second sign of the zodiac. It is considered usefulness and willingness. Reclining, it is the emblem of Sugawara Michizane (845-903), a great scholar, minister of emperor Daigo (897-930) and statesman of the Heian period. Under the pressure of the Fujiwara family, he was driven into exile to the island of Kyûshû and he rode away upon a bull. Unfairly punished, his memory is rehabilitated after his death...
Abhaya Asian Antiques
$80.00
Hetian nephrite jade pendant with illegible archaic script incised on the surface. Cut from the edge of a jade boulder, this piece has a natural shape and “organic” feel. The russet highlights are attractive but artificially induced. H: 5.4cm/2.2in and W: 3.3cm/1.3in- 33 grams.
An antique statue of the lucky god Han Xiangzi holding a Chinese flute, carved from a large bamboo piece with nice patina. One of the eight immortals of the Chinese Taoist pantheon. Condition: headgear with a hairline, maybe the flute shortened. Dimension: c. 35 cm high. Please compare to item # 1434476, item #1434720, item #1435291 for another carvings of the same group.
An antique statue of the lucky god Zhang Guolao holding a fish drum, a Chinese percussion instrument. Carved from a large bamboo piece with nice patina. One of the eight immortals of the Chinese Taoist pantheon. Condition: sticks of the instrument lost, some short cracks and chips. Dimension: c. 34.6 cm high. Please compare to item # 1434476, item #1434720, item #1435015 for another carvings of the same group.
Hundred and One Antiques
$550.00 Outstanding antique, Qing dynasty 19th-century, a large Chinese opium pipe. It is composed of three sections; a huge central wood section, finely hand-carved in high relief with two Fu dogs, also known as guardian lions or Shishi (Imperial guardian lion), among vegetation waves entirely polychromed, enclosed by two massive solid brass fittings ended with a mouthpiece and a bowl...
Intandane ltd
Sold to China - December 2011 售至中国 - 2011 年12月 A very finely carved hardwood ox or buffalo, surmounted by a young boy, on original stand, probably made for export during the second half of the 19th Century circa 1850-1900 . Condition - excellent - one glass eye of the boy is missing but, unusually, there is no damage at all to the sculpture and there has been no restoration. The Ox - 30cm (11.8 inches) long; 15.5cm (6 inches)high...
Helen M Edwards
$2,700.00 Height: 41 cm
Width: 9.5 cm Weight: 1.2 kg Large Chinese carved female form holding a garland of flowers; noble head-ware; natural material; good condition
Zentner Collection
SOLD Large Chinese jade (nephrite) ceremonial piece, in the style of the Liangzhu period (3400-2250 BC), with carvings of faces. This nephrite piece is solid and has a pointed tip, and dpierced hole through its very top. The carvings around its edges look like eyes and may be related to the taotie (roughly "gluttonous ogre mask") motif, which were essentially symmetrical zoomorphic faces with no lower jaw, thought by scholars to be linked to religious ceremony and the afterlife...
JJ Oriental
$875.00 A large dark grey-green nephrite jade winged animal with a bifurcated tail. Its head leans back, his mouth open and tongue out. There are spots and areas of beige and rusty brown that are natural to the stone or from age.
Period:Ming Size:Length 15cm(6 inches}Width 10cm(4 inches)
JJ Oriental
$575.00 A very rare ancient black jade pendant. This pendant dates back to around 1,500 BC.
Condition: Very good for its age.
Helen M Edwards
sold Width: 25.4 cm (10.1 in)
Height of Bowl: 11.5 cm (4.3 in) Height on Stand: 13.8 cm (5.4 in) Fine quality, very large spinach jade bowl; good colour and translucency; bell shaped; photos taken in natural light; excellent condition
Palmrose Asian Antiques
$150.00 A rare large Chinese carved wooden figure of a Goldfish. The fish is covered with gold lacquer over a brown lacquer base. It has bulging black and white glass eyes, fins, scales, and a large fan shaped tail. The underside shows the brown lacquer base coat. The fish measures about 15" long x 6" wide at the broadest point of the tail, and it dates to the early 20th Century...
2ezr
Inquire for Price Late 18th Century Chinese Lacquered Coconut Carved Bowl with Flower
it is 2 inches (5.2 cm) tall by 4.6 inches (11.7 cm) wide. It is 106.1 gram. It has hairline cracks and chips and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos). Our Guarantee: We stand behind all of the items that we sell. That is to say, if you purchase an item from us and are unhappy with it for any reason, return it for a 100% refund of the amount you originally paid...
June Hastings
$2,400.00 A green jadeite carving of a Chinese beauty holding a plate of peaches. The color apple green along with other shades of green. A wonderful piece, she comes with a fitted rosewood stand and is in excellent condition. Measures 8" high on stand, 3" wide, 1.5" deep. Dates circa 1900.
Ascot Court Antiques
SOLD 1890-1920s
Late Qing - Republic period Hardwood with enameled bronze Length: 18.6 cm (at widest point) Width: 13 cm Height: 3.5 cm From a Baltimore, MD estate Condition: Three age cracks to bottom, otherwise good. |